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I'm not writing about the club run today, as I wasn't actually on it(!)
Setting out this morning after the weather forecasts for today, I was part delighted and partly in some trepidation of the day.
The delight came at heading to Hartford. It was like riding an e-bike on full chat, with a monster tail wind that meant by the time I hit the A49, I was about 10 minutes ahead of schedule. I had to slow down pedalling and just be pushed as I approached Barnton.
Still, I arrived at the club at about 09:40, and wondered how many would appear. By 10, not many did appear, but there were around 12-15 brave souls.
After a quick chat, it was decided that no-one wanted to head for the original destination, fearing the idea of a horrible headwind coming home. So, unanimously, it was decided that there would be 1 run to Holt.
Setting off in good formation, the group headed up Burrows Hill, and out along Bradburns Lane before a right into Chester Road. Everyone was keen to crack on into the head wind, which was apparent as speed went up to about 19.5 mph!
I thus decided to turn off after pinging off the back, and thought it might be a good idea then just to head to the Mills. There was a vague thought process behind this, thinking that I may gain some shelter from some of the wind if I got into lanes with hedges, and some shelter as I went through Delamere – as long as trees didn't fall into the road(!)
After turning off, met Jack whom I hadn't seen in a long while (neither him nor me making it to club runs), and we chatted briefly as we both headed in the same direction.
Just before Acton Bridge my phone started making a racket, and then rang. I'd missed a Messenger call from Titch, and then got a call from Mark. The peloton had kindly waited at Whitegate crossroads. I told them to crack on, and then so did I.
Norley lane was tough (as always), into the wind as I got to the top. Gusts were starting to build, and it didn't get much easier until I got into the forest, then it was just a steady grind. Surprisingly, the forest was pretty busy despite all the facilities announcing that they were to be closed for the day due to the impending wind.
I pushed on through Ashton, and when I got to Norton's Lane felt the force of the wind getting my speed down to sub 12mph.
Onto the main road and more of a grind before a brief respite at Mickle Trafford, turning away slightly from the wind for a few hundred yards before turning onto the Greenway.
Then it was just grit teeth and push the pedals round at any speed that I could manage. Excellent training. There was some shelter through Chester, but as soon as I came out of the shelter of Blacon, past the crematorium, it was a full on blast!
Cycling is very, very efficient, estimated somewhere that it as efficient as a car that can do about 994 miles per gallon. The biggest problem with pushing a bike forward and making it this efficient though, is to cut down on drag. There's the rub. the human body just isn't that aerodynamic. I don't think I was that efficient on my way out to the cafe today…
I opted to turn of and go through Saughall, then along the private lane that lead to Woodbank Lane. Saw a Port Sunlight rider who probably had the same look on his face as me, and commented on the battle.
When I got to the Mills, I actually thought it was shut. There was one bike on the rails, and just Keith to the side of the Mills clearing out stuff! With the recent news that Ann and Keith were setting up to retire, I wondered what was going on!
I opened the door to see only 2 Port Sunlight riders sat there. Ordering the usual, Ann said that Kev and Keith had been in previously, but few others. A few other local PSW riders turned up a few minutes later as I was tucking in.
I was now relishing the ride home. It isn't often that I get the opportunity to get one, so hopped on, and belted all the way down the main road with very little effort. Brilliant. A few brief turns into the wind through Helsby and Frodsham, and another near home, and that was it. Home from the Mills in just under an hour and twenty!
The outgoing trip felt more like 60 than 30 miles, and the legs were tested, but not a bad day out all in all. More miles in the bank, none wasted.. 🙂


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NAIROBI, Kenya July 13 – Three foreigners wanted on terrorism charges in Belgium were jailed in Kenya for a year on Friday for entering the country illegally, court officials and lawyers said.
Court documents identified two of the men, Ben Abdalla Ismail and Rachid Benimari, as French nationals, although there remained some confusion as French officials have confirmed the nationality of only one man.
A third, Mustapha Bouyabaren, was said to be Belgian.
The men are believed to have arrived in Kenya from Somalia, where a brutal Islamist insurgency is raging to topple the government.
The men pleaded guilty to being in Kenya illegally.
"The magistrate has sentenced them to one year each in jail," said a court official, who was not authorised to speak to the media but read from court documents which were confirmed by lawyers.
Abdallah Mazrui, a lawyer defending one of two Kenyans accused of hosting the three foreigners and who were also in court Friday, said "they were sentenced to one year for being unlawfully in the country."
Kenyan police had earlier said it was expected they would be deported to face charges connected to terrorism back home, but after sentencing it was not immediately clear if they would serve their prison terms in Kenya first.
"The foreigners were arrested following intelligence from our partners," said Njeru Mwaniki, Kenya's anti-terrorism police chief.
"We have information that they are wanted by their countries on terrorism related issues," he said, adding that "the suspects will be deported back to their countries to face charges they are wanted for."
The Belgian government prosecutor said Friday an international arrest warrant on terrorism charges for the three men had been issued by Brussels, which would request their extradition, according to the Belga news agency.
All were arrested Tuesday in the town of Malindi, a popular tourist resort on the Indian Ocean coast.
The two Kenyans arrested, Hussein Omar and Ahmed Omar, pleaded not guilty to supporting the foreigners, and have been released on bail pending trial set to be held on September 9.
A European diplomat said the foreigners were believed to have entered Kenya from Somalia, where Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents are waging a bitter war against the troops of the internationally-backed government.
Documents shown in the court in Malindi said the trio first arrived by air in Kenya's capital Nairobi in April 2011, where they were given a month-long visa to stay.
In recent years several foreigners crossed from Kenya into Somalia to join the Shebab, but now advances by African Union troops and infighting within the group have seen some foreigners leave the insurgents.
It is not the first time Belgians have been suspected of fighting alongside Islamist groups in conflict-torn countries in recent years.
For the past several months, Belgian authorities have expressed concern over the departure of several dozen young Muslims to Syria, where they are reported to have joined Islamist militia forces.

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The rot continues in foreclosure with insiders not expecting a turnaround anytime soon. Hundreds of thousands of ex-homeowners today are foreclosure casualties of the current real-estate meltdown. Some had not resisted but the majority did try but failed to stop foreclosure because the odds were stacked against them. Things are different today and there is every chance that a foreclosure can be averted.
It is nevertheless a daunting task to stop a foreclosure in the wake of the housing market instability and credit squeeze. That is why the whole exercise must start with a concerted evaluation of the entire financial situation of the threatened homeowner. It may even turn out to be more desirable to forgo the subject property. For or against foreclosure, it is critical that you come out of it in the best possible terms as it will have undeniable bearing on your financial standing thereon.
The decision to fight or let must be based on methodical and comprehensive evaluation of all options that are available at this point. Fortunately, help is found all around and extensive information on foreclosure rescue and mitigation programs is readily available: lender negotiation, relief program, alternative funding and refinancing, disaster benefits, scam artists and predatory lenders, financial advice and counseling, respite service and so forth.
As soon as it is decided on which direction to go, the homeowner must move swiftly especially if the choice is to confront and counter the foreclosure. A day of inaction in the fight to stop a foreclosure is a day lost into thin air but don?t overreact and jump the gun instead. The two basic approaches to avert foreclosure are DIY (do-it-yourself) or third-party specialists. DIY is enriching but testing while specialists is convenient but cost money.
It's quite common for affected homeowners to adopt a mixture of both approaches. In any case, it should be fundamentally along the line of the following steps: -The homeowner occupies the central role and calls the shots. -Take precautions against scams and predatory lenders. -Explore all available options even if chances of eligibility appear remote. -Remain targeted and single-minded.
The internet and other media are flush with information to help you do that. There are also many guides and handbooks retailing very competitively to initiate the layman to stop foreclosure.
We're far from out of the woods but there are signs of things going on the mend. Both consumer confidence (Conference Board, June 2008) and home prices (S&P/Case-Shiller, May 2008) registered month-on-month improvement in their respective latest reports. Topping it off, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act 2008 has been passed. It will help 400,000 homeowners avert foreclosure with a $3.9 billion bill and $300 billion in federal guarantees.


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President Donald J. Trump nominated a conservative judge, Neil Gorsuch, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The president appeared with Judge Gorsuch and his wife Louise.
On January 31, 2017, President Donald J. Trump fulfilled an important campaign promise and nominated a conservative judge, Neil Gorsuch, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to fill the seat left vacant after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. As he introduced his nominee in the East Room of the White House, President Trump said that Judge Gorsuch was "the very best judge in the country." President Trump added the following: "I took the task of this nomination very seriously. Millions of voters said this was the single most important issue to them when they voted for me. I am a man of my word. I will do what I say, something that people have been asking for in Washington for a very long time…Judge Gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline, and has earned bipartisan support."
After the president introduced him, Judge Gorsuch stated the following: "The president had trusted me with a most solemn assignment. Justice Scalia was a lion of the law. Agree or disagree with him, all of his colleagues on the bench shared his wisdom and his humor. And like them, I miss him. In our legal order it is for Congress and not the courts to write new laws. It is the role of judges to apply, not alter, the work of the people's representatives. A judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge."
Judge Gorsuch promised that, if confirmed, he would labor to live up to the standard set by Justice Antonin Scalia, whose death in February 2016 created the vacancy. He cast himself firmly in the Scalia mold of a judge who would not place his own views over his duty to follow the law.
In September 2016, during the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump promised that he would choose a conservative judge similar to Justice Antonin Scalia. He presented the nation a list of 21 conservative judges that were submitted by him by several conservative organizations which included the name of Judge Neil Gorsuch.
As the president said, millions of individuals in the nation voted for him on his promise to nominate conservatives to the Supreme Court. Millions were worried that if Hillary Clinton won the presidential election, she would appoint extreme leftist liberal judges to the Supreme Court of the nation.
On May 10, 2006, Neil Gorsuch was nominated by President George W. Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Two months later, on July 20, 2006, Neil Gorsuch was confirmed unanimously by the Senate. He has previously been recommended by the American Bar Association, which is mostly a liberal group.
Judge Gorsuch is a proponent of all originalism and textualism in interpreting the Constitution. This means that, as he stated in the White House, he will be "a faithful servant of the Constitution and the laws of the nation." He will not be an activist judge who would legislate from the Supreme Court as a many liberal judges have done over the years. He will interpret the laws passed by Congress and the president in terms of the Constitution.
Wikipedia has an excellent biography of Judge Neil Gorsuch. The information below has used Wikipedia and other sources as well.
Early life and education
Neil Gorsuch was born in Denver, Colorado and he grew up in Washington, D.C. His father is David Gorsuch and his mother, Anne Gorsuch Burford, was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as the first woman to head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Neil Gorsuch is Episcopalian.
Judge Gorsuch's academic credentials are beyond reproach. He has graduated from the best universities in the world. In 1988, he received a Bachelor's of Art degree with honors from Columbia University. While a student at that university, he wrote articles for the Columbia Daily Spectator, the student newspaper. He also co-founded an alternative conservative student newspaper, The Fed.
Neil Gorsuch graduated from Harvard Law School with honors in 1991. One of his classmates at Harvard Law School was former President Barack Obama. Judge Gorsuch received a Marshall Scholarship to attend the University College at Oxford University. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in Law degree in 2004.
Neil Gorsuch had outstanding judges as mentors. He clerked for Judge David B.Sentelle in the United States Court of Appeals for Washington D.C. from 1991 to1992 and then for United States Supreme Court with justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy from 1993 to 1994. Justice Kennedy, age 80, still serves on the highest court of the land.
During the following 10 years, Neil Gorsuch was a lawyer at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans and Figel. From 2005 to 2006, he served as Principal Deputy to the Associate Attorney General, Robert McCallum, at the Department of Justice. He served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Colorado Law School.
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
As stated earlier, on May 10, 2006, Gorsuch was nominated by President George W. Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. Below are some of his most important rulings:
Money in politics
Judge Gorsuch issued a ruling that giving money to politicians while running campaigns is a "fundamental right" that should be afforded the highest standard of constitutional protection, known as strict scrutiny.
Freedom of religion
Judge Gorsuch is a defender of the freedom of religion. In two rulings, Judge Gorsuch sided with Christian employers and religious organizations. These were the cases of Hobby Lobby Stores versus Sebelius and the case of Little Sisters of the Poor. In the Hobby Lobby case, Judge Gorsuch held that the requirement in ObamaCare or the Affordable Care Act that employers provide insurance coverage for contraceptives without a co-pay violated the rights of those employers that object to use of contraceptives on religious grounds.
Judge Gorsuch wrote the following: "The Affordable Care Act's mandate requires them to violate their religious faith by forcing them to lend an impermissible degree of assistance to conduct their religion teaches to be gravely wrong. And as we have seen, it is not for secular courts to rewrite the religious complaint of a faithful adherent, or to decide whether a religious teaching about complicity imposes 'too much' moral disapproval on those only 'indirectly' assisting wrongful conduct. Whether an act of complicity is or isn't 'too attenuated' from the underlying wrong is sometimes itself a matter of faith we must respect."
The Hobby Lobby case was a high-profile religious liberty case that later was reviewed by the Supreme Court. Judge Gorsuch wrote a concurring opinion which asked the court to decide if the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act allows a closely held for-profit company to deny its employees contraceptive coverage based on religious objections. His opinion was largely vindicated when the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision in favor for Hobby Lobby.
Death penalty
Judge Gorsuch favors a strict reading of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. In a 2003 case, Judge Gorsuch denied requests of death-row inmates seeking to escape executions.
Legal philosophy
Judge Gorsuch believes in what has been described as originalism, which means that the Constitution should be interpreted as the Founding Fathers would have interpreted it. He also believes in textualism, which is the idea that statutes should be interpreted literally, without considering the legislative history and underlying purpose of the law. He is opposed to judicial activism. He has stated that judges should strive "to apply the law as it is, focusing backward, not forward, and looking to text, structure, and history to decide what a reasonable reader at the time of the events in question would have understood the law to be—not to decide cases based on their own moral convictions or the policy consequences they believe might serve society best."
Judge Gorsuch wrote an article in 2005 which was published by the magazine National Review. He said in that article the following: "This overweening addiction to the courtroom as the place to debate social policy is bad for the country and bad for the judiciary. In the legislative arena, especially when the country is closely divided, compromises tend to be the rule the day. But when judges rule this or that policy unconstitutional, there's little room for compromise: One side must win, the other must lose. In constitutional litigation, too, experiments and pilot programs–real-world laboratories in which ideas can be assessed on the results they produce–are not possible. Ideas are tested only in the abstract world of legal briefs and lawyers' arguments. As a society, we lose the benefit of the give-and-take of the political process and the flexibility of social experimentation that only the elected branches can provide."
"At the same time, the politicization of the judiciary undermines the only real asset it has–its independence. Judges come to be seen as politicians and their confirmations become just another avenue of political warfare. Respect for the role of judges and the legitimacy of the judiciary branch as a whole diminishes. The judiciary's diminishing claim to neutrality and independence is exemplified by a recent, historic shift in the Senate's confirmation process. Where trial-court and appeals-court nominees were once routinely confirmed on voice vote, they are now routinely subjected to ideological litmus tests, filibusters, and vicious interest-group attacks. It is a warning sign that our judiciary is losing its legitimacy when trial and circuit-court judges are viewed and treated as little more than politicians with robes."
Judge Gorsuch has never written an opinion on Roe versus Wade. However, many believe that based on the opinions expressed in his book opposing euthanasia and assisted suicide, he may tend to rule in favor of pro-life in the future of abortion related cases.
Judge Gorsuch wrote the book The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (2009). Judge Gorsuch covered the most thorough overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted suicide and euthanasia–as well as the most comprehensive argument against their legalization–ever published. He evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of leading contemporary ethical arguments for assisted suicide and euthanasia. He reviewed the evidence and case histories from the Netherlands and Oregon, where the practices have been legalized. Judge Gorsuch analyzed the arguments for legalization as well as the impact of key Supreme Court decisions on the debate. He looked at the history and evolution of laws and attitudes regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia in the U.S. society.
After assessing the strengths and weaknesses of arguments for assisted suicide and euthanasia, Neil Gorsuch provided a powerful moral and legal argument against legalization. This argument is based on a principle that, surprisingly, has largely been overlooked in the debate–the idea that human life is intrinsically valuable and that intentional killing is always wrong. At the same time, Judge Gorsuch left wide latitude for individual patient autonomy and the refusal of unwanted medical treatment and life-sustaining care, permitting intervention only in cases where an intention to kill is present.
Those on both sides of the assisted suicide question will find Gorsuch's analysis to be a thoughtful and stimulating contribution to the debate about one of the most controversial public policy issues of our day. Judge Gorsuch stated that "retaining the laws banning assisted suicide or euthanasia … based on the idea that all human beings are intrinsically valuable and the intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong". He said he was a strong opponent of euthanasia.
States' rights
Judge Gorsuch was described by a professor at the University of Denver Law School as "a predictably socially conservative judge who tends to favor state power over federal power".
Personal life
Judge Gorsuch and his wife, Louise, have two teenage daughters, Emma and Belinda, and live in Boulder, Colorado. In addition to his book The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, Gorsuch was one of 12 co-authors of The Law of Judicial Precedent (2016).
Democratic senators will try to block the nomination of Judge Gorsuch
Only minutes after the announcement, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (Democrat from New York) announced plans for a filibuster to block the judge. Senator Jeff Merkley (Democrat from Oregon) is leading fellow Democrats on a mission to filibuster any nominee by President Trump as a payback for the treatment of Judge Garland whose nomination was not acted upon by the Republicans in the Senate in the last year in office of President Obama. Democratic senators refused to remember that Senator Schumer said the Democrats would not confirm any justice to the Supreme Court that President George W. Bush would nominate in his last two years in office.
Senate Democrats will have to explain their new dislike for Judge Gorsuch. As stated earlier, the Senate confirmed him for the federal bench in 2006 by a unanimous voice vote, including support from Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton. President Trump has asked Republicans in the Senate to exercise the so-called nuclear option, which is a change in the rules of the Senate to eliminate the 60-vote threshold for filibusters. If the nuclear potion is implement justices of the Supreme Court could be confirmed with 51 votes in the Senate.
President Donald J. Trump has nominated one of the most conservative, highly intelligent and brilliant judges in America. Judge Gorsuch, who is 49 years old, if confirmed, he will be the youngest justice. This means that he could stay in the bench for many years. Democrats in Congress and their many extreme liberal organizations will attack Judge Gorsuch's integrity, spread lies about him, and distort his outstanding record on the bench. As he once wrote, federal judges, especially justices nominated to the Supreme Court, will "routinely subjected to ideological litmus tests, filibusters, and vicious interest-group attacks."
Democratic senators will try to block and delay his nomination as long as possible, but they will fail. The Supreme Court will have again in a few weeks a majority of conservative and moderate justices.
Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, stated the following: "It's time to return this country back to the rule of law where judges interpret the original meaning of the Constitution and the laws before them. Judicial activism is destroying the judiciary and will ultimately weaken the role of the judicial in the eyes of the people. The only power that courts have is the trust of the people that judges will act fairly and put aside personal bias. From the Supreme Court to the state courts, the role of judges is to judge fairly. If they want to be legislators, then let them run for office. Judicial activism has no place on the bench."
Americans need to be very grateful to President Donald J. Trump for delivering on his promise to nominate excellent, competent, and highly intelligent conservative judges to the highest court of the land. Hopefully, during his tenure, the president will have the opportunity to nominate other conservative justices to the Supreme Court.
Frank de Varona is an educator, historian, journalist, and internationally known expert on politics, economics, foreign affairs and national security issues. He was born in Cuba and, at the age of 17, he participated on the Bay of Pigs invasion in an effort to eradicate communism in Cuba. After spending two years in prison, he returned to the United States, where he earned three college degrees. He is married to Dr. Haydée Prado, a clinical psychologist, and has a daughter Irene and a grandson Danny. Professor de Varona had a 36-year career in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools as a social studies teacher, principal, region director, region superintendent, associate superintendent of instruction and interim deputy superintedent of schools. He also was an associate professor of social studies in the College of Education at Florida International Education for seven years. Professor de Varona has written 22 books and over 400 hundred articles in newspapers and magazines. His most recent book is entitled – The Gathering Threat of Russia, China, and Their Allies to America (2016) – Frank de Varona is a Director of Bear Witness Central in the Miami-Dade area.


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State's future Medicaid costs: hundreds of millions
When the federal government reduces funding for the "newly eligible" Medicaid recipients, it will cost the state of Nevada an estimated $300- to $400-million to cover the cost.
Health and Human Services Director Mike Willden told the Economic Forum on Tuesday the state already has nearly 500,000 Medicaid enrollees, some 50,000 more than the 2013 Legislature budgeted for. He said the state has added some 200,000 Medicaid enrollees because of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — and that half of them are the newly eligibles.
Willden said the federal government is currently covering 100 percent of the costs for those recipients — many of whom are young, single and low-income adults.
But, he said, beginning in fiscal year 2017, the federal government will start reducing what it provides and the state will have to pick up 10 percent of the cost for those people.
Forum member Marv Leavitt said that means the 2015 Legislature will have to budget for the start of the expense since it will be approving the 2016-2017 biennial budget.
"Starting in 2017, it's going to have a big impact," he said.
Willden said that increase isn't the whole increase he expects in Medicaid. He said his department's total budget — more than half of which is Medicaid, went from $6.2- to $7.4-billion this budget cycle and he expects a similar increase in the 2016-2017 cycle.
"We jump in billions each biennium," he said. "The forecast is we will be jumping in total spending a couple of billion again."
But he said he can't actually predict the cost of covering the newly eligible since that depends on how much they generate in medical claims.
"The question is how healthy or unhealthy these newly eligible are," he said. "We don't have claims data yet."
But he said $300- to $400-million is probably a good estimate.
Willden said overall, those costs are largely — about two-thirds — federal dollars, "but it does have a General Fund impact."
The Medicaid budget for regular enrollees is covered 63 percent by the federal government and, for those in Nevada Check-Up, 74 percent.


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Remember kindergarten? I don't know if things went the same way for you as they did for me, but I found it frustrating. Having to sit still for an hour at a desk, having my lunch locked away until playtime, and above all, nap time (need I say more?)
I remember those broken crayons that we were supposed to use in drawing class – the ones that were pitted and multicoloured from jamming up against each other. When I selected a bright colour and drew it across the paper, the line invariably came out wobbly (and sometimes not in the colour I'd anticipated.) It was enough to make any five-year-old frustrated.
Even with the rising popularity of adult colouring books, I'm still not much for filling in between the lines. But it's a good metaphor for something I AM good at – emotions. If only I could have told my frustrated kindergarten self, "Don't worry, this is going to help you in the future, just not in the way you expect." While the experience didn't help me much with my art skill, but it did help me master my emotions.
When it comes to seeing escorts, getting a handle on your emotions is essential. It's what I call 'being good at emotional boundaries', and it's a lot like colouring between the lines: fun, messy, and requiring LOTS of practice.
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As kids, we're the equivalent of emotional dynamite. Happy one moment, crying the next. Scared one moment, then hugging strangers' legs in the supermarket. Being a kid is fun because you're allowed to throw your feelings around like confetti.
But as we mature, we learn to put a lid on this stuff. It's not that emotions are bad, more just that we need to regulate them a little to avoid causing disruption to others. There's no area of life where this is more important than when it comes to sex and relationships.
You see the girl of your dreams on the street – do you rush up and propose marriage? No way – you say, 'hi' and wait to see if there's a connection. You have a fight with a friend – do you smash everything in your kitchen? No way – that crockery is expensive! You take a deep breath and try to work things out. Your girlfriend insults your new haircut – do you start crying uncontrollably? I hope not – I really hope you tell her that she's hurt your feelings, giving her a chance to apologise.
Having good emotional boundaries means understanding that your feelings are your own responsibility. Often the feelings we have are triggered by someone else's behaviour, and sometimes we might want to make a scene. But being good with emotions means taking charge of your shit, and not making it someone else's problem by flying out of control.
What does this mean, when it comes to escorts?
When you spend time with escorts, emotions inevitably pop up all over the place. Sex is designed to be emotional – without feelings, we'd all be sex robots. Pretty boring, right?
We all know that sex work is a job, but when emotions are heated it's easy to forget that you're having a paid encounter. Feelings of love and attachment are not only possible, they're very common – especially if you see the same escort for a while. Emotions are fun. But it's important to remember that, for escorts, the emotional experience begins at the start of the session you have together and finishes at the end. In this type of encounter, there's no room for feelings to spill into your worker's private life.
This is why I call it 'colouring inside the lines.' Because when we get emotionally involved, it's easy to wander outside the boundaries. Like a five-year-old with a blunt crayon, sometimes even when we do our best, we still end up slightly off the mark.
For example, a client might find themselves thinking obsessively about the escort that they have feelings for. They might be tempted to send a few friendly emails between sessions, so they can feel as though they're still connected. In more extreme cases, they might find themselves sending messages when they're sad, in the hopes their escort will cheer them up, even though they aren't in a paid session at the time. Or they might start asking 'can we go out like a real couple?'
It's particularly difficult if a client doesn't have many supports outside of their escort sessions. If you're down in the dumps and the only person who listens to you is your escort, I can understand why you might be tempted to reach out.
But it's crucial you try to keep those boundaries in place. Here are a few reasons why.
1. It's not fair to us. Contact outside of sessions is emotional labour that you're not paying for. Like it or not, we're running businesses that are all about providing both physical and emotional support. It doesn't mean we don't care about you (I'm genuinely fond of my long-term clients.) But it does mean that we need to be paid for our time. Answering emails and text messages takes time and effort, and that's not fair.
2. It's going to mess with your head. Your escort might be providing an incredible experience during your dates together, but they can't be there for you around the clock. If you spend all your time missing them, you're going to make yourself miserable or frustrated. And you're missing out on the opportunity to practice good boundaries.
3. You might lose your worker. Having a client with bad boundaries is really tiring. Answering a ton of messages or having them get upset when we don't reply…all this stuff detracts from any enjoyment we might have had in seeing you in person. And fending off 'can we date?' requests and marriage proposals (yes, this happens) saps our energy, so we don't look forward to seeing you as much as we should. In extreme cases, a worker might sack a client who has become too emotionally demanding, especially if those demands fall outside the session times.
4. We don't feel respected. They key to an escort's high regard is to treat them with respect and professionalism. When clients demonstrate good boundaries, it's the same as saying 'I respect your work, and I want to make sure you enjoy our time together.' They key to a good session is allowing your escort to relax – and being upfront and good with boundaries is a great way to do this.
So, what's the good news? Well, like I said, emotions are a wonderful part of the escort experience. If you can master the art of boundaries – keeping those feelings strictly within your session time – you'll be able to develop lasting professional relationships without fear of awkwardness or breakdown.
I recommend speaking with your escort about your feelings and asking them what their preferences are around handling them. Some workers might not welcome any contact outside of sessions, while other are okay with the occasional message. Some workers might enjoy allowing you to say 'I love you' as part of your date experience, while others might ask that you tone it down a little. Everyone has different boundaries. But if you stay mindful and ask for guidance, you'll be on the right track.
And keep practicing – just like colouring it, it takes some time to get the hang of it.


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|Facilities : Luxurious surroundings, food
The Alchemist had it's opening on Thursday 28th October 2010, the old Barracuda bar has undergone a major re-fit, gone are the pool tables, fruit machines and TV screens in comes a stylishly sophisticated bar and grill.
Food starts with breakfast at 8am, from full english (£6.95) to porridge (£3.50) and goes on until lat in the evening with mains around £8. The menu had a good selection and did look very tempting, although I did not eat.
I'm not sure what the sports bar lads are going to make of the change, but, from my view point, it is a excellent bar to have byte to eat and a chat.
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CIF Number is a unique number which is associated with the file in which all the details of the customer or account holder is mentioned. So basically CIF is an acronym for Customer Information File, this is a file created by the bank i.e. State Bank of Mysore (SBM) and it's their job to keep the file updated. Every detail like account balance, your address, transaction and credit history is mentioned in this file. If you are looking online for a guide which will help you to find CIF number in State Bank of Mysore.
Then you are at the right place because in this article of mine I will tell you where you can find the Customer Information number of your SBM account. This number is very useful and is used in a number of places but to be specific it is used while activation of internet banking and when you want to transfer your bank account from one branch to another branch of the bank. This bank is one of the 5 associate banks of the State Bank Group so every feature like ATM machines and internet banking interface looks similar to State Bank of India's interface.
I will tell you about 2 methods by which you can find your CIF number of State Bank of Mysore account. The first method is by checking your bank passbook and the other method i.e. the second one is by calling customer care of the bank. Both these methods are mentioned in this guide below you can use whichever you want.
How to Find CIF Number in State Bank of Mysore?
Finding Customer File Number in Passbook:
You will get your CIF number mentioned on the first page of your bank passbook, all you have to do is find your passbook and open the first page of it.
Just above your account number, you will find your CIF Number mentioned. Refer the image which is embedded above.
Finding Customer File Number by Calling Customer Care:
If you don't want to find your bank passbook then you can follow this second method to find CIF Number.
- Call SBM customer care on their toll-free number: 1800 425 2244.
- Once you call them, get your call connected to speak with customer care executive by selecting options using IVR.
- Tell them that you want to know your CIF Number, they will ask you few things like your bank account number, name, address etc. for verification purpose.
- If you answer all the questions correctly they will tell your CIF number.
So these were the two methods by which you can find CIF Number of your State Bank of Mysore account, if you want to know about State Bank of India then you follow this link.


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Has there ever been a nicer, more humble, more fan friendly superstar than Johnny Cash?
Johnny was the Babe Ruth of Country Music—the top-ranking Country artist of all time and the most loved. And Johnny loved his fans as much as they love him. So while like the Babe, Cash signed untold numbers of autographs, the supply could never meet demand...and probably never will.
Fans who couldn't meet Cash in person often requested autographs through the mail. The common belief is that he personally autographed those requests. But between his demanding touring schedule and later, his failing health and vision, it seems impossible that he could have signed even half of the mail he received.
A growing number of collectors and dealers now believe that many if not most Johnny Cash through the mail autographs were secretarial. We want to see if we can identify any secretarial styles, and at the same time build a reference collection of no-question genuine Cash exemplars to help identifying forgeries.
Are There Johnny Cash Secretarials?
If So, How Do We Identify Them?
Help Find Out!
You can be an important part of the study in three ways:
With your help, we can identify Cash secretarials if they're out there. Over time this should increase the value of genuine Johnny Cash autographs, and help protect future fans and collectors against autographs that aren't authentic.
Once we finish this phase of the study, we'll go on to identifying genuine Johnny Cash autographs from forgeries.
Let's go!
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Agree - been looking at this thread since yesterday. It does not appear to be Cash. It is so legible and deliberate.
Thoughts on this one?
It doesn't look to me like Johnny Cash signed it.
posted in other section and I said something doesn't seem right about it .it irks .so it wasn't just me not liking it
looks fine
Thanks John, and a special thanks for sharing your collection. I have really gotten into studying his signature. He is tough in the sense that there are so many variations.
dam well the johnny is spot on basicly , I see some variation in the end of the cash but I bet it would pass any tpa
I guess it pays to know ur source when buying.
all my stuff was done jonny inperson but when ever I saw him june was always with him.


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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) _ Authorities have identified the 12-year-old Peoria boy who died after being shot in the head Monday night.
According to the county coroner, Demarcus L. Payne died Tuesday afternoon at Children's Hospital of Illinois. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports police were unaware of his identity for hours after the shooting, until his mother reported him missing and later identified him at the hospital.
The boy was found lying on the ground outside in a residential neighborhood shortly before 5 p.m. Monday.
Police say multiple shots were fired in the area, and several vehicles were seen leaving the scene after the shooting, including a gray Jeep, silver Chevrolet Malibu and white SUV.
No arrests have been made in the shooting. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Peoria Police Department.


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Writing A Research Paper - Step by Step Guide
Got assigned a research paper?
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Do not worry, as we have got the complete style guide to help you learn the basics.
Table of Contents
- 1. How to Write a Research Paper?
- 2. Research Paper Format
- 3. What is an Abstract in a Research Paper?
- 4. Research Paper Introduction
- 5. Body of the Research Paper
- 6. How to Write a Conclusion for a Research Paper?
- 7. References
Here are the required steps and resources that you will need to write a perfect research paper. This guide will help you walk through with all the important information for an impactful research paper and get a good grade that you wish for.
1. How to Write a Research Paper
Research paper writing is one of the most important parts of academics, which most students dread.
However, there is nothing so difficult which cannot be learned. So here is your opportunity to learn how to write a research paper.
The most important thing about research paper writing is that it intends to provide insights about the understanding and depth of the knowledge of the student regarding some specific subject or topic.
It also provides the opportunity to the students to explore the topic and knowledge in a scientific manner. It is specifically based on logic flow of argumentation or narration of the subject matter .
Still confused about how to get your research paper done?
Here are some easy and impactful tips which will surely get you started towards the process of writing a captivating research paper.
2. Research Paper Format
Generally, the research papers include the introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion of the paper. However, some of the instructors' also require the abstract which comes at the very start of the paper.
Even if it is not required, you can include it in your paper to leave a good impression of your paper.
Following are some of the most important parts of the research paper. These points should never be forgotten, but adjusted according to the requirements or instructions
- Title Page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Body Paragraphs
- Literature Review
- Methodology
- Results
- Discussion
- Limitations and Ethical Issues
- Conclusion
- References
Start writing your paper from introduction and explain the body paragraphs in detail. However, do not forget to limit your explanation according to the length of the paper.
Keep a strict check and organize your paper. It should not include illogical or incomplete sentences.
3. What is an Abstract in a Research Paper
One of the most concerned questions of the students is what is an abstract in a research paper. If you are also concerned or curious about it, relax.
It is not difficult at all, as most of the students consider it the easiest part of the whole research paper. You can learn how to write an abstract in detail in the next section.
For now, keep in mind that the abstract should not be more than 200 words or less than 150 words. It roughly makes almost half of a page. Keep a strict check on word choice.
Abstract of the research paper is actually summary sentences of each section of your research paper.
It means that you have to explain the introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion of your paper, in brief topic sentences.
4. Research Paper Introduction
An introduction is the face of any piece of writing. You need to beware that there are chances of your paper being rejected if you fail to impress your instructor with your understanding and knowledge of the topic.
Explore the writing lab to gather knowledge about your topic.
Before finally moving towards writing your research paper introduction, explore some of the important points of your paper in this section.
The first important point is that you need to write your introduction in a captivating and clear manner. Be sure to provide a little background of the issue, however, also ensure not dragging the background too much.
Secondly, you can mention some statistics or evidence from the previous research. This should point to the seriousness, or importance of the topic you are going to discuss.
Lastly, ensure the fact that you have included the perfectly composed thesis statement as the last line of your introduction section.
You can also include your thesis statement as the first sentence of your paper, only if your instructor demands so.
The introduction should be written in a way that the reader should know what the paper is all about and why it is worth reading.
4.1 Thesis Statement Examples for Research Papers
Struggling on how to write a thesis statement of your paper? Do not worry, you just have to follow the thesis statement examples for research papers, which are attached below.
5. Body of the Research Paper
After writing the introduction, the next step towards writing an attention-grabbing research paper is to develop the body paragraphs. These should be according to the initially composed paragraphs.
The one thing that most writers struggle with is how to organize the information in different sections of a research paper. Which is one reason why it is important to learn how to outline a research paper.
The body paragraphs of the research paper can differ according to the nature of the subject or topic.
While writing a research paper about the subjects of nursing and health care, you can adopt a simpler format of writing. Include literature review, methodology, results and discussion sections after writing the introduction.
Make sure to start each body paragraph with a topic sentence after that provide arguments and relevant evidence to support the main idea of the paper.
However, in case of writing a research paper about literature or some ethical issue, construct and organize your research paper in the direction of introduction leading to discussion and conclusion.
5.1 Literature Review
So, after the introduction, the next part of the research paper is the literature review.
You need to discuss the literature that has already been written about the research problem.
Try to locate the scholarly or peer reviewed research articles, written about the same issue you have picked for your research paper.
Study it thoroughly and highlight the similarities between the research article and your study.
Don't forget that you have to discuss the past, as well as present state of the matter. and what is the expected future of the issue in the literature review section of your research paper.
In addition to it, provide a detailed insight into the previously conducted research in the field.
5.2 Methodology
The next section of the research paper is methodology.
In the methodology section, students have to include the following points:
- Problem location
- Population of the research study
- Demography of the population
- Sampling
- Research technique (qualitative or quantitative)
- Tools of data collection
- Techniques of data collection
- Tools of data analysis
- Techniques of data analysis
- Expected findings
- Recommendation
- Limitations
5.3 Results
The next section of the research paper is the explanation of the results.
You have to explain the whole procedure of how the results of the research study were extracted. Pay special attention to each and every part.
You cannot add any other thing in results section like what you expected. However, you can do that in the next one.
Your sole concentration should be on describing what actually came out of your research.
5.4 Discussion
The next part of the research paper is the discussion of the results of the research study.
Explain in detail how the results are in accordance or difference with the expected outcome, as well as the significance of your findings.
Students can also comment on the results of the research study by comparing them with other present or previous research studies in the field and discuss the current state of the issue.
The students of scientific fields can follow the above described format of literature review, methodology, results and discussion.
Other students of literature and general level subjects can simply continue on the following format of discussion after the introduction section.
5.5 Limitations or Ethical Issues
After the discussion section, you can include the section of limitations or ethical issues in your research paper.
Limitations of the research study include problems related to the physical issues like travelling miles to reach the respondents or the impact of weather on the research.
On the other hand, problems due to permission of respondents or their inability to support the research regarding some specific argument or point are considered ethical issues.
Describing the limitations or ethical issues of the study in the research paper is quite important. , It will help the people, conducting research about the same issue in future, have some plan in mind to challenge the problems. They will be able to deal with them in an effective manner to make the research more reliable.
6. How to Write a Conclusion for a Research Paper
The conclusion is one of the most important parts of your research paper, so be careful to not make any mistakes.
Do not forget that you cannot share a new piece of information in the conclusion section.
If you are confused about how to write a conclusion for a research paper, you do not need to worry. You can only include the synthesis of your paper and the concluding sentence in this section.
You should never forget restating the thesis statement in the conclusion section of the research paper.
In addition to it, you can include three to four sentences about recommendations and suggestions regarding the issue in the conclusion section. However, take care that it should be according to the instructions and the given length of the research paper.
You can also include some statement to motivate your academic and professional readers to take action and change the situation. Motivate them to work towards bringing some improvement in society if you are writing about the problematic condition of society.
7. References
The last step of the attention-grabbing research paper is, including a works cited list.
In case of research papers, be more careful about mentioning reliable and logical references in the correct writing style.
Be careful to cite all the research works which you consulted for your research paper. It is essential to avoid the issue of taking credit for someone else's work.
After reading this blog, I hope you will be able to work on your research paper without any difficulty. Still if you struggle to write your research paper, you can explore research paper examples here to learn more.
If you are still fretting over your research paper, MyPerfectWords is here to help you. We have specialized and expert essay writer who can get your paper done in a short deadline.


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Year 5 and 6 had a great day down at Bloomfield Wood last week sketching in the sunshine as part of their John Muir Award for conservation.
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The new Year 5/6 children have enjoyed completing stage 3 of their artwork today! The paintings from last week have obviously now dried and the children were asked to rip them up into strips. This confused them at first, but once they saw the next step, they were very excited. They were asked to glue the strips onto sugar paper to create their collage. The final stage of the project will take place next week!
Over the course of the transition mornings, the new Year 5/6 class are working on some fabulous Art work which they are preparing for the classroom for their arrival back to school in September. The children don't yet know what the finished piece will be, as only one stage at a time is revealed each week. The project is a multi-step, multi-media creation that will evolve over a number of sessions. Stage 1: The children were played some of their choices of music; this varied from pop music to classical music! Whilst listening, the children were asked to use wax crayons to scribble to the beat of the music. The children loved this activity, as they thought it was marvellous they could be as messy as they wanted to be! Stage 2: The children used different types of paints to paint over their scribbles. The children explored the way the paints resisted or didn't resist the crayons.
A team of children took part in the Year 5/6 Kwik Cricket Tournament at Penrith Cricket Club last week. We had a great time and batted and bowled really well. We didn't make it through to the final but still managed to scores lots of runs.
Last week, we went on our annual residential visit to St John's in the Vale. It was a little bit rainy when we first arrived so we played some games in the common game before going outside for our activities. We went orienteering in the area behind the centre and then made a nature collage. We also had some time to sit quietly in the woods listening to all of the different sounds that we could hear. We had a wonderful tea then went outside again for a game of rounders before playing the 'Ice Cream Cone' game. When we were in our pyjamas, we had a sing-song while Mr Newman played his guitar, then he read us a story, then we had hot chocolate and chocolate cake! Yummy!! The next morning, we had a giant breakfast then went on a hike up High Rigg which was brilliant. When we got back to the centre, we had some quiet time in the church at St John's before heading back to school. We all had an amazing time!
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I got dressed the other day in street clothes for the first time in two weeks. Not hiking clothes and not yoga clothes, I actually took off my pj pants and donned real shoes (cowboy boots for those of you that need to know) and went out to visit a friend. Not working has been like that: not leaving the house unless I'm going hiking or going to a yoga class for 10 days at a clip. This is fascinating and noteworthy to me, not a complaint or a concern but simply of interest. I'm shifting into a life that is defined by what I'm not doing (going to work), and apparently by what I'm also not wearing.
The house gets pretty freaking quiet by about 3:30 p.m. each day. My own thoughts are loud; my voice, when I speak to the dogs, echoes self-consciously in my head. I am busy all day every day but my head is starting to get a little emptier. I have stopped having intense disturbing work dreams every night. I think the psychic purge is over and I'm starting to settle into this new "routine."
I say routine with quotes because there is no routine. Each day has the same routine it had when I did go to work: walk the dogs at daybreak. Walk the dogs after breakfast. Feed the dogs in the afternoon. Walk the dogs again. Stoke the fire. Make dinner. There are vast expanses of mental energy and hours on end that are unaccounted for in between those six activities. Some days I fritter them away. Some days I hike. Some days I don't really know what happened – it was all a mishmash of dinky tasks, laundry done and bathrooms cleaned and stuff. Stuff.
I have time and space to think. I can notice both my own inner workings and real world stuff I need to address. And then I can address it. I can think a thought through from beginning to end without getting interrupted. Mostly what I'm noticing so far is how grateful I feel for this opportunity to stop. And along with the gratitude is a hefty dose of guilt and a complete inability to hold still: I drank the work ethic Kool Aid. So far since getting laid off 13 days ago, I've split half a cord of wood, climbed 8 mountains, scrubbed the mildew off the bathroom cleaning, written 8 articles, made several loaves of bread, attended two yoga classes… but I still feel like I don't do enough. I'm still keeping track, counting up the accomplishments, weighing and measuring to determine worth. I discount those things I do for me, looking for worth by being productive for the good of others. Loading music onto my MP3 player doesn't count as being productive. Cleaning the bathroom does.
Hiking is the magic two-for-one miracle. It is for me. It is completely for me. It is my church and my yoga class and my therapy session and my visit to the gym. But it does double duty as my dog walk. Better than the perfunctory three mile road walk that we manage on days when we can't get into the woods, hiking restores my dogs' sanity as well. There is nothing so peaceful as Iske, Cinder, or Lily after a full day in the woods. They are content to their very bones. And being surrounded by three beings that radiate pure contentment is for me too. Win-win.
I have no idea how long this will last or what will come next. I have never lived this way before, and stand in awe of my ability to tolerate the not-knowing. This watching and noticing and staying with it, whatever it might be, is my yoga. Those yoga classes I keep buying online? They are fine. I get off my chair at the computer, and in population for a while. I stretch and tone like the rest of the female population in America. But my yoga practice is happening somewhere else.


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BMW's biggest tuner AC Schnitzer presented at Essen Motor Show a few days ago three new BMW models:
- BMW 8 series (G14, G15) by ACS
The figure eight is a very positive number: It stands for strength, endurance, creativity and balance. Attributes with which the AC Schnitzer team can identify very well. Especially when it comes to refining the new BMW 8 series Coupé (G15).
The premiere of the first design study was presented at the Essen Motor Show. It shows in which direction "the design journey" could go. In this case, they will use the fair as an indicator – it will reflect how customers like their interpretation of the 8 Series Coupé by AC Schnitzer.
2. BMW M5 Competition by ACS
On the way to the perfectly tuned M5 from AC Schnitzer's point of view, theye have already broken two records with their version and thanks to the support of the globally successful touring car pilot, Jörg Müller: The M5 by AC Schnitzer is with 1:31.71 min. the fastest sedan on the Sachsenring and also on the Nürburgring Nordschleife the time driven of 7:29.50 min. is the fastest ever achieved with an M5.
Of course at AC schnitzer they are happy about the success but above all they have used the knowledge from these race track applications to further perfect their developments for the BMW M5. Now that they have finished and present the coherent overall concept of the M5 by AC Schnitzer.
It is a finely tuned composition of engine power, an optimised exhaust situation and carbon aerodynamics designed for downforce, in conjunction with the AC Schnitzer lightweight wheel/tyre combination in 21 inch and the suspension technology used. But one after the other.
3. BMW i8 TUNE IT! SAFE!
Already for the fifth time AC Schnitzer participates with their equipment of a campaign vehicle in the initiative TUNE IT! SAFE! of the Association of German Automobile Tuners e.V. (VDAT). This campaign is also supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. The aim of the initiative is to combat illegal and unsafe tuning with a nationwide campaign.
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Partition of Jin into three states
Jin was unique among the major states in a major respect; whereas other states often enfeoffed the cadet branches of the ruling house, Jin had a policy of exiling or disempowering its own cadet houses.
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My background is in accounting. My hobbies include knitting, sewing and furniture restoration projects. I go to the gym and enjoy salsa dancing, gardening, travelling abroad and camping in the UK with our VW Camper.
Financial support for both pre and post award in terms of externally funded projects.
Preparing budgets, financial monitoring and reporting.
As well as bringing up a family, I have studied and obtained a BA Hons Degree in Business Studies. I worked for Leicestershire County Council as Assistant Accountant for more than 10 years. I have also completed several 10K obstacle course races, such as The Wolf Run and Avalanche (which took place in freezing February conditions!).
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547 Bitcoins: $6 Million Commercial Japanese Building in Tokyo Will be Sold with Bitcoin
A Tokyo-based real estate firm is selling a small commercial building for 547 bitcoin, or $6 million. It is said to be the first building in Japan to be sold using bitcoin.
Bitcoin For Large Transactions
During an interview with South Korean mainstream media outlet MK, a Japanese real estate startup Yitanzi stated that it is selling various properties including a small commercial building and apartment spaces for cryptocurrencies. The startup's CTO Yokozawa Yuske stated that an increasing number of investors in the local cryptocurrency space have started to eye the country's real estate market, primarily to spend profits they have amassed from cryptocurrency investment over the past few years.
Yuske noted that there are also many investors in the local real estate market looking to sell multi-million dollar properties in exchange for bitcoin, because it is difficult to purchase massive amounts of bitcoin on cryptocurrency exchanges without undergoing a rigorous verification process to increase trading limits.
Already, Yitanzi spokesperson revealed that a property in Tokyo will be sold for bitcoin in the upcoming weeks and that other properties listed by the startup will also be sold for bitcoin. The company did not comment on integrating or accepting other cryptocurrencies in the market but as for now, it will only accept bitcoin for property purchases.
Normally, purchasing properties through banks and third party service providers lead to significantly high fees, especially if several millions of dollars have to be transacted between two seperate banks. As such, to circumvent the inefficient global banking system, many realtors in London and UAE have started to accept bitcoin for large-scale payments as well.
In September 2017, British entrepreneurs Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman disclosed that their $356 million real estate project will accept bitcoin from clients and buyers. Each apartment in the complex costs 30 bitcoins, around $330,000.
At the time, Barrowman stated:
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Paramahansa Yogananda's "Mohawk Trail"
Paramahansa Yogananda's poems serve to deepen yoga meditation, offering devotees new ways of grasping the spiritual nature of all things.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Introduction and Excerpt from "Mohawk Trail"
Paramahansa Yogananda's "Mohawk Trail" from Songs of the Soul dramatizes an outing that the exalted guru experienced on a drive down the Mohawk Trail to the Massachusetts town of North Adams, named for the great American patriot, Samuel Adams, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
"Mohawk Trail" features a joy of living that instructs the ordinary, world-worn reader in learning to observe the environment in ways that offer the ability to see with the heart as well as with the mind.
Excerpt from "Mohawk Trail"
Welcomed by a fresh and smiling day
Ushered by trees benign that overlay,
Shading our bodies from the jealous sun;
With wheels of rubber pressing the asphalt road,
And softly humming motor-noise we rode
The Mohawk Trail where Adam lies.* . . .
*North Adams (Massachusetts), a town at the end of the Mohawk Trail. In a play on this name, Paramahansaji alludes indirectly to the beautiful countryside, like the Eden enjoyed by the primal Adam.
(Please note: The poem in its entirety may be found in Paramahansa Yogananda's Songs of the Soul, published by Self-Realization Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA, 1983 and 2014 printings.)
Mohawk Trail
Even a God-realized guru/saint can become bored by too much confinement in a city setting, and the non-realized can learn how to enjoy nature from the guru's experience.
First Stanza: A Day Filled with Sunshine
The speaker reports that the day was filled with sunshine which made him feel "welcomed." The day was also "fresh" for this mind that is always blissful. The road they are traveling is tree-lined, and the speaker is grateful that the shade of the trees offers relief from the "jealous sun."
The speaker then refers to the car's tires "pressing asphalt road." The light swishing of the tires on the road combine with a "softly humming motor-noise," completing the immediate environment in which the speaker luxuriates.
The speaker alludes to "Adam" of the Garden of Eden as he plays on the name of the town. The setting is so beautiful that it reminds the speaker of the mythical, paradisiacal garden.
Second Stanza: Refreshing the Mind in Nature
The speaker compares this ride to other "joyful rides" that had remained, nonetheless, unremarkable, and caused the senses to become "dulled" with "sameness." During this ride, his mind is alert, "full and bright and good."
In his great anticipation, the speaker experiences "a strange unknown, unthought, new thrill" that seemed to sweep through his body and mind. He has the ability to recognize every small change of his body and his consciousness.
The speaker finds himself racing with the wind, and his happiness motivates him to smile abundantly and offer those smiles to everyone: he "scattered smiles / That played with sunshine, spread for miles." The speaker's experience of this new, lush landscape conjoins the perfect sun and shade and the soft sounds—all unite to create nearly blissful earthly experience.
Third Stanza: Re-invigorating Body, Mind, and Soul
The great guru reveals that the joy of his soul is fully active. He "extravagantly" spends some of that joy-currency to "purchase Nature's e're new gaudy scenes." Compared to the joy of the soul, the joys of earth are always somewhat trivial, but they can nevertheless be enjoyed and appreciated even by the most advanced yogi.
The speaker is observing the moving loveliness of the landscape as it is "shown by hasty, racing peddler windshield screen." He metaphorically compares the car's windshield to a peddler who is selling his wares—in this case, offering the observer all the beautiful scenes, past which the car travels.
The great yogi/speaker reveals that even one highly advanced in yogic awareness can feel "too long hemmed in city's narrow walls." On this particular outing, his "spirit" feels "once more . . . free," and "all nature sent a joyous call."
The speaker's body, mind, and soul are invigorated by "waving leaves of trees, the babbling rill, / Impatient wind, the smiling sky, and patient hill." The contrasting scenes and natural objects have united to provide the yogi with a nearly blissful earthly experience.
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Life Sketch of Paramahansa Yogananda
The great guru/poet Paramahansa Yogananda was born on January 5, 1893, in Gorakhpur, India. His name at birth was Mukunda Lal Ghosh. Always a spiritually advanced child, at age 17, he met his guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar, under whose guidance he flourished and became the spiritual giant and sacred engine that leads souls back to their eternal abode in the arms of the Divine Creator.
Paramahansa Yogananda came to the United States in 1920 to speak in Boston at the International Congress of Religious Liberals. His speech was so well received that he quickly gathered a following. By 1925, his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), was well established with the purpose of disseminating and maintaining the purity of his teachings of yoga. He has come to be known as the "Father of Yoga in the West."
The following is an excerpt from the introduction to Paramahansa Yogananda's biography on the Self-Realization Fellowship Web site:
In the hundred years since the birth of Paramahansa Yogananda, this beloved world teacher has come to be recognized as one of the greatest emissaries to the West of India's ancient wisdom. His life and teachings continue to be a source of light and inspiration to people of all races, cultures and creeds.
Paramahansa Yogananda's in-depth work, Autobiography of a Yogi, has become a spiritual classic worldwide. Many devotees have been drawn to the teachings of this yogi through that autobiography, and many of their stories about how they came to find that work include some of the most inspiring "miracles" of modern American culture.
Such world-renowned figures as Dennis Weaver, Steve Jobs, George Harrison, and Elvis Presley were influenced by the Autobiography of a Yogi and the teachings of the great guru. Weaver even became a lay minister and spoke often at many of the SRF temples in California.
In addition to the autobiography, the great guru has published many collections of his talks, in both written and oral forms. His audio collector's series of ten of his informal talks includes the following titles:
1. Beholding the One in All
2. Awake in the Cosmic Dream
3. Be a Smile Millionaire
4. The Great Light of God
5. To Make Heaven on Earth
6. One Life Versus Reincarnation
7. Removing All Sorrow and Suffering
8. In the Glory of the Spirit
9. Follow the Path of Christ, Krishna, and the Masters
10. Self-Realization: The Inner and the Outer Path
These inspirational talks reveal much information about the great guru that appeals to his devoted followers. Just listening to a God-realized voice offers an uplifting spiritual experience.
The Poetry
For my commentaries on the poems of the great guru, I rely on his marvelous collection titled, Songs of the Soul, the version published in 1983 with its most current printing 2014. Two additional collections of his poems are extant, Whispers From Eternity and Metaphysical Meditations.
Because the "poems" of this great guru function on levels that ordinary poems do not, they are often used in devotional services held by groups of devotees of the SRF teachings throughout the world in the Readings Services as well as their Special Commemorative Services.
Paramahansa Yogananda's poems are more akin to prayers than to the poetry of ordinary poets, whose subject matter often dramatizes only human emotion in its relationship with creation and other human beings, instead of with the Creator; the great guru's poems always invoke the Creator's presence whether directly or indirectly.
Other Publications
The great guru's organization, SRF, also continues to publish collections of his works. Many of his talks have appeared in the series of essays that include Man's Eternal Quest, The Divine Romance, and Journey to Self-realization.
Corrective Translations
The guru has also bestowed on the literary world three important translations of extant perennial works that have been grossly misunderstood in some cases for centuries. His new translations along with his explanatory commentaries are correcting that misunderstanding.
In Wine of the Mystic: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam — A Spiritual Interpretation, he shows how that poet's God-realized effusions put on display a man in love with his Creator and not the wine sopped Epicurean that has been misapplied to the work.
In the guru's in-depth translation and commentaries on the ancient Bhagavad Gita, titled God Talks With Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita — A New Translation and Commentary, the great spiritual leader offers not only the poetic translation of the work but also the relevance for humankind of the psychological and spiritual instruction offered in the ancient poem.
Most importantly for Western culture, Paramahansa Yogananda has offered a full explanation of the phenomenon known as the "Second Coming." Titled The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You — A revelatory commentary on the original teachings of Jesus, the work explains the true meaning of many of Jesus' words long misunderstood and mischaracterized, such as "The Kingdom of God is within you" and "I and my Father are one."
The Lessons
Of all the publications offered by SRF and the great guru, it is the Lessons that remain most vital. One could dispense with all of the other books, audio tapes, poetry, and other commentaries if one possesses those lessons.
The Lessons begin by offering physical exercises that prepare the physical encasement to sit quietly and still while performing the more advanced exercises that lead to Kriya Yoga practice.
The Lessons contains six steps that can be completed in three years, but each student is free to progress at his/her own pace. The Lessons include instruction in the following techniques: 1. Energization Exercises. 2. Hong-Sau Technique of Concentration, and 3. Aum Technique of Meditation.
After completing the first two steps, the devotee may apply for the Kriya Yoga technique.
Kriya Yoga Initiations
The Kriya Yoga technique features four initiations for a total of twenty lessons. The First Initiation, featuring lessons K1-9, includes the technique of Kriya proper, on which all of the other initiations are based. The Second Initiation contains four lessons, K10-14, and the Third and Fourth include the remaining lessons K15-20.
All of the Lessons, including the Kriya Yoga Initiations, include many explanations based of science, as well as on the life experience of Paramahansa Yogananda. These marvelous works are presented in such way to hold the student-devotees' interest with little stories, poems, affirmations, and prayers that enhance the purpose of each lesson.
Complete Works
In addition to all of the works mentioned above, Paramahansa Yogananda has published many others, including his Cosmic Chants, which offers musical notations as well as the lyric for each chant.
An annotated list of the works of the great guru is offered on the Self-Realization Fellowship Web site under the title, "The Complete Works of Paramahansa Yogananda."
Brief Publishing History of Songs of the Soul
The first published version of Paramahansa Yogananda's Songs of the Soul appeared in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, the great spiritual leader revised many of the poems. The final revisions of the poems authorized by the great guru appear in the 1983 printing of the text, which along with the revisions restored many lines that had been omitted from the original version.
I use the 1983 printing for my commentaries. The current printing year is 2014. No further revisions or additions have been made since the 1983 printing. The 1923 versions of the many of the poems may be read at Full Text of Songs of the Soul.
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