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Florida is blessed with one of the largest concentrations of freshwater springs in the world. These amazing ecosystems provide habitat for manatees and many other unique species as well as recreational opportunities for residents and visitors. They also provide a unique glimpse into the health of our aquifer.
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The Story of Water in Florida
Water is Florida's lifeblood. It is fickle. Abundant one year. Scarce another. Yet, everything that is Florida is defined by the quality of its water resources -- and deserves all the protection we can provide.
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Protecting Florida's Groundwater Supply
Florida's aquifer - the source of drinking water and water flowing from its springs - is vulverable to overuse, pollution and drought. Protecting the aquifer is one of DEP's highest priorities. Learn about efforts in the Tampa Bay region to diversify water resources.
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St. Marks River Watershed
Watershed Stats
Size of Basin: The two watersheds cover approximately 3,600 square miles of north Florida and south Georgia. The Ochlockonee watershed's total area is 2,416 square miles, with approximately 1,080 square miles in Florida. The Apalachee-St. Marks watershed drains 1,204 square miles.
Major Cities and Towns: Tallahassee, Woodville, Quincy, Bradfordville, Havana, Greensboro, Gretna, Monticello, Crawfordville, Sopchoppy, St. Marks, and Panacea
Counties: Leon and Wakulla Counties, significant parts of Gadsden and Jefferson Counties, and smaller parts of Liberty and Franklin Counties
Major Water Features: Ochlockonee River , Ocklawaha Creek, Bradwell Bay, Sopchoppy River, Ochlockonee Bay, St. Marks River, Wakulla River, St. Marks Spring, Wakulla Springs, Apalachee Bay, Munson Slough, Ames Sink, Spring Creek, Spring Creek Springs System, Lake Munson, Lake Jackson, Fred George Sink, Meginniss Arm Branch, Jackson Heights Branch, Lake Lafayette Chain of Lakes, and Lafayette Creek
In contrast to the Ocklockonee watershed, the St. Marks River watershed is not continuous for most of its course. However, the southern coastal drainage system is composed of local streams draining coastal regions. The main stem of the St. Marks River is the only somewhat continuously connected portion of the watershed.
The headwaters of the St. Marks River lie in the Tallahassee Hills of northeastern Leon County. The St. Marks remains swampy and poorly defined as it flows southward to the Cody Scarp. From just north of the Leon-Wakulla County line, the St. Marks River enters the Woodville Karst Plain and is fed by Floridan aquifer springs, becoming wider and clearer as more ground water enters from spring flows.
Near the Leon-Wakulla County line, the St. Marks River flows southward to Natural Bridge, where it disappears into a sinkhole, eventually re-emerging at St. Marks Spring as a spring-run river that is considerably larger, with different chemical characteristics than the stream that disappeared at Natural Bridge. Several springs rise and disappear underground in this area.
In east-central Wakulla County, the St. Marks joins with the Wakulla River, its largest tributary. The Wakulla, a classic spring-run river, originates at Wakulla Springs and flows south for approximately 10 miles to its confluence with the St. Marks River. From there, the St. Marks River widens and flows in a dredged channel to Apalachee Bay, approximately 3 miles to the south. Tidal effects extend upstream in both the St. Marks and Wakulla Rivers for about 6 miles from the river mouth.
There are 329 lakes in the St. Marks watershed, totaling 11,892 acres. Lake Miccosukee, one of the largest, is grass filled and contains only small, open water areas. It is connected by small streams to a wetland area and sinkhole to the south. Lake Lafayette is an area of freshwater marsh and limited open water on the eastern side of Tallahassee. It consists of four separate parts: Upper Lake Lafayette, Lake Piney Z, Alford Arm, and Lower Lake Lafayette. Its watershed includes the eastern part of the city, as well as unincorporated residential and undeveloped areas east and northeast of the city. Like other lakes in the region, it periodically drains through sinkholes. Water levels are partially maintained by a series of man-made dikes that divide the lake into three segments.
The Wakulla Spring-Leon Sinks Cave system is the longest underwater cave in the United States and the fourth largest underwater cave in the world.
In the Woodville Karst Plain, there are hundreds of small lakes and ponds. These are deeper and steeper than those in the Tallahassee Hills and may have formed in collapsed sinkholes. There are also several larger, shallow lakes that formed in solution depressions in the southern part of the St. Marks watershed. The larger natural lakes in this area include Lake Ellen and Otter Lake in Wakulla County. In the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, several large shallow impoundments are manipulated to provide waterfowl habitat. The largest include East Pool and Stoney Bayou Pool.
Human Impacts
Out of more than 50 lakes and ponds within the city of Tallahassee, most receive urban stormwater runoff and many have become degraded by nutrients and sedimentation. The Lake Munson drainage area, the largest and most urbanized in the region, drains approximately 57 percent of the urban Tallahassee area. For more than 60 years, Lake Munson received a heavy load of nutrients, toxics, and sediments from stormwater runoff and treated sewage effluent. In 1982, it was classified as hypereutrophic and the seventh most degraded lake in the state. The discharges of treated sewage were eliminated in 1984, improving water quality to the point that the lake was reclassified as eutrophic.
However, runoff from more than 23,000 acres, including more than half of Tallahassee, continues to flow into Lake Munson from Munson Slough. Problems observed in recent years include fish kills, algal blooms, invasive exotic species, high nutrient and bacteria levels, low dissolved oxygen levels, reduced numbers and low productivity of game fish, and reports of fish with sores. Pesticides and metals concentrations are found in amounts that are 10 to 100 times greater than other area lakes. The accumulation of organic muck, degraded water quality, and reduced water depth lowered fish biomass by at least 75 percent between 1976 and 1987. As a result, sport fishing was all but eliminated. In addition, water flowing from Lake Munson enters a series of sinkholes and flows eight miles underground to Wakulla Spring, contributing to increased nutrient levels in the spring and river.
Invasive aquatic vegetation is also a problem in Wakulla Spring. Dominant invasive plants include hydrilla, water hyacinth, and water lettuce. Although hydrilla has been present in the lower Wakulla River for years, it was just discovered in the Wakulla Springs pool relatively recently, where it has quickly formed dense beds and replaced native eelgrass. There appears to be a correlation between hydrilla growth and increased nutrient concentrations in the spring water. The city of Tallahassee's Southwest Farm Wastewater Reuse Facility has been identified as a principal source of nitrate in ground water that flows to Wakulla Spring. Other sources of nitrogen in the ground water flowing from Wakulla Spring are believed to come from the thousands of septic tanks that exist throughout Wakulla County and southern Leon County.
There has also been a conspicuous decline in the limpkin population along the Wakulla River. The decline of this state-listed species is related to the disappearance of apple snails, a primary food source. It is thought that their decline may be related to the hydrilla infestation. The accelerated growth of dense algal mats has also been observed in the Wakulla River; this may be caused by the increased nutrient concentrations discharged by springs.
In recognition of these impacts, FDEP, the Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD), and local governmental, scientific, educational, and citizen organizations are working to develop strategies for protecting and restoring water quality and quantity in the St. Marks Basin.
Interesting Facts:
- The St. Marks River disappears into a sinkhole at Natural Bridge and emerges at St. Marks Spring as a spring-run river that is considerably larger and has different chemical characteristics. Wakulla Springs is one of the largest and deepest freshwater springs in the world, with an average discharge of 252 million gallons per day.
- The Wakulla Spring-Leon Sinks Cave system is the longest underwater cave in the United States and the fourth largest underwater cave in the world.
- In December 2007, divers from the Wakulla Karst Plain Project set two world records, including the longest cave dive between two entrances and the longest traverse in a deep cave by traveling a distance of nearly seven miles. The feat required the divers to be under water for more than 20 hours.
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Northwest Florida Water Management District, and local governmental, scientific, educational, and citizen organizations are working on numerous projects to restore and protect the Ochlockonee River and St. Marks River watersheds. The following are some of the major watershed restoration initiatives.
Watershed Restoration Program
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has implemented a Watershed Restoration Program to identify "impaired" waters and develop plans to reduce that pollution in springs, rivers, lakes, and streams in the Ochlockonee-St. Marks watersheds.
Additional Information:
FDEP TMDL Program Website
FDEP Ochlockonee-St. Marks Assessment Report Website
Aquifer Protection Program
This city of Tallahassee program was established to protect wellheads, delineate high-recharge areas and areas most susceptible to ground water contamination, and identify contaminated areas. It is responsible for implementing the 1992 Aquifer Recharge/Wellhead Protection Ordinance.
Additional Information:
City of Tallahassee Aquifer Protection Program
Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve
Established in 1985, the 945,000-acre preserve stretches along the whole of the Big Bend, from Wakulla County through Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie and Levy Counties. It consists mainly of a large, remote, and undeveloped expanse of tidal lands, islands, seagrass beds, shallow banks, and submerged bottoms extending nine miles into the Gulf of Mexico, as well as all natural waterways tidally connected to the preserve.
Additional Information:
FDEP Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve Website
FDEP About the Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve
FDEP Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve Fact Sheet (PDF)
FDEP Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve Management Plan (PDF)
Florida Springs Initiative
FDEP created this comprehensive springs protection effort in 2001 to implement the recommendations of the 2000 Florida Springs Task Force Report. The Florida Legislature provided $17.4 million from 2001 to 2006 to fund research, monitoring, education, and landowner assistance projects. Current funding is $2.4 million per year.
Additional Information:
Florida Springs Initiative Website
Florida Springs: Protecting Nature's Gems
FDEP Florida Springs Initiative 2007 Program Summary and Recommendations (PDF)
Florida Springs Task Force
In 1999, Governor Jeb Bush initiated the Florida Springs Initiative to help protect and restore the state's 600 springs. This included the formation of a multiagency Florida Springs Task Force chaired by FDEP to recommend strategies for protecting and restoring Florida's springs. Several important projects have been initiated to monitor and protect the springs of the St. Marks watershed.
Additional Information:
Florida Springs Task Force Website
Florida Springs Task Force 2000 Report (PDF)
Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve
The Lake Jackson, Carr Lake, and Mallard Pond ecosystem is a valuable biological, aesthetic, and recreational resource. In 1974, the Florida Legislature designated this 4,700-acre area as an Aquatic Preserve to preserve and maintain its biological resources in their essentially natural condition.
Additional Information:
FDEP Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve
Lake Jackson Restoration
Beginning in 1990, an interagency team-including the NWFWMD, FDEP, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Leon County-conducted several phases of a restoration effort after prolonged drought and sinkholes drained the lake and provided access.
Additional Information:
Florida Department of Natural Resources Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
Lake Munson Restoration
Lake Munson, a 225-acre impoundment, receives stormwater from Tallahassee and provides floodwater equalization for areas downstream. Sediment and accumulated organic muck have choked the lake and blanketed the bottom. A number of restoration projects are currently under way.
Additional Information:
Leon County Lake Munson Restoration Website
Stormwater Management
In accordance with the 1990 Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive Plan, a stormwater ordinance and a stormwater utilities department were created. From the resulting Stormwater Master Plan, local planners developed a list of approximately 20 capital improvement projects to address flooding and drainage improvements. The city has constructed 11 regional facilities that incorporate water quality treatment and flood prevention into their design. Other activities include development guidelines, permitting requirements, stormwater retrofits, nonstructural stormwater practices, and lake restoration.
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City of Tallahassee Stormwater Website
Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Plans
A number of waterbodies in the Ochlockonee-St. Marks watershed are designated as SWIM priority waterbodies for protection and restoration. In the Ochlockonee watershed, these waters are the Ochlockonee River and Bay, Lake Iamonia, and Lake Jackson. The Lake Jackson SWIM Plan was submitted in 1990 and updated in 1994 and 1997. In the St. Marks watershed, the St. Marks River (including the Wakulla River and Apalachee Bay), Lake Munson, and Lake Miccosukee are SWIM waterbodies. A SWIM Plan was developed in 1997 for the St. Marks River, Wakulla River, and Apalachee Bay. The NWFWMD, which oversees the SWIM Program, is working with federal, state, and local government and the private sector to restore these damaged ecosystems, prevent pollution from runoff and other sources, and educate the public.
Additional Information:
NWFWMD SWIM Plan Website
City of Tallahassee-Water Reuse Facility
The recently opened the Tram Road Wastewater Reuse Facility is the first in the Tallahassee area to provide reclaimed or recycled wastewater for the irrigation of public areas, such as golf courses and roadsides. The facility will divert 1.2 million gallons of wastewater headed to the Southeast Farm Wastewater Reuse and Sprayfield daily and provide further treatment so that it can be reused for public irrigation. The Tram Road facility is part of a $200 million, multiyear commitment by the city of Tallahassee to further improve wastewater treatment and minimize impacts on ground water flowing to Wakulla Spring.
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Tram Road Wastewater Reuse Facility
Wakulla County Aquifer and Springs Protection
The Wakulla County Board of Commissioners has passed ordinances requiring the use of "performance-based septic systems." These systems reduce nitrogen, a byproduct of human waste and a major contributor to the deterioration of Florida springs. Such systems can cut levels as much as 70 percent. Other aquifer protection efforts include increasing development setbacks to prevent polluted stormwater from entering sinkholes in the county.
Additional Information:
Wakulla County Website
LIFE - Wakulla Springs State Park
Started in 2005, this program is a unique partnership between DEP, the University of Florida IFAS Extension (Wakulla and Leon Counties) and the Wakulla County School District. Approximately 300 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students and teachers from Riversprings Middle School conduct two field experiences each year. All the topics relate to the Wakulla Springs springshed. Sixth grade topics focus on ecosystems and wildlife, seventh grade emphasizes water quality monitoring, and eighth grade examines the areas unique Karst features. Field sites include the Wakulla Springs State Park, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Munson Preserve Park and the Leon Sinks Geological Area.
Additional Information:
Wakulla Spring LIFE Program
Florida Friendly Landscaping Education
FDEP has supported educational efforts to encourage landscape maintenance companies and citizens to adopt Florida-friendly landscaping practices, which minimize the use of fertilizers and reduce water consumption.
Additional Information:
Florida-Friendly Landscaping Website
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Map Note: Map shows the entire Ochlockonee-St. Marks rivers watershed boundary.
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Water Reuse Facility Takes Pressure Off of Aquifer
Tallahassee recently opened the region's first water reuse facility. It supplements the more than $200 million city commitment to wastewater treatment improvements to protect groundwater and Wakulla Spring. The plant takes a portion of the treated wastewater bound for the City's Southeast Farm facility so the reclaimed water can be used for irrigation purposes at golf courses, athletic fields, and medians and landscaping. The project represents a successful partnership between the City's Water Utility, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Northwest Florida Water Management District and the St. Joe Company.
Students Learn about Florida's Watersheds and Ecosystems:
Students from from Tallahassee's R. Frank Nims Middle School record data collected along a coastal transect at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. The students are part of a program developed by FDEP's Office of Environmental Education called Learning in Florida's Environment (LIFE), which provides students and teachers with field-based, environmental-science education opportunities around the state. © DEP/ Greg Ira
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Ochlocknee-St. Marks Watershed Restoration Program
Bonita Gorham, Basin Coordinator
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Contact for: Information on TMDL development and implementation
Northwest District Office
Bradley Hartshorn, Environmental Manager
Watershed Management Program
Phone: (850) 595-8300
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Contact for: Information on water quality sampling and watershed restoration activities in the Northwest District
Local Government and Water Resource Agencies
- City of Tallahassee
- Florida Department of Agriculture, Office of Agricultural Water Policy
- Florida Springs Initiative
- Jefferson County Natural Resources
- Leon County Environmental Management
- Northwest Florida Water Management District
- Tallahassee - Leon County Water Atlas
- Think About Personal Pollution
- Wakulla County
Citizen Stakeholder and Watershed Organizations
- Apalachee Audubon Society
- Big Bend Sierra Club
- Florida Native Plant Society
- Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park
- St. Marks Refuge Association
- Woodville Karst Plain Project
Parks and Conservation Areas
- Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park
- Apalachicola National Forest
- Bald Point State Park
- Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve
- Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
- Florida Trail in the Apalachicola National Forest
- Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park
- Lake Jackson State Aquatic Preserve
- Lake Talquin State Park
- Leon Sinks Geological Area
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Beal With It! — Wizards vs Spurs, DC Council 4
It's sooooo early, but Bradley Beal is on fiya, numbers way up across the board, playing like guy looking for max deal. Oh, wait…#Wizards
— Kevin B. Blackistone (@ProfBlackistone) November 5, 2015
Bradley Beal stood in front of his locker late Wednesday night, coolly answering questions about his game-winning shot. His responses were so cool, in fact, one might have thought he had just outplayed a guy at the local rec center, not Kawhi Leonard. Or that the Wizards had won a preseason game, not a regular season tilt against the mighty San Antonio Spurs.
Beal discussed how he was coming into his own as a basketball player, he joked about how the 19-year-old Beal would not have taken the game-ending shot, and he again reiterated that no one—not even Kawhi Leonard, who had limited Kevin Durant, Joe Johnson and Carmelo Anthony to just 11-for-41 shooting in his previous three games—could stop him.
Beal even told the media that he knew the Wizards were going to win the game after Tony Parker's 3-pointer tied the game with 7.3 seconds left:
I told everybody don't worry about it, I told Gortat—he looked at me like 'Aww, man.' I told him, 'We have seven seconds, we'll find a way to win the game.' "
Aside from that game-clinching swish, Beal, with a little help from John Wall, who had 13 of his 17 points in the second half, was instrumental in keeping the Wizards close late in the fourth quarter. His driving dunk down the lane gave the Wizards their first lead since the first quarter, at 92-90. He also hit a tough fadeaway jumper over Leonard, and later stole the ball from Tony Parker, which lead to a Wall free throw.
But it's that rip-and-rise 3 which perfectly sums up the early-season performance and maturity of Beal. Wall trusted him to knock down the look, Beal lost Leonard on a screen, faked a drive, and certainly could have taken a dreaded long 2-pointer, but instead stepped back, lost LaMarcus Aldridge by doing so, and hit a shot which he said felt as in rhythm as any of the previous 21 shots he had taken during the game.
Marcin Gortat was charitable enough to offer himself up as the game's least valuable player, telling the media that his play in the Spurs game, and during this season so far, was "bad" and "awful." Not unlike his ability to stay out of foul trouble.
The reality is that Gortat is just missing easy shots he normally makes (always up there in FG% at the rim), and many of the fouls he's being whistled for are questionable at best. Even Coach Wittman said after the game that Gortat needs to shed his guard-like thinking and keep rolling to the basket, instead of taking outside jumpers. Gortat will be fine and his bad-and-awful play didn't sap momentum from the team. (Kris Humphries on the other hand….)
The Wizards jumped out to a 19-4 lead over the Spurs in the first five minutes of the game, because dribbling and forced shots were kept to a minimum—it was all ball movement, jumpers in rhythm, and each of the five starters turned down difficult looks for an easy, smart basketball play. The basket that gave the Wizards a 19-4 lead came via Humphries running the floor and Wall finding him on the break. The very next offensive possession, Humphries shot and missed a 27-foot 3-pointer and the Spurs scored on the other end. The next possession, Humphries shot and missed another 3-pointer, which led to a LaMarcus Aldridge dunk.
This not only wrecked the flow and continuity of the Wizards' offense, but it gave the previously reeling Spurs some confidence on both offense and defense. Humphries came out of the game after his two missed 3s, but, even after he'd taken a seat, the Wizards shot and missed 3-pointers in three out of the next five possessions, as they attempted to offset the Spurs run. From the time Humphries missed his two 3s to the 8:06 mark of the second quarter when he returned to the game and finally made a 3-point shot to cut the Spurs lead to five points, the Wizards were outscored 29-11.
As unfair as it sounds, his ill-advised shots changed the momentum of the first quarter, and the Wizards trailed the entire game until Wall and Beal warmed up in the fourth quarter. Humphries played just eight scoreless minutes in the second half, as his uneventful trip into Stretch 4 Land continues. Maybe he'll shoot better than 25 percent from 3 in the next one.
Drew Gooden and the aforementioned Kris Humphries were struggling mightily at the 4. The Wizards offense felt it, slowing down after a strong first half of the first quarter. And yet Jared Dudley, proven stretch man, had played just 1:40 of the first half.
Dudley entered the game when Coach Wittman seemed to be saving some of his starters (Wall, Gortat and Humphries) from picking up a cheap foul towards the end of the first 24 minutes. The extent of his first-half impact: one defensive rebound.
Dudley played the last three minutes of the third quarter and every minute in the fourth as a stretch 4, doing all the little things veterans are expected to do. He had three or four hockey assists, he made two out of the three shots the defense "gave him," and he had a timely steal against LaMarcus Aldridge late in the fourth quarter. But what kept him on the floor, and what Coach Wittman noticed and appreciated the most, was his defense against the Spurs frontcourt:
"I thought Jared coming in gave us a huge lift in the fourth quarter," Wittman said, post-game. "He's fronting, and he was on Aldridge, he was on Duncan, he was on all the big guys, but just battled them and didn't give them anything easy and really made some really great passes offensively."
That Game Was … Chock Full of Statements
After Saturday's loss to the Knicks, Bradley Beal mentioned the tough upcoming schedule the Wizards had (San Antonio, Boston, Atlanta, Oklahoma City) and how important it would be to shed bad habits fast. The Wizards are still prone to lapses and quick shots on offense, as well as poor switching and late closeouts on defense, but they came up with timely stops in the fourth quarter and beat a perennial playoff team with a great shot at another NBA title. But that was just one statement.
John Wall and Bradley Beal demonstrated the ability to dominate in stretches, even against a strong, Western Conference contender. Wall didn't have anything to give in the scoring department during the first half, but he had nine assists and he got his teammates involved. In the fourth quarter, he scored 13 points by getting into the lane, getting to the line, and even hitting a crucial 3-pointer above the break with 3:51 left in the fourth quarter.
Wall even drew high praise from the crotchety Gregg Popovich. "I thought he was brilliant. He got the ball to the right people at appropriate times, often. He was very consistent, he made big shots when he needed to, but the floor game was really excellent," Popovich said.
Bradley Beal scored at will against arguably the best defender in the NBA in Kawhi Leonard, and he's shown a knack for making important baskets in the fourth quarter—NOTE: Beal is averaging an NBA-best 10.3 points in the fourth quarter—and he continues to make the statement, with his play not his mouth, that when healthy, he deserves a max deal.
Again, it is very early in the season. The Wizards could easily blow the goodwill they've earned with this win, by losing to Boston and Atlanta. But for now, they're 3-1 after taking down the Spurs in a game where the points swung back and forth like a pendulum. That's what good (even great) teams do.
Three Things We Saw.
- After what had to be one of the toughest weeks of his life, with his friend Flip Saunders passing away, Coach Randy Wittman was back to his old self last night. Prior to the game, he praised Rasual Butler's work ethic and his ability to be resilient in the NBA, then joked about Butler having more gray hair than he did. When Kris Humphries continued to take and miss shots, Wittman groaned, threw his hands up and yelled at no one in particular. And after the game when he walked into the press room—which is under construction and smells like paint and other noxious chemicals—Wittman joked, "Man, you can get high in here." The fact that the Wizards played better defense, scratched at a 3:1 assist-to-turnover ratio (27 to 10) and beat a championship team only served to help his mood.
- Before the game, as Aldridge walked onto the court to warmup, he said to the trainer, "Man, we looking good, and we haven't even figured out who we are yet." That showed last night. There were possessions when it was clear that the Spurs are Kawhi Leonard's team, the way the swingman had the green light to break the offense to either drive or create space for midrange jumper. There were also offensive possessions when the ball would whip around the perimeter, land in Aldridge's hands and just stop. He'd pound the ball a few times and either shoot a tough shot or pass the ball back out, but the rhythm of the offense had already been disrupted. David West made two key strips on Nenê but he was a non-factor on offense, as was Tim Duncan, save for a few late game baskets. The Spurs will figure it out—they always do, because they have the NBA equivalent of Bill Belichick as their head coach in Popovich. But right now, they are in a perpetual state of adjusting as Tim Duncan succinctly put after the game: "It's about learning each other and learning what works and what doesn't work. It's a learning process. Our team has changed, our philosophy has changed and it's about learning what works."
- Bradley Beal clearly carried the Wizards offensively. But Otto Porter, quietly, had an efficient offensive outing, particularly in the first half. When the open shots were there, he made them. He ran the floor with Wall or Sessions. And when the rest of the Wizards were floundering and struggling to find any semblance of offensive rhythm, it was Porter who kept them afloat. He's not flashy like Pierce or dominant on defense like Ariza, but he's effective. He even collects rent from time to time:
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There can be nothing more unsettling and frustrating than a rodent infestation in your home. This is specially true when you work from home. You don't want to have a client visit and see your tiny visitors. They can be creepy, appear at the least opportune times in your house and can even spread diseases like the plague and salmonellosis. Once you realize you have a rodent infestation, your number one priority should be getting rid of it.
However, while you may want to get rid of mice, rats and other rodents from your home, you may want to do it in a way that has no impact on the environment. Thankfully, there are green strategies for evicting rodents from you house. Below are four tips to try out.
Seal Holes in Your House
Rodents don't appear in a house through magic. They need an entrance way to gain a foothold. Typically, these are holes, gaps and cracks they can squeeze through. Inspect your home for potential rodent entryways and plug them up. Places especially vulnerable to rodents include holes and gaps on or near crawl spaces, vent fans, the foundation, the roof, wiring, pipes, doors and windows.
Natural Deterrents
Like many creatures, certain natural substance can be used as a deterrent for rodents. Unlike harmful chemicals, these are natural substances that have no negative effect on the environment. Some of these items can even be found in your home. This includes cayenne pepper, hot sauce, peppermint, cloves, garlic and apple cider vinegar. Chop these items up or add them to sprays to use around the outside of your house and near likely rodent entryways.
Professional Services
Despite your best efforts, eliminating the rodent infestation on your own may simply be too much to handle. At this point, you should consider bringing in professionals to do the job. However, not every exterminator uses chemicals that are harmful to the environment as well as other living organisms. What you should seek out is an ecological pest management service that eliminates pests through eco-friendly means. This also means it is safer for your pets and children, which can become a concern to some.
A Cat
There's nothing more natural than the concept of predator and prey in the wild. If you want another green option for getting rid of a rodent infestation, consider visiting the local animal shelter to get a cat. While the idea may make you a bit squeamish, cats can be very effective at quickly terminating a rodent infestation in a house or any building for that matter.
A house infested by mice, rats or other rodents can be very unpleasant to live in. It can even be dangerous for your family's health. Thankfully, you don't have to use harmful chemicals to remove rodents and other pests. There are eco-friendly solutions such as those listed above.


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Our focus of person-centred care encompasses every aspect of St Judes, including rooms and accommodation too. Special attention has been given to providing good sized rooms which are both light and airy. Wet rooms also feature, along with balconies overlooking the garden. The hair and beauty salon is located on the ground floor, and we have a residents shop with an array of everyday items and gifts for those residents who may not wish to join with one of our shopping trips out.


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Black British Presence Will Share Spotlight at Academy Awards
The 2014 Academy Awards will be broadcast Sunday, and one of the world's most-watched television shows also will feature a strong black British presence in American films.
"12 Years a Slave" was directed by Steven McQueen, a black British director. Black British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, plays the lead character in the film, which has been nominated for nine Oscars.
McQueen has been nominated for best director. Ejiofor has been nominated for best actor and "12 Years a Slave" has been nominated for best picture.Details


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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump is considering spending his last nights as a private citizen ensconced in his new Washington hotel, rather than at Blair House as many of his predecessors have, according to people briefed on the planning.
The plans, which aides cautioned are not final, would represent a break from protocol for an incoming president, though are in keeping with Mr. Trump's approach to the role so far.
Not since Jimmy Carter took up residence in Blair House in December 1976 has a president-elect stayed anywhere but the sprawling compound, known as "the president's guesthouse," in the final days before taking the oath of office.
But neither has an incoming president owned a luxury hotel just blocks from the White House that bears his name and sits along the Pennsylvania Avenue inaugural parade route.
Should he stay there, at the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., Mr. Trump would be joined by members of his family, a small group of aides and his most generous financial supporters, those familiar with the discussions said. They requested anonymity because the plans are not yet complete.
Exactly what Mr. Trump's accommodations there would look like is less clear. The hotel's largest suite, known as the Trump Townhouse, is a 6,300-square-foot duplex with a private entrance.
Before the election, the suite was being offered as part of a five-night inaugural package for $500,000. It was not clear if the package ever sold. A hotel staff member said Friday that the entire property was "fully committed" for inauguration week.
Mr. Trump has made his properties the backdrop for his transition, inviting a parade of job applicants and advisers to Trump Tower in Manhattan and decamping on weekends to his golf course in Bedminster, N.J., or his private Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago.
Opened in the weeks before Election Day, the Trump hotel, which occupies the government-owned Old Post Office building, was a frequent pit stop during the campaign, where Mr. Trump would hold news conferences that often turned into promotion of the property.
But an inaugural eve stay would likely bring another order of attention — from the media, supporters and, potentially, protesters. The site has already become popular with Republican groups and visiting dignitaries, and a point of discussion among Democrats who say such bookings present a conflict of interest.
A stay there would offer another sign that Mr. Trump, a first-time politician who campaigned as a political outsider, has little concern for the protocols that have come to accompany the modern presidency.
Mr. Trump, for example, is widely expected to spend a significant amount of time at Trump Tower in Manhattan as president. His wife, Melania, and youngest son, Barron, will remain there after the inauguration until the end of the school year.
Since Mr. Carter spent more than a month on and off in Blair House in the winter of 1976-77, Republicans and Democrats alike have followed his example, though often for much shorter stays. George Bush, when he was vice president, stayed there for two days. The complex has 14 bedrooms and 35 bathrooms spread across 70,000 square feet.
In 2009, the Obamas requested an early Blair House move-in date so their daughters could begin the school year in Washington, but ended up staying at the nearby Hay-Adams Hotel until Jan. 15 because the departing Bush administration said the property was not yet available.
An inauguration morning ritual has taken shape in recent decades: a private breakfast for family and friends at Blair House, a religious service at one of the nearby churches, and a private meeting with the departing president at the White House before the inauguration ceremony.
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Technology has squarely taken over our lives. It has made our everyday chores much easier and shortened the distance between loved ones. Technology has made the world a much smaller place and it happens more and more frequently that "The One" is not someone from your home two or even country. So what do you do if your Prince Charming is an Aussie and your 'happily ever after' is in Australia?
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First off you must be legally married to your Aussie partner before you are able to apply for a partner visa. Or you should at least provided evidence that you guys are in for the long haul. Mail addressed to you delivered at his home in Australia, share contracts and utility bills, people that will testify to the legitimacy of your relationship and so on.
You and your partner will also be expected to prove that he can take care of all your needs financially including medical care and other normal living expenses. If you were married in a country other than Australia and that marriage is valid in that country, generally, it will be recognized as valid under Australian law.
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Two personnel from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) of Region 8—Dir. Pharida Q. Aurelia and Dir. Ariel M. Javier, both holding a Director II position—conducted on October 15-16, 2015 another on-line assessment of VSU under the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM).
Both assessors scrutinized the documents stored at the CSC Accreditation Room of the Office of the Director for Administration and Human Resource Development under Dr. Lourdes B. Cano. They also had some on-the-spot visits to other units of the University and conducted ambush interviews with the personnel. As expected, they also conducted post-audit on some VSU initiatives in compliance to CSC rules and regulations especially in the implementation of the PRIME-HRM.
The results of their assessment will be sent to VSU once they finished consolidating their reports. Jesus Freddy M. Baldos


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Instocktrades has good prices on them as well, and their shipping is free over $50. Takes it a bit longer to get to you with the free shipping, but still.AndyFish wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:56 amI love those Omnibus Editions, it's a shame the sticker price has climbed so high (suggested retail is $125 per volume). Of course Amazon and CheapGraphicnovels.com have it for about half-- but that's still a LOT of money. But it's amazing to have these out there.
Someday I'll actually read all of the ones I have.


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The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West… The two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides.
Democracy and markets are both fundamental building blocks for a decent society. But they clash at a fundamental level. We need to balance them.ha-joon chang
Man, the period of whose life is one hundred years, should practise Dharma , Artha, and Kama at different times and in such a manner that they may harmonize, and not clash in any way. He should acquire learning in his childhood; in his youth and middle age he should attend to Artha and Kama, and in his old age he should perform Dharma, and thus seek to gain Moksha , that is, release from further transmigration.
Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of corruption are visible at the same time.pierre stephen robert payne
A clash of civilizations driven by the failure of Islamic/Arab culture (though I would stress the problem of the Islamic commandment to jihad more than he does). I think he [Steven den Beste] is also right to say that our long-term objective must be to break, crush and eventually destroy this culture, because we can't live on the same planet with people who both carry those memes and have access to weapons of mass destruction. They will hate us and seek to destroy us not for what we've done but for what we are.eric s. raymond
I do believe that there will be a clash between East and West. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom , justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think that it will be based upon the color of the skin….malcolm (malcolm little) x
Constructions of a-rhythmical forms, the clash between concrete and abstract forms… …The acute angle is passionate and dynamic, expressing will and a penetrating force.carlo carrà
I love irony in pictures. There's one photograph from Vietnam by Philip Jones Griffiths that shows a very large GI having his pocket picked by a tiny Vietnamese woman. It told the whole story of the clash of two cultures and how the invader could never win.john pilger
Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.Matthew Arnold
This is not a clash between civilisations. It is a clash about civilisation.tony blair
Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress.paul karl feyerabend
Many "educated citizens" take it for granted that reality is what scientists say it is and that other opinions may be recorded, but need not be taken seriously. But science offers not one story, it offers many; the stories clash and their relation to a story-independent "reality" is as problematic as the relation of the Homeric epics to an alleged "Homeric world."paul karl feyerabend
Hollywood movies of the Fifties, like The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur , with their epic clash of pagan and Judeo-Christian cultures, tell more about art and society than the French-infatuated ideologues who have made a travesty of the "best" American higher criticism.camille paglia
Will there never come a season Which shall rid us from the curse? Of a prose which knows no reason And an unmelodious verse: When the world shall cease to wonder At the genius of an Ass, And a boy's eccentric blunder Shall not bring success to pass: When mankind shall be delivered From the clash of magazines, And the inkstand shall be shivered Into countless smithereens: When there stands a muzzled stripling, Mute, beside a muzzled bore: When the Rudyards cease from Kipling And the Haggards Ride no more.james kenneth stephen
It has been said that science is opposed to, and in conflict with revelation. But the history of the former shows that the greater its progress, and the more accurate its investigations and results, the more plainly it is seen not only not to clash with the latter, but in all things to confirm it. The very sciences from which objections have been brought against religion have, by their own progress, removed those objections, and in the end furnished full confirmation of the inspired Word of God."
The debate over cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad is often framed as a clash between free speech and religious attitudes. But it is just as much a clash between conflicting religious attitudes, and the freedom at stake is not only freedom of expression but freedom of religion. For while Luther was surely engaging in offensive speech, he was also exercising a right of freedom of conscience, which included the right to dissent from Catholic orthodoxy.
Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner.leigh hunt
The move towards "demythologization," for example, is largely motivated by the wish to avoid any clash between Christianity and scientific ideas. If such a clash occurs, then science is certainly right and Christianity wrong. Pursue this investigation further and you will see that science has now become as oppressive as the ideologies it had once to fight.
Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress.
Does the evolutionary doctrine clash with religious faith? It does not. It is a blunder to mistake the Holy Scriptures for elementary textbooks of astronomy, geology, biology, and anthropology.
The point is that, like Richard Hell says, rock 'n' roll is an arena in which you recreate yourself, and all this blathering about authenticity is just a bunch of crap. The clash are authentic because their music carries such brutal conviction, not because they're Noble Savages.lester bangs
The clash are the kind of garage band who should be returned to the garage immediately, preferably with the engine running, which would undoubtedly be more of a loss to their friends and families than to either rock or roll.Their guitarist on the extreme left, allegedly known as Joe Strummer, has good moves but he and the band are a little shaky on ground that involves starting, stopping and changing chords at approximately the same time."joe strummer
The point is that, like Richard Hell says, rock 'n' roll is an arena in which you recreate yourself, and all this blathering about authenticity is just a bunch of crap. The clash are authentic because their music carries such brutal conviction, not because they're Noble Savages.
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The pizzeria will take up 800 square feet in a food stall at the south end of the market, near Jeni's Ice Cream and Ticonderoga Club.
The new location will offer build-your-own pizzas along with a selection of Varuni favorites such as the Bastardo and Oro Bianco.
The menu will also feature a dish exclusive to the Krog location: the Krog Street Market Special, a fried "calzone-like" offering stuffed with mozzarella, pepperoni, mushrooms, 'nduja and Pecorino Romano.
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Nothing at all in life is static; our bodies, psyches, relationships and instances are subject to frequent improve urgent prayer request. Nevertheless without the need of intentional operate in new instructions, we're very likely to search out that our new interior and outer varieties replicate present designs. "I don't forget the working day I very first recognized I'd married my father," one client instructed me ruefully. Because her father were sadistic and abusive, it absolutely was an extremely unhappy day. Yet it also galvanized her healing method, aiding her deal with the intentions and prayers she required to use so that you can remodel her existence.
Location a clear intention would be the starting point in bringing about any desired alter, regardless of whether physical or non-physical. Requesting aid from larger sized resources – a observe ordinarily named "prayer" – is a method of exponentially escalating our ability to result in that improve. (If you do not resonate using the phrase "prayer," be happy to substitute your personal phrase for requesting the assistance within your larger sized self or guides.) Collectively, intention and prayer absolutely are a super-technology, a powerfully productive force for change, healing and transformation.
"Intention" is definitely the course of action by which we purposefully internally orient ourselves inside a provided course. For example, once we enter into our cars and trucks within the early morning to travel to operate, our intention to generate to work plays a tremendous aspect inside our finding there. If we received into our cars and trucks without any individual intention, we'd not go wherever in the least – or we'd uncover ourselves randomly driving until finally we ran out of fuel. Many of us do particularly this inside our lives!
Setting an intention allows us use our personalized electrical power much more successfully. Still regardless of how effective we've been, no individual can, on her have, elevate a ton, scale a sheer cliff-face, or change drinking water into wine. That is where by our guides' help comes in.
Our inner lecturers are often ready to support us – due to the fact they can be us, on an additional level of being. Having said that, their ability that can help is limited by their respect for our totally free will. Therefore until we specifically ask for and open up ourselves to their assistance, they may most often stand back, seeing us compassionately, although not interfering. Prayer is usually a way of consciously requesting their assistance, signaling that we have been open to their support.
Several of us are stubborn, very pleased do-it-yourselfers. (I realize one thing about that; relatives lore has it that the very first two phrases I uttered ended up "Let Ruthie do it" and "Let me do it by my self.") Having said that, there's no fantastic cause for us to refuse the help of upper forces, and no religious merit that accrues to us from undertaking so. We do not gain from creating factors more difficult for ourselves, anymore than the usual human being dragging significant objects round her back property would gain from refusing to use a brand-new wheelbarrow. In reality, operating with intention gives us access to the non-physical equivalent of that wheelbarrow, while prayer can phone to our sides an invisible group of winged horses. Should you stop and pay attention, you could nearly have the capacity to hear them now, snorting, pawing and neighing just exterior your door…
Intending and praying presents us access to remarkable energy. But the electricity we set into our intentions and prayers is quite crucial in analyzing if they can manifest. If, for illustration, we intend and pray out of a spot of panic and despair, or try to manage or manipulate ourselves, other individuals or our life, we're doing work towards our possess strength – like looking to drag a wheelbarrow uphill through the completely wrong conclude. Once we pray and intend from a deep practical experience of connection, we have been applying these energy applications as outlined by their design and style, producing them a great deal more efficient. Hence, we occasionally really need to start out our perform by intending and praying for a larger feeling of relationship to ourselves, our life and our guides. Which will provide for a strong basis for all other intentions and prayers. Here are some additional recommendations for using this internal technologies effectively.
Tips for Effective Usage of Intention and Prayer
one. Your intentions and prayers has to be consonant with the bigger self, and with the success of the interior structure.
2. Your intentions and prayers has to be as unique as feasible in essence, however as adaptable as you can in kind. They have to target the essence of what is primary to you personally, relatively than on precise means of achieving it. For illustration, it will probably be more effective to pray, "Please aid me bring in, acquire and truly feel far more love in my existence," rather than, "Please make so-and-so really like me."
three. You need to give your intentions and prayers concentrated everyday focus. Consider about the other stuff you do every day – as an example, possibly you make coffee each individual early morning, or placed on clean dresses. Just isn't whichever you will be intending no less than as essential as people actions?
4. Your intentions and prayers ought to continue being dynamic – i.e., they must accept and emerge from what you are feeling within the instant, somewhat than getting to be static or rote.
5. Your intentions and prayers must address your desires from various angles: e.g., "Please assist me to bring in and encounter far more of X in my lifestyle," and "Please support be develop into inclined and capable of dissolve my blocks to obtaining much more of X in my life," and "Please enable me acknowledge and respect all of the ways and destinations I currently have X in my existence," and "Please assistance me heal what ever interior factors protect against me from attracting, receiving or retaining X in my everyday living."
six. When you work with all your intentions and prayers, it really is crucial that you invite consciousness of most of the elements of oneself which aren't currently in agreement with people intentions, and consciously operate (and intend and pray) to mend or change those areas of your self.
seven. Once you totally affirm your determination to getting listed here in the world, right now, within this human body, with this lifestyle, you turbo-charge your intentions. Around the other hand, when you have not fully reported Yes to lifetime, your wheelbarrow can have a flat tire along with the wings in your winged horses might be clipped.
8. Self-criticism or simply a severe interior environment also nullifies the influence of your intentions and prayers. You can find an inherent contradiction in inquiring the universe for guidance, when disparaging fairly than supporting yourself. If you find oneself within this bind, only make your self-criticism alone a focus within your work with intention and prayer. As an example:
"Please support me change my pattern of inside harshness. Help me cultivate an inner atmosphere of gentleness and regard. Assistance me launch no matter what retains me in the contraction of self criticism. Enable me see myself with eyes of compassion. Assistance me to love myself how the compassionate universe loves me."
"I come to a decision, motivation, want and intend to turn into capable to keep, view and tackle myself with adore, gentleness and compassion. I select and judge to launch the harsh energies I'm presently carrying. I ask for the help of my guides in releasing these energies and cultivating a loving, supportive atmosphere all through my interior currently being."
There are numerous various ways to wish; every carries its personal individual energy, and provides its possess style of drugs. You might find that 1 type resonates a lot more along with you at a selected time period as part of your everyday living, or when you're working that has a particular concern; at another level, even a number of minutes afterwards, a unique type may well feel far more medicinal. You'll be able to expertise different energies of each model simply by attempting them out.
Considering the fact that prayer can be a dynamic discussion, there exists no "right" or "wrong" solution to get it done. You may decide on which type of dialogue to engage in, just as you select just how you talk together with your human close friends. Your guides will never judge you, and they're prepared to enable it doesn't matter what. But some communication types might truly feel much more powerful and opening for you personally inside a specified instant than many others.
With the sake of this illustration, let's think about that you are asking your guides to help you embrace the truth the locus of electric power lies inside you, and suppose a posture of total self-responsibility. Here are some methods you might pray:
Declaration: I come to a decision, I choose, I declare my willingness and readiness, I affirm my system and intention, to take on total and entire self-responsibility. I consciously and deliberately harness and use the unseen forces to assist me…
Blessing: May possibly I grow to be an increasing number of capable to be entirely self-responsible. May possibly all the powers of your universe guide me in making this variation, as well as in opening the many levels of my being to this variation…
Request: You should help me turn into able to grow to be thoroughly self-responsible. Remember to enable me to open every one of the levels of my becoming to this variation; enable me to recover and launch what needs to be healed and released…
Affirmation: I'm getting increasingly more fully self-responsible. I feeling and really feel and affirm my very own ability for making this variation, and accept the assistance I am receiving from greater forces in readying me to generate this alteration…
Assuming that you choose to have aligned your interior currently being with your prayer inside the techniques now described, all prayer types are similarly efficient. "Requesting" is one of my favored strategies, because it retains me connected to the act of requesting help, but "declaring" makes it possible for me to accept the essential part of my very own agency and can. The "Blessing" style incorporates a lovely, gentle feel to it, and the "Affirmation" type will work nicely after i need to galvanize myself into interior improve.
Individually, I've located that commencing the day with prayer is usually a fantastic method to set my inner compass. Once we awaken each individual morning, there's a small window of time by which we've been nonetheless close to the ability from the desire entire world and all of its guidance; praying presently of day would seem to affect me much more deeply than at other occasions of working day. Here is a early morning prayer I like to use.
Every day Prayer
I request assist in embracing at the present time, and remaining near to myself and my maximum intentions throughout each and every moment of the working day. I request help in appreciating my physique, my beating heart, my respiratory lungs, my seeing eyes, my listening to ears, my working limbs. If any elements of my body aren't performing properly, I request assist in respecting their constraints, and managing them and myself with tenderness and compassion. I also ask and intend to honor and rejoice the entire areas of my overall body which are functioning nicely, letting myself to recollect and keep shut the intricate workings of my cells, bones, muscles and organs, the beauty and complexity in the ways in which they are both supporting me, and supported by me, in each individual second.
I also question the community of working areas in my actual physical form aid me recall, rejoice and enjoy the more substantial communities of which I'm an element – the communities of my residence, loved ones, circle of friends, city, city, ethnic team, species, country, planet, or another communities to which I could be linked. Despite the fact that every of these communities has its frailties and imperfections, just as my physique does, I request help in viewing their attractiveness and power as clearly as I see people aspects wanting healing or progress; I request the vision that may help me to truly feel pleasure and wholeness inside of myself, within my physique, and within the globe, whilst I am aware which i and all other areas of my world are constantly altering and evolving, and becoming supported to evolve.
If I sit or stand or stroll outside, I ask for assist in currently being existing to your elegance in the earth, opening my senses to each of the existence sorts and consciousness all over me. If you can find birds inside the sky or even the trees, I intend to acknowledge them, to greet and salute them within their critical nature – inside their existence form and that is so unique from my very own, and but, at its core, so identical. I pray this recognition of both equally our change and our similarity fill me with appreciation and tenderness. If you can find squirrels managing throughout the grass or during the trees, I ask for assist in actually having in marvel of those creatures, too. If I are living with or come across cats or canines, may I also salute these creatures who've picked out to transition from wildness to what we get in touch with "domestication," to make sure that they will are living much more closely with us, and train and comfort and recover us, and exchange with us.
When i see trees, may perhaps I don't forget that these superb life-forms are consistently encouraging me by manufacturing the oxygen I need to breathe; I affirm my intent to thank them, appreciating their assistance.
When i consume water, I ask for help in remembering the wonder of that water – wherever it's got come from, how it has traveled to me, and how it nourishes and hydrates my tissues and cells, enters my body to rejoin the waters presently dwelling within me, purifying and cleansing me. I also thank my mouth, my lips, my tongue, my throat, and every one of the internal chambers and filters and organs of my overall body, grateful for his or her means to welcome this drinking water, to receive and make use of it for their very own superior and for mine.
Once i consume, I thank the earth and each individual, recognized or not known, as a result of whose labor this foodstuff has arrive at me. I thank my nose, my mouth, my teeth, my style buds, my belly and all my organs of digestion and elimination for their part in supporting this food items enter me, nourish me, and leave me as section of the purely natural cycle of lifetime. I declare my intention to generate honorable use of the daily life pressure which is amplified in me through this food items. May I return this energy into the earth while in the form of appreciate.
I request assist in acknowledging, remembering and recognizing the humanity of each particular person with whom I interact these days, even briefly: the man or girl in the fuel station, the food market, the guy passengers over the bus or teach, the folks with whom I share a family or setting up or neighborhood or workplace, and those with whom I converse about the cellphone or exchange e-mails or text messages. In all of my small encounters with strangers, may perhaps I recognize the total humanity of each and every person; may possibly I keep in mind that every individual was at the time a little, helpless newborn, who may well or may not are actually adequately welcomed to the planet, who may well or may possibly not have received the many care he or she desired. I request help in silently sending compassion to her coronary heart or his, to what ever wounds may perhaps keep on being there.
As well as in all of my encounters with men and women I am aware, friends, household members, partner, small children, co-workers or many others, I ask for a similar. May possibly I be assisted to discover the necessary beauty of each man or woman. Could I remember that at the core, just about every of us shares the same requirements. May well I allow my very own humanness to radiate from me, in order that other folks may possibly far more effortlessly see my essential magnificence, too.
And after i use the rest room, I request help in seeking from the mirror and greeting the person I see there as being a friend. If I'm tempted at any level throughout the working day to criticize myself, I check with that life shower me with really like, and aid me remember that enjoy is with me in the slightest degree occasions, in all places, in all ways. May possibly the memory, the information, the visceral consciousness of that love, arrive at me and soften me, move me and assistance me to release the harshness I have been keeping against myself.
If I'm tempted to criticize someone else nowadays, or obtain myself carrying out so, I inquire that that very same like hold me just as palpably, comforting and nourishing me. Might it remind me of that area inside of me through which all is right using the world; could it assistance me to melt, to relax to the working experience of currently being held, and also to relinquish the sharp edge I have been keeping in opposition to another.
I ask for assist in remembering my intention to care the two for myself and for other individuals, to love myself just as much as I really like other people in my greatest moments, and also to really like other folks just as much as I love myself in my greatest moments; and to permit this like that flows from me and also to me to hold me just like a stream, through my working day.
If, these days, I've a difficult point to convey to another person, I inquire that this stream of affection aid me to remain mindful and present in my own vulnerable humanity as I speak, which it preserve me able to sense and admit and touch the vulnerable humanity on the other. Might I discuss required truths with clarity and kindness.
And when i come up with a oversight, I request assist in acknowledging it forthrightly and quickly even though also remembering my vulnerable humanness. I affirm that each one human beings make issues, that i am allowed to help make a miscalculation, and that despite having all of my errors, I am even now held inside the loving stream of my larger self.
I request assist in currently being a beacon of light right now, a light-weight that radiates similarly outward, toward all people and almost everything I experience outdoors of myself, and inward, towards every single element and aspect of my own currently being. May perhaps I truly feel the enjoy that is definitely inside of me and all around me. May I do know myself as element of that like, component of the human body that appreciate inhabits during this world.


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We have a strong focus on helping you to access the skills and knowledge you need to travel safely in the mountains, and this is reflected in the program:
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Enriching indicators with Shodan
ThreatConnect developed the Playbooks capability to help analysts automate time consuming and repetitive tasks so they can focus on what is most important. And in many cases, to ensure the analysis process can occur consistently and in real time, without human intervention.
Why Was the Playbook Created?
A customer requested a way to enrich indicators via Shodan (a search engine that lets the user find specific types of computers connected to the internet using a variety of filters) in order to make more informed decisions. Additionally, they wanted to send their own infrastructure indicators to Shodan to help determine if there was a security concern that needed to be addressed.
This Playbook is designed to help solve a lack of understanding about a particular indicator as well as help to determine whether corporate infrastructure may be exposed to would-be adversaries.
By automating the use of Shodan, an analyst no longer has to open a new browser tab, log into Shodan, conduct a manual search of the indicator and then copy and paste the results back into ThreatConnect. This not only frees the analyst up for more important tasks, but ensures consistency in the analysis process and enables further actions to be taken based upon consistently formatted results. The playbook automates:
- The querying of Shodan for information about an indicator.
- The parsing of relevant information from the Shodan response.
- The saving of relevant enrichment information inside ThreatConnect.
- Displaying of the results to the user for real-time feedback.
How it Works:
- When the playbook is triggered, the indicator is sent to the playbook for processing.
- The HTTP Client is used to query the Shodan API for information about the indicator.
- Next, the JSON Parser app is used to parse the response from the Shodan API for Operating System information, open ports, and any known Hostnames associated with the indicator.
- Sometimes, the data type of an output variable needs to be changed before it can be utilized in another application. Next, we use the Join Array app to convert StringArrays into Strings in order to be added as an attribute in a later step.
- Sometimes there is no Operating System information available in Shodan, so I used the Set Variable app to go ahead and handle the possibility of no Operating System info.
- All of the information gathered is then stored as an Attribute called "Shodan Enrichment Results" associated to the indicator that was sent.
- Depending on what information was returned by Shodan, a combination of Set Variable apps and Merge operators are used to ensure a valid response is returned to the analyst and saved as an attribute..
- Finally, we save the parsed results as an indicator attribute in ThreatConnect and display the results to the user for immediate feedback.
It's important to note that we did not write a single line of code to build this playbook with Shodan and relied entirely on utility apps provided in ThreatConnect playbooks to "build the integration". This showcases the power and extensibility of ThreatConnect as a true Platform. If an integration doesn't exist, you can easily create one using the built-in capabilities of ThreatConnect Playbooks.
How to Build It:
- Templates are found in the Templates section of the Playbooks dashboard. Import the Shodan Enrichment template to get started..
- Enter the requested variable information during the import step to speed up configuration.
- Review the configuration of the trigger and apps to ensure they are accurate for your organization.
- Activate the Playbook.
- If using the default User Action trigger you can trigger the Playbook by pressing the "Get Shodan Enrichment" user action on a ThreatConnect indicator detail page.
Read the rest of the Playbooks blog series:
Playbook Fridays: How to Build a Playbook in ThreatConnect


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