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Adi Sankara's Sri Dakshinamurthy Stotram
June 09, 2010, 01:27:41 PM »
Please see pravachanam of
Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami Garu
for Sri Dakshinamurthy Stotram in the below link.
: http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Sri_Dakshinamurthy_Stotram
Translated by P.R.Ramachander
Adhi Sankara has written very many great Stotras (prayers) but here is a unique prayer, which is not only a prayer but the summary of all the philosophy that he has taught. Even during his time, this stotra was difficult to comprehend and it became necessary for one of his disciples, Sureshwaracharya to write a commentary called Manasollasa to this stotra. There are large number of books and commentaries on this commentary itself.
Mouna Vyakhya prakatitha, para,
Brahma thathwam yuvanam,
Varshishtha anthevasad rishiganai,
Ravrutham brahma nishtai,
Acharyendram kara kalihtha chin,
Mudram ananda roopam,
Swathmaramam mudhitha vadanam,
Dakshinamurthim eede.
I praise and salute that Dakshinamrthy,
Who faces the south,
Who explains the true nature of the supreme Brahman,
Through his state of silence,
Who is young in looks,
Who is surrounded by disciples who are old Sages,
Whose minds are fixed on Brahman,
Who is the greatest of teachers,
Who shows the Chinmudhra by his hand,
Who is personification of happiness,
Who is in the state of extreme joy within himself,
And who has a smiling face.
Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami says Dumb people should have also have become gurus if by silence only doubts get eradicated. So it means we need to listen carefully in silent mind without having any other thoughts and do sravanam,mananam and nidhidyasanam by concentration.
As time is dependent on him so it means he looks young.
Sri Dakshinamurthy Stotram was first told to Sanaka,Sanatana, Sanandana,Sanatkumara who are the sons of Lord Brahma By Lord shiva(Dakshinamurthy).Adi Guru from which gnana started by Dakshinamurthy(Siva).
Please note that Gnana is never created and gnana is eternal.
Example: Even before newton discovered our earth is having gravitational force and only newton discovered it and not invented.
In Hand as known thumb finger is very important and base and other four fingers have no power without thumb finger.
In our hand the middle,ring and little fingers represent walking,dream,deep sleep states. 4th finger(Index Finger) i.e pointing finger represents ego(jiva).When we obverse jiva always tries to be close with the other 3 fingers but not with thumb finger.
Chinmudra means hand gesture in which the first finger is kept at the root of the thumb, the last three fingers are unfolded which means jiva mixes with thumb finger which is paramatma as thumb finger is required for any operation with hand.
Below article gives more information about Chin Mudra.
Chin Mudra
This gesture symbolises the connected nature of human consciousness. The circle formed by the index finger and thumb represents the true goal of yoga the merging of the individual soul with the universal soul, or the soul of God. The nail of the index finger is placed into the first joint of the thumb.
The last three fingers always face down towards the earth in this mudra. It is a gesture of receiving. When the finger touches the thumb a circuit is produced which allows the energy that would normally dissipate into the environment to travel back into the body, and up to the brain.
Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami says Vedanta is for one who thinks he is bound and no age,sex factors come into consideration.
In dreams even though there is no external light,sun,moon and though we close our eyes we are still seeing our dream by our own light(chaitanyam).We are not the body also we are only observer of the body but not the body as we observe our body growing old etc...
Viswam darpana drusyamana nagari,
Thulyam nijantargatham,
Pasyannathmani mayaya bahirivoth,
Bhutham yatha nidraya,
Ya sakshath kuruthe prabodha samaye,
Swathmanameva dwayam,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree Dakshinamurthaye., 2
Similar to the image of a town as seen in the mirror,
When one sees the image of the world within him,
The world appears as if it is outside.
It is similar to his seeing due to illusion,
During the state of sleep,
That the one real fact appears as many different truths,
And he realizes,when he wakes up and sees the reality,
That he is really the one and only one soul.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
The above stanza tells us that the world which is outside us is same as our soul but we see them as different entities due to the veil of ignorance. As soon as we wake up, we realize that the dream is false and even while seeing our image in the mirror, we know that we are not seeing us in the mirror but our image. When we get knowledge from the guru we are in the wakeful state without the veil of ignorance.
Note: Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami says Seeing two different things is not Duality(Dvaitam) but not having bhava that all beings are one and the same is Duality(Dvaitam).Here in this stanza sleep mentioned is dreams.In dreams we also dream relations,sorrows etc.If many pots are there to know all are made with mud then it is advaita else if we differentiate then it is dvaita.
As known Ramana Maharshi said many times that walking state and dream state are same.
As sundara chaitanya swami says,in dreams we create the world(drishti-srishti vada) but in waking state world is already created and we see the world.(srishti-drishti vada).everyone dreams are different but waking state is same to everyone.
But our mind is the same in dreams and waking states which is important.
So consciousness is our real nature.Knower,known and knowledge i.e subject and object are all false.
Also our body and mind and five senses are also objects which is important as we are knowing about changes in our body and five senses.
As in deep sleep we are alive though there is no mind,body,world.
So world is in us rather than we in the world.
Fore more details i suggest to read Adi Shankara's Drik Drusya Vivekam.
Note: Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami says in english "ok" means only krishna :-)
Beejasyanthari vankuro jagadhidham,
Prang nirvikalpam puna,
Mayakalpitha desa kala kalanaa,
Vaichithrya chithrikrutham,
Mayaveeva vijrumbhayathyapi maha,
Yogeeva yah swechaya,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 3
Like the germ inside the seed is its part,
But becomes different after development
The many places and time which are before us,
Are drawn by illusion in the board of life in a peculiar manner,
By a great savant or an expert Siddha,
Who can create them as per their will,
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
When the net of illusion is lifted and when we reach the stage of manifestation, we would find that what we think as different is but one and the same.
Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami says with Dakshinamurthy Stotram we are clear that time and space are not real and hence we cannot accept creation has been done in 7 or 6 or N number of days and that god created water on first day etc etc..Also it seems it was written in that book that god was not clear which he has created in the first 3 days and hence he was ensuring again.6th day it seems that god created sun.It is false theory as without sun if do we know that 5 days are passed? These theories and those books and followers are blind and wrong as known time and space are not real.Person who are intelligent will not believe in these false theroies.Also it seems that it was written that people who don't believe will go to hell which is again false propaganda.
Because though all religions accept god is creator but no one clearly tells what is the material with which he created no one knows. if we accept god created universe with some material like plastic then we need to accept plastic are there before only.
But if we think who created our dreams so we are clear that only our mind is responsible for creation of dreams and waking states but we cannot accept srishti-drishti vada.
Also we cannot accept that god is changing and he has been changed to world etc.Because we say it is only superimposition we are seeing like rope and snake.So only brahman only exists and nothing exists like explained above already chinmudra in our hand where thumb finger is seperate and not attached to any states.
Even Einstein theory also says that time and space are relative.
Yasyaiva sphuranam sadathmakamasath,
Kalparthagam bhasathe,
Sakshaath thathwamaseethi veda vachasa,
Yath saksht karanath bhavenna punara,
Aavrithir bhavambhonidhow,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 4
He who exists as the real light of truth,
And shines in the false world of appearance,
And He who teaches disciples the great saying,
Thou art that after realizing its import,
Gets away from this cycle of life and death.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
Note: Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami says Thou art that is the brahmastram and ultimate weapon.In sanskrit it means "Tat Tvam Asi". In advaita it means absolute equality of 'tat', the Ultimate Reality, Brahman, and 'tvam', the individual self, jiva.
Nanachidhra ghato dhara sthitha maha,
Deepa prabha bhaswaram,
Jnanam yasya thu chakshuradhi karana,
Dwara bahi spandathe,
Jaanameethi tham eva baandham anubathi,
Yethath samastham jagat,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 5
Like the light emanating from a lamp,
Kept in a pot(kunda) with many holes,
Goes out in all directions,
Similarly In the person in whom the wisdom goes out
Through the openings of ear, eye , mouth and thought,
And when that person realizes that I know myself,
This whole universe shines after Him alone,
Who shines in the consciousness as the knower.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
Our body prevents us from seeing the truth(the light from outside) that we are the Brahman and lets out light though the sensory organs and makes us deceive ourselves by feeling that we are happy.
This simile of a pot with holes for the body occurs in many places in Indian philosophy.
: Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami says who speaks spritiual technical terms like karma etc(edo naa karma sir ani aneevallu) without knowing meaning also is fine and we should never blame them.
He blamed people who says all religions are same and he says people who tells these are one who donot know basics in religion.But he says everyone should live together peacefully.
Deham pranam api indryanyapi chalaam,
Budhim cha soonyam vidhu,
Stree balandha jadopamasthvaha mithi,
Brandha brusam vadhina,
Maya sakthi vilasa kalpitha maha,
Vyamoha samharine,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 6
Those great philosophers , who think that,
The body, the soul and the fickle intellect,
The concept of emptiness and all other nothingness,
Are nothing but themselves,
Are similar to the women children , blind and the ignorant.
It is only He who can destroy, this veil of ignorance,
And wake us up from this state of deceit.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
This is a sample of the approach of negation in identifying the truth about the concept of self. Senses, the body etc cannot be the absolute truth as they are transient.
Note: Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami strictly condemns
school of thought.He questions that if body is really atma why does the dead body does not speak and why cannot we stop our death?
In budhdism one sect called "kshanikha vignana vadam" means atma is only temporary means if i see a flower then i get flower knowledge and later once we forget flower then knowledge is given and so is atma.
In budhdism another sect called "sunyavadam" where they believe that atma is sunyam like deep sleep where nothing remains.
Sri Sundara Chaitanya swami condenms all sects of buddhism though he tells that buddhism is better when compared to other religions.
Rahu grastha divakarendu sadrusho,
Maya samachadanath,
Sanamthra karanopa samharanatho,
Yo abhoot sushuptha pumaan,
Pragaswapsaamithi prabodha samaye,
Yaa prathyabignayathe,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 7
Similar to the Sun when being masked by the serpent Rahu,
Knows that it was existing, once the eclipse is over
That man whose senses are suppressed
When he is asleep,
Because of the veil of illusion,
Realizes that he was in the state of sleep,
When he wakes up.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
Similar the sun existing even when there is eclipse, we exist when we are sleeping. This is denial of the Buddhist theory that, when we are asleep there is nothingness.
Note: Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami says to say we slept happily in deep sleep means we should have experienced it to say we slept happily so sunyam concept of Buddhist is denied completely.Therefore we are sat-chit-ananda as i am existing in all threee states i.e dream,deep sleep,waking state.Therefore i am witness of the 3 states.
Note : Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami says experience is not really required and only jnana is required which helps to eradicate ignorance.
Our life is always with combination of questions and answers only.In our childhood our parents ask various questions like they ask us to recognise who is father,mother,pen...etc etc..
Later we start asking questions like mother,where did father go outside? amma is food ready? or husband asks wife what is lunch today etc etc.
All our experiences are difference like we have diff experience when we lose our wealth and our experience is diff when we gain more health and our experience is diff when we fail in exams.But all these experiences are experienced by us.
Balyadishwapi jagaradhadishu thadha,
Sarva sva avasthasthaswapi,
Vyavrutha swanuvarthamanamaha,
Mithyanth sphurantham sada,
Svathmaanam pragatikarothi bajatham,
Yo mudraya bhadraya,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 8
Salutations to him who shines and exhibits,
Himself by the beatific Chinmudhra of the hand,
That he exists within the humans as self,
Forever and non changing,
Even during the changing states of childhood, youth and old age
And even during the states of sleep, dream and wakefulness.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
The truth as represented by the concept of Brahman, exists always.
In dreams we have only bhokta and no kartha because it is only mind who dreams.
Sri Sundara Chaitanya Swami says one of the big scripture in the world is told in dreams by god.
Brahmins are called Shastri because he is the knower of Shastras.
Viswam pasyathi karya karana thaya,
Swa swami sambandatha,
Sishyacharya thaya thadaiva pithru,
Puthradhyathmana bedatha,
Swapne Jagrathi va ya esha purusho,
Maya Paribramitha,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 9
The world sees as cause and effect,
The differences between us and our lord,
The distinction between teacher and the taught,
The distinction between father and son,
And so the man is confused by illusion,
And believes in these differences,
During the times of dream and wakefulness.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
The ignorance of the truth because of the veil of ignorance Maya is reemphasized.
Bhoorambaamsya anilo ambhara,
Maharnadho himamasu puman,
Ithyabhathi characharathmakamidham,
Yasyaiva murthyashtakam,
Nanyath kinchana vidhyathe vimrusathaam,
Yasmath parasmath vibho,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 10
To the sake of which supreme Brahman,
The universe is shining as self,
Which is Movable and immovable, with its aspects?
Of water, fire, air, space,
The sun, moon and the individual soul,
And also to those who examine the truth behind,
The meaning of this universe and find,
That it Consists of nothing but,
The God who is every where.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
Sarvathmathvamithi sphutikruthamitham,
Yasmadamushamin sthave,
Thenasya sravanath thadartha mananath,
Dyanascha Sankeerthanath,
Sarvathmathva maha vibhuthi sahitham,
Syadheeswarasthvam svatha,
Siddhyeth thath punarashtadha parinatham,
Chaisvaryamvayhatham., 11
The concept of the Athma,
Which is explained in this poem of praise,
Hearing which, understanding which,
Meditating which and singing which,
One would attain the state of the godliness,
And the great state of self realization,
And also you would get the eight powers of occult,
Without any problems in between.
The following three stanzas as well as the first stanza are chanted after the main stotra:-
Chitram Vata tharor mole vruddha,
Sishya, Guror Yuva,
Gurostu mounam vykhyanam,
Sishyasthu china samsaya
It is strange to see,
The very old disciples,
And the very young teacher,
Who sit under a banyan tree,
With the teacher always observing silence,
And the students getting all the doubts cleared.
Om nama pranavarthaya,
Suddha jnanaika moorthaye nama,
Nirmalaya prasanthaya,
Sri Dakshinamurthaye nama.
Salutations to that Dakshinamurthy,
Who is the meaning of the pranava, om,
Who is the personification of unalloyed wisdom,
Who is crystal clear in his thought,
And who is the epitome of peace.
Gurave sara lokaanam,
Bishaje bhava roginaam,
Nidhaye sarva vidhyanam,
Sri Dakshinamurthaye nama.
Salutations to that Dakshinamurthy,
Who is the teacher of the entire world,
Who is the doctor to those,
Afflicted by the disease of birth and death,
And who is the treasure hose of all knowledge.
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Raymond continues "The giant anteater's name also hints at this species' favourite food. Incredibly a giant anteater can eat more than 30,000 ants and termites in a day. The anteater is unquestionably an unusual looking species. They have long course hair, a large bushy tail and a very long snout. They use their claws to rip open ant hills and use their long tongue, which measures up to 50 centimetres, to mop up the insects from inside the termite mount. Keepers have replicated this natural behaviour in Kara and Pancho's home by building some artificial termite mounds that the food can be inserted into. Our giant anteaters also share their home with some South American neighbours including capybara and Darwin's rhea."
Zoo manager, Alyn Cairns, said "This incredible species is found in the grasslands and rainforests of Central and South America. While they were once widespread, today their numbers vary drastically between countries and they are now considered one of the most threatened mammals in Central America. In fact, in Brazil, the population declined by 30% between 2000 and 2010 and in many other areas of the country, where they once roamed, there are now none left. In Costa Rica, Belize and Guatemala studies seem to suggest that the giant anteater is extinct. This worrying trend is predominantly due to habitat destruction and the grassland habitat of the anteater is also susceptible to fires. This species is also hunted for food, they are considered to be pests and they also suffer from the effects of the pet trade."
Alyn continues "This unique species is facing the very real risk of extinction in the foreseeable future and it is imperative that Belfast Zoo and zoos around the world work together to play an active role in ensuring the survival of the species. We do this through global and collaborative breeding programmes. There are only 200 giant anteaters living in zoos around the world and Kara and Pancho are the only breeding pair in Ireland. This birth is therefore not only a celebration for the Belfast Zoo team but for the breeding programme and the species as a whole."
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It sounds like a noisy arcade and looks, at first, like a potted history of tenpin bowling video games but there is, perhaps, something more existential going on at a new exhibition about to open at London's Barbican centre.
Brooklyn-based artist Cory Arcangel has taken over the centre's space for new art commissions, The Curve, by screening 14 different bowling video games from the simple, late 1970s Atari 2600 bowling game, through to the more whizzy Playstation and Nintendo versions.
Every one of them, however, shows the player throwing gutter balls. It is a room of head-in-the-hands failure and disappointment.
"Yes, it's a little depressing, I agree," said Arcangel. "The working title was 'the decline of western civilisation'."
The work is now called Beat the Champ and continues the artist's interest in digital culture. He first came to prominence for Super Mario Clouds in 2002, in which he removed all the game's familiar features leaving only endlessly scrolling clouds.
Arcangel admitted he was something of a pessimist. "I'm definitely a glass is half empty person, especially when it comes to technology – I'm sceptical of it, even though I spend all of my waking hours on a computer. It's a bizarre combination, I admit."
Despite his use of video games Arcangel said he was never really a gamer. "I'm more interested in what they represent and video game bowling seems to me to be the most absurd area of virtual experience. Bowling is a clumsy experience even when a human is doing it, so one level of removal is even more interesting. It is many levels of bizarre redundancy, the most bizarre I can think of – maybe with the exception of video game fishing."
The free Curve space has become hugely popular since it was launched in 2006 showing works by artists including Richard Wilson, who installed a spinning caravan; Hans Schabus, who put hundreds of Barbican chairs on the wall and Peter Coffin, who projected Japanese gardens. One of the most popular and busy of the exhibitions was a year ago when Céleste Boursier-Mougenot turned the space into an aviary with zebra finches flying and landing on strategically placed electric guitars.
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Seventy-six million strong, the Gen Y or Millennial Generation is challenging the workplace more powerfully than any generation has in the past. Some progressive business coaches, consultants and corporate leaders are partnering with Gen Y to create the most powerful, productive and creative workforce today.
The Millennial generation, born between 1982 and 2000, have entered the workforce in droves and are challenging assumptions about everything we do--from how we use technology to how work gets done. They're causing a revolution in the workplace, and it's time for managers to learn how to tap the power of this generation that will change the face of business over the next decade.
Their Baby Boomer parents are more involved in their adult kids' lives than ever before--even at work. This poses challenges; accustomed to lots of praise and little failure, Gen Yers often see themselves as worthy of special treatment when they enter the job market. This causes a significant source of friction for other generations. It's human nature for Traditionalists (those born before 1946), Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964), and Gen Xers (born between 1965 and 1981) to expect that the way they did things was the best way. Sadly, times change. The old ways get replaced, and we have to move on.
When Gen Yers don't find what they hoped for, such as the anticipation of rapid-fire career advancement or a collaborative environment in the workplace, they jump ship.
Collaboration & Generational Conflict
Traditionalists established their reputations as contributors, serving the greater good of the institution and doing whatever needed to be done. Boomers have been the competitors, pushing themselves to stand out from the crowd of 80 million and driving organizations to become bigger and better. Gen Xers are the controllers. Believing they could rely solely on themselves, they have drawn on their individual talents and entrepreneurial skills to invent and achieve.
Millennials will be the great collaborators. This is a generation weaned on cooperation at home and teamwork in school that did most everything in groups. They see their parents and peers as colleagues, not rivals. Being the ultimate team players, they push for increased collaboration in decision-making. This collaborator drive allows organizations to use Gen Yers' highly developed cooperation skills, particularly when it comes to the transfer of knowledge from older to younger employees.
If you want to make the Millennial work experience more fun, create teams for them. They will bond by blowing off steam together and providing support for one another when the going gets tough. By putting their creative minds together, they can push one another to come up with ingenious solutions. And with their superior team skills, they are likely to be highly efficient.
It should be mentioned that the teaming of Gen Yers can save the boss time. If Millennials are bouncing their ideas off one another, they won't be quite as quick to bounce into the boomer manager's office every time they want to share a new thought.
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Organizations must recognize that Millennials expect coaching and step up to offer it--and when it comes to recruiting and retaining the best and brightest, companies can build strong bonds by reaching out to the boomer parents of their young employees.
As Gen Yers integrate into companies, they are going to expect ongoing coaching and mentoring:
Coach on explicit and implicit know-how: Explicit means specific procedures, such as how to complete a tax filing or install an air-conditioning unit. Implicit means the intangible stuff, like how to sell an idea or make the boss look good. Both are important, but we tend to be more prepared to teach new employees about the explicit things and assume they'll pick up on the other stuff through osmosis. Don't make that assumption.
Be a coach, not a nag: Millennials have been coached all their lives, so this won't be new to them. But they expect to be treated like a darling, not a doofus. Their parents, teachers, and coaches have addressed them like valued team members. They'll anticipate the same treatment from you.
If you're stuck, call HR: In the battle to manage mismatched expectations you can't always be expected to know what to do. One Baby Boomer manager of a financial office blushed while admitting he felt paralyzed trying to talk about their dress code with Millennial females. As a Boomer male, the branch manager was in way over his head trying to address the issue, but he hadn't called HR for help. If he had, a female Millennial HR rep who called all the employees in for a short meeting would review dress code and firmly clarify that no part of the uncovered female bosom should be visible because it made customers uncomfortable (or overly happy in some cases).
In today's workplace, we have four generations attempting to work well together. Helping managers better understand how each of their generational associates make meaning is of great importance to the leadership of organizations--since all of the work is done through relationships. Effective coaching can help to bridge the gaps and oil the skids of communication between generations. Effective leadership can happen on the dance floor of communication when engaging in respectful conversations.
Source: Lynne C. Lancaster: The M-Factor: How the Millennial Generation Is Rocking the Workplace


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King County home prices up 7 percent from last year
King County home prices rose 7.2 percent in July compared with one year ago, extending their streak of such gains to four straight months, according to statistics released Monday by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
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King County home prices rose 7.2 percent in July compared with one year ago, extending their streak of such gains to four straight months, according to statistics released Monday by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
There were signs that June's fast pace of price increases had abated, though.
The median price of single-family homes sold in July was $375,250, a 1 percent drop from June. And the year-over-year increase of $25,250, or 7.2 percent, was smaller than June's 10.1 percent jump.
The number of closed home sales last month in King County was 26 percent higher than last year and the highest since August 2007, yet it remained practically flat from June, after five months of solid increases.
"We had a crazy spring and it seems like things have settled down," said blogger Tim Ellis of Seattlebubble.com.
Another recurring theme is the dramatic drop in the number of homes for sale. Home listings have been sliding for a full year; in July the number of home listed for sale was down 38 percent year-over-year.
With more would-be buyers than sellers, the buyers are starting to become frustrated, said Ellis and Seattle real-estate economist Matthew Gardner.
Gardner said the major reason for the low number of listings is that people are underwater on their mortgages — they owe more than their homes are worth — and have to stay in their homes.
He said the levels of inventory are the lowest they have been since early 2006.
People want to move, Gardner said, but can't afford to pay the bank to leave and are waiting to get above water before they sell their homes.
Gardner said distressed home listings — bank-owned properties and short sales — are down 60 percent from last year. This also contributes to the small number of listings and brings up home prices.
Median prices are up 19 percent this year, but nearly 22 percent below where they were at in July 2007, the all-time high for King County.
If and when more distressed homes are introduced into the market, price growth will slow, Gardner said.
At the moment, though, the analysts said, buyers are looking for homes that owners can't sell.
"The market won't be fun for buyers for a while," Ellis said.
Ellis expects the housing market to level out as the year continues, with a more normal number of listings next spring.
Condo listings in King County are even lower than home listings, dropping more than 52 percent year-over-year last month.
Prices for condos are slightly up compared with last year.
In adjacent counties the story on homes was much the same.
In Snohomish County, median home prices grew 13 percent year-over-year, and closed sales grew 24 percent.
But, like King County, home listings dropped 47 percent.
It was more of the same in Pierce County, with home listings down nearly 31 percent, closed sales up just 2.5 percent and the median home price down 2 percent.
Looking forward, Ellis and Gardner agree that listings will likely increase as prices go up.
But Gardner said it's tough to determine when sales of distressed housing will pick up again.
Jason Wall, general manager of Lake & Co. Real Estate, near Green Lake, said he has seen buyers more excited about the market now than they have been for several years.
"It feels like that, at least locally, the tide has turned," Wall said. "The feeling of confidence has returned to Seattle."
Sales could even be higher, he said, but lack of inventory is holding the market back.
"The big story is the same as it has been all year," said Ellis. "There's just not that much out there."
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Dr. Shantanu is running one of the country's few state-of-the-art Voice Clinics consisting of Video Endoscopes, Stroboscopic Examination Units, Computer Voice Analysis etc. He is also using the newest technologies to do a wide variety of endoscopic sinus surgeries, surgeries for snoring problems, apart from treating all routine ENT problems. He aims to continue teaching junior ENT Surgeons, and with time, start a formal teaching program.
Dr. Shantanu works closely with his team of audiologist and speech pathologist to diagnose and treat hearing problems in all age groups, childhood development disorders and is skilled at a wide variety of ear and mastoid surgeries as well. He has started this department with a vision to make it one of the foremost minimally invasive ENT Centres and also a hub for dedicated voice care.
He completed his basic medical training including MBBS and M.S. (ENT) from Sion Hospital and Medical College, Mumbai, one of the busiest hospitals in the country. He then honed his skills in advanced endoscopic sinus surgery and also surgeries of the skull base. He later joined as an Asst. Professor at the renowned St Johns Medical College Hospital in Bangalore. A passionate teacher, he was a co-guide for many DNB and M.S. students. He was instrumental in running specialty clinics dealing with voice disorders, sleep apnea, and nasal allergies. He has also authored many papers for a variety of national and international journals.
It was a strong interest in voice problems and a lack of skilled specialists in India which led him to complete a fellowship in Laryngology from the USA. He is trained in laser surgeries of the larynx, specialized care of voice professionals, Neuro-laryngology and office-based laryngeal procedures at some of the premier institutions in the USA, including Harvard Medical School, Boston, University of Wisconsin, Madison and Vanderbilt University, Nashville.
Since returning to India, he has been creating awareness and treating professional voice users such as singers, theater artists, teachers, call center employees etc. Dr. Shantanu has also been one of the few surgeons to start sialo-endoscopic surgery, a state-of-the-art technology for salivary gland disorders. He continues to pursue his interest in endoscopically treating a variety of nasal, paranasal sinus, orbital and skull base pathologies.
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Frank Shepard Fairey is the artist who designed the 2008 iconic "Hope" poster for Barack Obama's presidential election campaign. Being a skateboarder, his art was from the very beginning subversive. He started creating stickers, t-shirts, skateboards, and posters that he originally sold via black and white mail order catalogs. He has always been involved in branding, marketing and design. In 2004, Fairey with a long time friend also created a quarterly publication, Swindle, a magazine that documents pop culture, fashion, and music.
Shepard Fairey has publicly supported the Occupy movementin the United States, creating a new image. This time it's the face of a demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, from the movie V for Vendetta, a sort of symbol of rebellion for a new generation. Shepard Fairey is one of the most influential street artists today and his work is exhibited in museums, including the National Portrait Gallery in Washington and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
He is also the author of this famous poster of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who has won a seat in Myanmar's parliament in today's partial elections, after years under house arrest because of her defense of human rights in her country, also known as Burma.
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This study investigates the effectiveness of immediately modelling the correct solution to a task on which children were making errors. The technique is based on proposals by Saxton (1997) who, in his contrast theory of negative input, claims that corrective speech input is particularly effective when it immediately follows a child's error, such as an overgeneralisation of a verb ending. Our study concerns a very different domain, that of children learning to balance beams on a fulcrum, but one in which children also tend to overgeneralise a particular strategy. On a pre-test on the balance beam task, we identified a number of children (N=79, mean age=74.82 months) who were making errors. These children were randomly assigned to two groups and either (a) watched the correct solution being modelled by an adult, or (b) saw the correct solution being modelled by an adult immediately after their own error. The latter, contrast modelling, condition produced a significantly higher number of children who had improved at the task at post-test. The implications of these findings for general models of development are discussed.
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12th/16th Hunter River Lancers History Room
The museum is located in the historic Gaza Training Depot, corner of Mann and Allingham streets, Armidale. Its mission is to commemorate the heritage of the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers and the military history of the Hunter and New England regions, with particular reference to the Light Horse and Royal Australian Armoured Corps.
The collection, consisting of significant photographic and documentary material as well as uniforms and equipment includes material dating from pre-Federation Colonial forces in the New England and Hunter River regions to the present day. The approaches give young and old a range of opportunities to increase their awareness of what the 12/16 Hunter River Lancers Regiment has meant to the community.


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New Directions Career Center is fortunate to work with many talented volunteers who give freely of their time to help women create a financially independent and positive life for themselves and their families.
In Fiscal Year 2012-2013, over 250 individuals volunteered 5,834 hours of service. Using the federal 2012 value established for volunteer time ($22.14/hour) these hours are valued at $129,165.
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Dr. Ravinder is a qualified dental surgeon who attained her B.D.S degree in 2001 & Masters in Prosthodontics in 2004 from King George's Medical & Dental College. She has also done Graduate Diploma in Population Health from University of Wollongong in 2008.
Her favourite past times are cooking, listening to music and travelling. Dr Kalra has been treating her patients & their loved ones with sensitivity & dedicated care for past 15 years.
Amit & Ravinder have a young family with two sons, Arnav & Rehaan. They have been living in Newcastle region since May'2008. They have served in both public & private sector of oral health.
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An Evaluation of Some of The Best Home Gym Equipment
Are you one of those people who are said to be die-hards when it comes to engaging in different exercises that relate to lifting weights in order to stay healthy and keep fit? Gyms are known to be places where people go in order to engage in various exercises that not only help them in cutting weight but also in improving on endurance and their strength levels as they keep fit. Some inconveniences may arise from matters that concern the location of the gym, the different charges that are set and the time frame when the gyms are opened. A gym that is slightly far from our homes and that which charges highly per session attended may discourage us from engaging in various workouts everyday. In case a person wants to avoid the inconveniences that are brought about by public gyms, he or she can start his or her home gym so as to strictly follow his or her training schedule.
Home gyms are covered or even open air locations in our houses or near our houses that are used for conducting different activities which revolve around gymnastics and athletics. Some of the apparatus that are used to enhance different exercises include; parallel bars, bar-bells and jumping boards among others. In seasons when the weather is considered to be safe, various outdoor locations will be recommended by gym instructors because outdoor locations can be termed as the most conductive to a person's health. Most home gyms are better than public gyms because they promote privacy and there is no restrictions on the range of time within which you have to train or exercise.
An evaluation of various equipment that a person needs to buy for his or her home gym will assist him or her to equip his or her home gym with right gym equipment to facilitate workouts and exercises. The best equipment we can buy for our home gyms include; kettlebells, dumbbells, pull up bars, rings, medicine balls, jump ropes, barbells, plyo-box, weight plates and stereo systems. All these equipment will help to enhance the efficiency of your exercises and improve your overall fitness results.
Dumbbells are some of the equipment that have proved to be helpful to people who have started their own home gyms since dumbbells are used when carrying out numerous exercises and they are also known to be comfortable and long-lasting. Different rings used when in engaging in different forms of exercises are also considered to be some of the best gym equipment which may be used to offer additional level to our body-weight exercises. Jumping ropes are essential in different home gyms because they are able to assist you to improve on your speed and strength.
Most equipment which are used in our home gyms to facilitate exercises can prove to be effective and important and can also be useful to us when we are improving on our strength and speed.
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Product: The Sims Mobile
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How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I am not sure about the repro rate, it happens the first time to me. Last night my first birthday party reached level 5, and when I login this morning, my party is still running with about 1hr 40mins left but the party level resets back to 1, the party log still says how many times have my party leveled up. Also, the party guests relationship are all reset back to zero as well.
What do you expect to see? I expected it to stay at where it was, which was level 5 in my case, and the relationship with other sims will be maintained as well.
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Additional feedback Please refer to screenshot, i captured two party event logs and the screen showing my party level 1.
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well i tried to contact them through email and told about party level reverted to level 1 and also my missing cupcake due to progress rollback; however the tech support guy said they couldn't return me the missing cupcake and i was directed to read the forum here "to solve" my problems. Good day!!!!
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How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? My birthday party was at level 10 and I had only 1 hour until it was over, I saw my sisters party was still open and "attended" hers then when I loaded up my house again it said my party was at level 1.
What do you expect to see? I have attended party's yesterday during my party and it didn't do this. I know by attending other players party's it shouldnt make my party level decrease. I'm not sure why it's doing this now...
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The power of Android. Having the ability to use custom ROMs is one of the big features that sets it apart from the competition. I have been on custom ROMs ever since I learned how to root my phone. MIUI was one of the first ROMs I tried which I liked a lot because of all the customization options. I was kind of bummed though when Xiaomi, the company who made MIUI, stopped updating it for my Galaxy S2 device after ICS to prioritize their own MI-1 phones. So I switched to westcrip's Resurrection Remix ROM which was quite good and stable. That was until I saw that Xiaomi's development for MIUI was finally updated to Jellybean on my device, I was reluctant to go back since I was happy with Resurrection already. But of course, I was proven wrong.
Here's my experience with MIUI and what makes it great
User interface
MIUI keeps most of the basic functionality of Android intact which is a good thing. There are changes to how some menus are presented but that's what makes MIUI special. It essentially takes all the good parts of the android and does away with the bad.
This is what sets MIUI apart from the rest. You can customize just about anything. Icon packs, boot animations, lock screens, phone dialer, status bar, font.. the list goes on. You can argue that any Android phone can do that already via launchers, apps or some other method. MIUI was built from the ground up with this in mind. Which means that you don't need to waste precious battery to run a separate app.
They have a theme shop where you can browse through literally hundreds of themes. All you need to do is create a free Xiaomi (the company that made this) account and you're good to go. Most themes are free but there are also some premium ones that will cost as much as 3RMB which is less than a hundred pesos.
MIUI has a lot of built in tools that are very useful and I wonder why Google hasn't built these into their OS.
1. Blacklisting
You are able to block calls and SMS messages natively without having to install a third party application to do it. Want your phone to block ALL unknown numbers. Done. You can stop getting all those SMS about cash loans and casino promos.
2. Traffic monitor
This feature does what it says. Monitor your data traffic. Want to know how much of your data plan you've used up? Want a warning when you get to a certain number of MB?
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I love this feature. It tells you how fast data is moving. Whether you get 2G, 3G, WiFi, doesn't matter... what matters is the speed and you see it here. Speed test apps are overrated and don't tell you the real state of your connection.
4. Launcher
The stock launcher has unlimited pages. Unlimited. That means like a lot. It also has a bunch of scrolling options and you can also move the icons and, get this, pages. Move the pages around. This becomes useful from the unlimited number of pages.
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Join us Wednesday, June 6th for our annual Summer Kick-Off Meeting.
We will have raffle items, beverages for a small fee, and snacks.
Our main speaker will be a representative from a group backing ballot question 3, the NV Energy Choice Initiative to deregulate the power industry in Nevada. A speaker opposed to the question will talk to us in the fall.
As always, candidates are welcome to stop by and speak to us before the Tuesday, June 12 primary election.
We will not meet in July or August, but start up again on Wednesday, September 5th.
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In March, the kids had a field trip to Dallas Heritage Village. We had never been before and didn't quite know what to expect, so we were very pleasantly surprised by how cool it was.
The 20-acre park is home to the largest collection of 19th century pioneer and Victorian homes and commercial buildings in Texas, and they were all moved here from various locations around the state. If you are even slightly a history nerd, I highly recommend a visit.
The weather was perfect on the day of the field trip, and we all had so much fun exploring the grounds.
{Pro tip: they sell ice-cold root beer in the general store.}
We clearly had to stop by the Thompson & Knight office. The Firm is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, and I couldn't be more proud of our long history of client service and community involvement in Dallas (not just marketing speak).
And while the historical buildings were super cool, our favorite spot was the farm/blacksmith area.
Ava even learned how to saw logs.
{Shout out to the man in this picture whose name escapes me. He was absolutely wonderful, knowledgable, and just the sweetest.}
We will definitely be back!


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Lara Trump tells federal workers their missed paychecks are sacrifices for the 'future of our country'
As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history persists, Lara Trump is urging federal employees to "stay strong," noting that they are sacrificing "for the future of our country" - a message that drew criticism.
Trump, who is the president's daughter-in-law and campaign adviser, told the digital news network Bold TV earlier this week that the president is fighting for "what he knows is the right thing to do."
"It's not fair to you, and we all get that, but this is so much bigger than any one person," she said. "It is a little bit of pain but it's going to be for the future of our country, and their children and their grandchildren and generations after them will thank them for their sacrifice right now. I know it's hard. I know people have families, they have bills to pay, they have mortgages, they have rents that are due. But the president is trying every single day to come up with a good solution here and, the reality is, it's been something that's gone on for too long and been unaddressed - our immigration problem.
"If we do nothing right now, it's never going to get fixed. This is our one opportunity."
Following Trump's remarks, some people on social media scoffed at the idea that the shutdown is "a little bit of pain," noting that about 800,000 government employees are affected and that some of them have no paychecks coming in.
The co-hosts on ABC's "The View" also criticized the shutdown and Trump's rationale for it.
"It's just such a bad look," co-host Meghan McCain said Wednesday morning on the show.
"If you are a millionaire's wife," Sunny Hostin added, "you may not understand that there are families that can't afford to feed their children."
Joy Behar then quickly interjected: "But she's married to [Eric Trump] - she knows pain."
The partial government shutdown, which started Dec. 22, continues as President Donald Trump demands more than $5 billion for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and Democrats decline to pay for it.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., proposed a temporary truce, allowing the federal government to reopen so that the Senate can work to find a solution. It includes a ban on lawmakers' ability to use government shutdowns as a negotiation tactic, according to news reports.
Lara Trump said the issue is that without the shutdown, the president has "no hand to play."
Then she told government workers who are unable to work to "please stay strong."
"We appreciate everything that you're sacrificing," Trump said on Bold TV. "We are behind you, and we're going do everything we can. I know the president is doing everything he can to resolve this quickly."


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From rising star Caela Carter, author of My Life with the Liars, comes a captivating and heartfelt story about siblings who learn that love can never be divided, only multiplied.
Flora and her brother, Julian, don't believe they were born. They've lived in so many foster homes, they can't remember where they came from. And even now that they've been adopted, Flora still struggles to believe that they've found their forever home.
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Having sold 1.4 million units since launching the device at the end of June, Apple is looking to put a bit of a slowdown on iPhone sales, ahead of the upcoming holiday-buying scrum. Beginning late last week, customers no longer can purchase the iPhone with cash or buy more than two per person.
"Customer response to the iPhone has been off the charts, and limiting iPhone sales to two per customer helps us ensure that there are enough iPhones for people who are shopping for themselves or buying a gift," Apple's Natalie Kerris told the Associated Press. "We're requiring a credit or debit card for payment to discourage unauthorized resellers."
The previous limit on iPhone sales was 5 per person, with no restriction on cash purchases.


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Hopi Cottonwood Polimana - Butterfly Girl Doll [SOLD]
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- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu - The Peaceful People
- Medium: wood, paint, feathers
- Size: 8" height
- Item # C3998E SOLD
The Polimana is a participant in one of the social dances in late August following the katsina season. She does not wear a face covering but her eyes are ordinarily covered by bangs of her hair. She is similar in all the mesas and villages.
Social dances constitute prayers to the katsinas for the benefits of good health and good harvest, and, in some sense, they are like a harvest dance, like a Thanksgiving dance. That is partially why they are performed primarily in August. The females who are dancing are considered to appear as Butterflies.
The Polimana or Butterfly Girl Dancers are frequently mistaken for katsinas but are not, any more than are the Palhikmana. The Butterfly performance is a social dance and children from the age of three to great-grandmothers may be seen dancing with partners of equal age spans.
This carving is quite likely from the 1930s but may be as late as the mid-1940s. It appears that the paint is pre-acrylic era. A large squash blossom decorates the tableta. She wears a traditional pueblo manta with a shawl draped over her shoulders that falls down her back. She is barefoot, the traditional way females dance as a means to connect to the earth.
Condition: this Hopi Cottonwood Polimana - Butterfly Girl Doll is in very good condition. No apparent damage or repairs
Provenance: from the collection of a gentleman from Santa Fe who is moving to California and downsizing his collection
Recommended Reading: Kachinas: the Barry Goldwater Collection at the Heard Museum
- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu - The Peaceful People
- Medium: wood, paint, feathers
- Size: 8" height
- Item # C3998E SOLD
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Yeshua says, "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5). Who are the meek? The Greek text behind this saying implies one who is mild-mannered, gentle, soft, and passive. Why are the passive and meek-hearted destined to possess the earth?
Yeshua did not teach in Greek. He did not have passivity or sheepishness in mind when he spoke of the blessed meek. Instead, the saying alludes to the Hebrew of Psalm 37:11 which says, "The humble (anavim) will inherit the land." The Hebrew anavim refers not to one who is meek and mild-mannered but rather to the powerless, the downtrodden, the subjugated, and the victimized. Psalm 37 pairs "the humble" with those who wait for the LORD, and it contrasts the humble against evildoers and the wicked:
For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land. Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more … but the humble will inherit the land. (Psalm 37:9-11)
Great is the peace of the humble, as it is written [in Psalm 37:11], "But the humble will inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace." (Sifre, Numbers 42)
The Hebrew word for "earth" (eretz) also means "land" and in this context it refers specifically to the holy land, i.e., the land of Israel. Therefore, Matthew 5:5 should be understood to say "Blessed are the subjugated and downtrodden, for they will inherit the land of Israel." In this sense, the beatitude refers to the faithful Jewish people who suffer under the oppression of exile and foreign domination. The Messianic Era will reverse the roles. Those who were once powerless and humbled under the boot of the gentile nations will possess the Promised Land and subjugate their enemies. Then the words of Mary's prophecy will be fulfilled: "He has brought down rulers from their thrones, and has exalted those who were humble" (Luke 1:52).
Yeshua's beatitude about the humble and oppressed contradicted the philosophy of the Zealots. The Zealots believed that the Romans could be driven out by insurrection, armed resistance, and terrorism. The Zealots taught the oppressed to take up weapons and throw off their subjugation. Yeshua taught that, ultimately, the oppressed will inherit the land, not by means of terrorism and insurrection, but by the divine reversal of the kingdom of heaven. Those who live by the sword will die by the sword, but those who patiently endure and hope in the LORD will ultimately receive the kingdom.


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LA SALLE, Texas, July 21 (UPI) -- A Texas 13-year-old said he shot a strange animal outside of his home that he believes may be the legendary chupacabra.
Carter Pope, 13, said he saw the strange animal outside his La Salle home Sunday and he felled the creature with three shots from about 200 feet, KPRC-TV, Houston, reported Wednesday.
"It was gray, no hair at all. I thought that's a chupacabra," the teenager said, referring to the legendary creature purported to suck the blood of livestock.
Pope said he woke up his father to show him the kill.
"I thought I'm dreaming or this kid is crazy," father Will Pope said. "Probably a little bit of both."
Carter Pope said he is sending hair and skin samples for testing to get a positive identification of the creature.
Wildlife biologists said chupacabra sightings often turn out to be sick coyotes or other wild animals.


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Emails show D.C. officials directed IRS targeting
IRS Scandal | Documents prove attack on conservative groups was an agency-wide effort, not the act of a few rogue agents
by J.C. Derrick
Posted 5/16/14, 10:25 am
WASHINGTON—The Washington-based watchdog group Judicial Watch is on a roll. Two weeks after obtaining emails that show the White House crafted discredited talking points on Benghazi, Judicial Watch this week dropped another bombshell announcement: New documents show the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups originated in Washington, D.C.
A May 2013 inspector general's report showed the IRS singled out groups with conservative-sounding names for extra scrutiny beginning in March 2010. President Barack Obama, Lois Lerner, the former head of the agency's tax-exempt division, and other administration officials blamed the targeting on rogue agents in the IRS office in Cincinnati, but emails obtained by Judicial Watch tell a different story.
A July 6, 2010, email from Washington IRS official Holly Paz asks IRS lawyer Steven Grodnitzky to tell two Cincinnati employees "how we have been handling tea party applications in the last few months." Grodnitzky responds by saying his office "is working the tea party applications in coordination with Cincy. We are developing a few applications here in DC and providing copies of our development letters with the agent to use as examples in the development of their cases."
Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, said the documents "show that officials in the IRS headquarters were responsible for the illegal delays of tea party applications." He called it "disturbing" to see Lerner trying to "mislead the IRS' internal investigators" into thinking otherwise.
Lerner denies wrongdoing but has twice invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify before Congress on grounds that it might incriminate her. Last week, House Republicans voted to hold her in contempt of Congress for not cooperating with its investigation.
The IRS documents also show Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' permanent subcommittee on investigations, actively pressured high-ranking IRS officials to continue targeting conservative groups. In a July 27, 2012, letter, Levin personally singles out a dozen groups he wants investigated for what he calls "political activity." The list included only one left-leaning organization, Priorities USA, and 11 conservative ones, including Club for Growth, Americans for Tax Reform, and the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, Susan B. Anthony List president, said on Thursday the revelation is "another example of government attempts to stoke fear in the hearts of those who disagree with them. Fear of engaging in the public square is antithetical to the ideals on which our country was built."
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, renewed his call for a special prosecutor to investigate the IRS targeting, noting in a statement the administration's explanations have proved false. "This administration has lost all credibility to investigate this partisan scandal, especially given that they have entrusted the investigation to be led by a major Democratic donor."
Barbara Bosserman, the lead Department of Justice investigator, made $6,750 in donations to Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee. House Republicans invited her to testify at a February hearing, but she did not attend. Democrats say there is no evidence to suggest she is conducting a biased investigation.
In March, John Koskinen, the new IRS commissioner, told lawmakers his agency was doing all it could to turn over documents to Congress in a timely manner. But as with the Benghazi investigation, Judicial Watch had to file a lawsuit to get the administration to hand over the latest round of documents. The organization filed a Freedom of Information Act request in May 2013 and sued in October.
J.C. Derrick
J.C. is WORLD's deputy chief content officer and WORLD Radio's managing editor based in Dallas. Follow J.C. on Twitter @jcderrick1.


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The KZN Science Centre is excited to announce the Exciting Experimenter theme for this year's December Holiday Programme. Come be a part of the fascinating world of colourful chemicals, bubbling beakers and extraordinary experiments!
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TOWERS Media is expanding coverage in Dallas and is looking for local, independently minded "new urbanists" who can craft and contextualize stories covering real estate development, transit, and city planning efforts for our readers.
This is an exciting paid opportunity for a passionate writer who is searching for a robust platform to "spread the gospel" about compact-and-connected living to an interested and engaged readership. Write about what you love, work independently, and get paid to do it!
The ideal candidate will be able to evidence:
- Journalism experience
- Appreciation for skyscrapers and architecture
- Genuine interest in urbanism and topics important to urbanists;
- Tools, sources, and investigative capabilities to seek out stories about real estate development, real estate development practices / policies;
- Expert level familiarity with Dallas neighborhoods
- An authentic "voice" (perhaps you live in downtown Dallas, or live car free, or serve your neighborhood association);
- Understanding of SEO and social media marketing and willingness to use personal social media platforms to share content;
- Ability and willingness to take editorial positions when appropriate, while also being able to balance other reasonable perspectives;
- Self-starter attitude and a fast-paced energy;
- Willingness to receive editorial feedback and align with TOWERS editorial voice.
- You appreciate a compact and connected lifestyle, you might have a copy of Jane Jacobs "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" on your bookshelf, and you appreciate the work of Congress for the New Urbanism.
It should go without saying that the ideal candidate will be a strong writer who is able to find interesting and relevant content to write about on a regular basis.
We strive for journalistic ideals, but this is a blog, and when it makes sense to do so we will be advocates and take positions. The ideal candidate understands that balance.
The ideal candidate already has a few sources and knows how to uncover real estate news. Your voice should be passionate and authentic (e.g. if you live and work in the suburbs, then this role will not be a good fit). Perhaps you live in downtown Dallas, or live car-free, or serve your neighborhood association.
In this role, you will receive a bunch of PR requests. Sometimes those are useful, especially if you can get scoops early. Other times, you'll need to know when and how to diplomatically say "not interested."
- Delivering a mix of interesting and informed blog posts, researched stories, and editorializing 3rd party news, at a minimum rate of three postings per week.
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- Draft the weekly newsletter covering the prior week's news
- Respond to comments on your posts
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- Work from an editorial calendar
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TOWERS Media has been publishing noteworthy, informative editorial content about city life and urbanist culture with a real estate development slant in Austin, Texas, since 2007, through two flagship sites – AustinTowers.net/news and DowntownAustinBlog.org. We have organically built a large and engaged following in this market, and are looking to apply the same proven techniques and practices to build the same readership in other Texas markets.
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