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Solid brick bungalow in South City. Easily converts to a 2 bedroom rental by adding one closet. Area rents go for more than $500 per month for 2 bedrooms and $475 for 1 bedroom. Tenant has been there for 11 years paying $500 a month
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Beautiful 3 bedroom modular on 77 plus acres
Beautiful Modular
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Price: $34,900
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Minutes from Hwy 47 & I-70
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Paved Parking Area
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Public Water and Sewer
Warrenton School District
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Taxes $991 for 2013
Public Water and Sewer
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Made this dish twice. Used honeycrip apples. My family loved it, great flavor and texture. Omitted the nuts, as the kids might complain. Wonderful fall/winter side dish!
Wild Rice with Apples
OurBest Posted: 10/23/09
EllenDeller Posted: 10/23/10
Had some organic wild rice from Texas, so thought I'd try this. This took about 75 minutes to cook. I was afraid the apples wouldn't be soft enough, so I cooked them in with the rice and leeks. That worked, though I might try it the other way next time and I'd definitely skip the water. I used this to stuff acorn squash and served with Canadian bacon slices and steamed chard. Wild rice is pretty chewy and the flavor is unusual, but good.
86753909 Posted: 09/25/09
YUM! I thought this sounded interesting and we had all the ingredients on hand (save the rice blend). I substituted the rice blend with 1 1/4 cup of long grain brown rice and 3/4 cup of quick brown rice (that I added 10 minutes before cooking time was up). I liked the textures and flavors. The rice and apples were both a little underdone but I liked the texture of both- the slight crunch of the apple and the slight chewiness of the rice. It's a great fall alternative to plain old boring rice as a side. I will definitely make this again.
badamshoover Posted: 12/14/09
Loved it! I served this dish with Bourbon & Orange-glazed Ham, and it made a superb side dish. The apples complement the rice very nicely, and the pecans added great texture to the dish. I received nothing but rave reviews from the family. It has made the list of Thanksgiving staples.
ConniefromPA Posted: 10/19/09
Made the recipe as written, except cut it in half for four servings, if you like wild rice this is great! Used Honeycrisp apple.
lizwright Posted: 10/01/10
I substituted Uncle Ben's 90 second Wild and Brown Rice instead of cooking the wild rice 55 minutes. Doing this, I elminated the water and chicken broth but added the cider to the apple/leek mix and let it cook down. This led to softer apples and leeks with a carmelized taste. I would definitely make this again. Leftovers made for a nice lunch the next day.
Kate09 Posted: 05/16/11
This recipe is just ok. Not bad, not great. I won't make it again.
aneresRN Posted: 10/28/11
I found this recipe just okay at best. I felt the flavors were lacking or just odd. The leeks didn't mesh well with everything else I felt. I won't be making this again.
stacylynn Posted: 12/25/11
We liked the flavor of this dish. I used Lundgren whole grain blend instead of all wild rice, so that may have been the cause of all the extra liquid I had after cooking for over an hour. Next time I will eliminate the extra water. I also added dried cranberries & used finely chopped Vidalia instead of leeks. Nice add ins for a regular side in our house.

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The Sound of PWL A group for producers/mixers who have created songs/remixes in the Stock Aitken Waterman Hit Factory style!
More tracks by Forth and Bailey
Here's a fun track we did where I reworked a number of PWL style production elements into an existing track. If you're a fan of SAW then you'll recognize a few things here:
1) Those famous SAW toms
2) TR-727 percusion - featured on &rt; 99% of all SAW records ever made!
3) SAW 3 closed hats, 1 open pattern
4) Rick shaker-clap pattern
5) triplet high hat pattern in verse (princess)
6) DX-7 chord with 3 octave pitch bends & modulation (mel & kim - that's the way it is)
7) Matt Aitken style guitar riff (panned hard left)
8) DX-7 clav sound (metalic instrument doing octaves panned hard right) - i.e. Kylie
9) PPG sounds (bells & vox) - PPG was used in dead or alive and earlier tracks - has a raw quality
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9 timed comments and 5 regular comments
- Garth_Knight
Garth_Knight at 1.29 on February 03, 2014 23:58
lol i'm absolutely loving this man,
- OllitheBoy
OllitheBoy at 0.07 on January 16, 2013 02:58
I'm sorry...but this is FUCKING good!!! Is it available? Message me if you're interested in a collab!
- acidreflexxx
acidreflexxx at 0.55 on July 31, 2012 05:03
- Sandy H
Sandy H at 3.12 on January 28, 2012 22:55
love it
- Forth and Bailey
Forth and Bailey on March 31, 2011 07:40
Btw, this track like many of our instrumentals are constructed with the idea of adding lead & backing vocals on top. But that takes money to rent a proper studio & engineer, a huge amount of time to comp and edit the vocal takes and finding a decent lead singer. Feel free to make up your own tune and sing along. If you come up with something good send me an email! :D
- Forth and Bailey
Forth and Bailey on March 29, 2011 08:14
Btw, I should mention my friend who wrote this track is an official PWL Mixmaster. He worked at the vineyard from '89-'92 doing some of their specialty 12" mixes they used to press for DJs. He was working at a music store and heard through the grapevine about the opening. He landed the job by calling up SSL and getting them to send him the desk manuals ahead of his interview so he could show them he knew how to use their desks (they told him he beat out ~170 applicants for the position). He claims to have driven Kylie to Heathrow Airport once in one of the PWL BMW's - said she was nice.
My only brush with PWL was going there to meet Phil France one afternoon at the Vineyard shortly before he left for Avex UK in about '94. I had to wait a while in reception. I remember Black Box calling and being given the run around by the receptionist. That and walls lined with gold discs with boxes on the floor with more gold discs. We'd done some fairly poor demos, but we had a studio and PF needed a studio for his songwriter "Boris" from Europe. Unfortunately, Boris had no car and our studio was in Reading not London, so things didn't work out. A few months later, a string of low charting euro hits came out of Avex for a year to two. Maybe if Boris had worked with us he'd have done better, who knows!
- Dennis Alexis Hellström
Dennis Alexis Hellström at 0.16 on March 25, 2011 20:18
I love it. :)
- Forth and Bailey
Forth and Bailey on January 03, 2011 19:59
I just remastered the track with corrective EQ and it sounds a lot better.... I mean..it always sounded like this ;-)
- Forth and Bailey
Forth and Bailey on December 14, 2010 09:25
@Yisraelee Official: Shoot me an email (email@example.com) and I'll send it to you. The toms are samples - there's nothing quite like real PWL toms. The best I can tell, PWL toms are a hybrid mix of one of the fairlight toms (for the sharp attack component), and some kind of synth sound that gives the heavily modulated 'wow' sound (think 'Toy Boy' toms). They vary the levels of both components to give a different tom sound for each track. PWL used a number of other fairlight drum sounds btw. The snare on I should be so lucky is straight out of the fairlight IIx library. I didn't realise until a few years ago how much PWL used the fairlight because they didn't use the trademark sounds (unlike PSB, Art of Noise). Fairlight II on Dead or Alive Youthquake, Fairlight III on Rick (although NNGYU's pads are telltale if you listen - nothing else sounded like that in '87). Bananarama "Once in a lifetime" - one of my favorites. I used to dream of owning a Series III as a spotty teenager!
Will definitely be checking out your tracks. I'm sure we chatted a few years back on Les Sharma's board. Cheers!
- Yisraelee Official
Yisraelee Official on December 08, 2010 02:47
Wow like this! How did you get that effect on the toms?
Can I download this track?
I've produced a load of PWL tracks and mixes. Just uploading them now! Check them out.
- Sven de Loops
Sven de Loops at 2.35 on October 05, 2010 20:23
Sounds sooo authentic!! love it!
SLL at 0.44 on October 04, 2010 23:13
@Forth and Bailey: FM sounds forever ;-)
- Forth and Bailey
Forth and Bailey at 0.44 on October 04, 2010 22:49
3 octave pitch bends with modulation on the FM7 :) yummy!
- Forth and Bailey
Forth and Bailey at 1.15 on October 04, 2010 22:46
Probably the best (and my favorite) use of the PWL toms in these next two breaks. It's actually the combination of the toms and the drums that really sells it.


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10 Small Ways to Improve Your Kitchen in 2014
Welcome to the new year, friends! Are you feeling refreshed, reinvigorated, and ready for a new year in the kitchen? We are, too! Official "resolutions" can be weighty and intimidating; we find simpler, more accessible changes to be far more inspiring and life-changing, which is why we've put together this list of 10 small ways to make your kitchen just a little better, easier, and more enjoyable this year.
10 Small Ways to Improve Your Kitchen in 2014
1. Label your pantry jars: Faith has written before about the transforming power of a labeler in her pantry, and it's advice well taken! If you don't have a labeler, you could also label jars with washi tape. When the pantry becomes easier to navigate, so does your life in the kitchen.
2. Reorganize your measuring spoons. If you have more than one set of measuring spoons, don't keep them all piled up together in the drawer divider. Instead, give the teaspoons and tablespoons their own little compartment. Those are the measurements you'll probably reach for the most anyway, and this simple update makes it easier to sort the spoons and keep them organized.
3. Oil your cutting boards. Just five minutes a month — that's all it takes to keep your cutting boards in tiptop shape. Considering they're such a major workhorse in the kitchen, it's worth it to take good care of them so they last a long time.
4. Clean your knives properly. Like the cutting boards above, we wouldn't be anywhere without our knives, so it's worth learning the proper way to clean and care for them. Do it a few times, and it'll soon become a habit!
5. Tiny kitchen? Maximize your counter space. On Monday we shared a brilliant little tutorial for cozy burner covers — a great solution if you find yourself frequently frustrated by your lack of adequate countertop space.
6. Rethink (and maybe redo) your cookware storage. Pots, pans, cookie sheets...they're essential, but they take up a lot of room. If you're not satisfied with your current storage setup, find a new solution. A few ideas: store stack pans in a wire organizer, use a ceiling pot rack, or hang them in a corner cabinet. And don't forget about organizing your pot lids! My new favorite way to store stainless steel lids is a magnetic knife rack.
7. Light it up! Having gone from a very dim kitchen to now having adequate task lighting, I can tell you the change is revelatory. This update needn't be expensive either. You can install under-cabinet lights or just bring in a swing-arm task lamp if nothing else. I installed two of IKEA's RANARP Clamp Spotlights over the workspace in my kitchen, and I love them. (You can see how they look here.)
8. Don't be a refrigerator bag lady. Old habits die hard, and for me it took awhile to let go of my grocery-bags-in-the-refrigerator storage method. I'm still not perfect, but life in the kitchen is so much better when I open my fridge and see properly washed, prepped, and packaged greens and vegetables. Not only does it help keep my fridge neater, but it also means I'm more likely to eat those goods rather than letting them languish in an opaque plastic bag.
9. Buy a fire extinguisher. If you haven't done this, now is the time! You hope you never have to use it, but you don't ever want to find yourself needing one and not having it available! Make sure to buy one that is suitable for Class B (flammable liquids like grease, gasoline, and oil) or Class K (vegetable oils, animal oils, or fats in cooking appliances) fires.
10. Pick one thing to prettify. You may not have time or resources to do a full-scale Kitchn Cure right now, and that's fine! But January is a great time to do something a little special for your kitchen. Maybe you finally buy a big clock to hang over the door, or a pretty tea towel, or some nice-smelling dish soap. Maybe you move a plant from the living room into the sunny spot by your kitchen window. Whatever it is, take a moment to recommit to your kitchen and cooking life for 2014. It's going to be a good year!
What small changes are you making in your kitchen this year?
(Image credits: Colin Price via Brick + Mortar | A Sweet, Small, and Organized Kitchen)
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The link in the email takes you to a burrito post...
I bought cutting boards that fit over my open drawers, so that I have additional space. I also have a board that is custom made to fit my sink with a hole so that I can still run water if I need to. But I would be nervous about the stove covers in terms of flammability. What if the burner is still hot, or gets turned on accidentally? Also I have a magnetic knife holder on the wall, best way to keep knives! And yes the link from the email goes to DIY frozen burrito article.
The link at the bottom of the email does. The link at the header of the email does not.
#10 - Agree with this one. That Blue Dutch Oven looks real nice and pretty to me :)
If you can, paint the walls! A fresh coat of paint, especially in a new color, makes a huge difference.
To Cambria and the whole Kitchn staff,
Can't tell you how much I love this post (and posts like this). And using the compilation format is so well-timed and appropriate here. Cheers!
Label your jars along with the lids. Who needs to wonder "Is this marjoram or oregano?" when putting tops back on jars.
Changing your cabinet hardware can give your kitchen a whole new look and feel!
Unfun, unsexy, but important: researching small fire extinguishers just went on the to-do list.
I'd put the fire extinguisher at number 1. But make sure it's not out of date and in functioning order. We lost a kitchen due to a fire that would have been easily prevented except that we had an old extinguisher that malfunctioned. Lost the whole kitchen, had to move out of the house for 3 months to smoke damage. Not fun!
All excellent points, especially No. 10 "Pick one thing to prettify" - actually I think if you did this first the immediate gratification might motivate you to do some of the more time-consuming things on the list.
Fire extinguisher --- Don't store it near the stove! Store it in an easily accessible place that can be grabbed quickly if needed. NOT under the kitchen sink or in the pantry, buried below paper bags, towels, etc.
Also, keep a lid handy. If a fire flares up, put the lid on the pot & leave it there. It will smother the fire.
Years ago, we were cooking some sort of meat & fell asleep. When we woke up there was a faint hint of smoke in the air. I'm here to tell you, DO NOT take the lid off the pan to see what's going on! Take it outside & leave it alone! I stupidly pulled the lid off & the amount of smoke that was just waiting to escape was unbelievable! Not to mention that my apartment smelled of burnt meat for quite a while. gross! (and now that I'm older, I'm surprised that a giant flame didn't leap out along with the smoke --- but I don't think there was anything left to burn :-/ ---- ahh youth).
Great post, except can I suggest a fire blanket either in addition or instead of the extinguisher. Extinguishers work by covering the fire in either CO2 or chemical to smother the O2 which is what the fire is feeding off. Unless you have a large extinguisher, once its run out chemical (usually a fine powder or CO2) its useless. This would be particularly a problem if somehow the covering layer was breached or inadequate. Also having been trained in the use of an extinguisher at work, they are not so easy to use (and we were using a large one on a small fire).
If you have a fire blanket, you know its going maintain its oxygen smothering properties. Its easy to use and relatively cheap. Most of them can be hung in their storage bag using hooks on the inside of a cupboard (mine is in my pantry away from the stove), meaning they take up very little storage room. The storage bag is designed for quick release.
Step one, label pantry jars.
Step zero, um, get some pantry jars.
Alright, I am a Fire Prevention Officer and I have to weigh in on the portable extinguisher talk. Class K extinguishers are only to be used in commercial cooking applications after the fixed suppression system has been activated. The extinguishing agent acts as a blanket to smother and prevent further flare ups. Do NOT use this extinguisher in your home.
A 5 lb ABC portable extinguisher is adequate as they will cover 10 square feet. If the fire exceeds this, get the hell out and let firefighters do their thing, please!
If you choose to keep a portable extinguisher, inspect the extinguisher gauge monthly to be sure it us fully charged. Once a year flip it upside down and bang it with a rubber mallet. This will break up the dry chemical agent so it doesn't settle in the bottom of the cylinder. ABC extinguishers require refilling every six years and hydrostatic testing of the cylinder every twelve years as well...or just replace the thing!
The National Fire Protection Association has great information about kitchen safety. FYI, most kitchen fires we investigate are due to unattended cooking.
I have just fully renovated my kitchen and have installed an Induction Cook top. This is 100% safe to cover with any thing since it is not going to heat except what is inside an Induction cook ware, if one put it on top. Very safe for an oldie...I'm 75!!!
I'm looking forward to adding a small, two-shelf bookcase under my kitchen window. Home-grown herbs on top, books under that, and clunky appliances without a current convenient home on the bottom. I'd like to thrift something that I can easily paint a bright, cheery color.
The stovetop or over-the-sink counter expansions sound brilliant. I'll definitely be looking into that for my tiny kitchen!
I labeled the shelves in my pantry-cupboard as well as the jars. I now have designated areas for sugar/honey/other sweet stuff, teas, beans/lentils etcetera.
What kind of jars are these?
Hahaha Akay, agreed. Where are those pretty pantry jars from?
I'm adding plants this year! I just bought the pots. I may not be a green thumb, but I keep trying and think they make every space so much more inviting.
Where is the striped rug in the top photo from?
One of the best things I did in my kitchen was to buy lazy susans for my pantry and put my spices and my collection of oils and balsamic vinegars on them. It is now so easy to find what I'm looking for and also organize them. I have all my baking spices, powders, sodas and extracts on one lazy susan and my cooking spices on another. It has simplified my prep time and I've actually gotten more creative using spices that aren't buried in the back of the shelf!
I agree w the fire extinguisher - we recently had an oven fire and stood around, clueless. I may or may not have tweeted about it.
The best thing I did for my pantry (you need to have a full door for this), get a clear vinyl over the door hanging shoe bag (with all those nice see-through openings). I installed this on the inside of my closet/pantry and I actually have had guests marvel at its' usefulness. I keep nuts, dried fruits, chocolate chips, cell phone chargers, sunglasses, paper & pen, etc. Many of these small items were getting 'lost' until I saw this system in a Lowes circular.
Note:You can dispense with the over-the-door hooks, and put in some screws. I was able to do this on my hollow-core door, because there is a frame of some sort of solid material around the edges. I then rigged up a small dowel to span the lower section so it would sit tighter against the door (I used eye hooks, and sanded the end of the dowel to just pass through.)


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Harlow, UK: FT Prentice Hall, 2004
320pp, ISBN: 978-0-273-68176-2
The goal of supply chain management is to link the marketplace, the distribution network, the manufacturing process, and the procurement activity in such a way that customers are serviced at higher levels and yet at lower total cost. The author explores the role of logistics in achieving these goals. He examines the relationship between logistics and competitive strategy, the customer service dimension, measuring logistics costs and performance, and benchmarking and managing the supply chain.


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card. Sean O'Malley: To glorify the Feast. The Family in the Day of Lord
"Jesus wants to meet us in the same way he met the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Like them, we recognize Jesus and we will encounter him more deeply in the breaking of bread during the Mass"
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Simple, yet very flavorful!
Cinnamon-Pecan Streusel Coffee Cake
Oxmoor House
Enjoy this moist coffee cake for breakfast, or serve it with coffee for a great after-dinner dessert!
Yield: 16 servings (serving size: 1/16 of coffee cake)
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Cool: 15 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 175
- Fat: 4.2g
- Saturated fat: 1.7g
- Protein: 2.9g
- Carbohydrate: 30.6g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
- Iron: 1.0mg
- Sodium: 243mg
- Calories from fat: 22%
- Fiber: 0.7g
- Calcium: 68mg
- Butter-flavored cooking spray
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup fat-free sour cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 3 teaspoons fat-free milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
- Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients. Set aside.
- Beat sugar and butter with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add sour cream, vanilla, and eggs; beat well. Add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating just until dry ingredients are moist. Combine brown sugar, pecans, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Spoon 1/2 of batter into prepared pan; sprinkle evenly with 1/2 of brown sugar mixture. Spoon remaining batter over brown sugar mixture, and spread evenly. Sprinkle remaining brown sugar mixture over batter. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes on a wire rack.
- Combine powdered sugar, milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in a small bowl; stir until smooth. Drizzle over coffee cake.
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Cinnamon-Pecan Streusel Coffee Cake Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Breakfast/Brunch
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Freezable, Kid-Friendly, Make-Ahead, Family
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Rice/Grains
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Meatless
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- OCCASION: Mother's Day
- PUBLICATION: Oxmoor House
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Simulations of melting permafrost promise changes in climate modeling.
Fellows' Research
Foiling airflow error
Portraying airflow over wings and other fluid movement is tricky. A Department of Energy award for early-career researchers is helping a former DOE CSGF fellow devise mathematical methods to decrease the error rate in fluid modeling.
Cosmic questions
MIT's Dragos Velicanu is helping sort through data from the Large Hadron Collider for clues to the mysteries surrounding the strong force and the early universe.
A passion for pressure
Plasmas are the purview of Livermore scientist and Computational Science Graduate Fellowship alumnus Jeffrey Hittinger. He works both sides of the fusion street – inertial confinement and magnetic confinement – while simulating aspects of these tremendously hot, fast-moving particle clouds.
Prime-time punch
The mantis shrimp packs one of the strongest punches on Earth. Computational Science Graduate Fellow Michael Rosario is investigating the physics, design and material properties behind the crustacean's prey-crunching wallop. His research has landed him on the National Geographic Wild channel.
Designer yeast
A Johns Hopkins University team has built a yeast chromosome from scratch, they report today in the journal Nature. Sarah Richardson used what she learned as a Computational Science Graduate Fellow to help design and monitor the chromosome's construction.
Pounding out atomic nuclei
Thousands of tiny systems called atomic nuclei – specific combinations of protons and neutrons – prove extremely difficult to study but have big implications for nuclear stockpile stewardship. To describe all of the nuclei and the reactions between them, a nationwide collaboration is devising powerful algorithms that run on high-performance computers.
Pressure and flow
The first large-scale simulation of blood flow in coronary arteries enlists a realistic description of the vessels' geometries. Researchers reported on the simulation today at the SC10 supercomputing conference in New Orleans.
From Cuba to Cambridge by way of Miami
The former Computational Science Graduate Fellowship recipient escaped the communist regime with his family, then found a love of physics.
Forceful thinking
A quantum curiosity called the Casimir force gums up micro- and nanomachines. Work at MIT led by a newly minted alumnus of the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship suggests uses for the force – and ways around it.


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Local produce options discussed
Members of the Ticonderoga Natural Foods Co-op talked about options to bring a marketplace for fresh, local produce to town.
Local rabies clinics announced for 2014
As the weather is more conducive to outdoor activity for humans and their pets, the Essex County Public Health Department wants to make sure all are protected against rabies.
Ticonderoga drug coalition seeks logo through design contest
The Ticonderoga Neighbors Addressing Drug Abuse coalition is seeking a logo to help identify the group.
Ticonderoga hiking group growing
Trail Mix offers treks for all experience levels
Trail Mix is growing in popularity among Ticonderoga area hikers. No, not the snack mixture of nuts, seeds, dried fruit and chocolate. Trail Mix is a group of local people who join to make regular treks into the Adirondacks.
Ticonderoga church, Prevention Team set to host drug discussions
Doug Terbeek of The Prevention Team and Ticonderoga Police Chief Mark Johns recently addressed the Cornerstone Alliance Church Men's Ministry.
HCR Home Care expanding service
HCR Home Care, a nationally recognized provider of home health care services, has launched operations in Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, St. Lawrence and Warren counties, following the New York State Department of Health's recommendation.
Montcalm Mile to award prize money
Computer timing to be utilized in July 4th race
The 28th annual Montcalm Mile will offer $2,300 in prize money this July 4th in Ticonderoga. The Montcalm Mile, the largest participation event in Ticonderoga every year, will also become the first area race to use computer chip timing to score results in 2014.
Inter-Lakes suspends retirement contributions
Chief financial officer resigns amid cuts
Inter-Lakes Health officials claim the Ticonderoga health care facility has a viable future, despite continued retrenchment.
Search for county medical director, psychiatrist mirror national trends
Essex County has been without a full-time medical director and staff psychiatrist since the mental health department's medical director, Dr. Kausar Chaudhry, resigned last December.
Inter-Lakes CEO stepping down
Chip Holmes takes another position
The chief executive officer of Inter-Lakes Health in Ticonderoga is leaving, stating his plans a week after announcing the facility is eliminating 33 jobs. Chip Holmes, the Inter-Lakes CEO for the past two-and-a-half years, has accepted a position with Quorum Health Resources, effective April 4.
Riley's Wishes benefit under way
The Ticonderoga office of Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company is accepting aluminum can tabs on behalf of Riley's Wishes, a nonprofit organization that aids sick children.
Montréal adventurer gears up for Project 46
KEENE — For one man, his attempt to scale all 46 High Peaks in 12 days starting Tuesday, Feb. 18, is a way to honor the memory of his son while raising money for a good cause.
Inter-Lakes cuts staff
33 positions being cut in Ticonderoga
Inter-Lakes Health is eliminating 33 full-time positions. Chip Holmes, Inter-Lakes CEO, announced the personnel cuts Feb. 12.
Ticonderoga physician assistant earns national credential
N. Alexandra Caffrey, PA-C, a physician assistant at Moses-Ludington Hospital in Ticonderoga, is one of 108 certified physician assistants nationally to recently earn a specialty credential called a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
Horace Nye handover imminent
County: Staffers to be placed on "preferred list" for new jobs
As New York City-based health provider Centers for Specialty Care prepares to take ownership of the Horace Nye Nursing Home from Essex County Jan. 31, county officials discussed what the endgame would be for the facility's 130-plus staffers.


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In selecting a Supreme Court justice, the important thing isn't figuring out where she went to school—it's figuring where she came from before she went to school, and what she did after. Democrats presumably object to Ivy League justices because they believe Ivy Leaguers aren't connected to the real people their rulings will affect. As Schumer put it, "they miss the practical." But all Yalies were such out-of-touch elitists, why would 80 percent of them be on financial aid (compared to 50 percent at Stevens's alma mater, Northwestern)? Sonia Sotomayor went to New Haven for law school (and Princeton for undergrad). But she was also raised by a single mother in a drug- and crime-ridden Bronx housing project. I'd argue that the latter has more to do with her perspective than the former. A similar principle applies to Stevens. It wasn't his non-Ivy background that made him such a "practical" justice—after all, his father was a wealthy hotelier, and Northwestern is a Top 10 law school. It was his two-plus decades as a practicing attorney in Chicago.
Perhaps the inevitable conclusion here is the one nobody wants to say out loud: we have known for years that treatment works better than incarceration when it comes to criminal defendants with drug and mental-health problems. We also know that close supervision and monitoring work better than casting our most vulnerable citizens adrift. Veterans deserve special treatment for their service, and the fact that veterans' courts seem to work as well as they do suggests that politicians needn't justify their existence beyond that fact. But whether we really want to create first- and -second-class criminal-justice services, and whether we can truly draw any principled line between nonviolent veterans and violent ones in the judicial treatment they receive, are not easy political questions, but thorny legal ones.
Pop quiz: which of the following names represents a non-sectarian, universal deity? Allah, Dios, Gott, Dieu, Elohim, Gud, or Jesus?
If you answered "none of the above," you are right as a matter of fact but not law. If you answered "Allah," you are right as a matter of law but not fact. And if you answered "Jesus," you might have been trying to filibuster David Hamilton, Barack Obama's first judicial nominee.


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Kids Who Learn by Seeing
The Visual Learning Style
Remember the feeling of exhilaration you had the day your baby was born? You gazed at his tiny face, amazed by that absolute perfection and innocence. Did you suspect that he was already hard at work, examining his world, collecting information and beginning to construct the foundations of his future self? As babies, children begin to experience their world by moving, touching and tasting. They listen, they observe and begin to make sense of their environment. Multi-sensory learning provides maximum opportunities for infants to expand their knowledge of the world around them.
Learning styles are typically described under three basic categories: kinesthetic, visual and auditory. All new information comes into the brain through the five senses and each one of us has preferred modes of processing that information.
Some of us learn best by touching, some by listening. Visual learners rely largely on their sight to take in information. Some people may be strong in more than one area, however most people learn best in one or two preferred modes. Lauren Bradway, Ph.D., a Speech Language Pathologist and author of the book How to Maximize Your Child's Learning Ability, refers to the three styles of learners as Lookers, Listeners, and Movers.
"Knowing about all three styles," says educator and counselor Dr. Linda Budd, author of Living with the Active Alert Child: Groundbreaking Strategies for Parents, "will enable you to help your child strengthen skills in the areas she does not naturally favor, so that she gains other pathways to information."
Infants begin honing their visual skills from an early age. Long before they can organize their physical movements they are taking in information about their world. Your daughter may not be able to control her arm or hand movements but this tiny baby is exploring a great deal with her eyes. Newborn babies will stare at faces that are 8 to 12 inches away and can track objects that are moved slowly across their visual field. Researchers have found that they prefer simple shapes and patterns, particularly those that contrast against a background color. Studies have also found that infants can even imitate facial expressions when they are just three days old! They eventually learn to recognize familiar and unfamiliar people, they distinguish shapes, sizes and configurations of objects around them.
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October 7 (King World News) - "World Investment Strategy"
One of the central tenets of cycle theory is that the long term trend always dominates the shorter term cycle. Joseph Schumpeter, the Austrian economist who did so much to promote our understanding of cyclical behaviour in the 1930s, warned that what he termed "external events" could temporarily distort the contours of a cycle.
When one of these external events occurs, the shorter term cycles are more easily blown off course than the longer terms ones (although these, too, can be twisted by very extreme events). In the current situation we regard Quantitative Easing (QE) as an external event because it is specifically designed to prevent the market acting as it would do without this intervention....
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History indicates that when an external event does occur, the underlying rhythm of the cycle does not disappear completely. So, when the impact of the intervention gradually recedes, the cycle will reappear – apparently by magic – bang on time as if nothing had happened. It is possible that something like this is going to happen in the months ahead.
The two shortest cycles in our model are both supposed to be turning down now. In fact they are on borrowed time. The annual seasonal deviation did, indeed, make a peak in May for the FTSE-100 index, which is now 4 per cent lower. The market would normally drop rapidly in the period from late August through to late October or November and there is still a risk that it could do so. For this reason, we are remaining cautious and continue to recommend a relatively large cash holding with respect to western markets, especially in the US where the S&P500 index is about 4 per cent above the May top.
However, even though the Fed did not act last month, the fact that they have been preparing the market for the end of QE suggests that the longer term cycle will not be distorted. The question we need to address now is if the autumnal setback indicated by the short term cycles does not materialise, does this alter our underlying strategy? The answer is not by very much. The western markets are not cheap, in fact by Benjamin Graham's standards they are expensive. Warren Buffet has already said publicly it is difficult to find anything that he wants to buy at current prices. Another consideration is that the US economy is not that strong. If the Fed were confident that the rebound was self-sustaining they would have started tapering already, but they decided not to do this.
In market terms, a number of coal-mine-canaries have been dropping dead. There has been distribution in some of the major stocks. The volume of trading has been higher on down days than on up days. The number of stocks holding the market up has been shrinking and the type of stocks that are holding it up is another significant pointer – the financials look toppy while the classic defensive stocks are performing better than the growth ones.
All this is not to say that equities cannot go higher. We have seen them go way higher in the past as P/E ratios have expanded. Unfortunately this is usually within the context of a bubble blowing up that then has to come back down again, often with a crash, which frequently takes the market lower than it was before the bubble process started. This means there can be a further rise from here but it is a trade and not an investment. You will be relying on your ability to get out before everybody else does.
The euro does not work in its present form, but there are huge vested interests in keeping it going. A two-tier system may have to be brought in as this would give an immediate economic boost to the four or five weakest members. This implies a longer term currency risk for investors buying European assets from either a sterling or dollar base.
The outlook for the stock markets is the same as for all western markets. They are in secular downtrend with only Germany looking as if it could push up to new highs. The region as a whole has no chance of doing this but, as we have been highlighting for years now, there is an enormous economic gulf between the strong and weak economies. We, therefore, maintain our position of picking stocks rather than investing in the broad market indices.
Griffiths added this regarding gold and silver: Our long term bullish view of gold was endorsed by a poll of the world's largest bullion dealers. They are expecting the price to average $1,400 in 2014. The first indication that positive momentum is returning to the market would be a move back above $1,420. This would complete a reverse head and shoulders extending back to May and give a target of $1,600.
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Stocks Set To Plunge - Gold To See A Spectacular Surge
With gold and silver moving higher, and the Dow threatening to break the 15,000 level, today King World News is pleased to share the thoughts of one of the top strategists in the world, Robin Griffiths of Cazenove out of London. Cazenove Capital is the appointed stockbroker to Her Majesty The Queen. The acclaimed strategist warned global stock markets may now be set to plunge, but he also said that gold would see a spectacular surge as stocks cratered, and he even gave a price target. Griffiths also had some fascinating comments about central planners and their artificial impact on major markets. Below is Griffiths' outstanding piece.
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If I'm alone because I stand up for the dignity of those that are not like me…
… so be it. Tonight a very hot man visiting Berlin from NYC complimented me on my looks and my masculinity. I thanked him but reminded him that it's not cool to pass judgment on the gays that are more feminine. I told him I value the level of authenticity over flamboyancy. He proceeded to tell me he had a boyfriend… Which we all know is the easy way of saying you're no longer interested. However, if I went home alone tonight because I defended my gay brothers who aren't hetero-normative, so be it. I would rather go home alone than demean my fellow brothers. In the end, being fearful of those who aren't like you is a sure sign of your own insecurity.
Young, Restless, and Single
Every now and again a thought grapples its way from the very depths of my mind. It claws its way forward. Its advance, once noticed, will not be stopped. Every effort to slow its pace is only a catalyst. It pierces every fiber of my gut on its hunt to occupy my most conscious state. Once present, it dances like steam over a hot drink. Enticing, yet impalpable – never quite attainable. It is the moment, or rather, series moments that most will have the luxury of experiencing at one point or another. His touch, his warmth, his breath. His grip on my hand when the movie gets scary. His very company provides a sense of security. His kisses, although as charming the occasional sun-shower, rain down as reliably as the sun's rays. His ability to make me happy knows no end. And yet, these are just thoughts. Vague ideas of what it must feel like to be loved and be in love. I am young, restless, and single.
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Because of state budget woes, sales tax collection is getting additional attention. Let's begin by clearing up a popular misconception; for a majority of states, all Internet sales are already taxed. For example, in California:
Because compliance is higher at the point of sale, California would rather have its sales tax collected at the point of sale (i.e., number 1 above). The difference between which option is applicable involves court decisions on interstate commerce that date back to the early days of mail-order catalogs. For a state to have jurisdiction over a company's transactions, the company must have a "business nexus" in that state. For costco.com, the business nexus is hard to miss; it is their gargantuan warehouse stores. But, what about dell.com? They have no stores. For Dell, it is the service people providing on-site repairs to their servers and business computers. The point is that it doesn't take much to count as a business nexus, so if a company as large as Amazon does not have a nexus, it is because they have been very careful to avoid it.
The reason to avoid the nexus arises because of the possibility frequency that Californians do not comply with the use tax that is already on the books. With noncompliance, there is a de-facto price advantage. That de-facto price advantage results in a double-whammy to California. First, the impression that certain internet sales are tax-free puts local merchants and California-based online retailers at a disadvantage. Second, nobody looking to create or expand an online business would ever put even a tiny part of it in California or any other state where a large percentage of their customers are located.
On January 18, 2011, two bills were introduced in the California Assembly. One tries to address the issue from the nexus standpoint, while the second considers use tax compliance. Previous attempts at an "Amazon Tax" were vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger. With a different governor and the state looking for every possible dollar to close the budget gap, the results may be different this year.
California Assembly Bill 153 is a Affiliate Nexus bill which follows the pattern of a so far successful 2008 attempt by New York to say that even one in-state participant in a program that pays to refer customers (such as Amazon's Affiliate program) constitutes a nexus. Several other states, most recently Illinois, passed similar laws. In vetoing previous attempts at this legislation, then-Governor Schwarzenegger cited concerns of job losses among California participants in Affiliate programs. In response to the New York action, overstock.com did cancel its Affiliate program in New York but Amazon.com did not.
California Assembly Bill 155 takes an approach included in a recent Colorado law. It says that online retailers that do not collect sales tax must send to California residents each year a statement regarding how much they spent and how much use tax is due on their California income tax. In addition, the firms must send a comparable report to the state. Presumably the state would cross-check their report to individual tax returns for enforcement purposes.
Each of these proposals has shortcomings. Not all Internet merchants have an affiliate program, so the Affiliate Nexus program will still not encompass all transactions. The reporting law raises privacy concerns since it would require retailers to report individual sales and purchases to an extent never before expected.
Assuming this taxation is desired, a better approach is available, but requires federal action. Court rulings maintain that since the constitution gives the federal government the right to regulate interstate commerce, sales tax collection can occur across state lines only if Congress passes a law permitting it. Action on that front has been moving slowly for several years.
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Ravi Shankar, the sitarist and composer described as the "godfather of world music" by Beatles guitarist George Harrison, has died. He was 92.
The first man on the moon, the first U.S. woman in space and the first black Federal Reserve member were among the notable deaths in 2012.
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What role do you think humor has in human discourse?
I am a huge proponent of humor used in small measures to enlighten and propel a conversation forward. It is a remarkably versatile and worthwhile ingredient to any recipe for unlocking truths. It has been my experience that TED conversations appear to largely forgo the use of humor as if it were MSG or some kind of unpronounceable chemical additive. Do you think this is an accurate assessment?
On the other hand, many TED talks are well-seasoned with humor and it is standard wisdom that most formal presentations need to be whetted with humor from time to time to keep things "real".
I'm talking about wit. I'm talking about insightful humor. Twain-like quips. David Sedaris-like observations. Churchillian witticisms. Obama-like levity.
It's a difficult subject to address seriously. Everyone is born with a sense of humor, yet so often it is kept under wraps when we talk "seriously" about issues.
I am NOT advocating for "laughs". Not looking for jokes. Not interested in embarrassing someone or offending someone.
I am NOT talking about the "everybody is a comedian" syndrome that seems to infect social scenes nowadays. I am not talking about the pointless, baseless humor meant to shock and offend sensibilities.
I am NOT talking about controversial humor that acts like an irritant.
I am talking about human nature.
How do you feel about it?
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Nov 24 2011: If you are interested in human nature, you should forget about humor and look to comedy. Comedy encompasses wit, play, and humor, but on a structural level it also includes a deep reminder about what is important in life. Humor is the stuff of jokes; comedy is the stuff of Falstaff and Aristophanes. Unlike humor, comedy has a critical tradition that extends to the Greeks—if you want to know what role it plays in human discourse, it's a richer field.
Here's an interesting essay about play and comedy: http://www.canuck.com/~bnb/greatcosmicjoke/reallife/playethic.html
Nov 24 2011: It depends on your definition of comedy. (See Stephen Camm's comment below on evolution) If you are referring to comedy in the classical sense then yes.
"Humor is the stuff of jokes; comedy is the stuff of Falstaff and Aristophanes".
I disagree. I think humor is a high form of comedy and is used to provide insight, levity, perspective, etc. and comedy as being more "the stuff of jokes" as you say.
Both are useful. But humor is critical. Humor is a pervasive thing. There is humor in nature, humor in saddness, humor ikn confusion, humor in sexuality, humor in politics, humor in death, humor in birth, humor in art, even humor in science (no small feat). I also think it is humor that is "medicine" - not comedy, not laughter.
We may be playing semantics here (a TED tradition). I understand your classical definition of comedy and the long tradition of comedy in the arts, but in today's terminology it is humor that is critical - not comedy. Comedy is important (where would the world be without Charlie Chaplin?) but I think it is a person's ability to find humor in existence that is critical. You need not look any further than at many of the comments here to see that.
Nov 24 2011: Incidentally, there was a TED conversation taking place that recently closed. I was unaware that it was closing so soon and entered into it on the last couple of days with what I thought was a "humorous" comment. It caused something of a stir and two TEDsters I highly respect could not make heads or tails of why I said what I said. I never got a chance to explain my cryptically humorous comment. My plan was to use satire to show why the USA taking over the world was in fact a ludicrous idea. I was going to approach it in a Stephen Colbert kind of way to expose the 1,000 reasons why that would amount to Armageddon, but the conversation closed.
Maybe I'll just continue that conversation here just so that I can sharpen my satirical skills. That's why I love TED conversations.
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The defense had strongly suggested in pretrial motions that the baby's parents were the killers. Gough made several suggestions to the same effect during the trial. But much of his questioning that seemed to be heading in that direction — including attempts to bring up details about the backgrounds of both of the baby's parents — was blocked by the judge after the prosecution objected.
Prosecutors said the defense presented a lot of theories and speculation but that the evidence and facts in the case proved Elkins' guilt.
Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson showed jurors a string of still images pulled from video cameras around Brunswick during her closing argument. They all showed Elkins in specific locations at specific times the day of the shooting.
Johnson also reminded jurors of the testimony of two young women — one who said Elkins walked her to school at 8:45 the day of the shooting and another who said she spent the night before with Elkins and ate with him later that morning, which was backed up by video stills of them at a convenience store.
The only person whose story didn't match the evidence in the case was Elkins, Johnson said.
Johnson also rejected the accusation that police stopped investigating once they arrested Elkins, noting that they pulled video from various cameras around town and went diving in a pond to recover the gun the following week.
Johnson also slammed the defense for picking on West and her behavior following the shooting: "Does anyone know what the protocol is for how you're supposed to act when you've just watched your child get shot in the face?"
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Romeo, Rama - and the rebelious Riff-Raff
Thorough write by Niscala Dasi, and some parallels with Tom May's " The Cry for Myth" in his own life, some of his observations were quite accurate. Defining things on familiar terms is an art in itself, here's Webster's take on this:
myth ; n : mythos
Comment Posted By caitanya caritamrta On 06.02.2010 @ 17:51
Thorough write by Niscala Dasi, and there are some parallels with Tom May's " The Cry for Myth" in his own life, some of his observations were quite accurate. Defining things on familiar terms is an art in itself, here's Webster's take on this:
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Comment Posted By caitanya caritamrta On 02.02.2010 @ 19:33
My experience in Auschwitz Birkenau
Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
The sober reality in the walls of such prisons is stark and sinister, it reflects cruelty beyond the animal world and it reveals the extreme difference between humanity and corrupt illusory power. Karma unknown, invoked by past cruelty was there, the only lesson could be is to surrender to God, for the vision of futility in guise of flesh would be overwhelming.
As Radharadhya das revived the power of purity through the Holy Names, dissipation of that evil and dark grave had started. Until other slaughter-houses are neutralized there still will be more death at the hands of ignorance. Regardless, such personal practice in Vedic terms set the example of the alternatives (which was originally reality) and even if modern society does not take to heed, at least the devotee will succeed, for they're planting the Spiritual seed and that is what we need.
All Glories to the Vaisnava's!
Comment Posted By caitanya caritamrta On 08.09.2009 @ 04:43
All this concern is refreshing, but it is the nature of the true Vaisnava's to be so compassionate. As far as vaccinations go, we are most fortunate that Srila Prabhupada has "boosted" us with the innoculation formula for the age of Kali: "Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare". Inject as often as possible!
Comment Posted By caitanya caritamrta On 12.08.2009 @ 20:38
Joy and bliss of Ratha Yatra in San Francisco
Apologies for misrep on HG, I am only a servant in training. My writing partner was too gracious.
Hope you enjoy the article!
caitanya caritamrta das, das anudas
Comment Posted By caitanya caritamrta On 28.07.2009 @ 23:27
Jai! All glories to the Sankirtan Devotee's! Even the ones who don't know they are!!
As Akruranath Prabhu confirms Prabhu Vaisesika's rule of "exposure", you can be anywhere and sincerely practice "Bhakti Yoga", others will automatically be drawn to your connection to the Spiritual World.
Just by Radhikakrpa Devi Dasi's example she has rekindled another Soul's original interest in Spiritual enlightenment.
If we at least maintain our personal practice and sadhana, the Lord is so kind that we become instruments in His mercy. This is something that fulfills the heart so well that it self-perpetuates our desire for more preaching, sometimes to the point we have to "curb our enthusiam" or we'll over-whelm innocent by standers (which sometimes is needed).
Personal experience myself, when shopping in a ware-house store. Wearing a t-shirt with an illustration of Maha-Visnu and my japa-mala around my neck, brought forth a comment from a couple of customers who had not seen any "Hare Krishna's" for years. All I had with me was a K.C. CD and they happily took it and I let them know how to get connected again. Such is Srila Prabhupada's movement, even a fool like me could preach, what to say of those who actually endeavor?
I know there are many examples, each unique and amazing, we just have to keep the faith and other will also enjoy that space, keep up the great work all you Sankirtan Devotees, undercover and otherwise!!
Comment Posted By caitanya caritamrta On 23.06.2009 @ 17:31
"That was close!" Avoiding danger at Ratha Yatras
Please accept my humble obeisances, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is always better to error in safety when dealing with people. Had the good fortune to attend the Jacksonville Rathayatra (RY) and found it most enthusiastic and for some, also ecstatic (me, being one of them). Adi Kavi Dasa you did a fine job and it is good you're reflecting on some of the potential problems.
When Jayananda Prabhu did the first RY, he used a flatbed truck and paraded down Haight Street in San Francisco. Later on he built chariots and also some had problems. But the Spirit of RY was there at Jax beaches and hope to see the continued growth of this festival. As Vrindabansvari d.d. mentioned we, we could use more site tents and displays, in time, with faith it will just get better.
I was at the chariot when the 3 point turn had to be done, and as mentioned, some devotee's do not cooperate in "Chariot etiquette". There was a Mataji with two children riding in the bottom middle shelf of the Chariot and I suggested they get off until the turn was complete ( heard a wheel fell off last year), no response. Watching the wheels and frame stress and strain as the turn was negotiated I was very relieved to see the noble Chariot returning safely.
Getting back to the logistics and safety issues though: Did note the rear hubs at the wheel and axle seemed quite small for the Chariot size, but was relieved when Krsna Keseva Prabhu informed me it was just a housing cover for the axle rod. The front steering was efficient and did notice that there were drums for brakes which would be a good idea to implement. The over-all design of the Chariot was well done and is very similar to Abhay Charan Dasa's 3 Chariots from Canada ( you might want to talk to him). As far as security around the Chariot goes, the San Francisco and LA RY will designate wheel guards with restraining ropes at the wheels; have heard decorated long poles of bamboo or rattan may be used too.
Keep up the good work, just keep it safe! Lawyers and insurance companies are out chasing any liability they can find…so keep ahead of them. On future routes, you should secure a parameter to work with, boardwalks or streets are safer. If you're using the beach there should be a cone-zone or a rope-line to keep bystanders aware and away from danger.
And as said…Keep up the good work, seva is nectar too!
Your servant in training,
caitanya caritamrta das, das anudas
Comment Posted By caitanya caritamrta On 09.06.2009 @ 02:00
ISKCON Inaugurates Motel Bhagavad-Gita Project
Jai! All Glories to the Book Distributers!!
This renewed innovative technique was targeted specifically for the Christian market, now as U.S. demographics diversify this is a perfect time for more Spiritual education. The Hotel/Motel industry is ready for this. In fact I even was involved in a Motel in Turlock, Ca. and we have added 35 more Gita's to the count….much more to come by the mercy of Lord Caitanya's movement!
Comment Posted By caitanya caritamrta On 07.05.2009 @ 01:05
Please accept my humble obeisances, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Again, Dandavats has stimulated some extrordinary discourse! My false-ego has been beaten down again. The article by "Anata Ram" I missed (64 rounds) and in reading confirmed my lowly position, then "Pusta Krisna Prabhu" re-vitalized my desire to continue.
These transcendental exchanges are most beneficial for us neophytes, as to not waste any more of your valuable time, am just conveying appreciation of the assembled Vaisnava's and am looking forward to more nectar….but first a better grip on Tulsi-Mala!
All glories to your Service!!
yr servant n training,
Comment Posted By caitanya caritamrta On 26.05.2009 @ 18:20
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are late comers, old habits will not just go away, but the way is in training and the practice will re-secure our short comings.
As Kulkapavan Prabhu wrote, "Our faith will always be susceptible to doubt, even as big as the Himalaya's. Doubt can squeeze through tiny loopholes of our defense mechanism of sraddha, and embed itself manifold on clumps on clumps of our anarthas". Then Brahma Das confirming the accurate use of "Metaphor–a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, esp. something abstract–is used throughout Vedic literature for the sake of conceptualization". These two comments almost convey confirmation of each other in application.
One thing we also may keep this in mind, from the Brahma Samhita 5.33: Advaitam acyutam anädim ananta-rüpam ädyaà puräëa-puruñaà nava-yauvanaà ca, vedeñu durlabham ätma-bhaktau; The Supreme Personality of Godhead is difficult to be approached by simple understanding of the Vedas. One has to become a devotee.
So, in my personal and hopefully, practical application, I have found to grasp the essentials through out the day to maintain faith, such as 16-4 (four regulative principles and sixteen {good} rounds) and good association (Srila Prabhupada's books and Vaisnavas) to keep connected to the anchor of our Sampridiya. In doing so I try to recall what it was like before I surrendered to the Lotus feet of the Acarya's. Once done the ocean of material confusion may be crossed like a puddle in the hoof-print of a calf.
Now will I remember this tomorrow? Maybe not, but there is one guarantee:
"But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form—to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they have." (BG 9.22).
So there is hope for a fool like me, then so much for more senior devotee's!
Please excuse any offenses I may have committed in this meager note and thank you all for the privilege of your association.
your servant,
caitanya caritamrta das, das anu das.
Comment Posted By caitanya caritamrta On 18.05.2009 @ 17:06
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- Administrative Assistant, part time, Tacoma, WA
- Engineered Wood Promotion Specialist, Sacramento, CA
- Engineered Wood Promotion Specialist, Orlando, FL
- Market Communications Manager, Tacoma, WA
- Senior Engineer, Tacoma, WA
About APA
For more than seventy years, APA - The Engineered Wood Association has focused on helping the industry create structural wood products of exceptional strength, versatility and reliability. Combining the research efforts of scientists at APA's 42,000-square-foot Research Center with the knowledge gained from decades of field work, and cooperation with our member manufacturers, APA promotes new solutions and improved processes that benefit the entire industry. For more information:
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