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The Anthony Bates Foundation is coming back to Kansas in a big way! On Sunday, September 29th we will be hosting our 13thannual Cardiac Screening Day at the K-State Alumni Center in Manhattan, KS. Attached is our flyer and below, a link to our PSA video with Coach Bill Snyder promoting our program. Please help us spread the word by watching our video, adding it to your website (if you have one) and sharing the flyer with your friends, too!
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Kansas State University Military Affairs Presents a Military Book Lecture with Phil Klay, Redeployment, on Wednesday, October 1st at the K-State Alumni Center from 4:00 – 5:30 pm. There will be a book sale and signing session at 3:00 pm. Public response following the lecture.
Larry Kendall, founding partner of The Group Inc, and author of "Ninja Selling," will be the fall 2014 speaker for the Kansas State University College of Business Administration's Distinguished Lecture Series. Kendall's lecture will be at 9:30 am on Thursday, October 2nd, in the ballroom at the K-State Alumni Center. The event is free and open to the public.
The workshop "Basic iPad" will be held on Tuesday, October 7th at 2:00 pm, the first of two iPad workshops this fall. Although all levels are welcome, this class is designed for beginners with very little experience with their tablet, and focuses on exploring the basic setup and navigation of this popular device.
The Fall Lecture Series: Real Stories of Innocence will be held on Wednesday 8th at 7:00 pm in the Flint Hills Room of the K-State Student Union (2nd Floor). Parking is available in garage next door. Eddie Lowery was wrongfully convicted of rape and burglary in 1981. He spent 10 years in prison, and it was 11 years after prison before he was finally able to prove his innocence through DNA testing. Ray Krone was sentenced to death in 1992 for rape and murder in Arizona. He spent 10 years in prison before being exonerated in 2002.
When disaster strikes, Kansans respond generously to help their friends and neighbors who are suffering. to help equip people with the skills necessary for disaster response, the chapter is offering a Disaster Boot Camp event on Friday, October 10th and Saturday, October 11th at the Topeka Red Cross office. Anyone interested in becoming a local disaster volunteer is invited to the free event. The only requirement is a desire to help those in need. Disaster Boot Camp is free and open to anyone age 18 and older. To register, call 785-234-0568 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Chef Alli's Project Pot Roast will be held on Saturday, October 11th from 9:00 am to noon at the St. George Elementary School. Learn the three essential ingredients God placed in us to make our marriage all it was meant to be! For women only. RSVP by October 6th to email@example.com. There will be Fellowship, Learning, Giveaways & Fun! Bring a cutting board, sharp knife & we washcloth in a baggy.
Nationally recognized geoscientist Susan Brantley will present the 31st annual Roscoe Ellis Jr Lectureship in Soil Science at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, October 15th in 1018 Throckmorton Hall on the Kansas State University campus. The title of the lecture is "Water Resource Impacts During Unconventional Shale Gas Development with Hydrofracking: The Pennsylvania Experience." The lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided before the lecture at 3:30 pm in the lobby of Throckmorton Hall.
Jim McClean, the executive editor of the Kansas Health Institute News Service, will be the speaker for Kansas State University's 15th annual Huck Boyd lecture in Community Media at 9:30 am Thursday, October 16th at the K-State Student Union. His topic will be "Health coverage in Community Media."

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When opportunity costs are figured into the cost-benefit mix, outsourcing even non-core functions can become strategic. How much faster could you grow your company if you spent more time leveraging your strengths? This article explores the cost effectiveness of the practice and offers valuable tips for getting started. Key: Choosing the right tasks and the right partners.
Just as with hiring internal managers and staff, using external support requires careful planning and selection. Before you select a consultant or contractor, determine your budget, scope of work, timeline, measures for success, and other resources available to support the people who will do the work. Use this worksheet to help you think through important issues and to guide you in the selection process.
An in-depth look at "offshore outsourcing" technology services, this excellent article reveals that relationships not continuously reviewed, maintained, and adjusted become "stale" within three years. Both quality and cost savings can drop to the point at which point a company needs to drop the practice itself.
Even if it's "in place," your network requires continual vigilance and improvement. This article provides five "no-nos" that will help you keep up to date and up to speed by avoiding big mistakes.
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Thanks to the Web, copyright laws are now front and center for entrepreneurs. Are the Fortune magazine quotes you use in your marketing e-newsletter protected? (Possibly) Are e-mails protected? (Yes and No) This article, while not legal advice, is an excellent, readable guide to today's changing copyright laws.
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Four Points By Sheraton Manhattan Soho Village in New York City
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Hotel Guest Rating: 8.5/10
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New York, NY 10013
Welcome to the Four Points By Sheraton Manhattan Soho Village
Free Wi-fi, plush-top beds and flat-screen TVs in artsy SoHo are are among the perks that come standard for guests who choose the non-smoking Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan SoHo Village.
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The 21-floor Four Points boasts 150 boutique-style rooms with free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs and the signature Four Points bed, consisting of a nine-inch Serta plush-top sleep system mattress with shock absorber foundation. The hotel also has a fitness room, business center, restaurant, lounge and concierge service. Parking is available for a fee.
Hotel Location
Located on Charlton Street in fashionable SoHo, the Four Points is less than two blocks from the subway. LaGuardia Airport is a 20-minute drive, JFK is 30 minutes, and Newark Airport is a 25-minute drive (all times depend on traffic conditions). Greenwich Village and the shops and galleries of SoHo are within walking distance of the hotel.
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Priceline guests find hip, downtown digs with free Wi-Fi and on-site eats at the Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan SoHo Village.
Four Points By Sheraton Manhattan Soho Village Amenities
- Accessible facilities
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Upon check-in photo identification and credit card are required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
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Very Nice location, Shops including not only Zara, Uniqlo but luxury brand Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Paul Smith are working distance. Restaurants like Dominique Ansel, Aquagrill, Dutch, City winery are all within walking distance. Subway is near too. Coffee maker with 1 free bottle included and free WiFi.
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This incredibly simple recipe is a Radiant Life favorite, requiring just one ingredient: extra-virgin cocont oil. Share all of the health benefits of coconut oil for the skin in a luxurious, fluffy DIY lotion that is silky and easy to apply. Leave the refreshingly sweet natural scent of coconut, or customize your lotion with a scent like lavender or eucalyptus and package in a beautiful VioLiv Container to make a treasured holiday gift.
Seriously impress your friends and family with this pleasant, nourishing homemade lip balm recipe using healthy fats and oils. Without all of the chemicals and dyes that make commercial lip balm expensive, addictive and ineffective, this healing recipe helps to protect and soothe lips throughout the harsh winter months. One batch makes 8-9 lip balm tubes or tubs, so there will be plenty to share. For a fun, colorful variation try our red-tinted lip balm recipe.
Try this back to basics Homemade Celtic Sea Salt Scrub with organic oils! It is a revitalizing exfoliating treatment, rich with topical vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids that is sure to become one of your new favorite DIY secrets. Better than any fancy spa treatment, this simple scrub can be custom blended with oils to match skin type. Present it in a reusable VioLiv Container to make a coveted gift...chances are, people will be asking you for more!
Making your own salad dressings is one of the most simple and very best things you can do to improve the quality of your foods and overall health. Give the gift of high quality oils paired with a beautiful, semi-sweet balsamic vinegar and tie it together with a recipe card for your favorite dressing. For an elegant classic, package Bariani Unrefined Olive Oil, Bariani Balsamic Vinegar and Flora Cold Pressed Flax Oil with a recipe for Dijon Balsamic Vinaigrette. Get creative: include an EFA Oil Blend for a tasty omega-rich boost, a Organic Sesame Oil for Asian-Style Dressings or if you are feeling really ambitious, add some Dried Anchovies for a delicious caesar dressing kit.
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Nostalgia: Por Vocação AW09 Looks #1
Having the opportunity to work at former high-end menswear retailer Por Vocação was definitely a life-changing experience for me. Besides being my first fashion related gig, it allowed me to work with an amazing team with whom I learned a lot and bore a strong influence in defining my personal take on menswear.
Their unique take on men's style received international praise, so here are some wintery looks from the AW09 collections, including brands such as Margiela, Neil Barrett, Raf Simons, Paul Smith, Acne, Our Legacy, Giorgio Brato and Buttero.
Source: porvocacao.com
Turtleneck x Spread Collar
This is one of those love or hate combinations, especially since turtlenecks aren't for everyone let alone paired with a popping collar. This unlikely combo basically breaks down the very essence of the turtleneck, meant to be the last visual element on the neck and usually sported with a tee underneath; in a typical italian fashion it's just a matter of trading in the tee for a spread collar shirt. Although it's possible to pull it off with several types of turtlenecks and shirt collars, I find this to be the more effective should you take two main "rules" into account. First, avoid sweaters which are too tight on the neck, not only will they make you feel uncomfortable but there will hardly be any space left for the shirt to show; second, pick a shirt with a soft interlining on the collar as this will allow it to gently drape over the sweater and create a curvy effect.
This looser heavy knit turtleneck sweater with ribbed detailings from CAMO has become one of my cold weather essentials and is perfect to throw on top of a dress shirt. The intricate weaving detail adds texture while the shades perfectly complement a pair of dark denim and the double breasted camel peacoat. Cognac leather boots with tweaked laces give the outfit some extra kick.
Details: double breasted wool peacoat by Our Legacy, heavy knit turtleneck by CAMO, MTO spread collar dress shirt by AGVA, jeans by H&M, cognac leather boots by Purificacion Garcia, bracelets by Viola Milano.
Model and Styling: Miguel Amaral Vieira
Denim Bowtie
My love for accessories has led me to a point where I almost feel naked without neckwear, and although ties are my go to choice, bows are a great way to give your outfit a different twist. I recently came across Federico Bateli's bowties while searching for a different take on this quintessential piece of gentlemanly attire, and I must say his interpretations are quite unique and the perfect way to pack a punch. As I've mentioned before I like to break them down, so when I saw this faded denim version by Untitled it immediately caught my eye: light washed denim with an uneven distressed effect at the ends, superb. This time around, I decided to carry on the washed effect theme and simply pair it with stonewashed jeans, an oxford button down and blazer. By the way, a nice tip for when you grow tired of dark jeans: have them stonewashed, but be sure to specify the end result you're looking for…this pair was falling into oblivion and has now become one of my favourites.
Details: cotton patch pocket blazer by Massimo Dutti, cotton cardigan by H&M, oxford button down by Ralph Lauren, jeans by Our Legacy (stonewashed), suede boat shoes by Buttero, denim bowtie by Untitled, MTO tartan pocket square, vintage braided leather belt, watch by Gucci, bracelets by Viola Milano and polka dot socks by H&M.
Model and Styling: Miguel Amaral Vieira
Olive and Brown
Judging by the gloomy last couple of weeks, it seems Spring is postponing its arrival. Apart from rain, I must say I'm not as fed up with the weather as most of my fellow countrymen who by now, can only picture themselves lying in the sun. I see it as a few more opportunities to play around with garments, layering and mixing them to create unique looks; let's face it: cold weather attires allow for much more intricate and appealing combinations, in a way, than summery ones.
Although I like to bend the rules of "what to wear when", especially when it comes to the color palette, sometimes it's nice to go with the flow and address seasonal shades. These twill CAMO trousers in a beautiful olive shade were one of the most surprising items of the season: high waisted, long crotch, slim fitting and featuring and array of details such as inner buttons for suspenders and button patch pockets, they provide an extremely flattering silhouette. The waxed denim trucker was one of those unexpected finds at Zara, a unique piece that fits perfectly as a layering element under a blazer. A classic white oxford button down to brighten the mood, houndstooth tie picking up on the brown and olive shades and waxed suede derby shoes embodying that usual Buttero roughness.
Details: herringbone wool blazer by Gentleman, waxed denim trucker jacket by Zara, oxford button down by Our Legacy, twill pants by CAMO, waxed wool lined suede shoes by Buttero, cashmere houndstooth tie by Massimo Dutti, houndstooth pocket square by Tie Rack, vintage braided leather belt and wool socks by H&M.
Model and Styling: Miguel Amaral Vieira
Our Legacy in suede
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Polka Dots & Houndstooth
Taking garments and accessories out of their original context is one of the things that inspires me the most when it comes to menswear. This is something I'm constantly looking out for in new collections or simply by observing stylish individuals on the street. As menswear "rules" bend more and more, so do the limits of creativity and mixing and matching.
Bowties are no longer the epitome of formality nor limited to tuxedos…as a matter of fact, this is precisely one of the pieces I love dressing down with a relaxed candy striped oxford shirt and a pair of worn out jeans. A cashmere cardigan with contrasting houndstooth elbow patches and a reversible gillet add the final details to a casual, put together weekend attire…
Details: reversible gillet by Zara, houndstooth elbow patched cardigan by Annapurna 5+1, candy stripe oxford button down by Our Legacy, jeans by Levi's (511), polka dot bowtie by Add On, cashmere scarf by Burberry, vintage braided leather belt and watch by Daniel Wellington.
The Over-Polo Shirt
I've always seen polo shirts as the perfect tee alternative come Summer time, when you want to look a bit more put together but still exuding a casual and relaxed mood. The long sleeve polo just didn't do it for me; I couldn't quite figure why wear them instead of an outstanding pullover or knit. Well, as life often proves us wrong, here's yet another example of a garment I couldn't picture myself wearing and has now become one of my favourites…
This "Over-Polo" is not your average long sleeve polo shirt with a 3 button closure: Massimo Dutti clearly took these up a notch adding a zip closure perfect to show just the right amount of your shirt and tie combo, as well as a tab button closure should the wind catch you off-guard. Coming in a beautiful hunter green shade with contrasting brown suede detailing on the zip and tab, it's just a matter of choosing the right complements to pull it off…
Details: safari jacket by Purificacion Garcia, long sleeve polo shirt by Massimo Dutti, snow wash oxford button down by Our Legacy, MTM 110s worsted wool slacks by Gentleman Tailors, camo boat shoes by Asos, MTO tartan tie, braided leather bracelet by Add On and watch by Rolex.
Model and Styling: Miguel Amaral Vieira
Green and Burgundy
Most likely not the first color scheme that comes to mind when thinking about Fall attires, both green and burgundy (on their own) are two of the season's staples. Although I love trying new combinations within my wardrobe, I have to give credit for this one to Fábrica dos Chapéus who recently sent me one of their outstanding fedoras: a custom version featuring a rich burgundy grosgrain stripe over dark green wool: in a word…perfection! Taking a new approach to the art of hatmaking (more on that on a future post), this model has an uneven brim which is shorter on the sides and longer at the front providing an edgier, yet elegant silhouette. The hat served as an inspiration and was the core piece, allowing the rest of the look to fluidly pull itself together making use of complementing shades and contrasting textures.
Details: wool herringbone blazer by Gentleman Tailors, cotton/wool cardigan by H&M, candy striped oxford button down by Our Legacy, perfect shape cargo pants by Uniqlo, suede Wallabees by Clarks, custom wool fedora by Fábrica dos Chapéus, vintage checked wool tie, vintage pocket square and striped socks by H&M.
Model and Styling: Miguel Amaral Vieira
Por Vocação AW12 Looks III
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Last Weekend's attire:
- Peak lapel cotton/silk blazer by Adam Kimmel
- Snow wash denim button down by Our Legacy
- Slim fit chinos by H&M
- Crepe sole boat shoes by Buttero
- Black tortoise shades by Linda Farrow Luxe
- Paisley pocket square by Add On
- MTO tartan plaid tie
- Grained leather belt by Wrong Weather
- Vintage chronograph by Citizen (nato strap by Smart Turnout)


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Even though Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy's romance is reportedly kaput, Taylor hasn't changed her real estate investment plans.
TMZ reports that the singer still intends to go through with her purchase of a house in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, right across the street from where Conor's grandmother Ethel Kennedy lives. A source close to the transaction tells TMZ that Taylor's deal to pay $4.5 million for the home is still on, and she's set to close in two weeks.
Won't this be a bit awkward? Well, even if Taylor and Conor are no longer a couple, Taylor is still friendly with Ethel. Taylor has even dedicated a song to the Kennedy matriarch on her new album, Red , and Mrs. Kennedy has gone on record saying how much she loves Taylor.
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The old is made new again when Day One Hard Surface Restoration's licensed and insured technicians apply their attention to carpets, tiles, and other hard surfaces in commercial buildings and residences. Using nontoxic, eco-friendly products and pressurized, heated water, technicians loosen dirt and grime before vacuuming it away with the help of a patented floor tool. Surfaces are left almost completely dry, making it safe to immediately roller-skate upon them.
When Steven Melton cleans a carpet, he doesn't spray, vacuum, and run. Instead, he works each carpet fiber through seven steps of cleaning designed to remove soil, banish stains, and leave carpets with a surprisingly short drying time. He utilizes non-toxic, eco-friendly cleaning solutions in tandem with a rotating brush agitator and High-Flow extractor before carefully spotting any missed spots or still-kicking stains. A post-cleaning grooming session accelerates drying time as well as the wagging of the carpet's tail.
Heaven's Best Carpet Cleaning was ranked #72 on Entrepreneur's 2013 list of the top 500 franchises, and for good reason. The carpet-cleaning company is completely eco-friendly, using a specially formulated, water-based cleaning solution that's safe for pets, children, and nature. Riding this wave of popularity, the company sees new owner-operated franchise locations popping up like sudsy bubbles across the U.S. every year. Though the company specializes in carpets and area rugs, technicians can also use their cleaning expertise to lift stains from car upholstery, floor tiles, or a robot's mohawk.
The cleaning specialists of Lana's Affordable Cleaning work best alone. Their eyes seek out dust and grime before sweeping and mopping floors, washing interior windows, and sanitizing bathrooms. Clients can have the cleaning crews perform other sanitizing services, targeting areas that are often overlooked, including ceiling fans, blinds, and areas around that family that hasn't left since last month's dinner party.
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One sunny day, Rob Kelley's kids did something characteristically adorable: they decided to make juice from berries they'd picked in the fields. Not so adorably, they spilled the pitcher of just-smashed berries all over one of his dining-room chairs, and the dark purple juice spread across the upholstery. Luckily for the kids, their father owns Sweet's Chem-Dry, and after a session with the company's hot carbonating extraction system, all evidence of the accident disappeared. Kelley documented his success in a small Facebook album.
His team employs the same carbonation system, along with a green, nontoxic cleanser, to lift dirt and debris from carpets, area rugs, and car interiors. Propelled by a truck-mounted machine, the system's microscopic bubbles delve deep into fibers to push grime to the surface, where hot-water extraction flushes it away. Since this system does not leave residue the way cleaning a carpet traditionally or just letting the birds have at it does, carpets stay clean longer. Fabrics dry in up to two hours, and optional protectant shields carpets and upholstery from future stains.


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Use Windows PowerShell to display a message in 16 colors.
As IT Professionals, it is all too easy to lose sight of the impact our daily job can have on the poor, unsuspecting species known as the 'user'. It could be said that having spent the last 20 plus years entirely working in or around the IT industry, I am both long in the tooth and set in my ways. One is probably true, I sincerely hope that the latter is not. Those of us not willing to change will indeed wither and fade.
In today's article in our Modernizing Your Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud series, Dan Stolts steps through the configuration of System Center 2012 R2 for monitoring workloads cross-premises in the Hybrid Cloud.
From Dan's article: "Hybrid Cloud monitoring tools give us the capability of seeing ALL of our application workloads: on-premises machines, virtual machines and even all of our cloud infrastructure. Not only can we see how they are doing and anticipate failure, but we can audit (track who changed what) and even evaluate performance. By seeing our complete hybrid infrastructure, we can proactively make sure it all stays running to meet our SLAs and we keep our jobs and prosper ..."
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to terminate processes that start at random times.
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By Saabira Chaudhuri
McDonald's Corp. (MCD) unveiled plans to launch new packaging designs incorporating QR codes that will make nutrition information accessible from mobile devices, as the world's largest fast-food chain continues its push to appeal to more nutrition-conscious consumers.
QR, or quick response, codes encode information that when scanned on a mobile phone can connect customers on the go to information.
"Customers tell us they want to know more about the food they are eating and we want to make that as easy as possible by putting this information right at their fingertips," Chief Brand Officer Kevin Newell said.
McDonald's said the launch of the QR codes on all its carry-out bags and fountain beverage cups begins this week in the U.S. and will continue rolling out worldwide through 2013, with the text being translated into 18 different languages.
To design the new packaging, McDonald's gathered consumer input, and also consulted its advisors in fields like nutrition, public health and fitness.
In September, McDonald's said it would begin listing calorie information on restaurant and drive-through menus nationwide, a move that made it the first fast-food company to do so on a national level.
That push was part of an effort to get out ahead of federal menu-labeling requirements as well as convey to customers that the company doesn't just sell junk food.
McDonald's in 2011 added apples to all of its kids' meals and made the servings of fries smaller. Also in 2011 it launched a mobile application for smartphones to provide customers with on-the-go nutrition information.
Competitor Wendy's Co. (WEN) offers its own smartphone app that allows customers to pick Wendy's meals based on how many calories they're looking to consume. The app is currently available only in the Greater Portland Area as it's being tested.
Shares of McDonald's edged up 48 cents to $91.58 in recent trading. The stock has fallen 8.9% in the past 12 months.
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An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
Introduction | "R" Reading | Curse of the Pharaoh | End-of-the-World Prophecies
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Cayce, Edgar (1877-1945) A photographer who as a child began to hear voices and see visions. When he was twenty-four he began offering spiritual cures. While he said he was in a trance, Cayce diagnosed illnesses of persons he had never met, performing this task after merely being given the name and location of a patient who had written to him, in a manner similar to that practiced today by the qi gong practitioners in China. He would declare on Atlantis, reincarnation, and other similar subjects while he gave his diagnoses, using what he believed to be clairvoyant powers.
Cayce said he had been through a number of incarnations, which included a warrior of Troy, a disciple of Jesus Christ, an Egyptian priest, a Persian monarch, and a heavenly angel-like being that had been on Earth prior to Adam and Eve.
Though he had the reputation of never directly charging for his mail-order diagnoses, Cayce received large amounts of money in the form of donations. He claimed divine connections by which he was able to "have the body" of the ill person during a "trance state," a condition that was admittedly indistinguishable from sleep on occasion, sometimes even accompanied by snoring. The more than thirty thousand readings he did that are on file at the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia, call for simple herbs, massage, fasting, and rather strange physical procedures that have doubtful value as remedies.
In common with most of the divinely inspired mystics, Cayce also dabbled in prophecy. In 1934 he declared that Poseidia (which he said was a portion of Atlantis) would be the first part of that fabled continent to rise again from the Atlantic. "Expect it in 1968 or 1969," he told his fans. Poseidia, his imaginary creation, did not rise, nor have any of his other prophecies been fulfilled.
But there is always hope. In his 1934 predictions, he declared in an "update on earth changes":
The earth will be broken up in the western portion of America. The greater portion of Japan must go into the sea. The upper portion of Europe will be changed as in the twinkling of an eye. Land will appear off the east coast of America. There will be the upheavals in the Arctic and in the Antarctic that will make for the eruption of volcanoes in the Torrid areas, and there will be the shifting then of the poles——so that where there have been those of a frigid or semi-tropical [sic] will become the more tropical, and moss and fern will grow. And these will begin in those periods in '58 to '98.
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Map and menu for the 2014 festival.
There's something delightful for everyone to eat or drink at this year's festival!
Jacquelyn Schindehette Is SF College Spring Arts Festival Poster Artist
Ocala painter Jacquelyn Schindehette (shin-de-HETT-y) is the poster artist for the 45th annual Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival to be held in Gainesville April 5-6, 2014. The poster image is revealed at the unveiling and reception for the artist beginning at 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 17, in the President's Lobby on the second floor of the Robertson Administration Building at the Northwest Campus, 3000 NW 83 Street, Gainesville. Schindehette and college administrators will offer remarks and refreshments will be served.
A selection of Schindehette's work will be on view in the President's Lobby 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri., March 10-April 4, 2014.
Schindehette specializes in painting Florida landscapes. Growing up in Miami with a bird-watching mother and a fisherman father, she spent time outdoors in the Keys and in what she describes as the "wild areas" around Miami. "That time outdoors—when Miami was not like it is today—really influenced me greatly," she says.
She received formal art training at the Art Students League in New York City and met her mentor, the painter A. E. "Bean" Backus, after moving to Ft. Pierce with her husband. Backus, one of the original inspirations for the Highwaymen artists, "had an open-door studio and when I walked in and smelled the paints I thought, 'This is where I'm supposed to be,'" Schindehette remembers. "If I had not met him, I would not be painting. I was fortunate to be at the right place at the right time." It was Backus who encouraged her to begin selling her work.
Schindehette has been painting Florida scenes since 1990 and describes herself as "a traditional oil painter." She goes out into the landscape to paint plein air studies and take photographs that she then uses to trigger her memory in the studio. "I want my work to make people feel good," she says. "What you see in the landscape is what you see in my work. I do a lot of driving around to find the places that I paint. The whole state of Florida has changed so much that a lot of the wild natural areas are disappearing. Part of what I do is to record these images for the future, when some of these places may be gone."
She has high praise for SF College's Spring Arts Festival where she has sold her work for about 15 years. "It's a terrific festival," she says. "I participate in art shows all over Florida, and having seen everything from small shows to mega shows, I think Spring Arts certainly ranks up there with the best of the best. The show has a good reputation with artists around the nation."
Schindehette is available for interviews. This year's SF College Spring Arts Festival is held April 5th from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and April 6th from noon to 5:30 p.m. For more information about Schindehette or the festival, call Cultural Affairs Coordinator Kathryn Lehman at 352-395-5355.
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Thanksgiving on the Beach Menu
Additional appetizers and drinks:
Tortilla chips and green and red salsas (see sunset.com for salsa recipes)
Spritzers of cranberry juice and sparkling water
Tempranillo wine (see sunset.com/tempranillo for our favorite bottles)
1. Make slaw: Mix cabbage, cilantro, and onions in a bowl.
2. Toast chiles: In a small frying pan over medium heat, cook sliced chiles in oil, stirring often, until some turn reddish brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer chiles to paper towels, using a slotted spoon; reserve oil.
3. Make spread: In a medium saucepan, cook butter over medium heat, swirling often, until golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Add ground chiles and allspice all at once and stir until foamy, about 10 seconds. Reduce heat to low and stir in pumpkin, cream cheese, and salt; cook, stirring, until cheese melts, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in juice; scrape into a bowl. Just before serving, drizzle with reserved chile oil.
4. Warm tortillas: Divide into 2 stacks, wrap in a cloth napkin, and microwave until hot, turning over once, 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Set tortillas, spread, slaw, pumpkin seeds, toasted chiles, and orange wedges on a tray and let diners make their own tacos, adding a squeeze of orange and more salt to taste.
*Buy at a Latino market. Or substitute regular-size tortillas.
Make ahead: For spread and slaw, 1 day, chilled. Toast chiles the day of serving. Microwave spread until hot, 3 to 4 minutes.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
This recipe goes with Mole Gravy
1. Make brine: In a large pot, heat 1 qt. water with salt and sugar, stirring to dissolve. Remove from heat, add 5 qts. cold water, garlic, cinnamon, and chiles, and let cool to room temperature.
2. Remove leg truss from turkey; discard. Remove neck, tail, and giblets. Discard tail; save the rest, chilled, for Mole Gravy. Pull off and discard lumps of fat. Rinse bird inside and out. Lower turkey into brine (see tips below). Chill, covered, 12 hours.
3. Thanksgiving Day: Prepare grill for indirect medium-low heat (about 325°). For charcoal: Light 40 briquets on firegrate. When coals are spotted with ash, 20 minutes, bank evenly on opposite sides of firegrate and let burn to medium-low. Set a metal or foil drip pan (about 9 by 15 in. and 2 1/2 in. deep) between coal mounds and fill with 1/2 in. warm water. To each mound of coals, add 5 briquets now and every 30 minutes while cooking. Oil cooking grate and set in place. For gas: Set the metal or foil drip pan on center burner(s) and fill with 1/2 in. warm water. Turn burners except for one(s) under drip pan to high, close lid, and heat 10 minutes. Reduce heat for active burners to 325°. Oil cooking grate and set in place.
4. Remove turkey from brine, rinse, and pat dry. Discard brine. Tuck wing tips under turkey.
5. Make rub: Combine ground chiles and oregano. Rub turkey all over with oil, then sprinkle evenly inside and out with seasoning.
6. Set turkey, breast up, on cooking grate over drip pan. Grill, covered, until a meat thermometer inserted straight down through thickest part of breast to the bone registers 160°, 2 to 3 hours; as turkey cooks, use foil to tent any areas that start to get too dark.
7. Tip turkey so that cavity juices run into drip pan, holding turkey with oven mitts. Transfer turkey to a cutting board; save pan juices for gravy. Tent turkey with foil and let rest in a warm place 15 to 30 minutes while you make gravy.
8. Carve and serve with gravy.
Turkey Tips
Brining. It's the secret to a moist bird. Brine the turkey, breast down, in an oversize pot such as boiling-water canner (if it fits in the fridge). Or use an ice chest. Bag turkey in a turkey brining bag (available in grocery stores and from surlatable.com). Put bagged bird in chest, pour brine over turkey, and seal bag tightly. Add ice to cover.
Tying. For the most even cooking, leave turkey legs loose. Or if you prefer a tidy look, tie them.
Garnishing. Add color with herbs, a banana leaf, and fruit like kumquats.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per 1/4 lb. serving of white and dark meat with skin.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Cook chorizo in a 12-in. frying pan over medium-high heat until browned, stirring often and breaking meat into small chunks, about 8 minutes. Measure fat from pan; you should have 1/4 cup (if needed, add oil). Add celery, onion, garlic, oregano, and cayenne, if using; sauté until slightly softened, about 4 minutes. Add apples and stir to coat.
2. Transfer mixture to a very large bowl. Add broth to pan and stir to loosen browned bits; pour into bowl. Stir in parsley and bread. Spoon stuffing into a buttered 9- by 13-in. baking dish, mounding it.
3. Bake stuffing until browned and center reaches at least 160°, 50 to 60 minutes; drape with foil if it starts to get dark.
Make ahead: Up to 1 day through step 2, covered and chilled; bake about 1 hour.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
Light and refreshing—and great in a turkey sandwich.
1. Trim ends from oranges and lemon and discard. Cut citrus into 2-in. chunks, discarding seeds. Peel and core apples and cut into 2-in. chunks.
2. Pulse fruit chunks and cranberries in batches in a food processor until coarsely chopped; pour into a bowl. Stir in sugar to taste. Add almonds up to 2 hours before serving.
Make ahead: Chill up to 1 week.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
1. Heat grill to medium-low (about 325°). Cut potatoes in half lengthwise, then cut each half into 3 long wedges. Put wedges on 2 rimmed baking sheets; drizzle with 1/3 cup oil, turning to coat. Sprinkle with rosemary, salt, and pepper.
2. Grill sweet potatoes covered (in batches if needed), turning every 10 minutes or so, until tender and browned, 15 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a platter.
3. Drizzle with a little more oil just before serving.
Make ahead: Up to 1 day, chilled. To reheat sweet potatoes on the grill used for turkey, adjust fire for direct heat: For charcoal, spread charcoal over firegrate and add 12 more briquets. Set potatoes on cooking grate; cook, turning occasionally, until hot, 6 to 8 minutes. For gas, turn on all burners to medium-low (about 325°).
Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
1. Preheat broiler. Put chiles on a baking sheet and broil 4 in. from heat until blackened all over, turning as needed, about 15 minutes. Let chiles cool, then remove and discard stems, seeds, and skins. Coarsely chop chiles and set aside. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. Stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. In another bowl, beat eggs, buttermilk, and butter to blend. Pour egg mixture into flour mixture; add chiles, corn, and onions; and stir just until blended. Spread in a buttered 9- by 13-in. baking dish.
3. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool at least 20 minutes. Serve warm or cool, cut into pieces.
*Buy in a grocery store or natural-food store.
Make ahead: Up to 1 day. Wrap in foil and reheat in a 350° oven about 10 minutes (set bread on top of something if oven is full).
Note: Nutritional analysis is per piece.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
The pomegranate juice dressing echoes the flavors of cranberry relish.
1. Boil pomegranate juice in a medium saucepan until reduced to 3/4 cup, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool. Whisk in vinegar, oil, salt, thyme, and pepper.
2. Mix salad greens, chives, parsley, walnuts, and pomegranate seeds gently with dressing in a very large salad bowl (or 2 bowls).
Make ahead: Dressing, up to 1 day, chilled.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
Ancho chile powder and lime coat roasted broccolini, and stays crisp even if made a day ahead.
1. Preheat oven to 425°. Trim leaves and sides of stalks from broccolini. Put broccolini on 2 large rimmed baking sheets (they will be very full).
2. Melt butter with salt and pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in chile powder, remove from heat, and stir in lime zest. Drizzle butter over broccolini and turn until well coated.
3. Roast broccolini, switching pan positions and turning with tongs halfway through cooking, until tender-crisp, 15 to 18 minutes.
Make ahead: Up to 1 day, chilled. Reheat, tented with foil, in a 350° oven on 1 large rimmed baking sheet until hot, 30 minutes.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
Extremely chocolaty with a chile kick, these Mexican Chocolate Cakes pair well with fabulous Cinnamon Ice Cream.
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Butter two 8-in. round cake pans. Line bottoms with waxed paper cut to fit. Butter paper, then dust pans with 1/2 tbsp. cocoa.
2. Whisk remaining 1 cup cocoa, the flour, sugars, cinnamon, soda, cayenne, and salt in a bowl to blend. Add milk, oils, eggs, vinegar, and vanilla; whisk until smooth. Pour into pans, dividing batter evenly.
3. Bake until a toothpick inserted in each cake comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
4. Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes. Loosen cakes from pans with a metal spatula. Turn out each cake onto a plate. Discard waxed paper. Invert cakes onto racks and cool completely. Sift powdered sugar over stencils onto cakes.
Make ahead: Up to 1 day, covered; top with powdered sugar after unwrapping.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
We use Mexican limes (the West Coast name for Key limes) to create these creamy pies.
1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs, butter, and 1/2 cup sugar. Press over bottom and sides of 2 (9-in.) pie pans. Bake until pale golden, 5 minutes. If crusts shrink, gently push up with sides of a fork. Let cool.
2. Beat yolks, zest, and milk in a bowl with a mixer on high speed until thick, 5 minutes. Beat in whole eggs and lime juice just to blend. Divide mixture between crusts.
3. Bake pies until filling no longer jiggles when pies are gently shaken, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on racks. Cover and chill at least 1 1/2 hours.
4. Beat crema and remaining 3 tbsp. sugar in a bowl with a mixer on high speed until thick, about 3 minutes. Spread over pies, swirling topping. Scatter more lime zest on top.
*Buy at a grocery store or Latino market.
Make ahead: Up to 1 day through step 3, covered. Add topping up to 4 hours before serving and chill, uncovered.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
1. Heat 3 1/2 qts. water and 4 Mexican cinnamon sticks in a large pot until boiling. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Remove cinnamon.
2. Stir in honey and almond extract. Ladle into mugs. If you like, add about 2 tbsp. tequila and a fresh cinnamon stick to each.
*Also called canela; a softer, looser-barked variety of the spice. Buy at Latino markets, or use 7 (3-in.) regular cinnamon sticks.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per 3/4-cup serving without tequila.
Sunset NOVEMBER 2010
Pumpkin Tacos
Chile and Spice Grilled Turkey
Chorizo Apple Stuffing
Cranberry, Apple, and Orange Relish
Grilled Rosemary Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Chile Cornbread
Fall Salad with Nuts and Pomegranates
Roasted Chile-Lime Broccolini
Mexican Chocolate Cakes
Long Beach Lime Pies
Canela Tea
Food photographer Shelly Strazis shares recipes and planning tips for an incredible Mexican-inspired Thanksgiving meal. (Serves 18)
Additional appetizers and drinks:
Tortilla chips and green and red salsas (see sunset.com for salsa recipes)
Spritzers of cranberry juice and sparkling water
Tempranillo wine (see sunset.com/tempranillo for our favorite bottles)
Chile and Spice Grilled Turkey
Cranberry, Apple, and Orange Relish
Grilled Rosemary Sweet Potatoes
Fall Salad with Nuts and Pomegranates
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Double bassist Dominic Seldis and violinists Giovanni Guzzo and Richard Ireland will join the Academy this year: Ireland with immediate effect, Guzzo and Seldis in September.
Ireland is already a chamber music mentor for the Posnanski Quartet Scheme training programme at the Royal Academy. He will now join the violin teaching staff, with a responsibility for chamber music. He previously taught both disciplines at the Royal Northern College of Music and was a former professor of chamber music at the Royal College of Music.
Seldis is already a guest professor at the Academy and will now join as a regular professor. He is principal double bass of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. Guzzo is principal guest leader of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and leader of the Manchester Camerata.
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April 4, 2011 11:21am
Marcelina...Picture this: You are 80 years old, suffer from arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, near blindness, a heart condition. Also, you are physically disabled and cannot work. You have lived in your modest house for 50 years where you raised your children and lived with your spouse until their death. You are alone, physically incapacitated, yet you are very independent and value your independent live. Your only income is a small social security amount every month. Your house is close to where a new shopping mall has recently been built. The new shopping mall is the cause of your property taxes on your house rising from $100 per month to $500 per month. Yet, your social security check is for About $1000. So, over night almost your expenses have increased 40% yet you have no means or ability to increase your revenue. What would you do? Stop taking your medication and cut out most of your food products except the most basic items? Even that would probably not make up the difference. So, obviously the only alternative thing to do is sell your house that you have lived in for many years and move into a government housing project or a very basic mobile home etc. All this just cause the government needs a few extra bucks? And, you don't believe we should have exemptions for folks like this? If you don't, you are one low lifing sorry piece of human excrement!@!@!!!!!
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"I'll be right back Ray, I promise." With that I left the room, shutting the door gently behind me. I had no idea where the doctor was but the receptionist would tell me.
The recpetionist wasnt there, I rang the bell but no one came, so I ran out into the street and began walking down towards where the chemists were, after all, in all common sense the doctor would be in that direction right?
The wind was freezing and I pulled my jacket around me tighter, my hair was being fluttered behind me. I chewed on my bottom lip, drawing blood. Shit, shit shit shit SHIT. Where the fuck is the doctor when you need him?
"Gerard?" I turned at the sound of my name to see Frankie walking out of a pub, Bob beside him holding his waist.
"Frank. Fuck you dont know how glad I am to see you." I cried, dashing over to him, Frank smiled and blushed.
"Whats up?" He asked. Suddenly noticing my bloody lip and panicked expression.
"Its Ray, he's ill. I dont know whats wrong with him, I cant cool him down and I dont know where the doctor is." I was giving Frank a begging look and his jaw dropped a little.
"That sounds like something one of the girls back at Acacia had, its a fever going round, I know what to do dont worry. Take me to him - Bob, you dont mind if I leave do you?" Bob shook his head and kissed Franks cheek.
"Course I dont. I'll come see you next week or something." He smiled. Frank grinned and kissed him back before turning to me to take him to Ray, I gave Bob a fleeting look before dashing off down the street, Frank hot on my heels.
I hurried into the room, Frank walked passed me as I shut the door and pulled off his jacket, throwing it over onto a chair. He was wearing a shirt beneath the jacket and he undid the cufflinks to roll the sleeves up to his elbows, I noticed how strong his arms looked but quickly pushed it to the back of my mind. This was no time to think such things.
"Can you get me a bowl of cold water and a cloth? This is what the girl had, I recognise it exactly." He said, standing beside the bed and placing the back of his hand on Rays forhead. I nodded and grabbed a washbowl, running into the bathroom to fill it with cold water and to get a cloth. I could hear Frank talking to Ray in the room.
"Heya Ray, how you doing? Dont worry man, me and Gerard are gonna take good care of you. Your going to be fine." I walked back into the room and passed him the water giving him a funny look, why was he talking to Ray so normally, he noticed the look and smiled warmly at me.
"The key thing is to keep talking to him. The girl, Tammy, she said when she had it she was aware of everything but she just couldnt talk right and it was making her panic, its like being in a fit, you get dazed and confused and so if people talk to you calmly it helps because you know your okay. If you panic, he'll panic." I nodded and Frank dipped the cloth in the water, placing the bowl on the bedside cabinet and then sitting on the edge of the bed, dabbing Rays face with the cloth to cool him.
"Geez Ray you are burning up arent you?" Frank moved the cloth down to Rays neck and dabbed it along his flesh as I stood back and watched, feeling a little helpless. It took a long while but eventually, after much dabbing and helping Ray to drink cold water he began to cool down, his flesh turning a light pink instead of the hot red it had been. He still couldnt say much but everytime he tried Frank would hush him and tell him to just relax, try to get some sleep. The fever began to calm in the early hours of the morning and Ray drifted off into sleep, once he had I thanked Frank about a million times.
"Theres nothing to thank me for Gerard, its simple, just cool them down and help them relax. Fevers like this you just need to sweat 'em out, and get a lot of sleep." I nodded and smiled, before realising the time.
"I'm sorry for keeping you here so late Frank. Do you want anything, money or something for your troubles?" I asked. Frank laughed and shook his head.
"Its no trouble Gee. I could tell you were worried about him, I'm just happy to help." He smiled. I smiled and thanked him again, before yawning. I couldnt help it, I was tired. Frank grinned and patted the bed.
"Sit down, you look exhausted." I was glad to accept the offer and sat down beside him, brushing my hair out of my face. Frank was watching me with a small smile on his face, examining my features. I felt a little awkward and tried to start a conversation.
"So, how long have you and Bob been a couple?" I asked. Frank laughed and shook his head.
"Oh we're not a couple, we're just friends. Well... ya' know, he was a customer at Acacia and asked for me, but he wasnt like the others who come in there, he wasnt a pervert and he was sweet and kind, he tried to give me pleasure too and we ended up talking a lot. We've become really close and he's asked me to move in with him and stuff but I told him I'm not looking for a relationship. He's a nice guy and we hang out he's just... not my type I suppose." I was a little shocked but nodded anyway, I thought Frank would have jumped at the chance for a relationship, to have a reason to leave the whore house, or pleasure house or whatever he veiwed it as.
"I see. Well, he seems nice." I said, hoping not to fall into an awkward silence again. Frank nodded his agreement but he was paying a lot more attention to my face.
"So, you and Ray. Are you two just friends or -"
"Yeah. We're friends." I said, hoping not to be asked if we were gay again. Frank nodded and blushed a little.
"Oh its just the way you worried about him like that, I sorta wondered if you two were more -"
"No! No, erm...no we're not. Its just, he's been my best friend all my life so I care about him but I dont think I could ever be in a relationship with Ray." I gave an uneasy laugh before continuing. "It'd be way too strange, and we're both straight. I mean, I dont think I could ever be with a guy." Frank gave me an intrigued look and tilted his head.
"Really? Why not? I mean, you dont have to take if you get what I mean, you can be gay and not be bottom." I didnt like where this conversation was going, I didnt want to think about this at all.
"Yeah I know, but... isnt it weird? I mean... do you think being with a woman is weird and men normal, or -" Frank cut me off with a wave of his hand.
"I dont find either weird, I used to be like you and not like the idea of being with men but I didnt have a choice when I started working at Acacia, and I realised being with men isnt weird at all, infact in some cases its nicer. I mean -" Frank inched a little closer to me and began to whisper, leaning close to my ear and making my heart race. "Theres something delcious about the feeling of hard muscle against hard muscle, the way men curve in at the hips but only slightly, unlike women, the way they sound when they moan, the way there skin tastes and feels against your tongue -" He was so close now I could feel his warm breath on my ear and his hand was only a centimetre away from my thigh.
"Dont get me wrong Gerard, I dont enjoy the men who come into Acacia, because they're just there to have a good fuck, but people like Bob showed me how good it can be, I mean your straight so you enjoy sex with women, that doesnt mean you'd enjoy it with just any old woman who throws you on a bed and demands sex. You know what I'm saying?" I nodded, shaking a little and croaked out a yes. What was going on? My mind was reeling and he had me wrapped around his little finger, he took my chin between his thumb and forefinger and turned my head to face him. His hazel eyes were twinkling as he smiled at me. My breath hitched in my throat as he leaned a little closer, my lips parting slightly.
"Maybe... maybe to really know it isnt weird, you'll have to have an example." He whispered. I wanted to ask what he meant but I felt paralysed, and before I could force myself to speak or move or do anything he had closed the remaining gap and pressed his soft lips to mine.


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The indefatigable Glenn Reynolds in his Instapundit blog has what I think may be the best blogpost headline ever: TOPLESS WOMEN PROTEST HEADLESS CHURCH. It's on a link to a TVNZ story with a tamer headline–Topless women protest outside Vatican–illustrated with a picture of very much untopless nun sitting in the St. Peter's colonnade. The article rather primly notes, "The identity of the women taking part in the protest was not immediately clear."
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How can overly empathetic/sympathetic people compete in this world? Do they eventually end up jaded and bitter?
The saying goes "nice guys finish last". I interpret that "nice" means overly empathetic/sympathetic people who sacrifice themselves for others happiness. Kindness seems to be a sign of weakness in that saying, as though people prey on those kind-hearted people. If it were true, then how do kind people compete in this world? Is it some kind of evolutionary Yin and Yang, where a balance of certain personalities need to exist for progress to happen or do people have peaks and troughs of kindness in them?
Update: Thought I'd share a fascinating article found in the comments below:
It is about the differences between being nice and being kind.
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Thank you all for your well thought comments. I have learned a lot and I hope you've all taken some knowledge from this as well.
Be mindful of those around you and tread lightly on the paths made by your brothers and sisters of humankind.
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Jan 23 2013: Since the human state that exists behind the states of being 'competitive' or 'empathetic' respectively are diametrically opposed, I believe you have hit upon an old problem that has existed since the Neolithic. Its my belief we must evolve a solution to this exact problem within our societies and quickly too.
Jan 24 2013: Joanne,
I do not agree that the human state that exists behind the states of being competitive or empathetic are opposed. That is something we may have learned, and I don't think/feel it to be accurate information.
I'm thinking about athletic competitions for example, and I also feel that empathy and competitiveness can exist in all situations, if we allow it to. Athlets are often very competitive, and can also be empathetic when one of their competitors experiences pain or challenge of some kind. We can be competitive in ourselves, and still reach out to others with empathy.....can we not?
I believe we are multi sensory, multi dimensional beings, and can experience many different feelings and emotions at the same time. Often, humans have learned to seperate, and focus on one OR the other, when we can actually experience everything. Perhaps this recognition is part of the "solution" to the challenge?
Jan 28 2013: Hi Colleen, what I am saying is that the two states of being are in essence, mutually exclusive. In other words, the kinds of feelings that drive us when we are being competitive, are mutually exclusive to those that drive us if we are being loving. Just as we cannot commit an act of violence and an act of love simultaneously. We cannot hug and strike in the same gesture. The essence of those two feelings are diametrically opposed and in order to engage in empathy, one must step aside from competitiveness for that moment. Again, this is a problem of enormous magnitude when extrapolated to a global view.
Jan 28 2013: Hi Joanne,
I think I understand what you are saying, and I agree that we cannot commit an act of violence and an act of love simultaniously. Those are "acts"......feelings/emotions that manifest into action. I also agree that we cannot hug and strike in the same gesture....again....action fueled by emotion.
The essence of competitiveness and empathy are not mutually exclusive, in my experience and perception,. I have been a competitive athlete, and I can tell you that I and many athletes compete AND feel empathy at the same time.
Competitiveness has gotten a bad reputation because we imagine that to be competitive, one has to "put down", "beat", "step on" the other person, and this is simply not true.
Competitive simply means to "be "inclined, desiring, or suited to compete; depending for effectiveness on the relative concentration of two or more..."
It is possible to compete....do the best we possibly can in certain practices (business, athletic, etc) AND still be empathetic (the capacity for participation in another's feelings or ideas).
I guarentee that it is possible because I have experienced it. It is much more enjoyable to recognize other's skills and talents, WHILE recognizing our own skills and talents at the same time. I can play tenise, volleyball or sail boat race VERY competitively, and recognize that those I compete against are also playing the best they can. I can recognize their skill, talent, joy, frustration, etc. because I empathize with them.
In business adventures, we can be competitive AND also recognize the feelings of others who are competing for the same things. I have also experienced this while owning/operating a small business. We can work WITH each other, while learning and growing with our competitiveness AND empathy/compassion.
Yes, it is "a problem of enormous magnitude" if viewed from your perception. I believe that competitive and empathy are NOT mutually exclusive....UNLESS... perceived in that way....it is a choice.
Jan 29 2013: Hi again Colleen, I hear your perspective and think I understand.
On a level you are right, of course people may engage in one competitive kind of activity while feeling somewhat opposite kinds of feelings. This is not th point I was making however. I speak about what drives us.
A motive that drives us to action may be derived from inner love/compassion or by a desire to dominate something, either ourselves or a competitor or a task, as examples. The second driver actually stems from primeval fight-or-flight fear, while the former stems from inner security. These two primary forces within us are mutually exclusive and diametrically opposed.
Jan 29 2013: Hi again Joanne,
I totally respect what you choose to believe in your own life practice, and I do not agree.....so I guess we can agree to disagree:>)
I understand that you speak about "what drives us". I agree that with our actions/reactions, we are coming from a place of love, or a place of fear.
Competitiveness can come from a place of love, OR fear. Did you read Don Rogers comment on this thread, in which he told the story of his son, competing in a race, when his opponant fell down and he went back to help his opponant, then continued the race? Those kinds of things happen all the time. You've surely heard about competitors working on projects TOGETHER? It happens all the time.
"Competitive simply means to "be "inclined, desiring, or suited to compete; depending for effectiveness on the relative concentration of two or more..."
When we compete, with love in our heart, it is not "opposed" to anything. When we compete, with love in our heart, we are not feeling "opposite kinds of feelings".
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