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For the upcoming Spring semester, OCCC students have many ways to get textbooks at OCCC Bookstores, Textbook Brokers, or online.
OCCC Bookstore Director Brenda Reinke said the best way they can help students to get their books accurate is with their schedule. They strongly encourage students to bring their schedule with them whenever come to Bookstore.
She said OCCC Bookstore provides all methods for students to get books.
"I would just recommend [students] to check around. Sometimes, books are available to rent, sometimes they ain't […]," Reinke said. " Like most students do it right now, they shop around and compare prices. Even decide what you want to use – new, used or ebook – just whatever your references."
OCCC students are also offered other way to get books at Textbook Brokers located just north of the college at 7445 S May Ave. Renting books is the main thing in their store, said Store Manager Brice Varbel.
"80 percent of our customers just rents textbooks because this is less expensive way."
He said Textbook Brokers stores are good places to rent textbooks because they offer the cheapest price and fastest service. Students do not have to try to figure out what they need, they already know what students need.
"We're usually more knowledgeable about what material you need, faster, and more convenient parking …," Varbel said. "We have all the lab manuals and all the codes."
Early Child Development major Brionca Peterson said she saves money by buying her books at two separate stores.
"Last semester, I bought half of my books I in the [campus] bookstore and I bought two of my books the bookstore across the street [Textbook Brokers]," Peterson said. "… simply because the Textbook Brokers they have cheaper prices, but like my math book I have to get specially from here because I have to buy the pass code."
She said she didn't know anything about the textbook rental service prior to making decision to buy books.
"At first, I didn't know that I could rend a book, then when I finally realise this it kind of too late because I already bought the books."
Peterson said there are certain books that were not required in some of her classes.
"We rarely use books inside of certain classes, so me buying this book was kind of useless. Like the book was like $160 … but I don't even use it."
She said she will rent books for the spring semester.
Undecided major Makenzie Kroeker said that she bought all her books at the OCCC Bookstore this semester, but most of them were rarely in her class.
"I need to use only 2 my books out of 7 that I bought. That was a waste of money," she said. "I might end up renting them [next semester] …
Kroeker said she will ask her professors before making decision.
One other option for students to get textbooks is online. There are numerous websites such as Chegg.com, Amazon.com, and Half.com. Do a Google search and do your research to get the best prices.


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Seeking to protect the integrity of an ongoing investigation, federal prosecutors have obtained a protective order to keep evidence confidential in the fraud case against a former Las Vegas Valley Water District employee.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bill Hoffman issued the order last week after prosecutors argued in court papers that public dissemination could lead to the "destruction of evidence" and the "harassment or endangerment of witnesses in the case."
Jennifer McCain-Bray, 41, a former water district purchasing analyst, was indicted by a federal grand jury last month in a scheme to steal and sell more than $6.7 million worth of ink and toner cartridges from the public utility. She pleaded not guilty to six mail fraud charges and was released on her own recognizance.
Her defense lawyer, Louis Palazzo, did not oppose the protective order, and Hoffman made his decision without a hearing.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Burns said in court papers that the government would move to dissolve the order after it completes the investigation and decides whether to "bring any new indictments."
Only people associated with the prosecutors and those working with Palazzo on the defense can see the government's evidence, the order states.
According to the indictment, McCain-Bray spent $4.5 million of public funds between 2012 and 2015 on ink and toner cartridges she then sold to a buyer in New Jersey for a cut of the money.
The millions of dollars in purchases were made by McCain-Bray and "others unknown to the grand jury" dating to 2007, the indictment alleges.
Many of the cartridges were fraudulently bought and sold through the water district purchasing department and shipped in boxes to an apparently fake New Jersey company called Symm Distributors Inc., authorities have alleged.
The water district has said that the purchasing manager, an accounting supervisor and a finance analyst were in the process of being fired when they left the public agency earlier this year.
Their names have not been released, but district officials said they have found no evidence indicating the three — or any other current or former district employees — were involved in the scheme.
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It's been more then 24 hours since we have seen Kate's royal wedding gown for the first time, and every one is still talking about it. So perfect! modern, but classy, reminds us of Grace Kelly's dress and some even claimed that Kate's was more amazing. Well we agree, this is one of the most beautifull wedding dresses we have ever seen, and we send our love to the new couple!
Plus an old photo of our parents wedding day (see any resemblance?... )
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Crafty Friends - For someone special ends 11/18
I have been doing some kind of craft or another most of my life. My greatest craft love is making cards, which I have been doing for 18+ years. I love having a blog to share my creations with you and hope to inpsire you to create something. Thanks for stopping by.
November 5, 2016
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- Julee (Vervegirl) said...
This is so darling! Perfect for a little girl. Thanks for joining us for Mojo Monday!
- November 6, 2016 at 10:47 AM
- Dawn Frost said...
Love the colours and the image is so cute! Thanks for joining Catch the Bug's November anything goes challenge good luck! Dawn Bugaboo DT
- November 9, 2016 at 9:53 AM
- mulberry station said...
What a fun card. I love your fun sketch too. Thanks for joining us at Catch The Bug.
- November 10, 2016 at 8:43 PM
- Lisa xx said...
this is so very sweet, and such cheerful and pretty colours!
thank you for joining in with the Crafty Friends challenge xx
- November 10, 2016 at 10:59 PM
- Diane Louise J said...
Hello…. You have made a beautiful card for your Grandaughter, she will love it…. Thanks for entering it into our 'Someone Special' challenge. Good luck in the draw and hope you will join us again.
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- November 11, 2016 at 3:06 PM
- pst said...
Beautiful card, I love the embossing and the colors are perfect for a 5-year old. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Friends. Good luck in the draw and we hope to see you back again soon.
- November 12, 2016 at 2:43 PM
- Lozzy T said...
So pretty, your great granddaughter will love it...Hugs Lozzy x
- November 15, 2016 at 12:06 PM
- Helen said...
Great card - such a cute image and I love the colours you've used.
Thanks for joining us at Crafting With Dragonflies.
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I'm going on a trip year end with my family so that means lots of opportunity for home made clothes! Have plans to sew up more winter clothings since it is so expensive here. Anyway, we don't have much chance to sew these here in Tropical Singapore.
These are my plans and I've already traced and cut out all the fabric, except for the 2 Duffle coats! Those in black circles are my targets while the orange circles are already sewn up.
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"Party Games" with R.L. Stine and Editor Kat Brzozowski @ McNally Jackson
Because we are all exceptionally lucky human beings, horror master R.L. Stine is writing a new set of Fear Street books. Bob and his editor Kat will be at McNally Jackson the night before Halloween to discuss Fear Street, his career, and ventriloquist dummies (we assume), among other things.
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Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power That Elevates People and Organizations
Monica C. Worline & Jane E. Dutton
251 pages, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2017
Most modern workplaces have become so impersonal and demanding that we've gotten desensitized to caring about coworkers. Many people who work for nonprofits suffer from passion fatigue and compassion burnout because they already have to give so much to those they serve that they have nothing left for fellow staff. Awakening Compassion at Work, by Monica Worline and Jane Dutton, is a compelling guide to rehumanizing workplaces with love. The book offers a road map for how to instill organizational culture with a deep sense of compassion—something that would make many organizations happier and healthier places to work.
In my 2016 book with Aliza Sherman, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout, we offer a parallel framework for practicing self-care and creating a culture of well-being in the nonprofit workplace. The book looks at our relationships with ourselves, other people, careers and money, our environment, and technology—and shows how our relationships with people in our workplaces heavily influence our well-being.
Since the launch of our book, I've been teaching workshops for nonprofits on how to practice self-care and bring a culture of wellbeing into organizations. And I keep hearing the same questions and concerns: Inevitably, a younger nonprofit leader will come up and confide that everyone in the organization is on the cusp of burnout. Everyone works ridiculously long hours, feels under attack from breaking news, has too much work to do, and has too few resources. Sometimes they mention experiencing a loss of purpose for the mission that initially energized them. They are passionate about the organization's work, but they find it hard to continue while feeling devalued. These young leaders desperately want to change their organization's culture and not have to leave.
This feedback aligns with Worline and Dutton's view that workplace culture often doesn't allow people to flourish, grow, and do their best work, and collectively prevents organizations from achieving high performance and impact. Employees may feel that they suffer from a lack of appreciation of their skills, being at the whim of managers who don't understand the difficulties of their work, and experiencing unreasonable work demands and deadlines and a constant feeling that their work is undervalued. Other forms of suffering come from employees' personal lives, and while these pressures don't originate in the workplace, they can contribute to the suffering at work.
In a pressure-cooker workplace, where always working is the culture, staff may not view doing something for another employee as a legitimate use of work time. They may not view personal crises, such as a colleague losing a home to a fire, as relevant to the work community, as they are too focused on deadlines. In a workplace that explicitly values employees' taking care of one another, on the other hand, staff may view helping a coworker as relevant to their work. As the authors conclude, compassion unfolds differently depending on the work culture, because that culture shapes what individuals notice, think, feel, and do. The book shows how, in this way, organizations' structures and processes can make it easier or harder to express compassion—not just at the interpersonal level but also at the organizational or systemic level.
How can we make workplaces in general more compassionate? For Worline and Dutton, the answer in each environment is to define compassion as not just a passive emotion but also an active desire to alleviate suffering—a four-part process that involves noticing, understanding, feeling empathy, and taking action. As Sherman and I wrote in our book, potential ways to do this include organizational leaders establishing flexible work time, protecting employees from task overload, monitoring and checking in, and designing rituals and activities that can convey emotional support.
Based on the authors' extensive research, the book makes a strong case for why and how embedding compassion into an organization's culture is valuable, and how it can lead to extraordinary performance. Fostering psychological safety can increase innovation, build trust and respect that increases people's willingness to work together, improve service to stakeholders, and encourage greater collaboration, employee engagement, and talent development.
My only criticism of the book is that it might seem to portray compassion as a silver bullet that can fix everything that is wrong with modern workplaces. Although that is not the case, the book does make a strong case for why compassion is a vital ingredient for building resiliency within organizations. After all, as the saying goes, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast."
If you think compassion in the workplace only serves to appease hippies or to soften harsh corporate cultures driven by a profit motive, this book may make you think again. Nonprofit workers are experts at being compassionate to the people they serve. But they also need to practice compassion in their own offices. The authors make a good case for why there is no greater power or source of strength in the world than love. Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries—and nonprofits need to promote them not only among the communities they serve but also as part of their internal culture.


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congratulations on so much progress, it sounds like "your baby" is being well tended to! have a wonderful christmas party & vacay. ♥ReplyDelete
pea ess: thanks so much for your comment, i just adore Alia's whole portfolio. glad you agree!
That looks like an incredibly fun project to be involved in. Is there going to a DVD with all your films?ReplyDelete
Congrats, girl! I can't wait to see the final product :) And you can count me in on doing this challenge again... it's been a steep learning curve! I've finally learned to utilize more of my closet! Yay us!ReplyDelete
PS: Hehe, and I hope you get the earmuffs you asked Santa! I'm sure you've been good :P
There will be a DVD, the whole project has already been booked in a few festivals from June to December 2011, then it will come out on DVD :)ReplyDelete
Ha ha, just came back from my office party and in the secret santa exchange I got a Kodak Escort 8MM cam, love it!
Congrats on your first film stock project ever. That is awesome! And congrats on doing the 30X30 remix. I love looking at all the clothing options! Maybe I will do it one of these days:) Thanks for stopping by my blog!ReplyDelete
Wow, that's so exciting! As a diehard film devotee, it always makes me happy to hear that people are making movies on real film. I get why digital is awesome...but it's just not as good.ReplyDelete
I can't wait to see your work! Congrats on the 30x30, too. I don't think I could ever do that...


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The streets of Montego Bay are literally washing in blood and there seems to be no end to the wave of violence that covers the city. The outskirts fair no better with whole communities under siege by lawless youths.
What then is the cause of this epidemic, and how can we bring about a solution?
The answer lies not within the police force for they seem not to either have the will or the means to tackle the violence. With the pending resignation of the commissioner and the transformation of the force, all crime fighting strategies seem to be on hold.
The police in part lay the blame squarely at the feet of the Independent commission of investigation (INDECOM), moral in the security forces are at an all-time low and they often complain about the lack of basic necessities to carry out their day to day duties. Coupled by low wages, police are seemingly interested in maintaining their jobs without putting themselves at risk of being dragged before the courts for violation of the rights of citizens. This leaves criminals with a free reign to rake havoc on the citizens.
Montegonians are been slaughtered on a daily basis with little or no hope of catching the culprits, even when witnesses are a plenty the police seem unable to get any info yet it's available and those who seek to know have no interest in solving the case. Many lawmen are also turning a blind eye to the crimes in return for filthy lucrative. Montegonians will have to rise up and declare enough is enough; until we do we remain a prey to the predators.


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| Lost in my website is a personal homepage that really has no access, it was just there because it was an original homepage.
I have now amended it and called it My Mid-Life Review.
There was a bit on Buddhism I have just updated with the following:-
I have just started considering Shobogenzo (his book and my page), and it made me reconsider what I had written on this unused homepage. Click on this screenclip to see what I wrote in Summer 2004:-
In some ways the issues are the same now (February 2016), where is the genuine Buddhism? Back then I thought Theravada was genuine. Following retirement in 2006 I continued with that theme focussing my study on Theravada. By that concentrating I have come to see Buddhism so differently. Where is "what the Buddha taught?", and my answer now is "who knows?" Theravada has the high ground in the sense that the mostly claim to source their teachings in the suttapitaka, but this is not something I now feel confident about.
The Theravada sources are themselves are shrouded. I do not know the full history but what is written in the Theravada sources (which can be downloaded here) were committed to paper many years after the death of the Buddha. Theravadans claim that these people had perfect memories and it was common for things to be recounted that way. I am sceptical. In this original piece I had completely bought into the belief that Theravada following the original teachings of the Buddha, now I see there are important areas of disagreement amongst Theravadans especially the issue of anatta and reincarnation amongst the Forest Sangha.
But Buddhadasa has taught me much, and that is to question views held as original Buddha teachings via Theravada. The questioning is mainly concerned with interpretation. The suttas are seen by many (especially intellectuals) as literal, and by studying Buddhadasa to some extent I have started to see this literal perception as a misunderstanding. Intellectuals discuss dogma, argue minutiae of dogma, argue authenticity of dogma, argue discussions about dogma, and miss the boat concerning what the purpose of the teachings are. In Buddhadasa's interpretation he argues context, typically:-
The Buddha needed to use words that implied acceptance of reincarnation because at the time all in India needed scripture that accepted reincarnation.
People generally say that the Buddha avoided discussion of reincarnation but did emphasise anatta as in paticcasamuppada.
The longer I discuss in this way the more I too get bogged down in intellectualism, authenticity and so on because language and society is about these things – not truth. I interpret what the Buddha taught as not about any of these, to me Buddhadasa is about the underlying meaning of the Buddha's teachings as he attempts to get at what the Buddha taught.
Buddhadasa lived in Thailand where Buddhism is the mainstream religion, and there is much discussion and much written about it. Buddhadasa also discusses, gets into authentication, and did a prolific amount of work. Whilst Buddhadasa's work focusses on idappaccayata-paticcasamuppada (inc anatta and ariya sacca) in my view his work is not meant as an intellectual study, in other words it cannot be understood by intellect alone. [Note this indicator – those teaching westerners at Suan Mokh offer as download Idappaccayata – scroll down to idappaccayata.zip] (or download from mysite or from mega).
To a certain extent I understand Buddhadasa's focus through a quote from Shobogenzo:-
"those who sit in meditation will, beyond doubt, drop off body and mind, and cut themselves free from their previous confused and defiling thoughts and opinions in order to personally realize what the innate Dharma of the Buddha is" [p35 Shobogenzo book]
Buddhadasa talked about "removing attachment form the 5 khandas" in Ariya Sacca. Is this "drop off body and mind"? What is left? "the innate Dharma of the Buddha".
When I think of my experiences when writing, the writing occurred when I reached the "muse", a state of mind that was free and just creative – writing. This muse or state of mind I have just come to realise is jhana, when in jhana there is no attachment to khandas – unless I try to cling to it. Am I just seeing "the innate dhamma"? Of course not because that innate Dhamma would be Voidness, but it is getting towards that in some way, in a way that is not intellectual, cannot be described by language.
In the end I do however hold to the Unity that Buddhadasa describes here:-
"For those of you sitting here who are interested in going to study Buddhism, please take notice that there is no such thing as Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism, Zen Buddhism and all that stuff. There is just one real Buddhism and this is just pulling that I and mine out from the 5 khandas so that there is just the khandas – removing this I and mine out from the khandas. This is Buddhism. Everything else has just been added to make things showy, to make it interesting, to make it impressive, to entertain the children and all these things, so it makes the real teaching seem very profound so that nobody can understand it – all this extra stuff . Please find out what the real thing is, and save yourself the trouble of the other stuff."
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Understanding Chains
My meditation is still shot, at the moment treating a chronic lung condition is the gun – part of that condition is screwed-up sleep. When I have meditated it has seemed OK – clean mind etc., but it has not been satisfactory. In my life I have begun to feel more reusii – reclusive. I have allowed the fact that I am unable to be some sort of spiritual teacher to get to me. But I am not spiritually sound so why should I be one? And then I think of writing but I am not a "creative" writer – I don't want to indulge an angst that to me is spiritually unsound. At times I think of getting into depression but fortunately that is not me. I am neither a spiritual teacher nor an indulgent writer but I write a lot because writing helps me express.
This is what this piece of writing is, trying to express about "understanding the chains", writing about chains came to me in meditation this morning. I had been lying in bed for a while focussing on "Pure Mind", I had begun to realise that my journey had stalled and that part of my reclusiveness was a form of anger, I was angry at the people I know for not wanting to learn from me, angry at the world that does not offer me suitable teaching, angry at the knocks of daily life because people I know don't have sila and I stupidly treat them as if they do, and angry that my health was affecting me when in fact my health problems are minor. Rather than taking this as an opportunity to turn in and improve myself I had become an indulgent ego. Looking at Pure Mind was helping me see this ego.
It was not my usual ego, and it was associated with "non-self". My last real Buddhist study was anatta. This anatta has a shapelessness to it, it means that self and ideas do not fashion life Being does – non-self. Just Be. That sounds excellent in theory if mind is pure but it's also an open door for desire and indulgence of those desires – chains. My mind was not pure enough for anatta, and I had strayed into the indulgence I have just described.
Does this indulgence sound a problem? It was a reality because it happened. Was it the Path? No. So it was a problem.
There is always a problem. Birth ageing sickness and death, there is always a problem. The mind
This is a good subtle delusion. Learning what is is what we are here for, so why wouldn't the habit of study be a good way? It has the appearance of a good way but the problem with study is that it can be study for study's sake. Get up, meditate, study. Sounds ideal but if the study is dogma, if you are not directing the study, if the study is not leading to learning then this is not learning what is what. Blogs can help but as yesterday blogging per se has its delusions, likewise study has its delusions. It is direction that matters.
Have you studied this sutta? No study it. And this one? Study it. This one? You can fill your day, you can appear to be learning what is what, but in reality it might well be deluded – studying dogma is not necessarily learning. Direction is the key, so somehow your study has to be given direction by your meditation – your guide.
It could be that learning from books (or equivalent) might not be appropriate. I sometimes feel that the only place I can learn is in meditation, and sadly I don't do that well. Genuine learning is not about dogma, it is about the insight that goes beyond dogma. For me the best place for finding that is meditation.
Yet in its place study is good discipline, overcoming the tricks that make study a delusion requires awareness. And in terms of direction Pure MInd could provide that.
Here is more on delusions that create chains:-
I began thinking about writing this blog (Sept 14) a lot in meditation but now I am doubting whether to start blogging again.
I haven't blogged in a while as I now realise it has become part of a delusion, and it felt better to try to confront that delusion.
So how do I see what happened? I broke my wrist towards the end of April (2014) so physically that made blogging difficult. That forced me to stop. It kind of changed everything but really the wrist was only the trigger. I had been deluding myself that blogging meant something. What is a blog? It is articles or a diary stored online; that is all. It appears to be a lot more, and that is the delusion. There are blogs that are read everywhere, a bit like the number of followers. But that is shallow, cynically one might say the more followers you have the more shallow you are, the more complicit you are. Whatever my blogs are they are not shallow. Maybe I should note that shallow is the currency now – more than ever before, shallow and quick – twitter 140 characters. And usually completely meaningless – nothing to do with truth. Life in society appears to be enshrining all that is shallow and meaningless. Whilst war continues. Around the same time as I stopped blogging the Zionists started bombing, and the world let it happen. They bombed schools and meeting halls that were being used as refuges. These events are enough to show that western society is completely broken, ordinary people could not stop it because however intelligent they are slaves have no control. Few agreed with it perhaps even in Israel there was not a majority that agreed but it happened. That tells us what our democracy is – a total sham. I stopped following anything – out there, what is the point when that can happen? When America and Europe go to work those wage-slaves are paying for the bombing by Zionists of these refuges. That is so sick. Those wage slaves allow that to happen, can you blame them? Yes and no. Yes because if all the wage slaves downed tools it couldn't have happened, and no how can you expect all of the western wage-slaves to down tools at the same time? In my union time members said that we signed a letter, what more did I want? Action is only meaningful if it has the results, there was no meaningful action in fighting this zionism.
I had no illusion it could ever be any different; this is the world we live in, it is what western governments are there to do. Syria and Iraq has developed into ISIS, and so we have more excuses for human atrocities. But the wage slaves carry on convinced that their societies are still the most moral in the world. Western wage slaves are duped by their propoganda machines, and there is little that can be done. It is hard for me to sit here and look at this. I have spent a life as an actvivist and a teacher – I am 62, and it is far worse now than it was when I started.
But this is only a part of the delusion, this disillusionment is just perhaps the most gross. It is done under the guise of religion. And so I examine my own religion – Buddhism. I don't mean my own practise here but what Buddhists allow. Since April I have turned back to Ajaan Buddhadasa and begun studying him again. He is my teacher, I now have no doubts. But he cannot be a teacher of westerners, of eclectics, of dabblers, they must find their teachers elsewhere because Tan Ajaan applied his wisdom by going through Buddhism and then going beyond the dogma. I have a limited knowledge of the dogma so am able in some ways to follow what he is doing and to some way go beyond. I feel about his teachings that it is necessary to have got into the dogma first before going beyond it. His conclusions are universal, his pathway is through Buddhism.
Since April I have written blogs – but not put them up, have begun work on the 4 Noble Truths but not put it up. And I have stopped work on Createspace. So the issue is blogging and writing. What is the point of blogging and publishing? In the older days there were fewer books, the distribution was less controlled and maybe people who had something to say were read. Now with the cult of celebrity, more than ever before reading is channeled. People don't only read these charicatures but as a media of educating books appear to have effectively gone. Do people stumble across books of erudition now? Is that something people now do? Maybe they stumble across erudite blogs? But even that I doubt, the media industry channels all this. My blogging and writing was about getting it out there but getting it out there has been disallowed. At least for me getting it out there has been totally ineffective so it has not been attempted since April.
About the chains of writing I have to accept now that given the people I know there can be no discussion of real issues so I have to write for myself.
I have never really considered that "getting it out there" has ever been effective for me but I continued to do it even though I knew that. The change came when I began to ask why was I blogging. It is my duty was perhaps a summary of my answers. Is it still my duty? Yes. So where is the disillusionment? Why have I stopped? The internet has never been effective for conveying truth. When I was young the people from the Arts Centre took me onto the Path of Truth with hours of conversation long into the night. I don't know what we talked about, we were exploring truth through our conversations. We used books, we spoke about the erudition in books. But the teaching was person-to-person, direct deep teaching can only occur that way – meditation is better of course. If we heard K at Brockwood and even if we fell asleep in those tents there was personal communication, far more than if we had never been and just listened to his tapes – and then it became reading online etc. The internet has tried to replace that, only young people can tell me if it has succeeded; it has not beaten the young people of Occupy. When my political bones reawakened 5/6 years ago I studied Hillary Clinton at the CFR. "And thus it came to pass" could be a summary of what she said, and amongst it was the necessity to control the internet. But control does not mean "repress free speech", ineffective "free speech" has always been the neoliberal way of control. No, the issue of control of the internet was to monitor the free speech and ensure it was ineffective. This is what has been done, and when Edward Snowden spoke up he was hounded.
But these internet issues are only a rehash. I have always understood this in many ways. So where is the disillusionment? And I am not sure of the answer to this except to say that in some way I believed I was doing something. "You never know who is listening or reading" was the carrot, the reality should be measured not by such chimeric benchmarks but by response and engagement. Who replies? Who actually engages with what you have said? Who actually attempts to determine the truth through your writing? And the answer to those questions is no-one. Whilst I had the occasional responder and some limited communication, no-one was engaging with truth through what I wrote. It became part of an internet dialogue, just another rung on the ladder that goes round the houses instead of entering to find the truth. I am convinced there are many who write their own truth on the internet but once truth or insight is written it just becomes another idea to be bandied around, intellectually perused and effectively controlled by the internet without any effective practise. I deluded myself that I was doing something – but I was not.
I use the word truth, Tan Ajaan describes Buddhism as being "learning what is what" – truth is "what is what". There is much I have done in my blogs towards describing what is what, however it is necessary to note there are two whats:- the what that is internal and the what that is external. How much have I developed in both? I have no doubts at all that Buddhists in general confine themselves to what is internal, and equally socialists or anarchists confine themselves to what is external. Throughout my life I have oscillated between the inner and outer, I suspect recently I have focussed too much on the outer but learning what is what is about both. The main thing I took away from Suan Mokh was how much politics were displayed in Tan Ajaan's dhamma hall, and then compare that with the derivative Suan Mokh in Bangkok where I could see none.
It is this balance of eschewing delusion between inner and outer that needs to come under question. How much of my inner life is deluded? Previously I have promoted the notion of enquiry – asking questions. Whilst this notion of asking questions can apply to both the inner and outer, I did ask more questions about the Inner than I have removed inner delusions. The problem with the inner delusions is that they are fixed ideas, belief systems. Over the years I have removed much of the miseducation that contributes significantly to the external delusions and I also believe I have removed many of the internal delusions of miseducation. The problem is that I have replaced the delusions with new ideas and belief systems that in time become delusions. A lynchpin of enquiry is not to hold onto ideas or belief systems but this is hard. When a truth, fought for and determined in adversity during adulthood, becomes a delusion it is much harder to eschew it – especially if there is a spiritual component to these beliefs. Are aliens or lizards a delusion? Try telling the followers of David Icke. Many young people follow Icke whose essential truth dismisses many of society's delusions, the delusions that prop up the 1%. I feel he has gone too far although I accept I could be wrong. I have never seen an alien or lizard masquerading as a human. Until I do I cannot believe it. How many people have seen them? Until you have it is a delusion. It is a theory, it is an idea set, it is unreal.
I fell for a Buddhist delusion, a delusion that most Buddhists fall for to this day – reincarnation. Early on in my blogs I developed intricate idea systems concerning reincarnation based on texts I had read and what I thought made sense – I deluded myself that intuitively my idea system made sense. But I have no proof. Until I have proof it is a delusion. I am not saying there is no reincarnation, I am just saying I don't have proof and I don't believe in theories. The miseducation of my youth was built around theoretical constructs that bore no relation to practice, typically that education is "leading out the true self". The main tenet of our education system is that we educate to provide "educated wage-slaves", and we delude those educated into pretending they have a choice of career when in reality workplace life is just wage-slavery to create profits for the 1%. And Buddhists are the some of the easiest to delude with this. It is our minds that make us unhappy – true. It is how we see things that causes unhappiness – true. It is our desires that make us unhappy. If we see our jobs as being something that can make us unhappy they will, if we take the positive from our jobs we can be happy. This is what Buddhists do, and are happy. But the Buddhist jobs are the same jobs as others who are wage-slaves. The reality is that we are all wage-slaves who make profits for the 1%, any other assessment of the workplace is a delusion. It is necessary to accept that reality and detrmine how much we compromise with that slavery when it is part of a 1% system that causes so much death and destruction in the world. Remember Buddhism is compassion, ending suffering. If our jobs make us happy and yet the world is suffering, are we Buddhists or are we exploiters?
But delusion is not just about accepting dogmas or fooling ourselves into contributing easily to wage-slavery. It is much more than this. How many tricks do we fall for? Can we ever be sure that what we believe, what ideas we hold to, are true?
In the last couple of days I have begun to look into "a state of non-delusion". In Buddhism we have a "state of non-attachment", and there are many teachings about this including the patticasammupada or dependent origination to help us achieve that state. There is also a "state of non-delusion" to work for. I suppose it is taking the "state of enquiry" further. We must continually ask but maybe more. We are always accepting illusions in a similar way to having our cravings. It seems we need to accept illusions in a similar way to fulfilling desires. Desires happen, we must not attach to them. Illusions come. Let them go, and try to hold onto a state of non-delusion.
Does compassion bring chains with it?
For me in Buddhism compassion is centrally fundamental, the Pure Mind is a Compassionate Mind, the Pure Being is a Compassionate Being. But what does this mean?
One repeated meditation I picked up on the way is:-
May all beings be free from suffering, and that this freedom from suffering is compassion. This fits in with the 4NT which is all about freedom from suffering:-
1) Recognition that there is suffering
In the world there is suffering. Since this is so, the socio-political system that we live in is suffering. Most people do not draw this conclusion because the Buddha described the 4NT 2500 years ago. Birth, ageing, sickness and death are dogmatically described as suffering, if you like the characteristics of suffering. Whilst these characteristics are true now, we must also use our minds to analyse what else is suffering now. If all around is suffering then the political-economic systen has to contribute to that suffering because it governs the way we live. For me these eco-political chains are the external source of suffering, and as a compassionate being I must seek to unlock these chains.
For most in Buddhism this suffering is seen as a lack of control of the mind. Whilst I agree with this, as Buddhists we cannot ignore the 4NT, and in Magga there is strong eco-political direction:-
Cut the table here
What comes under sila is directly connected to our economic action, especially action and livelihood. When you consider the Unity that is Gaia, can any Buddhist say that working in our economic and political system is part of genuine unity?
When the monks want to discuss having the right state of mind to accept the livelihoods that we endure in the current system they are helping people, but at the same time they are ignoring the more fundamental question:-
According to Magga can our system be considered right?
Yet the practice of Buddhism tends to ignore this. And this is a huge problem, should this fundamental question be ignored? Coming to terms with this question is a battle of compassion. Russell B calls for revolution but tends to ignore the suffering of his call. Marxists accept the suffering of a revolution as being less than pre-revolution suffering. Whilst there are some positives post-revolution, the overall hegemony is so strong and the revolutionary countries are pulled back into that hegemonic suffering. I could go on and on discussing this, being active in this, because my compassion pulls me into the political struggle. But is the struggle a delusion? Ultimately the answer is yes on an individual level. Freeing ourselves from suffering on Magga means freeing ourselves from attachment to this delusion, yet every ounce of my compassion for other beings draws me back. How much suffering this is.
People must work together, and this communal imperative has been expropriated by the 1% to cause a huge amount of suffering. As a Buddhist this has to be a fundamental pillar of their analysis of "what is what", otherwise we are avoiding. To be aware there is no other way of seeing the way our system is. But the power and influence exerted by the 1% institutionally forces the formal sangha away from this pillar. Is the institution detached from the power and influence? At first glance you might say no because people choose their contributions. But there are various political mechanisms that on deeper analysis have to bring this into question. The 1% control politics, and their means of controlling the people is through politicians. Politicians make rules such as charity status, and one condition of charity status is no politics. Isn't discussing the fundamental pillar breaking charitable status? I am sure it would be seen as so if the institution were to effectively raise the discussion.
When the monk counsels the business exec in such a way that allows them to feel they are following the tenet of "right livelihood", the monk is being disingenuous. Yet this is a right action of the institution. This anomaly is accepted for the greater good and the survival of the institution. Is it right?
In this discussion I touched on the Bodhisattva vow. Here is a wiki description:-
"In Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva vows to work for the relief and liberation (nirvana) of all sentient beings as long as samsara persists.
This can be done by venerating all Buddhas and by cultivating supreme moral and spiritual perfection, to be placed in the service of others. In particular, Bodhisattvas promise to practice the six perfections of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom in order to fulfill their bodhicitta aim of attaining enlightenment for the sake of all beings."
Putting aside the issue of unproven reincarnation, for me there is boundary of consideration:-
Who do we put first?
I have always taken the Mahayana position as putting people before yourself, but the above quotes don't say that. I have always been Theravada because I accept that working on the Path requires compassion for the suffering of others. But that is little different to the Bodhisattva vow.
A question that arises for me. What is samsara – cycle of birth, death and rebirth? Not interested in intellectual discussion about reincarnation, what is the result of such?
However "the Bodhicitta aim of attaining enlightenment for the sake of all beings", what is that? Look at the practice – "the six perfections of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom". Well this is Magga without the right intention and right view but of course that is only a semantic distinction, the wise will do all. I aim to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings, not sure what that means. Getting bogged down in Mahayana dogma – not fruitful.
This has clarified some things for me but reads totally useless for anyone else. Within the blog posts some people might be able to discern stuff but based on posts like this who could see a teacher. The post has helped me, it probably will not help others. If I want to be a teacher I need a new strategy, but primarily I need students.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
The Perfect Cocktail: The Marriage of The Banana and Mad Men
Coming soon to a mall near you will be the sixties style fashions from AMC's popular hit series Mad Men. Emmy winning costume designer Jane Bryant teamed with the venerable retail chain to design a 65 item collection that includes everything from suits and dresses to men's hats and a leopard coat. I have always loved the tailored classics of the sixties and for those of us who love nostalgia, great lines and retro fashions, it's a closet godsend.
The collection sprung out of a friendship with Banana creative director Simon Keene and Bryant who clearly appreciate the intrinsic value of a good white shirt. And it's all here -- the two button men's suit, trench coats, high waisted skirts and leopard print pumps just to name a few. Items will range from 198.00 for a faux leopard coat to 450.00 for a men's suit. Information on the collection is available on Facebook and the AMC website and for those of you on Gilt Groupe, the fashions will also be offered here on Monday, July 25th for 36 hours beginning at noon - a full three weeks before the fashions hit the stores.
This is not the first time Mad Men mania has influenced styles -- Brooks Brothers designed a men's suit last year and Nailtini teamed with Bryant to come up with nail polish colors such as the Garden Party Collection below.
Throw on a cluster of pearls and leather gloves and you too can channel your inner Betty or Joan. Toss on a crisp white shirt and a trilby hat for a Sterling Cooper/Don Draper look when the collection hits stores August 10th.
Thankfully we have the Banana to remind us of all things Madison Avenue sixties as Season Five series will not resume until 2012. Until then, get your fix with some Doris Day/Rock Hudson movies and Dean Martin television show reruns.
And speaking of Mad Men, stay tuned for my interview/Array Magazine cover story with the show's Bryan Batt (who played Salvatore Romano, closeted art director) and his upcoming design book big, Easy Style (Clarkson Potter, October, 2011). He is thoroughly charming, entertaining and very multi-talented and if you haven't read it, I highly recommend his first book/loving and hilarious tribute to his late mother, She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother as well as his New Orleans store Hazelnut. I just hope the powers that be at Mad Men (are you listening Matt Weiner?) bring him back on the show next year. As Batt noted, "Well Matt says my character is not dead" which is always a good sign.
Photo Credits: Banana Republic, Clarkson Potter
Posted by Cathy Whitlock at 7:36 PM
Labels: Banana Republic, Bryan Batt, Gilt Groupe, Janie Bryant, Mad Men
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Every time I am back here I am delighted! Love this above , the style and easy elegance! All whats missing is a cool cocktail!ReplyDelete
I am working on it!
And for the love of a Austin Martin....
So nice to hear and thank you!ReplyDelete
it's about time.ReplyDelete
finally someone has put together 'the look' in a retail store!!
Agreed, I thought Kate Spade would have been a natural too for the women's lineReplyDelete
Hmmmm...Banana Republic is starting to look good to me again...wish a few clothing lines and other retailers would pick up the hint...ReplyDelete
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Friday, 11 January 2013
World Battleground
The image is the beginning of a short video which I am unable to embed here, but fthink it's a superb animation. It can be viewed here on Youtube.
It shows all the important battles that took place over the last ten centuries. The size of the explosions and labels are proportional to the number of casualties.
The data comes from the Wikipedia article List of Battles.Most of the activity seems to happen in Europe because it was the English Wikipedia which was used. The producer intends to solve this bias in a future release by merging Wikipedias in different languages.
Wars are gory. There is no glory associated with them.
6 comments:
- JRB said...
"Next to a battle lost the saddest thing is a battle won."
Duke of Wellington - surveying the aftermath of Waterloo.
- 11 January 2013 at 10:36
- subrosa said...
Very true JRB.
- 11 January 2013 at 14:32
- dognamedblue said...
there's another excellent youtube, very similar, for all the nuclear weapons & tests done
I people wonder why we have cancers
- 11 January 2013 at 20:38
- subrosa said...
I'll have a look for that dognamedblue. These videos are helpful at making people more aware of the dark forces which work underneath the surface.
- 11 January 2013 at 23:31
- Michele said...
While war should alwyas be the last resort, there is a saying that those who believe we should fight for nothing believe that there is nothing worth fighting for.
- 12 January 2013 at 04:02
- subrosa said...
Oh I certainly think there are things worth fighting for Michele, but there have been so many unnecessary wars in recent times.
- 12 January 2013 at 18:00
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(g) Do Not Track Requests. VHMP does not act on Do Not Track requests from your browser. For more information click here.
(h) Effect of Tracking Requests. VHMP does not act on Do Not Track requests from your browser because, this way, we are able to personalize your experience on our sites and tailor content to your interests.
3. Use of Information.
(a) VHMP uses information we collect from you to provide the service you have requested. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may also use your e-mail address to send you a confirmation notice and to deliver your newsletter. Similarly, if you enter online sweepstakes, we will also use this information to notify you if you are a winner. We might also send out e-mails to users to announce special offers, services and announcements from our Covered Sites, our partners and/or our advertisers. We also use information in connection with advertising and to serve other content, as described in section 4(d) below.
(b) We may combine and use any and all information we collect on you either online or otherwise, including from third parties, for marketing purposes.
(c) In addition, if you provide information through social media or through any other user generated submission, VHMP can edit, rewrite, use, and reuse the information, including your name, likeness, photograph, and biographical information you provide, with or without attribution, including publication on our Covered Sites, and in trade media, and advertising.
(d) We may create aggregated information from Personally Identifiable Information and may use and share such aggregated information for any purpose.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
(a) In addition to the other disclosures described in this policy, VHMP may (and you authorize us to) share or disclose Personally Identifiable Information about you to other companies or individuals in the following situations:
(i) We use third party service providers to provide products, services or functions on our behalf (such as sending emails or processing credit cards or fulfilling subscriptions), and require that these service providers maintain the confidentiality of your Personally Identifiable Information and not to use your Personally Identifiable Information for any reason except to carry out the purpose(s) for which we provide it to them.
(ii) If you have entered a contest or sweepstakes sponsored by a third party, we may share the information you provide with that third party for their use at their discretion, including direct marketing. Some of our contests and sweepstakes will ask you at the time of entry whether you would like to have your personal information shared with the sponsor, in which case we will honor your selection. Other contests will not give you that option and in that event, if you do not want your information to be shared, you should not enter the contest. The privacy policies of such third party companies apply to their use and disclosure of your information that we collect and share with them.
(iii) With Verizon and its affiliates including AOL. The Verizon privacy policy applies for Verizon and AOL use of this information.
(iv) With any Affiliate of VHMP.
(v) In accordance with your indicated preferences (e.g., you indicated you wanted to receive promotional materials directly from a third party partner).
(vi) To a third party to promote goods and services we think would be of interest to you. You have a choice about the sharing of contact information with third parties for marketing, as described in Section 5(d).
(vii) You have furnished us Personally Identifiable Information with the intent that it be forwarded to a third party for use in connection with a specified service you are electing to participate in (examples include e-commerce partners, services to help old friends locate you online, etc.).
(viii) We need to protect our legal rights (for example, if we are trying to collect money you owe us); we must comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal or regulatory process, or comply with subpoenas or warrants served on us, or in connection with a legal investigation; or we have reason to believe that someone may be causing injury to someone or interfering with our rights or the rights of our users, or general public, or using our services in violation of a legal or personal right, including our Terms of Use.
(ix) In connection with a sale, merger, transfer, exchange, or other disposition (whether of assets, stock, or otherwise, including via bankruptcy) of all or a portion of the business conducted by the Covered Site to which this policy applies, in which case the company will possess the Personally Identifiable Information collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personally Identifiable Information as described in this privacy policy.
(b) Social Networks. If you use your login credentials from a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter on a Covered Site, we may receive information from that social network in accordance with the terms and conditions of that social network and the controls you have set for that social network's sharing of information.
(c) Third Party Partners. Some of our Covered Sites may partner with a retailer or other third party to offer online shopping opportunities, games, services, subscriptions and other applications on a co-branded or cross-promotional basis. Those transactions may take place on a Covered Site, or the site of the third party. In either case, Personally Identifiable Information you provide in connection with these transactions may be collected directly by, or shared by VHMP with, the third party, as well as with any participating sponsors or advertisers of such opportunities and features. Some of our Covered Sites may offer you the ability to access a third-party site with whom we have a relationship to access both sites through a co-branded registration or password; in that event, your applicable registration information may be collected directly by, or shared by VHMP with, the third-party partner. We will notify you at the point of sign up if any such co-branded registration or password practices will be in effect. These third parties' privacy policies will apply to their use of your information.
(d) Delivery of Advertising and Other Content. In addition to ads and content that we serve you directly, we use third-party advertising companies and marketing services companies to serve ads and other content when you visit our Covered Sites and elsewhere on the internet and in other media. Both we and these companies may use information about your visits to this Covered Site, your use of our applications and elsewhere to serve ads and other content to you. In the course of doing so, a unique third-party cookie may be placed or recognized on your browser by such companies or our applications may send mobile device advertising identifiers to these companies. In addition, we and these companies may use Web beacons to help manage our online advertising and content. These Web beacons enable us and the third-party companies to recognize, for example, a browser's cookie when a browser visits our sites and to learn which banner ads bring users to our website and to serve you ads and content that you may find of interest elsewhere on the internet and in other media. Both VHMP and these companies may use information obtained from your visits to the Covered Sites (including your status as a customer of VHMP), other websites, and information received from you offline in order to provide advertisements about goods and services and other content of interest to you across the internet and in other media. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used in this manner by our third party advertising companies please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ or http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, or https://youradchoices.com/appchoices for mobile device advertising. The collection of information via certain ads served to users in Canada may be managed by visiting http://youradchoices.ca/choices/, and via certain ads served to users in Europe may be managed at http://youronlinechoices.com/. You can limit the use of information obtained from mobile applications for this type of advertising using options presented in your device setting controls which limit ad tracking or reset your advertising identifier.
5. EEA Visitors/Users
If you are a visitor or user from the European Economic Area, we will only collect and use your personal data (as defined under Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC ("GDPR")) when we have a legal basis for doing so.
The legal basis on which we rely will depend on the type of personal data we collect and the specific context in which we are collecting it. We will make clear to you when we are collecting personal data from you, and when and as required under GDPR, we will request your affirmative consent to the collection of your personal data, prior to collecting it. We will also make clear to you when such collection of your personal data is required (for example, because we have a legal obligation to do so, or because we cannot provide a service to you without collecting your personal data), and what are the consequences of your declining to allow us to collect your personal data.
If you have any questions about our collection and use of your personal data, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Any requests to delete your personal data may be sent to the above email.
6. Your Choices
(a) California & Canadian Users: Your California Privacy Rights. California's "Shine the Light" law, Civil Code section 1798.83, requires certain businesses to respond to requests from California customers asking about the businesses' practices related to disclosing personal information to third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. Alternatively, such businesses may have in place a policy not to disclose personal information of customers to third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes if the customer has exercised an option to opt-out of such information sharing. We have such a policy in place. Sections 4(d) and 4(c) explain our practices and how you can opt-out of having your information shared with third parties for the third parties' direct or indirect marketing purposes, in accordance with such laws. In addition to reviewing Sections 4(d) and 5(d), if you wish to find out about any rights you may have under California Civil Code section 1798.83, you may contact us at email@example.com. Canadian residents also have certain rights to know how their information may be shared with third parties who engage in direct marketing activities. For the avoidance of doubt, these opt-out options are available for all users and are not limited to Californian and Canadian users.
(b) Mobile Opt-out. We may provide you messages, including marketing, via your wireless email address or by short message service ("SMS Service"), WAP or Mobile Services. You may opt-out of these messages from us by replying "STOP" or following the instructions provided in the message. With your permission, our apps may also send you notifications. You can choose to stop receiving these notifications using your device settings.
(c) Marketing provided by VHMP. From time to time we may send you promotional materials on behalf of VHMP and/or third parties. If you want us to stop sending you promotional materials, you may contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Marketing emails you receive from us include an unsubscribe instruction (usually found at the bottom of the email) that you may use to opt out of receiving future marketing-related emails.
(d) Marketing provided by Third Parties. From time to time we may disclose your contact information to third parties to allow them to market their products or services to you or for other marketing purposes. This may be information we received from you offline and online. If you want us to stop further sharing contact information with third parties you may contact us at email@example.com. In the case of information collected by our Third Party Partners, you should consult their own privacy policies to determine how your Personally Identifiable Information will be used, and follow the instructions provided to you by those Third Party Partners to unsubscribe from their messages and customize your preferences.
(e) Exceptions. If you have opted-out as described above, and thereafter you elect to use a service or promotion that requires us to contact you or share your information with a third party (e.g., you enter into a contest or sweepstakes or use an ecommerce service after opting-out), then your previous opt-out preferences will not apply to such service. The opt-outs described above apply to marketing-related communications only and we may continue to send you service related communications, including notices about your subscription.
(f) Device Settings. Our applications may provide you alerts and you can change your preferences regarding these alerts through your device settings.
7. Security of Your Personally Identifiable Information. We use industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personally Identifiable Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while VHMP uses reasonable efforts to protect your Personally Identifiable Information, VHMP cannot guarantee its absolute security.
8. Kids And Parents. The Covered Sites are not intended for use by children, especially those under age 13. There are also commercially available tools to help you limits your children's exposure to material online.
9. Non-U.S. Users. If you are located outside of the United States, please note that the information you provide to us will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where laws regarding processing of Personally Identifiable Information may be less stringent than the laws in your country. By using this Covered Site, you consent to this transfer and processing. You also consent to the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with this Covered Site in the federal and state courts of, and in accordance with the laws of, the state of New York.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy. This privacy policy is subject to occasional revision, and if we make any material changes in the way we use your Personally Identifiable Information, we will post notice of the changes on our Covered Sites. Any changes to this privacy policy will be effective upon thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of notice of the changes on our Covered Sites. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of our Covered Sites. Continued use of our Covered Sites, following notice of such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
Last Update: August 6, 2018


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Hello everyone!
Today we are going to review Chapter 4 and do the Chapter 4 quiz.
Look at the image above. The image is a mind map showing the suspects, their motives and their lies. Using information from the mind map, make notes in your Detectives Notebook.
Let's review some vocabulary from Chapter 4. Please click this link: Inverted Eagle Chapter 4.
Next week we will review Chapters 5. We will also do the Chapters 5 quiz. Please read Chapter 5 and solve the puzzle. Also, don't forget to make good notes in your Detectives' Note Book.


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Situated besides the Ahmad Al Fateh hifgway in the main island of Bahrain, running towards to Juffair Town facing to the Mareena lagoon. The foundation stone was laid on a Saturday the 17th of December 1983, corresponding to 13th Rabi' Al-Awwal 1404 H in the Arabic calendar. It's construction work began on the 17th of December 1984.
Ahmad Al Fateh Islamic Centre was opened on the 2nd of June 1988 consisting of the Grand Mosque, the Islamic Institute with its library, students dormitory and service utilities.
The total area of the Centre is about 150,000 square meters of which the Grand Mosque occupies 6,500 square meters.
The mosque can accommodate 7,000 worshippers, 5,000 in the main hall, 1,800 in the courtyard and 200 in the women's prayer hall.
6 meters to 7 meters height doors of the Centre are made of TEAK wood imported from India, the illuminating items, 952 lamps, 78 lusters and 76 wall lights, all made in France.
The custom manufactured floor carpeting covering 2,744 square meters are imported from Scotland.
A total of nearly 3,000 square meters floor area of the prayer halls and the courtyard covering by the Italian Marble.
The DOME is mad by pure fiber and the Internet sites are highlighting this as the world largest fiber make dome. Reference to mosque's information, the dome above the main hall from inside is about 40 meters from the ground level with a diameter of 25 meter and has 12 color windows inscribed with the name of God (Allah) in the centre in Green color.
The main building has two minarets. Each rising to 70 metres above ground level.
The car parking area of the centre can accommodate 750 vehicles.


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There are a number of sails and assorted dinghy parts being stored in the Changeroom Foyer. This area is not a storage area, and all items will be removed on Monday 27th April.
This area is solely for the temporary drop-off and pick-up of sails on their way to and from sailmakers. All such sails should also be clearly identified with tags.
Please contact the office if you wish to rent a locker, and if you believe any of the sails or other items currently in the foyer are yours, please remove immediately.


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OLYMPIA Chronicle staff members brought home five first-place awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association's Better Newspaper Contest last Friday night.
The Chronicle also earned third place for general excellence in its circulation size, which ranges from 5,001 subscribers to 12,750.
"Our staff continues to produce award-winning news coverage of the people, places and events shaping North-Central Washington," Publisher Roger Harnack said, noting the staff came home with 16 awards.
In 2012, the staff won 17 awards in the contest.
"I can't say enough about out our staff's dedication to readers and advertisers here."
The Methow Valley News in Twisp and the Okanogan County Gazette-Tribune in Oroville were also recognized during the gala celebration at the Red Lion Hotel.
The Chronicle grabbed the only General Excellence award presented to newspapers in Okanogan or Ferry counties.
That award is presented to the Top 3 newspapers and judged on advertising, opinion, page design, news coverage and photography.
"Our staff has worked hard to be among the best newspapers in the state," Harnack said.
Judges summarized The Chronicle by saying advertising "grabs the attention" and reporters do a "great job of covering as much as possible."
Judges also said the newspaper's opinion pages provide a "to the point" look at issues, while providing "ample space for reader letters."
When it came to photography and page design, judges said the staff effectively uses dominant art and structures pages in a manner easy for readers to follow.
Chronicle Sports Editor Al Camp led The Chronicle team with a pair of first-place awards – best sports feature with his "Holy Crap!" coverage of the Conconully Outhouse Races and best sports portrait with his picture of 3-year-old Leandra Agee of Omak during the Okanogan-Omak Rotary Fish Derby in Conconully.
Veteran reporter Dee Camp nabbed first place for best lifestyle feature story with "Growing up as a 'dam' kid."
Julie Bock and Teresa Myers won first place for best use of clip art in an ad, which was designed for Grandma's Attic.
The Chronicle staff also took top honors for best front page design with its "Gas War" issue from Sept. 7, 2012. That same issue earned Bock and former Managing Editor Cary Rosenbaum a third-place award for best business news story for their coverage of lower prices heating up competition between Okanogan County gas stations.
The Chronicle won more than a dozen total awards.
Brad Skiff won second place for best editorial cartoon.
Dee Camp and Harnack won second place for best editorial pages.
Al Camp earned second place for best sports action photo, edging Harnack, who took third in the same category.
Al Camp also earned third place for best sports news story and, along with Harnack, took second place in best sports page design.
Dee Camp took third place for best long personality profile.
She also placed third for best comprehensive coverage of a single issue, along with Harnack and Managing Editor Garrett Rudolph.
Myers and Bock teamed up, too, for third place for best ad for a single advertiser promoting a sale, smaller than a half page.
Other area newspapers winning awards were the Methow Valley News (21 in the 2,751-5,000 subscriber division) and the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune (four in the less than 2,750 subscriber division).
Methow Valley News' Marcy Stamper won first place for best spot news photo, second place for best government reporting and second place for best health or medical story. Sue Misao won first place for best portrait.
Laurelle Walsh won first place for best pictorial photo, third place for best environmental story and third place for best story on the arts.
Publisher Don Nelson won first place for best editorial, second place for best general feature story, short and third place for best business news story.
Mike Maltais won first- and third-place honors for best sports stories; and Solveig Torvik won first place for best topical column.
Nelson and Misao won first- and third-place awards for best photo essays.
The Methow Valley News also won first- and second-place awards in lifestyle/culture special sections, as well as first place for tourism/community special section. It also earned a third-place award for an ad campaign.
Brent Baker won four awards for the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune in the smallest newspaper circulation category.
He took first place in best long general feature story and best long personality profile. He also earned a second-place award for best action sports photo and a third-place award for best sports news story.
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Reported by Andrew West | August 17, 2017
CNN has made no qualms about its love for "social justice" and the radical left, as they cling to those viewers in hope of staying financially afloat.
The mainstream media as a whole, and with CNN leading the way, has been attempting to delegitimize the President of the United States from the moment that he was inaugurated. Their fake news tactics have been behind some of the most dastardly and damaging campaigns of hate that the modern nation has endured, as We The People continue to fall into their chasm of divisiveness.
We must realize that CNN and other mainstream media sources rely solely on advertisers purchasing time on their networks to stay afloat. These advertisers can only have their ads seen if people stay tuned in to these outlets, meaning that entertainment is the number one priority for the networks – not journalism.
Do you know what makes for great entertainment? Conflict.
That's why CNN is doing everything that it can to promote the radical left's New Civil War by giving airtime to the criminals who continue to tear down American history is cities like Durham, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia.
Now, the fake news originators, sensing the ability to create their own conflicts to report on, have published a map of 1,500 Confederate statues and memorials throughout the nation, virtually inviting the radical left to destroy them.
"The map will, no-doubt, serve as a hit-list for the frenzied Workers World Party members and others seeking the removal and destruction of Confederate statues in city after city across America.
"CNN reports, 'Roughly 1,500 Confederate symbols still exist on public land more than 150 years after the conclusion of the Civil War.' It explains that 718 of the Confederate symbols are 'monuments and statutes.'
"The outlet embedded a Southern Poverty Law Center/CNN map of the U.S. in the article–a map complete with green, blue, and red dots to signify the locations of the Confederate symbols. The green dots show schools with Confederate namesakes, the blue dots show courthouses that have Confederate monuments/statues, and the red dots show 'parks, trails, monuments, municipalities, holidays, buildings, flags' that are maintained."
This ridiculously overt attempt to assist the ill-named "antifa" dimwits will surely result in more bloodshed in our nation. The volatility of the left has been assisted by the media from the inception of the 24-hour news cycle, with CNN leading the charge. Now, as the network has turned from faux-journalism to active militant informational resource, there is no doubt about the treason they hope to incur.