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(1) A disciple is one who above all else, is pledged to do three things:
a. To serve humanity.
b. To co-operate with the plan of the Great Ones as he sees it and as best he may.
c. To develop the powers of the Ego, to expand his consciousness until he can function on the three planes in the three worlds, and in the causal body, and to follow the guidance of the higher self and not the dictates of his three-fold lower manifestation.
A disciple is one who realises simultaneously the relative significance of each unit of consciousness, and also its vast importance. His sense of proportion is adjusted, and he sees things as they are; he sees people as they are; he sees himself as he inherently is, and seeks then to become that which he is.
A disciple realises the life or force side of nature, and to him the form makes no appeal. He works with force and through force; he recognises himself as a force centre within a greater force centre, and his is the responsibility of directing the energy which may pour through him into channels through which the group can be benefited.
The disciple knows himself to be - to a greater or less degree - an outpost of the Master's consciousness, viewing the Master in a twofold sense:
a. As his own egoic consciousness.
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b. As the centre of his group; the force animating the units of the group and binding them into a homogeneous whole.
A disciple is one who is transferring his consciousness out of the personal into the impersonal, and during the transition stage much of difficulty and of suffering is necessarily endured. These difficulties arise from various causes:
a. The disciple's lower self, which rebels at being transmuted.
b. A man's immediate group, friends, or family, who rebel at his growing impersonality. They do not like to be acknowledged as one with him on the life side, and yet separate from him where desires and interests lie. Yet the law holds good, and only in the essential life of the soul can true unity be cognised. In the discovery as to what is form lies much of sorrow for the disciple, but the road leads to perfect union eventually.
The disciple is one who realises his responsibility to all units who come under his influence, - a responsibility of co-operating with the plan of evolution as it exists for them, and thus to expand their consciousness and teach them the difference between the real and the unreal, between life and form. This he does most easily by a demonstration in his own life as to his goal, his object, and his centre of consciousness. (1 - 71/2).
(2) The disciple, therefore, has several things at which to aim:
A sensitive response to the Master's vibration.
A practical purity of life.
A freedom from care. Here bear in mind that care is based on the personal, and is the result of lack of dispassion and a too ready response to the vibrations of the lower worlds.
Accomplishment of duty. This point involves the dispassionate discharge of all obligations and due attention to karmic debts. Special emphasis should be laid, for all disciples, on the value of dispassion. . . .This means the attainment of that state of consciousness where balance is seen, and neither pleasure nor pain dominates, for they are superseded by joy and bliss. We may well ponder on this, for much striving after dispassion is necessary.
(1 - 73).
(3) Each step up is ever through the sacrifice of all that the heart holds dear on one plane or another, and always must his sacrifice be voluntary. (1 - 82).
(4) By availing themselves of the present day of opportunity, and by conformity to the rules for treading the Path, will come to many in the [Page 87] West the chance to take these further steps. That opportunity will be found by the man who is ready in the place where he is, and among the familiar circumstances of his daily life. It will be found in attention to duty, in the surmounting of tests and trials, and in that inner adherence to the voice of God within, which is the mark of every applicant for initiation. Initiation involves the very thing that is done from day to day by any who are consciously endeavouring to train themselves: the next point to be reached, and the next bit of work to be accomplished is pointed out by the Master (either the God within or a man's Master if he is consciously aware of Him) and the reason is given. Then the Teacher stands aside and watches the aspirant achieve. As He watches, He recognises points of crisis, where the application of a test will do one of two things, focalise and disperse any remaining unconquered evil - if that term might here be used - and demonstrate to the disciple both his weakness and his strength. In the great initiations, the same procedure can be seen, and the ability of the disciple to pass these greater tests and stages is dependent upon his ability to meet and surmount the daily lesser ones. "He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much", is an occult statement of fact, and should characterise the whole daily activity of the true aspirant; the "much" is surmounted and passed, because it is regarded simply as an intensification of the normal, and no initiate has ever passed the great test of initiation who has not accustomed himself to pass lesser tests every day of his life; tests then come to be regarded as normal, and are considered, when encountered, as part of the usual fabric of his life. When this attitude of mind is attained and held, there exists no surprise or possible defeat. (1 - 183/4).
(5) For a disciple, direct alignment with the Ego via the centres and the physical brain, is the goal of his life of meditation and discipline. (3 - 1149).
(6) A disciple is one who seeks to learn a new rhythm, to enter a new field of experience, and to follow the steps of that advanced humanity who have trodden ahead of him the path, leading from darkness to light, from the unreal to the real. He has tasted the joys of life in the world of illusion and has learnt their powerlessness to satisfy and hold him. Now he is in a state of transition between the new and the old states of being. He is vibrating between the condition of soul awareness and form awareness. He is "seeing double". (4 - 58/9).
(7) A similar state of affairs exists in the early stages of the path of discipleship, and the final stages of the probationary path. The disciple becomes aware of capacities and powers which are not as yet intelligently [Page 88] under his control. He experiences flashes of insight, and of knowledge which seem unaccountable and of no immediate value. He contacts vibrations and the phenomena of other realms, but remains unaware of the process whereby he has done so, and is incompetent either to renew or recall the experience. (4 - 165).
(8) When a man literally walks in the light of his soul, and the clear light of the sun pours through him - revealing the Path - it reveals at the same time the Plan. Simultaneously, however, he becomes aware of the fact that the Plan is very far as yet from consummation. The dark becomes more truly apparent; the chaos and misery and failure of the world groups stand revealed; the filth and dust of the warring forces are noted, and the whole sorrow of the world bears down upon the astounded, yet illuminated aspirant. Can he stand this pressure? Can he become indeed acquainted with grief and yet rejoice forever in the divine consciousness? Has he the ability to face what the light reveals and still go his way with serenity, sure of the ultimate triumph of good? Will he be overwhelmed by the surface evil and forget the heart of love which beats behind all outer seeming? This situation should ever be remembered by the disciple, or he will be shattered by that which he has discovered.
But with the advent of the light, he becomes aware of a new (for him) form of energy. He learns to work in a new field of opportunity. The realm of the mind opens up before him, and he discovers that he can differentiate between the emotional nature and the mental. He discovers also that the mind can be made to assume the position of the controller, and that the sentient forces respond with obedience to mental energies. "The light of reason" brings this about - light that is always present in man, but which only becomes significant and potent when seen and known, either phenomenally or intuitionally. (4 - 355).
(9) This is an intensely practical work, on which we are engaged; it is likewise of such proportions that it will occupy all of a man's attention and time, even his entire thought life. . . . Discipleship is a synthesis of hard work, intellectual unfoldment, steady aspiration and spiritual orientation, plus the unusual qualities of positive harmlessness, and the opened eye which sees at will into the world of reality. (4 - 583).
(10) Enquire the Way. We are told by one of the Masters that a whole generation of enquirers may only produce one adept. Why should this be so? For two reasons:
First, the true enquirer is one who avails himself of the wisdom of his generation, who is the best product of his own period, and yet who remains [Page 89] unsatisfied, and with the inner longing for wisdom unappeased. To him there appears to be something of more importance than knowledge, and something of greater moment than the accumulated experience of his own period of time. He recognises a step further on, and seeks to take it, in order to gain something to add to the quota already gained by his compeers. Nothing satisfies him until he finds the Way, and nothing appeases the desire at the centre of his being except that which is found in the house of his Father. He is what he is because he has tried all lesser ways and has found them wanting, and has submitted to many guides, only to find them "blind leaders of the blind". Nothing is left to him but to become his own guide and find his own way home alone. In the loneliness which is the lot of every true disciple, are born that self-knowledge and self-reliance which will fit him in his turn to be a Master. This loneliness is not due to any separative spirit, but to the conditions of the Way itself. Aspirants must carefully bear this distinction in mind.
Secondly, the true enquirer is one whose courage is of that rare kind, which enables its possessor to stand upright and to sound his own clear note in the very midst of the turmoil of the world. He is one who has the eye trained to see beyond the fogs and miasmas of the earth, to that centre of peace which presides over all earth's happenings, and that trained attentive ear which (having caught a whisper of the Voice of the Silence) is kept tuned to that high vibration, and is thus deaf to all lesser alluring voices. This again brings loneliness, and produces that aloofness which all less evolved souls feel when in the presence of those who are forging ahead.
A paradoxical situation is brought about from the fact that the disciple is told to enquire the Way, and yet there is none to tell him. Those who know the Way may not speak, knowing that the Path is constructed by the aspirant as the spider spins its web out of the centre of his own being . . .
Obey the inward impulses of the soul. ... It is no easy or flattering task to find oneself out, and to discover that perhaps even the service we have rendered, and our longing to study and work, has had a basically selfish origin, and resting on a desire for liberation, or a distaste for the humdrum duties of everyday. He who seeks to obey the impulses of the soul, has to cultivate an accuracy of summation and a truthfulness with himself, which is rare indeed these days. Let him say to himself "I must to my own Self be true", and in the private moments of his life, and in the secrecy of his own meditation, let him not gloss over one fault, nor excuse himself along a single line. Let him learn to diagnose his own words, deeds, and motives, and to call things by their true names. Only thus will he train himself in [Page 90] spiritual discrimination and learn to recognise truth in all things. Only thus will the reality be arrived at and the true Self known.
Pay no consideration to the prudential considerations of worldly science and sagacity. If the aspirant has need to cultivate a capacity to be truthful in all things, he has likewise need to cultivate courage. It will be needful for him to run counter consistently to the world's opinion, and to the very best expression of that opinion, and this with frequency. He has to learn to do the right thing as he sees and knows it, irrespective of the opinion of earth's greatest and most quoted. He must depend upon himself and upon the conclusions he himself has come to in his moments of spiritual communion and illumination. It is here that so many aspirants fail. They do not do the very best they know; they fail to act in detail as their inner voice tells them; they leave undone certain things which they are prompted to do in their moments of meditation, and fail to speak the word which their spiritual mentor, the Self, urges them to speak. It is in the aggregate of these unaccomplished details that the big failures are seen.
There are no trifles in the life of the disciple, and an unspoken word or unfulfilled action may prove the factor which is holding a man from initiation.
Live a life which is an example to others. Is it necessary for me to enlarge upon this? It seems as if it should not be, and yet here again is where men fail. What after all is group service? Simply the life of example. He is the best exponent of the Ageless Wisdom who lives each day, in the place where he is the life of the disciple; he does not live it in the place where he thinks he should be. Perhaps after all the quality which produces the greatest number of failures among aspirants to adeptship, is cowardice. Men fail to make good where they are, because they find some reason which makes them think they should be elsewhere. Men run away, almost unrealising it, from difficulty, from inharmonious conditions, from places which involve problems, and from circumstances which call for action of a high sort, and which are staged to draw out the best that is in a man, provided he stays in them. They flee from themselves and from other people, instead of simply living the life.
The adept speaks no word which can hurt, harm or wound. Therefore, he has had to learn the meaning of speech in the midst of life's turmoil. He wastes no time in self pity or self justification, for he knows the law has placed him where he is, and where he best can serve, and has learnt that difficulties are ever of a man's own making, and the result of his own mental attitude. If the incentive to justify himself occurs, he recognises it [Page 91] as a temptation to be avoided. He realises that each word spoken, each deed undertaken, and every look and thought, has its effect for good or for evil upon the group.
Is it not apparent, therefore, why so few achieve and so many fail? (4 - 583/7)
(11) Some Words of Cheer. . . . It is only as the disciple is willing to relinquish all in the service of the Great One, and to hold naught back, that liberation is achieved, and the body of desire becomes transmuted into the body of the higher intuition. It is the serving perfectly each day - with no thought or calculation about the future - that brings a man to the position of the perfect Server. And, may I suggest one thing? All care and anxiety is based primarily on selfish motive. You fear further pain, you shrink from further sad experience. It is not thus that the goal is reached; it is reached by the path of renunciation. Perhaps it may mean the renunciation of joy, or the renunciation of good reputation, or the renunciation of friends, and the renunciation of all that the heart clings to. I say perhaps; I say not, it is so. I but seek to point out to you, that if that is the way you are to reach your goal, then for you it is the perfect way. Aught that brings you rapidly to Their Presence and to Their Lotus Feet, is by you to be desired and eagerly welcomed.
Cultivate daily, therefore, that supreme desire that seeks solely the commendation of the inner Guide and Teacher, and the egoic response to good action dispassionately performed.
Should bereavement come your way, smile through it all; it will end in a rich reward, and the return of all that has been lost. Should scorn and despising be your lot, smile still, for only the look of commendation that comes from the Master, is the one to seek. Should lying tongues take action, fear not, but forge ahead. A lie is a thing of earth and can be left behind as a thing too vile to be touched. The single eye, the unalloyed desire, the consecrated purpose, and the ear that turns in deafness to all earth's noise - such is the aim for the disciple. I say no more. I but desire that you do not dissipate needless force in vain imaginings, feverish speculations, and troubled expectations. (2 - 43/4).
(12) The problem of all disciples remains the same. This is to live simultaneously the acutely sensitive inner life of the Pilgrim upon the path of life, of a human being in the world of human events; to live the group life of the pledged disciple, and the mass life of humanity; to fulfil his own spiritual destiny, through the medium of a controlled personality and, at [Page 92] the same time, to participate fully in the life of humanity upon Earth - this is no easy task. (16 - 498).
(13) The disciple has to take himself as he is, at any time, with any given equipment, and under any given circumstances; he then proceeds to subordinate himself, his affairs and his time to the need of the hour - particularly during the phase of group, national or world crisis. When he does this within his own consciousness and is, therefore, thinking along lines of the true values, he will discover that his own private affairs are taken care of, his capacities are increased, and his limitations are forgotten. (11 - 196).
(14) The mobilisation of every disciple is demanded at this time, and when I say "this time" I refer to the present time and the next fifty years. This mobilisation involves the focussing of the disciple's energies, his time and his resources on behalf of humanity; it requires a new dedication to service, a consecration of the thought-life (do you realise what that would mean, my brothers?) and a forgetfulness of self which would rule out all moods and feelings, all personality desires, resentments, grievances, and all pettiness in your relations with your fellowmen. On the physical plane, it would mean the conditioning of all active, outer living so that the whole of life becomes one focussed active service. I would ask you to study the above phrasing, using it as a light of revelation so that you may know wherein you are lacking, and what you have to do. (5 - 98/9).
(15) What I and all who are affiliated with the Hierarchy, seek to do at this time of desperate crisis, is to find those who are dependable points of living energy, and through them pour out the love, the strength and the light which the world needs and must have if this storm is to be weathered. . . . Many disciples are not young and the settled habit of thought and of the feeling life is not easy to disrupt. They must, however, be disrupted and must feel no resentment. (5 - 100).
(16) Disciples and advanced Egos on the Probationary Path receive instruction . . . to test out their fitness for special work lying in the future, the type of that work being known only to the Guides of the race. They are tested for aptitude in community living with a view to drafting the suitable ones into the colony of the sixth sub-race. They are tested for various lines of work, many incomprehensible to us now, but which will become ordinary methods of development as time progresses. (1 - 66).
See also: "The Six Stages of Discipleship". (5 - 673/773).
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(1) The discreet magician is one who sees to the readiness of his lowest vehicle to carry the fire wherewith he works, and this he accomplishes through discipline and strict purity. (3 - 1015).
(2) If occult students disciplined the life more wisely, if they studied the food problem more carefully, if they took the needed hours of sleep with more determination, and if they worked with cautious slowness, and not so much from impulse, (no matter how high the aspiration) greater results would be seen, and the Great Ones would have more efficient helpers in the work of serving the world. (2 - 105).
(3) Drastic physical disciplines are often attempted today by well-intentioned aspirants; they practise celibacy, strict vegetarianism, relaxation exercises, and many kinds of physical exercises, in the hope of bringing the body under control. These forms of discipline would be very good for the undeveloped and the lowest type of human being, but they are not the methods which should be employed by the average man or the practising aspirant. Concentration upon the physical body only serves to enhance its potency, and to feed its appetites and bring to the surface of consciousness that which should be securely secluded below the threshold of consciousness. The true aspirant should be occupied with emotional, not physical, control and with the effort to focus himself upon the mental plane, prior to achieving a stabilised contact with the soul. (17 - 579).
(4) The rule as given to applicants consequently concerns their ability to accept and adhere to a self-imposed discipline. Through the means of that discipline, the control of the physical and astral natures are demonstrated by the applicant to himself, and the effect of the discipline is to reveal to him certain inevitable and basic weaknesses, such as control of the animal nature, the powerful imposition of desire, a sense of superiority, of pride and of separativeness. His ability to sustain the discipline, and his appreciation of himself for so doing, plus a sense of superiority to those who are not so disciplined, are all indicative of essential weaknesses. His fanaticism, latent or expressed, emerges in his consciousness with clarity, and - when he is sincere - he is conscious of having brought about a measure of physical purity; but at the same time, he is left with the awareness that he may be starting with the outer and the obvious, when he should be beginning with [Page 94] the inner, and with that which is not so easily contacted or expressed. This a great and most important lesson.
It is also an interesting illustration of the technique of the Masters, whereby They permit a fallacy to remain uncorrected (because it is originated by the disciple himself and must be dissipated by him also), and the use of language which conveys a wrong impression. By so doing, the user of the language discovers eventually his erroneous approach to the truth.
The true disciple does not need vegetarianism or any of the physical disciplines, for the reason that none of the fleshly appetites have any control over him. His problem lies elsewhere, and it is a waste of his time and energy to keep his eye focussed on "doing the right things physically", because he does them automatically, and his spiritual habits offset all the lower physical tendencies; automatically these developed habits enable him to surmount the appeal of those desires which work out in the fulfilment of lower desire. No one is accepted into the circle of the Ashram (which is the technical name given to the status of those who are on the eve of initiation, or who are being prepared for initiation) whose physical appetites are in any danger of controlling him. This is a statement of fact. This applies particularly and specifically to those preparing for the first initiation. (18 - 125/6).
(5) Some very sincere devotees and promising applicants, are so preoccupied with form and its disciplining, that they have no real time to give to soul expansion. They are so interested in their reactions to their self-imposed discipline, or to their capacity to conform, or their failure to accept discipline, that the spiritual truths - seeking entrance into their hearts - fail to make such an entrance. Temperance in all things, the wise use of all sustaining forms, and self-forgetfulness, are the hallmark of the disciple, but not of the beginner. Many disciples today, who should be functioning in the Hall of Wisdom, are still fanatically working in the Hall of Knowledge, and are still so earnest over the physical disciplines, that the disciplines of the soul are ignored. I would ask you to reflect on this.
Let me repeat: the physical disciplines are of value in the beginning stage, and impart a sense of proportion and an awareness of defects and of limitations. These have their place in time and space, and that is all. Once the world of the soul is entered, the disciple uses all forms wisely, with understanding of their purpose, and with freedom from excess; he is not preoccupied with them or fundamentally interested in them. His eyes are off himself and are fixed on the world of true values. He has no sense of [Page 95] self-interest, because a group awareness is rapidly superseding his individual consciousness. (18 - 127/8).
(1) The Dweller on the Threshold is usually regarded as presenting the final test of man's courage, and as being in the nature of a gigantic thoughtform or factor which has to be dissipated, prior to taking initiation. Just what this thoughtform is, few people know, but their definition includes the idea of a huge elemental form which bars the way to the sacred portal, or the idea of a fabricated form, constructed sometimes by the disciple's Master to test his sincerity. Some regard it as the sumtotal of a man's faults, his evil nature, which hinders his being recognised as fit to tread the Path of Holiness. None of these definitions, however, give a true idea of the reality. (10 - 21).
(2) The Dweller on the Threshold is illusion-glamour-maya, as realised by the physical brain and recognised as that which must be overcome. It is the bewildering thoughtform with which the disciple is confronted, when he seeks to pierce through the accumulated glamour of the ages, and find his true home in the place of light. (10 - 22).
(3) The Dweller on the Threshold, always present, swings however into activity only on the Path of Discipleship, when the aspirant becomes occultly aware of himself, of the conditions induced within him as a result of his interior illusion, his astral glamour, and the maya surrounding his entire life. Being now an integrated personality (and no one is disciple, my brother, unless he is mental as well as emotional, which is a point the devotee oft forgets) these three conditions (with the preponderance of the effect in one or other of the bodies) are seen as a whole, and to this whole the term "Dweller on the Threshold" is applied. It is in reality a vitalised thoughtform - embodying mental force, astral force and vital energy. (10 - 27).
(4) The Dweller on the Threshold does not emerge out of the fog of illusion and glamour, until the disciple is nearing the Gates of Life. Only when he can catch dim glimpses of the Portal of Initiation and an occasional flash of light from the Angel of the Presence, Who stands waiting beside that door, can he come to grips with the principle of duality, which is embodied for him in the Dweller and the Angel. ... As yet, my words embody for you symbolically a future condition and event. The day will surely come, [Page 96] however, when you will stand in full awareness between these symbols of the pairs of opposites, with the Angel on the right and the Dweller on the left. May strength then be given to you to drive straight forward between these two opponents, who have for long ages waged warfare in the field of your life, and so may you enter into the Presence where the two are seen as one, and naught is known but life and deity. (10 - 39/40).
(5) The Dweller on the Threshold is oft regarded as a disaster, as a horror to be avoided, and as a final and culminating evil. I would here remind you, nevertheless, that the Dweller is "one who stands before the gate of God", who dwells in the shadow of the portal of initiation, and who faces the Angel of the Presence open-eyed, as the ancient Scriptures call it. The Dweller can be defined as the sum total of the forces of the lower nature, as expressed in the personality, prior to illumination, to inspiration, and to initiation. The personality per se, is, at this stage, exceedingly potent, and the Dweller embodies all the psychic and mental forces which, down the ages, have been unfolded in man, and nurtured with care. It can be looked upon as the potency of the threefold material form, prior to its conscious co-operation and dedication to the life of the soul, and to the service of the Hierarchy, of God, and of humanity.
The Dweller on the Threshold is all that man is, apart from the higher spiritual self; it is the third aspect of divinity, as expressed in and through the human mechanism. This third aspect must be eventually subordinated to the second aspect, the soul. (15 - 312).
(6) Memory . . . is not simply just a faculty of the mind, as is so often supposed, but it is essentially a creative power. It is basically an aspect of thought, and - coupled with imagination - is a creative agent, because thoughts are things, as well you know. From ancient recesses of the memory, from a deeply rooted past, which is definitely recalled, and from the racial and the individual subconscious (or founded and established thought reservoirs and desires, inherited and inherent) there emerges from individual past lives and experience, that which is the sumtotal of all instinctual tendencies, of all inherited glamours, and of all phases of wrong mental attitudes; to these, (as they constitute a blended whole) we give the name of the Dweller on the Threshold. This Dweller is the sumtotal of all the personality characteristics which have remained unconquered and unsubdued, and which must be finally overcome before initiation can be taken. Each life sees some progress made; some personality defects straightened out, and some real advance effected. But the unconquered residue, and the ancient liabilities are numerous, and excessively potent, and - when the soul contact [Page 97] is adequately established - there eventuates a life wherein the highly developed and powerful personality becomes, in itself, the Dweller on the Threshold. Then the Angel of the Presence and the Dweller stand face to face, and something must then be done. Eventually, the light of the personal self fades out and wanes in the blaze of glory which emanates from the Angel. Then the greater glory obliterates the lesser. This is, however, only possible when the personality eagerly enters into this relation with the Angel, recognises itself as the Dweller, and - as a disciple - begins the battle between the pairs of opposites, and enters into the tests of Scorpio. These tests and trials are ever self-initiated; the disciple puts himself into the positive or conditioning environment wherein the trials and the discipline are unavoidable and inevitable. When the mind has reached a relatively high stage of development, the memory aspect is evoked in a new and conscious manner, and then every latent predisposition, every racial and national instinct, every unconquered situation, and every controlling fault, rises to the surface of consciousness, and then - the fight is on. (16 - 207/8). See also: (6 - 47/8).


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By LINDA BLACK
The egg, despite its bad rap for cholesterol, is a symbol of wholeness. It also is one of only a few so-called "complete" foods. Some nutritionists call it a perfect food, because it has the highest protein content of any one food and it kicks in a large part of your recommended daily intake of other vitamins and minerals such as iodine and riboflavin as well. In nature, the egg is second in nutritional value only to mother's milk. Plus, there are fewer 100 calories in an egg.
Home cook Alison (Ali) Berlow loves eggs. "But I'm really strict about using only local eggs when I'm cooking," she said. Their color and texture are far better than the mass-produced, often genetically-engineered eggs you buy in most supermarkets, she said.
Ms. Berlow feels it is especially important to use local eggs if a recipe calls for raw egg. Even so, for the Caesar salad she makes to serve alongside her pasta Carbonara, she boils the egg for the dressing for about 30 seconds, so it is not totally raw.
As executive director of the Island Grown Initiative, Ms. Berlow happily accepted the Gazette's challenge to prepare a home meal inspired by local, seasonal ingredients. She encourages anyone interested in the "eat locally" philosophy, to begin with eggs, because we use them so often.
Also, on Martha's Vineyard we have relatively easy access to local eggs, either directly from farmers at various Island farms — Katama, Thompson, and North Tabor farms among them — from farm markets such as Morning Glory and Nip 'n' Tuck; even at Cronig's.
As for the noodles in her dish, Ms. Berlow says her first choice is Italian pasta, clearly labeled "product of Italy," because many American products use genetically modified organisms (GMO) but are not required to include those GMOs in the ingredients list. If you can't find Italian noodles, she says organic pasta is also GMO-free.
If she can get it — from Morning Glory, Blackwater Farm, or Thompson Farm — Ms. Berlow will use local bacon or pancetta in her Carbonara sauce.
A professed non-cook until she had children, Ms. Berlow said the birth of her first son, Max, changed everything. "I got really interested in what I'd be putting into my child's body."
Ms. Berlow said she is lucky that, although her own mother wasn't a particularly good cook, she was a scientist. She taught Ali that you learn by trial and error, and by allowing yourself to make mistakes. So she's not afraid to experiment when she's cooking. Her unfettered approach, using recipes more for inspiration than for step-by-step methodology, is obvious when she's asked to provide a recipe for the meal she's making.
"Well," she says, holding up a good-sized brick of cheese, "I'll probably use up this much Parmesan in the Carbonara sauce and Caesar dressing."

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"So what now?" "What's next on the list?" "Where do the Eagles go from here?" Only moments after the Eagles pulled off what on paper looked like a lopsided deal in acquiring linebacker DeMeco Ryans, a number of Birds fans were onto the next thing. You almost wanted to say, "Hey, can't you enjoy this trade for a minute?" But the steady stream of what's-next questions on Twitter seemed borne out of excitement more than anything. And, really, the Eagles still have some work left to do in free agency and before the draft.
So here's a look at the positions that still need addressing, some of the free agents still available at those spots and how the Eagles might go about filling those needs. We'll skip the linebacker position in light of the Ryans trade, although the Eagles will probably add another piece, most likely in the draft.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Patriots; Joseph Addai, Colts; Cedric Benson, Bengals; Ryan Grant, Packers; Kevin Smith, Lions; LaDainian Tomlinson, Jets.
The Eagles need a backup running back, but there are still a number of viable options still on the market. Green-Ellis would be a nice complement to LeSean McCoybecause he's more of the plow-straight-ahead type. But how would he perform in Howard Mudd's zone blocking scheme? He's also not much of a pass catcher. But he's good in short yardage and the Eagles may want to preserve McCoy in those situations. Addai thrived in Indianapolis when Mudd was there. He would seem the best fit, although he may want to start. Benson is beat up and fumbled way too many times last season. Eagles fans remember Grant zipping past Birds defenders in the 2010 opener before he broke his ankle. Smith is still only 25. The 32-year-old Tomlinson took a sharp dip last season. He could be done.
Getting the best available running back doesn't necessarily mean he'll solve the Eagles' problems behind McCoy. Ronnie Brown was hailed by many as a great pickup last summer, but he could not adapt to a lesser role. Dion Lewisshowed some nifty moves in the preseason, but when he got time against first teamers he didn't look as hot. So the Eagles need to get somebody else, preferably someone who can block and someone that has carried the load in case McCoy gets hurt. The Eagles also need a fullback. Owen Schmitt could return, but his playing time was cut nearly in half last season. Mike Tolbert could have been a hybrid-type back in the Leonard Weaver mold, but he signed a pretty big deal with the Panthers.
Matt Leinart, Texans; Billy Volek, Chargers; Josh Johnson, Bucs.
The pickings are slim if the Eagles are still looking for a backup quarterback. You got to believe they're looking for upgrades over Trent Edwards and Mike Kafka. Jason Campbell might have been the answer, but he's headed to Chicago. David Garrard made some sense, but he'll get an opportunity to start in Miami.
The Jets, thankfully, ended any speculation that Tim Tebow could end up in Philadelphia. He would have been an awkward fit here unless the Eagles wanted to use him strictly as a gimmick.
Edwards did not play last season and Kafka, when he did, looked quite a ways from being a quarterback you could rely on to fill in for Michael Vick in case of emergency. The quieter the Eagles are on the quarterback front, the more likely it appears they'll invest a relatively high draft draft pick at the position.
Yeremiah Bell, Dolphins; O.J. Atogwe, Redskins; Jim Leonhard, Jets; Abram Elam, Cowboys; James Ibedigbo, Patriots; Deon Grant, Giants.
You don't expend two second-draft picks on safeties in back-to-back drafts and then give up on them after just two seasons. Nate Allen and Jaiquawn Jarrett may never play up to their draft positions, but the Eagles are pot committed at least for this coming season. After that, all bets are off. They also have Kurt Coleman once again as insurance in case Jarrett still isn't ready.
They're likely to add some veteran as a possible stopgap. Bell is 34, but he played several years under the Eagles' new defensive backs coach Todd Bowles. Atogwe was recently cut by the Redskins, but he still has some gas left in the tank. Leonhard has been injury prone. Elam wasn't much of a playmaker last season.
Brodrick Bunkley, Broncos; Amobi Okoye, Bears; Anthony Hargrove, Seahawks.
The Eagles had some interest in Jason Jones, who went from Tennessee to Seattle. But he's had some nagging injuries and it was hard to decipher if his slip in production last season had more to do with the bumps and bruises than the move to defensive end.
The Eagles could still bring Derek Landriback. He shined late last season, but could get better offers elsewhere. Bunkley had a productive season as Denver's nose tackle. Could the Eagles actually bring back their 2006 first round draft pick? (UPDATE: Bunkley signed a five-year contract with the Saints this afternoon.) The 24-year-old Okoye probably will stay in Chicago. Hargrove was with the Eagles during training camp, but couldn't make the team. Trevor Laws reportedly visited with the Patriots. The Birds will likely let him walk.
If Landri and Laws aren't back the Eagles could be positioning themselves to draft a defensive tackle high in the draft. They may get one even if one of those guys returns.
Joel Dressen, Texans; Visanthe Shiancoe, Vikings; Dallas Clark, Colts.
Once he wasn't asked to stay in and block as much, Brent Celek took advantage of his pass-catching opportunities and delivered a strong season, statistically speaking. Clay Harbor is a competent backup, but his blocking is still a work in progress.
Getting Dressen would help in that regard, although the Eagles aren't likely to give up on Harbor. Shiancoe blossomed in Minnesota but he's on the downslope of his career. Clark, 32, could follow Peyton Manning to Denver.
Vernon Carey, Dolphins; Kareem McKenzie, Giants; Barry Richardson, Chiefs.
When you have only a backup tackle to find for your offensive line, you're in a good spot. The Eagles would probably like to select a tackle somewhere in the middle-to-late rounds in draft and begin his development with Jason Peters and Todd Herremans holding down the edges for at least the next few seasons.
But that won't solve the problem of having a ready-made tackle in case one of those guys gets injured. King Dunlap filled that role fairly effectively over the last two seasons. But he isn't especially durable and he's a free agent. So he's probably not back.
Carey has played most of the career at left tackle, but he moved to guard last season. His versatility would seem to make him appealing. McKenzie may be willing to sign somewhere as a reserve. Richardson played every snap for the Chiefs last season and is only 25.


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Veeam Software has announced that the latest version of its Veeam Backup Free Edition is now available for download. The new product now includes the popular Veeam FastSCP utility and a new feature the company calls VeeamZIP. According to ablog post on the official Veeam Blog by Veeam VP of Product Strategy Doug Hazelman, VeeamZIP allows admins to quickly consolidate VM files and setting related to a VM into something akin to an archive file.
"VeeamZIP really is the awesome part...it allows you to quickly and easily 'ZIP' all the files and settings associated with a VM into a compressed, deduped 'archive' file," Hazelman writes. "The file that VeeamZIP creates is our in our standard .VBK file format. You can now take a 500GB VM and 'ZIP' it into a single file that will fit on most removable media such as a portable hard drive or even a USB 'thumb' drive."
Veeam Backup Free Edition
In addition to VeeamZIP, Veeam Backup Free Edition also provides a VM file manager, the ability to migrate running VMs into storage, support for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager, quick file recovery, an updated (but not wholly revamped) user interface, and a host of other features and improvements.
In a statement announcing the availability of the product, Veeam President and CEO Ratmir Timashev stressed that FastSCP will live on in the new combined product. "Veeam FastSCP has been hugely popular since we introduced it in 2006," Timashev said. "More than 150,000 Virtualization Lovers use it, and with these new capabilities, Veeam Backup Free Edition offers even more value. We are excited to offer this latest gift to the virtualization community."
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Acanthurus nigricauda
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929
Common Name(s):
Acanthurus gahm ssp. nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929
Acanthurus nigricaudus Duncker & Mohr, 1929
|Taxonomic Notes:
|A. nigricauda x olivaceous hybrids have been observed in the Marshall Islands (Randall 2001a).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Clements, K.D., McIlwain, J., Choat, J.H., Abesamis, R., Myers, R., Nanola, C., Rocha, L.A., Russell, B. & Stockwell, B.
|Davidson, L., Edgar, G. & Kulbicki, M.
Acanthurus nigricauda is widespread in the Indo-Pacific Region and is common in parts of its range. It is harvested as food and is a component of the aquarium trade. Harvest is not considered a major threat globally and it occurs in a number of marine reserves in parts of its distribution. It is therefore listed as Least Concern.
|Range Description:
|Acanthurus nigricauda is widespread in the Indo-Pacific and is found from East Africa to the Society Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, northwards to Ryukyu Islands, Japan and southwards to the Great Barrier Reef, Australia and New Caledonia. It is absent from the Red Sea, Arabian Peninsula and the Hawaiian Islands.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:American Samoa; Australia; British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago); Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Comoros; Cook Islands; Disputed Territory (Paracel Is., Spratly Is.); Fiji; French Polynesia; French Southern Territories (Mozambique Channel Is.); Guam; India (Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.); Indonesia; Japan; Kenya; Kiribati (Gilbert Is., Kiribati Line Is., Phoenix Is.); Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius (Mauritius (main island), Rodrigues); Mayotte; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Réunion; Samoa; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; United States Minor Outlying Islands (Howland-Baker Is., US Line Is., Wake Is.); Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Wallis and Futuna
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|In the Philippines, Acanthurus nigricauda is common over sandy bottoms. Abundance estimates in Guam record 1 ind/500 m2 (J. McIlwain pers. comm. 2010). It is targeted in Guam and makes up 2% of the acanthurid community and 5% of the acanthurid fishery. It is uncommon to rare in fished areas (J. McIlwain unpub. data). Visual census surveys along Aceh coast, Weh Island, Indonesia recorded fish densities of 8 individuals/750 m2 at Pantai sirkui, 9 individuals/750 m2 at Teupin Layeu and 6 individuals/750 m2 at Teluk Pelabuhan (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science 2007).
This species was recorded as common in terms of relative abundance in the northern Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea (Allen 2009). It is moderately common in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea and in Raja Ampat, Indonesia (Allen 2003, 2003b). It was occasionally found in Calamianes Islands, Philippines (Werner and Allen 2000). It is a ubiquitous species, usually seen over sand (K.D. Clements pers. comm. 2010). It is uncommon in the American Samoa National Park (National Park of Samoa Checklist of Fishes accessed 21 April 2010).
In Kenya, landings during 1978-2001 for families that are less important in commercial catches (e.g., scarinae and Acanthuridae) showed rising catches (1978-1984) followed by a general decline during the 1990s, but the landings for the scarinae showed a rising trend in recent years (Kaunda-Arara et al. 2003).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Acanthurus nigricauda occurs in sandy areas near coral reefs or rocky bottom where it grazes on the biofilm on sandy surfaces. It has low levels of SCFAs (short chain fatty acids) (Clements and Choat 1995). Its diet is dominated by organic detritus and calcareous sediments with very small portions of identifiable algae (Choat et al. 2002b).
The sexes are separate among the acanthurids (Reeson 1983). Acanthurids do not display obvious sexual dimorphism, males assume courtship colours (J.H. Choat pers. comm. 2010). This species was reported to form spawning aggregations on the Great Barrier Reef (Squire and Samoilys unpub.).
|Use and Trade:
|Acanthurus nigricauda is collected for food and is generally caught in traps, nets, or spear. It is also a minor component of the aquarium trade (Global Marine Aquarium Database accessed 19 March 2010). It is sold online for $119.99 (L. Rocha pers. comm. 2010).
|Major Threat(s):
Acanthurus nigricauda may be affected by targeted fishing in some parts of its range.
Surgeonfishes show varying degrees of habitat preference and utilization of coral reef habitats, with some species spending the majority of their life stages on coral reef while others primarily utilize seagrass beds, mangroves, algal beds, and /or rocky reefs. The majority of surgeonfishes are exclusively found on coral reef habitat, and of these, approximately 80% are experiencing a greater than 30% loss of coral reef area and degradation of coral reef habitat quality across their distributions. However, more research is needed to understand the long-term effects of coral reef habitat loss and degradation on these species' populations. Widespread coral reef loss and declining habitat conditions are particularly worrying for species that recruit into areas with live coral cover especially, as studies have shown that protection of pristine habitats facilitate the persistence of adult populations in species that have spatially separated adult and juvenile habitats (Comeros-Raynal et al. 2012).
|Conservation Actions:
|There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. However, its distribution overlaps several marine protected areas within its range.
|Clements, K.D., McIlwain, J., Choat, J.H., Abesamis, R., Myers, R., Nanola, C., Rocha, L.A., Russell, B. & Stockwell, B. 2012. Acanthurus nigricauda. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T178017A1522347. . Downloaded on 20 September 2018.
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Windham police grievance is deniedBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
January 30. 2013 10:29PM
WINDHAM - Windham police officers won't be eligible for step-rate pay increases as long as they're working under an expired union contract, town officials said this week.
During a continued grievance hearing held at the start of Monday night's board of selectmen meeting, the board denied Windham Police Officer Christopher Van Hirtum's request that his pay reflect the step increases outlined in the expired police contract.
Though Selectman Ross McLeod supported the police grievance, the three other board members in attendance voted against it and the request was denied. Chairman Bruce Breton wasn't present at Monday night's meeting due to an illness.
At the initial grievance hearing on Dec. 13, Van Hirtum alleged that the denial of a pay increase constituted a breach of contract by Town Administrator David Sullivan.
According to the outdated contract, Van Hirtum's hourly pay rate was due to be increased from $20.72 to $21.93.
Sullivan, who didn't attend last month's hearing, said Monday night that the issue wasn't a reflection of Van Hirtum's work performance.
"Unfortunately, we've been without a contract with the police union since 2011," Sullivan said, noting that other officers have been denied similar step increases following the contract's expiration.
The town administrator said the current wording on the contract with AFSCME Local 3657 states that step increases are incurred following a 12-month probation period when a contract is current. Windham's contract with the town's police union expired in March 2011. Van Hirtum was hired the following October.
"When we're not in contract status, steps are the discretionary decision of the town," Sullivan added. Police union steward Shane Mirisola, who spoke on behalf of Van Hirtum, said he had reason to believe otherwise.
"The argument is that we're hired at a probationary pay and after one year, we get into the union. Officer Van Hirtum is paying union dues and is receiving every benefit besides (a pay increase)," Mirisola said. "Steps are within a collective bargaining agreement."
Sullivan asked the board to seek legal counsel regarding policies on step increases for probationary employees.
Windham town officials and members of the local police union are currently in the process of negotiating a new contract, however a lengthy meeting with an arbitrator earlier this month was unsuccessful.
Windham labor attorney Mark Broth said there's no question the (expired) union contract specifies step increases, making it part of the collective bargaining agreement.
"The question is, what is the continuation of that right after the expiration of a contract?" Broth said. "The N.H. Supreme Court has ruled in a number of cases that certain things must remain in place following the expiration of a contract. But then there are certain things that are frozen, among them step increases."
Broth added that following the contract's expiration, the town still has "an obligation to maintain status quo" but beyond that the public has "really been denied its opportunity to vote on cost items."


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Beaumont/Port Arthur
Expect delays on the I-10 Purple Heart Memorial Bridge over the Neches River from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, as crews sweep the bridge.
The Texas Department of Transportation has some slightly bad news for nighttime travelers but great news for morning commuters journeying into downtown Beaumont from Orange County.
A Lake Charles man attempting to escape his vehicle after an auto accident fell off of the Neches River/Purple Heart Bridge to his death on Dec. 5, reports the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Monday, Jan. 21 – Be prepared for some delays if you are traveling westbound to Beaumont on Interstate 10 today. According to TxDOT spokesperson Marc Shepherd, the westbound left lane between Rose City and Beaumont will be closed for road work being done on the Neches River Bridge, also known as the Purple Heart Memorial Bridge, today and possibly Tuesday, Jan. 22.
Anyone traveling between Orange County and Jefferson County along Interstate 10 has seen the cranes and big orange signs. Construction of the new Purple Heart Memorial Bridge, also known as the Neches River Bridge, is well underway and on schedule, according to Marc Shepherd, communication specialist at the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT).
Aug. 31 has been a deadly day for some Southeast Texas motorists and very frustrating for many others.
Motorists headed to their destinations were forced to find alternate routes Friday morning after a fatal crash at the base of the Purple Heart Memorial Bridge in Beaumont shut down Interstate 10 in both directions.
According to a Beaumont Police Department release, the driver of a GMC pickup truck heading eastbound in the westbound lane of I-10 collided head on with an 18-wheeler at 2:14 a.m.
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ABT Bringing Load Of Tuners To Geneva, Teases With A Golf
ABT's bringing a boatload of fresh product to the Geneva Motor Show, including tuned versions of the new Audi A8, R8, and R8 Spyder. The teaser? For some reason they've decided the ABT VW Golf is the way to go.


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England and Wales Census, 1861 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
|This article describes a collection of historical records available at FamilySearch.org.
Access the records: England and Wales Census, 1861 .
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- 5 How to Use the Records
- 6 Record History
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Collection Time Period
The British government has taken censuses every 10 years since 1801, except for 1941. This census covers those living in England and Wales on 8 April 1861.
The Historical Records Index
The index was republished on 23 February 2011 to reflect both the ecclesiatical parish and civil parish for each event to provide further assistance in locating entries.
Population schedule for England, Wales, Isle of Man and Channel Islands showing population as of 7 April 1861. This data has been provided by Findmypast.com.
Record Description
Census schedules consist of large sheets with preprinted rows and columns. The schedules are arranged by county and then divided by civil parish, while some are further subdivided into smaller enumeration districts, each district being an area that could be enumerated in a day. The only exception to this is the 1841 census, which was arranged by "hundreds" (administrative subdivisions of land). For reference purposes, the National Archives assigned a piece number to each enumeration district and stamped a folio number in the upper right corner of each right-side page. The number refers to entries on both sides of the page (both the recto and verso of the folio). Almost all the residents of England, whether were citizens or not, are included in the census
Record Content
The 1841 census lists the members of each household, along with their name, sex, address, occupation, and whether they were born in the county. The census taker usually rounded the ages of those older than 15 down to a multiple of 5. Beginning with the 1851 census, the information listed includes names, ages, parish and county of birth, occupation, and relationship to the head of the household for each person. The census record may also list the birth country for people born outside of England.
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- You may be able to identify a younger generation if a young married couple still lived with one of their sets of parents.
- Additional searches may be needed to locate all members of a particular family in the census
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The Registrar General created the national censuses. Enumerators went door to door collecting the data in census books. The 1841 census was taken on June 7. Censuses taken between 1851 and 1931 were conducted on a single day, sometime between March 31 and April 8. The census takers listed only those who spent the night in each household, so individuals who were traveling or at school were listed where they spent the night.
Why the Record Was Created
The Registrar General created censuses for various reasons, including population studies, accessing military readiness, compiling lists of eligible voters, and tracking relief to the poor.
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Japanistic is already well known amongst bento fans as a source for well priced bento boxes and accessories, not to mention a lot of other great products from Japan such as stationery, craft items and more. They're offering a special discount on a very useful bento box set, plus a giveaway prize to JustBento readers. Both feature bento boxes with clear lids and large snap-on plastic side clips. These types of clips are easy to open and close even for little hands, and keep the contents really secure. They don't require elastic bands to hold them closed - one less item to worry about getting lost.
First up is the special set price for the very cute Addy Drop Back-to-School Package.
It features a single-layer bento box, a small side box, and matching chopsticks. You could use the bento box or the side box on their own of course. The price for the set is $31.45, 10% off the price if purchased separately. The Addy Drop Back-to-School Package can be shipped worldwide.
And here's the equally cute giveaway prize!
This set consists of a Hobee 1-layer bento box (capacity: 400ml) with large snap-on side clips, and the matching chopsticks. 400ml is a great size for kids, and can be used as a snack bento or side box for people with large appetites.
Update: This drawing is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered! The winner will be announced next week.
Please note that this giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
To enter, just leave a comment to this post, telling us how you discovered bentos. Be sure to include a valid email address where you can be contacted in the appropriate text box! Your comment must be posted by 23:59:59 EDT (U.S. East Coast Time) (or just before midnight) of Friday, August 20th 2010. One lucky entry will be drawn at random to receive the Hobee bento box and chopstick set. Good luck!
This is Giveaway No. 1 of Back To School Week. Stay tuned for more throughout the week! (Non-US residents don't worry, there will be giveaways later in the week that you can enter too.)
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When I was in middle school, I did a homestay in Japan. My host mom would make wonderful lunches for us to take on our day trips here and there! I was so taken that I purchased my first bento box from a 100-yen store and tried to pack myself lunches in it. It was never quite the same as my host mom's. Now that my daughter is going to start 1st grade, and will be taking home lunch every day, I'm going to try my best to prepare bento that are both nutritious and pretty/fun. Ganbarimasu!
When I was in middle school, I did a homestay in Japan. My host mom would make wonderful lunches for us to take on our day trips here and there! I was so taken that I purchased my first bento box from a 100-yen store and tried to pack myself lunches in it. It was never quite the same as my host mom's. Now that my daughter is going to start 1st grade, and will be taking home lunch every day, I'm going to try my best to prepare bento that are both nutritious and pretty/fun. Ganbarimasu!
I heard someone talking about bento boxes on TV and I googled the term. After I found this website, I began to learn all about a new way to eat my lunch. Yay!
I discovered bentos from a photo album at parentcenter.com. I loved how colorful and cute they were and loved the idea of tasty, healthy lunches I could pack at home. The album focused on bentos for children, so there were a lot of charaben and it really appealed to my creative side, though I have yet to try a charaben bento.
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When I was 17 I was scouted to model in Japan. I went there for two months and did only 1 job but it was a good one Kao body perfume. It was enough for my agency to bring me back so the day after I graduated high school I returned. On my 2nd job they ordered obento for lunch and I was hooked! I loved all of the little bites of different dishes I wanted to eat it every day.
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Followed a link here from Unclutterer. Very interested to try these!
I love japanese food...and discovered bentos by searching for a new lunch box online.
I've always been interested in Japanese food, but I don't remember how I first found out about bento. I do remember, though, that I rediscovered and started researching bento as a way to get my kindergartener (now a first grader) to eat his lunch at school. That approach has been hit and miss, because I am just not all that great at charaben. :)
Originally I encountered them first on the Shinkansen and then at 7-11 when I was 12 and visited Japan for the first time. Then it took me forever to get back to them, though I always wished Germany had something similar. Took my coming to the U.S. and having to pack lunches to have me experiment and then find blogs about it!
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Welcome to another edition of our theme roundup my fellow theme addicts. I hope you all had a great weekend! Now it's time to get back to work and I have some great themes to show you in the roundup this week. Be sure to click on the jump and check them out.
If you developed a theme you want to share or see featured in the contest or discovered a really great one out there by all means shoot it on over to us! Submit your tips and suggestions to themeroundup[at]crackberry.com for consideration. I hope you enjoy this week's picks so be sure to click on the jump to check them out.
Simply by Simple Design
When it comes to blending form and function in a clean and smooth package there's no better developer to turn to then Simple Design. Simply is another example of their ability to take the stock theme and transform it into another creation entirely with only a few minor modifications. Not only does it offer a balanced and minimized homescreen but animated sliding text as well. Simply takes advantages of your devices display to show off your favorite wallpapers and is filled with hotkeys and shortcuts to access your most used applications. I especially love the changes made to the application icons and screen. From the hidden docks and dedicated weather slot to the unique clock and panel at the top this is a gorgeous design that won't disappoint. This theme is compatible with BlackBerry 9900/30/81 and you can find it at the link below for $1.99.
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Pink Love by Themerzz
There's nothing like starting off the week with a cute, colorful, and attractive theme to brighten up your display. Pink Love by Themerzz is a terrific blend of pink and purple colors. It features heart shaped focus icons, semi-transparent menus, custom block on the homescreen, and a hidden dock and dedicated weather slot controlled by hotkeys. If you haven't had a chance to check out Themerzz's catalog then be sure to view all their offerings in BlackBerry World. All of them are lovely, stylish, and wallpaper friendly. You can pick up this romantic and heartfelt theme for $1.99. It is compatible with BlackBerry 8350i, 8520/30, 8900/10/80, 9220, 9300/10/20/30/50/60/70/80, 9630/50, 9700/80/90, 9800/10, and 9900/30/81 running OS 5 and higher.
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Rainbow Leopard Free Edition by themeArt
For those looking for a fun and fanciful design there is Rainbow Leopard Free Edition by themeArt. This colorful creation offers colorful backgrounds, custom icons, a redesigned top banner, and is wallpaper friendly. There's nothing wrong with dressing up your BlackBerry with an outrageous and animal print look. So why not take a walk on the wild side and head over to BlackBerry World and take this free theme for a spin. Rainbow Leopard Free Edition is compatible with BlackBerry 8520/30, 8900/80, 9000, 9100/05, 9300/20/60/80, 9500/20/30/50, 963050/70, 9700/90, 9800/10/60, and 9900 running OS 4.6 and higher.
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Edge Theme by Elecite
Another clean design this week is Edge Theme by Elecite who is no stranger to the blogs. The popular developer has been on fire lately releasing one professional and elegant theme after another. Edge was designed with extreme precision and smooth usability in mind. What better way to organize your homescreen then with customized folders that feature a total of 20 beautiful quick-access icons, an open slot for 6 of your favorite apps, and smooth navigation and performance. While certain features are limited on OS 7 devices and some find their themes to be a bit pricey, they offer top notch customer support and their products are always high quality. You can find Edge in BlackBerry World for $6.99. It is available for BlackBerry 8900, 9500/20/30/50, 9630/50, 9700/80, 9800, and 9900/30 running OS 5 and higher.
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Circus Girl Theme by BB Theme Studio
To close out the roundup this week is another fully skinned work of art from BB Theme Studio. For those who love top to bottom customization then Circus Girl Theme has it all. From a redesigned top banner comprised of custom battery and signal meters and fonts, to the five beautiful circus backgrounds and those striking hand drawn icons you can't help but notice the attention to detail that went into creating this theme. Circus Girl Theme is available in BlackBerry World for $.99. It is compatible with BlackBerry 8330/50i, 8520/30, 8900/10/80, 9100/05, 9220, 9300/10/20/30/50/60/70/80, 9500/20/30/50, 9630/50/70, 9700/80/88, 9800/10, and 9900/30/81 running OS 4.5 and higher.
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February 10, 2014 — Recently, tech writer Milo Yiannopoulos wrote a post in which he claimed that "the women in tech experiment has been a disaster." It included a line that I found rather odd: "I do find male women in tech activists deeply mystifying."
While this certainly prompted ire from smart women, I'm not sure anyone has ever called me deeply mystifying before; it almost seems like a compliment, in a James Bond sort of way. I'd love it if my work on gender wage equity gave me some secret agent panache, but it has mostly just earned me a few fun speaking opportunities and contacts with a lot of fine folks who are tackling the same problems. Glibness aside, I am often confronted with people who seem to be a bit confused about why a man would advocate on behalf of women.
Milo has a theory: "Perhaps these buffoons are trying to suck up to women merely to get laid." Plausible, I suppose—people do some pretty incredible things to attract potential mates. But I can tell you with a fairly high degree of confidence that my years of work on gender wage equity have never gotten me laid. And I'm fairly sure that if my goal was sex instead of fighting sexism, my time would be better spent at the gym.
The most common theory I encounter is equally incorrect: "Your mom must be really awesome." Freudians, I hate to disappoint, but I don't care about gender wage equity because of my mother. Not that my mom isn't spectacular; she's a deeply awesome woman who got her college degree right about the same time I did and, along with my father, has worked full time my entire life. But she isn't the reason for my interest in gender wage equity. And if you think about it, that really shouldn't be surprising: saying that my mother is why I should care about gender wage equity is like saying that you should only care about racism if you have some black friends.
It also isn't about girlfriends, or girl friends, or as-yet-unborn daughters. Yes, if I have a daughter, I'd like her to grow up in a world where she can ask for a raise and get it, without being told that she is being too demanding or that her work is worth less. Yes, I would like all of the women I know to be valued for their skills and promoted to management positions when it is appropriate.
But the reason to care about gender wage inequity, and the rights of women in the workplace more generally, is more simple and basic than that: inequity is wrong. Whether a result of racism or sexism or any other sort of bias, the issue isn't that you know people affected by the problem (although in the case of gender wage equity, you certainly do), it is the inequity itself.
There are a great many terrible things in the world: poverty and war and famine and all manner of other troubles. And I'm not in the business of comparing which ones are worth working on; eventually, we'll have to tackle them all. But the thing about gender inequity in the workplace is that it is an imminently addressable issue. My ability to directly impact the plight of starving children pales in comparison to the ease with which I can mentor female colleagues. And the lesson of tools and websites like GetRaised, which I created along with some other really great folks, the EEOC's equal pay fact sheet, and the National Women's Law Center's equal pay info sheet, is that we already have all the data we need to determine when and where women are being systematically underpaid—and to do something about it.
And I think that's the important challenge we have to issue to ourselves: to stop digging into the mystique of motivations and scrutinizing advocates, and instead turn the focus on ourselves. How can I, personally, do more to end something that I know to be wrong? Because it isn't that the problem doesn't exist; the numbers speak for themselves. And few would seriously debate that women are capable of outstanding work that meets and exceeds that of their male counterparts. So if you accept that the problem exists, and that it doesn't have to exist, then the question isn't, "Why are other men working on this problem?" The question is, "Why aren't you?"


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As part of the ECHL's 25th Anniversary Season, the Guide also has a feature story on ECHL Commissioner Emeritus Patrick J. Kelly.
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During Baselworld 2014, Maria Doulton had the rare chance to interview Thierry and Sandrine Stern.
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Entirely funded, owned and run by Christine and Maria in London, we are now looking to sell The Jewellery Editor so that it can continue to grow in the hands of a different owner. As e-commerce becomes a priority in our industry, we believe there is huge potential for engaging editorial content and are seeking a buyer who shares our values and passion so that under their guidance we can give a bright future to the platform.
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I wonder since we play with so many substitutions on the D-Line how Gus Bradley will deal with that?
Do you prefer if he gives more snap to Irvin since Pats are a pass first offense? (even tough they have 162 rushing yards/game).
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AIDS and the Power of Women
During the past six years the public health crisis in the developing world has been getting remarkable attention. In 2000, 189 nations came together at the UN to pledge their support for eight "Millennium Development Goals" including the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, the reduction of child mortality, and the control of AIDS. Since then, several new public health foundations with billions of dollars to spend have emerged, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, as well as the less well endowed but no less ambitious William J. Clinton Foundation.
Opinion polls show that voters in the US and Europe are far more willing to support foreign aid programs than they were just a decade ago; and some corporations, such as Gap Inc., Coca-Cola, and De Beers have discovered that associating their brands with philanthropic activities helps sell T-shirts, soft drinks, and diamond rings. Most heartening of all is that, at last, some of these groups are finally beginning to grasp the fundamental reality that they aren't going to get anywhere near the public health goals they have set themselves unless they deal with the human rights issues, and particularly the rights of women, that underlie most health problems in developing countries.1
The causes of poor health in the developing world are often pathetically simple: lack of access to safe water, vaccines, mosquito nets, antibiotics, oral rehydration salts for diarrhea, and other cheap commodities. Many international health agencies specialize in distributing these items to developing countries and in sponsoring research on new ones, including vaccines for AIDS and malaria that so far do not exist. But there is growing recognition that the key to improving the health of the world's poor may lie not only in technology but also in politics—and in encouraging poor people to develop the collective will and take the social action necessary to enable them to protect their own health.
One way to do that is to improve the status of women. Empowering women has long been seen as an important public health goal.2 Where women are more educated and independent, societies tend to be much healthier than would otherwise be expected, at least partly because it is usually women who fight for better services and living conditions for their families. Unfortunately, there is no commonly accepted method for giving more power to women. A variety of programs, each with strengths and shortcomings, have been attempted, including press and radio campaigns to raise awareness of women's rights issues; programs to increase the number of girls enrolled in school or the number of women in paid employment; and programs to improve the distribution and development of contraceptives and "microbicides"—as yet nonexistent vaginal gels that could, potentially, block HIV infection.
However, new research from South Africa suggests that it may be possible to dramatically change the status of women in a very short time, even in the poorest, most troubled communities, at relatively low…
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text: Amazon and Costco have their similarities and differences. Boxed Wholesale is a mashup of the two that is hoping to expand its reach. Boxed Wholesale has just closed its latest funding round, which raised 100 million dollars. So far their funding has reached 132 million dollars thanks to investors GGV and DST Global, along with its new investor, Safa Partners. Rumors were circling that Alibaba, an e-commerce giant, wished to invest or buy out Boxed Wholesale to fight Amazon, but the CEO, Chieh Huang, denies the rumors. Boxed Wholesale doesn't want to deal with press or rumors. They're simply concentrating on their business model, which is converting buyers from one-off purchases to bulk buying. They want to bring in the 25 to 44 demographic who aren't usually bulk buyers, instead of stealing customers from Costco and other warehouse clubs. This demographic generally hasn't been to a warehouse in months, if ever. Like Costco, Boxed provides high quality products in bulk. Like Amazon, there is no store. You shop from your phone or computer. One advantage of using Boxed is that it doesn't charge a membership fee. Plus, they deliver within three days usually, to anywhere in the United States. In certain places, they also offer fresh items such as produce and milk. img via mzstatic.com Boxed does not try to be Amazon in trying to offer everything under the sun. They only sell around 1,000 products, carefully chosen and curated. They want to offer quality over quantity and offer brands and products that consumers trust. The 100 million dollars raised in the latest funding round will go towards hiring and marketing. They wish to expand their team of 80 people. For marketing, they will likely use a large chunk of the money towards Facebook ads to reach their desired market. This has become a very profitable way to advertise. The amount raised puts their company value at around 400 million dollars, but that cannot be confirmed. The CEO will only confirm that they are nowhere close to 1 billion dollars, or "unicorn" status. They remain a smaller company but thanks to their investors, they're still competing. header img via shescribes.com


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Fueled with emotion from the impending retirement of Ray Lewis and a fervent home crowd, the Baltimore Ravens dispatched the Indianapolis Colts in the opening round of the AFC playoffs.
It's going to take more than just unbridled enthusiasm to knock off the top-seeded Denver Broncos on Saturday.
In defeating Indianapolis 24-9 on Sunday, the Ravens (11-6) drew inspiration from a crowd that never stopped cheering before, during and after Lewis' final home game. The standout middle linebacker intends to retire after Baltimore's playoff run, and the Ravens had no intention of seeing Lewis end his 17-year career with a home loss.
Now, however, the Ravens take to the road to face the Broncos (13-3), who have won 11 straight — including a 34-17 rout in Baltimore on Dec. 16.