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And yet ... there is also another rather-unique but critically important issue with regards to computer programming languages: legacy.
There are tens of thousands of systems out there, comprising millions of lines of source-code, which are written in Perl this-or-that and which are in service right now. They're doing their job, moving the freight, paying the bills. Although we quite-naturally might look upon the old and yearn for the new, it is quite often the case that the business need is being served quite well by the existing system and so that the number-one concern is to keep it running smoothly ... earning revenue. It ain't broke, etc.
Hence, it might be argued that Perl's "business plan" is that it continue, for many decades to come, to continue providing the mission-critical service with which it is now tasked and which it is now doing ... while also evolving in appropriate new ways, but recognizing that the old ways will never be superseded by the new.
"Never be superseded?" "But what about Perl n+1?" No, it will never replace the Perl-5 legacy, and when a successor actually comes out of the academic labs, if it ever actually does so (which I personally doubt by now), it will be regarded as an entirely new language in the field and it will have to earn its keep all over again. As will each-and-every other language in the field at that time. A programming language tool is always a means to an end, never an end unto itself.
Frankly, I think that it is much more likely that the language will one day be eclipsed. That's usually what happens: the language remains as good as it ever was, but the demand shifts as new and more-efficient ways are found to do the same thing. I shut down my Perl-based million-line customer relationship management system only when I outsourced that business function to Salesforce.com and then went through a staff-reduction. (buh-bye!) And so on. It was, and is, a fantastic canal-boat but now we ship by railroad.
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Your choice of the one eyed one horned flying purple people eater over the big yellow bird was sensical.
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Something that makes sense. The better word to use instead of sensible.
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Like sensible but refers to an agreement between minds. normally represented on a visual level. sensible, usual, known
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Many are unsure what takes place in the life of a seminarian. Fortunately there are Catholic newspapers to provide readers with insight.
The Florida Catholic published this story looking into what seminarians do on their summer assignment.
Seminarians apparently had an impact on other WYD pilgrims, according to this story in the Pittsburgh Catholic.
Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington recently hosted Seminarian Family Day in the archdiocese. The Catholic Standard has more on the day in this article.


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Although it is almost self-explanatory to say, being grade conscious is always very important. Universities are first and foremost educational institutions and they care about your abilities in the classroom. On that note, the classes that you do well in should be ones that you enjoy and that challenge you. I recognize that this is difficult to do in a high school setting, but take advantage of any freedom you are given in choosing your classes. If you like a certain subject then pursue that by taking an extra course. Do what you like to do, and at the same time challenge yourself. AP or IB classes are obviously a good idea and highly recommended.
Additionally, if you are academically interested in something- take an initiative and delve further into that topic! This means independent studies, submitting papers, etc. I wrote a research paper for my AP World History course sophomore year and decided, on a bit of a whim, to submit it to the Concord Review, a quarterly which publishes history papers of students from around the world. To my surprise I was published the fall of my senior year, and I believe this was one of the strongest parts of my application. Colleges like to see this level of interest and more importantly, independent motivation. Academics in college are all about working hard and being on your own so show your universities that you are a step ahead of the average student and are working on a college level in high school. Moral of the story: take chances with your academic interests and do not forget to push and challenge yourself. Try to take it one step further.
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Christina Aguilera has more to worry about than whether or not you dig her latest single.
The songstress and mom says even though she's excited about the release of her new album, Bionic, getting back into the swing of things doesn't come without a cost.
"The toughest part is the schedule — balancing that between being a mommy and being able to still concentrate and focus on the work," Aguilera, 29, told PEOPLE at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday at Gibson Amphitheatre in L.A.
"I'll go and tuck my son in at night and sing him to sleep [with] a lullaby, and then I go in the studio and sing. It's definitely a challenge and a balancing act, but one that I take on. I wouldn't have it any other way."
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Rex St. John, Age 38
The family of Rex St. John mourns his passing. Born October 13, 1970 at Danville, Indiana to Bruce St. John and Patricia Wainscott St. John. The family soon relocated to Owen County, Indiana. Entered into rest August 4, 2009 at his residence surrounded by loving family.
His memory will be cherished by beloved wife of 18 years, Linda (Hickman) St. John; children, Jasmine, Tiffany, Chad and Anthony St. John, all at home; mother, Patricia St. John of Spencer; brother, Adam St. John and his wife, Amy, of Ellettsville; sister, Angela Amador and her husband, Nick, of Spencer; seven nephews, four nieces; two greatnephews; and lots of friends.
He was proceeded in death by father, Bruce St. John; and both maternal and paternal grandparents. We're sure they're sharing a joke or a funny story. Rex was a brick mason for several years before becoming a communications officer for Owen and Monroe counties. He loved his job and felt he worked with a great bunch of police officers and emergency personnel. He was a past member of Spencer VFW Men's Auxiliary and the Moose Lodge.
Rex would have preferred to laugh and share rather than stand around crying. A gathering of family and friends was held Sunday, August 9, 2009 at Spencer VFW Post 1405, 78 E. Franklin St. Spencer, Indiana.
Cremation service provided by Bloomington Cremation Society under the direction of Nathan Butler Funeral Home. Online condolences to the bereaved family at: www.forevercare.org.
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Megan Geckler has transformed the lobby of the Wexner Center into a lively, vibrantly colorful place with Spread the ashes of the colors, one of her intricately woven environmental sculptures.
Geckler uses only strips of translucent plastic tape in her installations, positioning them and weaving them together to create surface patterns and curvilinear forms. In this case, she has lined several walls and wrapped several of the center's iconic columns in tape stripes and designed a loosely woven form that hovers like a canopy above the center's lower lobby and café area. Geckler is based in Los Angeles, and her work has been exhibited at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, the Torrance Art Museum, Women & Their Work in Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
The free brochure accompanying this exhibition includes an interview with Geckler by artist Laura Lisbon, a painter and associate professor in Ohio State's Department of Art.
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President Obama on Friday lifted a ban on federal funding for international groups that promote or perform abortions, reversing a policy of his predecessor, George W. Bush.
Obama signed the executive order one day after the 36th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in all 50 states.
Liberal groups welcomed the decision while abortion rights foes criticized the president, who was long expected to make this move during his first week in office.
The so-called Mexico City policy requires any non-governmental organization to agree before receiving U.S. funds that they will "neither perform nor actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other nations."
It is also known as the "global gag rule," because it prohibits taxpayer funding for groups that even talk about abortion if there is an unplanned pregnancy.
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Being under constant and heavy stress is very bad for your health, and one of the first places it shows up is on your skin. Learning to relax can be difficult for some, but it is so important. Here are just a few things you can do that will make a huge difference.
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TALK TO A LOVED ONE. Going for a coffee or a drink (just one!), or even just talking on the phone with a friend or relative will lift your spirits. Choose an uplifting friend to get your mind off things, or a great listener if you need to vent.
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I and several others I know have also wondered for years (make that decades!) about that music score and have been determined to track down a listing of the records used to compile it. Over the years I have heard it called the Wonderland score, the "Meadowlark" score (after one of the tunes had been identified as the 1926 song of that name), and even "Old Faithful". But as nobody has ever found a list of the records used left by the person responsible for the score (reportedly Charlie Tarbox of Film Classic Exchange) it has been left up to diligent record collectors and researchers to identify each selection one by one whenever we'd hear one of the tunes elsewhere or on a record in our collections.jeffm wrote: ...that loop of 20's jazz records Home Movie Wonderland and Niles Cinema Products both used to use on their silent comedies...
Does anyone have discography info on what records were used to concoct this very overly familiar track? All best wishes.
I was able to relatively easily identify the five tunes (of the total of nine in the score) that were taken from popular American dance band records (by such bands as George Olsen, Nat Shilkret and Paul Whiteman) but for decades the remaining four tracks had apparently stumped everyone. I concluded after a while that the remaining unidentifiable selections had to be by foreign bands, probably British or maybe German, and at least three of the tracks sure sounded like they were by the same band, clearly one that had a piano as the lead instrument.
But finally in the last few years continued research has identified all nine tracks.
So, here they are, in the most-often heard order (although I've sometimes heard the score with some of the selections deleted or in a different order):
1. "Fascinatin' Vamp" by Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra.
2. "Kleine Sonja" by The Herbert Kuster Piano Orchestra.
3. "Where'd You Get Those Eyes" by George Olsen and His Music.
4. "Jockey" by The Herbert Kuster Piano Orchestra.
5. "Just a Little Thing Called Rhythm" by George Olsen and His Music.
6. "Schattenspiele" ("Shadowsplay") by The Herbert Kuster Piano Orchestra.
7. "Meadowlark" by George Olsen and His Music.
8. "Dancing Shadows" by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra.
9. "Monkey Tricks" by The Herbert Kuster Piano Orchestra.
Tracks 3, 5, and 7 are actually vocal recordings with their vocals edited out.
Track 8 features humming which apparently wasn't considered worth editing out. The humming is by The Rhythm Boys, including Bing Crosby.
Track 9 is actually still a speculation as to the identity of the performer. A recording of the tune by a different artist has been found, so we know its title, but although a recording of it by Herbert Kuster has not yet been located, it appears (and sounds) most likely to be the work of Mr. Kuster.
Discography details:
"Fascinatin' Vamp" from Victor 78 #21431 (released in England on HMV #B-5514). Recorded April 28, 1928.
"Kleine Sonja" originally from German Polydor label, released in England on Decca 78 #F-5738. Recorded - 1935.
"Where'd You Get Those Eyes" from Victor 78 #20112-B. Recorded July 16, 1926.
"Jockey" (same details as for "Kleine Sonja").
"Just a Little Thing Called Rhythm" from Victor 78 #19834-A. Recorded October 30, 1925.
"Schattenspiele" - original label and date unknown as of now.
"Meadowlark" from Victor 78 #20352-A. Recorded November 22, 1926.
"Dancing Shadows" from Victor 78 #21431 (released in England on HMV #B-5511). Recorded April 22, 1928.
"Monkey Tricks" possibly from 1939, and possibly coupled with "Schattenspiele" on a 78 by Herbert Kuster.
Among the other collectors and researchers who helped immeasurably in the search for the titles of these tunes, credit must go to Randy Skretvedt, Mike Thomas and John Leifert.


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The Dark Underbelly of the Belle Époque
It's not just beauty that's in the eye of the beholder; whatever we perceive inevitably refers back to us, the perceivers. The cover of Wolf-Dieter Lemke's illustrated book "Staging the Orient" features a three-dimensional, stereoscopic image that symbolizes perfectly the discrepancy between image and reality.
Lemke analyses European representations of the Orient in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and examines the inherent tension between truth, cliché and fantasy.
The Orient, admired and demonised
Our perspective on the Orient has always been limited by our tunnel vision, and the term "Orientalism" denotes a kind of blind European smugness. The West has long since been tried, found guilty, and sentenced to a period of intensified reflection on itself and its dealings with the rest of the world; so it's now generally accepted that "the West" invented itself in contradistinction to a largely-imaginary "Other" – an "Orient" of its own invention, simultaneously admired and demonised.
This invented identity was based on a fragile dialectical relationship. Subjected to various historical upheavals, it frequently altered its themes and paradigms, so that it would be difficult to trace a continuous line of development that goes beyond the mechanism of "othering" itself.
Lemke has presented his material carefully and thoughtfully; and by focusing on a relatively small but still current aspect of this endlessly complex subject matter, he has brought the airy post-colonial theorising of recent years down to earth. What interests him is the popularisation of "the Orient" in the Europe of the fin de siècle.
The Orient flowing into art, architecture, and design
At that time, pictures were flooding the continent, the revolutionary invention of photography was flourishing, and the emerging consumer society was beginning to create and exploit something entirely new: mass taste.
How was the Orient imagined and presented during this period? How did the imagery proliferate, from academic art to the expensive kitsch that adorned middle-class drawing-rooms to the iconography of advertising? How did the Orient affect architecture, fashion and literature? Lemke's astonishing book answers these questions with a multitude of illustrations. The Head Librarian of the German Institute for Oriental Studies in Beirut and Istanbul has produced what can only be called an eye-opener.
The Orient of the belle époque is sensual: glittering, sweet-smelling, enchanting. It promises luxury, beauty and splendour. It is noble, yet hedonistic to the point of overkill, and deliriously seductive; it is a Utopian fulfilment of desires that can barely be entertained in quotidian reality.
An inventory of Western "Orientalist" painting would include clammily erotic harem fantasies, opulent scenarios of exorbitant sensuality, picturesque slave markets and bloody palace revolts.
Taste for the exotic as a mass phenomenon
But as the age of the image came to maturity, it was photography that made the monstrous promise to show things as they truly were. From the late 19th century onwards, new technology, media and modes of production ensured that images could proliferate as never before. Postcards become extremely popular, and Lemke's exceptionally extensive private collection forms the basis for his book.
A taste for the exotic had previously been the privilege of a small elite; now, it became a mass phenomenon. Sights seen only by a handful of wealthy eccentrics were suddenly available to the masses, at carnivals, in zoos, and (not least) at World Fairs – huge, extravagant spectacles that attracted millions.
In keeping with its subject, the book is gorgeous to look at. The text (in English and French) is clearly and straightforwardly written, and the layout ensures that the words frame the images without overwhelming them.
Lemke is neither a grimly finger-wagging critic of Eurocentrism nor a frivolously enthusiastic aesthete.
It's clear that he loves his chosen topic, yet he's fully aware of the dark underbelly of the epoch, which included a widespread, cynical and dehumanising racism.
Andreas Pflitsch
© Qantara.de 2006
Translated from the German by Patrick Lanagan
Wolf-Dieter Lemke: Staging the Orient. Fin de Siècle Popular Visions / Représentations de l'Orient. Imagerie Populaire Fin de Siècle. Beirut: Editions Dar An-Nahar, 2004, 238 pp.
Rifa'a Rafi' al-Tahtawi
France as a Role Model
In the 19th century it was not only Europeans who were seized by the wanderlust to see the Orient. The number of people traveling in the opposite direction, from the Orient to Europe, also rose rapidly. Barbara Winckler reports
The Orient Catches on in Great Britain
Warm and Fuzzy about the Orient
The western world has experienced a surge of interest in Arab pop music and lifestyle. Take London, for example: in trendy cafés young Brits lounge on soft cushions, smoking hookahs to Arabicized sounds and beats. Thomas Burkhalter takes a look
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A Rare Symbiosis
The German painter and writer Hans Werner Geerdts has been living in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh for more than sixty years. His art has made its presence felt throughout the country. Christoph Leisten presents this portrait of the artist on the occasion of his eightieth birthday


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Campus will celebrate World Town Planning Day on November 9University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Posted: Nov 7, 2012
The UH Mānoa Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP) and American Planning Association, Hawai'i Chapter, will celebrate World Town Planning Day 2012 on campus on Friday, November 9. This year's theme is "Hawai'i 5-0: Fifty Years of Planning in Hawai'i."
A reception will be held from 5-6 p.m. in the DURP Courtyard next to Crawford Hall. Starting at 6 p.m., there will be a panel discussion and an awards ceremony in Crawford 105.
A three-member panel discussion led by Jesse Souki, director of the State of Hawai'i Office of Planning, will discuss 50 years of major planning issues in Hawai'i. The panelists are:
- Waikiki Improvement Association President and former Director of the State Office of Planning Rick Egged.
- Belt Collins Vice President of Planning Sue Sakai.
- UH Mānoa Professor Emeritus in Department of Urban and Regional Planning Kem Lowry.
An awards ceremony will honor retired planner John Goody with the Dinell Outstanding Alumni Award, and City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting Chief Planner Kathy K. Sokugawa with the Planner Who Made a Difference Award.
World Town Planning Day was started more than 40 years ago by Professor Carlos Maria della Paolera at the University of Buenos Aires, to advance public and professional interest in planning. Now celebrated in more than 30 countries around the world, the day is geared toward a gathering to share lessons, experiences and opportunities for innovations in engaging people and their communities in making cities resilient and livable in a global age.
For more information, contact DURP Chair and Associate Professor Dolores Foley at 956-2780 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Predicting the outcome of severe storms is one of the hardest jobs there is, based on complex models with many variables. The difficulty was evident with Hurricane Irene, which wound up being less severe than forecasters predicted.
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The amount of data storage needed to run the sorts of simulations necessary to help predict weather patterns is, quite simply, really huge. Certainly it's larger by degrees of magnitude than is currently needed for a desktop computer application or even basic storage for an entire network.
IBM researchers have announced that that they are now able to link more drives together than ever before – 200,000 to be precise – into one giant continuous drive. Individually, these drives are just your ordinary serial-attached small computer system interface (SCSI) drives, but when IBM puts them together they yield 120 petabytes of storage.
If you haven't been working with long-term, back-up storage, you might not be familiar with that prefix. Well, you know what a gigabyte is — your desktop's hard drive and even your key drives are likely quantified in this unit. A petabyte is more than 1 million gigabytes (actually, 1,048,576 – binary, remember?). That's right – there are as many gigabytes in a petabyte as are there are kilobytes in a gigabyte.
For some real-world perspective, imagine you are creating the most fantastically impressive slideshow presentation. Dozens of slides, graphics, a little animation, the works – you know, the kind of file that your network administrator yells at you about because it's taking up too much storage space and no, you cannot e-mail it to anyone. Well, 120 petabytes can hold about 1.5 million of those.
IBM's research lab in Almaden, Calif., is building the system for an unidentified client that is planning to do supercomputer simulations of real-world events, according to Technology Review.
And that kind of power also could be applied to generating more accurate weather predictions.
There are a lot of concerns about combining that many discs, not the least of which is failure rate. With even the best equipment, after a while there becomes a small chance at least one drive in an array will fail each and every day.
Under this arduous environment, basic redundant array of independent disk (RAID) architecture simply wouldn't cut it. Even the most secure RAID structure in common usage, RAID 6, has a fault tolerance of two disks, meaning if three drives failed before any were replaced, you'd be out of luck.
So IBM had to come up with its own brand of redundant disc array. The researchers aren't sharing any details, of course, but it involves lots of replacement disks already mounted and software that speeds up a restoration process when it detects additional drives failing. IBM claims this storage system wouldn't lose any data in a million years of constant use, with no loss in performance. It's nice to know that the machine can outlive our children's children's children without further maintenance.
Now this is all well and good, but the issue that people had with Hurricane Irene was not in the accuracy of the predictions, but in the accuracy of what they were told to expect. Storm predictions are always a combination of two things. The weather services never want to potentially underplay a storm's strength for the sake of the lives it could cost if they were wrong in the other direction. Also, the media needs to drive their viewer numbers and does this by overstating the danger at times.
So even if this new technology will help to more accurately predict the danger a storm presents, what the public will hear will always be worse.
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Funny, nuclear power stations aren't supposed to melt down more than once every million years. And yet they average one a decade. Maybe IBM needs to talk to Google. What's their storage capacity?Honey, where did you say you saved my recipe file?
Dang. And I can't even get my boss to install a water transfer, evaporative cooling system in the server room. Maybe it was the picture I sent along with the request to demonstrate the maturity of the technology. (www.hottubs.com). Seriously, could they use high temperature solder on those hard drives. Run the whole array at about 150 Centigrade and you could recover some of the waste heat. Otherwise you might get small tornados forming over the heat exhaust. Of course you could study that model as well.
Mr. Crowe, what exactly is your point? The linkage between weather prediction and an IBM proprietary solution you present is weak at best. Is anybody actually considering this IBM R&D activity as a potential solution to what may or may not actually be a problem? You cite no sources claiming that this solution would be at all useful for meteorological analysis. If this is just an IBM fluff piece, fine. They achieved something interesting which certainly merits some exposure. Tying it to a recent natural disaster without a shred of supporting evidence, however, is the highest form of junk journalism.
What SuperComputer did IBM use to arrive at 0% failure rate in a million years?
How many gallons arew in a bunch?
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text: I am a new mom of a two month old. I believe I have oversupply and a forceful letdown. I have found several tricks to help my babe nurse. (Pumping out an ounce before feeding, only feeding on one breast each time, reclining back and keeping baby on top, stoping her to burp).luckily, She never has refused nursing but has gone through phases of projectile vomiting, excessive gas and burping and green stools. From my research, I believe I make too much fore milk so baby can't get to the fattier milk. It was suggested by a lactation consultant that I pump some milk out before I nurse. I started removing an ounce and it made a dramatic difference for my girl. However I have two issues with this. First I have read that this is signaling breasts to make more milk and is not a great solution to the problem- Im worried that by continuing this practice my boobs will never regulate to her needs. Also, I'm SICK of pumping 8+ times a day and cleaning pump stuff. So yesterday, I tried removing just a half ounce at each feeding. Baby was super spitty and then very gassy last night. Green stool this am. Apparently she is still very sensitive to this. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem and if anyone has ideas about a better solution and how I could switch from the pumping to a new plan without causing her a lot of discomfort?


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For the week ending 28 December 2002 / 23 Tevet 5763
Parshat Shmot
- Why does the verse say "And Yosef was in Egypt?"
- "...And they will go up out of the land." Who said this and what did he mean?
- Why did Pharaoh specifically choose water as the means of killing the Jewish boys? (Two reasons.)
- "She saw that he was good." What did she see "good" about Moshe that was unique?
- Which Hebrew men were fighting each other?
- Moshe was afraid that the Jewish People were not fit to be redeemed, because some among them committed a certain sin. What sin?
- Why did the Midianites drive Yitro's daughters away from the well?
- How did Yitro know that Moshe was Yaakov's descendant?
- What lesson was Moshe to learn from the fact that the burning bush was not consumed?
- What merit did the Jewish People have that warranted G-ds promise to redeem them?
- Which expression of redemption would assure the people that Moshe was the true redeemer?
- What did the staff turning into a snake symbolize?
- Why didn't Moshe want to be the leader?
- "And Hashem was angry with Moshe..." What did Moshe lose as a result of this anger?
- What was special about Moshe's donkey?
- About which plague was Pharaoh warned first?
- Why didn't the elders accompany Moshe and Aharon to Pharaoh? How were they punished?
- Which tribe did not work as slaves?
- Who were the: a) nogsim b) shotrim?
- How were the shotrim rewarded for accepting the beatings on behalf of their fellow Jews?
All references are to the verses and Rashis commentary, unless otherwise stated.


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It is a composition of classical pranayama, classical asana and classical vinyasa. It includes the wisdom of Patanjali with the practices of Hatha. A base from Kaivalyadham Tiwari and Ashtanga Pattabhi Jois. At its heart is to care – care for others, care about what you do, care about how you live. This causes mindfulness but from a kind and compassionate heart center. It truly is an inner development, a refinement of our behavior and inner process. In terms of getting things done in life, including the ability to get up and practice, our philosophy is quite simply to do it – but with awareness.
Let every day begin with focused thoughts of gratitude, forgiveness and the request for inner help.
Spend time in the yoga practices. Just by the doing, the committing to a practice, the results come. Let awareness blossom from practicing and subsequently compassion for others and more balance in your life. We find many are not clear on what to practice and are not yet disciplined enough to have a daily practice so we offer the teachings and a place for those who want to develop practice. The yoga itself takes care of fully developing the individual on all levels, physical, emotional, psychological, intellectual and spiritual. Let us guide you in the practice. This is what we are passionate about.
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"Success is attained by those who practice. How can one attain success without practice? Success in Yoga is not achieved by merely reading authentic books."
∼ Hathapradipika of Svatmarama (I – 64 + 65)
"Practice, practice, practice and all is coming."
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Classical asana emphasizes deep, inner work while conditioning the outer body. The body changes and develops. Initially the effort is crude. Gradually it is refined. The outer hardness and inner weakness eventually becomes a powerful core and a soft exterior. An inner, sincere effort joined with surrendering to the experience. This leads to increased awareness. Ultimately asana, as the Yoga Sutras defines it, becomes steady and comfortable. Relaxation comes and meditation occurs, leading us to the higher goal of yoga.
Work and development of the breath is essential to this process, both while doing asana and as a practice of itself. There are breathing practices that prepare you for the practice of pranayama and then there are the specific pranayamas themselves. This work with the breath ultimately clears the nervous system and removes impurities. It is essential to practice.
How one goes about meditation may differ but the result is the same. Relaxation and inner awareness and development is key. To sit daily is cleansing for the mind and a gift to the spirit. These effects are then reflected outwardly in the person. Sit daily.
Practicing daily is essential but also being daily in the practice. Carry the inner peace and happiness with you. Your state of mind has a definite and positive effect on others. Virtuous qualities of honesty, truthfulness, non-harming, generosity, compassion, humility come and refine as you progress in the practice. These qualities directly affect the world. Study this in yourself then offer it up to a Higher Source. For it is through this grace we can practice in the first place.
Again may we always begin with gratitude and forgiveness, a thought of thanks for the practice, this day, our life and all that is in it. This is the seed of compassion to others and humility if sincerely felt and done.


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In my school i have a friend who has converted to islam (hamdulliah) and he is not practising. the question is that he somtimes offers to give me food which is halal from his home and he offers me to take some but i refuse because i know and he knows that this money came from haram money. his dad gambels and sells pork. my qurstion is is it ok for me to take this food like for e.g. chocolate he gives me from his dad money or not.
The fuqaha' differed concerning the ruling on interacting with a person whose wealth is a mixture of halaal and haraam when it comes to buying and selling, accepting gifts, eating food, and so on. There are several opinions, the strongest of which are two:
The first opinion is that it is not haraam to accept gifts from him and to interact with him; rather it is makrooh. This is the view of the Shaafa'i and Hanbali madhhabs, and was favoured by Ibn al-Qaasim among the Maalikis.
An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
If the purchaser's wealth is a mixture of halaal and haraam, and he (the seller) does not know where the money he is paying came from, it is not haraam for the person to whom it is given. But it is better not to take it. This idea is emphasised to a greater or lesser extent depending on the proportion of haraam in the purchaser's money.
End quote from al-Majmoo', 9/344
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
If a person buys from someone whose wealth is a mixture of halaal and haraam, such as an unjust ruler or one who deals with riba (usury), if he knows that the item for sale comes from the halaal portion of his wealth, then it is halaal; if he knows that it is haraam, then it is haraam, and what the seller says should not be taken as the basis for the ruling. In principle, whatever a man has is his, so if one does not know whether the item he is buying is from the halaal or haraam portion of his wealth, then we regard it as makrooh, because of the possibility that it may be haraam, but the transaction is not regarded as invalid, because of the possibility that it may be halaal, whether the haraam portion is great or small. This is the cause of the doubt concerning the ruling, and this doubt is commensurate with the portion of haraam involved; the greater or lesser the portion of haraam, the greater or lesser the doubt is. Ahmad said: I do not like him to eat from it (food the source of which is not known).
End quote from al-Mughni, 4/201
See also: ash-Sharh al-Kabeer, 3/277
The second opinion is to look at what forms the greater portion of his wealth. If the greater portion of his wealth is halaal, it is permissible to deal with him, but if the greater portion of his wealth is haraam, then it is not permissible. This is the view of the Hanafis and Maalikis.
Ibn Nujaym (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
If the greater portion of the giver's wealth is halaal, then there is nothing wrong with accepting his gift and consuming his wealth, so long as it is not clear that it is from the haraam portion thereof. If the greater portion of his wealth is haraam, he should not accept his gift or consume his wealth, unless he says that it is halaal, and he inherited it or borrowed it.
End quote from al-Ashbaah wa'n-Nazaa'ir, p. 96
Some of the scholars are of the view that it is haraam to deal with someone whose wealth is a mixture of halaal and haraam. This was the view of Asbagh among the Maalikis.
But Ibn Rushd said: The opinion of Asbagh is extreme.
End quote from al-Bayaan wa't-Tahseel, 18/194
The more correct view is that it is permissible to deal with him and to accept his gifts.
This is the opinion that is regarded as most correct by most contemporary scholars.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
It is proven from the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) that he accepted a gift from a Jewish woman when she gave him a (roasted) sheep during the campaign to Khaybar; the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) accepted the invitation of the Jewish man in Madinah who invited him to eat barley bread and fat. And he dealt with the Jews, buying and selling, to such an extent that when he died his shield was being held in pledge with a Jewish man for some barley that he had bought for his family. This indicates that it is permissible to deal with someone whose wealth includes that which is haraam, because the Jews – as Allah, may He be exalted, described them – "(like to) listen to falsehood, [and] to devour anything forbidden" [al-Maa'idah 5:42].
End quote from Fataaawa Noor 'ala ad-Darb.
See also the answer to question no. 39661
Based on that, there is nothing wrong with you accepting gifts from your friend and eating his food.
But if your refusing to do so will have an impact on him and his father, and will motivate them to repent, then in that case you have to refuse.
And Allah knows best.


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Green scores 29, Virginia Tech tops Clemson
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Erick Green scored 29 points in his final home game, lifting Virginia Tech past Clemson 69-61 on Saturday.
Green, who came into the game as the nation's leading scorer at 24.9 points per game, hit 8 of 12 from the floor, including 5 of 7 from beyond the arc. He also hit 8 of 10 from the free-throw line.
Virginia Tech (13-16, 4-12 Atlantic Coast Conference), which had lost 10 of its past 11 games, led by as many as 15 in the second half, but Clemson (13-15, 5-11) cut it to 64-61 on two free throws by Adonis Filer with 1:20 remaining.
The Tigers had a chance to get closer, but Filer missed two free throws with 35.2 seconds remaining. Virginia Tech's C.J. Barksdale was fouled on the rebound with 33.6 seconds left and made both free throws to give the Hokies a 66-61 lead.
Clemson's Jordan Roper then missed a 3-pointer, and Barksdale was fouled again after grabbing the rebound. He made both free throws with 23.4 seconds remaining to give the Hokies a 68-61 lead and seal the victory.
Green accounted for the final margin on a free throw with 9 seconds left. Virginia Tech coach James Johnson then pulled him out of the game, and the senior from Winchester, Va., received a standing ovation.
Barksdale finished with 14 points for the Hokies, and Robert Brown added 13. Virginia Tech shot 54.8 percent (23 of 42) from the floor — its best performance in an ACC game this season.
Devin Booker paced the Tigers with 17 points.