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Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:38:27
From: Tarakanath
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Subject: How To Deal With Day to Day Issues
This entire email is composed of 3 parts:
(1) Prabhat Samgiita #2288;
(2) Posting: How To Deal With Day to Day Issues
(3) Trailer Quote: Impossible For People to Accept It
Each section is demarcated by asterisks (***).
**** Here begins the Prabhat Samgiita ****
"Toma'ke ka'che peyeo cena' da'y…" (PS 2288)
O' Parama Purusa, O' my Dearmost, You are mine – You are very close to me. Baba, often I think that I have understood You completely; but when I contemplate more deeply I realise that I know not. To understand You fully, the unit mind must lose its individual identity. As long as one is cognizant of their own unit existence, then You cannot be realised. So, in spite of having You very close, it is still not possible for me to fully realise You. O' Divine Entity, You are my very intimate and closest One: You smile softly and say You love me. Yet when I long for You and yearn to have You in a more intimate way, You are not coming that close. Then I think that I do not properly understand Your mind – Your desire. Otherwise surely You would come deep into the depths of my heart. Alas I do not know how to satisfy You completely.
O' my Lord, just when I think I have completely understood You, and just when I think I have truly come to know You, i.e. Your ways and Your inner plans, then with Your divine liila You shower even more of Your divine love and I become restless to get You more and more close. Baba, I feel so much love for You in my heart that my eyes constantly rain and shower tears when I think of You. It is Your grace.
O' Parama Purusa, due to Your infinite compassion I have understood that only You are the Essence. You alone are the Cosmic Nucleus of this vast universe. By Your grace I have forgotten all those transitory expressions. I no longer run after the ephemeral things of this mundane world. Baba, I have accepted the greatness of Your divine liila. I understand that Your liila cannot be understood. [1] Now I only think and sing: "O' Lord, please forgive me for my lapses, wrongdoing and negative deeds. Please shower Your causeless grace on me."
Baba, You can only be attained through surrender and love. O' Lord please grace me; please fill me with Your divine compassion…
[1] "Toma'r liila'y ha'r ma'niya'chi": This phrase from the third stanza of the above Prabhat Samgiita is neatly represented by these below teachings.
"Surrender yourself to His will. Shake off your load of self-conceit. Lighten the burden of your life and float yourself on the waves of His will. It is He who is teaching you the sa'dhana' in the guise of a Guru (preceptor); it is He who is strengthening your knowledge and faith in the guise of a philosopher. You are plundering His mercy in everything day and night. Go on working as a machine, leaving the doership to Him. How little can your poor intellect comprehend or analyse His unfathomable sport (liila')! So, instead of trying to comprehend or analyse keep the bearing of that inscrutable juggler aglow before your eyes." (Ananda Marga Ideology and Way of Life – 4)
"Parama Puruśa is beyond the scope of relativity. Why is He making the world dance? Why has He made Paramarasa-Samudra? The answer to this cannot be known in the world of causality. Why Paramátmá has done something has no answer because He is beyond the scope of causality. Hence that which is non-causal, that which is beyond the scope of causality is Liilá. Whatever Paramátmá does is Liilá, but what Jiiva does is Kriidá. The wise will do Kriidá in such a way as to adjust their waves with the waves of Liilá. They will not try to know why Liilámaya has done an action. They will simply try to know Liilámaya Himself. If you cannot know the cause of a trifling thing like dancing, how can you know the cause of the action of Liilámaya? Jiiva has a very small brain and a very small cranium. It is not possible for it to know the action of Liilámaya. Suppose someone is an MA in 20 subjects. If he or she is asked suddenly to appear in the MA examination, he will not pass – he will have to read again, then he will have to appear. This proves that the Jiiva fails even to succeed in its own Kriidá. So how can it understand the cause of the Liilá of Liilámaya? It cannot. The best approach is to love Him, is to join His party. If there is true love the Master Magician will certainly make you understand everything because the more the members of His party know, the more convenient it is for Him." (Subhasita Samgraha – 19, Parama Puruśa)
Emotion plays a huge part in our human life. Without emotion, human beings do not take action, no matter how much knowledge they have.
For instance, some mothers may have all the facts and figures about the dangers of war, but will not actively protest against it until their own son is drafted into the army. Propelled by that emotional feeling, they will engage in all kinds of activities in order to stop the war.
Likewise, some people may be fully aware of the harmful effects of a meat-based diet, but will not give up meat until his doctor warns them about their high cholesterol levels and risk of a heart attack. Motivated by that emotional link that is their own life is at stake, then they quickly give up eating meat.
If you take a moment to think, I am sure you can come up with many examples where you have seen how people had adequate knowledge but did not act until they developed an emotional link with a particular issue or practice.
So emotion has a huge impact in our human activity. And that emotion can drive us in diametrically opposite directions.
Blind emotion will hasten one into all kinds of degrading vices and harmful dogmas; whereas emotion supported by rationality will thrust one forward onto the path of dharma.
There are so many present-day examples of how emotion shapes human activity: Everything from environmental disasters to taking tantric initiation, and in numerous other instances. In all such circumstances, emotion plays a critical role.
As Ananda Margiis, we should be pointedly aware of this, both in analysing our own actions and in understanding those of others.
AND THE ENVIRONMENT (Part 1)
In real life events, people are swayed or apathetic due to their emotional attachment to the topic. That covers up their sense of rationality.
For example, some people have knowledge about so many atrocities on this earth. Years ago in the Vietnam war, American forces used "agent orange" or dioxin as a means of chemical warfare. Some reports estimate 19 million gallons was airdropped. Decades later still innocent Vietnamese families are suffering the effects of those past misdeeds, and the land became barren and devastated – some of it restricted. See the images for yourself on-line: Babies are born with two heads and no legs, the landscape has been permanently damaged- indeed thousands and thousands of gruesome tales can be told about the ill-effects of agent orange.
Yet the American public is mostly unmoved. Some or more have the knowledge that this was going on, but they are not emotionally attached with those events. Hence those tragedies remain mostly ignored. Those sufferers needed medical attention but the US government did not even consider that any injustice was done. So there was no question of compensation – neither in the form of medical care nor money.
A similar scene is unfolding today with regards to the drone attacks. US forces have killed thousands of innocent citizens and youths throughout Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, & Afghanistan – and other places – yet the general American populace is mostly unaffected by such events. But when a few innocent teenagers in the US are killed due to gang violence it becomes national news and there are protests in cities across the country. Both cases are tragedies – the killings innocent youths by drone attacks and the murdering of teenagers – but the first is mostly overlooked while the second is mourned by many.
AND THE ENVIRONMENT (Part 2)
Below are more examples of how emotion gets misused in society – it becomes a blind force that allows people to both unleash terror and overlook horror.
It should be noted that, there are positive ways that emotion is used and that will be outlined further down in this letter.
1. At present, terrorists groups rely on blind emotion to recruit youths and sympathetic supporters to commit all sorts of crimes like car bombings, machine gun attacks, and other heinous crimes. Those youths lose their rationality and are just stirred up into an emotional fervor wherein they will do anything, fully blinded by their emotions.
2. In the west, bound by their blind emotion, some people spend huge money on their pets and will even kiss their cat or dog; they talk and share their feelings with their dog. They are extremely emotionally attached. Yet they will overlook the cries of starving humanity. Devoid of any rational approach, some can overlook the pain of a suffering child or fallen man, but they will give their wholehearted love and attention to their cat.
3. Similarly, some people will watch after their pets with extreme care yet when it comes time to sit down for dinner, they will cut into a steak (slaughtered cow) without any hesitation. Their lack of rationality and emotional attachment allows them to indulge in such duplicitous behaviour.
4. In our Ananda Marga, there are various ways in which emotion blinds people – especially in the case of our present group clashes. A few get attached with a particular group or leader and then justify all the misdeeds of that group.
Thus, emotion by itself is a blind force and is bound to lead humanity down the wrong road. When emotion is moving in haphazard way – i.e. devoid of rationality – then so many degrading and dogmatic things will occur.
Ananda Marga philosophy states, '"When it [the mind] moves haphazardly, swept away by whim, it is called "emotion"." (1)
Whereas when emotion is supported by rationality then great works can be done.
Emotion can also be used in a positive manner when in coordination with rationality.
When a person thinks, "I should do something – I should follow dharma", and when this is done with their emotional force, then good things happen.
For instance, many have entered Ananda Marga and taken diiksa based on this emotional propulsion guided by rationality. In the same way, others have served as LFT's, WT's, etc. Without that emotional-cum-rational feeling they would not have been moved into action. They may have had knowledge of Ananda Marga and dharma, but without that close emotional and rational link they would not have done anything.
So in these positive cases, one's emotional flow is not haphazard, rather it is guided by rationality.
Similarly, with their emotional and rational attachment to Baba, i.e. devotion to Baba, many have given their lives for the great cause and others have stood up to fight dogma and oppose injustice. Even they have given up all their friends and faced all kinds of opposition due to their emotional-cum-rational attachment to Baba's teachings.
So emotion need not always be a liability. When linked with rationality it can lift one onto the field of dharma.
So long as one's emotions are not guided by rationality, regardless of how well educated a person may be, there are bound to be problems – problems of epic proportions. This is one aspect.
Second, even if people have knowledge, they will not do anything until they have an emotional link to the situation at hand. If that emotional link is blind they will fall prey to dogma and misdeeds and if combined with rationality that person can do great things for humanity.
Third, emotion should always be guided by a mind open in 360 degrees, and not be linked with any selfishness or group agenda.
Fourth, because of emotion, people often do not do what they should do, or do what they should not do. So it is a tricky force. Even educated people commonly fall into this trap. Here is an example to make this clear.
Suppose someone goes to the shopping mall or market to buy some food. Yet while they are there they see a pair of shoes. They had no plan or real need to buy shoes. Yet they are enticed by the shine of the shoes and without considering their financial position or whether they really need another pair of shoes, that person purchases the shoes. There is no calculation or rational thought process behind the purchase per se – just it was done on a whim. This type of impulsive shopping is a classic case of emotion or blind emotion – devoid of rationality.
In contrast, if one goes to the shopping mall and buys or does not buy shoes based strictly on if there is a need or not, then that is rationality.
Fifth, the only answer is neo-humanistic education and Ananda Marga spiritual practices. Buoyed by these rational and devotional forces, one's emotional feeling will be used in solely for positive endeavours.
Finally, when standing alone the emotional mind moves towards dogma and when guided by rationality that mind becomes a strong and dharmic force.
The Juliet story posted earlier this week- wherein people share their heartfelt feelings due to their emotional link with a fictitious character – is but an example of how blind the human personae can become when goaded haphazardly by emotion.
Why does this happen? Currently in the west, although, much of the population is literate and educated in the worldly sense, many, many fall into various dogmas due to their emotional attachment.
For instance, romance is a huge aspect of life in the materialistic nations. With crude romance comes heartbreak – for any number of reasons. Today, many of the people who have been heartbroken or hurt in a romantic relationship are now sharing their woes with Juliet – as if Juliet can empathize and solve their problems.
Juliet is one of the main fictitious characters in Shakespeare's tragedy: "Romeo and Juliet". In that drama, written 450+ years ago, the young couple in love are embattled by family disputes and ultimately die a most tragic death, without ever being able to express their love for one another. It is the quintessential tragedy of western literature. And it is completely fictional – these characters are 100% imaginary – Mr. Shakespeare merely invented them in his own mind.
Yet today, a Juliet website has been devised, and people from far and wide write in seeking solace about their romantic woes. Because of their deep emotional link with the female character Juliet – who never even existed in real life – people are writing to Juliet and pouring their heart. If they deem their romance to be similar in any way to that of Romeo and Juliet – i.e. if they are getting tormented by friends and family – then they write to Juliet and ask for her grace and promise that, "Just as you died for your lover, I shall do the same." Juliet does not even exist, yet out of emotion they are taking this fictional character to be their guide.
"Since the 1930s, letters addressed to Juliet keep arriving in Verona – and a statue was erected there as well. As of 2010, more than 5,000 letters are received annually, three quarters of which are from women. The largest single group of senders are American teenagers." (Wikipedia)
So this form of idol worship in the west is becoming more popular yet we should remember that it is based on 100% fictitious characters like Juliet.
It is just like if Indian people started writing to Laela'.
Such are the ways of emotional attachment. The people have the knowledge that such characters are purely fictional, but out of emotion they are drawn to them in such a poignant manner.
Baba has graciously blessed us with all the proper teachings to succeed in life and not be blinded by the haphazard flow of emotion. We should all take proper care to ensure we are always moving along the methodical path of emotion known as devotion. Then great works can and will be done on this earth and the sadhaka will attain the Supreme stance.
"Now, even those who are advocates of devotional or emotional faculties say that people get propensive propulsion from devotion or emotion. When the mind moves along a particular track or follows a particular discipline in a methodical way, this is called "devotion" or bhakti; but when it does not follow a particular method, when it moves haphazardly, swept away by whim, it is called "emotion". This is the fundamental difference between devotion and emotion. You must know this clear-cut silver line of demarcation between devotion and emotion." (2)
"Those who adhere to this cult of pinnacled order know that there must be a happy blending amongst intellectual-cum-intuitional faculty, actional faculty and devotional-cum-emotional faculty. None of these is unimportant, all are of equal importance, but the finality comes in devotion. That is, the final outcome or resultant of intellectual-cum-intuitional faculty and actional faculty is devotion, not emotion." (3)
"If one wants to realize an entity, does one realize it only through knowledge? No, certainly not. To realize an entity, one must possess a loving heart, a sweet intellect, and a free flow of emotion (attached with spirituality)…I said a little earlier that by merging one's individual sweetness into the sweetest entity, the realization, "You exist, only You exist," becomes firmly established. One becomes finally ensconced in that Supreme Entity. There is no other way. And this self-knowledge is the sweetest essence of the devotional feeling of one's heart." (4)
Surrender to lord,
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4. Namah Shivaya Shantaya, Disc: 12
The sections below demarcated by asterisks are entirely different topics,
completely unrelated to the above letter. It stands on its own as a point of interest.
Impossible for People to Accept It
"If anybody tries to re-establish an old political, economic or religious theory of two thousand years ago – a theory or ism based on past time, space or person – using whatever type of psychology, sentiment or adroit propaganda, it will not be possible to correlate it with the existing physical waves. Once lost the parallelism between the ism and the physical wave cannot be restored, even if the old mental environment is re-created. We perceive the change not only in the physical wave but also in the mental wave. No amount of scientific effort will make it possible to restore the mental wave of the past. There was a time when kings were worshipped as the incarnations of God, but today if anybody tries to reintroduce this antiquated practice using psychological propaganda, it will be impossible for people to accept it." (Prout in a Nutshell – 4)
Note: Here are a few examples of Baba's above guideline.
(A) Certain Islamic fundamentalists want to implement 1500 year-old tenets in areas where they presently rule. This is evidenced by their application of the Islamic justice system where they employ antiquated punishments like chopping off a person's hand for stealing and beheading "guilty" persons in public. Such punishments are based on Islamic law. But, no matter how hard they try to implement such laws, it is impossible for them to gain success in this 21st century. The public will never appreciate this.
(B) In the same way, Hindu fundamentalists and those believers of caste still want to follow caste distinctions and the use of the sacred hair etc. But now the general populace is fast giving up caste such divisions and they are not going to follow them again.
(C) Fundamentalist Christians want to implement social rules of Bible, when already the common people have advanced beyond such codes.
(D) White supremacists want to forcibly impose racial supremacy. But here again the common people are not inclined in this manner.
In all such cases, implementing these outdated doctrines is no longer possible; the general mass will never appreciate such rules and restrictions. They will never be implemented.
Why is this impossible? Because time, space, and person have changed; that era is gone. That old philosophy is unsuitable for this present era.
For this reason, there is the understanding and guideline that some aspects of Caryacarya will be changed in the future – according to the need of that era.
For example, if the number of boys are 1/4 the number of girls, then one male may have many wives, or vice-versa.


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The Hatay province governor's office said on Tuesday that the man was shot during a demonstration in Antakya city and later died in hospital. It suggested, however, that he may have been shot by demonstrators trying to inflame tensions, saying police had been fired on during the protest.
Thousands have joined anti-government rallies across Turkey to voice discontent with the 10-year rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The protests, the biggest Turkey has seen in recent years, were sparked by police crackdown of a peaceful sit-in to prevent demolition of a park in Istanbul.
Another protester was reportedly killed in Istanbul on Monday. Officials said that death was accidental.
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Erdoğan on Sunday rejected claims that he is a "dictator", dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe.
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A possible meteor has been spotted streaking through the sky over the East Coast, The American Meteor Society and Twitter users are reporting.
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The society, based in Geneseo, N.Y., was researching about 400 reports received as of about 10 p.m. ET Friday from nine East Coast States and Canada of sightings that took place somewhere shortly before 8 p.m. ET through shortly after 8 p.m. ET, Lunsford said. The number of reports marked a possible record over the number of reports the group received about a fireball that streaked over Baltimore on Halloween several years ago, Lunsford said.
Meantime, Twitter was exploding Friday evening with reports of meteor sightings from the South to New England.
Some Twitter users also reported that the meteor crashed somewhere near the Delaware-Maryland border, but the society had no information on that, Lunsford said.
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Our social media feeds are being peppered by reports that a large, vibrant meteor shot through the sky shortly after 7:50 p.m. The meteor traveled from west to east in the northeast sky eyewitnesses say.
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Daniël organised a Thank You spit roast for those who have been helpful in building church life throughout 2008. So on Saturday evening quite a crowd gathered in his garden to enjoy good fellowship, a fantastic lamb spit roast and lots of laughs!
We've been really impressed with the spirit of the folk of Grace Community Church and are thrilled to be a part of a church which is hungry for God. Probably what impresses us the most is the integrity we see in the lives of the guys as they seek to follow and serve God. We've been particularly impressed with Gerrit (above) and his wife Sharon. In the photo above Gerrit is carving the lamb despite the fact that he doesn't like it and won't eat it. In fact, he spent most of the evening serving in this way which is so typical of him. It's a real joy to worship amongst people like this!
Chillin' and chatting before the meal
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On Sunday the kids put on a nativity which was really good fun, partly because they hadn't rehearsed a great deal but mainly because everyone really entered into the spirit of it. We're certainly beginning to see a new take on old traditions and it is really refreshing.
Sadly, Joel had already decided he wasn't going to participate and Eli took his cue from Joel and also refused. We'll work on them for next year.
Eli almost stole the show when he fell off his skateboard as he was leaning against the stage (see photo below). Dad should have rushed to his aid being the closest to him but Dad couldn't stop laughing. Shame on Dad!
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How to Increase CP
How to Increase CP
CP indicates Combat Power, which is influenced by items and numerous buffs.
The more CP you have, the more it is likely to inflict more damage or take less damage.
There are various ways to increase CP:
1) Equipment tiers
2) Equipment refinement
3) Equipment options
4) Equipment seed enhancement
5) Wings
6) Achievement
7) Fame
8) Journal (Monster Essences)
9) Character Level
10) Zodiac
11)Using cp buffs with zen(Temporary increases cp)
Refine your equipment as much as possible. CP increases significantly by Refine. Do not make the mistake of waiting daily to enhance and option enhance your item thrice (3x) just to get the daily reward of a handful gems and some items. It's not worth it.
Refining equipment requires Jewel of Bless, Jewel of Soul, Jewel of Chaos, and Jewel of Guardian (optional). As the refinement level increases, the needed materials also increases.
The materials needed to refine your equipment can be looted from normal monsters, elite monsters, world bosses, story dungeons, Devil Square, Blood Case.
NOTE: Refinement failures decreases the refinement level of the equipment upon reaching +7 going higher. The Jewel of Guardian prevents this from happening.
Upgrading your wing significantly increases CP. Upgrading wings requires Condor's Feather and Condor's Flame.
You can take advantage of the Endless Tower to get your daily supply of Condor's Feather and Condor's Flame depending on which floor you've cleared (higher floor = more rewards).
Once we do the mission of the wings, feathers regale us that we can use to evolution, then we will ask flame of condor we also serves to evolution and earn a lot more CP. In this case as it goes in a slightly advanced level asks 4/4 to increase, the left side will see what will increase and a view of the following wing when evolve.
Unlock high tier achievements Gives you powerful buff and increase the CP. Each level as seen in the picture has a limit of points to reach such limit it proceeds to point in PROMOTE once reached the limit of points.
Another way to increase the CP, the left can see that this a little information and there is the amount of fame you have, the right side note that says NEXT DIVISION and under the quantity we need, there are several levels and each level is an increase of CP very good.
Unlock Zodiac buffs by consuming your star essence. Once having enough points to build a zodiacal sign, we must also take into account that Zen Bound is needed, and also you can see a percentage of success. Succeeding at all points of the image gradually your CP will gradually increase.
Unlock Journal buff by collecting monster essences.


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St Hilda's (open application, allocated college)
Modern Languages
offer made
United Kingdom
Comprehensive School
My school didn't have a history of sending students to Oxbridge; it didn't even have prospectuses for it.
yes (9 A*,2 A)
(A at AS (258 UMS))
(A at AS (276 UMS); predicted A; gained NA at A2)
(A at AS (298 UMS); predicted A; gained NA at A2)
(A at AS (273 UMS); predicted A; gained NA at A2)
(A at AS (291 UMS); predicted A; gained NA at A2)
(A at AS (267 UMS); predicted A; gained NA at A2)
Advanced Extension Awards
(predicted Distinction; gained NA)
(predicted Distinction; gained NA)
(predicted Distinction; gained NA)
Details about the offer
A in French, A in German
A, Offer was AAA including French and German, excluding General Studies.
I also applied to UCL (twice), Durham and Warwick, received offers from choices.
grades pending/unknown
Decisions about the application
I'd been thinking about Oxford for years, always imagining what it would be like to be a student there – I just knew that it would be a million times better than my shoddy comprehensive school. Perhaps, I suppose, it was more the idea of the learning environment that I'd be in, and the enthusiasm of other, fellow students, that did it for me, not to mention being taught by world-renowned scholars. The heritage, history and architecture helped, though!
Being one heck of a competitive person, I guess, also convinced me I should apply, because otherwise I'd never know whether I was good enough or not.
Something of a no-brainer – I'd dreamed about going to Oxford for ages (sad, I know), so, to me, Cambridge just wouldn't be the same.
In the end, three other people from my Sixth Form applied to Cambridge, two of whom were rejected, and they'd tried to convince me to go to Cambridge with them; I wasn't having any of it.
I sort of settled on MFL at the last minute… at first, I'd wanted to apply to Law w/LSE, then gravitated towards English & MFL and finally, I decided it was either PPE or MFL.
I'd not had the opportunity to study Politics, Philosophy or Economics at Sixth Form level, due to a highly restricted range of courses on offer, so I didn't think I'd have a chance in Hell of getting in for that, plus I figured, I've always found languages ridiculously easy, and revelled in that, so it would be nice to be stretched in them for once.
After winning a British Council Fellowship to Germany for a fortnight doing research for my A2 coursework, and after having spent time in rural France, I just knew that it definitely had been languages all along, and that I couldn't pass up the opportunity to expose myself to such cultures, and the capability of speaking to hundreds of millions of new people.
I'd armed myself with an awful lot of information before even making the initial application, and I'd decided that I would love to go to Magdalen, Merton or Jesus (but mostly Magdalen), however, I must admit that I'd read some horrible stories about state school applicants (read: Laura Spence, etc) being rejected, so I figured I'd just be humble and accept what was given to me.
My advice: Don't make an open application unless you know for sure that you'll be happy at any college. Making an open application is one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made, after deciding not to bother focusing on Maths enough after year 7.
No, not at all. In all honesty, it wasn't made a big deal of at all; I didn't get any special treatment and, in fact, most people didn't even know I was applying.
We had a 'personal statement advisor' come in and visit us from Liverpool Hope University (I'm from Liverpool), to offer help with people writing their personal statements (yes, by the time I was ready to send off my application, most people were only just thinking about writing their statements, most of them having decided to apply to Hope themselves), but I opted to not receive any 'help' from the student, and ended up helping more of my friends with their statements than she did.
Yes, definitely. I would say that rather than just reading reams and reams of poetry and foreign literature, it would be better for you to just look at summaries of the texts, and focus more on critical appreciations of it. Consider perhaps reading just the first couple of chapters, or the beginning and endings, and practise your interpretive abilities.
Make sure you have a strong grasp of the grammatical aspects of your language(s), covering all present, past, future and subjunctive tenses.
I'd say make sure you're ready to discuss the topics mentioned in your written work, but I wasn't asked about it at all.
I was asked to send two pieces of work for each language, with at least one piece in each target language.
However, I called the admissions tutor at my allocated college and explained that we very rarely write essays of the required nature and, as Oxford don't like it when you write essays for the purposes of sending them off, it was agreed that I should send one piece for French, one for German, and two pieces from English Literature.
In languages, these pieces were discursive essays (something about prison and rehabilitation for French, and something about immigration and integration for German), whilst the English essays comprised a focused critical appreciation and comparison of two Seamus Heaney poems, and a critical commentary on an extract from Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
I had to sit two thirty-minute grammar tests involving translations from English to the target language and vice versa, discreet choice conjugations and application of rules.
I'm not easily scared; not at all. But these interviews ended up being much more nerve-wracking than I'd expected.
There were only two interviews; one for each language. People had told me that they'd had 'general' interviews -this definitely wasn't true in my case, which certainly left me a bit miffed!
I remember how we all obsessed over the notice board, because it would show who was going to be given another interview, or who had been invited to another college for interview, so I was completely paranoid when I didn't have another interview after my initial two.
I had twenty minutes before each interview, in order to look over some material and prepare to talk about it.
For French, I'd a poem entitled "Chanson d'automne", and for German, an extract from a Kafka text, "Eine Kaiserliche Botschaft" (I think).
The tutors made me speak French/German when answering certain questions, too, especially about the literature I said I'd read, but when discussing the extracts I had to look at before the interviews, it was in English, which was a pain, as I'd made all of my notes in the foreign languages!
All of the tutors were female, which was more intimidating than one would imagine. The general setup was that there would be two interviewers in each interview, but they confused you by having a sort of good cop, bad cop routine going on, where one of them would write things, and the other one would interrogate; every now and again, they would throw you by having the until-then silent one ask you a really probing question!
Mostly, we discussed the ideas in the texts I'd looked at beforehand. It was very offputting, the way the lecturers kept disagreeing with me. Most uncharacteristically of me, I sort of mumbled "Oh, right, well in that case…" and trailed off, before launchng another attempt at a meaningful interpretation. At the point where one interviewer told me "..so that's clearly wrong," I felt as though I was losing it completely.
After that, we had conversations about literature ("l'Etranger" in French and "Die Verwandlung" in German) and in German, they were asking me about how I'd managed to self teach it until year 12.
Finally, they asked how I thought I'd cope, studying literature when I'd never done it before in lessons, and did their best to put me off languages.
Nothing about my personal statement (other than asking me how long I'd been a practitioner of Campanology), why I wanted to study at Oxford, why MFL or what I wanted to do in the future, or anything on my written work.
My interview outfit consisted of a white long sleeved shirt, a black and silver motif tie, black waistcoat, black trousers and sombre black shoes. I decided I didn't want to wear a suit, but I still wanted to look as though I'd made the effort to look smart.
Architecturally, it was nowhere near as bad as I'd thought. What I will say is that the photographs in the prospectus, in the alternative prospectus, and on the website that existed at the time, let it down. It is rather breathtaking, and the river is lovely.
The applicants and students were genuinely friendly (apart from one girl, who asked me if I was Northern, to which I replied "yes", and asked how she knew, with the response being "you're not very well spoken, are you?", referring more to my slight accent than my manner of speech, style or nuance.
To surmise, the college definitely left me feeling a lot better about my position, and I became quite excited at the prospect of being in the first ever male intake.
Definitely of a high quality. All of the rooms were of a large standard size, all had either an ensuite or a basin, large built-in wardrobes. My room had a fridge, as did many others.
It was lovely! Hilda's is amongst the best college food, especially the breakfasts; we left some appreciative comments in Hall's guest log.
Daunting, to say the least, although perhaps that was due to my being male, and several of the tutors having been against the move to go coeducational. They weren't hostile, though, just rather tight-lipped and conventionally academic.
I hardly saw much of them at all! They seemed very busy trying their utmost to make sure that everyone got to their interviews on time, everyone was escorted to and from various other collleges satisfactarily, which is a good thing.
They organised quite a few activities outside of the college, as well as making sure that there was a conatsnt supply of filmage to the JCR, and they kept our coffee cups full, lovely girls!
Final stage
Well, I didn't have long to wait, thankfully; I'd heard that you could be waiting until Christmas Eve for your decision, and I had visions of my Christmas being ruined. However, I got home on the Sunday and had by decision letter arrive the following Saturday.
I wouldn't say I was too tense about the decision, because I was full expecting to be rejected; it was more of a case of trying to immerse myself in school work and forget about it.
I was on my way out to ring the bells for a wedding at my local church, as it happens, when I went to open the front door and saw The Letter on the doormat. I knew what it was because of the brownness of the envelope and the small St. Hilda's crest on it.
I opened the letter and just saw "AAA" before I let out a shriek and ran upstairs to tell my mum I'd got in. we hugged and then I ran round to the church, because I was late. Boy was it hard to keep a straight face until the end, when I told everyone.
Looking back
Without a doubt. I thoroughly enjoyed the four days I spent in Oxford, having never strayed far from Liverpool (aside from going abroad) in this country.
I managed to discover personally that there are many public/private school educated people who don't discriminate based on class, and spent a great deal of time having conversations and experiences of a previously unexplored calibre.
Don't make an open application. As I've said, there's potential for you to be disappointed. Do make a decision on the college you like, and don't be afraid to apply to it. If you're good enough to get in, you'll get in, which I now know.
Don't feel as though you have to go to open days, either. By all means, get to one if you can, or really want to, but they aren't necessary. I never went to one, and it doesn't count against you.


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Living-Room Transformation
Yes, it's progressing again!
A suivre...
Je crois qu'il faut toujours rester sur son idée première et ne pas revenir dessus sinon c'est un bazar sans nom ensuite
Je pense que tu as fini par prendre le bleu te connaissant ;-) enfin j'imagine parce que sinon ça voudrait dire que je ne t'ai pas suffisamment lu pour en connaitre suffisamment sur tes goûts
L'avenir me dira si j'ai eu raison
Passe un très joli week-end (au soleil de préférence)
Magali, I LOVE THAT BLUE! That is a brilliant addition to your soft whites. Very nice.ReplyDelete
I love your ticking sofa. I think if I ever get a new one in my sunroom I may choose an Ikea one like that. Ikea is an hour from us, too and I hardly ever go. I need to go again and see all the new stuff.ReplyDelete
I remember that scene from Friends very well - so funny! I love your ticking sofa too and I think whichever slipcover you chose will look great. For me, sometimes it just comes down to a gut feeling.ReplyDelete
I cannot beleive you are leaving us in mid suspense! I think you went with blue.I also think your living room is looking quite cozy with the fireppace.ReplyDelete
If you can't sleep because of the suspens, there's a clue on the last picture ;)Delete
Hi....LOL, I said Pivot in my head as I read that, as well as hearing Ross's voice.! So, you say you chickened out, well now I'm anxious to see what you did get, I'm sure it's going to be beautiful, and slipcovers are the best. Hope you have a Fabulous weekend!ReplyDelete
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Oops. I didn't mean to delete my comment. Anywho...that blue is beautiful and I hope that's what you go with. You will love it!ReplyDelete
I want that entire Ikea living room. Complete with windows and doors. Sigh....
ps you should have taken the blue ;)
I didn't remember the sofa show! how funny you had me laughing this morning while drinking my cup of coffee, my husband looking over at me "what's so funny" I'm trying to tell him but he was never into Friends so didn't get the humor -- the bathroom is always my first place to stop - then I can shop in comfort :) The blue is great but waiting to see what you haveReplyDelete
Your sofa is very pretty! We got a new cat and she already worked her claws on the arm of the sofa. I look forward to see what you got. I too seem to go first to the bathroom when I get to a big store.ReplyDelete
So glad i put my drink down, i still watch reruns of that show it is so funny.I love how your living room is looking and now the chair, will be waiting patiently, maybe lol!!!Have fun admiring your new chair.ReplyDelete
I also still watch reruns of Friends that air on a channel of the French TV during lunch time. And I can choose to watch it in English with the TV remote. By the way, I know watch them sitting in the new chair ;)Delete
The suspense is too much. Can't wait for part two. xo LauraReplyDelete
If the suspens is really too much, there's a clue in the last picture!Delete
ah les couleurs des sièges !! quel dilemme !! en 25 ans, nous avons testé le tout blanc, le tout écru et nous voilà avec un fauteuil roux, un taupe et un pouf café... lors de passage outre-Manche, je ne manque jamais d'admirer les fauteuils L H... bonne fin de week-end - monique59ReplyDelete
sounds lovely... cant wait to see it!!ReplyDelete
The post will be ready tomorrow, hopefully...Delete
Well, sounds like we are a little alike, going all around the pros and cons and back again making a decision. I think I know what you decided, from that little clue. I love the sofa, fireplace and how your living room has come together. Hope we see part 2 soon! Have a good week.
PS: I have to go to Atlanta to Ikea :(
Can't wait to hear the end of the saga. I say, go for it girl!!
Et moi je pense que le housse sera finalement toute bleue parce qu'on a tellement de temps pour réfléchir en parcourant les allées de magasin qu'il est aisé de changer 10 fois d'avis.
Il m'est arrivé de prendre quelque chose sur un coup de coeur et arrivée aux caisses de reposer cette chose en ayant réfléchi tout au long des allées. Il m'est également arrivé de regretter avoir reposer quelque...��...mais il vaut mieux avoir des regrets que des remords.
Les p'tits chats sont-ils sages?
Bisous bisous. Babette
I love that scene from Friends. It is so funny! I've been rewatching them with my daughter who has been viewing them for the first time. She loves the show. It seems to be still relevant. xoxo SuReplyDelete
I look forward to seeing what you selected, although I think I know based on the box on the floor!! :)ReplyDelete
Oh, the suspense! I"m off to read the next post!ReplyDelete
It's going to look wonderful when it all gets put together.ReplyDelete
It makes me so happy to read your comments! Let me know you stopped by!
J'adore lire vos commentaires. N'hésitez pas à vous joindre à cette discussion multi-lingue.


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This is a nice puzzle that Heye manufactured in 2005. The title is Manhattan, by German cartoonist Michael Ryba. It shows a part of Ryba's famous New York puzzle with 8000 pieces.
The puzzle is COMPLETE, as you can see in the photograph with the puzzle assembled.
The pieces are in excellent condition. The box is in good condition, with some shelf wear and a small bump. Please see pictures. The poster has some wrinkles.
More information about Manhattan:
- Puzzle size: 48 x 68 cm, 18 7/8 x 26 3/4 in.
- Reference number: 29092.
- EAN number: 4001689290924.


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By midlandsmovies, Nov 23 2018 12:57PM
Chappaquiddick (film) Dir. John Curran
This film highlights an historical incident from 1969 when US Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car into Poucha Pond killing a girl called Mary Jo Kopechne and then focuses on the subsequent media fallout.
The main facts from the case make for dark inspection as Kennedy drives from a beach party and crashes into water before returning to the house where he asks 2 friends to assist. But after failing to rescue her they advise him to go to the police that night. But for some reason he doesn't. He goes back to his hotel and back to bed. A man in shock or an act of political protection? Well, the film definitely portrays the latter.
So let's be honest here, the film doesn't make the Senator look in any way sympathetic. The car is subsequently found by members of the public and Kennedy returns to his family's estate to instigate some serious media damage control.
Jason Clarke as Ted Kennedy is fantastic and the film's supporting cast is solid throughout. At the film's conclusion we are told Ted continued in the U.S. Senate for 40 years – highlighting how that even when causing a death, nothing can really stop your career when you come from American royalty like the Kennedys.
Ed Helms, looking strangely like the manager from The Incredibles and Clancy Brown are the best of the rest whilst Bruce Dern is as cantankerous as ever as Kennedy senior. Kate Mara is strong but given the story, she is"offed" early in the movie - although her sympathetic portrayal makes Kennedy's actions all the more unfathomable.
The film is a solid biopic and if anything made me feel slightly disgusted by the actions on screen but doesn't truly hold as much weight as it should other than Clarke's captivating central performance.
The Kennedy family and their powerful friends have unsurprisingly called the film a "fabrication" but the film rightly sticks to its guns in order to remind us all of the political machinations of a country slowly falling away from its morals in a way that maintains the sleazy status quo. A passable political potboiler.
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Sky takes GBP251.5m loss on ITV shares
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV
BSkyB's boss James Murdoch seems to have lost £433m of his shareholders money. And £251.5 of that has to be taken soon. Still, he won't be for the chop, will he?
- 17 November 2006, Sky buys 696,000,000 ITV shares, 17.9% of ITV plc. 114.75p/share, £798.66m
- 26 February 2007 the Trade and Industry Secretary issues noticed to OFT to investigate under the Enterprise Act 2002 with a view to reducing holding to 7.5%
- 24 May 2007, after OFT and Ofcom reports the matter is referred to the Competition Commission.
- 20 December 2007, CC publishes report.
- 29 January 2008, Secretary of State approves reminded of CC that share holding be lowered to 7.5%
- 28 February 2008, Sky appears to Competition Appeal Tribunal.
- 29 September 2008, Tribunal finds against Sky
- 18 December 2008, Sky goes to Court of Appeal.
- 28/30 October 2008, Appeal Court hears from Sky.
- 21 January 2010, Appeal Court rejects Sky's appeal.
- 8 February 2010, Sky agrees to sell ITV shares. 52.50p/share, holding now worth £365.4m, paper loss of £433.26m
The date that BSkyB must sell the shares by is confidential.
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Rental Owners Weigh in on Property Tax Cut PlanOctober 30th, 2007 by flanews
In January, voters will decide whether they want to change Florida�s property tax law.� Part of the plan includes a 10 percent annual limit on property taxes for second homes and businesses.� As Chris Casquejo tells us, one rental property owner says the change will help him stay in business.
Hear it here: Rental Owners on Property Tax Cut Plan
Steven Profitt is sprucing up his Tallahassee townhouse with hopes of renting it in December.�� Since he bought it 2003, he�s seen his property taxes go up each year.� He believes a 10 percent cap on future increases will help keep him from selling the place.
�I�ll take any dollar saving any day," Profitt said.� "I�m sure anybody would.� Whether it�s 20 dollars, 30 dollars, I�ll take any penny saved.�
For Steven, what he pays for his mortgage equals what he gets in rent.� If he raised the rent, he wouldn�t find any takers.
And if he gets the $725 a month he�s asking, it will not cover insurance and taxes.
�You add on insurance increases over the last few years too, and you�re always behind," he said. "That�s the situation I�m at here.�
Profitt stood next to Governor Charlie Crist at the Capitol Tuesday morning. Crist is taking the pitch to change property tax laws to voters statewide.
�The rental properties help him save money to save for retirement,� Gov. Crist said.
Steven Profitt hopes lawmakers are just getting started.
�I think this is a step in the right direction and I�m proud to be part of it,� he said.
And he believes voters will pass the amendment, and help keep homeowners like him in the rental business.
60 percent of voters have to approve the property tax cut amendment on January 29th.
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|Snail shell beads, Blombos Caves
Bead and jewelry making became specialized arts and crafts, much like all other activities. The more people learned about and explored metallurgy, glass making, gem finding and cutting, the more varied and sophisticated became the designs and construction of jewelry, whether made in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Asia, or the Americas. People traded, beads, knowledge, and skills along all the major trade routes. African Americans have been in the jewelry business and in the forefront of avant garde design. An example of the former is the venerable firm, Waller & Company Jewelers, founded in 1900. Art Smith designed jewelry for black artists, starting in the 1940's, including Duke Ellington and Tally Beatty. He also designed a brooch for Eleanor Roosevelt.
BlackPast.org! Northwest jewelry artist, Susan Goodwin has generously agreed to donate some of the proceeds of her trunk show on June 30 to help fund the website upgrade of BlackPast.org. Those individuals in Seattle are invited to attend the event from noon to 5pm. For details on the event, 'like' Susan Goodwin Jewelry on Facebook.


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From internal evidence, this text (Stephen F. Beiner, 'Gandharan Art: The past Meets the Present') was written in 2002. It has an interesting comment about the chronology of the movement of Gandharan sculpture out of NW Pakistan/NE Afghanistan
The recent dramatic events in the region, the unique melding of cultures and styles in Gandharan art, as well as its relative affordability has created a lively and renewed interest in Gandharan art. Today Gandharan art is the "hot item" in the antiquities market; a few years ago Gandharan art was virtually unknown except to the esoteric collector. Prices for Gandharan art are literally going through the roof [...]When, actually did this more intense trade begin, with the 1979 Soviet invasion? or the early 1990s during the seizure of power by the Taliban? Whatever the answer, it is interesting to read how wonderful Mr Beiner thinks this art is for the collector, and it just so happens, the author runs an art gallery which has something to offer:
The Griffin Gallery (Gallery Center, Boca Raton) at its next monthly opening on April 4, 2002 will be featuring a newly acquired Gandharan gray schist frieze, dating to the 2nd century C.E. depicting a standing Buddha surrounded by four acolytes. The Buddha in typical Gandharan fashion, is wearing a flowing robe typical of earlier western, Greco Roman tradition. The Buddha's face, serenely and gracefully turned toward the acolytes, has features typical of Indian art. While Gandharan art still remains relatively affordable, it is evident that as the interest in this art continues to increase and the pieces become increasingly less available, prices will dramatically increase.Oh, yeah... or maybe they will drop as more and more stuff makes its way out of the source region 'somehow' and onto the global market as articles like this 'increase the interest' in them. But:
While many of the artifacts now coming on the market are generally without provenance, careful comparison with known sculpture coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan leave little doubt as the authenticity of the pieces.If the majority of these pieces have entered the market less than 'a few years ago', what does it say that so many are 'generally without [collecting histories]' when the bulk of them would from what this dealer says be recent arrivals? After all, surely it is not just 'authenticity' that matters, but a verifiably licit source. No, Mr Biener?


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text: Bonds Are The Hottest Date in Town and Today's Other Top StoriesAuthor: Adam GreenLast Updated: May 22, 2020 To get the Best of the Bond Market delivered to your email daily click here. As 2013 came to a close and pundits started rolling out their 2014 predictions, you would have been hard pressed to find bonds high on anybody's list. Save for a market mavens, namely Bill Gross, bonds were the ugly Betty of the investment world.But come 2014, bonds have become the hottest date in town. Chuck Jaffe, writes in MarketWatch:"Suddenly, bonds are the hot investment, the thing the experts are saying to buy. Fears of a bond bubble—a collapse that was supposed to occur the instant interest rates started to rise—have dissipated, and investors who were being told to give up their bond funds are now being told to circle back for more."So What's Happening?Kathy Jones, fixed-income strategist at Charles Schwab told Jaffe."When the Fed began to reduce its bond purchases, you saw a sell-off in emerging markets, declining commodity prices and a lot of the global economy had been having fun at the party because the Fed had been spiking the punch bowl, but now they were taking the punch bowl away."This begs the question, if the experts got it wrong last year, why should we trust them now?Jaffe says, "While that kind of thinking is fun—you get to blame the experts for being wrong, as they are a lot of the time—it's also counter-productive.""Since 2008, most financial advisers have reported that clients have overweighted bonds; fund-flow statistics showed that inflows into bond funds were oversized as investors looked for protection from the stock market and sought safe havens even as the stock market reversed its course and went on a lengthy run.""By the end of 2013, investor sentiment on stocks was getting to nosebleed levels, and the cash was flooding out of bond funds. Investors were late to the party on equities and, apparently, leaving bonds at just the wrong time too."Which brings the discussion to what investors should do now that bonds don't look nearly so scary.Read the full article to find out. Todays Other Top StoriesMunicipal BondsReuters: – U.S. munis rebound in January, but rally faces tests soon. – U.S. municipal bonds have started the year strong, outperforming most other bonds and equities in a significant rebound from a dismal performance in 2013, when investors fled the sector.CNBC: – Founder of prominent muni fund jumps to rival. – Bernard B. Beal, a prominent municipal bond underwriter who founded and ran boutique investment bank M.R. Beal starting in 1988, has moved to rival firm Blaylock Robert Van, according to people familiar with the situation.Reuters: – Illinois $1 bln bond sale to top bill in moderate week for munis. – .S. municipal bond sales are seen totaling $4.5 billion next week, including a $1 billion sale of general obligation bonds by the fiscally troubled state of Illinois.Reuters: – U.S. cities criticize treatment of munis in bank liquidity plan. – Leaders of U.S. cities and states criticized bank regulators' proposal to block banks from counting municipal debt toward buffers of easy-to-sell assets they will have to hold in case of a credit crunch.Reuters: – U.S. municipal bond sales hit lowest level in two years. – Sales of U.S. municipal bonds in January fell to the lowest level in two years, $17.63 billion, as refinancing continued to dry up, according to preliminary Thomson Reuters data released on Friday.Forbes: – 5 Reasons to still consider munis in 2014. – No doubt, there were some "bumps" on the muni highway in 2013. QE tapering, rising rates and a liquidity crunch stemming from industry outflows dramatically impacted the market. But let me share with you, the five top reasons our MacKay Municipal Managers (MMM) team, led by John Loffredo and Bob DiMella, think munis are an attractive investment for 2014.WSJ: – Puerto Rico seeking $2 billion debt offering. – Puerto Rico is preparing a debt offering of some $2 billion in coming weeks amid increasing pressure from credit-rating firms and investors for the U.S. territory to shore up its finances, according to people familiar with the plans.Dallas News: – Investors may have overreacted by abandoning muni bonds. – Many bond investors became spooked by the specter of rising interest rates last year and retreated from the fixed income market like there was no tomorrow.Digital Journal: – Fixed income investors could benefit from muni bonds in rising rate environment, standish says. – Investments such as municipal bonds that have a yield advantage over Treasuries are likely to be among the fixed income segments that could provide outperformance in 2014 as U.S. Treasury yields start to move higher, according to the municipal bond outlook for 2014 from Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC.Bloomberg: – Illinois pension fix ends bleeding before bond sale: Muni credit. – Illinois's borrowing costs have fallen to the lowest level in six months as investors join Governor Pat Quinn in wagering that a law bolstering the worst-funded state pension system has "stopped the bleeding." EducationLas Vegas Sun: – Unconstrained bond funds: What you should know. – A new kind is on the scene, after many of the formerly steady and reliable workhorse investments lost money last year for the first time in more than a decade. Analysts say conditions will remain tough for bonds, but the industry says these funds can better withstand the challenges. They have more tools at their disposal than traditional bond funds. They can invest in more complex corners of the bond market and employ strategies to make money even when bond prices fall. Treasury BondsQuartz: – U.S. to China: "Happy New Year." China to US: "Give us our money back." – When outgoing American ambassador to China Gary Locke wished 700,000 followers on Sina Weibo a happy Chinese New Year (registration required), he received an overwhelming response: Pay back the money you owe us.Business Recorder: – U.S. bonds on track for biggest gain in 20 months. – US Treasuries prices rose on Friday on month-end buying and lingering concerns about emerging market economies, putting safe-haven bonds on track to notch their strongest gains in 20 months in January.WSJ: – Treasury bonds rally on weak manufacturing report. – Investors again piled into the safe haven of U.S. Treasury bonds, as a key gauge of manufacturing raised angst over the growth outlook.MoneyNews: – Gundlach shows why betting against Treasurys a fool's game. – The market was "entering 2014 struck by a greater consensus entering any year that I can remember, that the dollar has to do well, gold is for losers and bond yields will rise," Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer of DoubleLine Capital LP, which manages $49 billion, said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles on Jan. 28. "Things were so lopsided in terms of that positioning. That was late in that way of thinking." High YieldLearnBonds: – Bonds: The best risk-reward when playing Best Buy. – The two safest ways to make money on Best Buy are to use short-term trades or to accept the currently-attractive yield on Best Buy's 7-year debt. My take on the company is that Best Buy will be around seven years from now, but that there is far too much uncertainty to own a buy-and-hold position in the stock. From a risk-reward perspective, I think it makes a lot of sense to simply buy Best Buy's senior unsecured debt and hold it to maturity.AllianceBernstein: – High yield: The perfect storm that wasn't. – In a year when the US Federal Reserve caused jitters over quantitative easing, the US government endured a shutdown and investors shifted focus to equities, it's no surprise that pure "duration-sensitive" bonds like US Treasuries had negative returns as interest rates spiked. But high yield emerged relatively unscathed, returning over 7% for the year.Barron's: – Junk bonds resilient as stocks sell off, Treasuries gain. – Treasuries are known to zig when stocks zag, but junk bonds have a more complicated relationship with both. Being bonds, they take their cues from underlying Treasury yields, but as they're issued by low-rated, highly leveraged companies, their fortunes tend to be guided by the same prevailing market trends that impact stocks. In a tug-of-war between bonds and stocks, junk bonds usually come out somewhere in the middle; last year, when the bond market on average lost 2% and the S&P 500 roared to a 32% gain, junk bonds finished 2013 up 7.4%.About.com: – Should you invest in hedged high yield bond ETFs? – One benefit of the growing number of bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is that there are now portfolios covering needs that investors never even knew they had. The downside: some of the strategies can be very difficult to understand. One such category debuted in 2013: hedged high-yield bond ETFs. Catastrophe BondsArtemis: – U.S. winter storm losses build. What about catastrophe bonds? – Winter storms are a covered peril in a number of outstanding catastrophe bond transactions currently. With the U.S. having suffered from a number of severe spells of winter weather in recent weeks, losses are mounting and some bonds may begin to look exposed. Investment StrategyMainSt: – Finding bonds to buy as interest rates rise. – As interest rates creep slowly upward, bond investors get increasingly nervous – anxious about the impact of rising rates on fixed income portfolio values. But there is a bond segment to consider in such circumstances: It may be time to go tax free. Bond FundsAllianceBernstein: – Bond History: Rhyming, not repeating. – When the Fed does eventually start raising interest rates, at AllianceBernstein (NYSE: AB) we don't expect to see bonds experiencing the dire scenarios of 1981 or 1994. Instead, the 2003–2006 period of slow and measured rate normalization seems more likely. But it's not a perfect match, and we do see some important investment factors to consider.Investors.com: – Why investors bought bonds and gold ETFs in January. – ETFs tracking the major stock market indexes snapped a four-month winning streak the first month of the year as investors fled stocks and sought safety in bonds and gold.Zenith Strategies: – Global bond ETFs with little value. – Our last piece on global bonds talked about the larger opportunity set outside of the U.S. That set includes developed and developing markets that range from Sweden to Indonesia.Mark Meadows: – Bond rally nearing end. – Bonds have rallied at the start of 2014 just as the equity markets have faltered, with the yield on 10-year notes falling nearly 11.8 percent as of Friday's close. That has helped the ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury ETF (UST) and the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) rise more than 6 percent this year. Simultaneously, the S&P 500 has declined nearly 4 percent, presenting a 10 percentage point performance gap between the two.Reuters: – PIMCO total return fund rises 1.35 percent in January. – The PIMCO Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund run by Bill Gross, rose 1.35 percent in January after posting its worst annual loss since 1994 last year, preliminary data from Morningstar showed on Monday.Crescenzi: On #Bernanke's last day, look back and look forward. 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The only other person in the room is Duke so it's not much of a contest. This week's episode "Morbidity" also has the people of Haven trying to keep their Troubles secret from Doctor Cross. And there were those bears. Spoilers ahead.
"Tanks are rolling in."
Dr. Cross comes to Haven for the anomalous results of Dave's injury and stays for the lobster (and a hunk of beef named Dwight). Unfortunately a couple of things come up. After the absolutely not-creepy dancing bears start appearing people start going to the hospital with a mystery illness. All the affected people are Troubled and the illness is triggering their Troubles.
From her point of view she sees an outbreak of illness that the locals are actively downplaying and hiding from her. One patient is dead, apparently murdered by a gas embolism. Then she finds a large number of victims stashed in the morgue, including one hidden in a cadaver drawer. It's completely understandable when Dr. Cross threatens to quarantine the town. But she is thwarted for the moment.
"I'm the candy. She's the wrapper."
Mara takes advantage of the current crisis to manipulate Duke. She tried mindgames with Nathan but his obsessive love for Audrey helped him resist. Duke is a different story.
She correctly predicts what Dwight, who is effectively running the town, will do to control things and points out that she and Duke are the ones in the most danger since they are each unique. Now thanks to Dwight's tasing Duke is ready to along with Mara.
Mara's mask of calm reason slips when she talks to Audrey, though. She can't resist the urge to taunt "Audrey husk" and snap at her. Mara considers Audrey, Lucy and the other personas as just empty husks. She really hated her time stuck under those other personas and Audrey is the target of all that built up rage.
Does Audrey need a bit of Mara? Was she (and the other personas) able to unconsciously draw upon Mara's knowledge to help deal with Troubles? Like all good tricksters Mara uses truth in her deceptions so does she have a point about Audrey missing something without Mara? Immunity from the Troubles would be nice too.
"Not a SEAL 'cause you're not a jerk."
Like I wrote above, Dwight is running things in Haven. Who is the mayor and where is he? While Dwight showed some restraint during the hunt for Mara now Dwight looks ready to protect the town by any means necessary. Well, short of hurting his new lady friend anyway.
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The pineapple is considered an expression of welcome throughout the South, and represents things that we hold dear in our home…friendship, hospitality and warmth. I created this Welcome pineapple card using the pineapple2stamp and pineapple2stamp die sets from The Stamp of Life, and background paper from Authentique's Utopia collection. So, where does the backward copic coloring come in? Well, it was a happy accident, to be honest. 🙂
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The Beast of Heidelberg
The crisp night air filled the lungs as it runs effortlessly across the moonlit meadows and deep valleys of the Appalachian Mountains. Every muscle in the magnificent body trembles with excitement as the hunt progresses and the anticipation of a fresh kill brings unbearable excitement. The smell of fear fills the acute nostrils with the sweet scent of a long forgotten glory and the hunt stops long enough to raise a primal howl that echoes through the surrounding mountains and reverberates into the valleys below where the cabin doors quickly close and the locks are set tight to keep out the terror that is, but tonight the blood would flow from its fangs and another creature would perish beneath the awesome power.
The blood pumps uncontrollably as the hapless victim comes into view still running for its life. The end is in site and the instincts of thousands of years forge the will as it pounces on the screaming creature. The warm blood gushes into its mouth as the sharp teeth sever the jugular, and the body beneath convulses as the life force drains away. It devours a small amount from the kill and does a body roll on the open flesh in celebration of life and the wonder of being alive and free. It drags the body to a giant Oak and covers the bleeding prize from any scavengers or those who would be foolish enough to challenge the supremacy. The fangs silhouette against a full moon as the head arches and the howl fills the region until the smell of a human rises up from the valley floor like a sickening stench. It fears no creature and the promise of confrontation fills the magnificent animal with a rage beyond reasoning as it slinks into the brush and waits. The thrill of chase is satisfied but a more demanding need takes its place, the lust to kill leaves it incapable of reason as the hunter comes into view.


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My opinions on matters of the day that, generally, have pissed me off. Being described as a 'Surly Curmudgeon', by those who meet me on a good day, I have a poor regard for the human species. This is my place for my free speech- not bloody yours. Crap under your own rock.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Cutting the prison population.
By my observations, about 1/3 of those locked up for any length of time are barking mad. They would have once resided in a secure mental institution, where they belong. Those were closed and they gravitated to the prisons. Ask any policeman about the time they waste in dealing with 'petty crimes' committed by the mentally ill!
Forget the bullshit about who closed what and when. Now is the time to do something about it. How many years in power does it need?
I can have some sympathy with the criminally insane- when comparing them with plain bad bastards, anyway. They should be kept in a more comfortable enviroment- the plain bad should get the army tent, armed guards & barbed wire facilities in the high country. Let the new gold-plated prisons be the secure mental institutions and house the scrotes out the back of Waiouru.
I'm sure the army has plenty of old leaky tents (I've spent more than a few nights in them!)- they could get new ones and the crims can have the old crap.
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Recently, a weird guy came to my door and shoved a few sheets of paper at me. About to tell him to get lost, I saw his fixated eyes and thought better of it. I thought from his rantings on the sheets of paper that he was as mad as a meat axe and went to the police.
But, the police weren't alarmed at all, hardly even surprised. The police must get sick of picking them up and charging them and the insane are are losing too, being chased imprisoned etc when they should really be in institutions.
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Alas, these people now increasingly find themselves securely housed within the Parliamentary Labour Party.
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- liberty through profit said...
looking at the history of mental treatment there is a roughly a 20-25 year pattern, where favour shifts from community to institutional care. we are now coming to the about year 15 in the cycle. So you can expect to see mounting pressure from the public to reintroduce insto care. In the longer term I believe it to be better all round for the unstable, but inevitably thee will be poor providers or abusers who will undermine the institutional care model, thus givingthe bleeding hearts the ammunition they need to justify their arguments
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Descartes (pronounced as "day cart") was a French philosopher who wanted to know if we can be sure of *anything*.
He imagined an extremely powerful demon who is hell bent on deceiving us. Whenever we see other people, mountains, rivers, and even our own bodies, it's nothing but an illusion created by the demon to deceive us. Descartes wondered if there is some way to prove that such a demon doesn't exist.
He came to the conclusion that we can't. There is no way we can be sure that the outside world exists. After all, arent we equally sure that the world in our dreams exists?
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