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October 16, 2006
was a commemorative day for the Philippine Judiciary, as it marked
the 2nd Anniversary of the Court of Appeals Cebu Station.
Not at all adhering to the notorious terrible twos syndrome, the Cebu
Station rather, has quite a handful to be festive about. Much
acclaimed for its speedy, just and equitable disposition of cases and
intense dedication to public service, the Cebu Station highlighted
the affair with a joyful yet very simple and low-key celebration.
The day started with a Flag-Raising
Ceremony, followed shortly by a Holy Mass officiated by Most Rev.
Julito B. Cortes, D.D. Thereafter, breakfast was served to energize
everyone for the enjoyable and entertaining program ahead. The large
turn-out of distinguished guests made the occasion even more special.
CA Presiding Justice Ruben T. Reyes, Court Administrator Christopher
O. Lock, CA Associate Justice Remedios Salazar-Fernando, then CA Cebu
E.J. Mercedes Gozo-Dadole, CA Clerk of Court Atty. Tessie Gatmaitan,
Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, Cebu Vice-Mayor Michael V. Rama, Cebu
Provincial Board Member Agnes A. Magpale, judges from the Cebu RTC
and MTC, IBP Cebu Province Chapter Pres. Ronnie C. Gocuan and Cebu
City Chapter Pres. Alex D. Tolentino, graced the event with their
presence. Then Justices of the CA Cebu Station, Justices Elvi John
S. Asuncion, Sesinando E. Villon and Ramon M. Bato who now are based
in CA Manila, also attended.
Welcome to the men and women of the Cebu
Station Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban's Message proved to
be most heartening, proclaiming that the Supreme Court in its En Banc
Session dated October 10, 2006 already approved the construction of
the CA Cebu Building. Thus, P70 million has been set aside from the
SC Judiciary Development Fund for the purpose, plus P5.2 million for
engineering and architectural designs. The news was met with extreme
excitement and relief from CA Cebu employees who have been
intermittently agitated by news of relocation to CA Manila, on
grounds of budgetary constraints. The fresh wave of optimism became
even more effusive when CA Justice Remedios Fernando took the floor
and categorically stated that it is well-nigh improbable that the
Cebu and Cagayan de Oro Stations will be brought back to Manila,
because the installation of said stations was mandated by law.
Logically, relocation to Manila should also be caused by legislation,
and nothing else. "There is no truth to rumors that our Cebu
and Mindanao stations will be abolished," she said.
Decentralization of the Court of Appeals
likewise commands strong support from the province of Cebu. In her
speech, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia declared, "We demanded not that
the judicial system be fashioned after our own whims and preferences,
but that it reflect the reality of seeking justice in these 7,107
islands. We stated as a matter of fact that Metro Manila is not the
Philippines and the Philippines is not just Metro Manila."
As early as last year, the Province of
Cebu had already donated a 2,011 square meter tract of land more or
less located inside the Department of Agriculture compound, upon
which the CA Cebu Building is to be erected. As a matter of fact, a
ground-breaking ceremony has been conducted upon the same with the
attendance of the then C.J. Hilario G. Davide, Jr. and several other
Justices of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals on October
22, 2005.
In his Message read by J. Pampio A.
Abarintos, C.J. Panganiban announced that another ceremony should be
undertaken on November 24, 2006, to mark the construction of the new
building. "This will not be an exercise in duplication.
Rather, it is a manifestation of commitment from your Supreme Court
that We mean business when it comes to providing you with a
well-earned edifice of justice suitable for no less than the second
highest court of the land," the Chief Justice wrote.
Raising the gala spirit even higher,
Court Administrator Christopher O. Lock rendered a report which gave
the tentative schedule for the building construction.
Transitorily, the CA Cebu Station is
leasing Midway Building, Salvador Ext., Labangon, Cebu City. With a
distinctive structure suitable to the second highest court of the
land well under way for CA Cebu, the High Court has finally stamped a
more permanent and lasting imprimatur upon the implementation of R.A.
No. 8246, the law which created the CA Cebu and Cagayan de Oro
In return, the CA Cebu Station made
assurances that it will exert all salutary efforts to sustain its
inspiringly impressive track record. CA Presiding Justice Ruben T.
Reyes stated that the Cebu Station outdid all other CA Stations.
"They have gone beyond the agreed 12 decisions in a month. It
has crossed the borderline of number of cases disposed. We commend
Cebu for far exceeding our expectations," he said. Most
importantly, the immense quantity of case dispositions did not
sacrifice quality in the administration of justice. P.J. Reyes, who
declared that he did not receive even a single complaint emanating
from grievances from the Cebu Station continued to state, "The
individual performance of justices here in judicial writings and
resolution of cases far outnumbered those from Manila and in
Mindanao." Work ethics played a significant role, and he
lauded, "The first batch led by (Arsenio) Magpale, (Isaias)
Dicdican and (Pampio) Abarintos set the trend and the others followed
in terms of disposing cases. We are pleased with the diligence and
dedication shown."
After the morning program, CA Cebu
employees spent the afternoon momentarily shedding their formal
office demeanor by playing parlor games. For the more athletic ones,
a Sportsfest which began a week earlier, culminated in the
championship matches in chess, badminton and volleyball.
In retrospect, the CA Cebu Station 2nd
Anniversary was a celebration "in the most simple of ways"
in the words of its Executive Justice Arsenio J. Magpale, who said,
"Our joys and accomplishments are not ours alone, as every
crucible the government hurdles is a triumph of each and every
Filipino. After two fruitful years of operation, I invite everyone
to walk the beaten path and move forward. Though nothing is certain
except death, change and taxes, I am deeply optimistic that two years
will soon become twenty, two hundred, two centuries … ad
infinitum. In the final analysis, We all are humble
participants in the grand design of posterity and heritage in the
Philippine Judiciary. And that, my friends, is a supreme privilege
all by itself."
Without a doubt, it was truly a
successful festivity. Nothing, not even the inclement weather,
dampened the joie de vivre. This simply goes to show that
when it rains, it really does pour.
Warm congratulations to the CA Cebu
The CA Cebu Station was actually inaugurated last October 15, 2006.
However, since October 15, 2006 fell on a Sunday, the celebration
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New York: In an unusual research, over 20 prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks have undergone brain scanning by a neuroscientist here to unravel the ancient practice of meditation.
Zoran Josipovic, a research scientist and adjunct professor at New York University, says he has been peering into the brains of monks while they meditate in an attempt to understand how their brains reorganise themselves during the exercise.
Since 2008, the researcher has been placing the minds and bodies of prominent Buddhist figures into a car-sized functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine.
The scanner tracks blood flow within the monks` heads as they meditate inside its clunky walls, which echoes a musical rhythm when the machine is operating.
Josipovic, who also moonlights as a Buddhist monk, says he is hoping to find how some meditators achieve a state of "nonduality" or "oneness" with the world, a unifying consciousness between a person and their environment, BBC reports.
"One thing that meditation does for those who practise it a lot is that it cultivates attentional skills," Josipovic says, adding that those harnessed skills can help lead to a more tranquil and happier way of being.
"Meditation research, particularly in the last 10 years or so, has shown to be very promising because it points to an ability of the brain to change and optimise in a way we didn`t know previously was possible."
When one relaxes into a state of oneness, the neural networks in experienced practitioners change as they lower the psychological wall between themselves and their environments, Josipovic says.
And this reorganisation in the brain may lead to what some meditators claim to be a deep harmony between themselves and their surroundings.
Josipovic`s research is part of a larger effort better to understand what scientists have dubbed the default network in the brain.
He says the brain appears to be organised into two networks: the extrinsic network and the intrinsic, or default, network.
The extrinsic portion of the brain becomes active when individuals are focused on external tasks, like playing sports or pouring a cup of coffee.
The default network churns when people reflect on matters that involve themselves and their emotions. But the networks are rarely fully active at the same time. And like a seesaw, when one rises, the other one dips down.
This neural set-up allows individuals to concentrate more easily on one task at any given time, without being consumed by distractions like daydreaming.
"What we`re trying to do is basically track the changes in the networks in the brain as the person shifts between these modes of attention," Josipovic says.
Josipovic has found that some Buddhist monks and other experienced meditators have the ability to keep both neural networks active at the same time during meditation - that is to say, they have found a way to lift both sides of the seesaw simultaneously.
Josipovic believes this ability to churn both the internal and external networks in the brain concurrently may lead the monks to experience a harmonious feeling of oneness with their environment.
Josipovic has scanned the brains of more than 20 experienced meditators, both monks and nuns who primarily study the Tibetan Buddhist style of meditation, to better understand this mysterious network.
He says his research, which will soon be published, will for the moment continue to concentrate on explaining the neurological implications of oneness and tranquility.


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The Hat Pitch
Before I say anything else, I will say that the best hat pitch I ever saw didn't involve any speaking and took about 5 seconds. The performer had grabbed the hearts of everyone in the audience and all he had to do was gesture to his hat. That was it.
However, if you speak, then everything changes.
Street theatre will always remain the most inexpensive form of education, news and entertainment in the world. If a pedestrian is walking by and they dont enjoy what they see or hear, they are not obligated to stay and if they don't stay then they certainly dont have to pay. But if they do stay then it is up to the performer to convince that impromptu audience member that what they have seen carries some sort of value.
Anglo American and European methods are similar in some regards. The only time I saw a large theatre group pass the hat successfully in North America was when I saw The San Francisco Mime Troupe do it to a crowd of 5000 gathered in a park for their show "Big Mo". In France I saw large groups doing it all of the time. A company with 26 people in it, Tous Fous Toute Fly had a regularily scheduled season of hatted shows which saw all of them come down from a huge installed trapeze and flying rig to pass their hat after an extremely physically demanding show. The public and I were so consumed by their energy and commitment that we had to make large donations just to feel good about being alive.
In Anglo centric societies the hat pitch is the most important technique that the solo or duo street performer must master and plays second to the actual performance. Regardless of the level of skill or performance prowess that a performer achieves, their ability to survive inside the form, in an English speaking county as a speaking act, is entirely dependent on how capable they are of asking for money.
A delicate balance of light hearted frivolity and functional insistence is essential to a successful hat pitch. I have found it crucial to carefully structure the hat pitch so that the audience has time to assimilate the request being placed before them. It is as much of an education as it is a request.
Every person looks upon street performers a different way, some regards buskers as nothing more than beggars who cant get a normal job, others sub consciously recognise their value as urban social convener. Regardless of this it must be assumed that nobody knows anything about street performers and if they thought that they knew something... they were wrong.
The hat pitch must be surgically inserted into the finale of the show so that it does not destroy the momentum of the performance. It is the transitions from performer to salesman and back again which must be carefully inserted. The operation should occur in three phases;
1) The "Strictly Business" Approach
After a moment in the show, near the end, where the audience has provided its most significant response, the performer must step entirely out of his character or performance personality and inform the audience of the facts;
Before I continue I should let you know that soon I will be asking you for money.
The response from the audience at this point will go one of two ways; nervous laughter or silence. How the performer relieves this tension is vital as it is incredibly easy to trivialise the importance of this request. The best thing to do is to draw attention to the obvious, something I would not normally suggest in a performance situation. This, however, is no longer performance, it is business and the best way to remove the audience from the fantasy world that you have created for them is to comment on their reaction to your request. This involves them on a personal level and the performer must lay it out plain a simple;
I am a professional street performer. I am NOT being paid by anyone to be here, I am relying ONLY on your generous donations to earn my living. At the end of my show I will be passing my hat.
At this point the performer should state clearly what they want, where they want it and when. Realism is paramount. The performer must ask to be paid what they think they are worth. If the performer feels that the show was only worth one dollar then he asks for one dollar, if it was worth five, then they should ask for five. Honesty plays an integral part in this request. Asking for ten dollars dismantles the effort and voids the transaction unless it has been presented in the form of a very successful joke. If the joke is unsuccessful, the hat will suffer. In the end, sincerity always wins.
2) Personal Information
Whereas the first hat pitch notifies the audience of performers intentions and gives them time to prepare their donation, a second pitch will persuade those who have not yet seen the light. If a spectator has not been convinced by the performers business ethic, then it is important to appeal to them using a more personable method. Speaking to them of who you are and where you come from, of your dreams and how they can help you. Without being pedantic, it is essential to educate them as to the cultural significance of street theatre. As soon as an audience hears rhetoric or table thumping they invariably take a walk. Dealing with any sort of politics or issues on the street is an extremely delicate undertaking and asking for money heads the list of one of the most difficult thing to do.
After the second pitch the performer should complete the finale and give the last pitch;
3) Passing the Hat
Short but sweet, the final pitch will be most successful if the performer tells them who they have been watching, where they are from and caps it with a joke. Sometimes the public will rush forward, other times they will hang back, afraid to be the first one. When this happens, it is imperative to make them feel at ease by continuing a banter which takes the focus off of those coming forward, once the stream has begun, its always a good idea to maintain the banter, the longer the banter the more likely that those who are still pondering their donation have to commit. If the performer is silent then the illusion has been created that they have all of a sudden disappeared. People who were at the back of the crowd who cannot hear or see the performer assume that they have left and dont come forward.
I have always considered asking for money to be a cumbersome necessity. It may seem that the strategy that I have outlined here is long winded and rhetorical, but this is all dependent upon the delivery. The audience is actually interested in this process and will listen intently if the performer is not being pedantic or heavy handed. The secret to a successful hat pitch is the ability of the performer to Bleed into and out of the hat pitch and maintain the dramatic or comedic nature of their performance.
An audience hates it when an illusion is spoiled.
And remember...short sentences!
What ever I said before... forget about it. Everything's changed.
For an updated view of what I am thinking now, buy my book "The Pavement Stage". Revised to include observations and articles about street performing, the public space and freedom of speech worldwide. For more information send me an email.
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On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Mark wrote:
> In the next 6 months we should see:
> - the next generation of browers (Internet Explorer 4.0 & Navigator 4.0)
> being Unicode-enabled (UTF-8). (They have both committed to this.)
> - Java 1.1 having much more support for Unicode.
> Given that, the problem you describe should be gone within the next
> year. The concrete steps that I think we can all take to help further
> this process are to evangealize secondary products to be
> Unicode-enabled:
> - the web authoring tools (PageMill, HomePage, FrontPage,...).
> - the web search engines (Lycos, Excite, AltaVista, WebCrawler,
> HotBot...).
> ...
Add to that evangelization on internet standards. URNs are going
UTF-8. Ftp is also going UTF-8. Needed quite some discussion to
convince people.
Currently, I and others are working on dns (see below), URLs,
http 1.1 (trying to fix some obvious oversights and some lousy
design decisions, and fighting a big heap of inertia), and so on.
Evangelization helps a lot as the internet process works by "rough
consensus", and a few mails to the lists from here and there with
tidpieces about the advantages, the importance and the spread of
Unicode help a lot to add momentum, and to not let the others on
these lists, who usually have only marginal interests in I18N,
forget the issues.
Anyway, here is the official anouncement of the first version of
my proposal to internationalize domain names. I am working on a
second version, and greatly appreciate any comments and ideas
on the technical side.
I also appreciate any comments on the desirability of this
(in particular of course of the form: We waited for it
for a long time, we would immediately go on with it as
soon as it is decided :-) and any comments on political
issues (of the form "that's the easiest way to make this
become reality).
Regards, Martin.
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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:38:25 -0500
From: email@example.com
To: IETF-Announce: ;
Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-duerst-dns-i18n-00.txt
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
Title : Internationalization of Domain Names
Author(s) : M. Duerst
Filename : draft-duerst-dns-i18n-00.txt
Pages : 13
Date : 12/16/1996
Internet domain names are currently limited to a very restricted character
set. This document proposes the introduction of a new "zero-level" domain
(ZLD) to allow the use of arbitrary characters from the Universal Character
Set (ISO 10646/Unicode) in domain names. The proposal is fully backwards
compatible and does not need any changes to DNS.
Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username
"anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in,
type "cd internet-drafts" and then
"get draft-duerst-dns-i18n-00.txt".
A URL for the Internet-Draft is:
Internet-Drafts directories are located at:
o Africa: ftp.is.co.za
o Europe: nic.nordu.net
o Pacific Rim: munnari.oz.au
o US East Coast: ds.internic.net
o US West Coast: ftp.isi.edu
Internet-Drafts are also available by mail.
Send a message to: firstname.lastname@example.com. In the body type:
"FILE /internet-drafts/draft-duerst-dns-i18n-00.txt".
NOTE: The mail server at ds.internic.net can return the document in
MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this
feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE"
command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or
a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers
exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with
"multipart" MIME messages (i.e., documents which have been split
up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on
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The World Economic Forum today released Global Risks 2011, its annual report on the most significant and underlying global risks facing the global economy this year and beyond.
The financial crisis has drained the world's capacity for dealing with shocks. The frequency and severity of risks to global stability have amplified, while the ability of global governance systems to deal with them has not. These are the conclusions of the World Economic Forum's Global Risks 2011, Sixth Edition, launched today.
"Twentieth century systems are failing to manage 21st century risks; we need new networked systems to identify and address global risks before they become global crises," said Robert Greenhill, Managing Director and Chief Business Officer at the World Economic Forum.
In particular, economic disparity and global governance failures are shaping the evolution of many other global risks, and inhibit our capacity to respond to them. The interconnectedness and complexity of issues mean that unintended consequences abound, and traditional risk response mechanisms often simply shift risk to other stakeholders or parts of society.
Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative survey methodologies, Global Risks 2011 concludes that three key clusters of risk are creating significant liabilities for the coming decade:
In addition to these three clusters of risk, Global Risks 2011 identifies five emerging risks to watch:
In this context, the World Economic Forum will launch a new Risk Response Network at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, taking place on 26-30 January. The network will bring a new approach to addressing the complexity of risk that leaders are facing and enable them to capture the upside of those risks.
Howard Kunreuther, Co-Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, said, "If business leaders and decision-makers can overcome the behavioral biases towards immediate, short-term solutions and switch to longer term thinking, then they will have made significant progress in adopting an attitude suited to the mitigation of increasingly complex and interlinked global risks."
Published in cooperation with Marsh & McLennan Companies, Swiss Reinsurance Company, the Wharton Center for Risk Management and Zurich, Global Risks 2011 draws on the insights of 580 expert respondents to the Forum's Global Risks Survey 2010 across stakeholder groups and regions, measuring perceptions of risk likelihood, impact and interconnections for 37 global risks over a 10-year time horizon. The results of this survey are included in the report. Global Risks 2011 also provides insights on a number of emerging risks and outliers to this year's global risk landscape that could surprise us in the future.
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Learn the basics of 4-part acapella harmony singing!
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If you like to sing, you're invited to visit Fox Valley Chorus and discover your INNER DIVA! Sitting in on one of our rehearsals is the perfect way to find out more about us, and what we can do for you!
You'll have the opportunity to hear us perform four-part, a cappella harmony, and you'll be invited to join us on the risers to experience the music, friendship and fun for which Fox Valley Chorus is known!
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Guests are welcome to view any Fox Valley Chorus rehearsal, Tuesdays at 6:45pm*. Note: We will not have rehearsal on April 24th or May 1st. We will have rehearsal on May 8th, but it will be in a different location. Email here to get information on where the location will be. Otherwise, rehearsals resume at Grace Lutheran Church on May 15th. *We have a performance on May 29th so we will not have rehearsal that night.
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Women of all ages are invited to attend. For more information, contact Terrie Williams at this email address. If you're a woman who loves to sing, we'd love to meet you! Our members travel from all over northeastern Wisconsin to sing with Fox Valley Chorus. To quote one of our members, "It's the love of singing that brought me to Fox Valley Chorus. It's the enthusiasm, fun and lasting friendships that keep me returning week after week. I love it!" Visit us and find out for yourself!


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WASHINGTON -- FINRA is seeking comment on a revised proposal that would require brokers to disclose to clients the compensation they receive when jumping to a new firm.
Under FINRA's latest proposal, a recruiting firm that hires away a registered representative would have to provide "educational communication" to clients whose assets they are seeking to bring into the practice along with the rep.
That proposed rule, released Wednesday, would aim to provide clients with a better understanding of the incentives brokers receive when switching firms and shed more light on potential conflicts of interest.
The same day, FINRA officials here at the industry regulator's conference outlined a number of other concerns and priorities they have identified in the broker and advisor space, including firm culture, cybersecurity and issues involving senior clients.
Susan Axelrod, FINRA's executive vice president of regulatory operations, put firms on notice that the organization's examiners draw on a variety of sources of information as they evaluate a practice, and make a sharp distinction between the firms that are forthcoming in the review process and those that try to stonewall the regulator.
"We have much more of a sense than I think firms think of what the true culture is, and I will tell you, firms that are always withholding documents, firms that are always slow to produce, don't really want to work with us and be transparent in what's happening -- that says a lot about the culture," she says. "Other firms that self-report and have issues and say, here's the problem, and here's how we're dealing with it. That also says a lot about the culture."
Particularly at small firms, it's critical that the leaders of the practice set the "tone from the top" in terms of compliance, according to Mari Buechner, president and CEO of Coordinated Capital Securities, an independent broker-dealer based in Wisconsin with about 75 reps.
"If the leadership is perceived as taking shortcuts then your team is going to take shortcuts, and then the reps in the field who choose to are going to find those shortcuts," Buechner says. "So leading by example is extremely important."
FINRA is also taking a growing interest in how the firms it oversees are protecting their information systems, and what policies and procedures they have in place to prevent, detect and respond to a security breach.
Earlier this year, FINRA and the SEC each published the results of a series of sweep exams evaluating firms' cyber defenses. FINRA's report highlighted what might be viewed as best practices in the security arena, including a strong governance framework, vetting third-party vendors and conducting ongoing employee training.
- Read more: SEC, FINRA Warn on Cybersecurity
On Wednesday, Axelrod explained that FINRA is still on a fact-finding mission as it approaches cybersecurity, and instead of looking for specific technical systems, the regulator is interested in "engaging in dialogue with firms" to better understand their defense posture.
"We're going to look to see what's the level of sophistication that the firm's undertaken to review these issues. Have they hired the right level of expertise? Often we'll look in the audit department and see what kind of expertise is there as well to audit for these type of issues, and make sure there's testing of the systems. It's really information gathering from our part," she says.
"[The] expectation is a real dialogue around cyber, giving firms the opportunity to talk about the steps they've taken," Axelrod adds.
The needs of senior investors are also the subject of mounting concern at both FINRA and the SEC. With some 10,000 Americans turning 65 each day, the regulators are looking to make sure that advisors are recommending suitable products for aging clients, and are evaluating steps they can take to guard against financial abuse.
Last month, FINRA set up a toll-free helpline for seniors, family members or others to call in with questions about their brokerage accounts or investments. Axelrod says that senior issues will remain an area of concern for "years to come."
It's a long list of priorities at FINRA. Axelrod notes that the group is also looking into firms' anti-money laundering policies, how they are managing conflicts of interest, conducting due diligence on new products, and what type of background checks they are running on new reps.
- Read more: FINRA to Brokers: Put Client Interests First
The broker compensation initiative revives an earlier effort from FINRA to enhance disclosure requirements that was eventually shelved amid opposition from some industry members.
Under the new proposal, "the recruiting firm would be required to provide the educational communication at or shortly after the time of first contact with a former retail customer regarding the transfer of assets to the recruiting firm."
FINRA is accepting comments on the proposed rule through July 13.
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Petros Papahadjopoulos is a director, known for his visually stunning and inventive story telling. He works in Los Angeles and the UK, nominated for a Grammy and MTV2's video of the year for his work with TV On The Radio and MVA nominated for Best EDM Video of the Year and best Choreography for Avicii 'Levels'.
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Is 35 to young for prostate problems?
A: Ron, you are not too young for prostate problems. The most common prostate condition at your age is a swollen prostate from infrequent ejaculation or an inflamed prosate, so called prostatitis. Prostatic enlargement (BPH) and prostate cancer are unusual at age 35. There are many causes for urinary frequency. The common ones include diabetes, urinary tract infections, excessive fluid consumption (especially coffee, tea and beer which produce an additive diuretic effect), prostate conditions in men (ie benign or cancerous enlargement, prostatitis, prostatic congestion which is most often due to infrequent ejaculation, etc.), urinary stones, a variety of kidney disorders associated with inability to concentrate the urine...
What Is Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy?
A: The prostate gland is part of the male reproductive system. This small two-lobed gland is located below the bladder, and during ejaculation, secretes a fluid which makes up a large part of the ejaculate. A condition called benign prostatic hypertrophy, in which the prostate gland becomes enlarged, develops in most men as they age. Benign prostatic hypertrophy is not a cancerous condition, cannot turn into prostate cancer, and does not increase the risk of cancer developing. Enlargement of the prostate causes problems because the gland wraps around the urethra as it exits the bladder. The enlarged prostate begins to press on the urethra, with several effects. First, the walls of the bladder may thicken and become more sensitive to irritation. Second, because the prostate gland presses on...
If you pee good, why should you worry about prostate cancer?
A: I wouldn''t worry about it. I have a female doctor and I enjoy getting mine checked. Coach its not the starting its the stopping can you turn it on and off at will -- then you are good Not sure. But here is some encouraging latest news: US scientists crack entire genetic code of breast and colon cancers Research on cancer and the genetic code looks like it may at long last produce real breakthroughs For more info, visit: http://www.librarynews.info/ http://www.medical-research-study-directory.info/medical-research-study-directory/ http://www.medical-research-study-directory.info/ http://www.lasik-surgery-san-diego.info/ http://www.san-diego-dentist.us http://www.san-diego-plastic-surgery-cosmetic-surgery-doctors.us/ http://www.acne-treatment-medicine-1.info/ Good question, but that is only...
I am scared that I might have Prostate Cancer?
A: Go to a real doctor, it''s youre life dude. Y! answers are not doctors, we can''t really diagnose you for diseases and medical conditions. You should talk to your parents and tell them you have a discomfort around your pelvic area and testicles. Don''t let being shy end your life. You more likely have constipation than cancer. Prostate cancer doesn''t usually manifest itself with physical pain, but rather symptoms that are not related. Here''s the big run down, below. By the way, stop worrying about cancer. Most folks who get cancer get it when they are much older. I''ve been exposed to some nasty chemicals as a kid and I am completely fine. I''m 40 years old now... ------------------ Prostate cancer usually doesn''t produce any...
What are the chances of having prostate cancer for age 25?
A: It is rare but it can happen. If you have concerns, ask your doctor about it and if you still are worried, see if she will do a PSA test,(a simply blood test) along with a DRE, (digitel rectal exam) and palpate your prostate. While cancer is not likely, you could have a prostate infection, which can be treated with antibiotics. You are much more likely to have testicular cancer at your age. After 40 to 50, the chances of testicular cancer go way down and prostate cancer goes way up. Additionally, you could have BPH, which is just an enlarged prostate. This is also treatable. Your doctor can explain all this to you and will either do the tests herself or refer you to a urologist. Doubtful. There are other diseases of the prostate and they all have basically the same
Whats prostate cancer?
A: Male cancer which starts from man''s penis. Obviously Dr Dee is not an MD, else he might know a tad bit more anatomy. Stupid answer. Also, stupid question - what exactly do you want to know aside from the obvious. Do you mean to tell us that you have no idea what prostate cancer is? CANCER of the, oh I don''t know, PROSTATE. What is your real question? Prostate cancer Definition Prostate cancer is a disease where cells of the prostate become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. Description Prostate cancer is a malignancy of one of the major male sex glands. Along with the testicles and the seminal vesicles, the prostate secretes the fluid that makes up semen. The prostate is about the size of a walnut and lies just behind the urinary bladder. A tumor in the prostate...
What Is the Treatment For prostatitis?
A: prostatitis is a group of conditions that affect the prostate. The prostate is a male sex gland responsible for producing a fluid into the semen to make it expel more quickly during ejaculation. prostatitis cause pain in the prostate, as well as difficulty or pain while urinating. The treatment for the prostatitis will typically depend on the precise prostate condition that a male is suffering from. One category of the condition is known as bacterial prostatitis, which occurs due to an infection caused by excessive bacteria from urine that gets trapped near the prostate. The condition can be acute or chronic and reoccurring. Acute prostatitis generally causes...
enlarged prostate - the use of a stint
A: Harry, benign enlargement of the prostate gland (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH) occurs to varying degrees in all men as they age. The prostate surrounds the urinary canal (urethra) just after its connection to the urinary bladder. Inward growth of the prostate either into the bladder neck (opening) or into the urethra itself can cause difficulty with urinating. The prostate is checked by digital examination through the rectum. This gives the doctor an idea as to the size and benignity of the gland. However, it does not always correlate to symptoms as a small gland may have significant inward growth and a large glands enlargement may be entirely peripheral. The ability to urinate involves the urinary bladder muscle...
28 y/o with occasional prostate pains
A: Seth, the most common cause of these complaints is an inflammation of the prostate gland, so called prostatitis. symptoms that might occur with prostatitis include frequency of urination, slowing of the urinary stream, burning with voiding or ejaculation, burning in the penile tip unrelated to voiding, urethral discharge, sexual dysfunction (such as difficulty with erection), aching in the penis, testicles, and discomfort in the lower abdomen, low back, groin, rectum or perineum (the area between the scrotum and rectum ? between the ?wind and the rain?). The passage of blood at the initiation or termination of urination or in the semen can also be noted. During sexual arousal the prostate gland...
Prostate? Bladder? or what?
A: Did they try looking for a gall bladder stone? Long story short, I have had chronic prostitis (IIIA) since I was 20. I am now 51 and have just now been diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis. This I am sure is the cause of the majority of my bladder/prostate problems. I have been treated by 8 different doctors in the last 30 years for this chronic prostitis problem. All but one have been quick to throw out the antibiotics and just dismiss it as a hard to treat problem. Finally after going to a "large well known" urologist center for 2 years, I went back to my GP and said that I was really unnerved about my continueing prostate problems. My GP recommended a "second opinion" from another local urologist. My reluctance almost cost me dearly. I went to this fellow...


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I visited a private 'museum' in Northern France on a tip off that a Panhard AML60 owner was willling to sell part of his collection.
It transpires the collection is in a very poor state and in very unsuitable surroungs.
The Panhard was also in a very bad condition. It was in a leaking garage and had been partially stripped and then left in bits for many years scattered across the floor.
The french army had very comprehensively demilitarised. It had nearly been cut in two! The oxy cutting tool had cut through not just the armour plate but all the internal wiring and mechnical parts inside the hull. As you can see from the picture the frontal armour had been cut and thereby leaking molten metal into the drivers position. The entire internal cabin of the tank was also very badly smoke damaged.
The french army had also cut through the final drives in the front of the vehicle to make it totally unservicable.
Interestingly, although all this effort had been made to 'deactivate' it was still filled with ammunition boxes - hopefully empty!
Although complete the dissembling by the previous owner had meant water ingress into all the mechanical areas rendering much of the mechanics unservicable.
The owner was asking a great deal of money and would not negotiate at all, eventually changing his mind and deciding to now keep the vehicle.
This is a great shame as the vehicle will never be restored or seen by the public. It is also frustrating that the owner was very fickle and has wasted a great deal of time and effort..
On a more positive note I have been given the lead on a 'old Marine tank' on the border with Portugal.. I will be investigating and update you all soon.. picture attached..
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Prince Harry toasted his his team's success at reaching the South Pole by drinking Champagne from one of the soldiers' prosthetic leg.
Former RAF sergeant Duncan Slater, 34, who became the first double amputee to reach the South Pole, told how his legs helped his Walking With The Wounded teammates to celebrate their remarkable achievement.
Mr Slater, who lost both his legs in an IED explosion in Afghanistan in July 2009, told the Telegraph: "They took some champagne out to the pole and I used my legs as a primitive ice bucket and wedged the bottle in there and passed it around – I don't know how we did it but it went down quite well."
Actor Dominic West, who was also on the trek, revealed yesterday that 29-year-old Harry also boosted his teammates' spirits by telling filthy jokes and building elaborate latrines.
The adventurer had shaved off his beard yesterday to talk about the successful 200km Walking With The Wounded charity trek with wounded troops.
The prince had been sporting a full, ginger beard since his return from Antarctica just before Christmas. Just last week he was photographed on a dinner date with girlfriend Cressida Bonas still sporting the facial hair.
West revealed yesterday the royal kept the team entertained with his "eye-wateringly rude" quips.
The British star of the Wire - who unlike Harry has kept his beard since returning to the UK - said: "Well he told some eye-wateringly rude jokes which for a non-soldier like me was pretty shocking!"
Harry also looked after the comfort of soldiers on the challenge - organised by the Walking With The Wounded charity - by creating grand toilets out of ice.
West said: "He would often reach the meeting point before the rest of his men and would build these incredibly lavish, castellated latrines, with battlements and loo roll holders.
"It must have taken him 40 minutes at least to build, they were just fabulous. I would often sit on the latrine, looking at the beautiful view and thinking 'this is a royal flush in every way'!
"Harry also massively helped me out when I was struggling with my skis at first. He was a great guy."
Notorious party animal Harry was also thrilled to let his hair down at one of the most remote places on earth when the team reached the South Pole on December 13.
West revealed there was a lot of drinking and even some nudity, although this time Harry chose to keep his clothes perhaps still stinging from the controversy of his Las Vegas strip poker game in 2012.
"Two of the Aussie guys stripped naked and ran round the pole but most of us, Harry included, just went on a two-day bender with the Icelandic truck drivers who had brought some lethal home brew with them. There was a lot of liqueur drunk."
Difficult weather conditions, including temperatures of minus 30C, and altitude sickness led organisers to suspend the race element of the challenge. The three separate teams of US, UK and Commonwealth soldiers were merged so they could complete the walk together.
Speaking at a "welcome home" event in London yesterday, Harry said: "Inspiring others is one of the corner stones of this charity, to demonstrate to those who have experienced life-changing injuries that everything is possible.
"I hope this truly unbelievable achievement by everyone behind me, and back in America, Canada and Australia... will remind everybody that they can achieve anything that they want to.
"Our wounded, injured and sick do not want pity, they simply want to be treated the same way they were before they were injured - with respect and admiration."
It was revealed yesterday Harry has sent a message praising a fellow South Pole adventurer, Ben Saunders.
Mr Saunders and pal Tarka L'Herpiniere are following in the footsteps of Captain Scott and have so far covered 1,382 miles on foot from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole.
In a message Harry said: "One hundred and two years ago today Captain Scott reached the South Pole. As his expedition tragically demonstrated, such a trek sits at the very limit of human endeavour.
"You're well on your way to completing what Scott attempted; I wish you both the very best of luck for the rest of your journey. You guys will be an inspiration to the next generation as Scott has been to this."
Last week Harry announced he is quitting his job as a Apache helicopter pilot for a desk job organising military events in London.


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Madison has a new drama troupe. Anarch City Theatre Company debuts at the Project Lodge, 817 E. Johnson St., with a program at 8 p.m. Oct. 8 and 9.
Deal with the Devil, by the company's artistic director, Chris Snapp, will be performed. The program also includes The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter and Sucker by Susan Galasso.
The production will be an example of "storefront" theater, with minimal staging. "It's kind of a guerrilla-type thing, coming in under the radar," says Snapp. "Our emphasis will primarily be on avant-garde and social-consciousness shows."
The company is still working toward nonprofit status. Snapp hopes to fundraise this winter and field a full season starting next summer.


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Where Do These Nails Go?
Lesson 7 of 14
Objective: Students will be able to apply measuring and perimeter knowledge to solve a real life problem of building a bat house using only 28 nails.
Big Idea: Students deserve and need opportunities to work with their knowledge inside of a real life situation that means something to them. This unit, and this lesson, requires students to apply many of this school year's skills.
How to Build a Bat House
To introduce today's lesson, I will begin by showing students images of schematics and photos of bat houses. We will discuss what they notice and how they think a bat house is held together.
I will then model how to view our schematic, with measurements, and I will also assemble a wooden bat house, like blocks, without the nails. The students will be asked later to measure and mark spots for nails, so correct assembly is critical.
During this time, I will also prompt the students to think about how the house will stay together and remain strong. The conversation should turn to using nails.
I explain in Classroom Video: Backwards Planning how I have fundamentally changed how I teach multiplication, and explain the backwards planning that was done to create the steps I just described.
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Present the Problem
First we carefully review the assembly of our real world math problem - how do we build the bat house kit. I did rewrite the directions to make the language more accessible, but I didn't remove the mathematical thinking. Students need to apply their mathematical understandings to reason through the directions. In the Classroom Video: Discourse and Questioning you'll see and hear us reasoning through these directions as I use discourse and questioning techniques to prompt thinking or ask questions to help students organize and "hear" their own thinking. Note that I do not do the reasoning for my students.
After looking at the proper assembly of the bat house kit, I tell students they will be given exactly 28 nails to put their house together. As a team, they will need to decide how and where to place the nails using equal intervals. This is a rich mathematical task that poses a real world mathematical problem. I know that my students might struggle a bit, but I believe that they can reason through this task.
But I do provide some support. I circulate while they are thinking, and before sending the teams off to solve the problem at hand we discuss possible solutions and strategies, as a whole class.
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Measurement and Marking
Student teams are given their box with all of the pieces, the schematic, and the checklist. They go to their designated work space in the room and begin to determine the best intervals for placing the nails. Prior to marking the nail placement holes, the students need to measure and score the wood for the interior slat placement. The objective here is that students will identify where nails need to be placed, and will measure and mark accordingly. Please note, I am not telling the students what those intervals should be. This is a problem that students will solve.
I will circulate and discuss/prompt the student in order to help them arrive at the realization that they need regular spacing. I will also be listening for discussion about key places to mark for the nails. I am looking for strategies here and I need to work quickly to hear the team conversations during their planning time.
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Closing and Sharing
As this is a large and ongoing unit with many connected lessons. Due to time, I have chosen to have the students share out what they accomplished and what they may still be struggling with, as an exit ticket.
By doing this, I set the stage for students to respond and help each other at the beginning of our next session. It is also a helpful strategy to help students self assess work and manage and plan what they will do next.
Building a bat house is a rich demanding task, but it is within my students' reach. It's success depends on many carefully planned elements and a year of working with students to develop their mathematical knowledge, skills, and thinking. I was guided by the Common Core Mathematical Practices, which describe the rigor of instruction. By making my teaching more rigorous I feel I have been much more successful in teaching my students. In this Classroom Video: Exit Tickets, I explain and show you what has changed in my teaching.


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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
New Blackjack Baptist Church
Philadelphia, Mississippi
2009 Prophecy Conference
July 26-29, 2009
We were invited by Pastor James White to broadcast their 2009 Prophecy Conference on the World Wide Web. The New Blackjack Baptist Church is located out in the country just west of Philadelphia, Mississippi in the middle of the Choctaw Indian Reservation.
Evangelist Ausust Rosado preached powerful messages each evening. The Lord used him greatly this week to stir the church to do more because they realize the coming of the Lord is really close. The preaching was very enlightening concerning the things that are happening in the world now in light of Biblical Prophecy. There was much rejoicing when four people walked the isles and accepted the Lord as their Saviour.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Lakeview Baptist Church
Tupelo, Mississippi
Revival with Dr. John Bishop
May 17-19, 2009
Pastor Robert Garland called me one day and ask if I would come broadcast and record their Spring Revival with Dr. John Bishop. I jumped at the opportunity. I was delighted to be a part of their revival.
Brother John Bishop has long been one of my heros of the faith. I have known and followed his ministry since his early days when he came to Arkansas and started the Triple S Christian Camp. Brother John was at his best during this revival. His testimony touched all our hearts.
While at the Lakeview Baptist Church we had a second blessing. We had the rare opportunity to video a dress rehersal of the Kindergarten Production entitled, "Little Red Riding Hood" under the direction of Mrs. Lora Garland.
The Kindergarten Class was at their best during the filming of their play. Mary and I loved every minute of it. We were very glad to get to participate in their first class work. I wish we could have been there for the real play with the friends and family watching it for the first time. I am sure that was fantastic.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Living Well Ministries
Lexington, North Carolina
Davidson County Campmeeting
May 11-14, 2009
Evangelist's Josh Gentle and Brandon Harrison of Living Well Ministries invited us to Broadcast and record their 2009 Davidson County Campmeeting. The event started by pitching a huge tent at the Davidson County Fair Grounds in Lexington, North Carolina.
The tent belongs to Evangelist Boyd Collins from Sutton, West Virginia with the "Over The Hill Tent Ministries". He was gracious to bring the tent and help set it up. The tent was a huge blessing to the campmeeting.
Evangelist Josh Gentle is co-Founder of the "Living Well Ministries" and preached powerful messesages during the campmeeting.
Evangelist Brandon Harrison is co-Founder of the "Living Well Ministries" and also preached powerful messesages during the campmeeting.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Currytown Baptist Church
Lexington, North Carolina
2009 Spring Revival
May 3-6, 2009
We had heard a lot about Dr. Joe Arthur but we had never heard him preach. We were thrilled when Pastor McDaniel allowed us to broadcast their Spring Revival with Dr. Joe Arthur preaching on the World Wide Web.
The Currytown Baptist Church Choir was a special blessing every night of the revival. They were all excited and sang their hearts out every night. I loved it.
Dr. Joe Arthur is the pastor of Harvest Baptist Tabernacle in Jonesboro, GA. He also preaches revivals, camp meetings and conferences across the nation and serves as the director of the Greer Baptist Camp Meeting located in Greer, SC. I loved the excitement in his preaching. I am glad that I can now say I have heard Dr. Joe Arthur preach in person.
These baby robins were a very special blessing that the Lord gave us. They had just hatched when we arrived. I worked every day of the revival in the lobby of the church and I got to watch as daddy and mama robin fed the babies. The day we left, the babies had hopped out of their nest and were running around on the ground. They looked at least half grown when we left them.
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Albert, upon his return, was received by Charlotte with ill-concealed embarrassment. He was himself out of humour; his business was unfinished; and he had just discovered that the neighbouring official with whom he had to deal, was an obstinate and narrow-minded personage. Many things had occurred to irritate him.
The presence of the being she loved and honoured produced a new impression on her heart. The recollection of his generosity, kindness, and affection had calmed her agitation: a secret impulse prompted her to follow him; she took her work and went to his study, as was often her custom. He was busily employed opening and reading his letters. It seemed as if the contents of some were disagreeable. She asked some questions: he gave short answers, and sat down to write.
Several hours passed in this manner, and Charlotte's feelings became more and more melancholy. She felt the extreme difficulty of explaining to her husband, under any circumstances, the weight that lay upon her heart; and her depression became every moment greater, in proportion as she endeavoured to hide her grief, and to conceal her tears.
The arrival of Werther's servant occasioned her the greatest embarrassment. He gave Albert a note, which the latter coldly handed to his wife, saying, at the same time, "Give him the pistols. I wish him a pleasant journey," he added, turning to the servant. These words fell upon Charlotte like a thunderstroke: she rose from her seat half-fainting, and unconscious of what she did. She walked mechanically toward the wall, took down the pistols with a trembling hand, slowly wiped the dust from them, and would have delayed longer, had not Albert hastened her movements by an impatient look. She then delivered the fatal weapons to the servant, without being able to utter a word. As soon as he had departed, she folded up her work, and retired at once to her room, her heart overcome with the most fearful forebodings. She anticipated some dreadful calamity.
When the servant brought the pistols to Werther, the latter received them with transports of delight upon hearing that Charlotte had given them to him with her own hand. He ate some bread, drank some wine, sent his servant to dinner, and then sat down to write as follows:
They have been in your hands, you wiped the dust from them. I kiss them a thousand times - you have touched them. Yes, Heaven favours my design, and you, Charlotte, provide me with the fatal instruments. It was my desire to receive my death from your hands, and my wish is gratified. I have made inquiries of my servant. You trembled when you gave him the pistols, but you bade me no adieu. Wretched, wretched that I am - not one farewell! How could you shut your heart against me in that hour which makes you mine for ever? Charlotte, ages cannot efface the impression - I feel you cannot hate the man who so passionately loves you!
The Sorrows of Young Werther, Nathen Haskell Dole, translation by R.D. Boyla
Saturday, December 26, 2009
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Friday, December 25, 2009
Her blood was boiling in her veins
Charlotte was sitting alone. None of her family were near, and she gave herself up to the reflections that silently took possession of her mind. She was for ever united to a husband whose love and fidelity she had proved, to whom she was heartily devoted, and who seemed to be a special gift from Heaven to ensure her happiness. On the other hand, Werther had become dear to her. There was a cordial unanimity of sentiment between them from the very first hour of their acquaintance, and their long association and repeated interviews had made an indelible impression upon her heart. She had been accustomed to communicate to him every thought and feeling which interested her, and his absence threatened to open a void in her existence which it might be impossible to fill. How heartily she wished that she might change him into her brother, - that she could induce him to marry one of her own friends, or could reestablish his intimacy with Albert.
Charlotte had slept little during the past night. All her apprehensions were realised in a way that she could neither foresee nor avoid. Her blood was boiling in her veins, and a thousand painful sensations rent her pure heart. Was it the ardour of Werther's passionate embraces that she felt within her bosom? Was it anger at his daring? Was it the sad comparison of her present condition with former days of innocence, tranquillity, and self-confidence? How could she approach her husband, and confess a scene which she had no reason to conceal, and which she yet felt, nevertheless, unwilling to avow? They had preserved so long a silence toward each other and should she be the first to break it by so unexpected a discovery? She feared that the mere statement of Werther's visit would trouble him, and his distress would be heightened by her perfect candour. She wished that he could see her in her true light, and judge her without prejudice; but was she anxious that he should read her inmost soul? On the other hand, could she deceive a being to whom all her thoughts had ever been exposed as clearly as crystal, and from whom no sentiment had ever been concealed? These reflections made her anxious and thoughtful. Her mind still dwelt on Werther, who was now lost to her, but whom she could not bring herself to resign, and for whom she knew nothing was left but despair if she should be lost to him for ever.
A recollection of that mysterious estrangement which had lately subsisted between herself and Albert, and which she could never thoroughly understand, was now beyond measure painful to her.
The Sorrows of Young Werther, Nathen Haskell Dole, translation by R.D. Boyla
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Charlote was in a pitiable state of mind
I am grateful to your love, Wilhelm, for having repeated your advice so seasonably. Yes, you are right: it is undoubtedly better that I should depart. But I do not entirely approve your scheme of returning at once to your neighbourhood; at least, I should like to make a little excursion on the way, particularly as we may now expect a continued frost, and consequently good roads. I am much pleased with your intention of coming to fetch me; only delay your journey for a fortnight, and wait for another letter from me. One should gather nothing before it is ripe, and a fortnight sooner or later makes a great difference. Entreat my mother to pray for her son, and tell her I beg her pardon for all the unhappiness I have occasioned her. It has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted. Adieu, my dearest friend. May every blessing of Heaven attend you! Farewell.
We find it difficult to express the emotions with which Charlotte's soul was agitated during the whole of this time, whether in relation to her husband or to her unfortunate friend; although we are enabled, by our knowledge of her character, to understand their nature.
It is certain that she had formed a determination, by every means in her power, to keep Werther at a distance; and, if she hesitated in her decision, it was from a sincere feeling of friendly pity, knowing how much it would cost him, indeed, that he would find it almost impossible to comply with her wishes. But various causes now urged her to be firm. Her husband preserved a strict silence about the whole matter; and she never made it a subject of conversation, feeling bound to prove to him by her conduct that her sentiments agreed with his.
The same day, which was the Sunday before Christmas, after Werther had written the last-mentioned letter to his friend, he came in the evening to Charlotte's house, and found her alone. She was busy preparing some little gifts for her brothers and sisters, which were to be distributed to them on Christmas Day. He began talking of the delight of the children, and of that age when the sudden appearance of the Christmas-tree, decorated with fruit and sweetmeats, and lighted up with wax candles, causes such transports of joy. "You shall have a gift too, if you behave well," said Charlotte, hiding her embarrassment under sweet smile. "And what do you call behaving well? What should I do, what can I do, my dear Charlotte?" said he. "Thursday night," she answered, "is Christmas Eve. The children are all to be here, and my father too: there is a present for each; do you come likewise, but do not come before that time." Werther started. "I desire you will not: it must be so," she continued. "I ask it of you as a favour, for my own peace and tranquillity. We cannot go on in this manner any longer." He turned away his face walked hastily up and down the room, muttering indistinctly, "We cannot go on in this manner any longer!" Charlotte, seeing the violent agitation into which these words had thrown him, endeavoured to divert his thoughts by different questions, but in vain. "No, Charlotte!" he exclaimed; "I will never see you any more!" "And why so?" she answered. "We may - we must see each other again; only let it be with more discretion. Oh! why were you born with that excessive, that ungovernable passion for everything that is dear to you?" Then, taking his hand, she said, "I entreat of you to be more calm: your talents, your understanding, your genius, will furnish you with a thousand resources. Be a man, and conquer an unhappy attachment toward a creature who can do nothing but pity you." He bit his lips, and looked at her with a gloomy countenance. She continued to hold his hand. "Grant me but a moment's patience, Werther," she said. "Do you not see that you are deceiving yourself, that you are seeking your own destruction? Why must you love me, me only, who belong to another? I fear, I much fear, that it is only the impossibility of possessing me which makes your desire for me so strong." He drew back his hand, whilst he surveyed her with a wild and angry look. "'Tis well!" he exclaimed, "'tis very well! Did not Albert furnish you with this reflection? It is profound, a very profound remark." "A reflection that any one might easily make," she answered; "and is there not a woman in the whole world who is at liberty, and has the power to make you happy? Conquer yourself: look for such a being, and believe me when I say that you will certainly find her. I have long felt for you, and for us all: you have confined yourself too long within the limits of too narrow a circle. Conquer yourself; make an effort: a short journey will be of service to you. Seek and find an object worthy of your love; then return hither, and let us enjoy together all the happiness of the most perfect friendship."
"This speech," replied Werther with a cold smile, "this speech should be printed, for the benefit of all teachers. My dear Charlotte, allow me but a short time longer, and all will be well." "
In the meantime, Charlotte was in a pitiable state of mind. After her last conversation with Werther, she found how painful to herself it would be to decline his visits, and knew how severely he would suffer from their separation.
Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Nathen Haskell Dole, translation by R.D. Boyla
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Werther: The Editor to the Reader
Sorrow and discontent had taken deep root in Werther's soul, and gradually imparted their character to his whole being. The harmony of his mind became completely disturbed; a perpetual excitement and mental irritation, which weakened his natural powers, produced the saddest effects upon him, and rendered him at length the victim of an exhaustion against which he struggled with still more painful efforts than he had displayed, even in contending with his other misfortunes. His mental anxiety weakened his various good qualities; and he was soon converted into a gloomy companion, always unhappy and unjust in his ideas, the more wretched he became. This was, at least, the opinion of Albert's friends. They assert, moreover, that the character of Albert himself had undergone no change in the meantime: he was still the same being whom Werther had loved, honored, and respected from the commencement. His love for Charlotte was unbounded: he was proud of her, and desired that she should be recognized by every one as the noblest of created beings. Was he, however, to blame for wishing to avert from her every appearance of suspicion? Or for his unwillingness to share his rich prize with another, even for a moment, and in the most innocent manner? It is asserted that Albert frequently retired from his wife's apartment during Werther's visits; but this did not arise from hatred or aversion to his friend, but only from a feeling that his presence was oppressive to Werther.
"What is the matter with me, dear Wilhelm? I am afraid of myself! Is not my love for her of the purest, most holy, and most brotherly nature? Has my soul ever been sullied by a single sensual desire? but I will make no protestations. And now, ye nightly visions, how truly have those mortals understood you, who ascribe your various contradictory effects to some invincible power! This night I tremble at the avowal - I held her in my arms, locked in a close embrace: I pressed her to my bosom, and covered with countless kisses those dear lips which murmured in reply soft protestations of love. My sight became confused by the delicious intoxication of her eyes. Heavens! Is it sinful to revel again in such happiness, to recall once more those rapturous moments with intense delight? Charlotte! Charlotte! I am lost! My senses are bewildered, my recollection is confused, mine eyes are bathed in tears - I am ill; and yet I am well - I wish for nothing - I have no desires - it were better I were gone."
Under the circumstances narrated above, a determination to quit this world had now taken fixed possession of Werther's soul. Since Charlotte's return, this thought had been the final object of all his hopes and wishes; but he had resolved that such a step should not be taken with precipitation, but with calmness and tranquillity, and with the most perfect deliberation.
His troubles and internal struggles may be understood from the following fragment, which was found, without any date, amongst his papers, and appears to have formed the beginning of a letter to Wilhelm.
"Her presence, her fate, her sympathy for me, have power still to extract tears from my withered brain."
"One lifts up the curtain, and passes to the other side, - that is all! And why all these doubts and delays? Because we know not what is behind - because there is no returning - and because our mind infers that all is darkness and confusion, where we have nothing but uncertainty."
His appearance at length became quite altered by the effect of his melancholy thoughts; and his resolution was now finally and irrevocably taken, of which the following ambiguous letter, which he addressed to his friend, may appear to afford some proof.
Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Nathen Haskell Dole, translation by R.D. Boyla
Monday, December 21, 2009
Werther: " I shall never be myself again"
December 6
Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Nathen Haskell Dole, translation by R.D. Boyla
Sunday, December 20, 2009
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Merry Christmas to you...
"Werther: "She does not feel, she does not know"
She does not feel, she does not know, that she is preparing a poison which will destroy us both; and I drink deeply of the draught which is to prove my destruction. What mean those looks of kindness with which she often -- often? no, not often, but sometimes, regards me, that complacency with which she hears the involuntary sentiments which frequently escape me, and the tender pity for my sufferings which appears in her countenance?
Yesterday, when I took leave she seized me by the hand, and said, "Adieu, dear Werther." Dear Werther! It was the first time she ever called me dear: the sound sunk deep into my heart. I have repeated it a hundred times; and last night, on going to bed, and talking to myself of various things, I suddenly said, "Good night, dear Werther!" and then could not but laugh at myself.
I cannot pray, "Leave her to me !" and yet she often seems to belong to me. I cannot pray, "Give her to me!" for she is another's. In this way I affect mirth over my troubles; and, if I had time, I could compose a whole litany of antitheses.
Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Nathen Haskell Dole, translation by R.D. Boyla
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Werther: "I am alone the cause of my own woe"
Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Nathen Haskell Dole, translation by R.D. Boyla
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Werther: "Because she knows how much I love her"
OCTOBER 27: Evening
Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Nathen Haskell Dole, translation by R.D. Boyla
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Werther: "Unhappy being that I am!"
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
A música de Patrício da Silva
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Cada Família é uma Nação?
Um território de enredos intensos: intimidades, cumplicidades, tensões. Um retrato de família é sempre um documento da relação. Os corpos das mães e dos filhos, dos avós e dos irmãos – enternecidos, entretecidos – dizem-nos tudo. Dizem-nos tudo o que precisamos de saber. Coisas que não sabem que estão a dizer.
Os 101 retratos destas 41 famílias contam histórias intermináveis. Histórias que todos queremos espreitar, histórias em que todos nos podemos rever.
As fotografias de Isabel Pinto que aqui se apresentam não seguem nenhuma ordem cronológica e foram feitas nas mais diversas circunstâncias ao longo de mais de vinte anos. A fotógrafa escolheu-as porque gosta muito delas. Eu também gosto muito delas. São fotografias que na sua imensa diversidade nos dizem sempre a mesma coisa: o melhor da vida é termo-nos uns aos outros.
Paula Moura Pinheiro
Joan Margarit na Casa Fernando Pessoa
Casa da Misericórdia tem chancela da ovni e tradução de Rita Custódio e Àlex Tarradellas, e recebeu, entre outros, o Prémio Nacional de Poesia em 2008, galardão conferido anualmente pelo Ministério de Cultura de Espanha à obra de poesia que mais se destaca em qualquer uma das línguas oficiais do país.
Para mais informações, por favor consulte:
Microsite OVNI dedicado à obra de Joan Margarit
Casa da Misericórdia no site da OVNI
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Monday, December 07, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Werther: About happiness and misery
Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Nathen Haskell Dole, translation by R.D. Boyla
Friday, December 04, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Werther: "Oh! you people of sound understandings"
Certainly Albert is the best fellow in the world. I had a strange scene with him yesterday. I went to take leave of him; for I took it into my head to spend a few days in these mountains, from where I now write to you. As I was walking up and down his room, my eye fell upon his pistols. "Lend me those pistols," said I, "for my journey." "By all means," he replied, "if you will take the trouble to load them; for they only hang there for form." I took down one of them; and he continued, "Ever since I was near suffering for my extreme caution, I will have nothing to do with such things." I was curious to hear the story. "I was staying," said he, "some three months ago, at a friend's house in the country. I had a brace of pistols with me, unloaded; and I slept without any anxiety. One rainy afternoon I was sitting by myself, doing nothing, when it occurred to me I do not know how that the house might be attacked, that we might require the pistols, that we might in short, you know how we go on fancying, when we have nothing better to do. I gave the pistols to the servant, to clean and load. He was playing with the maid, and trying to frighten her, when the pistol went off -- God knows how! -- the ramrod was in the barrel; and it went straight through her right hand, and shattered the thumb. I had to endure all the lamentation, and to pay the surgeon's bill; so, since that time, I have kept all my weapons unloaded. But, my dear friend, what is the use of prudence? We can never be on our guard against all possible dangers. However," -- now, you must know I can tolerate all men till they come to "however;" -- for it is self-evident that every universal rule must have its exceptions. But he is so exceedingly accurate, that, if he only fancies he has said a word too precipitate, or too general, or only half true, he never ceases to qualify, to modify, and extenuate, till at last he appears to have said nothing at all. Upon this occasion, Albert was deeply immersed in his subject: I ceased to listen to him, and became lost in reverie. With a sudden motion, I pointed the mouth of the pistol to my forehead, over the right eye. "What do you mean?" cried Albert, turning back the pistol. "It is not loaded," said I. "And even if not," he answered with impatience, "what can you mean? I cannot comprehend how a man can be so mad as to shoot himself, and the bare idea of it shocks me."
"But why should any one," said I, "in speaking of an action, venture to pronounce it mad or wise, or good or bad? What is the meaning of all this? Have you carefully studied the secret motives of our actions? Do you understand -- can you explain the causes which occasion them, and make them inevitable? If you can, you will be less hasty with your decision."
"But you will allow," said Albert; "that some actions are criminal, let them spring from whatever motives they may." I granted it, and shrugged my shoulders.
"But still, my good friend," I continued, "there are some exceptions here too. Theft is a crime; but the man who commits it from extreme poverty, with no design but to save his family from perishing, is he an object of pity, or of punishment? Who shall throw the first stone at a husband, who, in the heat of just resentment, sacrifices his faithless wife and her perfidious seducer? or at the young maiden, who, in her weak hour of rapture, forgets herself in the impetuous joys of love? Even our laws, cold and cruel as they are, relent in such cases, and withhold their punishment."
"That is quite another thing," said Albert; "because a man under the influence of violent passion loses all power of reflection, and is regarded as intoxicated or insane."
"Oh! you people of sound understandings," I replied, smiling, "are ever ready to exclaim 'Extravagance, and madness, and intoxication!' You moral men are so calm and so subdued! You abhor the drunken man, and detest the extravagant; you pass by, like the Levite, and thank God, like the Pharisee, that you are not like one of them. I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane. And in private life, too, is it not intolerable that no one can undertake the execution of a noble or generous deed, without giving rise to the exclamation that the doer is intoxicated or mad? Shame upon you, ye sages!"
"This is another of your extravagant humours," said Albert: "you always exaggerate a case, and in this matter you are undoubtedly wrong; for we were speaking of suicide, which you compare with great actions, when it is impossible to regard it as anything but a weakness. It is much easier to die than to bear a life of misery with fortitude."..................................................................
Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Nathen Haskell Dole, translation by R.D. Boyla


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