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Hundreds of brave souls trekked through the fields of Sacred Song Ranch this past weekend for the first-ever production of the Purple Fox Conundrum.
The "Intrepid Travelers" who ventured out were met by some kooky travel agents, Preacher Siri, a giant chair, and of course the wily purple fox, among many other unique characters and creations from local artists.
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NEW YORK (NYTIMES ) - In lucrative paid speeches that Hillary Clinton delivered to elite financial firms but refused to disclose to the public, she displayed an easy comfort with titans of business, embraced unfettered international trade and praised a budget-balancing plan that would have required cuts to Social Security, according to documents posted online Friday (Oct 7) by WikiLeaks.
The tone and language of the excerpts clash with the fiery liberal approach she used later in her bitter primary battle with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and could have undermined her candidacy had it become public.
Clinton comes across less as a firebrand than as a technocrat at home with her powerful audience, willing to be critical of large financial institutions but more inclined to view them as partners in restoring the country's economic health.
In the excerpts from her paid speeches to financial institutions and corporate audiences, Clinton said she dreamed of "open trade and open borders" throughout the Western Hemisphere. Citing the backroom deal making and arm-twisting used by Abraham Lincoln, she mused on the necessity of having "both a public and a private position" on politically contentious issues.
Reflecting in 2014 on the rage against political and economic elites that swept the country after the 2008 financial crash, Clinton acknowledged that her family's rising wealth had made her "kind of far removed" from the struggles of the middle class.
The passages were contained in an internal review of Clinton's paid speeches undertaken by her campaign, which was identifying potential land mines should the speeches become public. They offer a glimpse at one of the most sought-after troves of information in the 2016 presidential race - and an explanation, perhaps, for why Clinton has steadfastly refused demands by Sanders and Donald Trump, her Republican rival, to release them.
Clinton's campaign would not confirm the authenticity of the documents. They were released Friday night by WikiLeaks, the hacker collective founded by activist Julian Assange, saying that they had come from the email account of John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman.
In a statement, a Clinton spokesman, Glen Caplin, suggested that the leak could have been engineered by Russian officials determined to help Trump and noted that a Twitter message from WikiLeaks promoting the documents had incorrectly identified Podesta as a co-owner of his brother's lobbying firm.
But Clinton officials did not deny that the email containing the excerpts was real.
The leaked email, dated Jan 25, does not contain Clinton's full speeches to the financial firms, leaving it unclear what her overall message was to these audiences.
But in the excerpts, Clinton demonstrates her long and warm ties to some of Wall Street's most powerful figures. In a discussion in the fall of 2013 with Lloyd Blankfein, a friend who is the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Clinton said that the political climate had made it overly difficult for wealthy people to serve in government.
"There is such a bias against people who have led successful and/or complicated lives," Clinton said. The pressure on officials to sell or divest assets in order to serve, she added, had become "very onerous and unnecessary."
In a separate speech to Goldman Sachs employees the same month, Clinton said it was an "oversimplification" to blame the global financial crisis of 2008 on the US banking system.
"It was conventional wisdom," Clinton said of the tendency to blame the banking system. "And I think that there's a lot that could have been avoided in terms of both misunderstanding and really politicising what happened."
And she praised a deficit-reduction proposal from President Barack Obama's fiscal commission that called for raising the Social Security retirement age, saying that the commission's leaders "had put forth the right framework."
Such comments could have proved devastating to Clinton during the Democratic primary fight, when Sanders promoted himself as the enemy of Wall Street and of a rigged economic system.
Several of the most eye-popping passages ultimately express more nuanced explanations of her views.
When Clinton describes herself as "far removed" from average Americans and their finances, she had just finished describing her growing appreciation for how "anxiety and even anger in the country over the feeling that the game is rigged."
And she reminds the audience that her father "loved to complain about big business and big government."
The Clintons have made more than US$120 million (S$165 million) in speeches to Wall Street and special interests since Bill Clinton left the White House in 2001. Hillary Clinton typically earned US$225,000 for speeches, though she sometimes donated her fees to her family foundation.
"I kind of think if you're going to be paid US$225,000 for a speech, it must be a fantastic speech," Sanders said during the primary, "a brilliant speech which you would want to share with the American people."
As her race against Sanders - who now campaigns for Clinton - grew unexpectedly contentious and close, Clinton sought to portray herself as deeply skeptical of Wall Street and eager to punish its wayward leaders.
"I believe strongly that we need to make sure that Wall Street never wrecks Main Street again," Clinton said in January. "No bank is too big to fail, and no executive is too powerful to jail." As she sought to burnish her image as an advocate of working America, Clinton declared her opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership, Obama's 12-nation trade pact, and distanced herself from Nafta, which her husband signed into law.
But in a 2013 speech to a Brazilian bank, Clinton took a far different approach. "My dream," she said, "is a hemispheric common market, with open borders, some time in the future."
Some of her paid remarks embrace the view that the public can benefit when Wall Street partners with government. When it comes to writing effective financial regulations, Clinton said, "The people that know the industry better than anybody are the people who work in the industry."
Foreign hackers - authorised by Russian security agencies, according to national security officials - have successfully penetrated the operations of the Democratic Party and its candidates over the past year.
They broke into the email servers of the Democratic National Committee, revealing embarrassing internal messages in which party leaders who were supposed to be neutral expressed their preference for Clinton even as she was campaigning against Sanders. And Assange is an avowed critic of Clinton who has made clear that he wishes to hurt her chances of winning the presidency.
Half of all registered voters said it bothered them "a lot" that Clinton had given numerous paid speeches to Wall Street banks, according to a Bloomberg Politics poll in June.
Asked in an interview that month if the practice was self-defeating, given the anger over income inequality, Clinton responded that her predecessors as secretary of state had given paid speeches, too.
"I actually think it makes sense," she said. "Because a lot of people know you have a front-row seat in watching what's going on in the world."


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"He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city." Proverbs 16:32 NASB
It could be said that one who is out of control is one who does not control himself in what he says or what he does. Self control is part of the fruit of the spirit, (Gal. 5:23). It is a quality of mind that is to be added to our faith, (2 Pet. 1:5-6). Paul understood this; in 1 Corinthians 9:25-27 he said, "And everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified." NASB.
From the passages above we must have self control. However, the kind of self control to exercise must be scriptural? In other words, the control of self that a member of the church exercises must be guided by the control of Christ? Self control does not mean you control others. It means you control yourself. How often do we find members of the church wanting to control other people's lives beyond what God has allowed. We have limited power that God has given to us in matters of control; but power, like money, can be abused. A simple example would be the father who exercises control over his children. This is scriptural, 1 Timothy 3:4. However, where is the scripture, for this same father, to exercise the same control over a child not his own? 1 Timothy 3:4-5 implies that an elder of the church would have managerial control over certain members of the church; yet this power and control is within limits. An elder that would go beyond God's limits, is out of scriptural control.
Would not abusing power that God has given to us, indicate that we are out of scriptural self control; seeing that we say or do things unscripturally? God is always in divine and holy control of what He does. God made man a free moral agent. Man chooses to reject or receive the control of Christ. Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, "For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, that they who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf." NASB. Could it be when we abuse the power of control given to us, that it is no longer Christ who controls us, but our own selfishness?
The proverb we read at the beginning teaches that one who rules their spirit is better than the one who captures a city. One may be able to capture a city and still fall short in ruling their spirit according to Christ. Let Christ control you and then you can be successful in controlling yourself scripturally in what you say or do. You can do it if you trust in Jesus Christ. Paul said in Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." NASB.


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Verse 5:[1] And from Jesus Christ, (John 8:14; 1 Tim. 6:13; Rev. 3:14) who is the faithful witness, and the (1 Cor. 15:20; Col. 1:18) first begotten of the dead, and (Eph. 1:20; Rev. 17:14; 19:16) the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him (John 13:34; 15:9; Gal. 2:20) that loved us, (Heb. 9:14; 1 John 1:7) and washed us from our sins in his own blood…
[And, etc., καὶ ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός] And from Jesus Christ (not only from God the Father operating by those that we called modes, but also from Jesus Christ, he desires all favorable things for the Churches: Thus also Paul in Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3; and elsewhere [Grotius]: Eulogies of Christ here follow, as if so many reasons why he prays grace and peace for them from Christ [Pareus]), that faithful witness (Montanus). There is here no ἀκυρολογία, improper phraseology (Cotterius). Indeed, here he made use of Nominatives ἀκλίτως, without declining, so that, just as he had signified the Immutability of God, so also he might signify the immutability of Christ in His testimony and Kingdom. See 2 Corinthians 1:20; Hebrews 13:8 (Grotius). It was not unsuitable for God thus to speak, who only cares for the matter, not the elegance of the words (Cotterius). It is an anomaly of case (Piscator, thus Glassius), or an Antiptosis,[2] as in Luke 1:55;[3] Revelation 3:12;[4] 18:13[5] (Glassius' "Grammar" 4:2:19:736). Others: It is an Ellipsis of the relative (Cotterius, similarly Beza), which is common among the Hebrews. See Ephesians 2:5[6] (Beza). Thus also Virgil, …En dextra fidesque: Quem secum patrios aiunt portare penates, …behold the pledge and good faith: Of him who brings, say they, his father's gods along[7] (Cotterius). [Thus, therefore, they render it:] who is that faithful witness (Pagnine, Beza, Piscator, thus Erasmus, Illyricus,[8] Tigurinus). Others: teste illo fideli, that faithful witness[9] (Castalio, thus the Syriac, Arabic). Thus Christ is called in Isaiah 43:10 and 55:4 (Cluverus), and in this place, with the article duplicated, that is to say, that witness, that faithful one,[10] so that it might be signified that He is that eminent witness, concerning whom it was spoken in Isaiah 55:4 and John 18:37 (Ribera), and in 1 Timothy 6:13, who does not testify, like the Prophets and Apostles, to things heard and received from others, but what things He Himself has seen, and thoroughly known, John 1:18; 3:11, 32; 5:20; and that not only by words (Cluverus), and by promises (Pererius), but by actual deed (Cluverus, Pererius), John 10:25, 37, and by His own death (Cluverus), 1 Timothy 6:13: who testified concerning God, concerning Himself, concerning the Church of God (Pererius), concerning the will of God (Piscator): who in [read, all] the names that He announced to us in the name of God, and many of which, spoken by Christ in a general way, are specifically explained in this book, is most worthy, to whom it is entrusted. See Isaiah 55:4; John 8:38, etc., and, concerning the word πιστὸς/faithful, see 1 Timothy 1:15.[11] The same title is attributed to God Himself, Psalm 89:37 (Grotius). Who faithfully, truly, and plainly taught the whole will of God, as much as pertains to the method of human salvation, or the whole Gospel, which is called μαρτυρία marturi/a, John 5:31, 32.[12] This pertains to the Prophetic office of Christ (Brightman). Now, this title here he ascribes to Christ, partly so that he might procure confidence for this prophecy, partly so that he might animate the pious to endure persecutions by the hope of the glory which Christ promised, who is faithful, and therefore He will fulfill it (Ribera), neither will He desert the faithful who are in danger for His sake (Pareus).
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness: here is an express mention of Jesus Christ, because he was the procurer of our redemption, and our Mediator, to whom the Father committed all power as to the church. He is called the faithful and true witness; 1 Timothy 6:13, he witnessed a good confession before Pontius Plate; he bare record of himself, John 8:13, 14: see also Isaiah 43:10; 55:4; John 18:37…. The first name here given to Christ speaketh his prophetical office, the second his priestly office, this last his kingly office.
[1] Greek: καὶ ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός, ὁ πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ὁ ἄρχων τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς. τῷ ἀγαπήσαντι ἡμᾶς, καὶ λούσαντι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ.
[2] In grammar, an antiptosis is the substituting of one case for another.
[3] Luke 1:55: "As he spake to our fathers (πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, πρὸς taking the Accusative case), to Abraham (τῷ Ἀβραὰμ, in the Dative case), and to his seed (τῷ σπέρματι αὐτου, in the Dative case) for ever."
[4] Revelation 3:12a: "The overcoming one (ὁ νικῶν, in the Nominative case), I will make him (αὐτὸν, in the Accusative case) a pillar in the temple of my God…"
[5] Revelation 18:11, 12a, 13: "And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and silver…and cinnamon (κινάμωμον, and the following in the Accusative case), and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves (καὶ ἵππων, καὶ ῥεδῶν, καὶ σωμάτων, all in the Genitive case), and souls (ψυχὰς, returning to the Accusative case) of men."
[6] Ephesians 2:4, 5: "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us (ἡμᾶς), us being (ὄντας ἡμᾶς) dead in sins, hath quickened together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved)…"
[7] Æneid 4:597, 598.
[8] Matthæus Flaccius Illyricus (1520-1575) was a Lutheran divine. He served as Professor of Hebrew at Wittenburg (1544), then as Professor of New Testament at Jena (1557). He made great contributions in the fields of church history and hermeneutics. He wrote Catalogus Testium Veritatis, Qui ante Nostram Ætatem Relamarunt Papæ (A Catalogue of Witnesses for the Truth, Who before Our Age Cried out against the Pope), which included commentary on the Apocalypse.
[9] In the Ablative case, bringing it into conformity with à Jesu Christo (in the Ablative), from Jesus Christ.
[10] Greek: ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός.
[11] 1 Timothy 1:15a: "This is a faithful (πιστὸς) saying, and worthy of all acceptation…"
[12] John 5:31, 32: "If I bear witness of myself, my witness (ἡ μαρτυρία μου) is not true. There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness (ἡ μαρτυρία) which he witnesseth of me is true."


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My third child didn't require much sleep. Mornings we made him wait to get out of bed until the clock read 7:00. After lunch, I sent him to his room to either nap or play quietly. Knowing that I was in my room reading across the hall, he would say, "Hey mom, you know what? I'm plowing my field with the big four-wheel-drive tractor. I'm gonna plant my field after that."
"We're resting right now, remember? You can tell me all about it, later," I reminded him.
"Okay, I'll wait," he'd say reluctantly, and then, a few minutes later , he'd start again, "Hey, Mom, you know what?"
At night, when I put him to bed at 8:00 p.m., he laid awake for an hour or two. If I happened to walk by his room, he would call out, "Hey, Mom. What are you doing?" That active little boy who never stopped playing or talking all day had been lying in his bed, quietly waiting for sleep. All of that waiting must've been tortuous for a little boy who was full of energy and ideas.
That's where I find myself these days: Waiting.
I'm in a season of waiting for Jesus to lead me somewhere new.
Waiting on Jesus
In June, I attended a conference for writers and speakers led by Carol Kent called Speak Up. During the two-day conference, I met with a marketing expert. Twice, during our ten-minute conversation, she looked at me and said, "Be patient." At the time, I was feeling too antsy to be patient. I wanted to know what to do next. And, I was tired of waiting on God.
Over that past few weeks, while I wait, I've returned to Surrendered, a book I wrote about the vine and branch lessons in John 15. Funny, I had learned those difficult lessons about waiting and trusting and resting in a season of waiting five years ago. I have also written about seasons of waiting here (Are you in Life's Waiting Room?) and here (Stay rooted in Hope when Winter seems Long). You say, "I thought you'd have this waiting thing figured out by now, Jayne."
But, waiting is hard.
Picture a horse in the starting gate or a puppy pulling on its leash. That's how most of us wait. We tap our fingers or foot impatiently because we have things to do, good things.
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. (John 15:4-5 NLT)
When Jesus commands me to "Remain in Me," He is saying, "Wait right here. Stay near Me."
"Lord, how looooong?" I whine.
Stay rooted by believing that waiting has a purpose and an end.
If you 'd like to try my book Surrendered, subscribe to my blog and I'll send you chapter one. It's part Bible study and part devotional so that you get truth that challenges in a bite-sized morsel. I've even made it available as a downloadable PDF so that can be uploaded to a kindle or smart phone, to read on the go.
During seasons of waiting, I've enjoyed reading Andrew Murray's short devotional book, Waiting on God. Learn about it here: Living a Rooted Life and Waiting on God. Maybe I should reread it!


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Probably one of the more 'exciting' parts of my holiday which I was looking forward to was cruising the Bahamas. I'd never been on a cruise before so thought a short 4 night cruise would be a good introduction and indeed it was! Having been to 20+ of the US states on my last visit I really wanted to make sure I saw something different on this trip and so it was decided the Caribbean was a must-do part of the holiday.
The Bahamas was beautiful as expected and even though we're spoilt here in Australia with crystal clear turquoise waters, there were still some beautiful beaches I went to in the Bahamas which surprised me with their breathtaking colours. This was definitely the 'relaxation' part of my holiday, since everything is included in the cruise holiday so you can do whatever you want, whenever you want to without worrying about handling cash and organising transport. It probably would've been nice to do this as the last part of my trip but overall I'm so glad I did it as I wouldn't otherwise have been able to see so much of the Bahamas in such a short time.
I could post hundreds of photos but here are some which pretty much tell the story of my time on the cruise.
|Sunset on the cruise
The next two photos are from the private island we visited on one of the days - the beaches were spectacular and we went parasailing which was a fantastic experience. It wasn't at all as I expected - I thought it would be noisy and windy when up in the air but it's literally like peace and tranquility! You can hear every word of being spoken to you by the person tandem parasailing with you.
One of the days was spent at Freeport where we went Jeeping which was tonnes of fun! It meant we saw so much of the island and the tour guide was helpful in educating us about the history, nature, beaches and everything! Of course we stopped by the beach at the end too to cool off from the intense heat.
And what is a trip to the Bahamas without going to Atlantis? We actually purchased a pass to the Atlantis Resort beach but somehow managed to sneak our way into the Aqua Adventure themepark which was really cool!
So now I'm thinking I just have to make another trip to the Caribbean, but this time for a longer cruise :)


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Dating Boot Camp
You don't have time to blog. Oh come on, man. You have a mission. You have to get ready. This is not a beginner's game. It's at least the 12,000th time you line up for that ride.
You need to exude confidence and ooze charm like goo coming out of a rotting body.
Can you at least use better metaphors!
It all started with a victory dance after you hanged up your phone. The person you like and got to known in a biblical sense wants to try the same roller-coaster again. You have like a million things to get right before you join her for another go at the amusement park.
Let me think.
You have to get fitter, younger, nicer, cleverer, and you have about 4 days to complete all that.
Three, four: Confidence!
Last time was easy. You didn't know each other. You didn't expect anything. You had nothing to prove. It wasn't a date. It was accidentally colliding into each other at the bar and then finding your way to the beach just by bouncing around into walls and people.
Things are different now. Dating is a more complex sport. It involves expectations, tact, and finesse while holding the door or ordering freaking shrimps cocktails with the appropriate Chardonnay.
Good thing you don't believe in the "be yourself" philosophy. Being yourself is the last thing you want on that menu. When is the last time "being yourself" got you anything else than catastrophe? Think hard about it. Bring up all your previous fails. Even the really recent ones. Yeah, that's right, my boy. You better start working on your Sean Connery impressions. Shaken not Stirred! You freaking idiot!
You're in the wrong movie altogether. You're Napoleon Dynamite and you need to cocoon up and butterfly out as Ryan Gosling. And practicing the right dance move won't cut it either.
But you have to stop typing this and go do ten hard push-ups... and maybe grow some extra hair on that balding patch.
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Being the youngest of five, I grew up with really tired parents. My parents did their best but always settled for things. They were good parents but not the ones to encourage anyone to go above and beyond. If anything they would always try to compare you to someone else in the family.
As I got older and a parent myself I realized that it was not all their fault. My father was a hard worker and my mother did her best with us. My father was a registered Republican and he always wanted to be accepted as one. Living in Washington Heights not too many people followed politics but the ones who did always gave him a hard time. To this day I will always respect my father for sticking up for his beliefs and if anything I think this is best thing I have kept of him.
As a father of two, I try to implement great values in my daughter's lives. I try to show them that there is a huge world out there and let them know that they can become anything they want in life. With technology so advanced today we are able to help our kids with their homework and learn what they are learning in school. We love to have family fun and great family vacations. We have enjoyed our time in Washington DC as well as a great vacation in Puerto Rico. We have also enjoyed Broadway shows and we make it a point to do things together.
I think that in todays society family values are lost. I think that parents are too busy to spend quality time with their kids. Some parents just let their kids control them and some parents let strangers raised their kids. We all need to take responsibility for our actions and remember that our children are our future. The seeds we plant in their minds today are what they are going to use in their futures.
Life is hard and it is only getting harder. If people don't start to wise up our future is going to get real dim real fast. Parents need to get more involved in their children's lives. Do not let video games, or TV shows raised your children. Have them read a book and let them use their imagination. As a parent we must learn to have an open mind and we need to always try to encourage our children to follow their dreams. The most important rule as a parent is that no matter how we want to raise our children they must always remember that we are not their friends, we are their parents.
Don't ever let your circumstances dictate the way you live your life. Just because we come from the ghettos of America does not give us the right or the excuse to settle for things. We are more than just a statistics. We can accomplish anything.


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By Peter Hayter
Officials of the England and Wales Cricket Board have a history of bringing dead stories back to life. Remember Colin Graves, shortly after his appointment to the post of ECB chairman, opening the long-shut door that had separated Kevin Pietersen from the England team?
So for Tom Harrison, their chief executive, and director of England Cricket Andrew Strauss to indicate last week that Ben Stokes may play in the Ashes after all neatly fits into an established pattern, in this case throwing an apparently resolved situation back into confusion and, in the process, potentially causing the players who are Down Under a distraction they could surely do without.
This time last week we were digesting the thoughts of coach Trevor Bayliss, who seemed to have put an end to all speculation over the availability of the England all-rounder, suspended by the Board until further notice, pending an ECB internal inquiry and an active police investigation following his arrest outside a Bristol nightclub on September 25. Simply put, Bayliss said he and they were planning without him.
Taken with the words spoken by skipper Joe Root on arrival, that his friend's absence would, "give others opportunities to stand up, put their stamp on Test cricket and do something special", those comments appeared to close the book on this sorry tale, at least until after the upcoming series against Australia, for which clarity much thanks.
But when the 'c' word appeared again on Sunday, this time from the mouth of Strauss, it did so in a somewhat different context.
"What we all want is clarity on what that situation is and how much cricket he will be missing for England. We're keen to get into that and move this forward but we're in the hands of the police.
"There's two different potential disciplinary procedures he has to go through, one is the ECB's own internal one and the other is any potential police action," said the only England skipper to win in Australia for 30 years. "Until we know more from the police it's very hard for us to put a timeline on anything."
And that teed up Harrison for his go.
"We have to get that balance between censure and support absolutely right," said Harrison.
"Cricket's response to this will show the value of the game in the best light. We will quickly recover to where the game is, seeing and doing its best to rehabilitate reputations on the field and try to get Ben and Alex (Hales) back to where the fans are really behind them."
Answers on a postcard, please, as to what any of that actually means. But if the gist of it is that should the police decide not to press charges, and the ECB's inquiry panel chooses to show leniency, Stokes might find himself talking part in the Ashes after all, then I'm afraid I really must be missing something.
For, everything considered, it is hard to escape the feeling that if the man arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm was anyone other than their star player and best hope of beating Australia, such discussion and speculation would have ended weeks ago.
Clearly Stokes does need support; he needs support in understanding that, whatever the circumstances (and in this case his defenders insist he and Hales came to the aid of two gay men who had been suffering homophobic abuse), it is not a good idea to be throwing punches any time, any place, anywhere, let alone outside a nightclub at 2am, one of which, unless the video footage has been tampered with, was aimed at a man with his arms raised in surrender and with Hales shouting: "Stokes, enough!"
If drink had any part to play in this, as his injudicious public comments about losing count at 20 Jagerbombs suggested it might have, he needs support to understand this is a problem he really, really needs to address.
Similarly, it has been said, as regards the issue of anger management.
None of which he will be able to do if he is jetting down to Australia to play cricket for England under the intense spotlight of the Ashes later this winter, whether he, the England team or ECB officials like it or not.
As for censure, whether or not the police take action of their own, while it goes without saying that the punishment should fit the crime, it appears those officials might need reminding of some previous examples in order to concentrate their minds.
ICC banned South Africa's Kagiso Rabada for one Test match this summer for swearing at Stokes in the first Test at Lord's.
Kevin Pietersen was dropped for the final Test against South Africa in 2012 for alleged disruptive behaviour in the home dressing room, including sending derogatory texts about his captain Strauss to his mates in the other one. When they believed him guilty of more of the same during the last Ashes tour, including inappropriate whistling, they sacked him for good.
During the 2007 World Cup, Andrew Flintoff lost the ODI vice-captaincy and was dropped for a match after a night on the sauce ended up with him in the drink having fallen from a beachside pedalo.
And, lest Australians forget, David Warner missed all but one of his side's ICC Champions Trophy matches in 2013, two further tour matches and, because the first and second Tests of that series in England were back-to-back, both of them after receiving a one Test ban and a fine for slapping Joe Root in Birmingham's Walkabout watering-hole, in effect a six-match ban.
Consider, though, what Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said when enforcing it.
"David Warner has done a despicable thing. I don't care what explanations people might want to put up. There is no place for violence in society, and there is no place for Australian cricketers to be finding themselves in that position."
Whatever the police decide to do, as Harrison, Strauss and the members of the ECB inquiry panel ponder their next move, they could do worse than take those words into account.
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I know it is actually meant to be a compliment, but I can't help feeling just a little offended or irked every time someone tells me, "Wow, you're so lucky you've lived abroad and traveled. I wish I could have done that!" I never know how to respond; it's awkward. And no one seems to believe me when I say, "You could do it to!"
While I agree, I am very lucky indeed; I was lucky to be born into a home filled with love, encouragement, trust, and a lot of space for adventure (not many other kids I knew had their own horse, car, and snowmobile by the age of 12). I was lucky that my parents allowed me to be independent. They endorsed my sometimes obscure ideas, and they loved me through every weird phase (yes, even those dreadful teenage years).
But this kind of luck is a waste, if it is not cashed in. This kind of luck goes sour, if you don't put in the extra work behind the scenes.
To me the word "Luck" has such a passive connotation. I have spent the better part of the last 10 years living away from home, in as many as 3 other States, 2 foreign countries, and living on board 1 boat. I can look back on every single time I packed up and moved away from home and clearly remember the struggles and hard work I put in to seize each of those opportunities.
I was just 16 years old the first time I decided I wanted to explore the world beyond my backyard. I was lucky to have a mother who was a strong, encouraging force in my corner, who made it possible for me to become an exchange student. I was lucky to have families on the other side ready to welcome me into their homes. But I also had to step up to the plate; filling out applications, sitting through interviews, orientations, and ultimately having the courage to board a plane, alone, bound for the far away land of South Africa.
The time I spent living and working on a private luxury yacht in the Caribbean was the result of some lucky breaks and a hell of a lot of hard work. I walked for miles in the sticky Florida heat to reach marinas where I could distribute my CV and business cards, just praying one captain would be crazy enough to give a novice like me a chance. That eventually happened, but not before my Sperrys were good and worn in.
I have made some lucky connections along the way that have enabled me to move to Germany. Those lucky connections would be a waste if I were not ready and willing to put in the work that it can take to move across the globe and build a life on unfamiliar turf. New customs, learning a language, and making friends can be fun but also extremely exhausting.
I have had some good luck in life, I will not argue that. But I do not attribute the places I have seen, or the things I have done, to a passive chance draw of the cards. I am happy to leave luck to the gamblers, while I continue actively tackling my dreams head on.
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The other day I listened with great delight to a message on my phone. The caller identified himself as a local antique airplane owner whom I'd met a couple of years ago. I remembered him clearly, or should I say, I remembered his airplane clearly. Coincidentally (?), on the day I flew the Prince again after several years of being grounded while undergoing a major restoration, Bill happened to be in the air as well. It was more than fitting and poetic that I while I celebrated being reunited in the sky, a black and silver Waco biplane flew an unplanned loose formation with us. It was as if the Waco were saying to the Student Prince, "Welcome back to the sky where you belong old friend." That flight was more than two years ago, and I hadn't seen or spoken with Bill since.
I listened to Bill's message several times as I stood in my kitchen. A smile spread across my face and butterflies did loops in my solar plexus. "Hi Summer, this is Bill. I don't know if you remember me, but I flew formation with you a couple of years back in my black and silver Waco out of Jefferson County. Say, a few of us are planning on flying our antique airplanes to Blakesburg, Iowa next summer for the antique airplane fly in and wanted to know if you'd like to come too." That message made my day for several reasons. I had been hearing about Blakesburg and the fantastic antique fly in they have there since I headed east to Ohio. Everyone I spoke to invited me to go, said I absolutely MUST go and that it was amazing. So Blakesburg has been brightly illuminated on my radar. I haven't been to a full on antique airplane fly in since the Evergreen airport was sold and developed into a shopping mall. Hundreds of hearts were broken wide open when those hallowed grounds were tilled under and the site of decades of flying memories were entombed under asphalt. Evergreen had been the largest antique airplane fly in on the west coast, and every third weekend in August hundreds of pilots would make their way from all points of the compass to share in their love for old airplanes. It was a reunion of kindred spirits, even if they'd never formally met before. When someone mentioned to me that the Blakesburg fly in was the Evergreen of the midwest, I became even more attracted to the possibility of going one day.
I hadn't made any plans for another long cross country in the Prince. But that doesn't mean that I am a one trick pony. On the contrary, my sense of adventure and the confidence to actively pursue it have been honed to razor sharpness. When Bill mentioned that a whole gaggle of like minded antique airplane buffs were planning an odyssey to a fabulous antique airplane gathering, and they invited me, I was very excited. After I hung up the phone to ponder the conversation, I couldn't help but wonder if possibly the article that was featured in the General Aviation News about our trip to Ohio had played any part in inspiring the adventure that is being planned to Blakesburg. And if it did, then it's doubly thrilling. Inspiring others to pursue their dreams and passions inspires me, and I hoped that the article would inspire others to pursue their dreams. Maybe it worked! For whatever reason, it looks like something is happening. It's a complete change from last summer when I would invite fellow pilots to fly across the country with us only to be met with a downward look, toes kicking at a dirt clod and, "Gee I don't know, I don't think I have time."
It is wonderful to behold others while they kick the tires and light the fires of their own dreams!~


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In 2006, I met my wife Jenn, and she introduced me to a Web site called "MySpace." I signed up, found about 3 people I knew and thought it would never fly. I suppose, technically, I was correct, because Facebook took over, and MySpace became a site for musicians and other artists.
I signed up for Facebook, too, but I got tired of checking two accounts and seeing the same people on both sites. So I cancelled my MySpace account and decided to just keep it simple.
Five years later, it's no longer quite as simple, but I'm having fun!!
Let's put this in perspective...
Up until two weeks ago, I had my Web site, which has existed at different addresses since 1998, a Facebook page, a Google site, a LinkedIn account, a Picasa account, a YouTube account, and sharing documents on Google Documents. Then there was the Twitter account, which I got but never quite figured out why or how to make it useful, and the blog you are reading right now.
That's all well and good, but then during the first week of May, a couple of things happened that changed my point of view about not only social media, but also how I handle my personal information on the Internet.
In early May, Jenn's second cousin (who I know mostly through family reunions and Facebook) "liked" a site called "Surviving the World." She happened to find this site through a social sharing site called StumbleUpon.
I had played with StumbleUpon a couple of times in the past, but ended up moving on instead of really locking into it. But Surviving the World changed that for me, and StumbleUpon is now on my Chrome browser toolbar, and a tool that I use daily when I am bored or have a couple of extra minutes to fool around and I don't want to get locked into a bigger project.
Then I found a handy sharing tool called Shareaholic. The site says I have been a member since August, 2010, but I don't remember signing up for it. But apparently I did. But I didn't really start using it until early May. More about Shareaholic later.
The most important event to influence my view of personal information and sharing it on social media sites occurred on May 4, when I attended the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Ohio (ADAPAO) conference in Columbus for work. Having set up a Web site, blog, Twitter and Picasa accounts for work, I attended the conference looking for ways to better use social media to further our goal.
During that time, I sat in on two presentations given by Alvin Trusty, who is the Director of Educational Technology at the University of Findlay. His biggest message was that whether you intend it or not, information about you can and will be found on the Internet. His example was about a co-worker who used the Internet for research and e-mail. She used no social media, and did not put personal information online if she could help it. She was convinced that nobody could find anything about her online. In short order, Alvin Trusty found a photo of her from a High School yearbook.
The point is, information about you is on the Internet. If you own your information, you can control it. And if you put your name on enough information, and post all good information, you can drown out the bad stuff, like that picture of you sleeping in your own vomit that your roommate took but didn't tell you about, but uploaded it to Facebook and tagged you in it. If you put your real name on your online stuff, and if you upload and share a lot of it, the chance that a future employer will find that information decreases.
That one concept changed almost everything for me. The one thing I still won't do is announce on Facebook when I am not home. That's just stupid.
Since then, I have updated all of my previously-existing social media, started blogging again (which is why I am writing this), and I have joined several additional social media sites, including the following:
- Delicious - A bookmark sharing Web site that I soon will be using to network the resources of my co-workers.
- FourSquare - Discover places to visit and things to do in your own hometown or anywhere else. You do this by "signing in" to the places that you visit. If you have the most visits to a place, you can be the "mayor of the business. The extra benefit of this is that there are deals and offers, so when you check in at, say, a restaurant, you get a coupon on your phone for a free or reduced price on an item. But you have to be careful about how you do this. Check your settings. Do you want to broadcast where you are on Facebook or Twitter? Make sure you check the security settings. The only people who know where I am on FourSquare are friends of mine, and I don't have the service automatically post my location on Facebook or Twitter.
- HootSuite - A social media dashboard that helps you monitor and post to several social media services at once.
- Springpad - This is a notepad/to-do list combined with a method to research the stuff you take notes on.
And what makes all of these services so handy is that they all have apps, so you can check them on on your smart phone while you are on the road.
Not only that, but most of these services link to your Shareaholic account. So when you find a site you like, you click the Shareaholic button, and you can share the site through most of these servies.
In addition to that, I also began listening to podcasts again, specifically The Dave Ramsey Show, and CNet's Buzz Out Loud, which is a technology podcast. And my Android phone automatically downloads these, so i can listen to them wherever and whenever (I'm listening to Buzz Out Loud episode 1472 as I write this).
I also connected to Mashable to follow and comment on social media news.
I also connected to Mashable to follow and comment on social media news.
The point to all of this is two-fold. First of all, control your information. The more services you sign up for, and the more sharing you do on each, the more you can control what others see when they type your name into a search engine. Second of all, you never know if you can use something unless you try it out. I came close to NOT using FourSquare due to home security issues. But since I can control the settings, I decided to give it a shot. Will I keep using that or Springpad? I have no idea. But I'm giving both a try.
So go out there. Explore the world. Use the knowledge of others to expand your own. There are some great tools out there. You just have to find what works best for you. Enjoy!
And while your at it, check out my social media sites. The links are at the right. -->
So tell me...what are YOUR favorite social media outlets? I probably have room in my life for a few more!
As for me, I am going to see what I can StumbleUpon.
And while your at it, check out my social media sites. The links are at the right. -->
So tell me...what are YOUR favorite social media outlets? I probably have room in my life for a few more!
As for me, I am going to see what I can StumbleUpon.


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50.8 Questioner: Thank you. How does the ability to hold visual images in mind allow the adept to do polarization in consciousness without external action?
Ra: I am Ra. This is not a simple query, for the adept is one which will go beyond the green ray which signals entry into harvestability. The adept will not simply be tapping into intelligent energy as a means of readiness for harvest but tapping into both intelligent energy and intelligent infinity for the purpose of transmuting planetary harvestability and consciousness.
The means of this working lie within. The key is first, silence, and secondly, singleness of thought. Thusly a visualization which can be held steady to the inward eye for several of your minutes, as you measure time, will signal the adept's increase in singleness of thought. This singleness of thought then can be used by the positive adept to work in group ritual visualizations for the raising of positive energy, by negative adepts for the increase in personal power.
80.14 Questioner: [I] didn't intend to get too far ahead of my questioning process here. The either positively or negatively polarized adept, then, is building a potential to draw directly on the spirit for power. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. It would be more proper to say that the adept is calling directly through the spirit to the universe for its power, for the spirit is a shuttle.
80.15 Questioner: Now, the obvious only significant difference, I believe, between the positive and negative adept in using this shuttle is the way they had polarized. Is there a relationship between the archetypes of the spirit and whether the polarization is either positive or negative? Is, for instance, the positive calling through the sixteenth and the [chuckling] negative calling through the fifteenth archetype? I am very confused on these points and I imagine that question is poor or meaningless. Can you answer that?
Ra: I am Ra. It is a challenge to answer such a query, for there is some confusion in its construction. However, we shall attempt to speak upon the subject.
The adept, whether positive or negative, has the same Matrix. The Potentiator is also identical. Due to the Catalyst of each adept the adept may begin to pick and choose that into which it shall look further. The Experience of the Spirit, that which you have called the Moon, is then, by far, the more manifest of influences upon the polarity of the adept. Even the most unhappy of experiences, shall we say, which seem to occur in the Catalyst of the adept, seen from the viewpoint of the spirit, may, with the discrimination possible in shadow, be worked with until light equaling the light of brightest noon descends upon the adept and positive or service-to-others illumination has occurred. The service-to-self adept will satisfy itself with the shadows and, grasping the light of day, will toss back the head in grim laughter, preferring the darkness.
100.13 Questioner: In that case I will ask only one more question and that will be having to do with the sword and the scepter. It would seem that the sword would be the power of the negative adept indicating control over other-selves and the scepter would indicate the power of the positive adept with unity in mind, body, and spirit. However, they seem to be in opposite hands than I would have guessed. Would Ra comment on that?
Ra: I am Ra. These symbols are astrological in origin. The shapes, therefore, may be released from their stricture.
We may note that there is an overriding spiritual environment and protection for the environment of the mind. We may further note that the negatively polarized adept will attempt to fashion that covenant for its own use whereas the positively polarized entity may hold forth that which is exemplified by the astrological sword; that is, light and truth.
83.18 Questioner: Specifically, by what process in the first case, when two polarized entities would attempt to penetrate the veil, whether they be positively or negatively polarized— specifically by what technique would they penetrate the veil?
Ra: I am Ra. The penetration of the veil may be seen to begin to have its roots in the gestation of green-ray activity, that all-compassionate love which demands no return. If this path is followed the higher energy centers shall be activated and crystallized until the adept is born. Within the adept is the potential for dismantling the veil to a greater or lesser extent that all may be seen again as one. The other-self is primary catalyst in this particular path to the piercing of the veil, if you would call it that.
100.8 Questioner: The fact that the veil is raised higher on the right-hand side than on the left indicates to me that the adept choosing the positive polarity will have greater success in penetrating the veil. Would Ra comment?
Ra: I am Ra. This is a true statement if it is realized that the questioner speaks of potential success. Indeed, your third-density experience is distorted or skewed so that the positive orientation has more aid than the so-called negative.
72.17 Questioner: Why is there no protection at the floor or bottom of the banishing ritual, and should there be?
Ra: I am Ra. This will be the last full query of this working.
The development of the psychic greeting is possible only through the energy centers starting from a station which you might call within the violet ray moving through the adept's energy center and therefrom towards the target of opportunity. Depending upon the vibratory nature and purpose of greeting, be it positive or negative, the entity will be energized or blocked in the desired way.
We of Ra approach this instrument in narrow-band contact through violet ray. Others might pierce down through this ray to any energy center. We, for instance, make great use of this instrument's blue-ray energy center as we are attempting to communicate our distortion/understandings of the Law of One.
The entity of Orion pierces the same violet ray and moves to two places to attempt most of its non-physical opportunities. It activates the green-ray energy center while further blocking indigo-ray energy center. This combination causes confusion in the instrument and subsequent over-activity in unwise proportions in physical complex workings. It simply seeks out the distortions pre-incarnatively programmed and developed in incarnative state.
The energies of life itself, being the One Infinite Creator, flow from the south pole of the body seen in its magnetic form. Thus only the Creator may, through the feet, enter the energy shell of the body to any effect. The effects of the adept are those from the upper direction and thus the building of the wall of light is quite propitious.
May we ask if there are any shorter queries at this time?
74.4 Questioner: In a previous session there was a question on the archetypical mind that was not fully answered. I would like to continue with the answer to that question. Could you please continue with that, or would it be necessary for me to read the entire question over again?
Ra: I am Ra. As a general practice it is well to vibrate the query at the same space/time as the answer is desired. However, in this case it is acceptable to us that a note be inserted at this point in your recording of these sound vibratory complexes referring to the location of the query in previous workings.*
The query, though thoughtful, is in some degree falling short of the realization of the nature of the archetypical mind. We may not teach/learn for any other to the extent that we become learn/teachers. Therefore, we shall make some general notations upon this interesting subject and allow the questioner to consider and further refine any queries.
The archetypical mind may be defined as that mind which is peculiar to the Logos of this planetary sphere. Thusly unlike the great cosmic all-mind, it contains the material which it pleased the Logos to offer as refinements to the great cosmic beingness. The archetypical mind, then, is that which contains all facets which may affect mind or experience.
The Magician was named as a significant archetype. However, it was not recognized that this portion of the archetypical mind represents not a portion of the deep subconscious but the conscious mind and more especially the will. The archetype called by some the High Priestess, then, is the corresponding intuitive or subconscious faculty.
Let us observe the entity as it is in relationship to the archetypical mind. You may consider the possibilities of utilizing the correspondences between the mind/body/spirit in microcosm and the archetypical mind/body/spirit closely approaching the Creator. For instance, in your ritual performed to purify this place you use the term "Ve Geburah." It is a correct assumption that this is a portion or aspect of the One Infinite Creator. However, there are various correspondences with the archetypical mind which may be more and more refined by the adept. "Ve Geburah" is the correspondence of Michael, of Mars, of the positive, of maleness. "Ve Gedulah" has correspondences to Jupiter, to femaleness, to the negative, to that portion of the Tree of Life concerned with Auriel.
We could go forward with more and more refinements of these two entries into the archetypical mind. We could discuss color correspondences, relationships with other archetypes, and so forth. This is the work of the adept, not the teach/learner. We may only suggest that there are systems of study which may address themselves to the aspects of the archetypical mind and it is well to choose one and study carefully. It is more nearly well if the adept go beyond whatever has been written and make such correspondences that the archetype can be called upon at will.
* This question was asked in session 67.
73.4 Questioner: What I was trying to get at was that this alerting of light strength is, as I see it, a process that must be totally a function of free will, as you say, and as the desire and will and purity of desire of the adept or operator increases, the alerting of light strength increases. Is this part of it the same for both positive and negative potentials and am I correct with this statement?
Ra: I am Ra. To avoid confusion we shall simply restate for clarity your correct assumption.
Those who are upon the service-to-others path may call upon the light strength in direct proportion to the strength and purity of their will to serve. Those upon the service-to-self path may call upon the dark strength in direct proportion to the strength and purity of their will to serve.
71.17 Questioner: The change in consciousness should result in a greater distortion towards service to others, toward unity with all, and toward knowing in order to serve. Is this correct, and are there any other desired results?
Ra: I am Ra. These are commendable phrases. The heart of white magic is the experience of the joy of union with the Creator. This joy will of necessity radiate throughout the life experience of the positive adept. It is for this reason that sexual magic is not restricted solely to the negatively oriented polarizing adepts but when most carefully used has its place in high magic as it, when correctly pursued, joins body, mind, and spirit with the One Infinite Creator.
Any purpose which you may frame should, we suggest, take into consideration this basic union with the One Infinite Creator, for this union will result in service to others of necessity.
69.3 Questioner: Thank you. A question I didn't get to ask the previous session which I will be forced to continue at this time is, is the trance state the only condition from which a mind/body/spirit positive entity may be lured by a negative adept to a negative time/space configuration?
Ra: I am Ra. This is a misperceived concept. The mind/body/spirit complex which freely leaves the third-density physical complex is vulnerable when the appropriate protection is not at hand. You may perceive carefully that very few entities which choose to leave their physical complexes are doing work of such a nature as to attract the polarized attention of negatively oriented entities. The danger to most in trance state, as you term the physical complex being left, is the touching of the physical complex in such a manner as to attract the mind/body/spirit complex back thereunto or to damage the means by which that which you call ectoplasm is being recalled.
This instrument is an anomaly in that it is well that the instrument not be touched or artificial light thrown upon it while in the trance state. However, the ectoplasmic activity is interiorized. The main difficulty, as you are aware, is then the previously discussed negative removal of the entity under its free will.
That this can happen only in the trance state is not completely certain, but it is highly probable that in another out-of-body experience such as death the entity here examined would, as most positively polarized entities, have a great deal of protection from comrades, guides, and portions of the self which would be aware of the transfer you call the physical death.
67.28 Questioner: Thank you very much. I have a statement here that I will quickly read and have you comment on the accuracy or inaccuracy. In general, the archetypical mind is a representation of facets of the One Infinite Creation. The Father archetype corresponds to the male or positive aspect of electromagnetic energy and is active, creative, and radiant as is our local sun. The Mother archetype corresponds to the female or negative aspect of electromagnetic energy and is receptive or magnetic as is our Earth as it receives the sun's rays and brings forth life via third-density fertility. The Prodigal Son or the Fool archetype corresponds to every entity who seems to have strayed from unity and seeks to return to the One Infinite Creator. The Devil archetype represents the illusion of the material world and the appearance of evil but is more accurately the provider of catalyst for the growth of each entity within the third-density illusion. The Magician, Saint, Healer, or Adept corresponds to the higher self and, because of the balance within its energy centers, pierces the illusion to contact intelligent infinity and thereby demonstrates mastery of the catalyst of third density. The archetype of Death symbolizes the transition of an entity from the yellow-ray body to the green-ray body either temporarily between incarnations or, more permanently, at harvest.
Each archetype presents an aspect of the One Infinite Creation to teach the individual mind/body/spirit complex according to the calling or the electromagnetic configuration of mind of the entity. Teaching is done via the intuition. With proper seeking or mind configuration, the power of will uses the spirit as a shuttle to contact the appropriate archetypical aspect necessary for the teach/learning. In the same way each of the other informers of intuition are contacted. They are hierarchical and proceed from the entity's own subconscious mind to group or planetary mind, to guides, to higher self, to archetypical mind, to cosmic mind or intelligent infinity. Each is contacted by the spirit serving as shuttle according to the harmonized electromagnetic configuration of the seeker's mind and the information sought.
Will you please comment on the accuracy of these observations and correct any errors or fill in any omissions?
Ra: I am Ra. The entity has been using transferred energy for most of this session due to its depleted physical levels. We shall begin this rather complex answer which is interesting but do not expect to finish it. Those portions which we do not respond to we ask that you re-question us upon at a working in your future.
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|All business up front, party in the back.
— Ash to Dean
in Everybody Loves a Clown
Ash was a mullet-wearing computer genius who worked and lived at Harvelle's Roadhouse with Jo and Ellen Harvelle.
Early life Edit
Ash was once a student at MIT before he was thrown out for "fighting". He arrived at the Roadhouse in March 2001.[1]
Season 2 Edit
Ellen Harvelle introduced the boys to Ash after he woke up from his nap, having sprawled out on the top of a pool table. When Jo told the brothers that Ash was a genius, Dean scoffed, saying, "You've got to be kidding me, this guy's no genius, he's a Lynyrd Skynyrd roadie!" To test his wits, Dean challenged Ash to make sense of their father's research. Ash took John's research regarding Azazel and within 2 days time constructed a 'demon alert system' set to track the signs associated with Azazel's appearances. Dean was shocked at Ash's true intellect but grateful for the help.
Later, Ash helped identify Azazel's location from the logo on a bus in Sam's vision. Sam turned to Ash to receive a list of children who are 23 and whose mothers died in a nursery fire, leading him to follow-up on the recently murdered Scott Carey.
As Dean searched for Sam, Ash says that he had some big news he would only tell Dean in person. However, Dean arrived to find the Roadhouse burned to the ground. Ash is presumed dead, based on Dean finding a charred hand with Ash's watch on it. Ellen escaped because she was "out buying pretzels".
Season 5 Edit
|You boys die more than anyone I have ever met.
— Ash to Sam and Dean
in Dark Side of the Moon
Despite outward appearances, Ash was brilliant. Having attended MIT, Ash appeared to have built his own computer and wrote computer programs complex enough to access weather satellites looking for demons. Ash was also able to prepare information on how to track Azazel (a.k.a. the Yellow-Eyed Demon) within 51 hours after first meeting the brothers and skimming a year's worth of their father's notes.
Ash speaks very matter of factly when discussing hunt-related information and is held in high esteem among other hunters. He is very laid back and has somewhat of a thick-skin as seen in Everybody Loves a Clown when Dean compares his appearance to that of a Lynyrd Skynyrd roadie.
Powers and AbilitiesEdit
- Genius-Level Intellect - Ash has a genius-level intellect, having studying in MIT, building his own computer and write computer programs complex enough to access weather satellites looking for demons. He was capable to prepare information on how to track Azazel only with the information presented in John Winchester's notes.
- Expert Hacker - Ash is an expert hacker who has been able to hack satellites and the Heaven's system.[2]
- Mortality - As a human, Ash was mortal and vulnerable to injuries and death.
- Season 2
- Season 5
- The Real Ghostbusters (impersonation and mentioned)
- Dark Side of the Moon
- Supernatural series creator Eric Kripke stated that Ash's apparent death "had to do with how much I hated the actual Roadhouse itself rather than anyone in it." [3]
- In Jo's Journal, Ash is referred to as "Miles". This is what he was called in early scripts of Everybody Loves a Clown.
- Ash appears to live at the Roadhouse with Ellen and Jo at which he has his own room. The sign on his door reads "Dr. Badass is" and offers a choice of "in" and probably "out".
- He wears his hair in a mullet style, justifying it as "all business up front, party in the back!"
- Rather ironically, Ash met his death in ashes, as the Roadhouse was burnt down.
- Ash drinks PBR.
- Ash is fluent in Enochian.
- Ash has the capability of moving between people's 'personal heavens'.
- In the 2001 movie 'The Fast and The Furious' Lindberg's character is told "You should be going to MIT or something" then Ash, in Supernatural, portrayed by the same actor, is supposed to have gone to MIT.
- In the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the actor who plays Ash appears as another computer genius/hacker named David Kirby in season 1. However, he falls under the influence of the demon Moloch and after he refuses to help kill Buffy, is murdered with his death made to look like a suicide.
- Shares his first name with the main protagonist of the Evil Dead film and future television series.
- Ash has implied he was struck by lightning once, indicated that "this ain't fun".
- ↑ Jo's Journal
- ↑ Dark Side of the Moon
- ↑ Bekakos, Liana (April 24, 2008). "Creator Eric Kripke Answers Fan's Questions – Part II. Eclipse Magazine. Retrieved May 25, 2008.


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