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The FTSE 100 also remained in positive territory as financial stocks, including Barclays (BARC) and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), gained up to 2.3%.
Supermarket chain Tesco (TSCO) gained 4.3% to 203.4p, while Unilever dipped lower to £35.65 following the resolution of Marmite-gate.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) dropped 0.5% to $50.19 and Brent crude oil slipped 0.6% to $51.73 per barrel, respectively.
Copper was flat at $4,651 per tonne and gold cheapened 0.3% to $1,251 per ounce.
Sub-prime lender Provident Financial (PFG) nudged lower to £30.37 as it warned that UK regulation remained a risk to its performance.
Asset manager Man Group (EMG) traded 14.7% higher at 124.7p on a $25m (£20m) acquisition of Aalto, a real estate equity and debt strategies specialist with $1.7bn of assets under management (AuM). AuM at Man increased $1.3 billion despite poor performance in its trend-following AHL strategies.
Aureus Mining (AUE) raised $72m via an equity fundraising to fund its transition to an owner-operator mining model and repay money to Nedbank and FirstRand Bank.
NU-Oil and Gas (NUOG) raised £532,000 through a shares placing to help implement the company's stranded and marginal field strategy, as well as general capital purposes.
Investors were feeling more comfortable at Independent Resources (IRG) after 10.7% shareholder Brandon Hill provided an unsecured loan of up to £340,000. Shares in the micro cap oil explorer surged 41.2% higher to 0.12p.
Graphene nanoplatelets producer Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) secured its first production order and commercial application, triggering a share price rise of 16.2%.
Grafenia (GRA) dropped 11% on a cautious trading update, which reported that August was trading lower compared to the year before. Trading improved in September, but needs to continually improve to meet market expectations.
Plastic products supplier Carclo (CAR) acquired Precision Tool & Moulding for $5.5 million and reported solid trading in the six months to 30 September. The firm said it will raise £8m from institutional investors after a blow-out in the company's pension deficit earlier this year forced a cancellation of its dividend.
Barbados-focused Elegant Hotels (EHG) fell 4% to 64.3p on a warning that bookings were hit by the Brexit vote. Approximately 70% of its customers come from the UK and the pound weakened against the Bajan dollar by 17% since the referendum, making holidays more expensive.
Franchise Brands (FRAN) declined 5% to 58.9p on news finance director Andrew Mallows resigned, only weeks after the repair franchising firm's August IPO.
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The Growing Professional Skills (GPS) Fund
As a kaitiaki/caretaker for dance in New Zealand, DANZ assumes its roles in advocacy, support and nurture of the dance industry in many ways. A core service of DANZ is our Growing Professional Skills Fund (née mentoring). The DANZ GPS Fund fulfils our commitment to contribute to a vibrant and thriving dance industry in New Zealand.
What is the GPS Fund?
The GPS Fund provides an opportunity for skill development in any area of professional dance. The fund is uniquely designed depending on the needs of the individual and project proposal. The aim of the fund is to pair the successful applicant up with a mentor for an available six hours to develop skills pertaining, but not limited to:
- Choreography
- Business development
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The mentorship may take place between a mentor and an individual or a group ie. company, collective or project group.
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- Become a DANZ Silver, Gold or Platinum member*
- Have a project in mind
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So I went to my first chili cook-off last week.
I ate 25 little cups with varying degrees of spice and meat assemblage including beef, turkey, duck (I think), wild boar, venison, and lamb (I also think). The evening was genius and concluded with a very restless night's sleep and bubble guts that spilled over into the next day. Was it worth it? Yes! But in retrospect, there was no need for seconds—that was just foolish.
[Many of the finest dining establishments in Manchester brought chili to the contest, held at the Equinox Resort. Local schools, clubs, and organizations made a damn good showing too—especially the kids at the Long Trail School.]
I am disappointed to report that I avoided the 'Radioactive Extra Spicy Chili'. Although I was too wimpy to put a spoon to it, I did appreciate the calf birthing gloves, which were groovy, strangely symbolic, and hopefully fresh:
Our friends from Smokin' Bowls entered a mean BBQ version—Cheech & Chong chili. [Of course!]
[Carey was a confused judge. A heart on her score sheet indicated a possible favorite—a simple and effective approach. But, we were almost through the lot before I questioned her decision to pencil a heart next to every entry.]
[I was drinking this beer, even though the picture looks suspiciously staged.]
Congrats to the winner, The Perfect Wife, and to my friends at the Williams Store for a solid 3rd place.


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UK Games Expo is not a place for games, but things that make your games look kick ass.
Battle Systems will be there, showing off their awesome card terrain system. After a number of successful Kickstarters they have a range of fantasy, scifi and modern terrain, perfect for a variety of games. I've had a chance to talk them in passing at the Beasts of War studio, but it will be good to catch up with them and see what is new.
4ground will be there too, with their excellent range of laser cut terrain, designed for different scales and genres. More recently of course their Fabled Realms terrain set is also a lead in for their upcoming wargame.


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Sharing Research Data
by adam on January 30, 2012
I wanted to share an article from the November issue of the Public Library of Science, both because it's interesting reading and because of what it tells us about the state of security research. The paper is "Willingness to Share (…)
Aviation Safety
by adam on January 25, 2012
The past 10 years have been the best in the country's aviation history with 153 fatalities. That's two deaths for every 100 million passengers on commercial flights, according to an Associated Press analysis of government accident data. The improvement is (…)
Kudos to Ponemon
by adam on January 23, 2012
In the past, we have has some decidedly critical words for the Ponemon Institute reports, such as "A critique of Ponemon Institute methodology for "churn"" or "Another critique of Ponemon's method for estimating 'cost of data breach'". And to be (…)
Oracle's 78 Patches This Quarter, Whatever…
by David Mortman on January 19, 2012
There's been a lot of noise of late because Oracle just released their latest round of patches and there are a total of 78 of them. There's no doubt that that is a lot of patches. But in and of (…)
Please Participate: Survey on Metrics
by alex on January 16, 2012
I got an email from my friend John Johnson who is doing a survey about metrics. If you have some time, please respond… ———————————————————————————————————————————————— I am seeking feedback from others who may have experience developing and presenting security metrics to (…)
Continuous Deployment and Security
by David Mortman on January 16, 2012
From an operations and security perspective, continuous deployment is either the best idea since sliced bread or the worst idea since organic spray pancakes in a can. It's all of matter of execution. Continuos deployment is the logical extension of (…)
Please vote New School
by adam on January 12, 2012
We're honored to be nominated in three categories for the Security Bloggers Awards: Most Educational Most Entertaining Hall of Fame On behalf of all of us who blog here, we're honored by the nomination, and would like to ask for (…)
The New School of Software Engineering?
by adam on January 11, 2012
This is a great video about how much of software engineering runs on folk knowledge about how software is built: "Greg Wilson – What We Actually Know About Software Development, and Why We Believe It's True" There's a very strong (…)
New School Approaches to Passwords
by adam on January 10, 2012
Adam Montville left a comment on my post, "Paper: The Security of Password Expiration", and I wanted to expand on his question: Passwords suck when they're not properly cared for. We know this. Any other known form of authentication we (…)
How to Send Adam into Hysterics
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MCT oil and sharp abdominal pain 12-24 hours after ingestion?
Created July 10, 2014 at 10:40 PM
On several occasions I have tried MCT oil and experienced sharp stomach pains between 12 and 24 hours after ingestion. On the first occasion, I tried 1 tsp. straight-up in the evening, without food. The next day (about 12 hours later) I had a very sharp/stabbing pain in the right-side of my abdomen. I never experienced any symptoms whatsoever of "disaster pants." (lol) Thinking I just needed to "ease" into it, I waited a week and started with 1/4 tsp. added to a meal-replacement-type shake (i.e. with food). I had no symptoms, so I moved up by 1/4 tsp. each day. When I reached 3/4 tsp. I experienced pain (again, 12-24 hours after ingestion). To be sure, I did 3/4 tsp. again and got the same pain. (Not as severe as the 1 tsp. dosage.)
I do not believe I have a problem digesting fats in general. I have been on a lower-carb, high-fat Paleo diet for a few months (or more, depending on your definition of LCHF), and have never had problems digesting fats before. I can also digest 3 Tbsp of coconut oil without any problems. I'm currently on a ketogenic diet without any problems digesting fats. (But wasn't keto at the time I was experimenting with MCT oil.)
One idea is that the MCTs are overwhelming my liver (too much at once). Which is logical, except that the pain response is so delayed. I thought that MCTs went pretty much straight to the liver because bile wasn't necessary for their digestion. So I'm not sure why it would take so long for the MCTs to arrive in the liver. I do have a very slow digestive system (my "transit time" is running around 56 hours; I have been trying to fix this for quite some time and am working with a practitioner on it, along with other things) - but even with a slow system 12 hours to go from the stomach to the liver still seems really slow.
Another idea was that this was a possible herxheimer reaction. My only symptom was the sharp pain (no other herxing symptoms) and no other anti-microbial foods or supplements have ever caused this reaction.
I certainly have other things going on with my gut, however, I just wanted to put the question out there to see if anyone has experienced this, or if anyone has any other ideas. I'm looking for clues as to what might be going on with my digestive system.
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My daughter and I both experienced pretty bad abdominal pain/ache with MCT oil, no matter how small the dose. (She was using in coffee, I was putting it in smoothies). We gave up on it and just have coconut oil instead.


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Woh Parinda Lyrics – M Cream
Woh Parinda is the first song from the movie M Cream which is composed & arranged by Srijan Mahajan, Arsh Sharma & Nikhil Malik. This song is sung by IP Singh.
Song : Woh Parinda
Movie : M Cream
Vocals : IP Singh
Song Composed and Arranged by Srijan Mahajan, Arsh Sharma, Nikhil Malik at Studio Fuzz
Bass : Gaurav Balani
Woh Parinda Lyrics – M Cream
Roshni aur parchayi sath hai,
Khabarein chal padi har taraf,
Hawaon mein halchal si hai,
Roshni aur parchayi sath hai,
Duniya ke shor tumse kahein,
Khwahishon mein madhosh,
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Woh parinda..,
Bas chahe yeh dhuan,(x2)
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Jahan na jaye koi,
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Spring Forward, Fall Back.
The air is warm and there is a faint smell of barbeque sifting through the air. It is that day of Canadian spring. The first day. The first day that you can almost feel the melting. The first day that … Continue reading
Smoke and Mirrors
Pamela Anderson has been quoted as saying that she doesn't like mirrors because she's hotter in her mind. I know that there are a few holes in that reference. A) Her confidence in her physical appearance may need a little … Continue reading
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The Kentucky Derby brought a smile to Tom Brady's face, but it also meant that we had a shorter week than usual for Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network.
We're back on Monday afternoon with your daily look at everything you need to know from around the league. Erik Kuselias, Mike Florio, Anthony Becht and Pete Najarian will all be on hand to talk about the biggest stories from the weekend.
The crew will also take a longer look at the overall offseasons for the teams in the AFC and NFC North. They'll run down all the moves, from the coaching changes in Chicago and Cleveland to the Vikings' splashy additions in free agency and the draft.
And it is once again up to PFT Planet to decide the final topic, so let your voice be heard now about the final topic for Monday's show.
It all gets underway at 5 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network.


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Behind the scenes: depression while traveling.
We've been deeply moved when we found out that one of the biggest travel bloggers is missing in Poland. It is our homeland and a traveler who has visited more than hundred countries in the world, became depressed there. He wasn't our close friend but we know him.
We are Polish native speakers, so we felt like we were obligated to help. We've been browsing the Internet in search for the people who might have seen him. We've messaged his mom to tell her that we will help her with whatever she needs. We were willing to come back to Poland from Slovenia if she asks us to.
Yesterday, we saw the good news. He is alive! He is in touch with his family.
You may think: why the person who seems to have everything, who travels the world, meets new people, make money online is… depressed? We haven't spoken to him so we don't know his personal reasons. But we will tell you some things that most bloggers don't talk about.
Dreams come true.
When you look at the photos on Facebook or read the posts on blogs, you probably think: God, those people must be so happy!
Well… it's not always true. The happiness has nothing to do with having what you always wanted. To be honest, all these things can make you even more unhappy.
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You see: when you have a goal and you are working hard to achieve it, you don't have time for thinking. But when you finally make your dreams come true, you realise that it haven't changed anything. You are still the same person that you have been before. The difference is that you are staying in luxury hotel in Thailand, not in a bunk bed at your parents house.
Full-time traveling is a great way of living but it's not the recipe for happiness. Some people are traveling to run away from life and some do it because they want to. As in every other social group, you will find happy traveler and the one who is depressed. We are people, just like you.
Haters gone hate…
Here is the thing that most people are not aware of. Bloggers HAVE feelings. We all read the comments, we all care about what's happening on our websites and social media channels. Hating words and comments hurt. Strong characters may deal with it without any problems but there are some people who are too sensitive to let it go.
When you are writing hateful comment you are not just posting it on the website. You are telling it directly to the person who is behind it! So please, just please always be respectful. You may disagree with someone's point of view but you never have right to offend him.
Things are not always how they seem.
You see smiling photo of blogger on the beach. Or you watch how he is tasting local food. Or you are excited about his hitchhiking trip to the third world country.
But this is only 20% of what is ACTUALLY happening. Traveling as a blogger is twice as hard as a tourist. When all the people are eating, you are taking photo of the food. When everybody is watching the sunset, you are doing your best to take the best shot. Then you upload it on your computer, edit it and put on your social media channels. Of course you need to know the right time to put it there! And don't forget about all the necessary hashtags to boost the engagement.
When a normal tourists are resting after the busy day of sightseeing, bloggers are starting their work. They need to write a post about what they have seen today. But it's not that simple! First, they need to find the right keywords, then they need to find the right photos for the post. When they finally publish it, it's time for promotion. Social media channels are fine but if you want the post to be really popular, you need to get links to it. Oh, did we mention that the best it would be to write a new post everyday?
So in order to live a life of travel blogger, you need to visit all the important places at your destination, take photos of everything, read about the history of each place, learn about the local culture, try regional food, post everything on social media while doing it and then… repeat it all on your blog.
Every professional travel blogger has been working really hard to achieve what he/she has. So imagine what we feel when our work is underestimated? Or when we are being treated like non-humans, like the creatures without feelings?
This is what we feel. We need more love and peace in this world. Stop fighting, judging and being jealous. Let's support and accept each other unconditionally.
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5 Google Alert tips to help monitor your reputation
It's wise to keep track of what said online about you or your brand. It's also pretty easy to fine-tune the radar. Here's how.
At face value, Google Alerts comes across as a single-purpose tool that's good only for monitoring the Web for new content. With a bit of tweaking you can do a lot more with it to help monitor your reputation and content.
Monitor your name
This basic approach allows you to monitor your company or client's name, product, or branded term. To do this, simply put your client's name into the "search query" field, leave the result type set to "everything" and then fill out the rest of the form to create an alert. Depending on what you selected from the "how often" dropdown, this simple alert could send you an email every time Google indexes a page that contains your client's name. All in all, a pretty quick and easy way to see who's mentioning your client online.
This is by far the most basic form of a Google Alert that most people might be familiar with. As useful and simple as this alert is, you can do much more with Google Alerts to get different and more specific results for your client. Here are a few more ideas:
Monitor links
Want to see which websites are linking back to your site or blog post? In the search query box, type this: link:http://www.my-website-name.com. This is a great way to see what other sites have referenced your client's website or content. Not only can you see who's referencing your client, but identifying who these sites are might offer further networking and outreach. If you want to monitor only blogs, select "blogs" from the "result type" dropdown menu.
Monitor plagiarism
Want to see if another site has plagiarized your client's content? In the search query box simply add a unique sentence from your client's materials. You'll get an alert if another website has used the same phrasing. Keep in mind that the site in question might have quoted the text, so be sure to read the article that prompted the alert.
Monitor a specific website
Rather than set up an alert that monitors the entire Web, an alert can get set up to monitor a specific website. This is a great option if you know which websites might be mentioning your client or content. To do this, type this in the search query box: "what you want to monitor" site:http//site-you-want-to-monitor.com. This technique is also a great way to monitor Craigslist for stuff you are looking for. As you can see I have several alerts set up for some car parts. When a part gets posted that matches my term, I get an email.
Monitor local news
This is great if you're interested in monitoring local publications from a specific state for your client. Google Alerts will recognize state codes in your query so you can keep a close eye on a specific state's news. First, make sure that you have "news" selected from the "result type" dropdown menu, as this functionality doesn't really work with other result types. Then add a location to the query. So, if you wanted to monitor local news in New York for your client, this is what you would put in the query field: "term you are monitoring" location:ny
Monitor the competition
Most of the above techniques can be used to monitor your competition, too. Simply replace "clients" with "competition," and you can set up alerts to monitor what your competition is doing online.
Google Alerts can be extremely helpful and useful. Pretty much any advanced Google search technique can get integrated into an alert. You just need to experiment and get creative with it. Check out this infographic on "How to use Google search" it might provide some more inspiration for a Google Alert. Also, if you want explicit results be sure to wrap your search term in double quotes. This will limit the results to exactly what you are looking for.
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Well, the good news is that John McCain won't be elected. The bad news is that Hillary is going to accept the Antichrist as her Anti-Savior and bring about the Rapture.
It's true! The Bible sort of tells me so! Or, to be more exact, the Bible sort of tells the good folks at http://www.satansrapture.com/obama.htm so.
Oh, and Bush is going to launch an invasion of Iran in May of 2008. (Only four more days to go, George! C'mon! Get with the self-fulfilling prophecy!)
But, hey, at least Osama I mean Obama is going to be assassinated. The uptighty whitey Republicans have at least have that silver lining: the Lord of Flies has risen from the pit and is munching on Cleveland, but at least the half-breed with the Muslim name isn't president! I mean, could you imagine having a young, energetic black man in the Oval Office instead of another out-of-touch doughy old white guy? It'll be wacky.
I'm sure that Shanoah would love to comment on Bible codes like this. You know you want to, Shanoah… Give in… Give in to the diabolical urge…
Courtesy of the good folks at the Church of the subGenius' High Weirdness Project Bulldada Newsblog.


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- Ahab said...
Aye. Hyperbolic language about a "tsunami" wasn't an accurate reflection of reality.
- Tim said...
But the reason they didn't vote is the disturbing thing. People won't come out for a dead horse.
- Ranch Chimp said...
In Texas ... my main man Rick Perry (R)won (barely) as Governor ... even though I didnt vote for him, but alway's loved him, because he is about the laziest inactive guy I have ever seen as far as political responsibilities. :) And of course as you know ... Governor's in Texas unlike many state's dont have that power they do in other state's. Republican's done well statewide in Texas and yes ... turnout was kind of low statewide. Now the odd thing here was ... that voter turnout in Dallas County was higher than usual, and oddly ... Dallas County seen democrat landslide victories across the board ... and is basically almost totally democratic ran now. The great thing about that is ... since Texas does everything district by district and people's vote has trump over say the Governor's individual power's, as in every other county ... what Austin sez or does really wont have much impact on the City of Dallas at all. Dalls has become a blue dot in the middle of a red sea it look's like. :)
- Ranch Chimp said...
Also in Dallas County ... 2 out of 3 of all gay/ lesbian candidate's won.
- Infidel753 said...
RC: Texas is a particularly interesting case. See my comment (#2) at the Politics Plus posting linked here.
- Ranch Chimp said...
Thanx for the tip to your comment you posted on the link, because I didnt read any of the comment's (I have read so many posting's since yesterday on this, so many that I felt it to be pointless to even make a posting on it at all). But it seem's to me that you have a fairly accurate understanding of Texas, considering you as an outsider of the state. This can be one Hell of a strange place! :)
But yes ... I reckon I was a tad suprised in Dallas of turnout and result's. Even though I know you didnt intend humor, in your comment where you wrote about Texas having a "high level in income inequality" I couldnt help laughing ...heh, heh, heh, heh, heh ... that's putting it eloquently, yet extremely accurate. Put it this way ... you sure as Hell dont want to be poor "AND" dumb here! On the flip side of that ... if your clever and smart here ... you can get away with shit you never dream of in other state's. :)
But yes ... there is no doubt in my mind, that if most Texan's actually voted, and first of all "informed" more ... I have no doubt that this state would be a blue powerhouse ... I would bet my paycheck on it. What the GOP and Teabag type's do is nothing special ... actually ... they dont even have a goddamn thing to sell come to think of it. What do they do? Simple ... they organize, stick together, are great at propaganda BS to their follower's, and somehow get people to do what is so easy ... utilizing the power of the basic "vote". They organize heavy through talk radio, internet, and especially their churches and comunity group's bringing in the whole familia on the activities, they do fairly well in this area and secure solidarity, considering they havent actually a damn thing to sell.
- B.J. said...
There wasn't the great anti-establishment turnout expected, was there?
Briefly, here's the story of two non-voters, both young:
On Election Day, my friend Jenny helped me vote, then helped me shop for groceries. At the grocery, as we came into the checkout lane, the young female cashier said to the young bagboy, "I didn't vote." He said, "I didn't, either." I said, "You didn't vote. Shame, shame! Many a bad politician has been elected by people who didn't vote."
The young woman said, "I don't vote, because when I did vote they called me for juy duty, and I can't afford to miss work." (I didn't tell her that wasn't the result of voting but rather was the result of registering to vote.)
The young man said, "I voted for Obama, then he took away the jobs."
Because he helped Jenny and me take the grocery carts out to her car, I had a chance to talk with him for a few minutes and attempted to clarify that Obama did NOT take away the jobs. I advised him to fact-check data online. I learned the young man was four years out of high school, spent two years getting a AA degree in computer science, then two years serving his country in Afghanistan. While he didn't say this, I assumed the only job he can get is bagging groceries.
Had I been in these kids' shoes, I'm not sure I would have voted, either.
- Christine Vyrnon said...
yep - i don't get it - so many people don't vote. Only those with a fire in their belly seem to come out for the elections outside of presidential elections. So - we swing back and forth between liberal fire-bellied and conservative fire-bellied. As a conservative Christian I was taught that it was very important to vote. Voting was next to godliness. Don't think many kids are taught that.


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State v. Lawrence Wilder Back to Opinions page MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision: 2000 ME 32 Docket: Cum-99-392 Argued: January 4, 2000 Decided: February 24, 2000 Panel:WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.
STATE OF MAINE v. LAWRENCE WILDER
ALEXANDER, J. [¶1] This appeal requires identification of the border between a parent's justified use of physical force to control a child and a criminal assault. Lawrence Wilder appeals from a decision of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Perkins, A.R.J.), which affirmed a judgment of the District Court (Portland, Bradley, J.) finding him guilty of three counts of assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 207(1) (1983) (Class D), on his nine-year-old son.{1} Wilder contends that the District Court: (1) misapplied 17-A M.R.S.A. § 106(1) (1983) to disregard the parental control justification for his acts; (2) erred in admitting hearsay testimony by a police officer as a prior consistent statement; (3) improperly admitted and considered testimony regarding his prior gross sexual assault conviction; and (4) imposed a sentence greatly disparate from the prosecutor's pretrial plea offer. Because the evidence in this case is insufficient to support the convictions beyond a reasonable doubt when 17p;A M.R.S.A. § 106(1) is properly applied, we vacate the convictions and remand for entry of a judgment of acquittal.
[¶2] At the time of trial, Lawrence Wilder and Bernice Landry had been divorced for eight years. They have a daughter and a son from their three-year marriage. Pursuant to the divorce, Wilder had responsibility for his son on many weekends and during some school vacations, a pattern that had continued for about a year. The events at issue in this case arose during the April 1998 school vacation when the son, then nine years old, stayed with his father for a week. Previous times when the father and son were together had apparently gone without significant incident. [¶3] The son was the only witness to the events who testified at trial. His testimony, regarding each of the three incidents, was as follows: A. First Charge [¶4] Regarding the first assault charge, the son testified: "We were playing a little board game and I was talking too much, so he turned around and grabbed me on the shoulder and told me to shut up." The incident was then described, in the boy's testimony, as follows:
Q. Now, you said that he told you to shut up. What were you saying? A. I was talking too much. Q. Do you talk a lot? A. Yes. Q. Does that annoy people sometimes? A. Yes. Q. Were you being fresh to your dad? A. No. Q. Were you saying anything bad to him? A. No. Q. Okay. And when you say he grabbed you, can you show the Judge where he grabbed you on your body? A. I don't remember what side it was. Q. What part of your body was it? A. My shoulder. Q. Did he grab you with one of his hands or both of his hands? A. Just one. Q. Okay. How did it feel when he grabbed you? A. He-he squeezed so it kinda hurt. Q. Okay. How long did he squeeze? A. Not for long. Q. Okay. What did you do when he squeezed you? A. I just had to sit there. Q. Okay. Did you cry? A. No. Q. Did you say anything to him? A. No. Q. How did it make you feel? A. Angry. Q.Mmhmm. Did you--did you show him that you were angry in any way? A. No. Q. Did you notice whether you had any marks on your shoulder from that? A. I knew I may have something on there, but I didn't know for sure I would have a bruise on there.
[¶5] Describing this first incident in its brief, presumably in a way most favorable to its position, the State asserts that, "[The boy] was talking too much, although he was neither being fresh or saying anything bad to appellant, and appellant grabbed him on the shoulder and told him to shut up. Appellant squeezed [his son] hard enough to hurt him." B. Second Charge [¶6] The second assault charge is based on the following testimony about an event which occurred "a couple days later." The son testified: "We were still sitting in the living room, and we were playing a game again. And I was still talking too much, and he just grabbed me again. . . . [H]e grabbed me in the same shoulder." [¶7] The incident was further described in the following colloquy:
Q. Okay. When he grabbed you, did he grab you with one hand or two hands? A. One hand. Q. Was it the same as the first time it happened? A. Yes, it was. Q. And it was the same spot? A. Yes. Q. How did it feel? A. It made me angry and kinda sad that he had to take his aggression out on me. Q. Okay. Did it hurt you? A. Yes, it did. Q. Was it--did it hurt more or less than the first time it happened? A. It hurt a little bit more since he did it in the same spot.
[¶8] Asked later: "What did you do after he grabbed you?" The son responded: "We just started playing the game again." [¶9] In its brief, the State describes the second assault charge as follows: "Once again, when [the boy] was talking too much, appellant grabbed him on the same shoulder. [The boy] was not mouthing off and was neither rude nor fresh. This time the pain was greater since appellant grabbed [him] in the same spot." C. Third Charge [¶10] The third assault charge was based on the following testimony:
Q. Okay. Was there another incident that happened while you were at your dad's? A. Yes. Q. Can you talk about that? A. It was kinda at the last quarter of the time I spent with my dad. And we were on Martin Point Bridge, on the Portland side, and we were parked waiting for the rain to stop to go fishing. And I was talking about a movie that we saw the night before that. And he said I was over exaggerating, so he grabbed me on the--he put--grabbed me on the mouth--over my mouth and said "Shut up." And he squeezed like he usually--like he did the first two times--enough to make a bruise. Q. Okay. How did it feel when he squeezed your mouth? A. It made me angry, and it hurt. Q. Can you show the Judge how he grabbed you with your own hand? Can you show where he put his hand? A. Well, he reached over and he put his hand like that. Q. Okay. And you said that it bru--your face bruised? A. Yes. Q. Where were the bruises? A. The bruises were--there were four fingers over this side and one big thumb over there. Q. How--when did you first notice those bruises? A. I didn't notice those bruises. My mother pointed them out to me. Q. After you got home? A. Yes.
[¶11] Describing the third assault charge in its brief, the State asserts: "Appellant claimed that [his son] was exaggerating, then grabbed [the boy] on his mouth, squeezed and said[,] 'Shut up.'" [¶12] Thus, in each of the three incidents, when Wilder "grabbed" his son, he caused transient pain and minor, temporary bruises. [¶13] When the son returned home he was questioned by Bernice Landry, as was her regular practice, as to whether he had been hit by his father. She also asked him about a bruise on his face. Initially the boy gave his mother another explanation for the bruise because he was concerned that Landry would respond to the bruises by attempting to have Wilder jailed; "I thought my mom would put him in jail." [¶14] Responding to her observations, Landry called the Department of Human Services, went to Westbrook Hospital, contacted the Cumberland Police, and reported the events to a school counsellor. The incident was investigated by a Cumberland police officer, who took a report from the boy. The matter was then presented to the District Attorney's Office, and prosecution on three counts of assault was initiated. [¶15] The case was tried in the District Court in November 1998. At the close of the State's case, and again at the close of all of the evidence, the defense requested acquittal arguing that the justification for parents using physical force to prevent or punish misconduct by their children, 17p;A M.R.S.A. § 106(1),{2} prevented conviction by proof beyond a reasonable doubt on the available evidence. [¶16] In its findings at the close of trial, the court concluded that the elements of assault--intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury--had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt for each of the three incidents. The court also ruled that the parental control justification "does not apply here." The court determined that:
There is no evidence of misconduct in this record, or a reasonable inference that could be drawn from the evidence in this record as to misconduct. I don't find that excessive talking and exaggerating, in and of themselves, without some further evidence, would rise in any way to a level of misconduct as it's plainly defined.
[¶17] The court found Wilder guilty on each charge. He was sentenced on one charge to 364 days in the county jail with all but 90 days suspended and a year's probation. On the other two charges he was given a consecutive sentence of 364 days, all suspended and a year's probation, for a total sentence of 728 days, all but 90 days suspended and 2 years probation.{3} One of the conditions of probation, also a bail condition, was that Wilder have no contact with his son. The record indicates that the sentence was motivated, in part, by the court's concern that Wilder had been convicted of gross sexual assault against a daughter a number of years in the past. [¶18] This appeal followed Wilder's unsuccessful appeal to the Superior Court.
[¶19] Where the Superior Court acts as an intermediate appellate court, we review directly the judgment of the District Court. See Barclay v. Eckert, 2000 ME 10, ¶ 8; Johnson v. Smith, 1999 ME 168, ¶ 5, 740 A.2d 579, 581. [¶20] A parent has a fundamental liberty interest in maintaining a familial relationship with his or her child. See Quilloin v. Walcott, 434 U.S. 246, 255 (1978); Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645, 651 (1972); Wilkinson ex rel. Wilkinson v. Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 103-04 (2d Cir. 1999); In re Alexander D., 1998 ME 207, ¶ 14, 716 A.2d 222, 226-27; In re Randy Scott B., 511 A.2d 450, 452 (Me. 1986). This fundamental liberty interest includes the right of parents "to direct the upbringing and education of children,"{4} including the use of reasonable or moderate physical force to control behavior.{5} "The parent may be subject to the criminal law when his punishment of the child exceeds the bounds of reason and moderation." State v. Coombs, 381 A.2d 288, 289 (Me. 1978), (addressing the status of the law before the effective date of the Criminal Code, but citing 17-A M.R.S.A. § 106 in support of the statement of the law). A parental privilege to use moderate or reasonable physical force, without criminal liability, was recognized at common law: "battery is, in some cases, justifiable or lawful; as where one who hath authority, a parent or a master, gives moderate correction to his child, his scholar, or his apprentice."{6} [¶21] Today a parent's privilege to exercise physical control over a child is recognized by Maine law in 17-A M.R.S.A. § 106(1). The 1975 comment to section 106, which accompanied the adoption of the Criminal Code, notes that section 106(1) is based on the former crime of "cruelty to children,"{7} which prohibited a parent, guardian, or other custodian from "cruelly treat[ing]" or inflicting "extreme punishment" on a child. See 17-A M.R.S.A. § 106 cmt. (1975). The comment states that section 106(1), "would appear to be the same rule as is implied in the statutory prohibition against extreme punishment." See id. [¶22] Since adoption of the Criminal Code, we have only had one occasion to address the parental discipline justification, and the facts in that case were not close. In State v. Dodd, 503 A.2d 1302 (Me. 1986), we affirmed a conviction where a defendant spanked a three-year-old child to stop her from crying, taped her ankles and hands together, taped her mouth shut and hung her from a door knob by her ankles on two occasions for a total of over twenty minutes. See id. at 1303-04. We addressed the parental control justification in a footnote stating that: "[t]he trial justice had ample grounds to conclude that the defendant's conduct went far beyond being a 'reasonable degree of force' to discipline." Id. at 1304 n.2. [¶23] With this background, we must analyze the District Court's determination that the parental control justification "does not apply here." In determining whether facts at trial put a statutory justification at issue, the trial court must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the defendant. See State v. Collin, 1999 ME 187, ¶ 11, 741 A.2d 1074; State v. Sullivan, 1997 ME 71, ¶ 6, 695 A.2d 115, 117; State v. O'Brien, 434 A.2d 9, 13 (Me. 1981). The source of the evidence makes no difference, either side may introduce evidence which generates a justification. See State v. Begin, 652 A.2d 102, 106 (Me. 1995). Thus, although Wilder did not testify, his son's testimony could put sufficient facts in evidence to place the section 106(1) justification at issue in the trial. [¶24] The evidence here is that the triggers for Wilder's exercise of parental control were talking too much or exaggerating. Taking this evidence most favorably to the parent, as we must, talking too much which can "annoy people sometimes" is a justifiable basis for a parent's exercising control over a child to prevent or punish misconduct.{8} Likewise, exaggerating, which may be construed as misstating or lying, is a justifiable basis for a parent's exercising control to prevent or punish misconduct. Certainly we cannot rule, as a matter of law, that talking too much or exaggerating is not a basis for disciplining or controlling a child. But that is a ruling we would have to make to uphold the District Court's determination. The record contains sufficient evidence to place the parental control justification at issue for each of the three assault charges. [¶25] Once a justification is placed at issue as a result of evidence presented at trial, "the state must disprove its existence beyond a reasonable doubt." 17-A M.R.S.A. § 101(1) (Supp. 1999). See State v. Hernandez, 1998 ME 73, ¶ 7, 708 A.2d 1022, 1025; Sullivan, 1997 ME 71, ¶ 6, 695 A.2d at 117; Begin, 652 A.2d at 106. [¶26] The charge here was assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 207(1), which requires proof that a defendant caused bodily injury "intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly." See 17-A M.R.S.A. § 207(1). Accordingly, proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the force that Wilder used and his belief that such force was necessary to control his child were unreasonable, is not enough. The Criminal Code in effect at the time of these events specified that:
If a defense provided under this chapter is precluded solely because the requirement that the actor's belief be reasonable has not been met, he may be convicted only of a crime for which recklessness or criminal negligence suffices, depending on whether his holding the belief was reckless or criminally negligent.
17p;A M.R.S.A. § 101(3) (1983), amended by P.L. 1999, ch. 358, § 1 (effective Sept. 18 1999). Thus, to sustain a conviction for assault where the parental control justification is generated, the State had to prove, at a minimum, that (1) the force Wilder used was reckless; and (2) Wilder's belief that such force was necessary to control his son and prevent misconduct was reckless.{9} See Sullivan, 1997 ME 71, ¶ 9, 695 A.2d at 118-19; State v. Davis, 528 A.2d 1267, 1269-70 (Me. 1987); State v. Smith, 472 A.2d 948, 951 (Me. 1984). [¶27] In 1999, by legislation not applicable to this case, section 101(3) was amended to clarify the law by placing into the law the definitional prerequisites for conviction that had previously been incorporated by reference from the definition of recklessness. See 17-A M.R.S.A. § 103(3) (Supp. 1999). The law now specifies that, where recklessness is an element of a crime, as it is here, and the reasonableness of one's belief is at issue due to a justification defense, a person may be convicted "only if holding the belief, when viewed in light of the nature and purpose of the person's conduct and the circumstances known to the person, is grossly deviant from what a reasonable and prudent person would believe in the same situation." Id. This clarifying language essentially incorporates existing law on the recklessness standard. Cf. Sullivan, 1997 ME 71, ¶ 9, 695 A.2d at 118-19; Smith, 472 A.2d at 951; Maine Jury Instruction Manual, § 6-56 (1999). [¶28] Accordingly, the District Court erred in (i) refusing to consider the parental control justification; and (ii) not requiring the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the force Wilder used was reckless and that his belief that such force was necessary for parental control was reckless or "grossly deviant from what a reasonable and prudent person would believe in the same situation." [¶29] At this point we must determine whether to proceed to address the evidentiary issues raised on the appeal and remand for additional findings or a new trial or remand for a judgment of acquittal if, as a matter of law, the evidence presented was insufficient to support the convictions.


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Mark Carney is skipping across the pond to be England's top banker — but don't expect him to bring much baggage.
The Bank of England made Carney, 47, the first foreigner in its 318-year history to hold the top job, handing the Canadian the keys to one of the world's largest banks on the heels of the LIBOR-fixing scandal.
Carney will take over July 1, 2013, shortly after the BOE gains new power and resumes oversight over commercial banks, a task it gave up when it became an "independent" institution in 1997.
"It's an organization that's been under immense pressure," said Louis Gagnon, a finance professor at Queen's University and former Royal Bank executive. "We're told that it needs new blood."
That new blood comes without any "skeletons in his closest," Gagnon said, adding that Carney's unique set of skills as a central banker and policy maker will give the BOE a chance at a fresh start.
"He's very well positioned to develop the new model, to reengineer the global financial marketplace to ensure the stability of the financial system," Gagnon said, noting Carney's position as chairman of the Financial Stability Board, a job he's expected to keep.
However the keys to the BOE don't come with some of the fringe benefits enjoyed by his predecessor, Mervyn King.
King was paid a just north of £305,000 ($485,000 Canadian) with a generous pension that the BBC reported brought his total pay to £519,000 ($826,000 Canadian).
Carney's total pay package is expected to be approximately £624,000 ($994,000 Canadian). In 2012, Carney made between $431,800 to $507,900 was Canada's top banker.
This is the first time the Bank's history that the position of governor was publicly advertised. Carney publicly stated he was not seeking to succeed King when asked by a London interview in August.
The leading candidate, current deputy governor of the Bank of England Paul Tucker, was implicated in the LIBOR (London inter-bank offered rate) interest-rate fixing scandal this summer.
Tucker was put before parliament about a 2008 phone call between he and Bob Diamond, the Barclays chief executive who resigned this summer in the wake of the millions in fines earlier this year.
"(Tucker) was implicated in the LIBOR crisis and I'm sure that this was an aspect that played against him," Gagnon said.
Carney is also not entirely new to the U.K.
Born in the Northwest Territories and raised in Edmonton, Carney obtained his doctorate in economics at Oxford University, meeting his British wife there, also an economist.
He also worked at Goldman Sachs for 13 years, part of which was spent in their London office before joining the Bank of Canada in 2003 and taking the post of governor in 2008.


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War Room: Strategic marriage
Many times when a marriage struggles, we see each other as the enemy. This is a false premise. When we continue to view each other that way, the marriage dies, and that is a tragedy. Best friends turning into enemies is heartbreaking.
War Room begins with an analogy of war-- how a war room is used to strategize to defeat the enemy before any action is taken. It then transitions into the story of a successful, beautiful woman (Elizabeth) who is struggling with her marriage. Her husband Tony is a Class A Jerk-with-a-capital-J. How on earth can she continue living with a man who is so rotten?
With an older, spunky, Jesus loving (and super fun!) woman mentoring her, Elizabeth realizes who the real enemy is (hint: NOT her husband) and realizes that she should let God do the fighting (and strategizing) for her. This movie focuses on prayer, pure love, self-control and the wonderful side effects on others, as we put ourselves in a good place without trying to control our spouse. It echos many of the lessons in the secular Wife for Life book that I adore, and even though this movie is about marriage, the whole family will enjoy and learn from it.
*Note: as always, please check the content of this and other movies at www.commonsensemedia.org or kids-in-mind.com before you watch it to make sure you feel it is appropriate for your family.
Family Discussion Guide
-What do you think of the concept of a prayer closet?
-Why and how did Tony change?
-How did he find the courage to do the hard thing?
-Do you think Miss Clara felt awkward when she first started sharing her thoughts with Elizabeth? How did her boldness help Elizabeth?
-How can you get closer to God and recognize the things he wants you to do--even if it feels awkward at first?
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When you're starting to meditate, you need to be comfortable, know that you won't be disturbed and know that there is no right or wrong way to do it. As you practice, become more confident and start to feel the benefits of meditation, you may want to start exploring different types of meditation and different types of meditation techniques.
Here are just a few of the many types of meditation with a brief explanation of each one.
Breathing Meditation
This meditation could be where the phrase "take a breather" originated.
It's a very simple and easy meditation where you sit comfortably and just focus on your breathing. You can breathe normally or breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. This is a useful little meditation to do if you get a few quiet moments during a busy day and need to calm down or recharge your batteries.
If all else fails – lock yourself in the loo at work and take those breaths. You'll feel much better for it!
Buddhist Meditation
Buddhist meditations encourage and develop concentration and clarity. They focus on gaining emotional positivity, and a calmness which allows you to see the true nature of things. If practiced regularly, these nurtured states of mind can help you to feel deeply peaceful and yet energized. People who practice Buddhism meditation say that it can be life transforming and it gives them a new understanding of life.
Chakra Meditation
In this chakra balancing meditation, you start with the first chakra, the root and work your way slowly up to your crown chakra. At every chakra, you visualize the spinning energy wheel and focus on healing and aligning it. Once you're happy that it's done, move up to the next one.
This is a powerful meditation which leaves you feeling energized, balanced and connected.
Colouring Meditation
Have you ever watched a child with a colouring book and noticed how completely absorbed they become?
Well now there's colouring for grown-ups. Amazon has got an amazing selection of books with outlines of mandalas, stained glass windows, abstract patters and more so if it appeals to you, then you will be spoiled for choice.
Most of them have been compiled by Art Therapists and reviewers are reporting stress relief and a joyous zoning out.
Just get some coloured pencils and lose yourself in the meditative practice of colouring.
Deep Meditation
This is the goal that you are working towards. When your meditations become deeper, you will be less aware of your surroundings and will be able to focus on where the meditation takes you. It's a bit like learning to drive. One day you wonder how you'll ever do it – and then suddenly, you can drive the car and look where you're going at the same time!
After a deep meditation, you actually "come back to Earth with a bump" and your physical body feels extremely heavy, restrictive and burdonsome.
Guided Meditation
In this meditation, you listen to a voice that guides you through from start to finish. Guided meditations are ideal for beginners. It's totally normal to feel a little intimidated when you first start to meditate. After all, if you've never done it before – you're not quite sure what to expect. Listening to a soothing voice (with or without background music) will help you to relax and become accostomed to the new sensations that meditation will make you feel.
Before you buy a cd or download a guided meditation, it's important to listen to a sample first. You need to feel trust in the voice and to find it pleasant to listen to. You may find that you prefer no music or a particular type of music.
Many people who have been meditating for a long time still prefer to use guided meditations.
Healing Meditation
Mantra Meditation
This is a meditation that is aided by the repitition of a mantra.
What's a mantra?
If you split the word into two parts, you get
man = the root of the Sanksrit word for mind
tra = the root of the word instrument.
So a mantra is an instrument of your mind. It can be a phrase, a sound or a vibration that you repeat and focus on, to help you go into a deeper state of meditation.
Three of the most well known mantras for meditation are:
1. Mantra: OM
What it means: The sound of the universe. The first, original vibration. It represents birth, death and re-birth process.
2. Mantra: Om Namah Shivaya
What it means: I bow to Shiva, the supreme deity of transformation who represents the truest, highest self.
3. Mantra: Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
What it means: May all beings everywhere be happy and free – and may the thoughts, words and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.
Meditation for Anxiety and Depression
Meditation is ideal for people who suffer from anxiety and depression. This is because it is a good way to enter a state of relaxation. People who are anxious, often hyper-ventilate (breathe too fast and not deep enough) so focussing on slowing down their breathing and making those breaths deeper is extremely helpful. And if you suffer with depression, it can be helpful to focus on something to give you a little relief from how you are feeling.
If you are going to meditate to help with anxiety, it's very important to remember not to beat yourself up if you imagine you're somehow 'doing it wrong'. There really is no wrong way to meditate. There is only starting…and continuing. As you continue, you will find the meditation techniques easier to do and you will get more benefit from them.
Meditation for Beginners
When you're learning to meditate, it's important to keep it simple. I would recommend that you use a guided meditation (see above) and that you only meditate for five or ten minutes per day to start with.
One common fear that most newbies go through, is that they won't come back – it's not like you can set an alarm clock. When I first started meditating, someone gave me a piece of good advice – before you start, ask your guide (whether you know them or not…they will be listening) to bring you back after say, five or ten minutes. I was amazed when I 'woke up' absolutely to the minute.
When you get a few meditations under your belt and you start to go into a deeper state of relaxation, it can be tempting to stay in that blissful state for just a little while longer – but if you always use the 'Spirit Guide wake up call' you will always be back exactly when you asked to be.
'Meeting' Meditations
These are focused on meeting someone particular. This may be your Spirit Guide, your Guardian Angel or a loved one who has passed over.
Mindful Meditation
Mindfulness is a bit of a buzz word at the moment. In order to understand what Mindful Meditation is, it helps to know what mindfulness is.
The dictionary defines it as:
the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.
a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
In the Buddhist tradition, mindfulness is nurtured by performing a seated meditation.
What makes mindfulness mediation different is that it is not performed to help you to become any different from how you already are – not more enlightened, not more relaxed and not more open to spirit communication.
Instead, it helps you to become aware of what is already true moment by moment. It teaches you how to be unconditionally present. That helps you to be present with whatever is happening, no matter what it is.
Past Life Meditation
This is usually a guided meditation with the goal of uncovering your past lives.
Reiki Meditation
Three main meditation techniques for the foundation in the first level of Reiki.
- Kenyoku Hô -a cleansing meditation.
- Jôshin Kokyû Hô – a meditation using breathing to focus the mind.
- Seishin Toitsu – a meditation to unify the mind.
Hatsurei Hô is a combination of all three above.
Relaxation Meditation
Relaxation meditation is a very useful tool for helping your to get a good nights' sleep or to help if you tend to be anxious or depressed.
In this form of meditation exercise, music is often used with or without a guided meditation voiceover. Just as the title describes, relaxation meditation is aimed at attaining a deep state of relaxation.
If you are becoming more advanced with your meditation practice, you may already be familiar with the wonderful state of feeling utterly, totally, completely relaxed. Great, isn't it?
Simple / Easy Meditation
These are alternative names for meditation for beginners.
Spiritual Meditation
All types of meditation are spiritual. When you go into a state of deep relaxation, you allow yourself to connect with a higher power. That higher power is the omnipresent, the one, the divine, universal consciousness, God – there are many terms for this and you will find one that resonates with you and that you are comfortable with.
Themed Meditation
These are guided meditations that focus on one a subject such as abundance, forgiveness, improving intuition, mindfulness…you name a subject and you will be able to find a meditation to help you with it.
Third Eye Meditation
In this meditation, you focus on your third eye. This is the chakra that is located in the middle of your forehead and it is associated with psychic seeing or clairvoyance (which translates as clair=clear, voyance=seeing). As you visualize that beautiful spinning wheel of energy, you will start to open it up, slowly at first and then as far as you can go. As you do this, you are also making your own energy vibrate faster. This makes it easier to tune into spirit as their energy vibration is much higher than ours.
The aim of this meditation is to see…whatever you are blessed to see. You can go into it with a clear desire to see somebody or something or just go with the flow and literally see what you are given.
Walking Meditation
This is simply meditating while you are walking. Many people enjoy this because it connects them with nature. In fact, people who love to hike or ramble may already be 'walking meditators' without even realising it. It's easy and very pleasant to lose yourself in nature and that losing yourself part is the meditation. It brings the double benefit of relaxation and exercise.
Yoga and Meditation
The guidebook of classical yoga is called the Yoga Sutra. It was compiled by a sage called Patanjali, at least 1,700 years ago and comprises 195 sutras or words of wisdom. Patanjali also wrote significant works on Ayurveda (the ancient Indian system of medicine) and Sanskrit grammar.
Yoga has much in common with meditation. They both involve breathing deeply, focussing, quieting down the outside noise and listening inward. So yoga and meditation were made for each other.
Zen Meditation
In Buddhism, Zen is called the 'meditation school'. The type of meditation that is central to Zen Buddhism is called Zazen.
Zazen is the study of the self.
To be enlightened by the ten thousand things is to recognize the unity of the self and the ten thousand things.
Buddah was in seated meditation when he received his own enlightenment and Zen practices it to this day. The seated Zen meditation has been used by Buddhists for more than 2,500 years.
It spread from India to China, then to Japan and other parts of Asia and then finally to the West.
It's a very simple practice – easy to describe and very easy to follow. But like all other meditations, you have to perform it regularly to discover – and benefit from – its power and depth.
How do you meditate? I'd love to hear from you. And if you'd like me to add more types, just let me know in the comments box below.


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List of authors contributing to UK Progressive Magazine.
Monroe Anderson is a Cyber Columnist and veteran Chicago journalist. A published author, he has worked for magazines, newspapers, television and posts his own political blog. A regular contributor to ebonyjet.com, Anderson is a member of the Trotter Group, a collective of African American columnists representing publications coast-to-coast and of the AfroSpear, a collective of black bloggers.
Anderson was selected in 2007 to participate in the Kaiser Family Foundation Traveling Media Seminar in South Africa. He and five other journalists, from the U.S. and U.K., visited South Africa for nine days for an in-depth study of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. From February 2006 until July of last year, he was a freelance op-ed page columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. His political commentary ran every Sunday in the newspaper's "Controversy" section, was the editor of Savoy Magazine, editor of N'DIGO – a Chicago weekly publication that has the nation's largest African-American newspaper circulation, former host of Common Ground at CBS2 Chicago and a career journalist for more than three decades working with Dow Jones, Johnson Publishing Company, the Tribune Company, Post-Newsweek and Viacom.
Dr Anthony Asadullah Samad is an author, scholar and the co-founder, Managing Director and host of the Urban Issues Forum. Dr. Samad's most recent book is entitled "Saving The Race: Empowerment Through Wisdom". His national column can be read in newspapers and cyber-sites nationwide.
His weekly writings can be read at www.blackcommentator.com. For more information about Dr. Samad, go to www.AnthonySamad.com.
Charley James is an American journalist, writer and blogger who lives in Toronto. He writes The Political Curmudgeon blog, a progressive look at US political, foreign policy, social, law and war-and-peace issues through the eyes of a slightly deranged ex-pat Yank writing from Canada.)
Denis G. Campbell is the creator and editor of UK Progressive, World View Show, Book View TV and the author of 6 books including 'Billionaire Boys Election Freak Show,' 'The Vagina Wars' & 'Egypt Unsh@ckled.'
He provides commentary to the BBC, itv Al Jazeera English, CNN, CRI, MSNBC and others. He is the CEO of Monknash Media. You can follow him on Twitter @UKProgressive and Facebook.
Tina Dupuy is a nationally syndicated political columnist, investigative journalist, award-winning writer, stand-up comic and wedge issue fan. You can follow her on Twitter @TinaDupuy or her website http://tinadupuy.com
Theodora Fills is an environmental journalist, consultant and college instructor. She is a regular contributor to UK Progressive.co.uk, Examiner.com, and a Moderator for sub-group CLIMATE on LinkedIn. Theodora's articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines worldwide, including The San Francisco Chronicle, KOBE News, World Farming, United Nations Association, UK and World Tech News. You can view her blog.
Dick Price s Editor of the LA Progressive. With his wife Sharon, he publishes several other print and online newsletters on political and social justice issues.
Dick has worked in publishing as a writer, editor, and publisher for a quarter century, currently serving as associate publisher for the IEEE Computer Society. In earlier releases, he was a cab driver, bartender, construction worker, soldier, and farmhand, and for many years helped operate a nonprofit halfway house for homeless alcoholics and addicts.
Dorret Goot Wassink is Managing Director of the UK change management firm Target Point Ltd. She assists global organisations in bringing about top-down corporate cultural change. Her clients present and past include: ING Group, Bolletje, Rabobank, Fortis Group and others.
Dorret is passionate about doing all we can to save this earth and cut down on carbon emmissions and consumption. She is Dutch-born and raised and currently lives in the UK with her husband and three young children.
Madeleine Begun Kane is the 2008 Robert Benchley Society Humor Award winner and is a New York City-based humor columnist, recovering lawyer and musician whose columns, political song parodies and satirical poems have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines, websites, and anthologies.
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists honored her work as a humor columnist in 1996. Her personal humor site, www.madkane.com has garnered awards from USA Today, Shift Magazine, Maxim Magazine, and About.com's Political Dot-Comedy Award for Best Parody. She believes a limerick a day keeps Republicans at bay — at least, she hopes so. That's why she writes so much lefty political verse for her Mad Kane's Political Madness Blog: http://www.madkane.com/madness/ . She also posts non-political humor on her Mad Kane's Humor Blog: http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/. Mad Kane lives in New York City with her humor-inspiring husband Mark, who puts up with her writing song parodies and light verse during dinner, even though the poor guy thought he was marrying a nice Jewish lawyer.
Carl Matthes is a native of Los Angeles and has lived in Eagle Rock for over 40 years.
Carl is a former president and a current Board member of Uptown Gay and Lesbian Alliance. He is a former columnist and a current advisor to the Lesbian News, the oldest lesbian publication in America. He was editor of the GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) newsletter and a former GLAAD National Board member. He has also been a Board member of AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Rev. Irene Monroe is a Ford Fellow and doctoral candidate at Harvard Divinity School. One of Monroe's outreach ministries is the several religion columns she writes – "The Religion Thang," for In Newsweekly, the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender newspaper that circulates widely throughout New England, "Faith Matters" for The Advocate Magazine, a national gay & lesbian magazine, and "Queer Take," for The Witness, a progressive Episcopalian journal. Her writings have also appeared in Boston Herald and in the Boston Globe. Her award-winning essay, "Louis Farrakhan's Ministry of Misogyny and Homophobia", was greeted with critical acclaim. Monroe states that her "columns are an interdisciplinary approach drawing on critical race theory, African American , queer and religious studies. As an religion columnist I try to inform the public of the role religion plays in discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Because homophobia is both a hatred of the "other " and it's usually acted upon 'in the name of religion," by reporting religion in the news I aim to highlight how religious intolerance and fundamentalism not only shatters the goal of American democracy, but also aids in perpetuating other forms of oppression such as racism, sexism, classism and anti-Semitism."
Sherwood Ross is a veteran reporter and public relations consultant.
He formerly worked for the City News Bureau of Chicago, the Chicago Daily News, and as a columnist for wire services.
Sharon Kyle is Publisher of the LA Progressive. With her husband Dick, she publishes several other print and online newsletters on political and social justice issues. In addition to her work at JPL, Sharon is enrolled in law school at the People's College of Law in Los Angeles. She is also the mother of two adult children, Wade and Deva and the step-mother to two children, Raheem and Linnea.
Robert Hunziker (MA, economic history, DePaul University) is a freelance writer and environmental journalist whose articles have been translated into foreign languages and appeared in over 50 journals, magazines, and sites worldwide, like Z magazine, European Project on Ocean Acidification, Ecosocialism Canada, Climate Himalaya, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Comite Valmy, and UK Progressive. He has been interviewed about climate change on Pacifica Radio, KPFK, FM90.7, Indymedia On Air and World View Show/UK.
Adel El-Adawy is a Next Generation Fellow at The Washington Institute. He is recent Masters recipient of the American University Graduate School of Political Science and was editor and creator of the Egyptian Student Abroad blog.
British Travel News Malcolm Ginsberg is a frequent contributor to UK Progressive Magazine and World View Show.
Business Travel News is published every Monday globally by email and on the web. Its readers are travel suppliers, travel organisers and regular travellers. BT News is distributed on company Intranets, on notice boards and by trade organisations.
Brent Budowsky served as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, responsible for commerce and intelligence matters, including one of the core drafters of the CIA Identities Law. Served as Legislative Director to Congressman Bill Alexander, then Chief Deputy Whip, House of Representatives. Currently a member of the International Advisory Council of the Intelligence Summit. Left government in 1990 for marketing and public affairs business including major corporate entertainment and talent management.
The Reverend Dr. Britt Minshall is the author of several books including the widely acclaimed 'The Jesus Book.' He is a speaker on societal behaviors impacting politics, religion and wealth. He travels and ministers extensively in Haiti. He is a Pastor Emeritus in The United Church of Christ, a Minister in the Full Gospel Fellowship and a regular contributor on Fox Television Network, Public Radio, and National media. He is also a former Security Agency operator and INTERPOL Officer. His police career was compromised when he became a Freedom Rider in the mid- sixties.
Dr. Dario Llinares is a Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator of the MA Film & Television at Falmouth University. He has published in various areas including representations of identity in film and popular culture, the social construction of history and the cultural politics of austerity. He is also leader of a research project analysing cinema spectatorship in the digital age entitled www.interactivespectatorships.org. He writes film reviews for www.alternatetakes.co.uk and contributes to amazingradio.co.uk. For more details go to www.dariollinares.com. Follow him on Twitter @DarioDoubel
David A. Love is the executive director of Philadelphia-based Witness to Innocence, a national organisation of exonerated former death row prisoners and their families in the US. He is also executive editor of BlackCommentator.com, and a contributor to the Huffington Post and the NBC News site, theGrio. Follow David on Twitter @davidalove
Glyn Strong is a globally respected journalist whose newspaper career began at The Guardian in the 1970s. Since then she has worked for a wide variety of publications and visited more than 40 countries. She specialises in ethical, gender, aviation, military, travel, human rights, general interest features and veterans issues. In 1994 she left journalism to work for the Armed Forces, spending lengthy periods in hostile environments, running civilian/military news teams in Bosnia and Kuwait and operating in the Falkland Islands, Hungary, Kosovo, Germany, Italy and Holland. She collaborates with broadcasters and distinguished photographers and contributes to national and international publications. Her website is: http://glynstrong.co.uk
GottaLaff/Laffy lives in California and is the editor of http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/. She's a UCLA grad and takes pride in her vast experience bellowing catcalls at what passes for TV news. Her career includes teaching theatre at a performing arts high school; TV, stage, improv/stand-up; directing, writing, you name it. You might even catch her on the radio with Lizz Winstead, Nicole Sandler, John Fugelsang, Shane-O, Angie Coiro, or anyone who will have her. Laffy's posts tend to go for the lighter–okay, demented–side, suitable for pointing and laughing. She also produces Blunt videos: http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/blunt/
The Center for Public Integrity was founded in 1989 by Charles Lewis. We are one of the country's oldest and largest nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news organizations. Our mission: To serve democracy by revealing abuses of power, corruption and betrayal of public trust by powerful public and private institutions, using the tools of investigative journalism.
Jeanine Mollof is a veteran urban educator specializing in communications disorders. She moonlights as a political commentator on various issues including civil liberties in an age of 'terrorism', ecological justice, collateral damage in war zones, economic equity and education. Jeanine has published with Huffington Post, OpEdNews, FireDogLake, Counterpunch and Huffington Post Union of Bloggers. In an era of state and corporate sanctioned censorship; she believes that journalism which demands answers to the tough questions is the last remaining bulwark of democracy. Now more than ever we need the likes of I.F. Stone over the insipid voices of celebrity infotainment. Jeanine works and lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
Kaustabh Kulkarni or 'KK' is the Principal Correspondent for "ETV NEWS", one of India's leading multilingual national TV stations with a viewership of approximately 80 million. He reports on a wide variety subjects and issues, including economic development; political affairs; business; defense, inter-community relations; and socio-political developments with a special interest in international affairs, international trade, Anti Terrorism and Human Rights.
Marian Wang was ProPublica's first reporter-blogger. She previously worked for Mother Jones, where she spearheaded the magazine's social media strategy. Since graduating with honors from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 2007, she worked in Chicago as a freelance investigative reporter and blogger for The Chicago Reporter, Chi-Town Daily News, and ChicagoNow. She now lives in New York. She likes it a lot. Find Marian on Twitter.com @mariancw
ProPublica.org is a non-profit corporation based in New York City. It describes itself as an independent non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest
Robert Reich is the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth century. He has written thirteen books, including the best sellers "Aftershock" and "The Work of Nations." His latest, "Beyond Outrage," is now out in paperback. He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause. His new film, "Inequality for All," is now available on Netflix, iTunes, DVD, and On Demand.


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Women working at Microsoft have been hit particularly hard by the company's recent round of layoffs.
The company's newest diversity report, issued on Monday, shows that women now make up 26.8% of the Microsoft workforce — down from 29% a year earlier.
The company says the sudden change in male-to-female ratio was likely due "to the restructuring of our phone hardware business." That means the company's $7.5 billion write-down of its Nokia acquisition led to jobs cuts where a higher percentage of the workers were women.
"The workforce reductions resulting from the restructure of our phone hardware business…impacted factory and production facilities outside the U.S. that produce handsets and hardware," Gwen Houston, Microsoft Global Diversity and Inclusion general manager, wrote in a blog post. "This was the main cause of the decline in female representation at Microsoft."
Microsoft announced in July that it was laying off 7,800 people as the result of Nokia's failure to gain market share. The layoffs followed 18,000 job cuts in 2014.
"Even with this explanation, I want to emphasize that we are not satisfied with where we are today regarding the percentage of women in our workforce," Houston added. "Our senior leaders continue to be deeply committed to doing everything possible to improve these numbers."
Microsoft has said it plans to do a better job recruiting, training, and promoting women.
"Worldwide, 30.6% of all university hires coming into Microsoft are women, up from 27.7%," said Houston. "This is encouraging as we think about our future."
"We are focused on all stages of the pipeline," she said. "We're starting to see results — definitely not as quickly as we would like, but we're starting to move in the right direction."
Microsoft is in desperate need of a win among female workers after CEO Satya Nadella in 2014 suggested that women who don't ask for raises will receive "good karma." He has since apologized for that comment.


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So I've decided to take a blogging break. What? you say. You've been absent since the middle of December! Yes, I know. And I really wanted to get going again in the New Year, but life keeps getting in the way.
In truth, it's going to be more of an online break. I'm going to *try* to stop reading blogs altogether (get off Facebook for awhile, even cut down e-mail for the moment, too). Right now, I'm in something of a funk where every blog I read is making me feel inadequate in some way or other. I feel just *not good enough* in about every area of life. In addition, there are some things going on that require my attention, and I really want to get on top of these things and be more settled in my heart and mind before opening them back up to external influences (like blogs, but you know, other things as well).
Sorry for the whiney nature of this post. But hey, I think we've all been in one of these funks, yes? So I'm sure y'all understand. I hope to be back in the next month or two, this time with renewed energy and my positive spirit back up and running. I'm going to call it my "re-launch." Ha. Like I'm NASA or something. Anyway, until then, take care and see you soon!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Blogging break
Labels: announcements, blog
3 comments:
- Kate said...
You are missed here in the www, my dear, but I understand. Love of love and hugs.
- February 5, 2011 at 7:12 PM
- Sarah said...
Hey there--thanks for the message about the cake and cake stand. It was so fun to make.
the cake stand was actually given to me by my Mom. It came in a Mikasa box; so I'm not exactly sure where she would have gotten it (likely at an outlet store). I'm sure you could do a search on ebay/etsy for a white cake stand and you might be able to find one like it or similar!
there is no hurt in planning early!
- February 18, 2011 at 5:16 AM
- Terri said...
Nice to find you back, Becky! :) Congratulations on your beautiful family! I look forward to visiting here often. Enjoy your time off!
Terri :)
- March 2, 2011 at 6:36 PM
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text: Middle School Apply Now Admissions Info Athletics Info Middle School Weekly News Academics Parent/Student Handbook Community Service Clubs Educational Service At Orangewood Christian School we embrace students with different learning styles. Our Educational Services program offers support to students in need of additional assistance to help them succeed in the regular classroom environment. OCS offers this academic support and assistance at the elementary middle and high school campuses for qualifying students at an additional cost. Our middle school program is designed to assist students by utilizing instructional strategies intended to enhance student's organization and classroom accountability. Reinforcement of the academic concepts is provided through re-teaching and practice.


text: Prince Michael Tetov is a page for Nicholas II and is privy to wealthy Russian court society in early 1900s Russia. His mother, a lady-in-waiting to the Empress Alexander, socializes with the magnificently rich Usupovs. Michael meets Anna, a student revolutionary and servant to the family. The two fall passionately in love. When the Revolution of 1917 begins, Michael hides his mother with Anna. Anna surrenders her to the Bolsheviks and Michael, deeply betrayed, loses all hope. After another brief experience of love and loss, God is dead to him, as is his faith. Michael is sent to Siberia where he serves the ?Monster of the Urals,? and participates in unimaginable horrors of war and carnage. He escapes to China, then joins a close friend, the Maharaja of Shandragar, in India during the Malabar Riots. Michael?s view of life is reinforced when he witnesses the ugliness of human behavior; the wealthy live as if the poverty that surrounds them is unimportant. Michael makes a decision that changes the course of his life and restores his faith in love. But fate takes another drastic turn threatening to destroy him once again. Will Michael find his happiness or will he face his worst tragedy yet?


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As part of NYC x Design 2014 at Industry City, WorkOf curated and staged an apartment featuring pieces from over 30 local NYC makers on our site. The event was co-hosted by WantedDesign and was an incredible way for us to bring the community together again and highlight all the beautiful design being done locally.
We were thrilled with the results and the rooms came together even better than we imagined, with special pieces designed just for us alongside new lines, limited colorways and existing designs. Everything looked wonderful and made for a really magical experience.
Some highlights included a custom bed by Vidi Vixi, the debut of two new lines of wallpaper by Calico and Eskayel, as well as a sofa collaboration between Farrah Sit and Rebecca Atwood. The room was styled and photographed by our friend, the wonderfully talented Emily Johnston.
Special thanks to Industry City for their continued support of the arts and manufacturing in Brooklyn as well as Claire and Odile, and the whole WantedDesign team, for giving us this special opportunity.
Selected photos below.