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The power of thoughts, more so when they are voiced. Considering words are created from thought which comes from a belief, or what is being read, recited or impersonating.
It is possible to change a belief by hearing or running the same program often enough. 'Normality' is created when we hear, see or do things often enough and creating an ingrained neural path. This is great, and just what we want when we choose to create healthy thought patterns, but the same happens with the negative.
This is how complacency can occur because we become conditioned or neutral to the situation. Not always healthy, and the body feels it by out of balance or out of sync or the latest buzz word - our of alignment with our true selves. Mis-alignment triggers body stress, turning to symptoms and if ignored long enough disease.
Fortunately, we can disrupt the process and come back into alignment with conscious effort, or faster using energetic circuit changes such as Kinesiology, Rieki, Bars, EFT, NLP and of course, Hypnotherapy.
Affirmations is a support process which helps to reinforce the changes created during the energy changes. They are constant reminders. Affirmations can be used alone, but change is created faster when combined with Belief change, Anchors and Visualisation.
In a nutshell, more we say something, the sooner the sub-conscious brain will internalise it, say it with passion, and images it is faster still. Adding affirmations to a clean slate after the belief and memory has been transformed, faster again. Convinced yet that a combined, thorough approach is powerful?
The Queen of Affirmations would have to be Louise Hay, who created a comprehensive list of affirmations for almost all aliments, and guided further research into the associations between our self perception, self beliefs and conditions. Her book You Can Heal your Life was written more than several decades ago and is still used as a primary text for health change.
Ready to read more, and make a few of your own affirmations? Download the affirmation worksheet.
Ths is just one of the topics taught in the ReclaimME! program.
Beliefs can be our two edge sword!
Belief, by definition from my old school dictionary (circa 1981) is:
- The feeling or confidence that something is real, true or worthwhile or
- something which is taught or accepted as true.
Based on this definition it is easy to see how influencing beliefs are and how challenging they can be to move if needed. in summary, beliefs are the meanings we give to situations or people and are our expectations of how things should be.
Beliefs can be created at any stage of our life, but it is generally accepted our core beliefs are created by the age of 7. Which means parents, significant adults, siblings, early school, school in general, sporting clubs/activities, friends and peers.
We can become aware of our beliefs with curiosity and mindfulness. When things are not going the way we expect, or we experience big emotions either positive or negative, we can see our beliefs playing out.
When we feel the negative, generally our expectations, hopes, wishes are being violated or not being met. Think of the times when people have let down, disappointed or things haven't worked out and recall the thoughts and the emotions that have come up with this.
Now, think of when things have worked well and all is in good order, are you happier, more joyful because they are meeting your expectation and things are as they should be?
"Expectation is the mother of all frustration. " Antonio Blanca Banderas
High expectations of self can also be a double edge sword, but can certainly give us incentives to move towards goals, the challenge is to keep the expectations slightly out of comfortable reach to help us stretch.
Expectations of others are best to be monitored to encourage them to be the best people they can be, and be honest if you are ok with them who they are. After all, we can only control our own response and reactions.
Limiting beliefs are those that hold us back, and limit our progress generally due to fear, thinking we are not good enough, deserving or lovable, but at the core of this is the belief on not being good enough. This is where it gets tough, because we all want to be loved and be accepted, and have pleasure in life.
Trauma, by definition is a "deeply distressing or disturbing experience" or "physical injury". Tell me how many people haven't experienced traumatic experiences of different severity? The next question to ask, who gets to define if your interpretation of a situation makes it traumatic, or not? The only person qualified is yourself as you are the one that lived it, and you are the one that gave the situation weight.
Think about this..... two children (from the same parents) are playing in the yard, one tends to have the dare-devil streak and the other seemed to be born more reserved and cautious. Are either children wrong or inferior because of their make up? NO! Lets take it another step.
At one time a playful dog came into the yard and approached from behind the reserved child and started barking with excitement. Now, this is where it gets interesting. The dare devil child was more than happy to play with the dog and tumble with it. This little was was more adventurous to begin with and also saw the dog coming. The reserved child however received a shock when the dog barked and bounced on him, because he didn't see or hear it coming. Two different interpretations from seemingly similar situations. Yes, one child saw the dog coming, and the other didn't. Consider though what the children FELT and interpreted from the experience. The more reserved child from that time was always on edge and anxious around dogs, more so when they barked, and other child just loved dogs all the more and couldn't see the problem of his friend. Though he wanted to encourage his friend to be ok with dogs, he would also tease his friend when he pulled away from dogs.
So, what has happened?
There are two parts playing out. First is the person's nature they are born with, the second is the meaning the children associated with the situation. The reserved child was shocked and with the release of adrenaline flooding his body the cells were primed for the fear, flight and fight response.
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Chinese Parable
I love how parables gives unending wisdom that is still relevant in today's time.
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years.
One day his horse ran away.
Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit.
"Such bad luck," they said sympathetically, "you must be so sad."
"We'll see," the farmer replied.
The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it two other wild horses.
"How wonderful," the neighbors exclaimed!
"Not only did your horse return, but you received two more.
What great fortune you have!"
"We'll see," answered the farmer.
The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown off, and broke his leg.
The neighbors again came to offer their sympathy on his misfortune. "Now your son cannot help you with your farming," they said. "What terrible luck you have!"
"We'll see," replied the old farmer.
The following week, military officials came to the village to conscript young men into the army.
Seeing that the son's leg was broken, they passed him by. The neighbors congratulated the farmer on how well things had turned out. "Such great news. You must be so happy!"
The man smiled to himself and said once again.
"We'll see"
One of the lessons in this parable is: Anything that happens in life is neither GOOD or BAD, because you never know the consequences of misfortune OR good fortune until enough time has passed.
Another is the that God, Universe, spirit has your back and the more we trust without reacting from the space of our own expectations of how things 'should' be, life is easier! When we move through life with the intent to be the best we can be with what we have, and practice mindful interaction and not reactive interaction life is so much easier.
When we create ease and Grace, allowance and Gratitude we send a message out to the world that we are productive, easy to work with and an enabler of life. On the Law of Attraction principles it is easier for us to receive more of the same.
We have all been there, so many things going on, people expecting of you, the bigger expectation that we place on ourselves. I ask, from where did these expectations start? I can only speak for myself, but I know many people have said similar things.
Our reality, if we believe in the law of attraction theory is a reflection of what and how we see life. We are looking through our filters that we have created over our journey to date. When we start to make changes, doing things differently, putting on different hats and responses, the deeper parts of ourselves that are not in alignment with the new us can create friction stress, pain and a range of other symptoms. It is at these times taking time out to reflect, being gentle and allowing the thoughts, memories and discomforts come to the surface to be transformed and allowed to be let go of.
When this happens flow comes back oh, so much easier, life feels and becomes more productive again, we become happier and at peace again. Our body supports our dreams again, and shows to us that we are on track again.
Sabotage is a common, almost natural response to change. We all have our own sabotage scripts that get triggered when we start to move towards something good for us, or out of our comfort zone. It is the mind's way of resisting change and keeping us in the known, comfort zone. Sabotage is easiest to see when things are moving forward and is a self-protection mechanism designed to keep you safe because somewhere in our past you have made an association 'that this = that and from here on, I (the subconscious) must ensure it doesn't happen again'.
If we dissect the mechanism, it can be seen as the younger you acting out, overriding the adult you in the name of protecting the infant you. For instance, the adult you might be choosing healthier foods when suddenly a locked-in belief or feeling about a what it is like to be healthier, younger, or happier and a negative consequence that created. You might have been picked on, teased, or even leered at in the past for looking and feeling good. The similar event – looking and feeling good has activated the fear side and the sabotage will do what it can to protect you from re-enacting the previous teasing, being picked on or being in danger. Or maybe you took on the belief that you don't deserve to be lighter and beautiful and this is woken up during the change. WHAM! The sabotage will do all it can to stop you in our tracks, does the opposite to what you have chosen to do, and makes you feel not so good about our self. Sabotage has the potential to stop or slow down our progress.
Sabotage is a very common and powerful tool the subconscious mind uses to protect us from the unknown, or to make sure we are not putting ourselves in harm's way. If we don't explore our sabotages, we are likely to get so far, and our efforts are derailed. We start to procrastinate, find reasons why we shouldn't, get distracted with shiny new ideas or objects, keep searching for the magic bullet to make the changes easier and faster. Unfortunately, sabotages are also very good at hiding, just like in real life those who sabotage others progress do so undercover or in the depths of the night so they are not found out. After all, it is illegal to cause harm to others, or their property. You have an Inner Child that represents our emotions and primal needs.
You have an Adult self that needs to get stronger so it can nurture our Inner Child and learn from our sabotager so you can reach our potential for greater life and love. There is huge blessings to be found when we choose to learn from our sabotages and not ignore or fight them, they really are like the safety circuit breaker in the electrical meter box. When it trips, it is saying there is a problem in the electrical systems, get it checked and fixed before you potentially have an electrical house fire to contend with. The same in our life. If we ignore the early warning signs, this circuit breaker kicks in and stops us from progressing towards that which we really want to achieve.
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The season has changed, summer is coming and the print of the book 'What the mind sees, the body creates, feels and attracts' getting closer there is excitement in the air. The theme of the book is how we create biochemical change from our subconscious, the foods we eat, microbiome and our actions. Since the subconscious doesn't know the difference between what is 'real' or not and it responds to the emotional imprints created over time, the greater energy or emotional imprint, the stronger the belief we hold about ourselves, and how our life 'should' be.
The subconscious works with images and emotions. Like the squeaky wheel, or how deep ruts are created when the same track is walked on, the more frequently heard and felt messages become more ingrained they become. Emotions are anchors to the body which means the more emotion we feel around a statement, the body will work hard at recreating this feeling becuase it thinks that is what we want more of. We must want to stay there as we have anchored the feeling in our body. This process works for the positive and negative emotions, and so it is our duty to be clear as to what we do, and choose to have in our body and life. If we want more good in our life, put lots of positive feelings with affirming statements, the body will work to recreating that feeling and therefore change of physiological state. (the opposite is equally true. More we say we don't want, or we don't like etc, and we have an emotion with it, the body will work towards re-creating just what you don't want.)
For many people I know it has been a massive 6 months in so many good ways. The challenges are asking us to look at our values and beliefs and who/what we really want to be known for. The world events, in the social, economic and natural disasters are asking us as individuals and collectively to get real. Get clear and stand up as to what we as individuals and in our society we want to stand for. What is important to us and where we want to be in the future.
The bottom line is if we don't check in with who we truly want to be and act from this place, we will be drifting down a path to a place we may not want to be in a few years time. Do you want to be the frog in hot water, slowly adapting to hot water, or do you want to the be one in charge of the amount of heat in your own bath water? This applies to all aspects of life... health, lifestyle, relationships, career etc. The same principles apply as you are working on your own core self and the ripple effect spreads through your life.
Coming home after my mid life, European adventure I had to claim my place in my reality. Sure, I had read, attended coursed and explored thoughts and ways of reality hacking. I have create all the good, and ugly and inbetweens to date, but I also knew that if i didn't take more control over my thoughts, desires and actions from the past and come to peace with them I was going to keep living a limited, scary life. So, what can be done, without leaving the country to contemplate your hidden parts that want to come forth?
Take on the mode of a research scientist - 'let's investigate a thought and prove it either way.'
Who first owned the thought?
We all have ideas, beliefs and values; at some time in our life it is invaluable to consider whose they really belong to. If we blindly stay on auto-pilot, it is quite possible we are going to live someone else's destiny and following the wrong flight plan.
How does this happen? It is quite simple really. We inherit our genes from parents. Nothing new here. What is a newer consideration is our Grandmother makes the female portion of us. How? Our mother's eggs are made by her mother, our Grandmothers. Sit with this thought for a bit. What was our Grandparents' life really like? What were the ideologies, beliefs and values of the time; access to resource, wisdoms experiences etc.? Consider where and how these embedded beliefs are playing out in your thoughts now. This is a real example of Auto-pilot. How about your parents? Not only what happened in their home and social experiences, but what were their actual interpretations of life around your conception, and through your childhood.
Anyone can embed ideas into our thinking, if we allow it. Impressions from parents, school, peers, work, colleagues, society, culture etc., all have the power to change our deepest held values, especially in hurtful, stressful situations.
Consider too, from a sociological view, each generation has a theme, baby boomers, free love, techno etc. The era in which we were exposed to also creates a view of what life could, should, might be like. Naturally, there is an opposite side to all of these things.
Self care, for me, personally goes way beyond looking after body or treating myself. These actions really do feel good and are important, but the deeper level of self care for me is about knowing myself and clearly stating who I are and what I believe. The more attention I have given to sifting through my own beliefs, ideologies etc the easier it has been to like and love myself, and therefore less need from others affection or attention to make myself feel good.
There was a time in my life when I figured I either had to get real or get out. Show up or go home, whatever catchphrase you want to use. I had, unknowingly taken on a lot of negative, self abating thoughts from quite a few people. The result was I didn't like, let alone love myself, and I really didn't like who I was. I didn't know how to let people in, and really felt that unimportant.
Fortunately, psychology is starting to talk about the idea that "Until we know ourselves and accept ourselves, know what works for us in a good way we are inclined to go with the flow, allow others do things that we would rather not do, and tend to seek the fillers to the gaps we have in ourselves." When we know what our own gaps are, and learn to fill them ourselves, we become more empowered. It is easier to say no and mean it, set healthy boundaries and not feel the need to engage in questionable or dangerous behaviour to fit in. We basically look after ourselves and engage with others in healthier, truer ways. Am I there yet? No but I am certainly further down the line that I was.
How is it possible to create this clarity? Start studying the greats, look at all things you think, feel, do and experience in life as a third party observer and start playing with investigative questions.
We make our own prisions
What a week, it has been jammed packed finalising study, working and finishing a stage that was almost overdue; then bang, the weekend. I didn't have a deadline, or anything that I had to do. I had freedom of choice again, and that got me adrift! What did I end up doing? Going into the office to make sure the project didn't run over time, and came home to clean house, cook a fabulous dinner for 1 and watch two thought provoking movies.
While it was good to have choice, it also felt weird after a few weeks of 'must get this done' urgency and lots of weekend study and late nights. To do added value to life, and self care was a weird feeling. Then, to wake up on Sunday knowing it was Mother's Day and all that it inherently brings up for me. So, Sunday was mixed up, and charged. What WAS I GOING TO DO WITH MYSELF??? As it was I stayed in my PJs till about 1.30, showered and went to the library. With a good dose of pondering questions, a dose of self pity and big dose of wanting to breakthrough the frump that I had found myself in.
Was this a sabotage, or an opportunity. Well, that is the first question isn't it? It depends how we choose to interpret things. For me, the frump was the perfect thing to feel so I could explore the ideas of what I felt I was missing, why and what was I going to do about it??? This is the big one. We all have choices. More so as adults. We choose what we see, focus on and feel about things, people and feelings?
In the library on my quest for considered inspiration, I came across a chapter in a book, its abstract is here....
"The most secure prisons are those we construct for ourselves
When we think about loss of freedom, we seldom focus on the ways in which we voluntarily impose constraints upon our lives. Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become. Usually it is fear and its close cousin, anxiety, that keep us from doing those things that would make us happy. so much of our lives consists of broken promises to ourselves. the things we long to do - educate ourselves, become successful in our work, fall in love - are goals shared by all. Nor are the means to achieve these things obscure. and yet, we often do not do what is necessary to become the people we want to be. ......
We do not like to think of ourselves as trapped. This is, afterall, the land of opportunity. We are surrounded by images of success. our culture presents us constantly with stories of people who rose from obscurity to fame, often with limited talent. Rather than take hope from these stores, most people absorb them as additional indications of their own inadequacy. We are also confused and put off by the apparent ease with which these transformations occur. the slowness with which productive change actually takes place does not play well in the impatient society. Where do we find the determination and patience required to achieve the things we want?"
Taken from Gordon Livingston Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart (2004)
The message I am endeavouring to put to you, is that if you want something, it is essential to first have an inkling to know what, then act. Nothing new, I know, but think about this:
Change is not easy, real change takes inner reflection, a lot of courage and determination to move in directions which may take you away from your current comfort zone, friends, family or what you know. This is serious stuff, but at the end of the day, it is your life, and your choices.
Start by looking at what you can control - your thoughts, and what you do to your body. Even this can be scary and confronting. You are in charge of what you do, what you put in your body, on your body, and what you think, but you might need help. It is ok not to know, or have confidence to make the changes needed. You might not have the skill of how to fine tune your choices to your body, or to dive into the messages of your body, this is perfectly ok. This is what we have professionals for.
If you want to make change, it is about owning this thought, and then asking for the help to bring it together. It is a smart person who grows into what they want to be and courage to complete the transformation. Is this You? After all, it might only take a few tweaks or insights to shift the linkpin that is keeping you were you are, and if it is as simple as that, why wait for things to get bigger or harder?
Want help, then ask :)
Author of 4 books;
March 2020
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Florida box turtles are a small turtle, with a typical max size of 4″-6.5″ SCL. They are best kept outdoors with a lot of room, with both a shallow water area and a dry area. Their diet is omnivorous but they start out more carnivorous (worms, insects) and then a growing tendency for plant matter (but not green leaves) as they get older.
Here's a very short clip of some Florida box turtles from the 2009 New York Turtle And Turtle Society Annual Show:
(incidentally, this is also the last of the photos/videos I took from the show)


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There is no denying that Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are among the most talked about couples in Hollywood today. As a matter of fact, the pair has been continuously making it into the headlines since they first confirmed their romance in 2015. Their relationship was hounded with numerous malicious rumors, including one claiming that they are on the brink of another split.
However, an unnamed Entertainment Tonight source said that the pair is very far from breaking up. It was claimed that Gwen Stefani is head-over-heels in love with Miranda Lambert's ex-husband. The tipster added that Blake Shelton and his girlfriend are "incredibly attracted" to each other and that their relationship is going stronger amid the ceaseless split rumors.
"Gwen really loves Blake for who he is and has never once tried to change him or anything about him. She even loves his style!"
The same insider stated that Gwen Stefani loves the fact that Blake Shelton treats her three sons – Kingston, 11, Zuma, 9, and Apollo, 3 – like they are his own. The No Doubt singer and her children reportedly like to spend time together on Blake's farm in Oklahoma. Additionally, Miranda Lambert's former lover has introduced them to "down-home country things," and they all loved it.
"Blake is very much a father figure to her kids. The kids are very mature and Blake treats them as such. He loves them so much, he's always talking about them."
The news outlet shared that Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are already considering having their own kid after moving on from their respective divorces. In fact, there were also rumors claiming that the couple is already planning a wedding. However, it is important to note that neither of the two singers has confirmed anything. So, avid followers of the couple should take these unverified reports lightly until everything is proven true and correct.
Meanwhile, the former-wife of Gavin Rossdale debunked the claims saying that she is already expecting her first baby with Blake Shelton. Radar Online shared that Gwen Stefani and the "God Gave Me You" singer were sighted together in Playa del Carmen in Mexico recently. Along with Luke Bryan and other pals, the couple enjoyed their vacation along the Caribbean Sea.
Blake Shelton's Story of Falling in Love with Gwen Stefani Will Make You Swoon https://t.co/tZtAkApHDZ— People (@people) December 28, 2017
Aside from proving that her relationship with Miranda Lambert's ex-partner had not hit rock bottom, Gwen Stefani also discredited the pregnancy rumors that had been making the rounds online. The mom of three showed off her perfectly toned tummy while sporting a white bikini and knit skirt. Blake Shelton, for his part, wore a blue-colored shirt and shorts.
In December 2017, Gwen Stefani sparked pregnancy rumors after she allegedly sported what seemed to be a baby bump. The "Hollaback Girl" singer shared a clip of her along with Chef Giada DeLaurentiis through her official Instagram account. Devoted followers of Blake Shelton's girlfriend noticed a "bulge" on her tummy, which made them guess that she was already pregnant.
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are relaxin' to the max on their vaca!https://t.co/NtISz7bFjR— HollywoodLife (@HollywoodLife) January 19, 2018
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The Delray Marketplace located off of Atlantic & Lyons Rd was projected to open this November, but from my drive by last night it looks more like they will be opening in Spring. Below is a list of the stores scheduled to open and from what I saw on their website there is still retail
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We found this awesome article on nytimes.com about South Florida. "In the early '90s, it seemed that half the shops in Delray Beach, Fla., which is about an hour up the coast from Miami, were boarded up. Its streets were mostly deserted. But by the turn of the millennium it had transformed into an idyllic beach town
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Uganda the peal of Africa is one of the best birding destination in the World! It is the only single country in Africa where bird lovers can enjoy the views and the nice melodies of some of the world's rare bird species. The high counts of birds in the country which can be watched easily in the various national parks have attracted various bird lovers to undertake safaris in Uganda.
Murchison falls national part is Uganda's largest and oldest national park located in the north western part of Uganda and for long the park is well known for its endowments of the different wildlife species and the most remarkable being the Big five animals i.e. the lion, Leopard, Elephants, Buffaloes and even the White Rhinos which can be trekked in the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. These exceptional wildlife have attracted various tourists from all over the world to book Uganda safaris with the intention of having memorable experience with the big five animals and few tourists know about the potential of the park to offer best memorable birding experience.
The varied natural habitats of Murchison falls National Park in Uganda make it to be the favorite home of different bird species. The Park boasts of an estimated record of 451 bird species which can be easily enjoyed by bird lovers who are on their birding safaris in Uganda particularly Murchison falls national park.
The remarkable list of birds which can be enjoyed in the park includes Uganda 's national bird the Grey Crowned Crane as well as the endangered world species of the rare Shoebill Stork and also the largest heron in the whole world i.e. Goliath Heron. The particular species which can be seen along the banks of the world's longest River Nile include the Blue-headed Coucal, Piapiac, Swamp Flycatcher, Silver bird, Squacco Heron, Red-throated Bee-eater ,White-browed Sparrow Weaver, African Jacana, African Quail-Finch, as well as the Sandpipers, Black-headed Gonolek, Denham's Bustard, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater and Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill among other exceptional bird species.
Bird watching in the Murchison falls national park can be best enjoyed in the Nile-Lake Albert Delta which is a wide, quiet stretch of water, where the placid Victoria Nile pours its water into Lake Albert. This particular area is key birding area in the park and its papyrus-lined banks are blessed with numerous birdlife and the remarkable bird species here include the Goliath Herons as well as the Great Egrets, plus African Fish Eagles. Above all is the mostly wanted to watch bird species of the rare shoe bill well known as the world's endangered bird species.
Uganda safari destination of Murchison falls national part also provides a launch cruise which starts from the Paraa area and takes the visitors 3 hours ride in the wonderful waters of the Victoria Nile which bisects the park into two parts. During this activity visitors can enjoy the views of different bird which will be feeding and moving in the river banks.


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Palm Beach County public school leaders are moving to shut down Eagle Arts Academy, saying the controversy-plagued Wellington charter school is hemorrhaging money and that its executive director last year steered tens of thousands of dollars from the school into one of his companies amid the school's financial woes.
Superintendent Robert Avossa has called for closing the school at the end of the school year, warning that it is in "deteriorating financial condition," has not paid rent for its 13-acre campus since September and is spending "excessive" amounts on administrative salaries while its student enrollment falls.
Board members are scheduled to consider Avossa's proposal Wednesday. If approved, the school board's contract with the school, which opened in 2014, would end in June. (UPDATE: School board members voted unanimously Wednesday to give the school a 90-day notice of termination, meaning that it would be required to close if it can't address the district's concerns within that time period).
"There is 'good cause' that exists to proceed with a 90-day termination due to (Eagle Arts') failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management," Avossa wrote in a Feb. 28 letter to the school.
The move to close the school comes after years of erratic enrollment, high turnover and financial controversies since the school opened on the campus of a former private school, promising students an arts-infused education.
RELATED: Eagle Arts charter in chaos: Are kids being educated?
A school district report also revealed a previously undisclosed financial arrangement: The school last year paid tens of thousands of dollars for "brand licensing" to a company owned by its executive director, Gregory James Blount.
Blount's company, Element Management Group, drew the payments, which at one point totaled $6,000 a month, while he was also earning $90,000 a year as the school's executive director.
Blount said that the payments were to compensate his company for the use of software that it designed.
"This software that runs the school was created by my company," he wrote in an email to The Palm Beach Post. "All of this is legal."
State records show that the company was created in July, the same month that the district says the payments from the school began.
Even though the school's enrollment has dwindled from nearly 700 students last year to less than 450 this year, the school spends more than $200,000 a year paying an executive director and two principals, the school district said. The school resisted the school district's request to trim its payroll to reflect its smaller size.
The school is also paying nearly $8,000 a month to another company, California-based Charter School Management Corp., for "business management services," despite having a full-time executive director and its two principals, according to a school district report.
Reached for comment, Blount responded by providing a link to a YouTube video in which he calls on the school's parents to pressure board members at Wednesday's meeting to keep the school open.
In the video, he said that the school's lease payments for its campus are the primary cause of its financial problems and that he is working to renegotiate the lease.
"It is definitely a challenge for us, and I am exploring all options to be able to meet the terms of the lease," he said.
RELATED: Investigation: Founder cashed in on Wellington's Eagle Arts charter
Blount has a history of steering money from the school into his own companies.
In a series of articles in 2015, The Post revealed that Blount had steered more than $150,000 from the school into his own companies, including $46,000 in payments that the school approved under the guise of a loan.
In 2016, Avossa ordered Blount to repay the $46,000 to the school. Later that year, Eagle Arts went through a period of extraordinary upheaval, as three principals resigned or were fired in a four-month period.
Last year, The Post recounted the months of tumult, which included teachers fleeing the school en masse and reports of classes with no textbooks or grades or consistent teachers. The school soldiered on, raising its state grade from a D to a C last year.
But its struggles to keep students enrolled have left it in the red. In addition to owing $1.1 million in rent payments this year, the school owes at least $89,000 in unpaid bills to vendors, the school district says.
The school district estimated that Eagle Arts would operate at an annual deficit of $1.2 million this year if allowed to remain open.


text: The title says it all does anyone here suffer from sore backs while DJing. My back always gets super tense right in the middle between my shoulder blades. Does anyone else suffer from this and any remedies. My gear is all at a decent height so i'm not constantly bent over. Maybe I just need to stand back every once in a while and enjoy the mix haha.


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This year's tour is Sunday, June 23, 2019 from noon to 5pm.
Tickets can either be purchased for $15 in advance, or on the day of the tour.
Click "Buy Now" below to order tickets via PayPal!
Note for Paypal users:
- Once you have completed the purchase, you will receive a confirmation email from PayPal
- Please print the PayPal email and bring it with you on the tour. It is your proof of purchase.
- You can redeem your receipt for a tour booklet at the first address you visit.
Structures on this year's tour are at the following addresses:
943 N. River St
13 N. Washington St
113 Buffalo St
904 Pleasant Dr
1301 Sherman St
215 S. Washington St
216 N. Washington St
12 E. Forest Ave
Advance and day of tour ticket locations:
- Aubree's (Depot Town and Whitaker Rd. locations)
- Cultivate Coffee and Tap House
- Downtown Home & Garden (Ann Arbor)
- The Eyrie
- Haab's Restaurant
- Materials Unlimited
- Norton's Flowers & Gifts
- Salt City Antiques
Day of tour sales only:
- In front of the Towner House (303 N. Huron)


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I posted a couple days ago about my older brother who's worked out a deal with my dad to be compensated three days pay for cutting back his work week from five days to two days a week so he'll be available more to help dad out with his shopping, dr appts and such.
I'm dad's DPOA so I've helped dad and my brother come up with an ammount that was fair to both which included dad paying my brother the equivelent of his gross (before taxes) to help make up for any overtime my bros giving up and any taxes he'd normally get in a tax refund. That's not a problem with me.
However, after it was all worked out between us over the phone my brother said that his boss is always needing people to help so he'll probably still volunteer to work an extra couple of days a week beyond the two days a week he's going to be scheduled. He's looking at it as if dad is paying him for three days, and if he works 4 for his job, he'll be making nearly twice what he was making. That is a problem for me.
I was not happy with this and told him so. I explained that, although I appreciate that he's there and willing to help out dad, I do not believe dad is paying him so he can free up three more days in the week to be available to help dad if he needs it, only to have him pick two of those days back up so he can be making more money leaving him less time to be available to dad.
The way I see it, this money he's getting paid is coming from our inheritance (his, our younger brother's, and mine). Both my younger brother and I are all for dad paying him to go part time, increasing his ability to check in on dad and take him to dr. appts, rehab and shopping. However, are we unreasonable to expect him to be available to help dad if he should need it and not be working nearly as much as he was working before this arrangement?


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According to a recent report in Science Advances (summarized in the Vox) increased atmospheric CO2, a key feature in global warming, can result in reduced crop nutrition. They demonstrated this effect using rice, a staple crop that feeds much of the world. This would seem threatening, since poor crop nutrition impacts food webs all the way from the soil to the plate. Human ...Read More »
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Why Is Living Soil a Disruptive Innovation?
We know soil is alive. Why do we treat it like dirt? The first lesson in the first soils class I ever took covered what soil is made of. We learned soil contains minerals, air, water, organic matter, and "critters". Yes. That's right. Critters. All those little squirmy, wiggly things that live underground. Bacteria. Fungi. Worms. Insects. Those living things ...Read More »
The Johnson-Su Bioreactor Enriches Beneficial Soil Fungi
Stop Turning Your Compost Composting offers a terrific way to culture native microbes that benefit your soil. However, there is more to a good compost than simply building a pile of manure and yard waste. Proper aeration is important to prevent overheating and to ensure that aerobic bacteria-bacteria that consume oxygen, dominate the mixture. While there are exceptions to every ...Read More »
Humic Acids and Lignins: Prebiotics for Soil
Every grower knows beneficial microbes like rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi can help plants produce strong, resistant, and resilient crops. Many growers know that having the right microbes in the soil can reduce or eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Far too many growers have fallen for the "bug-in-a-jug," spending various sums of money on biofertilizers only to see ...Read More »
On Solar Powered Nitrogen Factories
Recently, I was invited into a discussion on the potential for "solar powered nitrogen factories". The dialog dealt with using legumes and grasses as cover crops to increase soil fertility. This is of course, a great strategy which farmers are adopting at large scales. As the cover crops grow, they release sugars that feed soil microbes, nitrogen rich amino ...Read More »


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Hello everybody! 😀 As usual, sorry for the lack of updates… I've been very ill and also went out of the country for a week so there you go ;_; anyway, right now I'm back with you guys to tell you about the new AKB48 single, Beginner! 😀 In case you haven't heard it yet, (which I doubt xD) I suggest that you give it a try, especially if you like songs like RIVER :3 I think that song wise, this might be my favorite AKB single in a loooooong while (cause, you know, Yuko wise, HebiRote will ALWAYS be my favorite lololol). See, I got into AKB because they weren't singing super sugary high songs when I first heard of them (around the time they released Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou), of course, after dwelling both in the fandom and the discography of the group I've found out that they have just as many sugary sweet songs as most other idol groups xD
However, they still get cool songs too 😀 Especially in stages. Ever since they signed with King Records I got very concerned because it was one cute song after another. Don't get me wrong, I love all of their singles A-sides (except for Namida Surprise… kinda) but that's not the kind of music I listen to in a daily basis xD When RIVER came out I just couldn't believe the awesomeness and it gave me hope that maybe cool songs would return to the singles, but it didn't really happen until Beginner…
I've seen many people who don't like the song, but that's ok, everyone has their own taste 😀 And luckily enough, this single has something for everyone! 😀
1. Beginner: The title track is a song full of rythm hahaha what a stupid way to describe it. I don't even know what genre is it, I get a feeling it wants to be hip-hop? Maybe? The monotonous verses build up into the AMAZING chorus, and you can tell that the way its sung also tells a story in itself. A lot has been said about Beginner, especially because the PV was censored and we were left out with a super chopped up hideous pseudo PV that I don't even want to think about ;_; Haters say it's just a publicity stunt, however, I hardly doubt Akimoto would hire one of the most prominent japanese movie directors and pay lots of money for CGs that aren't even going to be seen in HD.
The original Beginner PV features the girls playing some sort of videogame ala Matrix xD and fighting against an evil power, but getting killed by it it many forms, long story short, Acchan is the one who wakes up from the blank status they are all in while plugged and kills the bad guy along with Jurina. Yeah, that didn't sound so original xD But watching the PV the concept is really powewrful, I could really understand what it means, the message of Beginner "living through pain" became clear to me somehow when I watched it.
Worth nothing is the fact that the lyrics are also controversial. They are a critic to overprotective parents who won't let their children experience anything negative in their lives and learn through it. Since these lyrics are in the second verse of the song, I think it was done in purpose because AKB only performs short versions on TV shows 😀
2. Boku Dake no Value:
The B-side is Undergirls song, Boku dake no Value. If you like cute bubblegum pop typical idol stuff, this is the song you should be looking for 😀 Its reminiscent of last year's Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara, which is a fan favorite! I didn't like it very much when I first hear it, because it sounded too much like a bunch of recent AKB songs xD however, when the HQ rip came out (my singles are still on the way ;_;) I fell in love with it <3 It's a super adorable song! It reminded me a bit of the idols of the 80s, which I'm a HUGE fan of 😀
I haven't seen the full PV yet, because I want to wait until I get my singles 😀 however, I believe its about a fight between AKB and SKE members and they challenge each other to a race xD
3. MINT – Kimi ni Tsuite (Ver. A exclusive)
MINT unit is made up of members Maeda Atsuko, Kasai Tomomi <3, Katayama Haruka <3, Matsui Sakiko and Nito Moeno. There was an ameba pigg battle a while ago to make users vote for whichever unit they wanted to win to be included as a B-side in this single, the winner was OBVIOUSLY Acchan's unit xD "Kimi ni Tsuite" is a beautiful slow paced song about how when you fall in love with someone you start wanting to know more and more of the other person and you learn everything about them, even the little details that don't really matter 🙂 It's a very sweet song. The only thing that I dislike about this unit is the fact that Haachan and Sakiko don't get any solo lines at all. Which actually bums me a lot, because Haachan is my second favorite member 🙁 The PV is fantastic, and shows the history of the group MINT, which is disbanding because Moeno becomes engaged to a cameraman xD. Haachan is the leader of the group 😀 The PV shows all of the singles the group released before "Kimi ni Tsuite" and I think it's a very original concept 😀
3. DIVA – Nakeru Basho (Ver. B Exclusive)
OMG… this song… it's just earcandy at its best <3 They took the best singers of AKB and put them in the front leading this beautiful farewell song. It sounds absolutely gorgeous! :3 another argument for people to check out the girls who aren't senbatsu, as some of them are incredibly talented and it really shows. Also, one of my favorite members, Akimoto Sayaka is the main lead in this song. Her deep beautiful voice is just… GAAAH!!!! I just love this song too much ;_; I haven't seen the full PV, but from what I gather, DIVA is another fictional subunit (I do hope it goes on for more singles though :/) and they are on their way to perform a concert! There are groupies everywhere but the video keeps a subdued atmosphere throughout the whole thing.
So yes, please, if you can check out AKB's new single Beginner. There's something for everyone there, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it a lot if you give it a try 😀
On other news, AKB48 has sold 791,295 copies of Beginner making it the best selling single of 2010 and breaking the Top 10 Most Sold Singles in all times (Japan only ofc) 😀 Congratulations to the girls!!! I'm SUPER happy for them, all the hard work and everything they've gone through is finally paying off! I remember when I became a fan 4 years ago, we didn't even look at the sales because they would rarely be over 20K, I remember dreaming about them selling 100K copies of a single like Perfume (my other bias <3) did. And now, to see all of this happening to them, it simply makes me super proud to have stuck with them since the beginning ;_;
And finally, a little word about something that's been REALLY bothering me lately:
YES AKB48 lipsynchs 99% of their performances. If you think that this is a horrible awful horrific thing that makes them impossible for you to like, then DON'T LIKE THEM. And go your own way, find an artist that sings live all the time and follow that one instead. I'm kind of sick of AKB haters going out of their way to pop in every single AKB thread and say "OHAI WAI DON THEY SING LIVE??? THEY SUCK LOLOL" yeah, whatever, that is your opinion, respectable and whatever but an opinion nonetheless. Some of us enjoy the group despite the lipsynching so leave us alone and go find a "true" artist you like or whatever.


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Rules of Survival is a survival game, which was developed and released by Netease, the game was released exclusively in China, but soon after realizing the potential of the game, Netease immediately released the global version of Rules of Survival with English language, support players around the world. With the Chinese version, the player will have difficulty choosing the way to log in, language differences. Now, with the Global version, all these obstacles will be completely removed. The Mod version of the game is also available on the website and you can download it right now.
Rules of Survival APK + OBB English Mod Money download Latest/Update for Android
PUBG's appeal is the inspiration for hundreds of PUBG mobile game titles released on the Play Store, including quality games such as Knives Out and Millet Shootout: Battle Royale Mod. Today, we introduce you to a complete version of PUBG called Rules of Survival, which is considered to be the mobile copy of this game when it delivers the same gameplay and true 3D graphics.
A large map with many terrains
Your safe haven is no longer safe, Players will have to deal with poisonous gas dispersed everywhere, gun battle with the enemy and the pursuit to become the last survivor. Rules of Survival for Android brings a large map of up to 6.4×6.4km, enough for up to 120 players at the same time. The terrain in the game is also built with different continuous variations such as steppes, coastlines, hills, abandoned plants … to create the diversified gameplay. The player moves and selects the strategies that match each terrain they are in. This is also one of the key factors affecting the outcome of every game alongside the gun, armor and healing items. In a sense, RoS is considered a "copy" by Fortnite or Battle Royale because of the similarity in gameplay.On the huge battlefield of 100 players, the map in the game has a large area and is also divided into several areas. The game challenges players with a variety of terrain types, from abandoned buildings, rivers, mountains or bushes … suitable for hiding and shooting long range or close combat.
Fair playing in each match.
Rules of Survival for Android simulates the whole of PUBG's gameplay so that you will see the balance of the game. All players will be parachuted to a certain location on the map and begin to survive, each Player will be given the default weapons and as soon as they are on the ground. Their mission is to move constantly and look for items that are scattered and randomly distributed everywhere such as guns, bullets, helmets, ambulance boxes, and even cars.
Skill is the most important point for the player to win.
Various weapons and items
Rules of Survival provide a variety of weapons and equipment. With each weapon, every warrior can be customized for each item. Each weapon in the game has the ability to upgrade. You can add more support tools such as silencer, bullet upgrading, color correction … Generally, the items in the game are similar to PUBG version on PC.
Team fighting
In addition to the 1 vs 120 survival mode, Rules of Survival allows for team combat, in which teamwork is promoted. Each team will have two or four players (depending on which model you choose). If you kill as many players and survive to the end then you will receive more valuable rewards. With the play mode, it is suitable for those who want to play with friends, team building and co-op fighting are always a great challenge and experience for all players.
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Rules of Survival is a high-quality graphics game, but the game content is very long. However, it is optimized very well and test quality carefully, so the game does not require too high configuration. But Rules of Survival always require an Internet connection to play. Besides, Rules of Survival also supports voice chat for the best gaming experience. We recommend you to use a headset.
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- In the Fearless Fiord Solo mode, there are now two cargo planes carrying 150 people each.
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Currently, the global version of Rules of Survival has been officially released on both Android and iOS platforms, you can download the game completely free with the link below that we provide. If you are looking for the perfect mobile PUBG experience, Rules of Survival mod APK download is a great choice for you.


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spark once you hit your 50's, this book is a well-written manual that covers a
broad range of sexual problems facing many baby-boomers these days. From
stress, to physical changes in men, to menopause in women, every chapter
relates to the most common problems couples face in the bedroom.
Written by two brothers (one of
whom passed away before this book went to press, the other, a professor at
Montclair State University), with lots of input from couples around the
country, this book is a must read for any couple who thinks they are the only
ones having trouble in the bedroom.
Although most of the topics covered
here are common and not all that out of the ordinary, they can prove to be
extremely stressful and put a great deal of unnecessary strain on a
relationship. However, once the reader realizes that these problems are indeed
common and not permanent, working towards resolving them becomes much easier
and less stressful.
The book addresses different ways
to not only resolve problems in the area of sex, but also guides the reader on
how to recognize and distinguish red flag problems from minor ones.
A great read for anyone who is
reaching the 50 mark.
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Vigilante is a hospice educator as well as an advocate for proper end-of-life
care and a certified bereavement group facilitator. Currently writing a book based
on interviews with terminally ill hospice patients, she divides her time
between New Jersey and San Francisco.
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Teaching in London
Teaching In South East London
South London includes boroughs such as Bexley, Bromley, Lambeth, Lewisham,and Southwark. This part of the city can feel less busy, and there are some particularly beautiful areas such as Greenwich and Blackheath which are very popular places to live.
Schools in South East London
Generally speaking, there are fewer schools per borough in South London when compared to other parts of the city. Lewisham is a good option for secondary school teachers because this is one of the few places where state-funded secondary schools outnumber primary schools (14 to 8). Academy chains have become dominant in the south east- such as the Harris Academy chain.
London success stories
No magic bullet in London schools' success. Just years of steady improvements in quality led by Primary schools
Less than a quarter (22%) of children on free school meals in inner London obtained five or more A*–C grades at GCSE or their equivalent (including English and Maths) in 2002. In 2013, this had risen to almost half (48%). Gains were much smaller among disadvantaged children outside London (17%) to (26%).
New work published today, by researchers associated with the Centre for Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), concludes that the improved performance largely reflects gradual improvements in school quality over time. Improvements in primary schools played a major role in explaining later improvements in secondary schools.
The new work establishes that the "London effect" for poor children began in the mid-1990s – well before many of the high-profile policies in secondary schools previously credited with London's success, such as the London Challenge, Teach First, and the growth of academies.
It's possible that recent changes reflect London's status as an economic powerhouse. To check this the researchers follow a group of children born around the year 2000 from preschool to age 11. This shows that disadvantaged pupils in London are not ahead at age 5, but instead make faster progress once they get to school compared to their peers outside the capital.
Jo Blanden of the University of Surrey said: "London's schools have become extremely good at helping poor children succeed. This is despite the incredible diversity of their pupils. This success is likely to lead to better jobs and more social mobility among those educated in the capital."
Luke Sibieta of the IFS said: "London schools have become synonymous with educational success, particularly for poorer children. Our research shows that these improvements are not down to a single policy or factor. Instead, most of the improvements reflect gradual increases in the quality of schools stretching back to the mid-1990s. London's primary schools have become particularly successful and London's great secondary schools can then build on this success."
The researchers from the IFS, University of Surrey, University of Bath and the UCL Institute for Education used information from the National Pupil Database, which records the school outcomes of all children in England. They found that:
- London is much more ethnically diverse than the rest of England and ethnic minorities tend to obtain better GCSE results than children from white-British backgrounds. This explains a lot of the higher performance of poorer children in London compared with those outside London but it does notexplain why disadvantaged Londoners have improved their performance so much. (It explains about one sixth of the improvement relative to the rest of the country).
- The main explanation for better GCSE results is that pupils from poorer backgrounds are entering secondary school with better test scores at age 11. In 1997, about 47% of poorer pupils in both inner London and the rest of England achieved the expected level in English tests at age 11. By 2008, poorer pupils in inner London became 7 percentage points more likely to achieve this standard (75% for inner London compared with 68% for the rest of England). This points to a very important role for improved performance by primary schools in London. This is then built on in London's secondary schools so that children leave with strong GCSE results compared to other poor children outside of London.
- In addition it seems that having lots of peers from deprived backgrounds is no longer holding children back as much. The researchers supplemented their analysis of administrative data by using the Millennium Cohort Study to look at the performance of one large group of children born around 2000 and for whom there is detailed data on their progress before age 11.
- In this cohort of around 19,000 children who all started school at age 5 in 2005, disadvantaged children in London were not ahead of those outside London at the point when they started school. Indeed, they were less school-ready on some measures, but this is mainly because of their more diverse ethnic background and because many do not speak English as a first language. They had more than overcome this starting disadvantage by age 11.
- Differences in the family background and characteristics of poorer pupils in London explain just under half of the London advantage at age 11 (mostly due to higher levels of ethnic diversity). However, most of the advantage remains unexplained, again pointing to the important role played by London's primary schools.


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There are training camps at Milfontes Canoe Village in the run up to Easter. The Rio Mira is a tidal estuary that winds its way through the hills to Odemira. It is perfect training for anyone doing Devizes Westminster. Especially those that need more estuary experience.
The cost is 55 euros a day full board including boat hire from either Plastex or Nelo. You can be met from either Lisbon or Faro airport.
This is the place that Longridge Canoe Club have been to every year for the last eight years. Many national teams train here through the winter. If you come alone you should be able to find someone to paddle with.
Several training courses a year here are run by one of Germany's most successful Olympian, Birgit Fischer and she says that as an athlete it was her favourite winter training camp.
If others in your group don't paddle there are many other activities from yoga, horesriding on beaches or walking the beautiful Rota Vicentina coastal path.


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The Eastern Breeder's Club of the Canadian Hanoverian Society held its 2018 Annual General Meeting on March 3rd and 4th at the Hilton, Laval Quebec.
The two day meeting started with a "Meet and Greet" at Le Balthazar Restaurant and Micro Brewery Saturday night. This get-together provided our members with an opportunity to gather in a cozy setting, share in engaging conversation, and taste delicious food and craft beer. A wonderful time was had by all!
Sunday morning began with the general meeting where an engaging and lively discussion ensued. This was followed by the annual awards presentation. We were fortunate to have Purina Equine Nutrition Consultant, Marc-Antoine Guesthier on hand to discuss and answer our questions about equine nutrition. The meeting concluded with Dr Fany Pairault of Trans-Bio sharing an insightful seminar on embryo transfer and the latest techniques in equine reproduction.
The club would like to thank Samuel Jeanson and Marie-Michelle Gagne for organizing the venue and securing guest speakers and sponsors. Their tireless efforts served to make the weekend memorable and a great success!


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2018年 10月 31日
The fourth day. A hundred Buddhist priests of the black robe who Nen'a Ryochu led while the wind blew marched in the thoroughfare.
The townsfolk of the street stared wide-eyed at a large crowd of Nembutsu priests.
A hundred people arrived at Gokurakuji.
Ryoukan met them with a smile and reunited to Nen'a.
"You are welcome to join us!".
Nen'a nods.
"I thought this might be presumptuous behavior, I hesitated, but decided to help you. I cannot let Nichiren behave as if he owned this Kamakura. The Law except Nembutsu do not bring rain after all".
The group of Ryoukan prays. The group of Nen'a follows him. They have begun to chant Nembutsu in the voice that doubled at the praying whole place.
"Namuamidabu, Namuamidabu…".
A voice of Nembutsu is amplified to the dry sky and echoes around.
However, stabbing rays pour into the praying place. Furthermore, these rays attacked Ryoukan.
Ryoukan stooped down unintentionally.
The night has advanced.
Sweaty priests left the praying place. Everybody swallowed water as if being the first and foremost.
Three people, Ryoukan, Suobo and Ilusawa Nyudo still stayed in the praying place and chant Nembutsu aloud.
Two people of the disciples looked at each other and talked to a back of Ryoukan.
"Teacher, there will be work tomorrow too. We can leave off around here".
However, Ryoukan continues chanting Nembutsu like he did not hear it.
Two people appeared forward and looked in a complexion of Ryoukan and were astonished.
He had lantern-jaws awfully. He is like being possessed by something.
Ryoukan stood up unsteadily without answering to the disciple.
Prayer was continued either on next day.
The Buddhist priest who prostrated himself and fell down to the floor appeared while praying. They are groggy. Is heat stroke. There was the person who spouted a bubble from a mouth or the person who vomited. They fall down before or aside one after another and are carried.
Ryoukan is being haunted by prayer as ever.
Suobo and Ilusawa Nyudo either has begun to suffer on physical condition.
Morning of the seventh day when Ryoukan promised with Nichiren came at last.
There is no rainy omen and dry wind blows.
Ryoukan tottered to the place of prayer in the morning.
Surprisingly, the group of Nen'a crossed the very front of Ryoukan. They were going to leave. Ryoukan ran after them in a hurry.
"Priest Nen'a. What is the matter with you? Today will be the last prayer. Where are you all going?".
Nen'a seemed embarrassed.
"This was a gamble with you and Nichiren, wasn't it? I had thought it is not a good idea that we worked as a busybody".
There is a look of appeal on Ryoukan's tone of voice.
"The pleasure is all mine. Priest Nen'a is the trusty for us. Please, please stay".
"No, I leave. For six days, we forgot the fatigue and prayed. In addition, the sky is terrible condition. I do not think that it rain in a day today".
Then Ryoukan criticized Nen'a for the first time.
"While I was a Buddhist priest of the Ritsu sect until now, I had spread your Nembutsu. I should be the most important friend for you. This Ryoukan is the priest whom lord Kamakura believes in. Do you know what happens to you from now on?".
Nen'a denied his request.
"I'm going now. Because there will be memorial services".
Nen'a and others leave en masse.
Ryoukan rebuked the group who turned their back on him.
Nen'a went away without looking back. He helped Ryoukan while relying on a number, but escaped when he noticed a situation was bad, and he pretended not to know.
In those days, a tateirimono was called as the person who would deteriorate a situation more.
Nen'a was a tateirimono for Ryoukan.
Continued to 26. Nichiren Pray for Rain Hard
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2018年 10月 31日
Four Bodhisattvas as the Object of Devotion
Establishing the Four Leaders of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth as the Object of Worship
Making the Four Leaders of the Bodhisattvas who Well from the Ground as the Object of Worship
弘安二年五月十七日 五十八歳御作
May17, 1279(Age: 58)
I have received one white quilted robe, one gray priest's robe, one surplice of the same color, and one thousand coins.
I have received white wadded silk garment one, thin gray-dyed robe one, the shoulder robe of the same color, and one thousand coins.
I have no words to adequately express my gratitude for your long-standing devotion.
I cannot find the appropriate words for expressing your long-standing devotion adequately.
I look forward to the day when we can meet and I can say all that is in my heart.
I would like to see you some day and tell about pent-up discontent of my double suicide.
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2018年 10月 30日
In my own study of the sacred teachings, though I find clear prohibitions on certain days of the month against the impurity of things like meat or wine, the five spicy foods, or sexual acts, for instance, I have never come across any passage in the sutras or treatises that speaks of avoidances connected with menstruation.
In my own study of the sacred teachings, though I find clear prohibitions on certain days of the month against the impurity of things like meat or wine, the five spicy foods, or sexual acts, for instance, I, Nichiren, have never come across any passage in the sutras or treatises that speaks of avoidances connected with menstruation.
While the Buddha was in the world, many women in their prime became nuns and devoted themselves to the Buddha's teachings, but they were never shunned on account of their menstrual period.
While the Buddha was in the world, many women actively became nuns and devoted themselves to the Buddha's teachings, but they were never disliked during their menstrual period yet.
Judging from this, I would say that menstruation does not represent any kind of impurity coming from an external source.
Judging from this, the menstruation is not any kind of impurity coming from an external.
It is simply a characteristic of the female sex, a phenomenon related to the perpetuation of the seed of birth and death.
It is simply a handicap or a characteristic of the female sex which has a law of nature in the succession of the seed of birth and death.
Or in another sense, it might be regarded as a kind of chronically recurring illness.
Or in another viewpoint, it might be regarded as a kind of chronically recurring illness.
In the case of feces and urine, though these are substances produced by the body, so long as one observes cleanly habits, there are no special prohibitions to be observed concerning them.
In the case of feces and urine, though these are substances produced by the body, so long as one keeps cleanly habits, these are not disliked.
Surely the same must be true of menstruation.
It is surely the same in this case.
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2018年 10月 29日
The Buddhahood Woman Attains
文永二年 四十四歳御作。
1265、 44 years
After Buddha passed away, all women of modern times are living at the first 500 years after that 2000 years. Buddha had written that modern times are the genuine times of the woman who would attain Buddhahood.
For example, there is much ice in winter, the flower is not rare in spring, and there is much grass in the summer, and the much fruit in autumn.
The season rotates in this way.
The Buddhahood which the woman attains in modern times is the same too.
It is not concerned whether if have much arrogant, much foolish, much anger, much greed or much jealousy.
To say nothing of the woman not having these faults.
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2018年 10月 28日
By contrast, Lady Pure Virtue gave permission for her sons, the two princes, to enter the Buddhist Order and encouraged them to propagate the Lotus Sutra. Moreover, the dragon king's daughter took a vow, saying, "I unfold the doctrines of the great vehicle to rescue living beings from suffering". These women surely took no vow to practice only the teachings of the other sutras and to neglect the practice of the Lotus Sutra.
In the first place madame Jotoku allowed for two Crown Princes to become a Buddhist priest, and let them spread the Lotus Sutra. In addition,dragon's daughter promised, "I will clarify the teachings of Mahayana and save the all creatures who suffer". They are not promising that they conduct only other sutra and do not perform this sutra at all.
Nevertheless, that is what the women of today do, paying all their attention to the practice of other sutras and none to that of the Lotus Sutra.
The present women conduct other sutra earnestly but do not know the method that conduct the Lotus Sutra.
You must reform your thinking immediately.
Reform yourself early. Reform yourself early.
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2018年 10月 27日
Became morning of the third day.
All disciples of Ryoukan have begun to get impatient. They formed a circle around Ryoukan. They did not know what to do and held their heads in their hands.
"Far from rain, there is no even only one cloud in the sky. Priest Ryoukan, are there any good means?".
"Do not worry. It took three days even in the Great Teacher Dengho of the initiator of Enryakuji Temple".
"However, there is not a omen at all though this large number of Buddhist priests pray seriously. What on earth are we mistaking?".
The doubt to themselves has begun to spread.
Ryoukan who understood the atmosphere of the place suggested it suddenly.
"We must bring rain by all means. We cannot surrender to Nichiren now. Needs must when the devil drives. Why don't you pray in the Lotus Sutra on this exigency?".
Suobo clapped his hands.
"Was so! There was the Lotus Sutra. Priest Honen either preached that the Lotus Sutra is 'unbelievable and difficult to understand' for all creatures, but he admitted that it was superior sutra. At this chance let's pray in the Lotus Sutra that Nichiren relies upon. As for us, let's read all the Lotus Sutra aloud, not chanting a title namely daimoku. There should be a omen definitely".
They don't care a bit what people say about them. When Ryoukan prepared eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra, he matched a voice immediately and began sutra-chanting aloud.
"We had heard in this way. On one occasion, Buddha moved...".
Then how did it happen? The deep-black cloud swelled up from the mountain of Kamakura.
The black clouds came to cover the whole sky.
Ryoukan emphasize his voice.
It was this time.
The wind made sound that resembled scream, and a gust was generated and shook a building of exposure.
The various Buddhas and bodhisattvas which were arranged on sanctuary have begun to topple.
Priests stopped sutra-chanting in wonder, but only Ryoukan advocated it hard.
A sandstorm attacked the Kamakura city.
Townsmen scream, escape and are at a loss.
A roof was blown off by a gust of wind. It was not the rain which they desired earnestly but a contrary wind.
Night of the third day which abandoned itself to confusion was advanced.
Wind made sound that cut in the town of Kamakura at midnight.
Tokimune Hojo looked at a town through a lattice from the room of the regent.
Yasumori and Yoritsuna sit down beside him as always.
Yasumori groaned.
"Mmm! This wind. The drought advances moreover!".
The farmland has begun to cause fissures in the ground. A strong, dry wind pursued further attacks in addition to this.
The farmers who would abandon the land appeared one after another. They carried a few load and left from the land and went to the country where there was the relative while droop their shoulder.
The farmer who could get ready before dark was good. Most farming families run away under cover of darkness without being able to pay the debt from a land steward.
But there was the farmer who stayed in the land among them and did not give up harvest.
His wife sits down in a house weakly. An old woman and a young child snuggled up and slept.
The farmer exclaimed.
"I do not lose. Will harvest rice by all means!".
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2018年 10月 27日
Only after chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo sixty thousand, a hundred thousand, or even ten million times a day, may women who put their faith in the Lotus Sutra, if they still have some time to spare, now and then murmur to themselves the name of Amida or one of the other Buddhas. But women these days spend their whole lives constantly reciting the name of Amida and busying themselves with matters concerning the Nembutsu. They never recite the Lotus Sutra or give alms for its sake. True, there are a few who have the Lotus Sutra read by those who uphold its teachings. But they look up to the Nembutsu priests as though they were their parents or brothers, and treat the upholders of the Lotus Sutra with less respect than they would the irretainers or followers.
Though the standpoint of the woman should chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and be a woman believing a Lotus Sutra, the women of nowadays chant Amida's name frequently during their life, and perform Buddhist service of Nembutsu consistently without chanting the Lotus Sutra and without holding a service, and they let the priest slightly read the Lotus Sutra, but they treat bonze of Nembutsu like parents brothers, and look down upon the upholder of the sutra than vassal and kindred.
And yet they claim that they are believers in the Lotus Sutra.
All the same, they say that they believe the Lotus Sutra.
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2018年 10月 26日
And yet we find that the women throughout Japan do not chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Instead they put their faith in works such as the Two-Volumed Sutra or the Meditation Sutra, which can never lead women to the pure land or to Buddhahood. They intone the name of the Buddha Amida sixty thousand or a hundred thousand times a day. Amida is indeed the name of a Buddha, and to invoke it would seem to be a laudable practice. But because the women who do so are relying upon sutras that can never lead women to Buddhahood or to rebirth in the pure land, they are in effect merely counting other people's riches.
However, all women of Japan do not chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo but chant the Amida Buddha's name sixty thousand or a hundred thousand times a day aloud, by the Meditation and Amitayurdhyana sutra which do not reveal becoming the Buddha of woman. Because this is an Amida Buddha's name, it is similar skillfully, but she is a woman counting a fortune of the other person in vain. The reason is because she relies to the sutra of not becoming the Buddha and not being beatified.
This comes about solely because they are led astray by evil teachers.
This cause is because she was tempted by the evil friends.
All the women of Japan face an enemy more fearful than tigers or wolves, mountain bandits or pirates at sea, their parents' foes or their husbands' concubines.Their real enemies are those who, instead of teaching them the Lotus Sutra, teach them the Nembutsu.
Therefore, it is the enemy of all women of Japan that the person teaches Nembutsu without teaching the Lotus Sutra than an enemy of parents than a prostitute than a bandit pirate than a wolfish villain.
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2018年 10月 25日
About messenger of Mongolia
建治元年 九月 五十四歳御作
September 1275. Age 54
Ultimately, all phenomena are contained within one's life, down to the last particle of dust. The nine mountains and the eight seas are encompassed in one's body, and the sun, moon, and myriad stars are found in one's life.
The all of Law are included to one's mind, and even one dust is not missing to there after all. Oneself possesses nine mountains, eight seas, too, and own mind has the sun and the month and the star.
We, however, are like a blind person who is incapable of seeing the images reflected in a mirror, or like an infant who has no fear of water or fire.
The people do not know it even if Buddha says in this way. For example, an infant is not afraid of water and fire, a blind person not be able to see his figure in a mirror.
The teachings such as those of the non-Buddhist writings and those of the Hinayana and provisional Mahayana Buddhist scriptures all partially explain the phenomena inherent in one's life.
All any religion of non-Buddhism and Hinayana and provisional Mahayana preached only a part of the Law of one's mind.
They do not explain them as the Lotus Sutra does.
These not preach like the Lotus Sutra.
Thus, among the sutras, there are both superior and inferior, and among people also, sages and worthies may be distinguished.
Therefore, many sutras have merits and demerits, and the people are divided into a saint and a wise man.
Since there is too much to go into concerning the teaching, I will stop here.
Because doctrine to preach increases, I stop it in this and do end.
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2018年 10月 24日
第十一 自我得仏来の事(注)
妙法蓮華経 如来寿量品第十六は、「爾時仏告諸菩薩 及一切大衆(その時仏は諸の菩薩及び一切の大衆に告げた)}で始まる長行と、「自我得仏来(我、自ら仏を得て来(以来))で始まる「自我偈(漢字五文字の詩)」と称される、長行の要約文で構成されている。
自我得仏来 所経諸劫数 無量百千万 億載阿僧祇
常説法教化 無数億衆生 令入於仏道 爾来無量劫
為度衆生故 方便現涅槃 而実不滅度 常住此説法
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website Plambeck Baustoffcentrum
Converting an Existing Concept into WordPress for One of the Largest Web Design Agencies in Hamburg, Germany
What Our Client Asked For
Hey Now, one of Hamburg's largest web design agencies, contacted WOOBRO, for help converting an already designed website concept into WordPress. We were honoured that such a well known company would seek us out, and of course we were happy to help.
What We Did
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We also created a custom wish list feature called 'Merkzettel' for the converted website Plambeck Baustoffcentrum. This feature allows customers to select products and add them to a wish list. We then designed specific stylesheets for those wishing to print their wishlists. The results of our work was a beautiful, user friendly WordPress website..
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Note: The following process is intended to only apply to the 297RSTS with design similar to my 2018 model. While the principles may apply to other trailer models, the author makes no such recommendations. The following information is simply one possible way to accomplish this task.
One of the major challenges with installing solar or a roof-top satellite dish is how to run the additional wiring from the roof to the floor. My solution, for the 297RSTS, was to route the wires behind the hutch along the same path as one of the holding tank vents. By removing the Convenience Center from the hutch side-wall and the lower hutch front panel, I was able to see the path that the floor-to- ceiling wiring used behind the hutch. I sacrificed the upper-right section of the hutch for wiring access and also equipment mounting as seen in the photos above. By (very carefully) removing the wall material behind the upper hutch, I was able to run wires from floor to ceiling (and then through the roof for the solar panel and SAT antenna) along with the factory ceiling wiring. Use extreme caution when cutting away the wall material because the vent pipes and wiring are located directly behind the material. I used a construction razor knife to carefully cut the material no deeper than the thickness of the plywood. Once wiring is routed to the lower hutch area, you can follow existing wiring through the floor to the area between the frame rails. From there, you can follow existing wiring along the inside frame rail to the pass-thru storage area for access to the batteries and main DC wiring. In order to avoid pulling all of the belly cover away from the frame, I was able to use one of the colored satellite coax cables as a pull-wire because I needed to re-route the coax to the upper hutch anyway to connect to the roof-mounted satellite antenna. Even if you do not intend to relocate any of the existing wiring, it's pretty easy to "borrow" one of the colored coax cables, use it as a pull-wire to route a new pull-wire, and then restore the original coax cable routing along with your new wiring.
View into hutch from the top, right, front-facing door opening. The floor to ceiling wiring chase is visible along the back wall. The DirecTV insertion power supply and power outlet, a relay and wiring for the water pump control, and a 12 VDC fuse panel for unswitched battery power are mounted on the gray panel. The rear solar monitor panel, EMS display, inverter remote ON/OFF panelare shown on the right side of the photo. The DirecTV satellite antenna control unit shown bottom-left.
View of the hutch from the side-facing door opening. The solar monitor panel, Battery Charger remote display, EMS display, and inverter remote ON/OFF panel are shown. The door was removed to provide easy access.
The solar control/monitor panel provides advanced battery monitoring, including battery state-of-charge condition in amp-hours from full charge and percentage of charge.
Convenience Center panel as installed by Grand Design. Modifications include the addition of a battery master switch that controls a remotely mounted battery disconnect relay, which replaces the mechanical battery disconnect originally mounted in the pass-thru. The water pump switch was replaced with a momentary push-push switch with 3-point control (Convenience Center, Bathroom, and Pass-Thru), and some behind the panel wiring changes to provide better system isolation.
Wire Routing
In order to install the roof mounted solar and SAT antenna wiring, I needed to open a chase from the floor to the roof. The OEM ceiling wiring was routed behind the hutch, but was mostly covered over. I sacrificed the top right bay and boxed it in for wiring access, and also to house some of the SAT antenna, solar, inverter, and EMS components. Looking at the convenience center panel, there is an additional (for the 297TSTS) rocker switch labeled BATT OFF. I replaced the mechanical battery disconnect switch in the pass-thru with a remote operated relay that I control from this switch. This switch and relay are shown on sheet 1 of the Mod Wiring diagram. Click on the individual pictures below for an enlarged view or scan through the gallery.


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What would you do to obtain the American dream? The motivation could be the promise of working hard equals amazing rewards to those who fight for their goals and aspirations. This is where artist Andrea Bowers enters the discussion. According to Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight, Ms. Bowers's art can "speak in smart, blunt and compelling terms about a fundamental trait of American experience. The progressive promise of a better life, especially for the next generation, has been central to myth and reality from the arrival of the Mayflower to the slogan of hope that drove the last presidential campaign."
Bowers explores this concept at Susan Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects through July 31st. In one of her pieces titled No Olividado (Not Forgotten), according to the gallery's press release: "The piece acts as a memorial honoring those who have died crossing the Mexican/American border. Unlike most memorials, this is an incomplete list and will always remain that way no matter how many names are added or collected. So many people that have died migrating to the U.S. from Mexico over the years will never be identified." No Olivado is an art piece that contains 23 graphite drawings measuring 50″ x 120″ each. The sheer scale and presence creates a world blurring dreams and reality. The piece is haunting and delivers a hard blow of truth for some.
The definition of the American dream is unique to its citizens. However, I can't help to wonder what it means in a global sense. From the outside looking in, how badly would someone want my American experience? Apparently enough to lose one's life and hopefully not forgotten.
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