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AuthorQuinn, Laleh Kathleen
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Psychology, General.
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AbstractWe have yet to develop a theory of explanation that will account for all of consciousness. Recent debate on this topic has been impaired because it has in large part proceeded without any explicit attention to the nature of explanation. On the one hand, the lack of commitment to any well-specified theory of explanation leads to imprecision and vagueness. On the other hand, much of the optimism concerning the possibility of explaining all aspects of consciousness stems from an attachment to the only developed theory of psychological phenomena at our disposal and the belief that all of consciousness can be captured by such a theory. Some of the inadequacy in the literature on consciousness is due to a conflation between consciousness construed as mode of presentation , that is, the way content is presented to the agent, and consciousness construed as subjective or qualitative feel. Once the two objects of concern are distinguished, we have a much clearer vision of what needs to be explained, and we can turn our focus on the proper way to do so. I argue that subjective feel is an important aspect of consciousness in need of explanation, and that an explanation of this phenomenon is distinct from an explanation of mode of presentation or representation. Furthermore, while there are well-articulated methods of explanation that properly address mode of presentation and representation, this is not the case for subjective feel. I delineate several genera of scientific explanation in an attempt to exhaust the possible methods by which we may be capable of explaining subjective feel. This involves the taxonomizing of types of phenomena that are the targets of our explanatory methods. While one type of explanatory strategy may be adequate when the target explanandum is a property, the same strategy may fall short in explaining a single event, event type, or regularity. Subjective feel is best construed as a property. However, while the method employed by cognitive science to explain mental properties may be adequate for explaining much cognitive phenomena, I argue that it is incapable of explaining subjective feel.
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Few days before Christmas, the security forces in Sulaimani arrested a group of suspected terrorists. The terrorists all where from the provinces outside Kurdistan Regional Government.
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The city heard input from citizens on Monday night during the 3rd and final public hearing on whether the city should adopt a smoking ban.
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Welcome to Winchester Public School! We hope that this parent/student information booklet will give you a sense of what Winchester is all about. I am excited to see all the great things in action that Mrs. Paterson has mentioned to me during our transition time. When I visited Winchester this past June in preparation for September, I left those days feeling very welcomed by the children, staff and the parents I was able to meet. It appears to me that this is an amazing school with great children, parents and staff. I am so pleased that I will have the opportunity to be a part of this incredible family.
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Trisha Gupta is a Delhi-based writer and critic. Read more of her work on her blog Chhotahazri (trishagupta.blogspot.in)
A still from Aradhana
ike everyone else, I too have an aunt who was besotted with Rajesh Khanna in her adolescent years. The day before her Higher Secondary exams, the news came that he had married Dimple Kapadia. My masi remembers spending the day of her history exam weeping bitter tears with her girlfriends – had he married Anju Mahendroo who was more-or-less his age, their logic went, that would be one thing. But if he was going to marry a teenager, then oh god, why couldn't he pick one of them?
As a teenaged old-Hindi-movie buff myself, I never quite 'got' Rajesh Khanna. He always seemed to me a little like Dev Anand: entertaining enough, but so invested in the perfect rendition of his carefully cultivated style that no performance of his ever moved me. When he wasn't being maudlin or 'disturbed', there was a twinkle in the eye whose appeal I could see. But both Khanna and Anand seemed to me like some people's preening boyfriends: if pressed, I might grant their good looks, but really they just weren't my type.
When he died, the academic Susmita Dasgupta (author of Amitabh: The Making of a Superstar) wrote a wonderful Facebook 'note', in which she explained, among other things, why she had never been a Khanna fan, despite being surrounded by people who swooned over him and copied his looks: "Frankly, I remained out of all this. Khanna invoked femininity. I was not a pursuant of such sentiments. So when Bachchan came, I took to him like fish to water. I also revelled that he, and not Khanna, was the superstar."
What does it mean to say that a hero "invoked femininity"? In Gangs of Wasseypur II, Ramadhir Singh does a neat recounting of history-through-heroes, which features the same idea: "First men liked Dilip Kumar, and women liked Dev Anand. Then men liked Amitabh Bachchan, and women liked Rajesh Khanna." If one wants to take Ramadhir Singh's idea forward, I suppose we might agree that men like Salman and women like Shah Rukh.
erhaps there's something there. But what does such a binary make of all the women who loved Bachchan and all the men who modelled themselves on Khanna? Are they to be considered traitors to their gender: masculine women and effeminate men? Do they gesture to the possibility of many kinds of masculinity? Or is the greater identification by one gender something to do with the kinds of films in which they starred?
The more Dasgupta worked on Bachchan, the more uncomfortable she felt about not being able to analyse Khanna as a phenomenon. She eventually met the latter, and her post contains some fertile speculation about the real-life Jatin Khanna. But what is fascinating is her theory that his star persona, as first created by Aradhana and Kati Patang, was the outcome of director "Shakti Samanta's search of a lover for his young widowed mother". He was "a saviour who comes in to breathe life and loveliness into women, ignored and isolated". The tragic figure of the young widow is at the centre of both films. Samanta's father was in the air force, and died in the line of duty in 1947, like Arun Varma in Aradhana, who dies leaving a pregnant fiancé behind.
I watched Aradhana last week at a Rajesh Khanna Retrospective, and Dasgupta is certainly on to something. From scraps of childhood memory, I had imagined Aradhana to be a standard-issue romance, and I was quite surprised at how completely our experience is filtered through Sharmila Tagore's character, Vandana. The first Rajesh dies early on, having provided a few weeks of loving, the memory of which Sharmila must live off. The second appears 25 years later, as Vandana's grown-up son. The two Rajeshes get plenty of screen time, but it is always through Vandana's eyes that we see them: the perfect lover, the yearned-for husband and the adored son.
In contrast, think of the many Bachchan movies in which the mother-son relationship is absolutely crucial – even when the mother is the one who stays alive and ages through the film, the film's point of view is always that of the son. In Yash Chopra's Trishul, for instance, the narrative thrust comes, just as in Aradhana, from the figure of the unwed mother who decides to give birth to the child. But when the son is Bachchan, a mother figure as strong as Waheeda Rehman must die. She can be a symbol in whose name he can fight, but she cannot be the one whose battles we witness.
Whether you're male or female, you can only experience the tragedy of Trishul — or Deewar or Zanjeer — through Bachchan's eyes. In a Rajesh Khanna movie, in contrast, you always see him through the heroine's eyes. He is the ultimate hero of heterosexual romance: the man you can soothe, and even better, the man who soothes you.


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Low Risk High Reward SAP HANA Migration
Why even consider SAP Migration? What's in it for me?
There is of course the old adage of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and whilst your SAP installation may be doing everything you want it to at the moment (is it, by the way - could you be making productivity gains and cost savings?) there's another apt saying "prevention is better than cure".
SAP Hana is coming
SAP have announced that they require all their customers to be on SAP Hana if they want to have a support contract. The deadline date is a while off yet, but rather than focus on that, let's consider why a company would make such a bold requirement, given that right now SAP runs on a selection of well known third party databases.
SAP Hana is an in memory database. SAP have looked at the needs of companies over the next decade and beyond and determined that this is the best architecture to meet those needs. Let's face it, they have a pretty good track record so far in meeting needs - SAP is by far and away the market leader worldwide.
So, if you want to continue to trust SAP, it makes good business sense to migrate to HANA. And if you accept that, then why not place HANA where it's going to run fastest and at its most flexible - and that's on AWS.
OK, but it's a big risk migrating SAP, what can I do to minimise this?
A good point. There are some horror stories. You've probably read some. This 5 step guide from SAP is a good starting point, and I can summarise it all down to these key points:
- Use a partner who is experienced in managing SAP Migrations.
- They say you can't buy experience, but in this case you absolutely can, and it will be the best investment you can make. Yes, we're bound to say that aren't we (!) but it's true. We know, we've done this a lot.
- Mimimise your financial expenditure to under $1000 and your time to a few days.
- AWS have a program that allows you to migrate a part of your infrastructure and data and see whether the migration plan works for you. This is incredibly useful - your setup is not the same as anybody else's, so here's the chance to test not on some theoretical model, but on your actual business.
- Have a way back.
- Some migrations are one way doors. Once you start down the path there is no turning back. That's a huge decision to make. Not so this time. In under 36 hours or so (it could be much less, it just depends on your situation) we can have you right back to where you are now if you decide that you don't want to proceed. That turns the migration decision from a massive what-if into a near no-brainer. OK, it's still harder work than doing nothing at all - but our business landscape is littered with the casualties of the head in the sand approach.
- However, I don't want to leave you with the gloom merchant approach of you having to do something to survive - this is a real opportunity to get ahead of the crowd - the early bird catches the worm and all that - and done properly it really can be minimal risk for big reward, and it's not often we can say that.
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After Massachusetts legalized marriage for gays and lesbians earlier this year, my partner Mike and I decided to plan our summer vacation in Provincetown and tie the legal knot after 11 years together. This wasn't our first marriage, however. And there were no divorces in between—we were never married to anyone else. And the other 49 marriages we intend to have will be the same: one state at a time.
This statement sounds like either a riddle or a paragraph from the life of Elizabeth Taylor or Zsa Zsa Gabor. The truth is, we were religiously wed under Reform Judaism in the fall of 2000. Our family and friends joined us, and for us it was a romantic, emotional, affectionate and spiritual day. However, as we all know, it was not legal. Under Reform Judaism, all we had to do was agree to raise our dog Jewish and we assured the rabbi she would have a "Bark Mitzvah." For us though, this marriage was political. We wanted to be a part of the process of legalizing marriage for gays by participating as it unfolds. As in the movie, 50 First Dates , we're intending to hold 49 more first marriages.
Ironically, only four hours after our legal nuptials in Massachusetts, we learned that California had nullified the 4,000 marriages they licensed over the summer. What a letdown! And we knew that the minute we returned to Michigan, our license would be nullified as well —but we didn't care. We wanted to go through the process anyway.
Before arriving in Provincetown, we contacted Massachusetts officials, who told us that before we could proceed with the marriage, we needed to have our blood work done. Upon our arrival, we began telling people that we were there to be legally married. Store owners, cab drivers and even people in restaurants were slipping us the names and phone numbers of those who will perform gay marriages for out-of-towners, but they told us to keep it on the QT. It was like being in the middle of a mystery novel. But to be honest, it actually made us feel like second-class citizens.
At town hall, we decided to just go in quietly and complete the paperwork. Everyone behind the counter immediately congratulated us. So much for keeping a low profile! We were ushered to a room where a lesbian couple from New York was filling out the same forms. They were very nice, and all four of us laughed and joked about how this felt so adult, so "grown up."
I thought about two books I've read, Why You Should Give A Damn About Gay Marriage by Davina Kotulaski and Gay Marriage by John Rauch. Both speak about how we, as gays and lesbians, are forbidden from joining the adult fraternity of married couples. I resent that to no end, and resented it even more after reading it in the books. I particularly like the way Rauch puts it:
"Marriage confers status: to be married, in the eyes of society, is to be grown up. Marriage creates stakes: someone depends on you. Marriage creates a safe harbor for sex. Marriage put two heads together, pooling experience and braking impulsiveness…We all need domesticating, not in the veterinary sense but in a more literal, human sense: We need a home. We are different people when we have a home: more stable, more productive, more mature, less self-obsessed, less impatient, and less anxious."
He points out that even if you're not married, the sheer prospect of marriage is a great domesticator. "If you hope to get married," he writes, "and if your friends and peers hope to get married, you will socialize and date more carefully…you make yourself marriage material." I am 41 years old, and have been an adult for long enough that I deserve to be treated like one.
When Mike and I turned in the paperwork for our marriage license, pride and honor overwhelmed me. We fell in love with each other all over again. Just as when we married religiously before, now doing it again legally brings back the romantic times of our early experience together. Marriage is a way to re-romanticize your relationship!
We were so excited about this political adventure now turning into an emotional and romantic one again, that we decided to buy more rings! Yes, gay men and jewelry jokes aside, we decided that our initial bands had been engagement rings. Now, our diamond rings from our religious ceremony would become our formal religious rings and our new rings would be our legal rings. We're making up gay etiquette as we go along!
Entering the jewelry store where we found what we wanted, we discovered that newspapers around Massachusetts had nicknamed this store "the Gay Tiffany's." A couple who had been together for 52 years had bought their rings here, and appeared on "Good Morning America," as did these jewelers who sold them the rings. The jewelers showed us the couple's photo and pictures of others who bought rings from their store and married in P-town. I actually started crying as I looked at the picture of these two men who waited 52 years to make it legal! Then when they took our picture, I was filled with pride and honor.
After we bought the rings, we now had to wait three days for the license to become official and meanwhile, find ourselves a justice of the peace. We called several and left messages, then found one who answered her phone when we called. I could hear her smoking like a chimney as she talked incessantly about the injustice to gays and how she loved being part of this momentous occasion for us. She scheduled our appointment for August 12, Thursday—right after we picked up our license.
The day came. We took photos going to town hall, going in, picking up our license, and coming back down the stairs holding our license. I have to tell you that holding that piece of paper meant so much to me!
We met the minister, who in person was as nice and pleasant as she'd been on the phone. A lesbian couple and their friends cheered us on as we kissed, following the minister's prompting. It felt right. It was right. We were applauded at shows when asked by Lesbian comics Kate Clinton, and Margaret Cho, and a drag queen (who did a really bad Cher!) if anyone got married while in P-town.
And there we were, legally married. For the remaining two days of our trip, we were legal kin!
Getting married was a politically and romantically joyous experience. I cannot wait for our next 49 chances.


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Aside/Beside and Xijix
Did some You Tube archiving by putting up some songs from my earliest projects. Xijix was my first Hardcore Punk I started back in 1981 in San Bernardino, California. Aside/Beside was a more gothic industrial project from 1985 also in San Bernardino. Used the old cassette tapes (some very noisy now) with stills and pictures from back in the day to create the YouTube clips. Didn't have anything but some old flyer art for Xijix. Still YouTube videos get listed on Blip.FM and other online radio libraries, so it's a good way to get your material out there in higher audio quality (for free).
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So. Let's talk about Cara Delevingne at the Cannes Film Festival last night.
The model, 22, was partying at luxury jeweller De Grisogono's star-studded bash – and she looked AH-mazing.
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But it wasn't only Cara's stunning ensemble that got people talking.
She put on a *seriously* loved-up display with her rumoured girlfriend St Vincent. Seeing as they were thought to have called things off last month, it was great to see them happily wrap their arms around each other as they posed with model Joan Smalls.
Singer St Vincent – real name Annie Clark – looked just as beautiful as Cara in a glittery plunging mini and black courts, which she paired with a chic up-do and a leather biker jacket.
The girls seemed to be having a lot of fun as they sat down for dinner alongside Mary J Blige.
They were snapped giggling and at one point Cara stuck a piece of card to her forehead. Were they playing a game of Who Am I?!
Later on in the evening, they were seen chatting and snuggling up to each other outside. Awww.
But there was a chance that things could have got a little awkward for Cara. Also in attendance was Michelle Rodriguez, who she's believed to have briefly dated last year.
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Luckily, a strategic seating plan kept them apart and neither looked too fussed about any potential run-ins.
In fact, Cara appeared très pleased with how the night was unfolding when she stopped for photos with De Grisogono founder Fawaz Gruosi.
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What an experience the festival was, I mean like WOW! A massive thank you to AIRC & Mullingar Equestrian for all the organising, with over 2,000 entries/competitors, I think they deserve some recognition on all the hard work they put in to organising such an amazing event, not to mention all the volunteers & stewards keeping the show on the road over the weekend!
Both myself & Orla are part of Abbeylands Riding Club, and I think I can speak for both of us when I say we are thrilled to be part of such a fantastic, fun & helpful club! With a jam packed weekend full of individual showjumping & team showjumping, keep scrolling to see how we took on such a big weekend….
Arriving at The Venue – Mullingar Equestrian
This was our first ever Riding club festival, and being overwhelmed was quite an understatement. I didn't know what to expect, what to pack or where to even go at times. We were lucky to have a hard core Riding Club "festivaler" with us to guide us along the way over the weekend. I think personally until you find your stable, unload all your belongings, grab some fresh water & haylage for your horse it really doesn't sink in that your physically staying put for the coming days to compete!
The Stables
To be honest, they were perfect. We paid €65 for two nights stabling which included bedding. It was great value & the stables themselves where quite spacious. Poor Dante being so big he took a while to get in to the stable at first, he had to duck his head under the cover going in! Once in though he was happy. He is not the best horse in the stable – he is filthy but the shavings were very generous & we managed the weekend perfectly.
The Grounds
Walking around the venue to get our bearings was quite something, the facilities in Mullingar are phenomenal. An International sand & International grass arena, 2 additional sand 1 & 2 arenas & not to forget all the warm up arenas & grass arenas. The venue itself was certainly stunning & a great choice for the festival if I do say so myself. With everything within walking distance of each other you don't have to venture to far around the grounds whether it be getting your horse, or a bite to eat!
Warming Up at The Venue
Riding on the Friday evening when we arrived was a major bonus. We were allowed the use of any of the 3 warm up sand arena's which really helped to settle the horses into their surroundings that bit better. I think it really helped to settle their heads, rather than looking out of their stables and hearing & seeing limited amounts.
Dante was quite calm & relaxed warming up on Friday, his only down fall was this horrible napping issue that he has picked up. If I bring him to a halt in the centre of the arena then try push him back out to work he will nap towards any horses standing there in order for him to get out of work.
You may have noticed me carrying a small whip, the napping issue is why! Every time he does it he gets a tap on the shoulder… so far it seems to be working and the habit is quickly fading away!
Day 1 – Individual Showjumping
Individual jumping was up first for myself & Dante on the Saturday. We arrived most mornings at 8.30/9.00am at the venue to feed & to do our course walks prior to the event starting. Course walks are so important, counting your strides and planning out your approaches to & from fences is key in riding that perfect round. I was thrilled with the course that was set in place for Day 1, it was mostly off the left rein, our better rein so there where no excuses!
Nerves to be honest didn't play a massive role for us over the weekend. I didn't have great or any high expectations set out for us at all as I only really had a full week to prepare so I didn't bother putting that pressure on myself to "perform". Going & having fun with Dante was my aim for the weekend.
Walking down to the arena to warm up was quite intimidating, people watching you, you watching people. Trying to remember your course all whilst sitting on Dante, who for once had that spring in his step, I think for him when he gets plaited up he knows its show time so he turns on!
With a good 30/40 minutes warm up under our belt, jumping a handful of cross poles, verticals & Oxers I was set to head in. This is where I normally start to think "fuck, why do I do this" but this time I had a lot more confidence not only in myself, but in Dante. I was ready to go, I was ready to tackle this course of fences.
The bell rang & away we went, over fences 1-3 with unbelievable rhythm & control, Dante was switched on and he was listening to what I was asking him to do. On our approach to the combination I set him in to deep in order for him not to get close to the second jump & well I quite frankly put him in way to deep to say the least, he tried to lift up over but ended up knocking a pole. He continued on after that as cautious as I have ever seen him, the rhythm he had was what I had been looking for these past few weeks & with that I was ecstatic with his round! Not all clear rounds are perfect, and not all knocks are careless. Sometimes you get a lot more out of rounds you don't jump clear in. So I was thrilled!!
Pro's & Con's of Day 1
- We finally found our rhythm
- We need to shorten our reins
Day 2 – Team Show Jumping
On such a high from Day 1 of the festival I had the morning of Day 2 to relax and chill out (get over a slight hangover) before my team jumping started, our allocated slot was at 4pm. With Dante being stabled all day on the Sunday prior to my jumping, I hand fed him for the guts of an hour to let him stretch his legs before I brought him out that evening.
I don't know how or what happened, but dear lord Dante had quite an attitude about doing some hard work on the Sunday. Getting him ready to go warm up was quite difficult, trying to get on him alone was a task in itself let alone trying to keep him composed. Bearing in mind this was at the stable!
A massive thank you to all the ladies from Cheval Riding Club who helped with holding him & helped in trying to put the plaiting bands back in his mane he just wouldn't stand still, all the help was appreciated!(Note to self hire assistants for next year!!)
Leaving the stabled area to go to the warm was also a challenge, I am hoping no1 seen it to be honest, he put in a few rears in temper of me telling him where to go down the poxy stable aisles, like this horse really know where to pick his tantrums. From this I knew our Day 2 of jumping was not going to be like Day 1. When he gets in these attitudes, I have learned that I never win. No matter what I do!
Things only got worse. I arrived into the warm up, with 30/40 minutes allocated to get his head back in the game only to be told 5 minutes in that I had to go in to jump, I was quite rushed & pushed in to jump to be honest & looking back on it I wish I stood my ground and told then I wasn't ready.
We were jumping in the team Showjumping, which consisted each of our 4 team members jumping fences 1-12 twice.Not one after another, you jumped your second round after everyone else on you team had jumped their first.
Jesus Christ. These two words explain my first round of jumping perfectly. To be honest I find it quite funny & slightly embarrassing that I physically could not stop Dante until I got to fence 11, and the minute I landed he shot off again! He was wild. It has been a while since I needed to hold on to the Jesus strap & it's safe to say I never let go of it after I jumped fence 2! There were times were my stirrups were on the verge of going & I am pretty sure the stewards in the arena were getting concerned for the girl mumbling fuck sake after each fence as I went around. It is without a doubt, safe to say that It was a massive fail.
Our second round was a lot smoother. Not better, but more controllable. Once Dante gets an inch with something, he tends to run off for 50 miles with it! Not ideal, but this is the reality. I have learned not to fault myself in these situations, I just get on with it & pick the good parts about thing such as how calm & collected he was walking in & out of the arena!
Pro's & Con's of Day 2
- A warm up of at least 30 minutes is needed before jumping
- Stand your ground, if you are not ready don't allow yourself to be rushed
- He relaxed for his second round which was always going to be a bonus!
Do's & Don't's – The Hidden Gems
- Forever Equestrian at Mullingar Equestrian Center – Holy Fork. I think I spent €60 in total & walked out with so many bargains! Including numnahs, fly veils & a new jacket for myself. Be sure to add this to your list of must do's!! Guaranteed to walk out with beautiful additions to your horsey collections.
- Whilst it was a national show, try not to forget your riding etiquette at times, such as warm up arena's left hand to left hand, only walking your horse in designated zones, no hurling abuse at each other going into arena's (guilty!)
- The Local Mullingar Taxi Men – Note to self don't have any craic in the taxi, you will only end up with the taxi man hurling abuse at you from his car when being dropped back to the hotel. Turns out he really took offence to Orla being called a wild whore, Poor guy must of been having a bad day.
- I think this really saved our asses over the Friday & Saturday, but the venue doesn't serve drink until 6pm! Unless you have your own with you, there is zero drinkage available. You can be treated to some fine cuisine from the food trucks & bars around the venue itself, the pizza van was a stern favourite.
To summarise, the AIRC Riding Club Festival was unbelievable. I highly recommend you join your local club for next year so you can be making that journey with your horse or pony. If you are planning on attending any other big shows over the summer, this one certainly sets you up nicely.
A massive thank you to all the stewards & helpers over the weekend, the event itself ran so smoothly & without a blimp! It's incredable what you can do when you set your mind to it, & its even nicer to see the support from people you dont even know, to everyone we chatted to over the weekend thank you, you really made our festival weekend one to remember!
A massive thank you to our 4th team member Emma from Rathangan Riding Club for joining very last minute in our team showjumping on Sunday maybe next year we can get better team results!
For myself & Dante, who know whats next for us. Our training schedule is currently in place, Watch this space, but for now why not enjoy our video below of our time at the festival!
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5 incredible Buddhist cave temples
Caves. We sleep, swim, and store wine in them. We turn them into bars, and hotels, and even hire Swiss hermits to live inside. So, it only makes sense that throughout history, people would build spectacular temples to Buddha deep inside caves, as well. And they did.
Here are five worth visiting.
1. Phowintaung Caves -- Monywa, Myanmar
This is one of many entrances to the underground complex -- though it might look like your standard temple cave on the outside, the intricate artwork and sheer number of Buddha sculptures below is certain to impress.
See, didn't we tell you? There are even mini Buddhas painted on the cave walls and ceiling. Correctly guess how many Buddhas are displayed in this temple, and you'll win a lifetime supply of inner piece, enlightenment, and Papa John's pizza. No, that doesn't sound right.
There's also a golden Buddha sculpted in what's known as the Mahaparinibbana pose, or what we like to call, the horizontal Glamour Shot.
2. Khao Luang Cave Temple -- Phetchaburi, Thailand
Lined with ornate monuments like this one, the entrance to this cave temple is, according to local lore, the threshold to another realm populated exclusively by young maidens.
3. Ajanta Caves -- Maharashtra, India
Maharashtra's Aurangabad district is home to some 30-odd Buddhist monuments built as early as the 2nd Century, as well as a bevy of other sculptures and paintings. Protected by the Archaeological Survey of India -- and named a UNESCO World Heritage in 1983 -- the Ajanta Caves are renowned for housing some of India's most impressive religious art, much of which depicts the Jataka tales.
This mural adorning the north wall -- which dates back to the 7th century -- depicts the king Mahajanaka rejecting a "worldly life" and/or playing it cool whilst being surrounded by a cadre of beckoning babes.
Throughout the complex, the walls of the Ajanta Caves are engraved with Buddhas and assorted sculptures.
4. The Kailashnath Temple, Ellora Caves -- Maharashtra, India
Built by the Rashtrakuta Dynasty between the 5th and 10th centuries, these 34 caves are collectively registered as a World Heritage site, and comprise a mix of Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain structures carved out of rock culled from the nearby Charanandri Hills.
5. Bezeklik Caves -- Xinjiang, China
Dating back to the 5th Century, the 77 Bezeklik Caves near Turpan in Northwest China offer gorgeous arched ceiling murals of Buddha and astonishing movie-quality views of the nearby surroundings.
Chloe Pantazi is an editorial assistant on Thrillist's travel team. She once went spelunking with a tarantula in a cave somewhere in the Ardèche. Follow her on Twitter at @ChloePantazi.


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Let's See If We Can Produce A $49 Million Winner
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Current Edition of THE LOTTO REPORT - Sept 8 - 21, 2009 - a pdf
|Is the TLC cheating us?
Many of you have asked if the TLC is cheating and if that's why there's not been a Lotto Texas winner since May 6, 2009 - 35 draws ago. Well, it is my opinion that they are cheating you BUT not in the manner to which ya'll are accusing them. I do not believe they cheating during the draws; rather, they are cheating by giving you a pick "6 from 54 balls" - it's the odds vs the number of tickets sold for each drawing that almost guarantees them there will be no winner. It was their intent to make winning extremely difficult when they changed the game the last time (April 2006).
Let me explain. The odds are nearly 26-million-to-one which in laymen terms means there are nearly 26 million combinations that players can play. The problem is, for each drawing they are only selling anywhere between 1.5 million to as much as 3.2 million of the possible 26 million combinations. This leaves 23 million combinations NOT sold so the chances of having a winner is most likely slim to none.
This is why we fought so hard to have them return our Lotto Texas game to pick 6 out of 50 numbers where the odds, still high compared to tickets sold, would have been 15-million-to-one.
The TLC was hoping that they would sell a whole lot more as the jackpot grew - they never anticipated that sales would fall as much as they did. I know that I backed off and am playing much less than I did because I knew that my chances were nearly impossible. Most of you have told me the same thing.
I hope that ya'll understand how the state is cheating you - it's by selling you a chance to win where they are relatively certain no one will win because they don't sell enough tickets to generate a winner.
There's nothing we can do about this now - we tried in years past to no avail. So in spite of the odds, I'm going to give ya'll some information that MIGHT help us win.
How I suggest you use the Lotto Report to pick your numbers ... A link to a FREE copy is included on this page.
I'm going to show you what was printed in the Lotto Report that was currently on the streets for Saturday nights $47 Million drawing (9/5/09). (A copy of this report is also included at the bottom of this page) The excerpt comes from the section called "The Numbers" - a 4 page spread. I tell subscribers that the way I use the report is to pick a number that I believe will be drawn (I call this targeting a number) - then I only pick numbers to play with it that is in the paragraph under that specific (target) number.
Excerpt From Lotto Report
What this method does is reduce your odds because there are NOT 53 numbers to choose from. Also, let me say that this does not happen all the time - in fact, it's rare that all numbers are included in the paragraph for a potential jackpot win. However, there's usually at least two or three numbers in the paragraph meaning that IF you were lucky enough to have selected those numbers, then you may have won something which is better than nothing!
Excerpt From Lotto Report
Again by using the "target a number" methodology and selecting only the numbers that were drawn with my target number the most, it reduces my odds significantly because there are not 36 numbers listed in this paragraph to play with my target number.
Use The Lotto Report
Now here is the Current Edition of THE LOTTO REPORT - Sept 8 - 21, 2009 - it's a pdf and should print just fine for you. When you open this file, magnify to 175% for ease of reading.
For those of you who would like to see the last edition (Aug 25 - Sept 7, 2009) where I pulled excerpts from (above), here it is.
One final piece of advise ... Do NOT overspend - there are no guarantees - there are too many IF's and the odds are against you.. Lotto Texas is an unfair game - they don't want winners.
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Shaping Up
The year ahead is shaping up to be quite an adventure for Jez – highlights include : UK festival appearances at Chester, Broadstairs, Wath, Hardraw, Moira and Bromyard… a three week visit to the USA in July with festivals and small concerts… a special set of concerts featuring a selection… Continue reading
Back in the UK
Jez is back in the UK, and resumes his UK schedule on Tuesday next with a solo gig at the South Causey Inn near Stanley, County Durham… Rehearsals are about to start for the German tour with Jake Walton and David De La Haye, which begins on March 25th. It's… Continue reading
Jez has completed his stint on the Irish Music Cruise of the Caribbean – tales of hot sun and hi-jinks, with musical help from Shane Makem, Fred Graham, James Keelaghan, Hannika and Laura, and many more, with photos and report to come on the band's Facebook page soon. Bookings for… Continue reading
Jez performed JACK COMMON'S ANTHEM and SWEEP HORIZONS CLEAN on BBC Radio Nottingham last Wednesday night, along with two ten minute interviews with drive-time host Alan Clifford. He mentioned that there will be another Winter Almanac tour at the end of the year, but in a different format, and that… Continue reading
Jez and the band seem to having a lot of fun with a new song, evidently titled REVENGE, which was featured on the recent Winter Almanac tour, and is now available for download at a somewhat ambiguous and anonymous website called www.simiansons.com. Jez himself is denying any involvement with the… Continue reading


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Brockmans, a new style gin hand crafted in the U.K., reports rapid trajectory of sales growth since its launch in the U.S earlier this year. The award-winning gin has exceeded midyear distribution goals by an average of more than 200% in each of its markets: New Jersey, Massachusetts and Metro New York. The brand's seasoned sales team—which includes Amanda Goggin, Matthew Argenti and David McNicoll—has been instrumental in the brand's growth, driving a 70% reorder rate at retail and on-premise accounts.
"We are a new-style, craft spirit unlike traditional London dry gins, so inciting trial among consumers and the trade has been critical to our success in the U.S.," states Bob Fowkes, Director and Co-Founder of Brockmans Gin. "Our team of market managers works tirelessly to get our product in as many hands as possible through samplings, trainings, events, etc. Because of this, we have a growing audience of gin and non-gin drinkers quickly adopting Brockmans as their new favorite white spirit."
Leading the efforts in Massachusetts is beverage veteran Amanda Goggin. She began her career with M.S. Walker as a sales representative for both on- and off-premise accounts. She then took a position as an Account Manager for beverage giant Coca-Cola, overseeing large store accounts in South Boston. Following this, she led sales efforts for Wachusett Brewing Company in Rhode Island and South Eastern Massachusetts before joining the Brockmans team in February.
Matthew Argenti is Brockmans' Market Manager in New Jersey, where he is the fourth generation in his family to be working in beverage alcohol sales. He began his career as an intern for Fedway Associates, quickly rising to the role of Key Account Manager for Bacardi USA, moving to Brockmans when the brand launched in the U.S. earlier this year.
David McNicoll joined the Brockmans' team when it expanded sales into New York City this summer. His career began at Blair Athol, a local distillery near his home in the Scottish Highlands. In 2004, he created his own firm, called Scottish Routes, which was dedicated to whisky travel. McNicoll moved to America in 2010 where he has worked as a New York City brand ambassador for several successful spirits brands.
"Our Market Managers bring experience, knowledge and a strong passion for the industry to their work with Brockmans," continues Fowkes. "The result of which is that we're ahead of schedule for nearly all of our goals, surpassing, doubling and sometimes tripling projections."


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The Israeli Anti-Drug and Alcohol Authority, the Israel equivalent to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is being shut down in what the government is calling a cost-cutting move.
The agency has gained a large amount of criticism over its draconian stance on cannabis. The group recently ran an ad campaign warning that cannabis is "not that innocent", despite the plant being legal in Israel for medical purposes.
The Israeli Finance Ministry says the agency is being shut down in an effort to merge the programs in the Public Safety Ministry.
Of course if the nation is wanting to save money, they should legalize cannabis entirely. A 2013 study[1] found that the illegal cannabis market in in Israel is worth nearly a billion dollars, and bringing it above ground into a legal market would net the nation over $450 million in both reduced enforcement costs, as well as increased tax revenue.
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I'm a bit of a late-comer to Digg. But I'm sold on the power of Digg to place pages in the top ten. While it's not quite Wikipedia, mainly because it just compiles news and blog entries, rather than creating original content, it does have the potential to fill in cracks for small SEO guys like me who can't compete with the big guys without help from, well, the big guys.
When I finish a project, as I recently did on this Hawaii beach accommodation, I blog about it. The first place I usually blog is my personal blog, Backstage with Supak. After I blogged about the Hale Kilo I'a Kauai Beach House, I "dug" the blog post. That created a page entitled, "Digg – Hawaii beach accommodation" which now comes in 5th on a search for Hawaii beach accommodation.
Amazing. This little Digg page, with no Page Rank – a brand new page with no incoming links other than from within Digg itself, is ranking 5th, right between two PR5 sites from some big time names in Hawaii accommodations.
Now that's the power of having a blog. Especially one that's been around for a while, like mine. This shows that what you link to is often as important as what you get linked from. At least I think that's what it means…


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If you throw away the rinds after going to town on a watermelon, you're doing it wrong. After a quick trip in the Instant Pot (and with the help of some sugar and hot sauce) the firm fruit skin will turn into tender watermelon rind pickles. The sweet and spicy snack can be chopped into a salad, served alongside a starchier meal, or simply as is. Finger-licking tasty as watermelon rind pickles are, the pressure-cooker is the real secret weapon behind this dish. Unlike most other watermelon rind pickle recipes, which call for too much precious times spent boiling or soaking, the Instant Pot cooks the rinds in just 10 minutes—proving it is worthy of its name.
Pile watermelon rinds, sliced lemons, salt, and sugar into a pressure cooker. Top with a hefty pour of your favorite hot sauce and set the Instant Pot to cook on high. When the pickles are finished, strain out the liquid because—bonus recipe—you can shake the brine with your favorite liquor for a summery cocktail like no other.
Instant Pot Watermelon Rind Pickles
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How to Make It
Peel the watermelon. This may seem daunting, but a Y-shaped peeler does the trick pretty handily. Once it's been denuded, quarter the melon with a sharp knife, then on each side, run the blade along the place where the pink flesh meets the white rind, slicing in as far as you can go. Then, starting at one tip, slide the blade in and separate the flesh from the rind. Use a spoon to scrape off as much pink as you can, and reserve all the watermelon flesh for whatever you'd normally do with that.
Slice the rind into strips of a size that pleases you, removing stem ends. Place the strips in the Instant Pot (or the pressure cooker of your choice) along with lemon slices. Sprinkle with salt, sugar, and hot sauce. Cook at high pressure for 10 minutes, then manually release the pressure.
Pour into a lidded container and cool. Eat the watermelon and lemon as a snack or condiment, and shake the flavorful brine over ice with your favorite spirit for a bonus cocktail. They'll keep in the refrigerator for about a week.


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The GOP Tax Scam
Dear Friend,
Today, the House voted – for the third and final time – on the deeply flawed and misguided Republican tax bill. In this case, the third time was definitely not the charm. This bill is not reform, it is a scam that is particularly cruel to New York – which is why I voted no all three times.
Under this GOP tax scam, New Yorkers will end up being double-taxed because the bill guts the State and Local Tax deduction that so many of us rely on. Thanks to this scam, 86 million middle-class Americans across the country will see their taxes go up and another 13 million will lose their health insurance.
As if all of this weren't bad enough, this GOP bill will increase the national debt by at least a trillion dollars over the next decade. All of this is being done to pay for a partisan proposal to provide tax breaks to big business and the fortunate few. Our country and our families deserve a better deal that gives relief to middle class families and small businesses without burdening future generations with a mountain of new debt.
NPR published this great explainer of the differences between current law and what the GOP tax bill will enact. I hope you find it useful. If you have any questions about this bill, or any other federal matter affecting you, please don't hesitate to call my office at 212-860-0606 or 202-225-7944.
Carolyn B. Maloney
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Factors Reflected While Choosing the Top Garage Door Repair Company.
You have to engage the qualified personnel when the services concern the security. Hence, if you have some properties you have stored in your garage, and its door fails then you ought to find the best firm to offer the repair services so that you can protect your items.
You need to start by checking the information about several companies. The firms which offer the repair services for garage doors are many. Therefore, you should contemplate checking the status of the firm you are about to utilize the repair services to ensure it is good. You should work with a company which you know their physical address. For you to allow the technicians of the firm to get to your home to help in repairing the garage door will have to be trusted with your properties. Hence, you should even decide to visit them if it will help to ensure you are dealing with the best trustworthy firm.
You need to select a firm which should have 24 hours services. Sometimes you might get your garage door has failed in the evening, and you cannot let your properties which you have kept in the garage to be left overnight without being secure since they might be prone to theft. Therefore, you need the services to be provided right away, and if the firm does not offer the services at night then you will not get your door repaired. Therefore, the firm which can offer the garage door services anytime you may need them should be the one you hire.
Your friends and relatives might help you to choose the best firm for the repair services through requesting for recommendations. A positive referral can be a way of hiring the best firm for garage door repair. Whenever you find the company has negative comments from the people. Whenever you ask a person who has used the services of the firm for the garage door repair you stand a chance of being notified if the company is of not quality services.
The reviews which are contained in the site of the firm should be used. The site of the company will have the comments from the people who have used the firm. Thus, the firm you should hire should contain positive reviews.
The firm which can provide the warranty the repair services should be hired. Since the services you need should be of quality you ought to consider a firm which guarantees that if the door fails still before the guarantee expires the services will be offered again while not occurring any costs.
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The Wareham Forest Lodge Retreat Story
Pear Tree Holiday Park in Poole had been a popular destination with holiday makers for many years, offering touring caravan and camping pitches in gorgeous countryside surroundings near Holton Heath.
However, the time had come for change and Darwin Escapes took the decision to bring the resort up to modern standards. This led to a major redevelopment in 2016 with the overall aim of creating one of the best holiday parks in Poole with luxury holiday lodge accommodation which makes the most of the stunning countryside backdrop.
Anywhere you see the Darwin Escapes brand name, you can consider it to be a badge guaranteeing quality as we continuously strive to ensure that our guests are provided with a location where they can carve holiday memories which will last a lifetime. The newly developed Wareham Forest Lodge Retreat is no exception, meaning that you can discover the Darwin Escapes difference for yourself in the heart of Dorset.
Our Wareham Accommodation
We have created luxurious holiday lodges that are unlike anything else in the area. Working with only the UKs best lodge manufacturers, our Wareham accommodation is up to the high standards you would expect at a Darwin Escapes resort, with a range of home from home comforts and luxuries.
This includes 21st century technological features such as flat screen Smart TVs and also Wi-Fi internet access for all guests throughout the duration of their time with us. Each Lodge at Wareham Forest is also equipped with everything you will need for self catering, with full kitchens and dining facilities to help create the perfect home from home environment.
We also offer a number of premier lodges with their own private hot tub facilities, so you can really take full advantage of the glorious countryside that surrounds Wareham Forest Lodge Retreat. There are also a number of holiday lodges on-site which are allocated for pet owners, so you don't need to worry about leaving any of your furry family members at home on your next UK break. We know for the majority of you, it wouldn't be a proper family holiday if you pet wasn't included, which is why we make every effort to ensure that the four legged members of the clan as just as well looked after as their human companions.
We are a group of dog lovers here, and we relish hearing about the many adventures that our pet friendly holiday guests go on during their time at Wareham Forest Lodge Retreat. Keep those pictures coming into our social channels, they certainly make us smile.
Keep Up To Date with Wareham Forest
Keep up to date with all the latest developments coming out of Wareham Forest Lodge Retreat with our blog. Be the first to find out the latest news both about the resort itself and also about things going on around the area.
Our blogs can be a great way to find out about upcoming events in the Dorset area, so you can pick the perfect time to book holiday accommodation at our resort and take advantage of everything that this wonderful region has to offer.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Stylish Correspondence
I found these cute animal themed paperclips and alligator staple remover at redstamp.com. Their tag line is "Stylish Correspondence" Get these and other fun office supplies here.
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