text: Alex Maclean is an aerial photographer who has explored virtually the entire continental United States, capturing humanity's footprint on the natural world. Maclean's images are shot at an altitude low enough that scenes and structures are identifiable, but high enough to render them abstract, revealing geometric patterns within beaches, islands, farmland, forests, and suburban sprawl. With an interest in environmental issues and a background in architecture and commercial planning, Maclean surveys American lifestyles and collective values based on housing patterns, commercial structures, and environmental interventions such as deforestation. His work combines art and information; a picture of a golf course in the desert, for example, functions as a symbol for access to resources both finite and infinite.


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Members of the NC General Assembly need our help. They need help moving HB141- DACA Beneficiaries/Drivers License Moratorium out of committee. Time is critical. The NCDMV will begin reissuing licenses to illegal aliens on March 25th unless they are stopped.Please send the following message to the 4 individuals listed below. (Don't forget to send this email to all your friends so they can contact the Leadership as well)
"I urge you to support NC HB141- DACA Beneficiaries/Drivers License Moratorium. This bill is currently sitting in the Committee on Rules, Calendar and Operations of the North Carolina House. Chairman- Representative Tim Moore (R- Cleveland County).This bill would give the General Assembly the time necessary to study all the ramifications of issuing licenses to DACA eligible illegal aliens in North Carolina.
I feel the decision of the NCDMV, to begin reissuing licenses to DACA eligible individuals on March 25th, was made in haste and below the level of Government necessary to make such a decision.
I strongly urge you to slow this process down by supporting HB141 and give our elected officials time to thoroughly study the effects of granting driving privileges to DACA eligible illegal aliens in North Carolina".
Lt. Gov. Chief of Staff: Hal Weatherman firstname.lastname@example.com
NC House Speaker: Rep. Thom Tillis- firstname.lastname@example.com
NC House Speaker Pro Tempore: Rep Paul Stam- firstname.lastname@example.com
President Pro Tempore of the Senate: Sen. Phil Berger- firstname.lastname@example.com
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Just a couple of things I want to point out today, before you head off for your weekend.
First, make sure you stop by Liquor Direct today or tomorrow – either location. You'll find local blogging brethren Tim from CheapWineRatings.com and Jonathon from BestDrinkEver.net holding court and pouring wine. I have no doubt they'll have excellent wines, so go say hello. And remember – Liquor Direct tastings are always free!
Next, I've just been alerted to a cool tour in Newport that has nothing to do with wine, but needs to be publicized because, well, it's cool.
Here's the info:
Newport Gangster Tour $15 dollars, May 16, 17, 23, 24, 25
Before there was Las Vegas… there was Newport, Kentucky. The original Sin City.
Rising from the profits of bootlegging, Newport would quickly grow to become the premier gaming destination in the US. Walk the streets where gangsters made their millions, gamblers lost their lives, and ladies of the night earned their living. See the buildings that housed casinos, brothels, and speakeasies. Explore Newport's connection to some of the most well known crime figures in our country's history, and discover the individuals who gave the town its infamous reputation.
Tours Start at 723 Monmouth Street and run every hour between 11:00 and 7:00
Except Sundays tours run between 11:00 and 5:00.
Why you should go.
1. All proceeds from this event support global service learning, service projects in Central America.
2. Free steak dinner coupon for The Syndicate
I recently picked up a new camera and that seems like an excellent opportunity to practice my photography skills (or lack thereof). We'll be there at some point over the next two weekends.
If you happen to have a Kindle, you can now subscribe to My Wine Education and have it wirelessly downloaded to your device. This also works if you have the Kindle iPhone app. Amazon set the price at $1.99 per month. (You should know I had no control over that – if I could have, I would have offered it for free.)
Finally, there's a new Print-Friendly button over in the right hand column. It allows you to print a select post without all the headers and columns – just the content. Nifty, right? Just click the title of the post you want to print then click the Print-Friendly button. Ta da!
I'm going to spend this weekend doing absolutely nothing other than recovering from a cold (hopefully it's not the Swine Flu) brought on by non-stop stress and activity over the last 6 weeks. I hope you get a chance to relax as well.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Communications company AT&T announced Saturday that it is waiving voice and text overage charges through the end of November for customers in Fairfield County, which was hard hit by Hurricane Sandy.
AT&T will also extend the late-payment window for wireless customers who are behind and waive late-payment fees.
Usage prior to Oct. 29 or after Nov. 30 will be billed normally, said a statement on the AT&T website.
"We expect recovery to affect many customers' regular services for weeks and we want to make sure that we allow for them to make use of service while working to put their lives back in order," said the statement.
The offer waives overage charges for voice and text only. No additional voice or text charges will appear on customers' bills beyond their monthly plan charges.
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Hey friends! I've got a free print for download today. Regardless of what you are going through, whether it's big or small- I just wanted to throw a little hope, courage and strength your way.
Just a reminder that my end of summer sale is happening this week (all of my online classes are marked way down!) and 15% of the profits are heading to the Houston Food Bank.
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TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, caught up in a scandal over a video purportedly showing him smoking crack cocaine, fired his chief of staff on Thursday.
A statement from the mayor's office gave no reason for Mark Towhey's dismissal. Towhey, who was escorted from City Hall by security, would only say that he did not resign.
City Councilor Jaye Robinson she was told Towhey's firing was unrelated to the scandal, but rather had something to do with football. Ford was fired as coach of a Catholic high school football team on Wednesday — a development school officials also denied was related to the scandal.
The alleged crack smoking video has not been released publicly and it's authenticity has not been verified. Reports on the gossip website Gawker and in the Toronto Star claimed it was taken by men who said they had sold the drug to Ford. The Associated Press hasn't seen the video.
The Star reported that two journalists had watched a video that appears to show Ford, sitting in a chair, inhaling from what appears to be a glass crack pipe. Gawker and the Star said the video was shown to them by a drug dealer who had been trying to sell it for a six-figure sum.
The Star also reported that in the video Ford allegedly made a racist remark about high school football students he coached.
Toronto Catholic District School Board spokesman John Yan said the decision to remove Ford as the head of Don Bosco Eagles Football program on Wednesday had to do with the comments the mayor made to the Sun TV Network in March that parents found offensive.
Ford has been ducking the media and his only comments on the scandal came Friday, a day after the story broke, when he called the crack smoking allegations "ridiculous" and said that the Toronto Star was out to get him.
Ford has been embroiled in almost weekly controversies about his behavior since being elected in 2010, but the crack video allegations are the most serious allegations he's faced yet.


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text: Bill Zeeble Bill Zeeble has been a full-time reporter at KERA since 1992, covering everything from medicine to the Mavericks and education to environmental issues. Heâââ Texas May Be Denying Tens Of Thousands Of Children Special Education By Bill Zeeble • Oct 21, 2016 When Rosley Espinoza's daughter was very young, in preschool, she started acting differently. She seemed distracted and would get in trouble at school. "Lack of interest, teachers' notes coming home with behavior notes," Espinoza says, speaking in Spanish. She says she asked school officials to evaluate her daughter, Citlali, for special education, but they didn't. Remembering Van Cliburn, A Giant Among Pianists And A Cold War Idol By Bill Zeeble • Feb 27, 2013


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Victims of pedophile priests called on Tuesday for renewing a criminal investigation into the role of Catholic Church leaders in Los Angeles, including Cardinal Roger Mahony, in covering up child sexual abuse as revealed in newly released Church records.
Documents made public on Monday showed that Mahony, then archbishop of the nation's largest Catholic archdiocese, worked with a top adviser to shield known molesters in the clergy from law enforcement scrutiny in the 1980s.
According to the internal Church personnel records, Mahony and a monsignor who oversaw sex abuse cases in the archdiocese, Thomas Curry, arranged with other Church officials to send pedophile priests out of state to avoid prosecution.
Mahony and Curry also tried to keep priests sent away to a Church-run pedophile treatment center from later revealing their misconduct to private therapists who would be obligated to report the crimes to police, the documents showed.
Prosecutors in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office "will review and evaluate all documents as they become available to us," a spokeswoman said.
The documents released this week, pertaining to more than a dozen clergy, came to light as part of a pending civil suit against the archdiocese on behalf of a man who claims he was sexually abused as a boy by a priest who fled to Mexico about the time he was reported to authorities.
Scandals over sex abuse in the U.S. Catholic Church, which erupted in 1992 with a series of molestation cases uncovered in Boston, have cost the Church billions of dollars in settlements and driven prominent dioceses into bankruptcy.
The Los Angeles archdiocese, which serves 4 million Catholics, reached a $660 million civil settlement in 2007 with more than 500 victims of child molestation in the biggest such agreement of its kind in the nation, and Mahony at the time called the abuse "a terrible sin and crime."
But victims' advocates have accused Church leaders of continuing to obfuscate their role in the scandal, and cite the newly released confidential letters and memos as a "smoking gun" proving complicity by Mahony and others.
"What these documents show us is how ... actively involved he was and how personally responsible he and Monsignor Curry were together for the transfer and cover-up of pedophile priests," said Joelle Casteix, a western director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP.
Speaking at a news conference, Casteix urged law enforcement to examine the new files to see if criminal charges can be brought against the involved church leaders.
Mahony, who retired as archbishop in 2011, retains the title of cardinal in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. Curry now serves as auxiliary bishop responsible for the pastoral regions of Santa Barbara and Ventura County.
Casteix, joined by nine abuse victims and three parents of abuse victims, also called for Mahony, Curry and others implicated in the files to be punished by the Church and for Mahony to be publicly denounced by his successor, Archbishop Jose Gomez.
"We can put any of these people in jail if we want to, if the law works for the people instead of the oligarchs," said Jim Robertson, 66, who said he was abused as a teenager by two members of his Catholic high school faculty.
Former Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said in 2007 that a probe into the conduct of Church leaders was on hold until his office could obtain personnel records of those accused of abuse. A federal grand jury inquiry in 2009 likewise produced no charges.
In addition to records released on Monday, files of at least 75 more accused abusers from the archdiocese are slated to become public in coming weeks under terms of the 2007 settlement.
Mahoney said on Monday he had been "naive" in his handling of the problem and that he and other Church officials began to take more aggressive steps in 1987 after gaining a better understanding of how damaging sexual abuse was to its victims.
Curry also apologized for "instances when I made decisions regarding the treatment and disposition of clergy accused of sexual abuse that in retrospect appear inadequate or mistaken."
A separate statement from the archdiocese said the Church had "learned from mistakes made decades ago."
"We have apologized for the sad and shameful actions of some priests, as well as for our inadequate responses in assisting victims and in dealing with perpetrators," the statement said. "The past cannot be changed, but we have learned from it."
(Additional reporting and writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Lisa Shumaker)


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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Thursday as positive economic indicators and the nomination of a pro-stimulus Bank of Japan chief bolstered hopes for faster growth.
Tokyo's benchmark led gains in regional stocks after the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated Haruhiko Kuroda, currently president of the Asian Development Bank, to head Japan's central bank. The Nikkei 225 stock average was up 1.9 percent to 11,462.63 as the yen weakened.
Kuroda is seen as a supporter of Abe's efforts to overcome Japan's 20 years of economic stagnation with bolder monetary easing, a weaker yen and bigger government spending.
Elsewhere in Asia, South Korea's Kospi was up 0.9 percent at 2,021.73 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 1.2 percent to 22,848.18. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.8 percent to 5,077.70. Stocks in mainland China, Singapore and Thailand also rose.
Investors also welcomed a string of improved economic figures from Asia, Europe and the United States.
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said industrial production rose 1 percent from the month before in January, the second straight monthly increase. The ministry suggested a slump in output had bottomed.
On Wednesday, new figures from the U.S. National Association of Realtors showed pending sales rose 4.5 percent in January, the biggest increase since April 2010.
And in Europe, a survey showed economic sentiment in the 17 euro countries rising by more than anticipated in February.
On Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 175.24 points, or 1.2 percent, to 14,075.37. The Standard and Poor's 500 index gained 19.05 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,515.99. The Nasdaq composite rose 32.61 points, or 1.3 percent, to 3,162.26.
In currency markets, the euro was almost flat at $1.3145. The dollar rose 0.1 percent to 92.35 yen.
Benchmark crude for April delivery was up 37 cents to $93.12 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


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Artist's Portfolio -- Todd Bratrud
Meet Todd Bratrud
Bratrud's been in the skateboard-industry graphics game since his days at Consolidated in the '90s. Over the years, he's branched out to do work for all kinds of people and companies, including this Lion of Judah for The Skateboard Mag. Click through the gallery for a random sampling of pieces Bratrud's put together over the years.
Angel of THIS
"[This artwork was] based on a statue in Fargo, N.D.; skaters always placed their boards in the angel's arms," says Bratrud. "I made this for my good friends at THIS Skateboard Shop in Fargo; [it was] used on shirts and screen prints."
Converse Coastal Carnage
Bratrud designed the graphics for the Converse Costal Carnage contest and also built a trophy replica of the art.
Rat Black
"My friend David Gonzalez was voted Skater of the Year by Thrasher; I think this art also doubled as some form of birthday thing," says Bratrud. "Whatever the case, David has a band called Rat Black. This is sort of a band-shirt kinda deal."
Familia MN Nice
"Maybe you have heard people use the phrase 'Minnesota Nice' in reference to the general attitude of people in Minnesota," says Bratrud. "Well, this is [kind of a] play on that phrase. It was used as a shirt and stickers for Familia skateboard shop in Minneapolis."
The Poundcast
"My good friend Doug does a podcast called 'The Poundcast,'" explains Bratrud. "I drew his face for the podcast image. Doug does all kinds of cool stuff. Most importantly, he is a ripping skater, so I was honored to be able to do a little something with him."
Fan Mail
"I illustrate a column for The Skateboard Mag where Dave Carnie answers the letters that the readers send in," says Bratrud. "This was drawn from a letter supposing [former pro skater and convicted felon Mark] Gator [Rogowski] has a private vert ramp in prison."
Creature "Babes" Logo
"This is the logo for an ongoing board series I have been doing with Creature Skateboards," shares Bratrud. "The basic idea is that I ask my female friends if I can illustrate them up as sexy green zombies. It's a pretty enjoyable series of graphics to work on -- kind of weaving in some personality from the real girl depicted in the graphic."
Viking Style
"Board graphic [for Flip Skateboards] based on the idea that [pro skater] Rune [Glifberg] is a destroyer -- a Danish destroyer," says Bratrud. "Not sure if this really translates to that, but that was the inspiration."
Shut Up
"This was made to be animated for the intro of a Web short show about [skate photographer] Bart Jones," says Bratrud. "As far as I know, nothing really became of the show. But I did spend some time on this logo and I love Bart."
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Nursery to offer free photo class
Robert Bridges will teach a free Flower and Garden Photography Class at 10 a.m. Saturday at Durango Nursery and Supply, 271 Kay Cee Lane.
The class will explore the world of close-up photography, and students will learn how to take intimate photos of flowers and landscapes. Bring your own camera.
For more information, call 259-8800.
Ignacio center to hold events this fall
Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center will offer several classes and special events for the fall. The center is located at 755 Goddard Ave. in Ignacio.
Trisha Dolan will offer private readings from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday ($40 for 30 minutes and $70 for a full hour). After the readings, she will present Hello Again from the Other Side at 6:30 p.m. ($20). Experience the opening of the door to the other side in messages you receive from departed friends and loved ones. Do they just want to let you know that they are around you, that they are OK?
Free Pottery Classes for Kids (parents welcome) will be held from Sept. 15 to 22. The class is taught by Kasey Correia and is for ages 4 and older.
The Dogs & Dolls Show opening reception will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 14. The show will feature Art Center artists Jan Dotson and Doug Pfliger with visiting artist Holy Lewis. The exhibit will continue through Oct. 14.
For more information, call 563-4600.
African dance troupe to give clinic before show
The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College will host a free dance and drumming clinic at 7 p.m. Monday. The Saakumu Dance Troupe, which is dedicated to introducing audiences to African music and dance, will provide instruction to any interested community members.
The troupe is among the leading traditional/contemporary music and dance groups of Ghana in West Africa. The repertoire spans genres from spiritual, ceremonial and recreational to contemporary African dance forms.
Saakumu Dance Troupe will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the concert hall.
Tickets and more information are available at www.durangoconcerts.com.
Arts festival to feature more than 80 exhibitors
The Durango Arts Center will present the 18th annual juried fine arts and crafts festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 22 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 23. on East Second Avenue.
The Durango Autumn Arts Festival will feature 80 artisans from around the country, exhibiting works in various media including painting, sculpture, fused and blown glass, pastels, photography, jewelry, fiber art, two- and three-dimensional mixed media, drawing and ceramics. Live music will be provided by Pete Giuliani, Jill Holly and Alicia Whiteman in Porquoi Pas.
For more information, visit www.durangoarts.org/events/autumn-arts-festival or Like the event on Facebook.
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I've worked with Draper Richards twice now. Each time I've found them to be good investors and partners. They have a unique approach to VC, but it works well for them and they've had some great wins. Bill and Howard use different approaches, but both bring a lot to the table. Bill is the epitome of old school VC - he's a gentleman that invests in people first and technology second. Howard is the new school - smart and aggressive. He likely understands your market better than you do. It's his job to find and/or qualify deals - and he's good at this. However this requires a certain amount of pessimism and critical thinking. I can see how some folks might have trouble with this - everyone wants (needs) to believe that their idea is extraordinary. It's Howard's job to make sure that it really is - and that it will be a successful investment. Once you're past this process and these guys invest in your company, Howard will be an ardent supporter and do everything possible to help you succeed.PRIVATE: Members Only (878 Characters)


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Fireworks from Japonski Island as seen from old Thompson Harbor in Sitka, Alaska
I had my first chef's day off here on the Fourth of July. It's been roughly six weeks of relentess round the clock work but I still love it. My Independence Day celebration started the night before watching fireworks from a friend of a friend's boat. They started near midnight because that's when it gets dark here during the summer in Alaska. The boat is named the Pure Luck because it was the grand prize in the local Salmon Derby a few years ago. I'm told the prizes aren't so extravagant anymore.
The Fourth itself was warm and sunny, rare in this rainforest. Breakfast was strawberry shortcake made and served at the Swan Lake Senior Center, home to a number of men and women who survived World War II. Four dollars got me not only cake and hot coffee but a shot of patriotism too.
For me the star attraction at the food booths was Grace Larsen, a native Tlinglit woman whom I'd heard since I arrived makes the best fry bread in town. She said she would also bake me salmon heads if I brought them. I get all the wild King Salmon heads I want for free from our fish processor, much to my mother's disbelief. Grace's fry bread was worthy of its legend. I spread one corner of its undulating golden face as advised by her grand-daughters with their homemade strawberry rhubarb jam. Another local in line swore that the only way to go was butter and cinnamon so I tried that on another corner too. I shared one, which was easily three palms wide, with two good friends.
Later that evening on my day off I actually cooked crêpes in one of the booths. I'd volunteered to help out a local home hospice organization. The last time I made crêpes for a crowd was for La Chandeleur at Cordon Bleu in Paris. I could not have imagined then what this next time would be.
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You'll notice that around election time many more of my posts become constructed around arguments I've had with strangers in bars (I maintain that this is not my fault; trouble finds me, not vice versa).
So I was back in Ohio this past week, and somehow got into an extended conversation in a Cincinnati bar with a kid who claimed he was going to vote for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, which elicited a range of raving, drunken responses that I will attempt to summarize with a bit more cogence than I had the patience for at that bar.
First of all, I don't necessarily want to savage libertarians the way I would your standard sound bite-memorizing Fox News Republican. Right now libertarians are some of the only people talking about the unflinching and expanding drone war in the Middle East and Northern Africa. They are the only political faction who has even a remotely sane idea about drug policy (liberals who think the Democratic Party will attempt to make a serious move in ameliorating the drug war are deluding themselves). Hell, I even like Gary Johnson quite a bit.
As my friend Dave, who will vote for Obama for the second time this fall, once put it to me, "Of course I'm a libertarian. Everyone should have the maximum ability to exercise his or her individual freedom as long as it doesn't infringe on someone else's freedom. The only thing is most people who call themselves libertarians totally don't understand that second part."
By which he means as soon as your greenhouse gasses are imperiling my planet or your credit default swaps are causing a crisis in the economy we share, we got a problem.
More to the point, though, modern libertarianism appears mostly to just be a fashionable way to express a protest vote against the two major political parties. From "end the Fed" Ron Paulites who want to go back to having banking crises every eight years to billionaires who just want to lower their own estate taxes, Libertarians always seem to think they've stumbled upon a secret magical, philosophy that no one has ever considered before (and that has proven, over and over again in the history to be disastrous; see: Gilded Age excess, 2008 financial crisis, climate change). Similar to their ideological opposites, communists, they then argue that, well, it's just that no one's ever tried the philosophy in its purest form. If deregulating most of Wall Street and having fairly weak environmental regulations churns out chaos and crisis, we just need to go further! If money buys off government and creates crony capitalism, well, then surely the answer is to deregulate further and let more money into the process!
Okay, that was me going off on a rant. Back to the Point:
My point to this kid was that there is about to be a fairly radical change in national policy depending on who wins this election, and this kid, an Ohioan, whose vote counts roughly 1,745% more than an American anywhere else in the country other than maybe Colorado, Virginia or Florida, is going to walk into a polling station and essentially perform the equivalent of writing in "Mickey Mouse" on his ballot.
Yes, I'm sure voting for Gary Johnson makes one feel very hip and cool, but in our two-party system there will always be a measure of compromise in casting one's vote. It's supremely unlikely that your brain will ever run for president. That third-party vote is little more than a method of opting out. Whether it's Jill Stein or Gary Johnson or Ross Perot, the vote always says more about the voter's ego than it does about what they actually believe or what principles they might claim to hold dear.
We have two corporate-backed political parties in this country, and that sucks, but one of them believes in scientific reality and mainstream economics and labor rights and racial and religious pluralism while the other has a highly shaky to disastrous record on all those issues. As ever, it's important to see the world the way it is and not the way you wish it to be, and I say that as someone who as a 17 year-old tried to convince his parents to vote for Ralph Nader in the 2000 election.
We all saw how that turned out. I'm still waiting for my "Hip, Rebel of Democracy Award" on that one.


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- Approximately 7g sachet of dry yeast
- 1 cup of water (just a normal tea cup)
- 2 and ½ cups of flour
- A pinch or about ½ teaspoon of sugar
Mix the yeast in the water and add the sugar;
Introduce one cup of flour and mix well, possibly in a stainless steel concave bowl.
Add another cup of flour and continue to mix with a fork.
Now the mixture should get more uniform.
Add the remaining ½ cup of flour and work the dough with your hands.
Make a round ball with the dough and let it rest for an hour; once it has risen, work it again to let the air out and let it rest for another half hour. In time, the dough will be ready. With a rolling pin, flatten the dough and remember that you need some flour on the bench to ensure that the dough does not stick while you are flattening it.
Place the pizza base in a oven try and put aside.
Vegan Mozzarella
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Preparing the Pizza
Cut five ripe cherry tomatoes each in about four flat pieces and place them on the pizza base.
Add four small and sliced button mushrooms on top.
Slice half an onion, and cut it in thin strips, and place it around and on top of the tomatoes;
Cut four green olives, stuffed with red peppers, in flat pieces, like the tomatoes, and place them on and around the tomatoes and onions, on the pizza base.
Sprinkle a bit of sea salt on the pizza and then top up with the vegan mozzarella, breaking the mozzarella in small pieces or simply slice it with a sharp knife and put it on top of the ingredients on the pizza base.
Cook in the oven till golden brown around the edges, ensuring that you don't cook it too much, or burn it. How long it takes depends on the kind of oven you use. A fan-forced oven will take about half an hour to forty minutes.
About the Author
As a sufferer with Bipolar 2 disorder, Alfredo Zotti decided, some 20 years ago, to attend university at the age of 30, knowing that knowledge is vital for people with mental illness. Ten years ago, he started to help sufferers online because he also realized that only by helping others can we truly understand the human condition. He also started to write a journal and found that writing this journal, in cooperation with other sufferers, made it possible for him to see mental illness from a totally different, positive perspective. Visit his blog http://www.alfredozotti.com/ to read his work.


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Awwwww… Rock's Most Heartwarming Photos
The rock n' roll lifestyle isn't all decadence. There are plenty of moments when the rough exterior we're used to seeing is dropped and we get to experience the other side of our favorite rockers. We've compiled photos of some of these instances into one video, which we've embedded above.
Nothing typifies this more than the sight of the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne, holding his baby granddaughter Pearl. There's also a reunion between Ace Frehley and Peter Criss that was 13 years in the making, and Joe Walsh visiting wounded troops in the hospital.
In addition, Alice Cooper and Elton John are pictured with their mothers, and we see Eddie Van Halen and King's X drummer Jerry Gaskill celebrate their health after hospital stays. We're still trying to figure out why Sammy Hagar is holding a couple of pineapples with James Hetfield, but that's for another day.
You'll find all of these and more in the video. Check it out above.


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(1) Everywhere we find the spirit of expectancy, and the demand for a manifestation and a symbolic happening, which we call by various names, but which is usually referred to as the advent of Christ. This, as you know, may be an actual physical coming, as before in Palestine, or it may connote a definite overshadowing of His disciples and lovers by the Great Lord of Life. The overshadowing will call forth a response from all those who are in any way spiritually awakened. Or again, the coming may take the form of a tremendous inflow of the Christ principle, the Christ life and love, working out through the human family. Perhaps all three possibilities may be found simultaneously on our planet very shortly. (14 – 281).
(2) He (the Risen Christ) will not this time demonstrate the perfected life of a Son of God, which was His main mission before; He will appear as the supreme Head of the Spiritual Hierarchy, meeting the need of the thirsty nations of the world – thirsty for truth, for right human relations, and for loving understanding. He will be recognised this time by all, and in His Own Person testify to the fact of the resurrection, and hence demonstrate the paralleling fact of the immortality of the soul, of the spiritual man. The emphasis during the past two thousand years has been on death; it has coloured all the teaching of the orthodox churches; only one day in the year has been dedicated to the thought of the resurrection. (9 – 151).
(3) The preparation of the world on a large scale for the coming of the World Teacher, and the taking of the necessary steps before They Themselves (the Masters) come out among men, as many of Them surely will towards the close of this century. A special group is forming amongst Them now Who are definitely preparing Themselves for this work. The Master M., the Master K.H. and the Master Jesus will be specially concerned with the movement towards the last quarter of the century. Other Masters will participate also, but these are the ones with Whose names and offices people should familiarise themselves, wherever possible. . . . Very definitely may the assurance be given here, that prior to the coming of the Christ, adjustments will be made so that at the head of all great organisations will be found either a Master, or an initiate who has taken the third initiation. At the head of certain of the great occult groups, of the Freemasons of the world, and of the various great divisions of the Church, and resident in many of the great nations, will be found initiates or Masters. (1 –61/2).
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(4) When He comes at the close of this century and makes His power felt, He will come as the Teacher of Love and Unity, and the keynote He will strike will be regeneration through love poured forth on all. As He will work primarily on the astral plane, this will demonstrate on the physical plane in the formation of active groups in every city of any size, and in every country, which will work aggressively for unity, co-operation and brotherhood in every department of life – economic, religious, social and scientific. (3 – 755).
(5) Let me make the facts somewhat clearer, and enlarge somewhat upon the three modes of His appearing, of His coming, His advent, and of His physical recognition by humanity:
1. By His overshadowing of all initiates and disciples who are today, or will be at the time of His arrival, active in the three worlds of human evolution. This involves His influencing their minds telepathically. This overshadowing or influencing, will be His primary work upon the mental plane. This will constitute one of His most effective methods in His proposed spiritual interference in world affairs. Through the medium of these members or affiliates of the Hierarchy, He will have outposts of His consciousness in every nation. Through them He can work.
2. By the pouring out of the Christ life or consciousness upon the masses everywhere, and in every nation. This spiritual inflow will bring about the reorienting of human desire, and will evoke the emotional reaction to His Presence. This therefore brings the astral plane within the active sphere of His influence; this involves the release of the energy of goodwill into the hearts of men, predisposing them towards right human relations. It is this establishing of right relations which is the major objective of His coming triple activity. The masses everywhere will be responsive to the work and the message of Christ, as it is implemented from the mental plane by the disciples and initiates, overshadowed by the mind of Christ.
3. By His physical appearance among men. Through His Own immediate appearance, He can establish a potent focal point of hierarchical energy upon Earth, in a manner not hitherto possible. He has never deserted humanity, and has always kept His promise to stay with us all the days, even unto the end of the age. Men in all lands will know where He can be found. The locale of this focal point of His threefold spiritual activity, cannot here be disclosed, for it is contingent upon the results of the sequential processes of overshadowing and outpouring. (18 – 615/6).
(6) The heart centre of humanity is created by the sum total of the hearts (symbolically speaking) of all these men of goodwill (in or out [Page 48] of the churches, and irrespective of their political concepts), who are serving their fellowmen, sponsoring human welfare movements, working for the establishing of right human relations, and constantly off-setting the separa-tiveness of the human mind through the inclusiveness of the divine love nature. You have, therefore, as a guarantee of the return of Christ into public recognition, an implementing of a great alignment. This alignment, when effectively concluded, will bring about a clear channel or pathway of return, or line of light or magnetic power between:
1. The centre where the will of God is known. This is Shamballa, where the will-to-good originates. This will-to-good is essential love.
2. The Hierarchy, which is the planetary heart centre.
3. The Christ, the very heart of love within the Hierarchy.
4. The initiates, disciples and aspirants who form the New Group of World Servers, seeking to embody the love and light needed in the world today.
5. The hearts of the men of goodwill in all lands, who are responsive to love as it can express itself through right human relations.
6. The focal point through which the Lord of Love will work on Earth. If you will study this sixfold progression of divine love, from the highest manifestation of Deity, down to its appearance through the medium of some focal point in our known modern world, it will be apparent to you that a very definite "structure of approach" has been created, and that a "Path of Return" is being constructed, which will bring the long-awaited Christ into our midst. Nothing can stop or prevent His return today; the evidence of this structure can be seen everywhere. (18 – 619/20).
(7) His reappearance and His consequent work cannot be confined to one small locality or domain, unheard of by the great majority, as was the case when He was here before. The radio, the press, and the dissemination of news, will make His coming different to that of any previous Messenger; the swift modes of transportation will make Him available to countless millions, and by boat, rail and plane they can reach Him: through television, His face can be made familiar to all, and verily "every eye shall see Him". (8 – 16).
(8) He may reappear in a totally unexpected guise; who is to say whether He will come as a politician, an economist, a leader of the people (arising from the midst of them), a scientist or an artist? (8 – 17).
(9) Always down the centuries, at the hour of man's greatest need, and in
response to his voiced demand, a divine Son of God has come forth, and under many different names. (8 – 41).
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(10) The time is known only to the two or three, but "in such an hour as ye think not, He will come." (Matt, xxiv 44), (8 – 43).
(11) The mass of straight goodness and vision in the world is enormous, and the amount of clear, humanitarian thinking is unbounded; it is in the hands of the masses of good little men, and the millions of right thinking people in every land, that the salvation of the world lies, and by them the preparatory work for the Coming of the Christ will be done. Numerically, they are adequate to the task, and need only reassurance and wise co-ordination to prepare them for the service required. (8 – 162).
(12) He will come unfailingly when a measure of peace has been restored, when the principle of sharing is at least in process of controlling economic affairs, and when churches and political groups have begun to clean house. Then He can and will come; then the Kingdom of God will be publicly recognised, and will no longer be a thing of dreams and of wishful thinking and orthodox hope. (8 – 163).
(13) When He comes Whom angels and men await, and Whose work it is to inaugurate the New Age and so complete the work He began in Palestine two thousand years ago, He will bring with Him some of the great Angels, as well as certain of the Masters. (13 – 508).
(14) It can be expected that the orthodox Christian will at first reject the theories about the Christ which occultism presents; at the same time, this same orthodox Christian will find it increasingly difficult to induce the intelligent masses of people to accept the impossible Deity and the feeble Christ, which historical Christianity has endorsed. A Christ Who is present and living, Who is known to those who follow Him, Who is a strong and able executive, and not a sweet and sentimental sufferer, Who has never left us but Who has worked for two thousand years through the medium of His disciples, the inspired men and women of all faiths, all religions, and all religious persuasions; Who has no use for fanaticism or hysterical devotion, but Who loves all men persistently, intelligently and optimistically, Who sees divinity in them all, and Who comprehends the techniques of the evolutionary development of the human consciousness (mental, emotional and physical, producing civilisations and cultures appropriate to a particular point in evolution) – these ideas the intelligent public can and will accept.
They will prepare and work for conditions in the world in which Christ can move freely among men, in bodily Presence; He need not then remain in His present retreat in Central Asia. They can and will accept with ease the unity of all faiths, when the relationship of the Buddha and the Christ is [Page 50] correctly represented; then the picture of a Christ demanding a unique position, to the exclusion of all other sons of God, will fade out in the wonder of the true apostolic succession, in which many sons of God, on different rays, of differing nationalities and with varying missions, are to be seen historically leading humanity along the path of divine unfoldment and nearer to God, the Source. (13 – 589/90).
See also: "Reflective meditation upon Preparation for the Reappearance of the Christ." (6 – 226/8).
(1) All colours emanate from one source, or one primary colour – in this solar system, the cosmic ray of indigo, veiling cosmic love or wisdom – and then split into three major colours, and thence into the four minor, making the seven colours of the spectrum. (2 – 238).
(2) Colours as manifested on the physical plane, show at their crudest and harshest. Even the most exquisite of shades as seen by the physical eye, is hard and harsh, compared to those on the emotional plane, and as the finer matter of the other planes is contacted, the beauty, the softness and the exquisite quality of the different hues, grow with each transition. When the ultimate and synthetic colour is reached, the beauty transcends all conception. (2 – 209).
(3) I appreciate your feeling that even these hints but lead apparently to greater confusion. But by constant application to the subject in hand, by frequent brooding and meditation on the colours, and by an endeavour to attain their esoteric significance, and their microcosmic application, will gradually appear the thread that will lead the student out of his confusion into the clear light of perfect knowledge. Have, therefore, courage, a broad elasticity of view, and an ability to reserve opinion until further facts are demonstrated, and also an avoidance of dogmatic assertion. These will be your best guides in the early days of your search. Many have, through meditation, and a receptiveness to higher teaching found their way out of the Hall of Learning into the Hall of Wisdom. Only in the Hall of Wisdom can the esoteric interpretation of the colours be truly known. The Hall is entered through meditation which prepares the student for that initiation which opens to him the door. Therefore, hold fast to meditation and falter not in purpose. (2 – 231).
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(1) We can do no more than sense a fraction of some wonderful whole, utterly beyond the reach of our consciousness – a whole that the highest Angel or Perfected Being is but beginning to realise. When we recognise the fact that the average man is as yet fully conscious only on the physical plane, nearly conscious on the emotional plane, and only developing the consciousness of the mental plane, it is obvious that his comprehension of cosmic data can be but rudimentary. When we recognise the further fact, that to be conscious on a plane and to have control on that plane are two very different conditions, it becomes apparent how remote is the possibility of our approximating more than the general trend of the cosmic scheme. (1 – 4)
(2) The development of the human being is but the passing from one state of consciousness to another. It is a succession of expansions, a growth of that faculty of awareness that constitutes the predominant characteristic of the indwelling Thinker. It is the progressing from consciousness polarised in the higher self, ego, or soul, thence to a polarisation in the Monad, or Spirit, till the consciousness eventually is Divine. (1 – 7).
(3) All progression in the realm of consciousness, is naturally by a graded series of awakenings, but this would proceed much more gradually and cover a longer period of time than is the case under our present planetary conditions. This particular mode of developing the consciousness of the human family was initiated by the Hierarchy during the Atlantean root-race at the latter end of the fourth sub-race, and will persist until the middle of the next round. At that time the needed stimulus will have been imparted, and as three-fifths of the human family will then have esoterically "set their feet upon the path", and a large percentage of them will then be in process of becoming the Path itself, the more normal routine will again be resumed (1 – 94).
(4) These realisations, or apprehended expansions of consciousness, are under natural law, and come in due course of time to every soul without exception. (1 – 176).
(5) Let me assure you that under the pressure of modern life, under the strain of the imposed present conditions and civilisation, plus the mental concern, the terror of marching armies, the thunder of the many voices, and the stress of world wide economic stringency, the human consciousness is rapidly awakening from its long sleep. That great and fundamental [Page 52] reality, which we call the "human state of mind", is just beginning to focus itself upon the things which matter, and to express itself in a living fashion. (9 – 26).
(6) Evolution, as we understand it, and as it must be studied by the human intellect, is the story of the evolution of consciousness, and not the story of the evolution of the form. This latter evolution is implicit in the other, and of secondary importance from the occult angle. (15 – 57).
(7) The energies of the twelve constellations are blended with those of the twelve planets, but their power to evoke response, and to be consciously received, recognised, and employed, is dependent entirely upon the type of response mechanism of the planetary life, and of the individual man. It has been rightly said that the consciousness is dependent upon the vehicles of consciousness, upon their point of development, and upon the ability of the individual to identify himself with the energies and impulses which are reaching him, and is not dependent only upon that which is already a recognised part or aspect of himself. It might be said that the higher response to the realities and qualities revealed and made possible by the impact of energy from the zodiacal signs, is somewhat dependent upon the waning influence of the planets to hold down the consciousness aspect of the man. Ponder upon this, for it embodies a deep esoteric truth. (16 – 53/4).
(8) So often in our studies, one is apt to forget that it is not possible for any unit of consciousness, within the planetary sphere of influence, to conceive of conditions as they exist apart from the Earth, because that small planet is inevitably, for that unit, the very centre of his known universe, and – under the Great Illusion – the constellations with their rulers, and with their prototypal counterparts, revolve around the Earth. When man has progressed further, and his consciousness is beginning to awaken to reality, the nature of this illusion will become apparent to him, but at present this is
not possible. (16 – 359).
(9) That ancient occult truism remains accurate: "Consciousness is dependent upon its vehicle for expression, and both are dependent upon life and energy for existence." This remains an immutable law. (16 – 527).
(10) You must always bear in mind that the consciousness remains the same, whether in physical incarnation or out of incarnation, and that development can be carried on with even greater ease than when limited and conditioned by the brain consciousness (5 – 81), (17 – 413).
(11) It is the expansion of consciousness and the production of increased sensitivity and perceptive awareness, which is the goal of all divine and [Page 53] hierarchical effort. The goal is not for betterment of material conditions. These will automatically follow when the sense of awareness is steadily unfolded. The future of humanity is determined by its aspiration and ability to respond to the idealism which is today flooding the world (12 – 103).
The constitution of man ... is basically threefold, as follows:
I. The Monad, or pure Spirit, the Father in Heaven.
This aspect reflects the three aspects of the Godhead:
1. Will or Power The Father.
2. Love-Wisdom The Son.
3. Active Intelligence The Holy Spirit.
and is only contacted at the final initiations, when man is nearing the end of his journey and is perfected. The Monad reflects itself again in
II. The Ego, Higher Self, or Individuality.
This aspect is potentially:
1. Spiritual Will Atma.
2. Intuition Buddhi, Love - Wisdom, the Christ principle.
3. Higher or Abstract Mind Higher Manas.
The Ego begins to make its power felt in advanced men, and increasingly on the Probationary Path, until by the third initiation the control of the lower self by the higher is perfected, and the highest aspect begins to make its energy felt.
The Ego reflects itself in:
III. The Personality, or lower self, physical plane man. This aspect is also threefold:
1. A mental body lower manas.
2. An emotional body astral body.
3. A physical body the dense physical and the etheric body.
The aim of evolution is
therefore to bring man to the realisation of the
egoic aspect and to bring the lower nature under its control. (1 – xv), (2 – 1).
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It takes courage to make spiritual decisions and to abide by them; it takes courage to adjust your lives – daily and in all relations – to the need of the hour and to the service of mankind; it takes courage to demonstrate to those around you that the present world catastrophe is of more importance to you than the petty affairs of your individual lives and your humdrum contacts; it takes courage to discard the alibis which have prevented you from participating to date in the all-out effort which characterises today the activities of the Hierarchy; it takes courage to make sacrifices, to refuse time to non-essential activities, and to deal with the physical body as if it were free from all impediments; it takes courage to ignore frailties which may be present, the tiredness incident to a long life, the physical tendencies which handicap and limit your service, the sleeplessness which comes from world pressures or from a badly regulated life programme, and the nervousness and strain which are the common lot today; it takes courage to attack life on behalf of others, and to obliterate your own wishes in the emergency and need. (6 – 42).
(1) These taints to which humanity is prone, are found in the soil, and their presence there is largely due to burial, down the ages, of millions of corpses. By the increased use of the processes of cremation, this condition will be steadily improved. Gradually, very gradually, the taint will thus die out. It is therefore highly desirable that there be as much propaganda as possible for the use of this method of disposing of the discarded physical vehicles of the souls who are passing out of incarnation. As the soil becomes less tainted, and as soul contact is established, we can hope to see a steady decrease in the number of those who succumb to the inherited taints. (17 – 61/2).
(2) Much good will be brought about through the growing custom to cremate those forms which the indwelling life has vacated; when it is an universal custom, we shall see a definite minimising of disease, leading to longevity and increased vitality. (17 – 249).
(3) It is a fortunate and happy thing that cremation is becoming increasingly the rule. Before so very long, burial in the ground will be [Page 55] against the law, and cremation will be enforced, and this as a health and sanitation measure. Those unhealthy, psychic spots, called cemeteries, will eventually disappear, just as ancestor worship is passing out, both in the Orient – with its ancestor cults – and in the Occident – with its equally foolish cult of hereditary position.
By the use of fire, all forms are dissolved; the quicker the human physical vehicle is destroyed, the quicker is its hold upon the withdrawing soul broken. A great deal of nonsense has been told in current theosophical literature about the time equation in relation to the sequential destruction of the subtle bodies. It should be stated, however, that the moment that true death is scientifically established (by the orthodox doctor in charge of the case), and it has been ascertained that no spark of life remains in the physical body, cremation is then possible. This complete or true death eventuates when the thread of consciousness and the thread of life, are completely withdrawn from the head and the heart. At the same time, reverence and an unhurried attitude have their rightful place in the process. The family of the dead person need a few hours in which to adjust themselves to the fact of the imminent disappearance of the outer and usually loved form; due care must also be given to the formalities required by the state or municipality. This time element has reference mainly to those who are left behind, to the living and not to the dead. The claim that the etheric body must not be rushed into the cremating flames, and the belief that it must be left to drift around for a stated period of several days, have also no true basis at all. There is no etheric need for delay. When the inner man withdraws from his physical vehicle, he withdraws simultaneously from the etheric body. It is true that the etheric body is apt to linger for a long time on the "field of emanation" when the physical body is interred, and it will frequently persist until complete disintegration of the dense body has taken place. The process of mummifying, as practised in Egypt, and of embalming, as practised in the West, have been responsible for the perpetuation of the etheric body, sometimes for centuries. This is particularly the case when the mummy or embalmed person was of an evil character during life; the hovering etheric body is then often "possessed" by an evil entity or force. This is the cause of the attacks and disasters which often dog the steps of those who discover ancient tombs and their inhabitants, ancient mummies, and bring them and their possessions to light. Where cremation is the rule, there is not only the immediate destruction of the physical body, and its restitution to the fount of substance, but the vital body is also promptly dissolved, and its forces swept away by the current of flame into the reservoir [Page 56] of vital energies. Of that reservoir it has ever been an inherent part, either in form or in a formless condition. After death and cremation these forces will exist, but are absorbed into the analogous whole. Ponder on this statement, for it will give you the clue to the creative work of the human spirit. If delay is necessary from family feeling or municipal requirements, cremation should follow death within thirty-six hours; where no reason for delay exists, cremation can be rightly permitted in twelve hours. It is wise, however, to wait twelve hours in order to ensure true death. (17 – 483/5). See also: (17 – 251, 470).


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Webb Ellis Cup on Show as USA and Canada Aim for RWC 2015
The first direct qualifier for Rugby World Cup 2015 in England will be known at the end of the month after home and away fixtures between perennial rivals Canada and USA.
The Webb Ellis Cup will be present for both legs in Charleston, South Carolina, on August 17 and in Toronto, Ontario, on August 24 to add a little gold dust to what promises to be an epic contest and one of the most eagerly anticipated events on the 2013 Rugby calendar.
The winner on aggregate over the two legs will take the position of Americas 1 at RWC 2015 and will take the spoils as the best team in North America.
The beaten team's hopes of qualifying for Rugby's showcase event will remain alive, but they will need to do it the hard way, playing Uruguay home and away for the right to qualify as Americas 2.
The USA-Canada rivalry is important in many sports but for Rugby fans in North America there is no bigger match than the Eagles versus the Canucks. Canada have had the better of recent encounters, most notably the 16-9 victory in the IRB Pacific Nations Cup, which was played in Edmonton on May 25.
But the stakes are even higher now with the winners taking their place in Pool D alongside France, Ireland, Italy and the Europe 2 qualifier at Rugby World Cup 2015 and the loser needing to beat Uruguay to join South Africa, Samoa, Scotland and the Asian qualifier in Pool B.
There is little to choose between the two, with the Eagles sitting in 18th position in the IRB World Ranking, just three places behind the Canadians.
IRB Vice-Chairman Oregan Hoskins, who will attend the first leg of the tie in Charleston, said: "The USA v Canada rivalry is one of the most fiercely contested in all of Rugby and over the years they have served up some hugely exciting and intense matches."
"This time around there is the added context of a place at Rugby World Cup 2015 being up for grabs so we can expect two highly motivated, well-prepared and passionate sides to take the field in front of large crowds. It is this sort of occasion that players relish and spectators look forward to most and I for one am looking forward to it immensely."
"We have noticed Rugby continuing to go from strength to strength in North America, one of the world's fastest participation growth regions. Matches like this serve to reinforce that growth as we seek to reach out to more players and fans than ever before."
"This growth is testament to IRB's commitment to grow the Game beyond its traditional heartlands and the hard work of the Member Unions themselves in conjunction with the North America Caribbean Rugby Association."
"Rugby World Cup is the pinnacle of our sport, and through the global qualification process there is a clear pathway and opportunity for every IRB Member Union to play at that level."
In an added boost to the clash, the famous Webb Ellis Cup will be in attendance with fans being given the opportunity to see the iconic trophy in the flesh and have their photo taken with it.
About Rugby World Cup:
In total, the Rugby World Cup features 80 nations. The qualifiers comprise some 184 matches, made up of around 3,000 players across six continents, including the strategic markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China as well as USA, Canada and Mexico.
Rugby participation has increased by 18 per cent since RWC 2007 owing to IRB investment that comes from RWC finances, the positive effect of being included in the programme for the Olympic Games 2016 and the global reach of the Game's flagship tournament.
Rugby World Cup provides an international stage to promote Rugby and generates 95 per cent of the revenue the IRB invests in achieving its strategic goals, including growing the global Game. Therefore the success of the tournament is vital for achieving the IRB strategic goals.
England was awarded RWC 2015 as it offers a mature Rugby market which is likely to generate strong spectator numbers and significant financial returns. Large iconic venues, an experienced Host Union, the UK major event infrastructure and a prime commercial Rugby market provide an ideal platform to host the Rugby World Cup.
This tournament also offers an important opportunity to continue the development of RWC tournament planning and delivery models and opportunities to grow the game in England and Europe.
Looking further ahead, growing the Game is a key consideration for RWC 2019 in Japan. Asia is a critical market for future growth and Japan is the traditional leader of Rugby in Asia. The JRFU has made significant professional developments in recent years and is well-placed to host such an important event.
A successful tournament in Japan has the potential to generate significant interest in the Game in Asia and ignite a lucrative commercial Rugby market. With 60 per cent of the global population and 80 per cent of the world's youth living in Asia, this interest could have a considerable impact on the development of global Rugby.
Awarding RWC 2019 to Japan 10 years prior to delivery provides an adequate time scale, if used properly, to prepare the framework to host the tournament in a developing market.
The scale of Rugby World Cup and the importance of using RWC tournaments to achieve wider strategic goals of key stakeholders demand a clear strategic approach for each tournament. These must integrate the IRB goals with those of other key stakeholders, providing a framework for decision making and measuring success.
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Summer vacation may be only beginning for most students, but for 95 high school juniors, including Gabby Barnes of Marion County, the emphasis on education continues. These students, from 62 counties across the state, have accepted invitations to attend Kentucky Farm Bureau's (KFB) 30th annual Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders (IFAL), held in two locations this month.
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BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — President Barack Obama, swooping in for a somber look at Sandy's storm-whipped destruction, pledged to the hurting people of New Jersey and beyond on Wednesday that "we are here for you and we will not forget."
Not forgotten, either, were the unspoken political implications of Obama's tour just six days from the election.
Commanding the federal response to the disaster, Obama spent a day doling out hugs, handshakes and promises of military might to help. And he soaked in the praise of one of Republican challenger Mitt Romney's top surrogates, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
"I cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion," Christie said with Obama at his side.
During a helicopter tour, a talk with displaced residents and a walk along a battered street, Obama saw Sandy's massive punch.
From high above, Obama viewed flattened houses, flooded neighborhoods, sand-strewn streets and a still-burning fire along the battered New Jersey coastline. Parts of the New Jersey shore's famed boardwalk were missing.
In a community center now serving as a shelter, Obama and Christie worked the room. About 50 people have found comfort there while other residents came in and out for a meal, a hot shower or a chance to power up their cellphones. After press left the shelter, Obama passed out White House-emblazoned boxes of M&Ms to the kids.
And in a waterfront neighborhood in Brigantine, northeast of Atlantic City, Obama and Christie walked a lonely street piled with debris.
He encountered a tearful Donna Vanzant, the owner of the marina.
"It'll be ok," the president said, hugging Vanzant. "Everyone's safe, right? That's the most important thing."
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The federal government, Obama said, is "here for the long haul."
The president's tour guide was Christie, a rising Republican figure who joined Obama on a Marine One helicopter ride over the region.
Obama was equally effusive about Christie, telling residents that "your governor is working overtime" to repair the damage from the storm.
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Even though politics infuse every moment in the final week before Election Day, the White House sought to focus attention on the storm, which has given Obama an opportunity to project bipartisanship and presidential leadership.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said there were no political motivations behind Obama's decision to join his supporter's rival.
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As Obama and Christie flew over Point Pleasant Beach, sand and water could be seen covering several blocks of the community. But the president got a reminder of next week's election from someone who wrote "ROMNEY" in large letters in the sand at the north end of the beach.
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This is an interesting area - I am one of the white middle class male teachers that is trying to promote more black and asian history. The colleagues that I mention in my seminar are white, the contributors to this forum are (I would hazard an educated guess) overwhelmingly white, so what is to be done to tackle this? In my opinion we need to have some form of positive discrimination to encourage ethnic minorities into teaching. There has been a successful attempt to encourage more men into primary teaching, so a precedent has been set.
sociological research has shown that black and asian students perceive certain subjects as ethnocentric and choose not to take them. History is one of them. Further still, if the course content is more black/asian "friendly" they are still suspicious as it is perceived as being delivered from a white male perspective.
As an anecdotal aside, I took a group of year 11 students to a debate on Black History Month hosted by Radio London at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill last October. I was asked about my opinions about Black History Month and as I responded I was loudly heckled by a group of sixth formers from the pan-africanist youth congress, who were rather upset that a white man was speaking about issues that he could have no understanding of, and that I was engaging in another form of cultural imperialism. My students were rather shocked at the level of vitriol, but I was happy to debate with the pan-africanists. I explained that whilst black history month should not be needed I was very proud to have used the opportunity to challenge the status quo of white m/c male history and the students backed me fully on this. I was also glad that my students were able to see a group of politicised black youth, who were prepared to argue (rather than fight) to express their differences. What was also interseting was to be defended from the platform and from the floor (by the Nation of Islam no less) for the stance that I was taking.
I have also just returned home from a Year 6 prospective evening and the final parent that I spoke to (a black woman) came up to ask me specifically whether the school celebrated Black History Month. I think she was a bit surprised by the overwhelming wave of enthusiasm that rushed out of my mouth as I described the great plans that I have, the website that I was writing to ....
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Investing for retirement should start from the time a person attains the age of 18 years and gets into meaningful employment. However, it is never too late to start and imperative you start now. There are many investment plans. The two most popular plans are 401k and traditional IRA. Annuities have also been very popular. In the recent years Gold backed IRA plans have become extremely popular because of the benefits offered by gold. Whichever plan investors choose, the importance of investing for retirement should be emphasized to ensure that everyone starts early.
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When we smile, does the whole world smile back at us?
Ruth Kaiser, founder of the Spontaneous Smiley Project, says yes. Kaiser, who grew up when the smiley face was just gaining popularity—the iconic yellow smiley was invented in the 1960s and paired with "have a happy day" in the 70s—sees smiley faces in everyday life: macaroni salad, playground equipment, tree branches, and sourdough bread. Kaiser, a California artist and preschool director, wanted to share her peculiar knack for spotting smiles in inanimate objects, but wasn't sure how.
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Photo Essay:: Ruth Kaiser sees smiles in everyday objects, and uses her website to promote a fun, optimistic outlook.
"With the advent of the digital camera, where you can take pictures any old time and it doesn't cost you money, it was suddenly very simple for me to share this hobby, and people would say 'Oh, I get it.'"
Kaiser created a Facebook group in 2008 to share her smiley photographs with her children away at college. To her surprise, the idea resonated with strangers, too. Kaiser launched a website in early 2009—www.spontaneoussmiley.com—and within eight months, the site had two million hits.
Kaiser remembers photographing a smiley created by soda she'd spilled on the sidewalk. As Kaiser stood hunched over, trying to take a picture of what looked like nothing, a man stopped and asked what she was doing. She pointed out the smiley; the man smiled and walked away. A few minutes later, he was back, eager for Kaiser to photograph a smiley he'd spotted.
"As he was walking along, instead of living inside of his head, he was walking through life and paying attention," Kaiser says. "Often the spontaneous smiley is more of a metaphor. It's not that you have to look for smiley faces 24/7. It's about paying attention to your life and the environment around you."
Fans of the project tell Kaiser it's changed their attitude and perspective about daily tasks. One woman says she used to feel irritated while shuttling her kids to and from activities. The Spontaneous Smiley project helped her realize she has a choice in determining her outlook. Instead of feeling irritated, she thinks of how nice it is to have a few moments of calm. Now, she gets out of the car and walks around, taking pictures of spontaneous smileys.
Another fan told Kaiser that when she was little, her mother would send her and her sister to school with notes in their lunchboxes signed, "Mom," with a smiley face in the "o." When their mother passed away, the sisters dealt with her grief in part by pointing out smiley faces to one another and sending each other photographs of smiles in everyday objects—which they interpreted as 'notes from Mom.'
When she launched her site, Kaiser donated a dollar toward cleft palette operations for children each time a smiley photograph was uploaded. It took two months to earn the first surgery, which cost about $250. An orthodontist has since taken over sponsorship; the kids who visit his office have taken a special interest in the project.
Kaiser is now working to develop a smilathon with a local school. She says she hopes to use the project to open up dialogue with children about optimism and the importance of attitude.
"The behavior you show to another person really makes a difference," she says. "Are you going to be the person who has an open and loving heart or the person who's filled with anger and stress?"
Although Kaiser has big plans for the project, she says she'll always continue the simple act that started the whole movement—taking the time to look around and take snapshots of spontaneous smiles. If the Spontaneous Smiley Project had a single message, she says, it would be: "Pay attention, because all the time we're surrounded by stuff that's really great, and all kinds of reasons to be happy and thankful."
:: After 2,000 years of practice, Buddhist monks know that one secret to happiness is simply to put your mind to it.


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U of T Mississauga: An Overview
Established in 1967, the University of Toronto Mississauga is the second-largest division of U of T (Canada's largest university), numbering 14,000 undergraduate students, 682 graduate students, over 2,500 full- and part-time employees (including 857 permanent faculty and staff) as well as over 54,000 alumni.
The campus is situated on 225 acres of protected greenbelt along the Credit River, 33 kilometres west of the university's St. George campus in Toronto.
U of T Mississauga has 17 distinct academic departments, 156 programs and 92 areas of study, and includes the Institute for Management & Innovation and Centre for South Asian Civilizations. The Mississauga Academy of Medicine is located on campus in the Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex.
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We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.