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Some important precautions to be taken by the beginners when they begin to Play Poker Games
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Ozark National Foods Celebrates America Recycles Week
By: Melissa Bollero
Updated: November 12, 2012
This week is America Recycles Week, and Ozark Natural Foods is holding events all week long. Here's a list of events from their website and how you can get involved:
Ozark Natural Foods https://www.facebook.com/ozarknaturalfoods/events
1554 North College Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas
All week long, we will be collecting paper bags to recycle outside of the Co-op!
Wednesday, November 14, 4:30-6pm: Make your own rain barrel workshop at the Co-op. The cost is $15 and that covers all the materials provided. Sign up at the Owner Services Desk to reserve your spot (there are only 20 total spots).
America Recycles Day, Thursday, November 15, 10am-12pm: Tour of the City of Fayetteville's Recycling Center.
America Recycles Day, Thursday, November 15, 12-6pm: Recycling drop off at Ozark Natural Foods' R3 Recycling Center. If you want to drop off your recycling but haven't gotten around to it, today is the perfect day! We'll meet you at your car and take your recycling for you to the center!
Friday, November 16, 2-6pm: Local sustainable companies will be at the Co-op. We will also have a truck outside the Co-op that will be accepting old building materials to be recycled by Habitat for Humanity.
Saturday, November 17, 10am-12pm: We'll have a movie showing of The Lorax in Ozark Natural Foods' Conference Center, along with a craft project for the kids to make things out of recycled materials.


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The product is top quality and looks great. Ordered a medium and found that the product was too large, i.e. 5"9", 170lbs. Went to local BrooksBrothers store and exchanged it for a small with no problems. I found the small size fits my height and weight and below. Great product.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by mgmiller68 Love, love, love these pajamas!!! :-)
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This is the 10th pair of Brooks Brothers' pajamas I own currently. (Two aree due to be retired!) Like the other 9 pairs, these look good and feel good. They are roomy and the all cotton material makwes them very comfortable. I am 6'1", 185 pounds and the large fits perfectly. I like the draw string waist; it is comfortable and, if necessary, any "gap" can be covered up by tucking the pajama top into the pants. This is lightweight, like all the others I have, and I like it that way all year round.
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Mrs. Adeline Valeri Foster, 95, of LaGrange died Friday, March 1, 2013, at Hospice LaGrange.
Mrs. Foster was born May 4, 1917, in LaGrange, daughter of the late Jim and Ida Valeri. She was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Catholic Church. Mrs. Foster and her husband, Claude "Eachie" Foster, were the first couple to be married in the old St. Peter's Catholic Church on Church Street on June 20, 1938. She was Miss LaGrange in 1937 and proceeded to the state competition where she became the 1st runner-up in Miss Georgia. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Claude Frank "Frankie" Foster, and two sisters, Mary Hadaway and Nannie Valeri.
Mrs. Foster volunteered as a Pink Lady at West Georgia Medical Center for many years and was a founding member of the Ladies Golf Association at Highland Country Club. She was an avid bridge player and wonderful seamstress. She was known for her famous Spaghetti Dinners and her fabulous cooking. Having grown up in Italy until she was 11 years of age, Mrs. Foster was proud of her Italian Heritage but mainly proud of being an American. And last but not least, she loved the Georgia Bulldogs.
Survivors include her husband of 74 years, Claude "Eachie" Foster; two children, James Sidney "Jimbo" Foster and his wife Nancy of LaGrange, and Cecilia Edwards and her husband David of Atlanta, GA; eight grandchildren, Tripp (Staci) Foster, Linny (Lindsey) Foster, and Sidney (Rachel) Foster, all of LaGrange, Kasey (Adam) Bittner of Atlanta, GA, Nicholas Foster of Portland, OR, Foster (Corrinne) Edwards of Norfolk, VA, Frank Edwards of Houston, TX, and Mary Adeline Edwards of Orlando, FL; four great grandchildren, Ali Foster, Cal Foster, Sarah Bittner, and Ansley Bittner; one brother, Americo Richard Valeri of Tampa, FL; and several nieces and nephews.
The Funeral Mass was held 11:00 A.M. today, March 4, 2013, at St. Peter's Catholic Church. Father Patrick Scully officiated. Burial followed in Shadowlawn Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to St. Peter's Catholic Church in memory of Mrs. Adeline Valeri Foster.
Those wishing to share a condolence or remembrance with the family may do so by visiting www.shlagrange.com.
Arrangements are by Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 1010 Mooty Bridge Road, LaGrange, GA 30240 (706) 884-8636


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This comprehensive guide to the management of sleep difficulties focuses on the problems that are commonly found in Autism Spectrum Disorders and related conditions. The author explains sleep and everything that affects it and gives detailed outlines of all the proven medications and western and eastern non-pharmacological remedies available. more »
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Why do adults take ballet?(formerly: Latest Ballet Alert)
Posted 23 September 2003 - 06:01 AM
I've taken the liberty of moving one of your posts about starting pointe to the Young Dancer's forum for ages 16-22 board.
Be sure to look around at all of the forums and read the "About This Site" forum for some helpful hints, too. And if you haven't checked out Ballet Alert's main page, please do as it will give you a great overview of the site and all the different things that are available from "blogs" to subscriptions to two dance magazines, etc.
I'm sure you'll find your way quickly and later on in the day you'll get some helpful responses!
You also ought to check in and introduce yourself on the Welcome thread, as well.
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Posted 17 December 2003 - 08:02 PM
I actually enjoy it more now than when I was young and more competent. When I was a young serious student, I cared desperately whether I was improving, whether it was right, whether I had a chance, how I measured up, etc. Now I don't have the anxiety and can just enjoy the music. Who cares if I look like an idiot at times? Who cares if the pirouettes didn't come off well? Admittedly, I don't get the pleasure of seeing beautiful line realized in the mirror very often. Arabesque is generally not something to dwell on. One must have a sense of humor and not take oneself too seriously, be willing to laugh, and the class can still be exhilirating. And when I pull something off well, it's such a surprise pleasure. Somehow I managed to go directly from being a wannabe to a has been. It amuses me no end when people ask me what company I danced with. If you can't laugh or at least smile, you're going to have a hell of a time getting through class as an adult.
I do, however, prefer to take a class with lots of adults. One can get that kind of self conscious "she must be from Mars!" feeling when mixed in with mostly serious teenagers.... or "what, does she really think she has a chance of being a dancer at her age?" But, honestly, I find many of the youngsters are so ignorant of the dynamic possibilties of the steps, that I figure I'm giving them a good example of the rhythms involved even if no one would want to imitate my technique. I do love to have some good ambitious young dancers in class though, they're inspiring to watch... reminds us of what we're reaching for... if it's just us oldsters, we sometimes miss out on that contageous energy that sometimes makes turns and jumps work just out of mass hypnosis.
Also, I think, when it's not making you limp like an invalid, that dance keeps you young. Truly, I think there might be some hormones activated just from the effort of dancing... I don't think it's the exercise alone... probably there's something involved in competitive exercise as well, but those are probably different hormones than dance hormones. When I think of how young many the dance teachers in their sixties look and move... even though I now think they were probably extroadinary specimens in their 20s, I still think the dancing has kept them young...
Come to think of it, there's also that Alzheimers connection... perhaps you've read of that study last year? Dance was the only exercise that had a positive correlation with Alzheimers.
Do I ever improve? Sometimes, depending on how often I get to class... I generally can't maintain a level because I can't get to class regularly and often enough... but sometimes things do improve for a time or so. Of course I never reach that level I was at when I was 16... besides the youth issue, I never can put anywhere near that much time into it.
Is it a downer to see younger students advance? No. I enjoy it. We kind of feel like distant relatives when we see them improve... we're proud of them. Of course, they don't leave our class for another... they're generally only in our class to supplement their age-appropriate training... the more advanced class that they would go to isn't open to adults. Perhaps if I were stuck in a smaller school, it would be different... or if I hadn't reached a certain level myself. But no, it's not like the feeling of being left out such as I felt when my friends were getting into companies and having professional careers. It only bothers me if it's my own generation. Regarding Citibob's observation about neurotically driven students succeeding... I'm not sure that's 100 percent the case... I think I was neurotic enough to increase my risk of injury, and ultimately that plus height issues made the major difference.
Do I ever get bored?
No. There's just too much to work on. I think the more you know, the more there is to work on. If a combination is too simple, I sometimes find it difficult to remember, but there's always so much to feel and work on in the steps themselves. The only time I get frustrated is when a teacher seems to have designed the class way beyond the facility of the students... any of the students. You need to pull something off at some point in the class, or it's too depressing.
It takes so much work why do they do it?
Well, if the class is totally focused on technique and never on choreography, then it's not much fun. I guess I don't notice how much work it is. I don't have the discipline I had when I was young and ambitious, to stretch every night, etc... so I don't go to that level of work... but the class itself? I don't know... I was taught to "work hard" in class at such an early age, that I can't imagine not approaching it that way. The "work" part of it is transparent.
Posted 18 December 2003 - 07:28 AM
Of all the many reasons I take ballet, right now the one that comes first to mind is the way it connects me to things and people I never otherwise would encounter. Paivi, I love what you said about ballet connecting you to something larger and more beautiful. So many of us work in non-artistic professions, and studying ballet makes us less the spectator and more the participant.
I also love the connection to other people who feel the same way as I do about ballet. My job requires a lot of traveling (I'm in Santa Fe now) and taking a class in a strange city makes me in a small way less the stranger. It's great to interact with people in a way that isn't a business transaction. I really think someday I have to write a book or something about "Travels with Ballet" -- it's quite heartening to find so many teachers and students across the country who believe ballet can be part of an adult's life even if they never perform or "do" anything with it. To simply do it is the point!
Posted 18 December 2003 - 10:36 AM
Has it been hard for me? Yes and no. I guess I have a natural facility for it and my drive to learn and improve has made me progress much faster than some of the people I started taking classes with three years ago.
Is it hard to see younger students move on? It was at first. I think it's only natural to feel something when you see gifted young ones progress into something you wanted but couldn't have. But in time I've dealt with that issue. Now I'm morstly pleased to see my own progress. My initial reaction to this was to stop going to classes that mixed adults and kids. Eventually I got over that getting to the point where I'm not only fine with kids being in my classes, I actually enjoy seeing them now. I find watching them helps with my own technique. But I do have to allow myself one vanity. There was one school I went to for some time. They had this boy in his late teens, their fledgling "star." At first he intimidated me because he was so much better than I was and he was not very friendly. I went back recently and he was in the same class I was taking. I realized I had progressed so much that I was able to do things he still couldn't. I was surprised and more than a little pleased to see how much my technique had grown.
Why do I keep going? Many reasons. One, I want to improve. I see no reason why I can't learn as much as possible. I may never do perfect double tours but I can do fairly descent singles. As long I as can strive to make those better I'll be taking classes. The other reason is it is a great escape from my adult world worries. For 1 1/2 hours I forget about alll my pressures and concentrate solely on the task in front of me, a well executed tendu, holding my turnout, etc. This relaxes me and helps keep me sane.
Posted 08 April 2010 - 08:07 PM
citibob, on Jul 12 2003, 10:04 AM, said:
As I said before, because I have to. Frankly, my life would be a lot easier right now without a dance career. But to have one is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And it changes you. I know that 20 years from now I'll look back on the experience and say "wow, I was a part of that". The fact that the company I dance for has already been nationally recognized but will likely only increase in reputation --- and I can help it do so by improving my dancing and in other ways --- only adds to that sense of accomplishment.
At what are did you start and how often did you practice?
Posted 02 June 2010 - 01:22 AM
What attracted me most to the ballet is still this feeling that it at once does and does not belong to this world; that it transcends the world while being part of the world. This is true, perhaps, of all art forms, which all use prosaic means to achieve magical effects. But it is more true, or at least true in a different sense, for dance. We are our bodies, and ballet allows our bodies to become otherwise than we are; for a new system of movements, a new life even, to inhabit us from within. Once I started taking ballet class, I would feel the possibility of these new movements within me. Even though aware of far I was from the grace of a professional dancer, I would feel a trace of this grace even in the midst of ordinary life.
I imagine, though, that I could have waited forever to begin. What finally compelled me to start taking classes was an extreme feeling of alienation from my physical self. At the time, I was a Ph.D. student in the humanities, and had spent practically my entire adult life engaged in entirely "cerebral" pursuits. The summer before I started ballet class, I had underwent a small surgery on my hand to repair some minor nerve damage. During the next two weeks after the operation, most of which I spent inside shielding myself from the stifling summer heat, my feeling of detachment from my body became acute. I realized I had to do something. While I had always wanted to study ballet, and while it satisfied a desire far deeper than any of the pragmatic considerations I might give, I also could now "justify" it: I needed some form of physical activity, and I knew that my hyperactive and easily distracted mind could not bear the tedium of most forms of exercise. I needed something that simultaneously occupied my mind and my body.
I was lucky to go to a studio that trained very serious pre-professional dancers, but also took its adult students very seriously. Even though it was intimidating at times to see the gifted teenage dancers, I never found it discouraging.
Posted 02 March 2011 - 10:04 AM
Frankly, to take classes as an adult, is to feed my inner needs. Ballet is soul food for me, even if it starts to sound cheesy. Simply having the passion for dance alone wasn't enough to become a professional dancer, and that's my case, unfortunately. I wasn't born with the dancer body, didn't start the training early enough (age 11), didn't have the proper training (age 14) even when I managed to convince my parents to switch to a better established ballet school (was told to turn out but never advised on how to do it properly, was told to get a pair of pointe shoes with no instructions on how the fitting should be done etc.), and was often encouraged to give up the training (age 16) because no one saw any future for me as a dancer.
But somehow it's not something that as a youth I would get bored with. I got over stamp collection, painting lessons, piano lessons, local children choir group, but ballet never left. Giving up the training was probably the inevitable, but the drive to dance has been always there to this day. Each class when it starts from the first position, I start to listen to my body, to feel every inch and piece of muscle stretch, to clear my mind and focus, and to dance even just to move my finger tips, my concentration is most serious and intense at this time.
To watch a ballet or to read about it on books and articles is not enough sometimes. The dance itself is more liberating than anything else.
Posted 02 March 2011 - 07:37 PM
When I was very young, I would dance for hours given the chance. Then I became serious and strived for perfect line, mulitple rotations, high extensions, impossible weight, and I strove for a professional level many hours a day, but honestly I was too tall for my generation of dancers, and not quite good enough to make up for the height. Eventually I "retired" my ambition and danced solely for recreation. At that point, honestly, I rediscovered the joy of dancing. In my serious study I had never lost the love of ballet, but the unfettered joy was hampered by concerns about shortcomings. Now that imperfection was a "who really cares, I'm dancing for my own pleasure" and no longer a flaw in professional quality... I dance about the dancing and about the music, not the perfect technique. The older I get the less I can do, but I think I'd enjoy it if even if I were in a wheelchair and just doing the port de bras.
Posted 14 November 2011 - 02:53 PM
But i know i do capoeira cuz I love it. I cant breath without it and I am very frustrated of sacrificing capoeira for visual arts and I will switch now to capoeira+dance at a more serious level and hoepefully it might be something i want a career in.
Posted 14 November 2011 - 04:55 PM
Your question is better asked on our sister site, BalletTalk for Dancers. You'll find a special forum there for adult ballet students. This site, BalletAlert!, is oriented to the interests of the audience, the viewers. BalletTalk for Dancers is for doers!
You might also notice that this thread was started way back in 2003, and many who contributed to it are no longer active on BalletAlert!
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Posted 20 November 2011 - 08:46 AM
Posted 21 November 2011 - 06:15 AM
To mess up wth your knees when fantasizing about having a ballet dancer turnout, just to discover that you have none and you're just dangerously rotating your knees out.
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Posted 21 November 2011 - 12:16 PM
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I was in a similar position for several years, and had many of the same responses. They would take ballet classes in the way that may adults take music lessons, visual art lessons or acting classes -- they enjoyed participating in the art form.
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Is China playing a clever capitalist or malicious miscreant?
To the victor go the spoils, they say. But the U.S. isn't happy with China's control of over 95 percent of rare earth metal production. It's
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I. Once the U.S. Was a Rare Earth Leader
The earliest mining of rare earth elements came from placer sands in India and Brazil. Then in the 1950s, South Africa took the lead with its rare earth containing monazite deposits. Between the 1960s and 1980s, Mountain Pass mine in California was a leading producer.
Then came the red giant. China, which owns an estimated third of the world's rare earth deposits, pumped up production in Inner Mongolia in the 1990s, putting price pressure on American and other producers. It worked. The Mountain Pass mine was shuttered in 2002, and with it the majority of American rare earth mineral mining.
Slowly China came to dominate rare earth metal production, a realm once dominated by the U.S. (neodymium magnets pictured) [Image Source: Doug Kanter/Bloomberg]
But in their quest for ever more-efficient power electronics, electric vehicle makers, flat-panel television makers, wind turbine makers, and solar panel makers all turned to this category of scarce resources. In short, rare earth minerals suddenly became a prized commodity, just as the U.S. exited the market and China cornered it.
China responded by imposing a
2010 cap on exports
, which continued into 2011. The artificial ceiling limited exports and sent prices soaring,
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the electronics, alternative energy, and automotive industries.
That pain finally boiled over in the form of the trade complaint filed by the EU, U.S. and Japan last week.
II. Tough Talk
"We met at least a half a dozen times with the other countries that joined us. And I'm not talking about 'howdy dowdy' kind of meetings. These were three and four day-long sessions of going through legal issues," a U.S. official is
as saying. "Literally thousands of pages of Chinese language documents needed to be found, translated and analyzed."
Fertile sands: a laborer moves earth at a Chinese company's Inner Mongolia rare earth metal mining facility [Image Source: Stringer Shanghai/Reuters]
U.S. Trade Representative
Ron Kirk views this as a case of a fresh player not wanting to play by the rules. He states:
In fact China adds a small fraction of value to such a product - as reflected in the final price - usually at the assembly stage. China's share is well below 10 percent. Our businesses, as a general rule, really do believe, and maybe it's that American spirit, let me go compete in the global market and I'll accept that if (my friend) has got a better idea she wins and sometimes I'll win. But you've got to promise me that the deck's not going to be stacked.
I'm not saying you can't have state-owned enterprises. But how do we determine to give my businesses and competitors the sense that they truly are operating as independent market-driven entities?
Ironically the U.S. effort received a boost from a WTO
to the EU in a complaint about subsidies the U.S. government paid to The Boeing Comp. (
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In the WTO complaint, judges set in place new guidelines. Under these rules, if a nation refuses to reveal information on subsidies (as the U.S. did with Boeing) it will "draw negative inferences" -- assume the worse. This could be a fatal policy for China who reportedly hasn't published information on
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But he warns that the WTO complaints and tough rhetoric may backfire, commenting, "If China hits back, how important is the Chinese market to Western firms, and what is the impact on foreign companies that rely on China for assembly such as Apple?"
Pushing China too hard could backfire, particularly for U.S. companies like Apple who rely on the nation to produce their products. [Image Source: PocketLint]
China isn't above such petty retaliation. It recently sunk a $12B USD Airbus deal after the EU moved to enforce carbon taxes on it. With the manufacturing futures of virtually every American devicemaker --
including Apple
, Inc. (
) -- on the line, Mr. Fenby argues that America may have more to lose than the Chinese.
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On another note, never put your eggs in one basket. Be it OPEC or the rare earth issues, these governments or groups will hold you hostage for a buck, that much is clear. Diversify or prepare to get owned.
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A man's dress should never be perfect, for that would look too studied as well as too dull. Instead, it should always incorporate some sort of minor flaw, like the formality of the spotted bow tie in the photo next to a tweed suit, that keeps it from perfection.
It is easy for the blog writer to know when he has successfully incorporated a flaw, for he receives feedback letting him know that his ensemble would have been more successful if only he had not paired that satin necktie with an informal suit, or brown suede shoes with his navy worsted.
Feedback may be more difficult to come by for men without a public platform, but incorporating a flaw in one's dress is easier than it may appear on the surface. Just bend a rule. Wear knitwear under a suit jacket instead of a vest, or Norwegian slip-on shoes with a suit (any airline flight provides the perfect excuse for that one).
Always be flawed.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Always Be Flawed
12 comments:
- Simon said...
Will, that's a wonderful suit - may I ask who made it for you?
- January 2, 2010 at 9:34:00 AM PST
- James Cardinell said...
Nice post- I'm always flawed, so it's good to see sometimes it looks nice...
- January 2, 2010 at 11:59:00 AM PST
- joecab said...
Is this anything like the Japanese concept of "wabi-sabi"?
- January 2, 2010 at 1:23:00 PM PST
- david.bresch said...
Nice fabric! Details?
- January 2, 2010 at 2:50:00 PM PST
- Will said...
The suit is a London Lounge Cloth Club tweed from Lovat Mill and it was cut by Peter Harvey of Davies & Sons.
Despite my use of shibumi the other day, the concept is neither wabi sabi nor mono no aware. - January 2, 2010 at 3:55:00 PM PST
- Kristaps said...
Nice post. I've been dressing in slightly clashing colors or other odd combinations for the past few months, because it seemed more correct somehow. Thanks for putting this into words.
- January 2, 2010 at 4:30:00 PM PST
- Brandon said...
Perhaps this combination is technically flawed (by what standard, I don't know), but it looks fantastic to me.
- January 2, 2010 at 11:17:00 PM PST
- Ray Frensham said...
Indeed.... and that is the whole point of wearing a self-tied bow tie, it never looks perfect.
If you want "perfection" (ie. too-perfect-it's artificial) go for one of those ready-tied apologies on a piece of elastic. - January 3, 2010 at 5:16:00 AM PST
- The People's Business said...
"Always be flawed"
Turns out I've been stylish my whole life and didn't realize it! - January 3, 2010 at 10:42:00 AM PST
- B.R.Judge said...
I always try to incorporate the Japanese idea of "wabi sabi" ( perfection in inperfection) into my outfits. its a great way of achieving a terrific balance.
- January 3, 2010 at 2:41:00 PM PST
- Richard said...
To plan to be flawed appears to be at times a forced attempt to be different, which is some scenarios, especially artistic or leisure settings, might make sense, but at the price of artificiality, a bit like overdone sprezzatura. In certain professional settings, and especially in pure Black Tie and White Ties settings, those variations should be minimal, or, in the case of White Tie, absent, as the outfit is the at once the peak of elegance and the subdued backdrop for the ladies' ball gowns, avoiding to draw attention to itself. On the other hand, a perfectly styled country outfit following all the rules 100% appears often misplaced, as the country and nature are a bit messy anyway. As so often in style, one rule rarely fits all settings without exceptions. And full support to Ray Frensham's comment on the bow tie!
- January 3, 2010 at 4:09:00 PM PST
- Horatio said...
I hate to pick nits--no, that's not right. I love to pick nits, so here I go.
Wabi refers to the beauty found in simplicity, and is often translated as "subdued taste" or "quiet refinement." It is related to the word wabishii, meaning "dreary, shabby."
Sabi refers to elegant simplicity, and is often translated much the same as wabi. It is related to the word sabishii, meaning "feeling lonely." It is also homophonous with sabi, "rust."
The two words are most often used together, and indicate the aesthetic of simple modesty. Rather than "imperfection," the notion is that of naturalness as opposed to artifice.
A hand-tied bow tie does, in its own way, illustrate the wabi-sabi aesthetic: natural, not artificial like a pre-tied. However, the pairing of a city pindot with a country tweed is not, in and of itself, "quiet refinement." - January 25, 2010 at 4:55:00 PM PST


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Throughout history the majority of martial arts have operated within a culture of honor. Warrior classes from Vikings to Medieval knights to modern military personnel have shared this tendency as well. The ideal has always been to combine martial skills with ethical codes of behavior.
In Japan this ethical code of conduct was called Bushido ("Way of the Warrior) or Budo (Way of the Spirit.) Bushido was intended to permeate the life of the samurai. Specifically, it developed these seven character traits: right action, courage, benevolence, respect, truthfulness, honor, and loyalty. Many modern day Jiu Jitsu practitioners still find the concept of "Bushido" to be an important component of their practice.
Why have codes of moral virtue been combined with martial skill?
Charles Darwin suggested an answer – he was puzzled by a phenomenon that seemed to contradict the most basic premise of his Theory of Evolution, that natural selection should favor the ruthless.
People who are kind and generous should therefore die before passing on their genes to the next generation. Yet this is clearly not true, and all societies value kindness and generosity among their members.
Evolutionary biologists say that this seeming contradiction arises from the fact that we pass on our genes as individuals, but we survive as members of groups – and groups can exist only when individuals act not solely for their own advantage but for the sake of the group as a whole.
Neuroscientists say this dynamic has resulted in two patterns of reaction in our brains, a "Fast Track" and a "Slow Track."
The Fast Track focuses on the individual.
- The Fast Track focuses on potential danger to us as individuals.
- It is characterized by the immediate, instinctive and emotional.
The Slow Track focuses on the group.
- The Slow Track enables us to take a more considered view of the consequences of our actions for us and others.
- It is characterized by the reflective, rational and altruistic.
The fast track helps us survive, but it can also lead us to acts that are impulsive and destructive. The slow track leads us to more considered behavior – it brings moments of moral beauty into what might otherwise be harsh and lonely lives. The Fast Track helps us survive, but it is the Slow Track that enables us to thrive.
The Importance of Bushido.
This puts us in a position to understand why bushido was an important component of martial arts in the past — and why we still need it in the future. By encouraging ethical behavior, Bushido strengthens and speeds up the Slow Track. It reconfigures our neural pathways, turning moral behavior into instinct.
Bushido is the antidote to reckless behavior. It replaces emotional outbursts with moral choices. By metaphorically carving bushido into their hearts, the ideal samurai aimed to make "right action" automatic. This guided them towards the appropriate use of violence. Those who fell short of the ideal were more inclined to misuse their power and compromise their honor.
A strengthening of the slow track will highlight the honor in restraint. Unmitigated violence without the balance of a moral code is self destructive to the individual and the community they reside in.
The idea that Jiu Jitsu can now do without some form of ethical code of behavior, or Bushido, not only flies in the face of history, it contradicts evolutionary biology.
The emotional strength and psychological fitness that is associated with the Slow Track will likely have a greater impact on our life than martial arts skill or physical strength. This makes strengthening the Slow Track of our brains a supremely practical endeavor.
Philosophies such as Bushido are not a useless thing from the past. In fact, when combined with martial skill, they provide a more well rounded knowledge that is the way of the future.
What do you think? Do these moral codes still have a place in modern day Jiu Jitsu? Can they still be effective in helping us balance physical capabilities with a strong moral character?


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2013 Day of Volkswagen, Sunday 17 March
Dinner at Globe Derby park Sat 19 January 2013
President's note January 2013
Well, the New Year has brought a new beginning in my VW ownership life! I
have just purchased a '98 Mark 3 Golf – the first water-cooled VW I've ever
owned. The long-serving air-cooled Beetles will be retained of course, but with
my new job I needed something that is more economical, has an air
conditioner with the bonus of keeping mileage down on the Beetle engines.
Maris is very pleased as he has been trying to convince me to buy a Golf since
1995! Speaking of Maris, he has bought himself a new year's present too. Yes,
he has traded in the 2008 Golf along with the Polo and is now the proud owner
of a blue "Blue Motion" Golf.
A social event that is coming up may be the first club outings for these 2 Golfs
– our night at the Globe Derby Park on January 19th. Perfect opportunity for a
casual night out with other members, not far from town. Details are in this
magazine, so I hope to see you out there.
The Day of the Volkswagen is coming up fast on March 17th. Everything is
coming together for the day, all we need is good weather and your help by
either acting as an official or entering the show. There is a lot of work that
goes into this event, and I'm pleased to say that our efforts are usually
rewarded with a good turn-up, both with entrants and spectators. This year I
have a decision to make – which car to bring…..
Easter is only 3 months away, and that means Bug-In time. As you are
probably aware, it is being held in the Blue Mountains of NSW this year and
promises to be an enjoyable few days with social outings planned for the week
after as well, for those who want to make a holiday of it. Hopefully there are
more details in this magazine, but if not, feel free to contact me and I'll fill you
in on anything you need to know. My plan is to take the Golf to its first Bug-In
– looking forward to the drive across the country!
As I'm sure this month's edition of Wagen News will be a bit thin (as it
normally is at this time of the year), I will take this opportunity to remind you
that any articles about anything (remotely) about Volkswagens, are welcomed
by our Editor, as they are welcomed by the members who enjoy reading them!
Catch up with you soon,
President's Motorsport
The past month has reminded me of my motorsport days of years past. I can remember having something on nearly every weekend – a motorkhana, mud sprint (now khanacross) a rally competing as a driver or navigator, or officiating as a control keeper for a rally. Due to my son Garry's enthusiasm for motorsport in recent years, he has drawn me back in by offering me a drive in his Subaru WRX. The first event was a motorkhana at Monarto held the week before a gymkhana at Tailem Bend. The theory was that I could adjust to his car before competing in the gymkhana. As we all know – theory is great, but sometimes things don't work out in practice! Garry has fitted a hydraulic handbrake to his car recently and was looking forward to testing it at the motorkhana. Unfortunately it wouldn't lock up the
rear brakes like it was supposed to so we struggled in an event where a handbrake is critical. When I say struggle Garry and I came 1st & 3rd, but the day was certainly not as enjoyable as I would like. "Don't worry, I'll have the handbrake sorted by next week!" said Garry. You guessed it – more problems. He spent a fair bit of Saturday trying to fix it but only succeeded in ending up with a car with no brakes at all….. Late Saturday he informed me that all was not lost as he had arranged to borrow a mate's Mitsubishi Evo! As luck would have it I was socialising at the Southam's house at the time so I said to Becky, "Maaaaate!" Becky has just replaced her Golf with a Nissan Silvia Turbo and was entered in the gymkhana anyway. Interesting day ahead, I thought.
Sunday dawned and after trying out the driver's seat for size, I waited for my first run. The course was a good mixture of tight pegs to manouevre between and open stretches to "give it a squirt". Garry looked like he'd owned the car for years and was very smooth. The Southam Beetle was flying the VW flag, with Phil giving the crowd something to cheer about when he approached a handbrake turn too fast and spun past it. Phil, Henny and Becky had mixed success with their runs – some quick runs ruined by a WD each. As luck would have it the first thing you had to do on the first run was a 360 degree donut around a barrel. This will test the handbrake out, I thought! The Nissan had heaps of grunt and after a run or two, I felt at home in it with the handbrake being a highlight.
It was a real mixture of vehicles entered, from a Mini Moke through to a Porsche 911. The quickest and most common types of car were 4WDs – Subaru or Mitsubishi. Along with the range of cars was the varied background of the drivers. Some came from drifting or other bitumen forms of motorsport, while others were from motorkhanas or khanacross. Unfortunately, the weather came in wet late in the day which put a dampener on things (pun intended). The results came out a couple of days later and it looked like there were a few teething problems with the scoring. In the provisional results, I came 36th out of approx 60 drivers, however I have since proved that there was an error of a minute on my first run, which will bring me up to around 17th. Garry snuck into the top 10 – clever dick! Overall a good day, and I would like to thank Becky for letting me drive/flog her car.
The following Sunday I got to drive the mighty Beetle in Round 1 of the State Khanacross Championship at Lanac Park. This was a day/night event where 8 runs were managed for the field of 39 cars. After a slow start, I picked the pace up a bit, but gave a few of my regular competitors too much of a head start. Graham van der Hoek and Phil Southam were driving well in their Beetles, with the Clements Lancer causing concern again. It was good to see Lyndon Wilson down there in the buggy and being very competitive. After 6 daylight runs, only one car had expired and gone home, but did the evening have a few surprises in store! Firstly, Graham's Beetle developed a nasty engine knock, so he borrowed a Hyundai for a run, then this expired so he had to borrow a Datsun 120Y for his last run. Henny came back from her first night run coughing and spluttering – not the car – her! There was a large amount of smoke entering the car caused by a light wire shorting out. It looked terminal – with no lights at all. Phil used my car for this run, but luckily Adam Spurrier solved the issue so they could use the car for their last run. Looking at the results, I was pleased to see air-cooled VWs feature so well in the placings. They came 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 13th, with Lyndon leading the way. Adam in his Commodore also represented the club well by coming 8th. On the way home, I thought about what a great car the Beetle is – I didn't run rally tyres, drove it to the event, came 4th – then drove home! Round 2 of this series is to be run by our club on November 10th at Tailem Bend, so I'm looking forward to that.
The State Motorkhana Championship is on tomorrow and Garry assures me he has sorted the hydraulic handbrake out, so I MAY have to give it a try!!
September 2012 Magazine
Club Event, Tour to Tailem Town, Sunday 21/10/12
New Website: Hello World
Well the previous look fancy but it didn't see much update.
Hopefully with the website running WordPress we'd be able to have more people helping update the content more frequently.
You may have already noticed the facebook "like" button.
It would be nice to have one of those event page linked with facebook as well.
also the usual magazine contributor should contact firstname.lastname@example.com
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'Alphas' Gets Itself A Rudy, Samwise, All In One
Sean Astin among big names coming in Season 2 of Syfy series
He still has his helmet from "Rudy," a coin from "Goonies" and the feet from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Now Sean Astin will be looking for a new souvenir as he is set to make a guest appearance in the new Syfy series "Alphas."
Astin headlines a long list of popular actors who will be a part of the special power series this season, playing Roland, an alpha who has an absorptive brain. He can basically assume the memories of anyone close to him, and then replay them like a tape recorder, according to a release from Syfy.
The second season picks up eight months following the season finale at the prison facility in Binghamton after Dr. Lee Rosen (David Strathairn) exposed the existence of Alphas to an unsuspecting public. Instead of helping to open these special people up for public support, Rosen instead is discredited and imprisoned by the government. In the meantime, his team has disbanded, and several of them have gone back to their old destructive ways.
Also joining the second season is C. Thomas Howell most recently appeared in "The Amazing Spider-man," and has had a number of character parts over the years, including a small role in "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." Howell plays Eli Aquino, an intense Alpha with super speed who is bent on revenge.
Lauren Holly will play Sen. Charlotte Burton, a government official with mysterious ties to a member of the Alphas team. Holly most recently spent seven years on the hit CBS series "NCIS."
Summer Glau of "Firefly" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" fame returns as Skylar Adams, an Alpha who possesses a high IQ and is an electronics mastermind. Also returning is John Pyper-Ferguson as Stanton Parish, the perfect Alpha. He played Tomas Vergis in the "Battlestar Galactica" spinoff "Caprica."
Joining them is Kathleen Munroe as Dr. Rosen's daughter, Dani, an empath who can transfer emotions from herself to others (and who is a secret follower of Stanton Parish). Munroe played Amanda Perry in "Stargate: Universe" as well as "Fraudry" in "Haven."
Mahershala Ali reprises his role as Nathan Clay, the head of the tactical unit within the Department of Defense tasked with dealing with rogue Alphas. Ali -- who formerly went by the name Mahershalalhashbaz Ali -- played Richard Tyler in "The 4400" as well as Anthony King in "Treme."
Steve Byers will play John Bennett, a member of the tactical team from the U.S. Department of Defense assigned to the Alphas team. Byers played Heracles in last year's "Immortals" as well as Desaad in "Smallville."
"Battlestar Galactica" actress Kandyse McClure will join "Alphas" as Agnes, an attractive but distant Alpha with the ability to see into people's minds simply by touching them.
Finally, Noah Reid will play Adam Gordon, a young man who is grief-stricken by the death of his young sister, Maggie. However, he becomes convinced she is alive and in need of help. Reid played Walter Spackman in the 2011 Syfy broken pilot "Three Inches."
Bruce Miller, best known for his work on "Eureka," will take over as showrunner in the second season. He is joined by Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, Gene Stein and Michael Karnow.
The series stars Strathairn, Malik Yoba, Warren Christie, Azita Ghanizada, Ryan Cartwright, Laura Mennell and Erin Way.
"Alphas" premieres July 23 on Syfy.
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wrong. if it was the 1860s she wouldn't be going to school at all
Oh, Sorry. Because You Are Black, You Can't Be Valedictorian
There you Southerners go again... showing that you still live in the 60s. The 1860s.
Or this.
As a Northerner living in the South, I've found that the best solution is to continue with the mass migration from the North and the West to out populate them. They aren't bright enough to get any jobs better than dirt farming, working fast food or at a convenience store, so we can continue to take choice plots of land, put a science/technology company on that land and then offer them jobs working in the kitchen or taking out the garbage.
If only we could reinstate the literacy tests that they came up with when trying to differentiate themselves from poor, ignorant black people, we could keep those dumbmeeps from voting.


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Lindsay Lohan To Cops It Wasn't Me Maybe?
Lindsay Lohan To Cops It Wasn't Me Maybe?
According to reports, Lindsay Lohan lied to the cops after her accident Friday on the Pacific Coast Highway. Sources tell, TMZ, that while Lohan was being treated at the hospital, Santa Monica P.D. paid her a visit. Lindsay informed cops that she was the passenger and not driving the Porsche at the time of the accident. The problem with her story is, her assistant, later told police that Lohan was indeed behind the wheel.
The Santa Monica P.D. are said to be including Lindsay's statement in their report of the accident. If she indeed gave a FALSE statement to the police, it could cause Lohan more trouble with the law. Lying or providing FALSE information to the police is a crime and the lie could cause a probation violation in her shoplifting case.