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How to Reuse Potting Soil Safely
How to Recycle Potting Soil
That unwieldy cart of potting soil seems like enough when you're at the garden center. (In fact, it often seems like more than enough when you're at the register.) But once you start filling pots, it's often frustratingly inadequate. "Did I really use an entire bag for one container?" you think. Then it's back to the store and the checkout line—and back to shelling out more money on gardening supplies.
This year, it doesn't have to be that way. You can lower the cost of filling seasonal containers by reusing last year's potting soil. But you need to be sure to do it right, or you may put your plants at risk. In this article, you will learn how to safely recycle last year's potting soil.
Ways to Reuse Potting Soil
The easiest way to reuse old potting mix? Simply remove old plants from their containers, fluff up the soil and replant. If you've reused the same soil for several years or it's developed a white surface crust, you may have to cut it with 50 percent new potting soil and/or apply fertilizer. (See "How to Reduce Risks" below.)
Of course, you don't have to reuse potting soil solely in your flowerpots. You can also
- work old potting soil into flower beds,
- work it into vegetable gardens,
- use old potting soil to fill up holes in your yard,
- add it to compost piles
- or bury used potting soil in compost holes.
Before you start recycling old soil, however, be sure that you know the risks so that you can guard against them.
The Risks of Soil Recycling
There are two main reasons reusing potting soil can put plants at risk.
- First, used soil sometimes contains pathogens—viruses, fungi, bacteria, nematodes and other organisms that carry disease. These pathogens can cause container plants to sicken and die.
- Used soil may also be deficient in the minerals that plants require. This, too, can cause plants to become diseased and die.
Reducing the Risks
How can you reuse potting soil without killing your plants? Try these simple strategies.
1. Never reuse soil from a pot in which a diseased plant has grown.
The plant may be dead and gone, but the pathogens and other problems in the soil remain, making it likely that the next occupant will also sicken and die.
2. Pasteurize old potting soil before using it.
Soil that remains in pots exposed to the elements often harbors weed seeds, pathogens and/or insects, none of which are desirable in growing medium. To kill off these harmful elements, bake the soil in the sun. First, empty the used soil into black plastic bags. Then place the bags in a sunny location.
The same pasteurization process that occurs during regular composting will occur inside the bags as temperatures within the mix rise, rendering the pathogens, weed seeds and other unwelcome elements in the soil harmless.
Although you can also put old soil in garbage cans or seal-able 5-gallon buckets, garbage bags are particularly easy to drag around, and the black plastic ones hold heat well.
Super-Safe Recycled Soil
Want to make extra sure that your used potting soil is safe? Don't just bake it in the sun—bake it in the oven or microwave! Laura Pottorff, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Horticulturist and Plant Pathologist, recommends pasteurizing moistened batches of used soil at 180–200˚F for at least a half hour at a time.
3. Fertilize your containers after planting.
Exposure to the elements weathers the soil, leaching out nutrients. To counter this, apply fertilizer to assure that your container plants get the nutrients they need. This is particularly important if you're using recycled potting soil, as many of its essential minerals may have been taken up by plants the previous year or leached out.
Use a slow-release fertilizer that lasts all growing season. Or, apply a liquid fertilizer (such as pee tea) every two weeks.
Will you try soil cycling?
4. Mix some compost and/or new potting mix into the old, especially if you've used the same soil for several years.
Exposure to the elements also makes soil more compact. Adding new potting mix to the old will not only increase its fertility, but it will also make it more friable and improve its ability to retain moisture.
If you've used the same soil for several years, it's probably wise to create a 50-50 mix of half old and half new potting soil.
5. Water with rainwater to reduce salt buildup.
Does the soil in your planters have white crusting on the surface? Then it may be suffering from salt buildup, which can slow plant development.
To prevent this problem in the future, water your container plants with rainwater. Rainwater usually has a lower salt content than tap or well water. As for reusing salty soil in containers as is? Don't. Add it to your compost pile. Or, if you really want to use it in containers, cut it with 50 percent new potting mix.
6. Use less soil by adding old nursery pots into the mix.
This article is accurate and true to the best of the author's knowledge. Content is for informational or entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for personal counsel or professional advice in business, financial, legal, or technical matters.
Questions & Answers
What exactly is pee tea?
Pee tea is diluted human urine that is used as fertilizer.Helpful 120
Are coffee grounds good for plants?
Coffee grounds can be used as a fertilizer for acid-loving plants like azaleas. They are also a good addition to your compost pile. I would not, however, pile up lots of coffee grounds on top of the soil unless you want maggots, which you might if you have chickens.Helpful 72
How long does it take to kill harmful elements when baking soil outside in the sun?
Bake the soil in plastic bags four to six weeks outside during the hottest time of your year.Helpful 52
Before I read this article, I baked used potting soil at 425 degrees F. Can I still use it?
Yes, you can. (Wow, at that temp, I bet the process really stunk! lol)Helpful 29
What if my basil died, got gray fuzz, and wilted, but my parsley in the same pot is fine and survived the winter in zone 5? Is it okay to reuse the soil?
Basil is susceptible to downy mildew when the weather is hot and humid, and it sounds like your basil was infected with it. If you removed the infected basil and scraped up the top soil where it grew, you may have also removed the spores that cause downy mildew. If you didn't get all of it, the mildew will reappear when the weather turns. I would bake the soil before reusing it.Helpful 22
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Hi Jill, just wondering what the yellowish white flower in the pot with the gnome is called?
How can you place your potting soil in plastic bags in the sun to kill pathogens as the hottest time of year is June, July, Aug,. Too late then to plant as planting is April (zone 7)
Please don't advise people to use Plastic Bags for Solarization! Instead a Hot House would be a much better option!
Awesome! Thank YOU!
I have used left over potting soil for years. My plants are healthy and growing.
I saw someone asked about coffee grounds being used for acid loving plants. I followed this advice for years until I came across an article reporting that, "One researcher found that the pH of soil treated with coffee compost increased after 14 to 21 days of incubation, gradually decreasing thereafter. Obviously the pH of decomposing coffee grounds is not stable and one shouldn't assume that it will always, or ever, be acidic" (https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/co... ...None the less, there appears to be other benefits in using coffee grounds that they cover in this article.
I have a resin whiskey barrel that had water sitting in it. I drilled holes, the dirt no longer stinks. Can it be re-used to grow vegies or flowers?
I have pots of soil in a black plastic bag all winter. can I use it.
Ladybugs Love Whitefly. I bought a container of ladybugs and released 1/3 of them every week, keeping them in the fridge. I have had no problem with Whitefly since.
No pee tea thank you. Disgusting!! With so many alternatives, absolutely not. Hope no one gives me anything edible that they have used that on. Animal manure is nasty enough. Human's is worse.
How can I eliminate white fly, this is my third year fighting
I bought 4 cubic yards of used cannabis bagged soil. I rototilled this into my front yard soil. It has rained like crazy. I deliberately have planted nothing and nothing has sprouted. Nothing is going in but yard plants. Did I kill my future plants with tainted soil before they even got planted?
Thank you for the helpful article! I hope to recycle my soil from last year. I have only one question, I left a tomato plant in a 5 gallon pot all winter. Is that soil still healthy to use? Thank you!
Thanks, Jill, for this very helpful article on reusing potting soil. So glad to learn about pasteurizing old potting soil. Baking the soil in the sun couldn't be easier. I do a lot of gardening, so these handy hints will sure help me.
What about reusing the 5 gallon buckets I planted in last year - should I sterilize them some how?
can i bake soil in the oven?
I love gardening and I love this helpful post. I'll be using your tips this spring. Thank you.
I need to replant some of my container plants this Spring and was wondering about just this topic. I hate the idea of buying dirt, it just seems silly. When I was younger I used to make a mix that included outside dirt that I'd put in the oven on a low temperature for 20 minutes or so. Then I wondered if I'd cook out nutrients. Would it?
Thank you so much for providing such a useful information about Used Soil.
Can i make a compost bin out of a 5gal bucket with out putting holes in it i have no way of putting holes in the bucket
That must be one huge moth! They can get large.
This is an excellent article for people to read who are new to gardening. I never discard potting soil and always reuse it in manners you mentioned.
Very helpful info. I'm a thrifty gardener and reuse my container soil over and over. Now I'll do some treatment of it in a black plastic bag as you suggest. Good to know this technique.
When Spring finally arrives, my soil enhancer preference will be the liquid organic concentrate that is fish extract and sea kelp based instead of with chemicals.
This is a great hub with useful information. I often re-use soil but didn't know about pasteurizing it. I'll definitely have to do that in the future. By the way, you've got really nice pictures too!
Congrats on your Hub of the Day award for this very useful info. Getting the most out of potting soil is a good thing!
Excellent tips! I absolutely love the idea of placing the soil in the oven. That is truly a clever solution to killing off harmful stuff in the soil. By the way, congratulations on receiving the Hub of the Day award.
Jill, great tips. I might have to do that next year for my summer plants---two of them have bit the dust, one's left for another week or so. Congrats on HOTD!
Great information, Jill! I never knew that I couldn't just reuse my potting soil so I'm grateful for your suggestions on how to safely recycle it. Pinning to my gardening board. Thanks and congratulations on your HOTD!
Beautiful hub, Jill. And very useful. Congratulations!
Hi Jill
this is so helpful...my Momma taught me so much about soil and plant care and much of what you say here she did.
This has been a great refresher article for me to read because she has been gone from the planet for many years and I had forgotten some of what she said...so I am delighted to read this.
Congrats on HOTD
Angels are on the way to you this morning ps pinned shared G+ and tweeted
Great information! I always reuse my old potting soil. I get a big bucket or pot and just start dumping the old soil inside as I clean out my pots for reuse. As I need mix for my new plants, I usually use 50/50 and add a little fertilizer. When I am planting in the ground, I will mix the old soil with the dirt I dig out and plant with that. Very good advice here, I've been doing the same thing for years and it works great! Up and useful!
Nice hub! Some very useful tips! Thanks for sharing! Voted up & useful!
I live in the city and recently inherited (literally) some pots with water logged soil, which I allowed to dry out, but I've planted one plant so far and it looks pretty droopy, several months down the line. Think there's any way I can save it/and or the soil?
I reused last year's soil and plan to do it again this year. My father used to bake soil in the over of the woodstove before he planted seedlings at a low temperature. It works, all right. An excellent piece, awesome and UP!
My Mother would "turn over in her grave" if she knew I bought dirt! When I was growing up, we just went into the woods and got our potting soil. I live in S. Fl. where the soil is just sand, so I do a lot of container gardening. When a plant dies, I pull it out, and reuse the same soil for cuttings or another plant. I would never throw out potting soil, it's too expensive. Our Home Depot sells torn bags of soil cheap.
I voted this Hub UP, etc.
Hi Jill,
What a great article and ideas on recycling soil! Loved the info and would like to link it in with one or two hubs of mine on recycled container gardening. Thanks for sharing and VU, Interesting, Useful and shared!!
Great article, I think I'm getting the idea. It sounds like, no matter what soil and compost from outdoors need to be processed or pasteurized as you say. I have three black walnut tress on my property too I was wondering if I should avoid composting their leaves?
This is enriching and Earth-friendly. Thanks for these ideas.
As always, you are full of good information - look reading your Hubs and refreshing old ideas...:)
I like your idea of baking in the sun rather thanmy cooking oven.
Very helpful article. I had not thought about the nasties in the soil
Hey Dirt Farmer
I learned a new trick here today. The black plastic bag trick will come in handy. I have a lot of pots full of old soil that have been sitting for years
Good advice, Dirt Farmer. I almost always put last year's container soil in the compost, though I've occasionally mixed it with new. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent advice on reusing potting soil! I sure dislike (for the sake of a kind word) the price tag on those soil bags. Thanks for sharing.
Q: I never tried "baking in the sun" in the black bag. How long should I live it there to get rid of the unwanted guests?


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If you're looking for something less spoiler filled, please jump out of here and over to my original review of the film found here: http://horrorsho.blogspot.com/2014/10/detention-2011.html
I recently re-watched 2011s wild and wacky gem DETENTION Directed by Joseph Kahn and I still love the film to death. I was trying to sort out why and I believe the reason is obvious on my second viewing - it's the movie I would have loved to make. Horror, comedy, strange goings on, trippy meta plot twists. It's the Malcolm movie that was never made.
Kahn and Mark Palermo wrote the film and I bet they had a blast doing so. Packing comedy, horror, science fiction, and so many references to books, music, and decades of style and fashion into one film makes this a kinetic and ultra-fast paced wonderland of...stuff. However, maybe that's what turns people away from it?
Let the spoiling begin!
I love how the film starts out with a basic concept that we've seen time and time again - most recently in films like MOST LIKELY TO DIE. A strange looking killer dressed in ((insert kitschy costume here)) starts killing off people in interesting ways. We've seen it. Over and over. However even that execution is unique in Detention. Sweet camera moves, zippy writing, and interesting graphics whip through the movie scape like mad. The roller coaster ride concludes with an ultra-violent attack and a big finish that catapults us up and out to meet our main character, then zooming along to the credit sequence - a thing of beauty that makes me so happy. :)
The IMDB blurb for the film is incredibly boring and does NOT do justice to the plot:
As a copycat killer named after movie villain Cinderhella stalks the student body at Grizzly Lake High School, a group of co-eds band together to survive while serving detention.
Sure, that's in the film, but it leaves out UFO sightings, human test subjects, body and mind swapping, time travel, and more. I said in my original review for the film that this was a film for "smart people", but I didn't mean it in a swarmy or pretentious way. Not at all.
I was merely saying that there are folks who want the film described by IMDB. They want people to be shoved into a situation and killed off in creative ways as they watch on, eat their popcorn, and cheer on the violence. And, those films have their place for sure. People love them - that's why we have...what? 47 SAW films right now? They even stopped trying to craft a story with them now. They just drop people into a space and start strapping iron masks and four power strips worth of gadgets onto them before slipping them into something that compresses them after shooting fire into their butts....or whatever.
Detention has some of this basic, killer on the loose for sure. There are some comical killings in here that are really...out there. But, the addition of all the other elements makes this - again - more along the lines of REPO MAN from back in the day. A film cherished and viewed over...and over...and over again by my friends and I. Strangeness pours from Repo Man like water from a fountain and Detention has the same, wondrous sense of play and fun.
Time machine? Sure!
Mind swapping through time to win a talent show? YES!
The film presents a playground for the viewer to wander through. A place where anything can and will happen. I loved that.
The actors make the witty writing and shotgun deliveries work.
Shanley Caswell is gold, working the misunderstood, angry Riley lead role wonderfully as she clumps through her life on her bum leg - at odds with everyone and everything. She went on to be in the Conjuring in 2013.
Josh Hutcherson's cool, beloved Clapton Davis character only works because he seems to be that guy. The cool, good looking guy that everyone knows and likes. It seems his acting and good looks paid off - I see he's in all three of the HUNGER GAMES movies.
And Dane Cook is a fantastic "secret sauce" as he manages to rope it back a bit as the school Principal tossing angry, fruck my life quips at students here and there until the films titular detention wrap up.
Every character in the film - from the strange, outspoken Canadian GORD to the "Hipster Thief" - rocks their screen time no matter how long or short it is.
And lastly, the fucking style of the film makes me insanely jealous of the filmmaker's craft. It's just amazing. The cuts and camera angles are grand. The overall pace keeps rolling and rolling along and we only pause long enough for the occasional title card introducing another bizarre aspect of the story and it's characters.
Big props to Christopher Probst, the director of photography, as well. Fantastic work!
I was surprised to see....well...it TOTALLY makes sense, but....Joseph Kahn Directed the Taylor Swift BAD BLOOD video! HA!
It looks like he has another film due out in 2017 as well. A film called BODIED that IMDB has down as: a progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.
The reviews for this make me sad, really. It's METACRITIC score is a mere 45 and IMDB has it at 5.8 out of 10. I'd easily give this a 9 out of 10 stars. No question.
Did you like HEATHERS, REPO MAN, DEAD ALIVE (BRAINDEAD), TUCKER AND DALE v EVIL, or JOHN DIES AT THE END? Then you need to track down DETENTION at once. It's currently on SHUDDER (US) and is also available on Amazon for streaming as well.
Seen it? Loved it? Hated it? Let me know!


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Parents' Cooperative Preschool at Itty Bitty City
We are very excited to announce our partnership with the Parents' Cooperative Preschool to provide preschool classes right here at Itty Bitty City! Parents' Cooperative Preschool (PCPS) is a nonprofit school with 40 years of history here in Springfield. You can find registration information on their website.
Class Ages and Schedule
|Preschool 1
|Age 2.5-3
|Mon, Wed, AND Thur 8:30-12:30
$200 per month
|Preschool 2 (entering kindergarten in 2022)
|Age 3-4
|Mon, Wed, AND Thur 8:30-12:30
$200 per month
|Pre-K (those entering kindergarten in 2021)
|Age 4-5
|Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur 8:30-12:30
$225 per month
Preschool Features
- Play based curriculum lead by experienced teachers
- Parents have the opportunity to be involved in their child's education by helping in the classroom
- Small class sizes
- Play time in Itty Bitty City combined with guided activities including circle time, creative movement, crafts, and more!
- Children enrolled in the preschool program will have a membership to Itty Bitty City for the duration of the time they are enrolled. Memberships allow for free admission for that child and two adults at any time during all hours that Itty Bitty City is open to the public. See more membership benefits here.


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The Picanto is an appealing city car that is fun to drive and affordable to run.
The Picanto is compact and quirky, with a street-smart design that looks at home in the urban landscape. It has an upmarket feel, with premium materials inside and out. There are also sporty touches throughout, from the distinctive Kia 'tiger nose' front grille to the sculpted rear bumper. The Kia Picanto is available as a three or five-door car. The three-door configuration comes in a choice of colours including Clear White and Blaze Red, and the five-door model adds options such as Lemongrass and Fuschia Blush.
Despite its compact size, the Picanto offers impressive interior space along with 200 litres of boot space. The five-door model is more practical and offers greater accessibility. The stylish cabin features a high-quality trim and the dashboard is intelligently designed to make the Picanto easy to drive. Each Kia Picanto trim level includes essentials such as a trip computer and MP3 connectivity. Upgrade to a higher-grade model to enjoy features such as cruise control and satellite navigation.
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Feb. 10, 2017
By Joanne Norell
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame men's tennis team will welcome a trio of opponents to the Eck Tennis Pavilion this Saturday and Sunday as the Irish continue their February-long home stint.
Match 7
WHO: #RV Notre Dame (4-2) vs. Boston College (1-2)
WHERE: Eck Tennis Pavilion | Notre Dame, Ind.
WHEN: Noon ET Saturday
Match 8
WHO: #RV Notre Dame vs. No. 17 Illinois (2-2)
WHERE: Eck Tennis Pavilion | Notre Dame, Ind.
WHEN: Noon ET Sunday
Match 9
WHO: #RV Notre Dame vs. Detroit (2-3)
WHERE: Eck Tennis Pavilion | Notre Dame, Ind.
WHEN: 5 p.m. ET Sunday
RESULTS: | | VIDEO: WatchND
On The Eagles
- Boston College enters Saturday's contest with a 1-2 record, fresh off a win over Georgetown last Saturday. The Eagles fell to mutual opponent William & Mary to open the season (the Irish defeated the tribe 7-0) and also dropped a decision to Brown.
- The Irish are 6-0 all-time against Boston College, including 3-0 under Callaghan Family Head Men's Tennis Coach Ryan Sachire. The Irish defeated the Eagles 7-0 last season in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
On The Illini
- Illinois enters the weekend with a 2-2 record, with both losses coming against top-25 teams. The Illini defeated then-No. 25 Arkansas to open the season at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, but fell in the championship to No. 16 Oklahoma. They also split their decisions last week, defeating Duke on Friday before falling to No. 7 North Carolina on Sunday. Illinois will welcome Indiana on Friday before traveling north to meet the Irish.
- The Illini boast three players in the national singles rankings: No. 21 Aron Hiltzik, No. 31 Aleks Vukic and No. 123 Aleksandar Kovacevic.
- The Irish are 24-26 all-time against the Illini and 0-4 under Sachire. The teams met twice last season, with Illinois collecting a 4-0 win during the 2016 ITA Kick-Off Weekend and a 5-2 victory during the regular slate.
On The Titans
- Detroit enters the weekend with a 2-3 record, with wins over Duquesne and Wayne State and losses to Western Michigan, DePaul and Northwestern Ohio. The Titans will meet Ball State on Saturday in Muncie, Indiana, before meeting the Irish on Sunday.
- The Titans are led by Nathan Ponton, who is 4-1 in singles this season at No. 3 singles, and Artem Vasheshnikov, who is 3-1 at No. 2 singles.
- The Irish are 23-0 all-time against the Titans and 2-0 under Sachire. Notre Dame defeated Detroit 7-0 last season.
Last Time Out
The Irish swept Monmouth and William & Mary in identical 7-0 victories last weekend to move to 4-2 on the season. The Irish won at every position in both matches with sophomore Grayson Broadus and freshman Johnathan Small each going 2-0 in both singles and doubles. Freshmen Matt Gamble and Guillermo Cabrera were also 2-0 in singles on the day.
On The Horizon
Seniors Josh Hagar and Eddy Covalschi are both two doubles wins away from 60 in their career. Sophomore Daniel Rayl is also two wins away from reaching 25 career singles victories. Hagar is four singles victories away from his 70th career win.
Rankings Rundown
Notre Dame remains second in the receiving votes category of this week's Oracle/ITA Division I Men's Tennis Rankings. The Irish also boast two players in the Oracle/ITA Division I Men's Tennis Rankings. Seniors Josh Hagar and Eddy Covalschi jumped four spots to No. 6 in the national doubles rankings, having gone 13-4 on the season, including 3-1 in dual play this spring. Hagar dropped to No. 34 in the national singles rankings, with a 2-2 record in dual competition.
Keeping Up With The Irish
All indoor home matches will be streamed live on WatchND. Live scoring will be available for all home tennis matches at UND.com, with links for each match available on the men's tennis schedule page. Live match updates will also be shared on the team's Twitter account, @NDMensTennis.
For the latest on all things Irish men's tennis, follow @NDMensTennis on Twitter and like Notre Dame Men's Tennis on Facebook.
Joanne Norell, athletics communications assistant director at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since 2014 and coordinates communications efforts for the Notre Dame women's soccer, men's tennis, women's tennis and fencing programs. Norell is a 2011 graduate of Purdue University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in mass communication, and earned her master's degree in sports industry management from Georgetown University in 2013.


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No, not Obamacare. With all the focus on gun laws after the latest school massacre, it occurred to me that the problem could largely be solved if the Second Amendment were repealed, and that the chances of that happening — despite the fact that I've not heard it mentioned anywhere — have never been better. The national sentiment appears to have shifted away from "protection" of unlimited rights to buy and own any type of gun toward support for sensible regulation. A repeal of the Second Amendment would make that possible and undercut a lot of the NRA's "moral" authority.
Of course, any move to repeal the Second Amendment could backfire. I know many "gun nuts" who would fight it to the last. But I don't think the times have ever been more favorable to the success of such a move.
Whether a "replacement" to secure some gun rights would be necessary is hard to say. The absence of any constitutional support for gun ownership would be new to this country, and many of those on the fence about repeal might insist on a replacement. But any constitutional protection for gun ownership could hinder sensible regulation.
I say let's run the idea up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it.


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TO GET TO MY MISSION territory, I only have to walk down the hall from where I live in a college dorm. St. Isaac Jogues had to paddle the rivers of present-day Canada and New York to get to his mission lands, but in many ways, I think it is more difficult to get into and be noticed in the territory to which I am sent: the minds, hearts, and imaginations of young adults. Overseeing university ministries at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, I and other campus ministers must search for ways to get today's 18- to 21-yearolds' souls open to God's action in their lives. One canoe that may get us there is a short spiritual exercise made famous by St. Ignatius Loyola in his Spiritual Exercises: the Examen.
Practice Makes Perspective
The Examen involves a review of one's day, listening for where God was present and active in the past 12 to 24 hours. From international service trips to weekly Thursday night meetings, University of Scranton students are finding the 10- to 15-minute Examen doable, transformative, and comprehensible. St. Ignatius championed this form of prayer and counseled this was the one spiritual exercise that should never be left aside. In order to make this prayer even more accessible, I offer this description of the traditional five steps of the Examen: 1) the prayer to the Spirit for inspiration, 2) thanksgiving, 3) examination of consciousness, 4) firm resolve to improve, and 5) trust and hope for the future.
As Michael Sacco, director of the Center for Student Formation at Boston College, noted in a presentation to campus ministers from Jesuit universities and colleges across the country, what we ask students to do (slow down, be attentive, be reflective, and be conscious about their choices) is quite alien to the culture in which they are immersed. Constant texting and tweeting, flashing images, and video games militate against the deep human need to pause, think, pray, and choose wisely and well. The Examen can serve as an antidote to the spiritual maladies of our age.
Paralleling St. Ignatius' five steps, I have developed the five "P"s of the Examen—presence, praise, process, penance, promise—in order to make this prayer even more accessible.
Stop. Breathe. Be here now. Let the sense of the nearness of God settle into your consciousness. We spend so much of our thoughts on worries and plans for what comes next that just to stop the rush of 21stcentury living for a minute or two is refreshing, relaxing, and rejuvenating. Being aware of God's presence settles us. We know once again that God loves us and is near and with us. God is interested and concerned with who we are and how we are doing. God gives us all we have, all we are, all we ever will have, and all we ever will be. Realizing and relishing this loving God's presence fills us with peace and a subtle, all-pervasive joy that can be accessed despite any trials and tribulations of the day.
This calling to awareness of who God is and how God is there for us ushers forth in praise. I emphasize praise over thanks. You praise someone who does something significant for you, not just simply thank him or her. If someone pulls you from a burning building, you say more than thanks. You tell everyone you know what a brave and wonderful person the firefighter is. Too often we all can take for granted the gifts God gives us: life, health, talents and abilities, family and friends, decent work, and, most important, time.
Just taking time once or twice a day to praise the God who makes our lives possible and pleasant is a practice that maintains sanity and perspective.
What's going on in your consciousness? What have you been thinking about these past 12 or 24 hours since you last made an Examen? Just note and track your thoughts and emotions: What insights, worries, joys, fears, hopes, imaginings are running around in your head? How do you feel?
Are you obsessing about things that really don't matter or over which you have no control? Stop! Freely and consciously, take a minute and ask: What do I want to think about this day? What am I thinking about today? Instead of running over and over in your head what you should have said to that person in some trivial argument yesterday, consciously choose to think about what is real and meaningful in your life. Father Rick Curry, SJ, bakes bread in the evening and makes his Examen as he kneads the dough. As he folds and presses the mass of flour, water, and yeast, he says, "I ask myself, where have I been part of the solution, and where have I been part of the problem?"
How's your relationship with yourself? Are you doing what you want to be doing in ways both small (getting exercise, eating right) and large (How are my spouse and kids? How do I feel about my work? How am I spending my time?)?
Most important, ask, "What do I really desire?" If you find yourself constantly daydreaming about opening a school in the inner city or starting a small business to employ people in your town or moving back home to help an elderly parent, maybe you are being led by the Spirit of God to pursue those paths.
The Examen opens us to the transformative grace of God. Thomas Aquinas taught that grace is the ability to do what one could not do before. During the Examen we root around in our stream of consciousness and find where lurks the desire to smoke or drink too much or to act out sexually or overspend, and we can strategize on how to choose what we really want and not what we find ourselves falling into (see Rom 7:21–25).
The remedy to addictive and compulsive tendencies is to open our hearts to the freedom with which God wants to grace us. Richard Rohr, in his book Everything Belongs, says freedom isn't doing whatever we want; real freedom is deeply desiring to do what we should and need to do.
Freedom comes as we begin charting the desolations and consolations of our daily existence. Consolation is what is moving me toward God, toward living happy and healthy and holy and free. We know we are in consolation when we realize what fills us with energy and enthusiasm, joy, and justice. Desolation is what worries, frustrates, and diverts us from the goal of transformation in Christ. We know we are in desolation when there is a certain restlessness, listlessness, an "Is this all there is to life?" tone and texture in our soul.
Desolation may be caused by our not living up to the demands of discipleship. Desolation is not always disagreeable, and consolation is not always comfortable. Parents doing the hard work of disciplining and loving a recalcitrant teenager may not seem to be at peace, but they are in consolation.
To know true consolation, we need to know our deepest, truest desires. The Examen can become the habitual work of discernment, paying attention to where we are moving and what is moving us in our relationship to God, others, and our deepest, truest selves.
Ask God to reveal to you if there is anything that needs tweaking in your life or if there are major roadblocks that need to be worked on and removed. And then take one aspect of life that is a bit offtrack and strategize on how to rectify direction in the next 12 or 24 hours. Really doing something is the goal here. Do I need to reconcile with someone? Resolve to write a letter in the next 24 hours. Am I watching too much TV? Plan a trip to the library to get a good book. Not getting to prayer each day? Resolve at least to make the Examen!
Doing penance frees up the frozen corners of our souls. Actually doing some small thing can set in motion larger, positive dynamics. Something as simple as getting to bed on time and getting the rest we need can make us calmer, happier, and saner. Penance is not an exercise in beating up on ourselves for all our faults and failures. Real repentance is like coaching. Corrections help us play the game better.
Life rushes along at warp speed. "Don't just do something; stand there" should be the mantra of those who make the Examen. We need to stop and "name and claim" what is happening in our lives. God's promise is that we will have life and have it to the full.
How is life today, at this moment? We can name what God is doing for us and claim the movement toward God in our lives: I am less annoyed with a certain person than I was last week. I really have gotten to writing that novel I've always dreamed about. I am getting to daily Mass in Lent. We can trust God's promise that such small, seemingly insignificant choices snowball into the meaning and transformation of our lives.
Ask for God to give you what you need. St. Ignatius said we should demand the graces we desire from God. Asking for the grace makes us more open to our actually appropriating the power of God's love and justice in our lives.
It's Your Choice
Ignatian spirituality is a method of weighing and making choices: What am I choosing today and why? Am I growing in freedom in what I choose? Do my choices leave me satisfied and joyful or anxious and distraught? It's not a deal of "choose or lose." To not choose is a choice. The Examen is taking time to really think about and ask for the help of God's grace in our choices.
There is no "proper" way to practice the Examen. Some people like to sit in a chapel. Some turn off the radio and pray the Examen as they drive home from work. Some people pray the Examen in the shower. Some make the Examen before going to sleep. However and wherever you pray the Examen, God will find you and guide you.
Students' Perspectives
On an international service trip to Guyana, University of Scranton student leaders Cara Brindley and Rob Gadomski reflected on their daily experiences using the age-old Jesuit method of the Examen. Returning to campus, with the help of Sister Carol Tropiano, RSM, they organized a weekly gathering of students who desired to live more according to the spirituality of St. Ignatius. At 9:45 p.m., students gather in a small chapel to let God show them who they are and where they are going. Some of them shared the benefits this practice has had on them.
"I look forward to the Examen every week because in spending that quiet 20 minutes alone with God, I begin to see more clearly how God has been influencing my life throughout the past week, and I become more aware of his plans for me in the future."—Cara Brindley
"The Examen for me is a time to relax and unwind from the craziness of daily life. I often forget to take time during the week, excluding Sunday Mass, to just stop and think and also hold a conversation with God. The Examen helps me do this, and I feel refreshed and rejuvenated, ready to tackle the rest of the week, after I have finished. I would tell other college students that even if you aren't the most religious person, the Examen still gives you the time to think about yourself as a person. There is so much going on in college life, and it is important to take a step back to recognize where we are and where we hope to go."—Charlie Magee
"I pray the Examen because ever since I was little, my mom was telling me 'to see the flowers in the vase and not the dust on the table,' which basically means to try and find the good in everything. I didn't understand until I was older that seeing goodness was also seeing God. By praying the Examen, I can reflect on where I saw God that day and thank him for presenting himself to me in my life."—Ali Holden
"I pray the Examen because it allows me to become a witness to the immeasurable ways in which God showers his grace and love on me throughout the day. I become aware of my true self with all its faults and yearnings, and I continually strive to be more than what I am now."—Danny Satterfield
"The Examen has helped me to find gratitude in many aspects of the day. Although each day in itself is different, it points me to specific areas that are either wonderful in their nature or are in need of a change or second look. Many times I have come before the Lord in guilt that I did not use my gifts to the best of my ability throughout the day, but in contemplating the Examen, the positives become clearer. The presence of God also becomes clearer in the memories of the day. I understand that grace is a gift, but I do believe that the Examen can be looked at as a form of grace. To me it is there to stay close and grateful to our Lord."—John Mayer


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"Complete solution to protect the risk from web and application"
Sophos XG Firewall (SF) allows to define traffic shaping policies for Web and Application. it brings a additional security to limit huge traffic from any source.
Before coming to this article, you should know about web/app filtering policies what can be find in the blog
The 1st step, we need to have Web Categories and Application Filter polices, action should be allow.
Go to Objects > Policies > Traffic Shaping > click Add new and fill the informations
Policy Association has 4 types, today we work only with Web and Apps
Go to Protection > Application Protection > Traffic Shaping Defaults
Find to Youtube video streaming
Now you can apply an App Filtering policy, which have contained "Youtube Video Streaming"
Go to Polices Navigation and select the rule you need
Similar to implement web filtering
Go to Protection > Web Protection > Web Categories
Find your items, and apply Traffic Shaping Policy for Web Categories
So easy! Thanks for reading.


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Many people find it difficult to unwind at the end of a long and stressful day. This is especially true when we have responsibilities in the home, such as looking after the family. Some may even find they are spending their evenings preparing for the next day of work, but without a healthy balance of downtime, both our physical and mental wellbeing will suffer. The best way to unwind after work is to fully disconnect, turn off your work phone, stop checking your emails, and designate a period of time which is just for you. How you choose to use that time is up to you, but here are some effective ideas to help you unwind after work.
Take a Warm Bath or Shower
Water can have a calming effect on both our mind and our body, especially if our muscles are tense after a long day. Whether it's a long soak in an Epsom salt bath with music and candles or a hot shower, try splashing yourself with some cold water afterward to reenergize your body.
Play Games
Try playing some repetitive games either on your phone, on a game console or the more relaxed, traditional board games if you're living with others. You could even place a bet on the lottery with LottoGo. After all, there's always a chance you could get lucky and not need to go back into work tomorrow!
Do Some Exercise
Exercise is a great way to release the tensions of the day, boost your endorphins (the 'happy hormone'), clear your mind, and tire yourself out before bed. It's been well-documented that more active people are less prone to stress and have healthier sleep routines, so find something you enjoy – either by yourself or with others – and spend 30-40 minutes working on your health rather than your career.
Get Outside
If your job means that you're pent up inside all day then some fresh air and sunshine could be the perfect change of scenery. While a walk in nature will combine this with the exercise we've just mentioned, simply some time in your own back garden will also do the trick when trying to shake off the workplace.
Read a Good Book
Escapism is what we're after when we get home from a tough day and there's no better way to achieve this that getting lost in a good book. Engaging our brains with a gripping storyline or a well-written character can also give our brains a great mental workout. If you're not a fan of reading them try watching a couple of episodes of a TV series, but bear in mind that it's best to avoid technology and screens for at least 30 minutes before you intend to go to bed.
Listen to Music
Listening to music can have a real impact on our mood and, if you choose the right type of music, can help you to disconnect from the stress of work. Calm and soothing music will slow your heartbeat and your breathing, while loud and fast music may leave you feeling wound up. Unless, of course, you're someone who likes to blow off steam with some air guitar and heavy rock while venting your frustrations – because that can work too!
Practice Mindfulness and Meditation
Some people hear the word 'meditation' and presume it means sitting cross-legged on the floor and chanting, but in reality it can be as simple as finding a place of serenity and peace, putting your feet in a footbath, lighting some scented candles and letting your mind relax. More formal meditation can work for lots of people and there are plenty of meditation guides to help you get started.


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Charlottesvillians pulled out the unwelcome mat for the Loyal White Knights of the KKK July 8 in Justice Park. An estimated 1,000 people surrounded the park before the arrival of the 50 or so out-of-town Klansmen, and the event was loud, but aside from the arrests of protesters who refused to move, without incident. It was afterward that Virginia State Police in riot gear tear-gassed protesters who refused to clear High Street, a first for protest-prone Charlottesville, at least in C-VILLE Weekly's memory.
Charlottesville police officers, Daily Progress reporters and ACLU observers were gassed, as well as bystanders near those blocking High Street, leading some to question the show of force at a demonstration that was breaking up on a street that was already closed to traffic
.John Whitehead, founder of the Rutherford Institute, a civil liberties organization, had advised local police before the event to avoid heavy-handed tactics and militarized equipment, and says people react differently when the riot shields come out. "What we had was an army," he says. "What they were saying to the crowd was, this is a riot."
Whitehead says he's gotten calls from all over the country. "What I saw yesterday was not a community policing event. It was an armed police state. It's not a good image to portray around the nation."
"The city abdicated its duty to state police," says civil rights attorney Jeff Fogel, who was present at Justice Park. "You can't treat cops like human beings when they're dressed like ninja turtles."
Twenty-two people were arrested in the course of the afternoon. Local activist Veronica Fitzhugh, who already faces two charges from previous confrontations with right-wingers, lay down in front of the entrance police planned to use to bring in the Klan, and four officers carried her out, leaving her wig on the ground. She was booked and released, and her wig was returned.
Nic McCarthy also was arrested for obstructing free passage. "Even though [the KKK] had a permit, I didn't think it was okay—for me as a citizen—for them to spew their hate in my town," he says. "I didn't feel right about it and I decided to use civil disobedience to block them."
The city had geared up for the event for weeks with alternate events at the Jefferson School, IX Art Park and the Sprint Pavilion. Police Chief Al Thomas and Mayor Mike Signer urged citizens to ignore the white supremacist group.
But for many, such as Black Lives Matter, Showing Up for Racial Justice and religious groups, turning their backs on the KKK was not an option.
Former congressman and recent gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello was at the park. "It was a typical hometown weekend, seeing the family and protesting the Klan," he says. "Ultimately silence is not an option."
By 2pm protesters began filling and surrounding the park formerly known as Jackson Park. So too, did police. More than 100 Charlottesville police officers were present, assisted by Albemarle and UVA officers and dozens of Virginia State Police.
The Klan's permit was from 3 to 4pm, but by 3pm, the only Klan supporter showing up was Crozet resident Colby Dudley, who wore a Confederate flag as a cape.
Around 3:20pm, police in riot gear filed out of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court building across the street from Justice Park, and cleared a path for the Klansmen to enter the park, which they did at 3:45pm.
A white-hooded man who identified himself as Douglas Barker said he was there so "they can't take our statue down." It was unclear if he was aware the statue City Council voted to remove—General Robert E. Lee—is located at a different park.
The Klanners assembled in a free speech corral set up by city police, carrying signs such as, "Jews are Satan's Children," shouting, "White power" and waving Confederate flags, while the crowd of counterprotesters that vastly outnumbered them shouted, "Racists go home."
It was uncertain if the Loyal Whites' imperial wizard, Christopher Barker, was going to appear because he's facing charges from a stabbing in his home in Yanceyville, North Carolina, and his bond prohibits him from leaving the county. According to an imperial kludd who identified himself as James Moore, Barker was present in purple robes—although that man did not resemble Barker's NC mugshot.
Moore, who has also been identified as Richmond area resident James T. Seay, says he came because he was "sick and tired of the ongoing cultural genocide of white people." He cited Vice-Mayor Wes Bellamy and his infamous tweets about white women as another reason for protesting, but when asked about the conduct of the imperial wizard stabbing a grand dragon, Moore shrugged.
After the rally, he said the gang would have a cookout and cross burning on private property in Culpeper, where he expected to welcome new members.
The Loyal Whites and their coterie were escorted out around 4:40pm, and they were followed by protesters down Fourth Street NE, where they were parked in a garage behind the juvenile court. With the street clogged, Deputy Chief Gary Pleasants declared the assembly of people there "unlawful" and warned, "If you don't disperse, you will be arrested."
A parade of vehicles exited the garage. And then things got ugly.
Angry protesters shouted at police and blocked still-closed High Street. At least two people were wrestled to the ground near the juvenile court, and the order was given to disperse or chemicals would be used. Riot-clad police donned gas masks, and three rounds of tear gas were fired off, catching even some city police in the crossfire.
"It had gotten past the point of being dangerous, and we had to stop it," Pleasants told CBS19. "People could not control themselves and became violent and we had to step in and take measures we absolutely didn't want to take."
"There was no reason for that stuff," says Whitehead about the tear gas. He had advised police to shake protesters hands, but he says they feared the rally would become the next Ferguson. "When I saw those guys with the shields, I thought, 'Oh my God.' I was just hoping no one got killed."
In a statement, Charlottesville police Chief Al Thomas says, "First and foremost, our primary goal was community safety and protecting the civil liberties of all of our citizens. At the end of the day, three people were transported to the hospital; 2 for heat related issues and one for an alcohol related issue."
Thomas did not respond to a request for comment about the use of tear gas, but says in the statement that over the next few weeks, police would be reviewing events of the day "to assess our successes and shortcomings." And they'll get to do it again for an even larger August 12 Unite the Right demonstration.
An earlier version of this story appeared July 8.


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This episode has been a long time coming... Today Keri and Adrienne talk about sleep paralysis, a.k.a. "old hag syndrome". We talk a bit about the theories behind the sleep disorder, from the paranormal to the psychological. Keri shares some of her personal stories about dealing with chronic sleep paralysis, and Adrienne's experiences with O.B.E.
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5 things we learned from the Premier League
Liverpool's goalless draw at Southampton left the door open for Chelsea to go top, and Diego Costa pushed his side through it. Speaking ahead of the Baggies' Monday clash against Burnley - which ended 4-0 to West Brom - Pulis came to the defence of Sean Dyche, who recently claimed that Klopp's methods were nothing revolutionary.
Cammalleri has 4 points in return, Devils edge Leafs in SO
The Maple Leafs regained the lead at 4-3 on a goal from left winger Matt Martin that trickled through Schneider's pads at 9:26 of the second period. The only thing that could have been more ideal about his emotional return to the lineup would have been to clinch the win with his shootout attempt after Jacob Josefson had already scored on the Devils' second attempt.
Lyle leads Ohio State over Jackson State 78-47
If Clemson loses one of those contests, then a path to the CFP becomes more hard. Washington (10-1, 7-1 Pac 12): While Washington's non-conference schedule has been criticized, the Huskies are still in good position to squeak into the playoff.
Davis has 45 points, leads Pelicans past Timberwolves
E'Twaun Moore scored 15 points and Solomon Hill added 11. You may not think of Davis as a back-to-the-basket big, but post-ups make up the second-largest percentage of his offensive plays this season, per Synergy Sports, and he's been just as effective at them as bruiser DeMarcus Cousins (0.949 PPP).
'Like a little kid' RG3 returns to practice with Browns
With Griffin activated off IR, he'll serve as the team's one allowed designation to return for the season. The quarterback, who only signed for the Browns in the summer, was placed on the team's injured-reserved list a day after their 29-10 opening day loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Brazilian GP starts behind safety vehicle
The race , which began with a safety-car start, was twice interrupted with red flags - once for a high-speed crash on the straight by Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen - and in all featured the safety vehicle five times . Hamilton drove a flawless race at the front and led the race from start to finish despite various interruptions, and there was no auto that got close to him including teammate Rosberg's.


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My Adventures in Florida as a Psychic Medium & Animal Communicator (part one)
February 21, 2010 in Animal Communication, Notes on Past Readings, Notes on Spirit Communication, Random Notes, Travel Journal, Uncategorized | Tags: animal, branding iron, cattle, channeling, Charles Peden, Charlotte, communication, communicator, father, flight, Florida, Group, Louis L'Amour, medium, message, old west, Orlando, other side, pet, psychic, reading, spirit, US Airways, Vero Beach, westerns, whisperer | Leave a comment
After headlining the Robeson County Humane Society fundraiser in Lumberton, North Carolina at Pembrook College on the 5th and providing readings to the general public at the shelter the following day, I flew out of Raleigh on Sunday the 6th of February with my destination being Orlando, Florida. I had a transfer to another flight in Charlotte, our flight was held up on the runway prior to take off due to heavy traffic at Charlotte. With the mid-Atlantic under a blanket of snow that had been dubbed Snowmageddon by some, many flights were being diverted and Charlotte was taking in several unscheduled arrivals as planes were rerouted to locations that were not under several feet of snow.
With my flight delayed I found my connection in Charlotte to be very tight and I actually broke a sweat as I went from one end of the airport to the other in a rush to catch my connecting flight to Orlando. When I arrived at the gate, they were already boarding the plane and had just called out the seating group that I was a part of. US Airways was who I was flying on for the first few legs of my trip and I enjoyed the flights, no problems. My luggage was handled with care and when I volunteered to check my carry on luggage, they offered to fly it to my final destination. If I had a layover it would be taken off of the plane and transfered to my next flight. They accepted cash for purchases inflight and overall it went well.
With no time between flights and with both flights being brief, I had no opportunity to really get anything to eat and so when I landed in Orlando I was getting hungry. To make matters worse, my ride at the airport was late and then when we finally got on the road I realized that I simply could not wait until I got in to Vero Beach and have dinner, I had to eat something sooner than later. We pulled over at a Wendy's and I got a baked potato with cheese and broccoli, a chocolate frosty and after eating I felt better. As much as I hate fast food, it does have a time and a place to some extent.
As I was visiting Florida after a cold snap, it was not hot nor humid when I arrived in Orlando, it was however far warmer than Lumberton had been and I found myself enjoying the warmer weather. After we got into Vero Beach, my contact had a dinner party at her home where several of her friends had gathered for an evening with a medium. It was a wonderful little house and we enjoyed good food, vegetarian lasagna, garden salad and cookies – all freshly prepared. At one point a person sitting near me at the table I was sitting at asked me a question and I began to answer her question … as I did so, it became suddenly very quiet and I realized that even those who were sitting in other parts of the room and who were no where near the table, were listening intently to everything I was saying.
A few minutes later I had not yet had another bite and nearly everyone else was done eating. Our evenings host came into the room and drew attention to the fact that I was the only one in the room who had not yet finished their food. After eating a bit more of what was on my plate I took my glass of wine to the living room and found a wonderful spot to sit down in front of the hearth and everyone else gathered around. The lights were gently dimmed and I then spent a few minutes telling everyone the story of how I came to become a believer in the paranormal and how I had gone from complete skeptic to practicing psychic medium in only four short months and how seven months later I found myself communicating with live animals.
After telling my story I opened up the room to a question and answer format which ended up taking far longer than anticipated as a few in the audience seemed convinced that I was going to explain all the mysteries of life in 30 minutes or less … needless to say by the time I started the channeling portion of the evening, several in attendance were more than ready.
I brought through at least two really strong connections with individuals on the other side who were connected to those in the room and then it happened … I went through one of the most difficult group readings I had done in some time. A lot of the material that I brought forward was not claimed by those present. As I was leaving and the following day I heard that several of the details that I had brought forward were being claimed … albeit after the reading was concluded and so I was a bit unhappy with the results of the evening. One of the things that came forward that evening which I thought was funny was a story told to me by the father of one of those present.
One of the woman had asked me to connect with her father. Pretty soon he started to come through and he had a story that he wanted to share with her. He told me that there was an issue with her swimsuit coming off or with her being immodest. I was also told that she had trouble in the water and an issue while swimming, while she was younger. She seemed very confused by the details coming forward and insisted that she had never had a problem with an immodest swimsuit and that she did not have trouble in the water. She then asked me where the trouble occurred. Her father told me that it was at the beach and not at a swimming pool. Once again he brought up the issue of a concern for her modestly. and with being in trouble while in the water. All of a sudden it hit her … she asked if it was regarding a visit to the beach in Hawaii. Sure enough it was, what had taken place though had been with a friend of hers from childhood and her father was not there. Well, the thing is that now that he has passed he can see all of her life, including the parts where he was still alive and she was "by herself". He was trying to demonstrate how our lives are transparent on the other side, to those who are looking down upon us from "above."
What had happened was that while at the beach in Hawaii,l she was getting hammered by huge waves that were crashing right at the waters edge. The surf was so powerful that when it would hit her and her friend, they would struggle to stay alive and the force was such that it was knocking off their swimsuits, she was about 14 at the time. This of course fit the description of the unclaimed details that her father had been providing to me. Moving on to the next set of details coming through regarding a Golden Gloves boxer … who was unclaimed until the following day … I proceeded to bring through detail after detail that went unclaimed and finally in frustration and with it getting late I pulled the plug on the readings and turned in for the evening.
I was lucky enough to have a wonderful couple open up their home to me. After arriving at their home later that evening I channeled one last time before turning in for the evening. The woman whose home it I was staying at had been at the group reading and was far more in tune with what I do than my contact whom had put the dinner party together. She and I chatted a bit about the energy in the room that evening and how it had been a challenge working with the group. She then asked me to connect with something for her husband. I "saw" what looked like a long metal object with an unusual curve on the end. I thought that perhaps it was a tool that utility workers would use. He said no connection with that to him and then I saw cattle and asked about it being a branding iron and connected with cattle. He said that yes he had done some branding before. I then heard Louis L'Amour and described the name coming through. It turned out that the gentleman was a huge fan of his and Louis had a message for him, letting him know that it brought him great happiness to see how much his works had entertained and enthralled the gentleman who I was channeling a message to. Once again confident in my abilities after a rough group reading, I turned in for the evening with anticipation of what lay in store for me in Florida. I had trouble sleeping as the sprinklers came on and the drops of water hitting the banana tree leaves made a racket, followed by the occasional thud provided by the coconuts dropping off of the trees in the yard.
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Hipstamatic's new Tintype SnapPak has me feeling like I've taken a trip back to the early days of photography. It's Tinto lens gives a selective focus that can be haunting and beautiful, especially when combined with either the D-Type or C-Type film filters.
This newest pack gives your pictures the look of an old tin-type photo. It's fun to see modern subjects juxtaposed with the antique format.
James M lens, C-Type Plate film
I used my favorite new combo one foggy day in Annapolis, MD and got some beautiful, moody shots around City Dock and the Naval Academy.
Today we took a cold walk on the beach at Cape Henlopen State Park. Here are some of those images.
Currently, I'm in the middle of editing some Revolog film pictures I took in Las Vegas, Nevada. I'm going to post them very soon. My spring semester starts in a few days and I'll soon be back to studying and writing.


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The decision by UEFA to increase significantly the compensation fee paid to clubs for releasing their players to play in Euro 2012 (1) – for Euro 2008, the total compensation was €43.5 million; for Euro 2012 a total of €55 million had been proposed, but the figure is now to be €100 million (£83.4 million) following pressure from the European Club Association (ECA) (2) – is not entirely unexpected, and not entirely unreasonable. I have my concerns about it though…
Professional football was born on the back of the issue of broken-time payments – compensating amateur players for time they had had to take off from their day-jobs. It's hardly inconsistent, over a century on, that clubs would seek broken-time payments for players released for international duty.
Nor is it inconsistent that, in a post-commercialised football age, the selection of a player for international duty has little to do with honour and duty, but rather more to do with maximising revenues for the national team.
Certainly international duty, notably with respect to the African Cup of Nations, can have a worrying impact on particular clubs.
There is also the issue of injury while on international duty, although this seems to be resolving itself by the number of declared injuries which somehow heal themselves miraculously quickly once the 'threat' of international duty has passed.
By and large then, my view is one from a natural perspective of a mixture of realism and cynicism.
My concern is more at the level of unintended consequences. I'm in the middle of a major research project looking at the concentration in certain European football leagues. Notwithstanding the current difficulties of one of the two clubs, Scottish football, for example, offers no exemplar of healthy competitive balance in its top tier. Since the Scottish Premier League was founded for the 1998/99 season, there has so far been just one single appearance, as runner-up, by a team other than the Auld Firm in the top two at the end of the season (it was Hearts in 2005/06 in case you are scratching your head). The last time another club won the Championship was back in 1983/84 (Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen), and you have to go back to 1903/04 to find the last season that neither club was winner or runner-up (since you ask, the winner was Third Lanark and the runner-up Hearts; you will be less surprised that Rangers were third and Celtic fourth). While the Auld Firm's stranglehold on their domestic Championship is the strongest in Europe, the majority of European national leagues suffer from 'Big 2', 'Big 3' or 'Big 4' syndrome (see also posting passim), a fact that is contrary to the principle of maintaining competitive balance within a league.
The reasons that leagues became dominated by a handful of clubs are varied, and the dominance usually dates back to a pre-commercialised era. Our research is beginning to show that the maintenance of dominance in a national league is strongly correlated with the distribution of the broadcasting revenues of the Champions League and the Europa league (and of course their predecessors). In short, rewarding clubs financially for simply being the top clubs reinforces their position, by ensuring that the rich clubs get ever richer, and can hence, afford, the better payers.
As these enhanced UEFA fees to clubs for Euro 2012 will, albeit on a smaller scale, have the same, presumably unintended, outcome, it concerns me that the lack of competitive balance in European national leagues is once again being reinforced, something which is NOT good for the game.


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By Dig Om updated on 03/18/2013
Game Centered features roundups and in-depth reviews of the best in iOS games. Among the App Store's myriad games, it's all too easy to overlook some of the greats. Each installment of Game Centered will take a close look at a select few worthy of special recognition.
In this installment of Game Centered, I'm bringing you a roundup of three epic iOS games:the new match-3 sensation Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep, the high-flying antics of an addictive new game called Tramampoline, and the gore-filled, hack'n'slash combat of I, Gladiator.
1. Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep (Free)
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Oh how I love a good Match-3 game, and Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep is the best I've played in a long while. It has a clever backstory and the graphics and audio are simply mesmerizing. I found the whole experience of playing Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep to be enjoyably hypnotic. The soundtrack is reminiscent of a medieval mandolin, joined by the gentle "clink" of pearls landing on other pearls resulting in an almost trance-inducing game.
In Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep, your goal is to free the pearls that have important treasures trapped within them. You do this by controlling where to drop various colored pearls, with the goal of dropping three pearls of the same color next to one another, at which point they vanish. As the clock ticks, you work your way through stacks and piles of multicolored pearls until you get down to the pearls with little glowing objects within them.
As the story goes, the Mermaid Queen needs these precious artifacts to help rebuild Atlantis. You help her in this quest by freeing the trapped items when you group the colored pearls in groups of three, releasing their hold on the undersea treasure they encase as they disappear. The sooner you can get all of the pearls with special items inside of them to disappear and release those items, the higher your collection score, and the faster you complete a round.
This game is a delightful twist on the well-worn, Match-3 genre, and also includes numerous side quests and a continuos-play Zen Mode to keep things interesting. Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep is definitely one of my favorite Match-3 games for iOS.
I give this game a solid 4 out of 5 stars.
Tramampoline is an iPhone game you can pick up and play for a few minutes or for many months, as you may just fall in love with it. It's a fun, physics-oriented game, and you get to bounce on one of my favorite pieces of athletic equipment — a trampoline!
In Tramampoline you play the part of a round little fellow bouncing on a trampoline. There's no shortage of challenges to keep this unique game interesting, as standers-by try to hit you with a dodge ball, birds try to interrupt your flow, and the occasional helium balloon floating by that you a chance to grasp onto to extend your jump time.
The controls for this game are simple enough; you press and hold your finger on the screen to time your jump and tilt your device left or right to direct your airborne trajectory. You'll even be capable of airborne acrobatics before long as you advance in this progressively challenging game.
Tramampoline is a fun, casual game that's easy to pick up whenever you have a few free minutes, such as on the bus or while waiting for someone. For more serious gamers, it also has an endless runner element. Tramampoline will appeal to a wide range of gamers from all different age groups.
I give this entertaining game 3.5 stars.
I, Gladiator is like a comic book come to life. With rich illustrations, a solid story, and no shortage of blood splatter, I, Gladiator is not just another hack'n'slash combat game. I, Gladiator will have you furiously swiping your touchscreen in a virtual battle for your life as you strive to win both the battle and the approval of spectators. This game is a little on the gory side, so parental guidance is suggested.
I, Gladiator is set in the fighting pits of ancient Rome. Your opponents grow in viciousness and fighting skill as you progress. You set stars by stunning them in battle, or you can spin over their heads and inflict even greater damage!
I, Gladiator is a refreshing hybrid of a hack'n'slash battle game and a first person RPG, navigating between challenges, picking up weapons, and looting along the way.
I've been playing this game for a couple of weeks now and enjoy it more the longer I play and as the storyline unfolds.The graphics of this game are top notch, and the talent behind the software design is evident. It's definitely not an Infinity Blade clone and shines as one of the great game of its genre.
I, Gladiator is an impressive game that gets 4 stars in my book. I look forward to seeing how this game matures with future updates.


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Please come out and join us for the next meeting of the Long Beach Surfer's Association – Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 – 7:30PM at the Long Beach High School Upper Auditorium!
Lots on the agenda, including:
- An Update on efforts to clean up Reynolds Channel and discussion on how the sewage dumping impacts our surf zone
- The latest on our efforts to work with the 2012 incoming City Council to improve summer surf access
- Preliminary announcements for contests, cleanups, board swaps and other LBSA sponsored events for 2012
- The latest news on the Quiksilver Pro NY 2012
- An invitation to all to join us at Swingbelly's on Friday, December 16th for the LBSA Hoilday Party!
Please join us, and bring a friend! See y'all there!


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It is 2012 and once again Southwest Airlines had the lowest consumer complaint rate with 0.32 complaints per 100,000 passengers. How does Southwest, one of the most successful and profitable US Airlines, stay so popular?
For one, Southwest Airlines' mission is
dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and Company Spirit.


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Hugh Young is steering clear of opportunities in frontier markets over fears of a repeat of the collapse seen in Vietnam in 2009.
Young, who is managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management's Asia division and oversees £24bn in AUM, has not jumped on the frontier markets bandwagon because he sees them as too risky.
"Frontier markets are a popular marketing story, but the region can also be dangerous. Vietnam is a good example, everyone got excited, but the companies were dreadful. A lot of mone
y poured in and now the market has collapsed," he said.
The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange's VN index peaked in February 2007 at 1,137, then bottomed out in February 2009 at 241. It is currently trading at around 454.
What happened in Vietnam has deterred Young from investing in other popular frontier markets, which are currently attracting investor attention.
"People are getting very excited about Burma, for example, despite the lack of access to it. There is one company – Yoma Engineering and Trading – the share price of which has increased fivefold. We were tempted, but we tend to buy the reality rather than what people promise. We prefer to wait to see if they do what they are saying."
The only frontier market in which the manager invests is Sri Lanka, where he holds blue-chip Aitken Spence, DFCC Bank, the National Development Bank, and online supermarket Keells.
Young said Sri Lanka does not have the same risks as other frontier markets because it is home to both multinational and home-grown companies. Meanwhile, he favours Asian financials, although he has been avoiding major banks in China and Australia for some time, finding better opportunities in Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia and India.
"In this part of the world, banks are pretty much plain vanilla, just offering mortgages and credit cards. They do not do the daft things that banks do in the West. The tight regulatory environment put in place here eliminates the chance of them making the same mistakes," he said.
Last year, Young reduced his exposure to cyclicals including consumer stocks, and bought into other areas, including HSBC, which he has bought back into for the first time in 15 years after the bank renewed its focus on Asia.