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About Pink Street Art
Teresa Gutierrez
I am a single Mother of two energetic boys, who are growing leaps and bounds. I work full time for the State of California and I am an Artist.
I started painting in my senior year of high school and let it go when I got married in 1999. I put my brushes down to raise my sons, but life had a different path for me and I divorced in 2011. I had to pick up my brushes to make ends meet as a single Mother. I have now been painting again since 2012. I started with oil portraits.
In 2013, I began working with Wes Kos Images, a creative art agency owned and run by Markos Egure (HippieCholo), Est. 1997. From 2014-2016 we operated our own art gallery, The WKi2 Studio Gallery in Midtown Sacramento, CA. There we hosted Second Saturday art and other art events and promoted artists, throughout California, from painting artists, authors, to independent DJs, etc.
Since 2013 my artwork has taken another level.
I'm being creative and I love it!


text: Shobi's Table, First Lutheran Church and the Love Grows Here Wellness Center are hosting Food at First. A summer time food program to meet the needs of families for food. Bring a grocery bag to First Lutheran Church (463 Maria Ave) and fill it with produce, meat and canned goods. There is no limit to number of times you can come in a month. We are open Thursdays in June and July from 1-3. After you get your food, feel free to hang out in our community garden!

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Health Teacher Salaries in Oklahoma - OK
It has been estimated by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics that, in May 2009, 720 health educators were working within the state of Oklahoma. The average health educator salary in Oklahoma at that time was $43,620, or approximately $20.97 per hour. This compares to the average annual salary of health educators across the United States, which is $49,060.
Wages vary depending upon where you work as a health educator. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that those working in specialty hospitals make the most, followed by junior colleges, dentists' offices, general medical and surgical hospitals, and employment services. Some of these hospitals in Oklahoma include Saint Francis Hospital, Oklahoma State University Medical Center, Saint Anthony Hospital and the many INTEGRIS Health Centers. Employment for health educators in Oklahoma can be found in cities including Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Norman. In addition, some states pay more or less than others, and some towns and cities within a state pay more or less than others. If we take a look at the largest cities within the state of Oklahoma, you can see that some of them pay health educators working there more than others:
Oklahoma City: $37,000
Tulsa: $33,000
Norman: $37,000
Lawton: $34,000
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Get Smart on Social Media
Is it okay to respond to a post about your product or service?
It's no secret that social media platforms like Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter can be powerful marketing tools for businesses. For limited expenditure, you can reach a large number of people instantly, and studies have found that 71% of internet users are more likely to purchase from a brand that they are following on social media.
So what happens when someone posts something about your product or service that you don't agree with? Is it okay to respond?
The answer is yes, but as swimwear company, Seafolly and competitor, Madden, recently discovered, there are some important things to keep in mind in terms of your own liability.
Stick with the facts
Do your research before making comments about someone else on Facebook, or any other social media site. When in doubt, keep your response to a factual account and avoid describing what you think your competitor's state of mind was when they posted. If you get it wrong, they can sue you (even though their comments about you were misleading and deceptive).
Let's take an example. High end clothing boutique, Company A, asks a Chinese woman eating Chinese take away food, dripping with sauce, not to enter until she finishes eating and wipes her hands. Competitor, Company X, only hears the words "no Chinese" and posts on its Facebook page: "Company A is being racist because it didn't let a Chinese woman into its shop!"
If Company A retaliates with: "Company X has no idea what it's talking about and is just being malicious to injure us", you may well be liable for misleading and deceptive conduct. Why? If Company X genuinely believed that Company A was being racist, it would not be considered malicious.
It's safer to simply state the facts: "Company X has misstated what occurred. We asked a lady of Chinese descent to finish her Chinese food before coming into our shop because it might have soiled some of our clothes."
Your 'personal' comments
Another tricky one is your personal social media page. If any of your 'friends' or connections on your personal account are in your industry, statements you make about people or companies may be in trade or commerce. This means that, liability can arise under the Australian Consumer Law for any misleading or deceptive statements that you or they make – even when that statement is "hidden" amongst other accurate statements.
Finally, remember that once a statement is made on social media, it can spread, quickly! Usually, the more people exposed to a misleading or deceptive statement, the higher the damages will be. Similarly, the longer those posts are on the site before removal, the higher the damages. Even if the party about whom the statement was made does not lose any sales as a result of it, they can still claim damages for loss of reputation.
For more on the Seafolly & Madden case, see further articles below.


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Every part of the Ice Cream Dub experience is bespoke, so you can choose exactly what you would like. You can select your flavours from our extensive list of award winning ice cream and sorbets, design your own personalised wafers or we can do this for you, we can decorate the sprinkles table to suit the style of the day.


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Jersey Mike's Subs Opens Fifth Mesa Location
December 03, 2018 // Franchising.com // MESA, Ariz. - Jersey Mike's Subs, known for its fresh sliced/fresh grilled subs, opened in Mesa on November 28. Franchise owner Joshua Barton held a grand opening and free sub fundraiser from Wednesday, November 28 to Sunday, December 2 to support three local schools.
The new restaurant, located at 1003 North Dobson Road, circulated 7,500 coupons throughout the community offering a free regular sub for a minimum $2 contribution to Westwood High School, Whittier Elementary School, and Emerson Elementary School.
"I am very excited to be a part of the Mesa community," said Barton. "This will be my second store in Mesa. Everyone here has been so welcoming to us and we are excited to build and grow alongside such a great community."
Barton is an exemplary Jersey Mike's franchise owner who shares the company's commitment to quality products and exceptional customer service, and who is dedicated to giving back to the local community. Since 2010, Jersey Mike's locations throughout the country have raised more than $34 million for worthy local charities and have distributed more than 2 million free sub sandwiches to help numerous causes. This year, the company's 8th Annual Jersey Mike's Month of Giving in March raised over $6 million for more than 170 charities throughout the country.
About Jersey Mike's
Started in 1956, Jersey Mike's now has 1,500 restaurants open and under development nationwide. Jersey Mike's was named the country's fastest-growing Limited Service Chain and fastest-growing sandwich chain in the 2018 Nation's Restaurant News Top 100.
The growth is fueled by passionate Jersey Mike's fans who crave their subs made Mike's Way® with the freshest vegetables - onions, lettuce and tomatoes - topped off with an exquisite zing of "the juice" - red wine vinegar and olive oil blended to perfection. Jersey Mike's premium meats and cheeses are sliced on the spot, piled high on in-store baked bread and served up with a helping of neighborly banter from a dedicated and high-energy team.
Jersey Mike's is always looking for outstanding candidates to join its winning team. Dedicated to a culture of giving, the team is a perfect blend of talent, trust, teamwork, and a shared vision. For more information and to learn about Jersey Mike's team members who moved from "behind the counter" to franchise owner, please visit: http://www.jerseymikes.com/careers.
The restaurant's hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. You can contact this location directly at (480) 474-4524.
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I began taking Effexor sometime ago, in a blind study for treatment of Fibromyalgia. I was diagnosed with this very painful ailment in 1991 or so. I had always suffered with a shoulder pain, which often felt like a burn, that radiated up to the neck and down my right arm. I did injections in the lower shoulder area and the neck with temporary relief. This pain would begin like a migrane. I felt the burn and before I could get somewhere and begin some type of preventive measure, I could not use the arm or even get it in a comfortable position. This was very inconvenient, particularly when driving. <br>In the blind study, I knew within a week that I had been given one of the high dosages. I never knew that there could be such relief. The study was halted after about a year or so, the withdrawls unbearable, and I was put on a traditional dosage of Effexor. Although I baby stepped the increments I stopped the dosage amount at 300 mg., the relief was slower to take effect. I now can say that the break through pain is almost non existant and for me that is wonderful. I can function without worry and the rest of my body has adjusted as well. I still have some stiffness but I think I can safely say I probably over do on many days and that is why I will continue to take this medication. It is because of the ability to do normal things that the side effects are of no concern.
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A Public Sphere for Poetry, Politics, and Nature
The ant worked hard in the withering summer heat, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter, while the grasshoppers were not nearly so industrious. But the grasshoppers had a good friend in the Grasshopper-in-Charge, and all the grasshoppers benefited very unfairly from this alliance. In fact, there were millions of these industrious ants in the U. S. of Ants, and all they wanted was to put food on their tables, feed their families, and take care of their children. But the grasshoppers couldn't have cared less.
The Grasshopper-in-Charge was not very bright but he once learned a useful trick from a chameleon he was trying to eat—he could appear to be anyone other than himself or, alternately, he could make others feel that he was just like them. This was one of the ways he became Grasshopper-in-Charge. He convinced the ants that he was a good, decent ant and that he would be just the kind of fellow-ant that other ants would like to have a beer with on Saturday night. Actually he detested all ants and just wanted to use them to get rich and to help his grasshopper pals.
The Grasshopper-in-Charge also had the uncanny ability to lie with a straight face and to be very convincing, and he had the talent for believing his own lies. For example, he had used his family connections to avoid serving in the military except in a purely ceremonial fashion, and he had shirked his duties even then, preferring to go out drinking and raising hell with his grasshopper pals. Yet he was able to convince a gullible populace that his opponent for high office, who was a legitimate war hero, had been lying about his record. (The one news-ant who tried to speak up about this deception was fired and humiliated, even though what he reported was true.) The Grasshopper-in-Charge wasn't smart enough to have thought of this idea himself, you understand, but one of his grasshopper pals named Rogue was a specialist in Slander and he always came up with a good plan for making the ants look like complete fools.
Once in office, the Grasshopper-in-Charge reshaped the U. S. of Ants so that his grasshopper pals could enrich themselves at the ants' expense. For example, he strongly encouraged policies that shipped jobs overseas to India and China, where labor expenses were much less than in the U. S. of Ants, plus he encouraged poor ants from Mexico to enter the U. S. of Ants illegally so that their cheap labor could be exploited, in spite of the fact that this was against the law He pretended to lower taxes for everyone but actually he only lowered taxes for the wealthiest members of the population, who were mostly grasshoppers, and he spent far more than he brought in on a war against distant bees, which employed more of his grasshopper pals in high-paying jobs and set them up to harvest the honey from these bees—if they could ever win the war, which they seemed unable to do. The bees were tougher than anticipated. He lied about this too, repeatedly, saying the U. S. was always on the verge of winning when they were not. Thousands of ants were killed, but this slaughter was not permitted to be shown on government-controlled TV, and the grasshoppers didn't really care. The whole point of going to war with the bees in the first place was to steal their honey, but, of course, the Grasshopper-in-Charge could never admit that to the ants. The grasshoppers loved honey because it was so expensive, and they knew that if they controlled the flow of honey, they would be very, very powerful.
His grasshopper pals did everything they could to make honey even more expensive, and they reaped record profits. They told very believable lies about how the bees were actually responsible for the terrible honey prices, and most of the ants believed them. They also told the increasingly angry ants that the fault was actually the ecology-nut butterflies and the global-warming leaf hoppers, and Jesse Jackson, and some of the ants believed this for a while as well.
Unfortunately, after a few years, the grasshoppers had all the money and jobs; and the millions of ants, even the most hardworking, had no jobs and could not support their families or buy the goods the grasshoppers wanted to sell to them. The U. S. of Ants, which used to be the envy of the Insect Kingdom for its hard work and resourcefulness, did not make anything for itself anymore. It imported everything from China, where all the goods looked shiny and new but were laced with poison. Several ants died from the poison, which served them right, according to the grasshoppers. But the ants were so numerous that when they stormed the house of the Grasshopper-in-Charge and overthrew the government, they quickly subdued and squashed the grasshoppers; and even though the grasshoppers managed to eat several of them before they were themselves killed, in the end the ants prevailed. Unfortunately, by then, the U. S. of Ants had become a Third World country.
The Grasshoppers-in-Charge of China were not only numerous but also extremely intelligent and cruel, and they sent Chinese troops marching down Main Streets all over the U.S. of Ants, and the Chinese ants easily prevailed. The U. S. of Ants was incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of China, and all the hard-working ants found work at minimum wage making poisoned dog food and children's toys to send to the bees.
Moral of the Story: The function of governments is to have the Greater Good for all citizens in mind, to look beyond short term goals of personal gain for a few, and to rally citizens to a cause greater than personal greed.
By Joe David Bellamy
I whole heartedly agree, so long as governments, particularly the US government, actually exists. Some of us believe it was replaced by the RASS ( Red Ant Security State) as of nov 22, 1963. If this is indeed the case then even the best politicians with the best of intentions won´t make one anthill of a difference.
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From NASA:
Moonbase Alpha is a game with single and multiplayer options where players step into the role of an exploration team member in a futuristic 3-D lunar settlement. Their mission is to restore critical systems and oxygen flow after a nearby meteor strike cripples a solar array and life support equipment.
NASA will release the game on Valve's Steam network on Tuesday, July 6. The Army Game Studio produced the game with development by Virtual Heroes, a division of Applied Research Associates in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Game Features:
* Realistic NASA exploration scenarios
* Immersive 3D graphics
* Solo or team play
* VOIP chat
* Alternate voicable text chat
…COMING JULY 6th!
I have a Beta copy of this and find it rather challenging. The graphics are good and the play on the laptop is nice and smooth. At first I thought driving the rover was a little counter intuitive until I started piloting the robots, all of a sudden the rovers weren't so bad
I'm getting there even though I seem to be running out of oxygen on every EVA.
Enjoy a safe 4th of July everybody!!
Moonbase Alpha
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House Gardener of Highgarden is an extinct house of the Reach. Their symbol was a green hand on white.
Garth the Gardener, son of Garth Greenhand, founded the line of the Kings of the Reach many thousands of years ago. Garth had many children, and half the houses of the Reach claim descent from him.
The Gardeners built the castle at Highgarden and ruled for many centuries until the invasion of Aegon the Conqueror. King Garse VII Gardener was killed by Argilac Durrandon during the Battle of Summerhall. other kingdoms fell before him, King Mern IX Gardener and King Loren Lannister of the Rock made alliance and brought a substantial host to face the Targaryen army, which they outnumbered five-to-one. The battle proceeded in their favour until Aegon unleashed all three of his dragons at once. The battlefield turned into a funeral pyre as thousands were slaughtered, Mern and his heirs amongst them.
With House Gardener extinguished, Mern's steward Harlen Tyrell surrendered control of Highgarden to Aegon. For this, Aegon promoted Harlen and made House Tyrell the new ruling house of the Reach, to the fury of House Florent, whose claim to Highgarden as closer kin to the Gardeners was superior.
Historical Gardener charactersEdit
- Garth Gardener, known as Garth Greenhand
- Garth I Gardener, his son
- King Garth III Gardener
- King Garth V Gardener
- King Gwayne I Gardener
- King Gyles I Gardener
- King Meryn III Gardener
- King Garland II Gardener
- King Gwayne III Gardener
- King John II Gardener
- King Gareth II Gardener
- King Garth VI Gardener
- King Gyles II Gardener
- King Gordan I Gardener
- King Garth VII Gardener, called the Goldhand. The greatest Gardener King. His reign was called The 'Golden Reign', the longest and most prosperous for the Reach.
- A great-grandson, his successor
- King Gwayne IV Gardener
- King Mern II Gardener, called "the Mason", built a new curtain wall about Highgarden.
- King Mern III Gardener, called "the Madling".
- King Garth IX Gardener, first of the Three Sage Kings.
- King Merle I Gardener, called "the Meek", his son and successor. First Gardener king to worship the Faith of the Seven. Second of the Three Sage Kings.
- King Gwayne V Gardener, his grandson, Merle I's son and successor. The first Gardener king born into the Faith of the Seven, as well as the first to be made a knight. Last of the Three Sage Kings.
- King Merle I Gardener, called "the Meek", his son and successor. First Gardener king to worship the Faith of the Seven. Second of the Three Sage Kings.
- King Garland VI Gardener
- King Gyles III Gardener, under whose rule Highgarden reached the apex of its power.
- King Garth X Gardener, called "Garth Greybeard", under his long reign House Gardener reached the nadir of its power.
- King Mern VI Gardener, his second cousin and successor.
- his youngest daughter, married to Ser Robert Tyrell.
- King Greydon Gardener
- King Perceon III Gardener, who had House Manderly exiled from the Reach.
- King Garth XII Gardener
- King Garse VII Gardener
- King Mern IX Gardener, last King of the Reach
- Prince Edmund Gardener, Mern's son and heir
- Prince Gawen Gardener, Mern's second son.
- his nephew, who survived the Field of Fire, but died from his wounds three days later.
|Houses from the Reach
|Noble houses:
| Ambrose | Ashford | Beesbury | Blackbar | Bulwer | Caswell | Chester
Cockshaw | Costayne | Crane | Cuy | Grimm | Hewett | Hightower | Meadows
Merryweather | Mullendore | Oakheart | Peake | Redwyne | Rowan | Serry
Shermer | Tarly | Varner | Vyrwel
|Other houses:
| Ball | Conklyn | Dunn | Durwell | Footly | Fossoway (red apples) | Graceford
Inchfield | Leygood | Norcross | Rhysling | Risley | Stackhouse | Uffering
Webber | Willum | Wythers
|Knightly Houses:
|Fossoway (green apples) | Osgrey
|Exiled houses:
|Extinct houses:
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After having just finished McEvan's book "Nutshell", which I considered to be superb, I was really looking forward to reading this book. It was quite good and kept me engaged almost all the way but the ending is so absurd that I was sorely disappointed. It was as if the author got tired and took the silly way out. It is as if one of his shallow characters wrote the ending! While it is a sarcastic and ironic look at a segment of UK society, it ends like a farce.
This tight little story simply ran along to its black humour conclusion. Molly Lane dies after battling a degenerative disease. Vernon Halliday, a newspaper editor and former lover of Molly, and another former lover, renowned composer Cline Linely, meet at her funeral and thus starts the runup to a conclusion we don't really see coming until almost the end. I found this very tightly written, and very focused and very descriptive at the same time. We definitely got a sense of who the characters are and how they felt about each other. Throughout I found myself grinning a bit at the humour woven into the whole thing. Great little read.
I love McEwan's writing. His stories often make me uncomfortable at some point but I'm compelled to plow through my feelings and take in the whole story. It's usually worth it.
This may be my favorite book by Ian McEwan yet. The story built with a tension that increased as the pages turned.
The themes of loyalty, friendship and career are intermixed throughout. A wonderful and well-written story. Of the three of his books that I've read, this one is by far the darkest.
None of these characters is likable but they all exist in real life. That's the scary, tension-filled part.
I read three quarters of the book, and to be honest, I still had no idea what the book was about, but that didn't matter. While the plot reveals itself towards the end, and the whole book works up to it, the plot line is surprisingly interesting. There wasn't a point during the story when I was actually bored and wishing I didn't have to read through the 175 pages.
Such a refreshing style! I enjoyed not knowing what I was reading.
That being said, did George plan everything to happen this way, or was it all a coincidence that it worked out the way it did? I love the little quirk at the end. Also, I can't get past how Clive sees music: it's like a vivid adventure--he can see the assent up the mountain, the twist in the labyrinth, etc.--and all of this is conveyed through the music. I'd love to see music as a series of scenes, like in a movie (e.g., flight of the bumblebee.. what would water skiing sound like if it were transformed into notes on a page?).
My review does it no justice, and I'm sure not everyone will agree with my assessment of the novel, but it's a pleasant read I'm sure to recommend.
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2013 - Chapter 8
|Chapter 8 started at the farthest corner of Europe, in a city that is at home in two continents: Istanbul. We happened to be there while the demonstrations around Taksim square took place, which turned this city into an intense start of our journey. Via Belgrade, Sofia, Budapest, Prague and Berlin we travelled the way we always do: hitchhiking with our cameras and a briefcase filled with drawing materials. This year ... View mission +


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Hinduism, as it comes across in this book, is a robust, joyful religion, amazingly in step with the most advanced thinking of modern times, in love with life, deeply human as well as humane, delightfully aware of your personal life's needs–or so it seems, for the teaching in this book is no abstraction: It is down-to-earth and pressingly immediate.
Swami Kriyananda's inspired, entertaining, energetic writing style make this book delightful reading for anyone interested in spirituality and the deeper meanings of religion. A master of word imagery, he brings order to the seeming chaos of symbols and deities in Hinduism. This book reveals the underlying teachings from which the symbols arise, truths inherent in all religions, and their essential purpose: the direct inner experience of God.
Prefatory Note
Part One: The Revelation
Chapter One: What Is Revelation?
Chapter Two: What Are Symbols?
Chapter Three: The Power of Symbolism
Chapter Four: Symbolism in India
Chapter Five: Dating It All
Chapter Six: Symbolism: Truth, or Imagination?
Chapter Seven: Philosophy, Religion, Science, or—What?
Chapter Eight: The Hindu Revelation, Part One, Sanatan Dharma—the Eternal Religion
Chapter Nine: The Hindu Revelation, Part Two, Duality in the Interrelationship of the Sexes
Chapter Ten: Symbolism—or Idolatry?
Part Two: The Symbols
Chapter Eleven: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva: The Trinity of AUM
Chapter Twelve: The Symbolism of Brahma
Chapter Thirteen: Brahma's Secret
Chapter Fourteen: The Garden Door
Chapter Fifteen: The Importance of Satsanga (Good Company)
Chapter Sixteen: The Avatara: Revelation, or Return Voyage?
Chapter Seventeen: The Avatara and Human Evolution
Chapter Eighteen: Symbolism in the Bhagavad Gita
Chapter Nineteen: Tantra—the Way of Confrontation
Chapter Twenty: The Divine Mother
Chapter Twenty-One: Unity in Diversity
Hinduism is often omitted from rosters of the world's great religions. Everyone knows, of course, that Hinduism exists. Even so, it is confused in many people's minds with what they think of as Buddhism. For Buddhism fits into their concepts of what a religion ought to be. For one thing, it was founded by one individual, Gautama Buddha, who was a historic personage like Moses, Jesus, Lao Tse, Mohammed, and Zoroaster. Buddhism, moreover, like most other religions, has an organized structure (divided, like the others, into a number of sects), a set of specific dogmas, and an officially recognized Way. Moreover, like the other religions, it has its own set of clearly defined, "noble" principles for better living.
Hinduism, by contrast, seems to have merely "happened." Foreigners see in it such a bewildering array of gods and goddesses, of complex and seemingly incomprehensible ceremonies, and of confusing "explanations" for everything that most students of the subject end up merely bewildered.
A friend of mine years ago, a long-time devotee of yoga meditation practices, was able upon retirement to fulfill a lifelong dream by traveling to India. On arrival in Calcutta, he enthusiastically asked a guide to show him the spiritual sights. The man took him first to Kalighat Temple, where he was shown a goat being sacrificed to the "Divine Mother." So great was his shock that he returned immediately to his hotel, and expressed no further interest in seeing any further "spiritual" sights. When I encountered him a week later, I found him completely disillusioned with Hinduism, although still faithful to his meditation practices.
Even if the Westerner holds good intentions toward India—and my friend was certainly one such person—he may see Hinduism as containing some of the worst examples of paganism. Small wonder, then, that many people look upon Buddhism as the noblest representative of India's religion, and turn to it when wanting an Indian religion to place among the great religions of the world. For not only did Buddha found a religion: He was a religious reformer. Moreover, he offered a common-sense approach to self-betterment to which the modern mind can relate easily.
While Buddhism is relatively simple, Hinduism is complex. Hinduism recommends the worship of countless deities, many-armed, many-headed, with animal bodies or animal heads, dancing, playing on a variety of musical instruments. What, the foreigner asks, is going on? When he sees a goat being sacrificed in bloody ritual, is it any wonder he dismisses the whole show as idolatry in its most debased aspects?
By contrast, Buddhism seems, to Westerners especially, to offer a benign and palatable form of the Indian religious experience. Most students of religion know that Buddha tried to reform some of the ancient practices; they think of him as having brought order and sophistication to primitive chaos. When they prepare lists of the great world religions, they think of themselves as demonstrating respect for the religion of India by calling it Buddhism. Most of them are not even conscious of their mistake.
Buddha's position relative to Hinduism is similar, in a sense, to Martin Luther's relative to the Roman Catholic Church.* Both men were reformers, and the structure reformed by each was not supplanted by his teachings. The Catholic Church survives to this day, and has in many ways been strengthened by Luther's reforms. Hinduism, similarly, was purified and strengthened by the teachings of Buddha, and was in no way replaced by them. Most Hindus today look upon Buddha as one of their own avataras, or divine incarnations.
There are two aspects to Hinduism, as there are to every religion. One is outward and concerns ritual worship, traditions, and patterns of social behavior. The other is inward. This other is essential in both senses of the word: It contains the essence of that religion; it is, moreover, essential that this essence be understood for Hinduism really to be understood at all. This second, this essential aspect of the Hindu religion concerns the individual's relationship to God, and to higher truth.
In their inner aspect, the ancient teachings of India are so broad-based that it seems almost a contradiction of the vastness of their vision to identify it uniquely with any specific religion. Hinduism, in its plethora of symbols and images, is endlessly complex and therefore endlessly misunderstood, but its true mission is both simple and universal: soul-enlightenment. The way to understand this mission is to realize that it is goal-oriented, not way-oriented. In other words, its focus is the ultimate attainment, Self-realization in God. It is not focused on the outer rituals, which are intended merely to remind one of God. The outer teaching of Hinduism, which I call the Hindu Way of Belief, developed out of an inner vision of this universal goal of all life. To understand the outer way is not possible without first probing the inner.
The purpose of this book, then, is primarily to clarify certain deep teachings that lie, like the ocean, beneath the bewildering profusion of surface waves.
The secondary purpose of this book is to analyze a few of the symbols people commonly encounter from their very first exposure to Hinduism. I don't propose to explain those symbols in exhaustive detail, but rather to give an over-view of them in the hope that foreigners and "modernized" Indians alike may come to appreciate the Hindu Way of Belief, also, for the deep truths it contains.
For even today, thousands of years since they were first expounded by the ancient rishis (spiritual sages), the religious teachings of India nourish what continues to be the most spiritually grounded civilization in the world.
* A better comparison might be the example of Jesus Christ, who was a great master. Jesus, however, unlike the others, never founded anything, but remained throughout his life a loyal Jew. Many commentators have claimed that the first actual Christian was St. Paul of Tarsus.
Chapter One: What Is Revelation?
Revelation is a sudden and complete knowing—usually of some spiritual truth, though not always so. The certainty that revelation suggests comes not from any process of reasoning, but as a direct inspiration from the superconscious, or, more exactly, in a state of superconsciousness.
Revelation may also be less purely spiritual in nature. Composers, for example, have spoken of receiving their inspiration from higher realms: from God, as some of them have put it. Scientists, too, have sometimes had sudden glimpses into the nature of material reality for which they could not account in rational terms. The physicist Albert Einstein stated that the Law of Relativity came to him in a flash. After that experience, he labored for ten years to present it understandably to his fellow scientists.
Mahatma Gandhi's uncanny knowledge of just the right tactics to follow in the crises he faced during his struggle to free India from English rule cannot have been due to political astuteness alone. His decisions were more than intelligent: They were intuitive; as such, they were, at least to some degree, born of revelation.
Paramhansa Yogananda, a born leader of men, was approached in Calcutta when he was young by persons who wanted him to lead a revolution against the British. Demurring, he replied, "India will be freed during my lifetime, by peaceful means." His inner certainty in this prediction may also be classed as a kind of revelation.
Any flash of certainty that enters the mind with sudden clarity, and that is neither clouded by imagination nor merely formulated as a reasonable hypothesis, is, in its own way, a revelation.
Revelations must be in some way verifiable. That is, they must be able to withstand the test of objective reality. If they really are soul-intuitions, they will be superconscious and as such will belong to a higher, not a lower (such as subconscious), level of reality. The products of fantasy or of wishful thinking have a different quality. They might be described as tentative. Revelation doesn't merely "make sense." The deep inner certainty it conveys is absolute. It comes not as a "conclusion" to some process of thinking or reasoning, but fully developed, like the goddess Athena from the brow of Zeus.
There are, as I said, many levels of intuitive insight. By intuition one may gain access even to trivial knowledge—solutions, for example, to every-day problems. Normally, however, revelation refers to the highest order of intuition, and concerns especially the soul's relationship to God, the Absolute. Indeed, the more clearly a superconscious inspiration reveals the Divine Will, the more it deserves to be classed as revelation.
An important feature of revelation is that it is always personal; it is not public. A genuine revelation may be declared in scripture and accepted as the truth by millions, but what those millions understand of it is not their revelation. It is only what they have read about someone else's experience. Scripture itself can only echo revealed truth.
Words are but symbols. They do not present: They represent. Even when multitudes receive a revelation directly, as has in fact happened occasionally, it remains personal for each member of the crowd. If an entire nation were born blind, then suddenly given the gift of sight, the experience would be personal for each citizen. Sensory in nature, the thrill would of course diminish in time as novelties always do, but even accepting that this experience was a "revelation" of a sort to each of them, it would still be personal, and would depend on each person's ability to see.
Einstein's intuitive recognition of the Law of Relativity was a revelation in a more valid sense of the word, for it was (indeed, it could only have been) inspired by the superconscious. For us, the beneficiaries of his discovery, his revelation is not our own. Nor does it extend to those few scientists who have been able to understand it intellectually. It is a revelation only for that rare person, if such a one exists, who has been uplifted in awareness to the same degree as Einstein was during his moment of discovery.
Revelation is not static. It brings an outwardly expanding awareness, which bestows more and ever deeper insights. Einstein, after that first revelation, continued throughout his life to receive further, often amazing, insights into cosmic reality. It wasn't intellect alone that brought him those perceptions: It was the fact that he had, even if only once, touched the hem of Infinity. As he was to write many years later, the essence of scientific discovery is a sense of mystical awe before the wonders of the universe.
Meanwhile, others have been left with the mere effects of his revelation. Indeed, all he could give them was, in a sense, its symbols. The revelation was his alone.
Revelation is wisdom as distinct from intellectual knowledge. The intellect analyzes and separates, then painstakingly reassembles the parts in the hope of making them fit together again. The intellect is like a child who, after taking apart a watch, tries to put the pieces back again as they were. The intellect, though gifted at analysis, lacks the understanding necessary for anything more thereafter than synthesis. But revelation transcends reason; it perceives the essential truth of a thing in its entirety, and in a flash.
St. Teresa of Avila, in Spain, wrote, "The soul in its ecstatic state grasps in an instant more truth than can be arrived at by months, or even years, of painstaking thought and study."
Superconscious revelation perceives an underlying unity, whereas the intellect perceives only diversity. Superconscious revelation may come in an instant, whereas the intellect must plod slowly over muddy fields, its boots gathering heavy clods of definitions. Superconsciousness is solution-oriented; ordinary consciousness is problem-oriented. Theology, for example, reaches learned conclusions by careful deliberation, sometimes by heated debate, and always by a process of laborious intellectual refinement.
Revelation is ever new and ever dynamic. Intellectual definitions of revelation, on the other hand, are formulated to remain forever fixed and immutable. Revelation is expansive: theology's definitions are contractive, in the sense that they deliberately exclude other points of view but that one. The authoritative pronouncements of theologians are designed to resist challenge. Revelation is the source of all true religious inspiration. Dogma, though purporting to derive from revelation, does its best to discourage any more revelations lest they upset its carefully erected structure of reasoning.
Not every writing accepted as scripture has been founded on revelation. Friedrich Nietzsche would have been a good example of a false prophet, had anyone thought to accord him the dignity of prophet in the first place. His book, Thus Spake Zarathustra, has some of the ring of authentic scripture, at least in its portentous self-assurance. But although it is good literature, and is even impressive to read in brief segments, it soon betrays itself as lacking in the one essential ingredient of all scripture: consistency with the oft-stated truths of the ages. It is, rather, the raving of an ego-maniac whose life ended in madness because his human brain was not equal to the strain of his presumption.
Nietzsche's greatest fallacy was his belief that the function of philosophy is not to interpret and appraise values, but to create them. "The real philosophers," he wrote, "are commanders and lawgivers; they say: 'Thus shall it be!' . . . Their 'knowing' is creating, their creating is a lawgiving, their will to truth is Will to Power." This, clearly, is not revelation but, as I said, presumption. Revelation cannot be invented. The truth itself, as Paramhansa Yogananda wrote in Autobiography of a Yogi, can only be perceived.
One of the hallmarks of true revelation is consistency. I don't mean a rubber-stamp sameness, for revelation is always, in its own way, fresh and new. Yet revelations never contradict one another.
If two travelers were to describe a city in exactly the same terms, it might be fairly safely assumed that one of them was echoing the other. Again, if they flatly contradicted each other—one of them perhaps describing the city as being surrounded by a high wall, and the other insisting that it was open on all sides to the surrounding countryside—we would assume that one of them, at least, was wrong. In either case, until we went there and saw the city for ourselves we could do no more than guess which of them had really seen the city. Only if their descriptions, though different, were not inconsistent might we assume that both of them had been there.
Some writers are adept at describing things that "eye hath not seen nor ear heard." A profane, rather than scriptural, example is the story, Anna and the King of Siam, about an English governess in the king's court in Thailand during the Nineteenth Century. Westerners, lacking good reason to doubt its veracity, found the story delightful. The Thais, however, familiar with their own country and knowing a fair amount about their former king, are outraged by the book's innumerable outright inventions.
Who is to know the truth of any report, including reports of mystical revelation, if he lacks direct personal knowledge? One way of knowing at least inferentially would be if everyone writing on the subject agreed on certain essentials. Hence the importance of consistency.
Where divine teachings are concerned, however, consistency with other high teachings is not enough to prove that their inspiration came from revelation. For one thing, people sometimes base their writings on the reading they have done. A well-written account of mystical experiences, such as one might encounter in a novel on the subject, might be consistent with the truth and yet not in itself be born of personal experience. The reader who lacks experience himself would need guidance to be sure whether it was really born of revelation.
There is a saying, "It takes one to know one." Usually meant derogatorily (it takes a thief, for instance, to know a thief), this saying can be applied equally well to spiritual experiences. The higher a person's own spiritual realization, the more instantly he will recognize true spiritual experience in others.
There are also objective criteria, which can be applied by everyone. And there is a direction of spiritual development that is relatively easy to discern: increasing inner peace, expanding awareness and sympathy, growingly impersonal love, deep soul-joy. Many are the signs—too many, indeed, to list them all here. Someone standing on a low mound would find it impossible to estimate the relative heights of Mt. Everest and Mt. Kanchenjunga, the highest and the third highest mountains in the world. From that little mound, indeed, the distinction would not even matter. Where the purpose is to rise higher, what matters is to find any hillock that is higher than the mound on which one is standing.
Considering the scriptures from this point of view, even a false scripture or one that is not born of true revelation should not be condemned, provided people draw inspiration from it. The important thing is that the inspiration they feel doesn't lower their present state of consciousness, and thereby diminish their degree of awareness. Many so-called spokespersons for spirituality delude others into imagining that some new "truth" has been discovered, one unavailable earlier during less enlightened times. Consistency through the ages is one of the surest guidelines for avoiding this error.
For if anyone should be so bold as to challenge the time-honored wisdom of the ages, as Friedrich Nietzsche did with his flash-in-the-pan philosophy, he should be ignored as a charlatan. No spiritual master has ever contradicted timeless wisdom.
Only in the spiritual field, indeed, do we encounter a fundamental consistency. Nowhere else. Where abstract principles are concerned, especially, who is there in any other field to speak for them authoritatively? Whom have innumerable "schools" of art produced to determine authoritatively the nature of good art? Whom, in business? In the field of science, "breakthroughs" are made every few years, many of which contradict tenets that long seemed firmly established. Only in the field of deep spiritual revelation is consistency the norm. Indeed, it is from superconscious insights gained into Divine Law that lesser laws have been discovered also—in art, business, science, and the humanities.
In revelation there are no surprises: There is only confirmation. Divine truths, though ever new in the sense of ever-newly inspiring, are at the same time changeless and eternal. Their expressions may change, but their central essence remains ever the same.
Consistency, then, is one of the hallmarks of true revelation. As waves are united by the ocean underneath them, so underneath all our restless ideas and beliefs there lies a deep stillness. And within that stillness lie soul-perceptions that have been experienced since time immemorial by the great mystics of all religions: divine love, bliss, wisdom, light, cosmic sound, and an extraordinarily heightened awareness known as ecstasy. Great saints everywhere have attained these states, regardless of their own systems of belief. In the realm of spirituality, unanimity transcends time, space, and every merely human perception of reality.
Christian writers have emphasized the progressive manifestation of God's will through history. Their view is focused on a very limited time span, culminating in events that transpired 2,000 years ago. It ignores altogether the histories of Europe, Asia, Africa, and of North and South America, as well as of other parts of the world, and is narrowed to a very small portion of the Near East.
Their focus may have a certain validity for all that, for God does also participate in human affairs, especially through the instrumentality of divinely awakened saints. There is no reason, then, to assume a radical separation between Absolute Consciousness and the relative universe. A stage play is not necessarily autobiographical, but its playwright is not therefore indifferent to the plot. Non-attachment is very different from lack of concern. Nevertheless, the essentials of revelation transcend all human realities.
Revelation is the perception of that which ever was, and ever shall be. The religions of the world, in their systems of belief, concentrate too often on that which in their eyes makes them unique: on the special ways in which their prophets, saints, or masters are different from all others; on the one special grace that animates them alone; on their own way of salvation as the surest for winning divine favor. They describe as "revelation" those truths which, they believe, set them apart from—and of course above—all other religions. Even the explanation of a revelation, however, is not the same thing as the experience of it. Though the explanations be many and diverse, the revelation itself can be only one.
One hallmark of revelation is its innate power. There is nothing vague or mystifying about its experience. The entire universe was projected from Divine Consciousness. Scriptures born of revelation project an almost palpable aura of divine power. Ordinary books are sometimes written and offered to the world as scripture that are merely mind-born, not superconsciousness-born. Some of them even become widely accepted as scripture. If they lack that aura of divine power, though, they must be classed as human inventions, merely. They are not expressions of true revelation.
In divine power there is another quality also: a vibration of expansive joy. Scriptures based on true revelation are never melancholy, pessimistic, or depressing. True scripture conveys a spirit of infinite hope. For such, through the ages, has been the experience of everyone who has been blessed with the experience of revelation.
The insights on which the Hindu teachings are based were revelation in the highest sense of the word. That revelation is not unique to any religion. No experience of the Absolute may be claimed as the possession of one person or one religion.
An aspect of the greatness of the Indian scriptures, indeed, lies in their own claim to universality. In this, Vedic revelation is, in the words of the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, "sublime as heat and night and a breathless ocean. It contains every religious sentiment, all the grand ethics which visit in turn each noble poetic mind . . . eternal necessity, eternal compensation, unfathomable power, unbroken silence."
A fundamental tenet of Hinduism is that all paths lead to the same goal. God is the one Source of everything in existence. Some people, however, have drawn from this tenet in Hinduism the conclusion that all paths, therefore, are equal. This is no more true than it would be to say that it makes no difference whether one wants to travel from Switzerland to France by going directly, or going in an eastward direction around the world, coming to France by way of the Atlantic. Both ways will get you there, yes. The eastern route may even have the advantage of affording you with broader experience in the process. It should not be said, however, that the two ways are equal.
Drunkenness may in fact take one to God, eventually, through lifetimes of suffering and disillusionment. As the part of a bone that has been broken becomes, once it heals, stronger than the original bone, so drunkenness may eventually give one a distaste for evading one's responsibilities (as alcoholics usually try to do), and make one more firmly devoted than most people to doing what is right. Thus, it may be said that while the fundamental truth of religion—namely, that God is one, and that it is man's duty to know Him—is the same everywhere, it cannot be said truly that all religions, and all sects within those religions, are equal. There is, in fact, much error practiced everywhere in the name of religion: much bigotry, much intolerance, much hatred, and much persecution. "Ignorance," Paramhansa Yogananda used to say, "both East and West, is fifty-fifty."
Indeed, the eternal truth that the goal of soul evolution is oneness with God is nowhere taught so unequivocally or so definitely as in Hinduism. Jesus Christ taught it, to be sure, but almost no so-called Christians believe in that kind of liberation. Their idea of perfection—which Jesus counseled also—is eternal life amid heavenly surroundings.
Buddha taught that highest state, certainly, but almost no Buddhists believe that the state of oneness entails eternal, blissful, conscious awareness. They think of nirvana as nothingness. An official Buddhist document I read in Thailand many years ago equated nirvana with total cessation of consciousness. The document was written as an answer to the Hindu concept of Satchidananda: ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Bliss. "It is true," the document conceded, "that there is, at first, a fleeting experience of bliss. After that, however, there ensues a state of absolute nothingness." Who would devote his whole life—indeed, lifetimes—with full sincerity to achieving nothingness? Impossible! I can only imagine people, once that dread moment of truth arrives, exclaiming in dismay, "Hold off a little! I'm not quite ready for that!" Nirvana, when truly understood, means the cessation of everything except bliss. Divine Bliss is the only eternal reality. And blissful compassion is what the Buddha showed throughout his mission on earth.
I've been dismayed to see Hinduism either discounted altogether in Western thought, or else equated with Buddhism as the true flowering of ancient Hinduism. Buddha was, in fact, a Hindu, just as Jesus was a Jew. I learned from my great guru, however, how extraordinary is the legacy of India's ancient religion—how all-embracing, how thrillingly right and true. No other religion in the world, as understood by its own adherents, presents as the goal of life the state of moksha: liberation in oneness with Satchidananda.
"Swami Kriyananda's inspired, entertaining, energetic writing style makes this book delightful reading for Hindus and non-Hindus alike. He brings order to the seeming chaos of the vast symbols and imagery one encounters in Hinduism and brings forth the underlying teachings from which these symbols arise. . . . Kriyananda does a superb job not only in deepening our understanding and appreciation of the Hindu religion, but of encouraging us to expand our awareness to include an appreciation of truth in all religions."
—Yoga International
"In a scholarly and thorough manner, Kriyananda explores the true meaning of self-discovery through the various ways of Hindu religions. He places the Hindu way not only in history within the contexts of the psychology and spirituality of symbol, but also directly demonstrates how it participates in the revelation of the ultimate human destiny."
—The New Times
"The Hindu Way of Awakening demonstrates that Hinduism is a robust, joyful religion, amazingly in step with the most advanced thinking of modern times, in love with life, deeply human, as well as humane, delightfully aware of the individual's personal life needs. [The book] gives hope for life and for the future. It points to that essence of eternal truth that animates every great religion in the world, and amply demonstrates the necessity for all men and women of good will to interact together with a mutual respect for the sake of their own personal well-being and for the benefit of future generations."
—Midwest Book Review
"The book provides an understanding of Hinduism as the inner Way that all souls tread, characterized by profound wisdom and devotion, and with a genuine toleration and appreciation of religious diversity that is so much needed in our world."
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Accident with art installation injured workers off King Street: GFD
GREENWICH — Two workers were injured and hospitalized following an accident installing a large art display on Sherwood Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
Police, fire and medical units responded to a mishap involving the installation of a heavy steel sculpture.
"It was a solid steel ring, around six to seven feet wide," said Fire Marshal Chris Pratico, "They were trying to roll it in place." The workers were using a small vehicle with an attached gantry crane to put the sculpture in place.
The equipment broke during the operation. "The rig fell over on its side, and it landed on two of the workers," Pratico continued.
The two workers were briefly trapped under the sculpture. The other workers managed to lift the sculpture off the two men before emergency unit arrived. Firefighters and the Greenwich Emergency Medical Service stabilized the scene and assisted with transport to Stamford Hospital.
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Hairspray In set, music and performance, this show is, perhaps, the most exuberantly exciting musical Theatre Under the Stars has produced in seasons. It never stops moving. The ersatz '60s rock and roll score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and the electrifying cast keep us bopping in our seats. But while the production is beyond reproach, the show is terribly ordinary. Okay, so it ran on Broadway for six and a half years and won eight Tony Awards (!), which would be a complete mystery except that the other nominees for 2003 included Urban Cowboy and A Year With Frog and Toad. But how could a musical compete with the original 1988 John Waters movie, which is so unblushingly weird and unique? The Waters is wrung right out of the story, about integration at a Baltimore TV station's dance party, similar to American Bandstand. It wouldn't offend your racist Aunt Mable. There's no grit – instead, it's forced and predictable. The performers are top-notch, however, and far surpass the lame material. Katrina Rose Dideriksen, who's played rotund Tracy Turnblad on Broadway and on tour, is a fireplug of energy, and there's not a trace of autopilot about her performance, which is a great compliment. Austin Miller (handsome Link, the leading dancer on the fictional TV show, whom Tracy loves from afar) sings like a dream, moves like Jerry Lee Lewis, and is poured into his sharkskin suit. Paul Vogt brings charm and wicked wit to Edna. Look for Houston theater veterans Susan O. Koozin and Jimmy Phillips, playing multiple characters, who are having a much better time than we are. The show spritzes by without a trace of remembrance, content to be edgy by edging Edna's red chiffon with marabou. Through October 17. Hobby Center, 800 Bagby, 713-558-8887. – DLG
Ghost Incest, sexually transmitted diseases, bribing the clergy — all this bad behavior and more are part of the drama of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, the latest offering from Classical Theatre Company. The late 19th-century tale focuses on a dysfunctional family trying to carry on despite the fact that they're all haunted by the sins of the now-dead father. The philanderer left his wife Mrs. Alving depressed (Christianne Mays) and his son Osvald lonely and sick (Matthew Keenan). He also left enough money to fund a home for orphans, which is what brings the handful of characters who make up this small drama together. We meet the group just before the orphanage opens to the public, with mother, son and a minister named Manders (Philip Lehl) planning for the big day. A low-life workman named Engstrand (Kent Johnson) and his daughter Regina (Blair Knowles) are also on hand to stir up trouble. Along the way, these characters make some wicked revelations — they have a lot of baggage and a lot of tainted history. It's a dark and unseemly tale, but it all looks absolutely gorgeous on Matthew Schlief's stunning white-on-white set. Schlief's minimalist take on a Norwegian country estate is reason enough to buy a ticket to this show. Also good is Lehl's disarming performance. He brings a vibrant and truthful urgency to the stage every time he walks out. As directed by John Johnston, the production is sometimes a little stiff – Mays and Knowles are especially careful in their very Victorian delivery and posture. But the show moves surprisingly quickly, despite the fact that the first act is more than 80 minutes long. And Ibsen still manages to shock, even in the 21st century. Through October 17. Talento Bilingue De Houston, 333 South Jenson Dr. , 713-963-9665. – LW
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Sleuth Anthony Shaffer's Tony-winning mystery/thriller is the perfect work for a pre-Halloween chill. Nothing is what it seems here, and you laugh along with the inventiveness even when you're goose-pimply. Arrogant English mystery writer Andrew Wyke (a perfect Steve Fenley) is cuckolded by his wife and her lover Milo (an equally perfect Tom Long). Andrew, who says he doesn't love his wife anymore, convinces Milo to break into the house, steal some jewelry, and pawn the loot. Andrew will collect the considerable insurance, while Milo makes off to France with a tidy sum — and a new wife. A perfect crime. Of course, we know there's no such thing, thanks to Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett and Alfred Hitchcock. Shaffer's witty plot zips along, always keeping at least a few nimble feet ahead of us, and it's fun to be frightened — and even more fun to be fooled. Pompous and smug, Andrew is so sure of himself, we know something will go wrong, and Fenley eats him up like caviar with champagne. He salivates with such words as "mullions" and "unguents," turning Andrew's arch phrases into gothic flying buttresses. He's like a despicable, dangerous Sheridan Whiteside. Fenley's worthy opponent in these deadly games is Long, who, by his own magical acting powers, turns the character of milquetoast Milo into a real person. We know how amazing Fenley is as an actor, so it's a pleasure to see Long equal him. They play back and forth with the finely honed finesse of tennis pros. (Long was a definitive "Tom" in Texas Rep's Glass Menagerie a few seasons back, but he dropped off the Houston radar. It's awfully good to have him back.) The Texas Rep production is ultra-stylish, with an adroit set design — all black-and-white chessboard — by Jesse Dreikosen, and director Craig Miller keeps the action nice and taut. The cast is fleshed out by Jamie Geiger (Inspector Doppler), Glenn Spencer (Detective Tarrant) and Joshua Estrada (Constable Higgins). It won't spoil anyone's fun to say that these three are so good and so thoroughly enmeshed into the story, you hardly notice them. Jolly good job, and jolly good show. Through October 17. 14243 Stuebner Airline, 281-583-7573. — DLG


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Vincent, Tangella and Mr. Livingston host the 21st-century version of Creature Features, the classic San Francisco Bay Area horror-host program made famous by Bob Wilkins in the 70's and John Stanley in the 80's. Host Vincent Van Dahl, former frontman for 90's metal band "Prince of Darkness" retired from music a few years back to pursue a quiet life in Bodega Bay at his newly-acquired home, The Poulter Manor. From this haunted mansion, he is joined by his peculiar housemate Tangella and his loyal valet Mr. Livingston to deliver the best guests and the worst movies to the entire Bay Area and around the world.
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BERLIN — The Latest on disputes within German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government (all times local):
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Some media in Germany have briefly fallen for a hoax tweet announcing that Interior Minister Horst Seehofer had broken up his Bavarian party's decades-old alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in a dispute over migration.
A Twitter account that resembled a local broadcaster's said Hesse state governor Volker Bouffier, a senior member of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, had said in an internal email that Seehofer was dissolving the alliance.
Seehofer's Christian Social Union and Merkel's CDU campaign together in national elections and have a joint parliamentary group.
Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert, who was at a government news conference at the time of Friday's tweet, said there were signs that the tweet actually came from a writer at the satirical magazine Titanic.
The Hesse branch of the CDU confirmed it was a hoax.
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A spat within the German government over migration has turned to name-calling, with one ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel accusing another of acting like a "bonsai Trump" by threatening to turn some refugees back at the border.
The dispute has raised questions over Merkel's future, as nationalist forces already in power elsewhere in Europe turn up the heat on the long-serving German chancellor for her welcoming stance toward migrants.
Among Merkel's sharpest critics is Bavaria's governor Markus Soeder, whose Christian Social Union is taking an increasingly hard line ahead of state elections this fall even though it forms part of the governing coalition at the national level.
Soeder and his party colleague Horst Seehofer — Germany's interior minister — want to send police to the border to turn back migrants who have registered as refugees in other European countries. Merkel has warned that such a move could shift the burden onto countries such as Italy and Greece.
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A lawyer for a Texas paramedic arrested on charges of possessing bomb-making material says his client will plead not guilty and had no connection to the fertiliser plant explosion that killed 14 people last month.
Attorney Jonathan Sibley said in a prepared statement on Saturday that his client Bryce Reed anxiously awaits his next court appearance on Wednesday, which will include a detention hearing.
Authorities arrested Reed on Friday but stressed that he has not been linked to the April 17 explosion in West, Texas.
The statement said Reed remained "heartbroken" about the explosion, in which he lost friends, and wants to continue to help his community rebuild.
Reed was a first responder but two days after the explosion was "let go" from West EMS for unknown reasons.
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In the ice cream manufacturing process, one must carefully weigh and measure the ingredients before starting to mix. You must carefully identify the amount of each ingredient you use to formulate ice cream mix due to:
- A finished product of the right quality and consistency from batch to batch is very necessary. It is only possible to achieve this by using the right proportions of the ingredients.
- The cost implications. Some ingredients such as cream are expensive; therefore, the manufacturer may compromise on the quality of the product.
Proper ice cream mix formulation enhances quality of ice cream #icecream #icecreammix Click To Tweet
To ensure that you end up with the right formulation of the mix, you can adopt any of these methods
- Pearson square method
- Algebraic equations method
- Calculating the percentage MSNF
- Serum point method
- Formula (tables) method
- Computer generated formulations
Algebraic equations method to formulate ice cream mix
Formulate a 10,000 kg ice cream mix with 12% butterfat, 10% MSNF, 14% cane sugar, 0.2% gelatin, 0.2% glycerol monostearate, and 0.3% flavor/color combination.
Ingredients to formulate ice cream mix
Fresh cream: 38.5% BF and 5.5% MSNF
Whole milk: 3.5% BF and 8.5% MSNF
Skim milk powder: 0% BF and 96% MSNF
Gelatin: 100% TS
Gums: 100% TS
Flavor and color: 100% TS
Related: 13 Costly Ice Cream Defects That Will Drive You Out of Production
Here's the video of mix formation.
Calculate the amount of each ingredient to be used to formulate ice cream mix above.
The mix was used to make ice cream with 80% overrun: Calculate the final weight of the ice cream.
Now, assuming x-cream, y-whole milk powder, and z-skim milk powder,
The total mix equation (i) becomes:
Butterfat equation (ii) becomes:
MSNF equation (iii) becomes:
Eliminate z by multiplying equation (i) by 0.96
Equate equation (iv) with equation (iii)
Make x the subject of the formula
Now substitute x in equation (ii)
Equation (ii) is 0.385x+0.035y=12
Substituting x gives:
Substitute the value of y in equation (ii)
Equation (ii) is 0.385x+0.035y=12
Substituting y gives
Substitute the values of x and y in equation (i) to get the value of z
Equation (i) is x+y+z=85.3
To get the amounts of each ingredient used to make the 10,000 mix
X=26.17*100=2617kg of cream
Y=54.987*100=5498.7kg of whole milk
Z=4.143*100=414.3kgof skim milk powder
Sugar needed = 1400kg
Flavor and color = 30kg
GMS = 20kg
Gelatin = 20kg
Total amount of ice cream mix = 1400+30+20+20+414.3+5498.7+2617 = 10,000kg
With 80% overrun, the final weight of the ice cream becomes
10,000*1.8 = 18,000kg
After obtaining the mix, you are now ready to start processing. Here is a detailed post on how to go about it.


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I'm always looking for great quality beauty products at low affordable prices, however, I'm a little skeptical of all make-up until I've personally tried it out. I was thrilled to find a great selection of Rimmel London cosmetics available at Walmart for only $3.97 each (see my shopping story here). These Rimmel products are all perfect for creating a fresh and natural look for summer. Since I live in humid Florida, I especially want my summer make-up to be light and understated.
I used these Rimmel products to create two summer styles: natural nude, and bold red.
This natural nude look is my all-time favorite look. I highlighted my favorite Rimmel products above that were essential to this look: The quad eye shadow, the natural mineral bronzer, and the stay glossy lip gloss.
Tips for this natural look
1. Don't overdo your foundation. If you feel like your foundation is leaving lines or looking unnatural, use one shade lighter than you usually do. You can then add color more naturally with the bronzer. If you still want a lighter look, mix the liquid foundation with a little bit of moisturizer on your hand right before you apply it.
2. Use neutral tones for your liner and shadow. I used brown eye liner and the quad eye shadow. I used the different shades of brown to create subtle shadows and add dimension to my eyes, without making it especially noticeable.
3. Apply a little bronzer to your forehead, nose, and cheeks (basically the places where you naturally get sun). Then apply a light layer of pressed powder (in the same shade as your foundation) to the rest of your face.
4. Don't forget lip gloss. This pink gloss is subtle, but is the perfect finishing touch. I love this Stay Glossy lip gloss, because it feels like a cross between lip stick and lip gloss, and it doesn't feel too sticky.
I have to confess, red lipstick makes me nervous. I see other people wearing it, and I love the look. However, I sometimes shy away from bold looks, plus, I hate the thought of it smearing or rubbing off. But now, red lips is a new summer staple for me, thanks to the Lasting Finish by Kate Lipstick.
Tips for this bolder summer look:
1. Stay with the light and fresh make-up look from above to keep the focus on your red lips. You also want to avoid too many bold things at once.
2. Use neutral tones for your eye shadow. I would stick with shades of brown, gold, and gray, according to your skin tone.
3. Scrub your lips with a wash cloth before applying your lipstick for a smoother and more polished look.
4. After you've applied your red lipstick, add a little bit of a lighter shade of lip gloss to the middle of your lips for a little dimension.
5. Pair this bold look with a neutral colored shirt (maybe even one with a bold geometric pattern). I added a coral headband and sunglasses to compliment the red lipstick, and to help pull my bangs back.
Check out this summer lifestyle magazine that features tips and looks from Rimmel London:
What is your favorite summer make-up look? Are you more of a natural nude or a bold red?


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Amusing and vibrant, Super Rub a Dub™ brings rubber ducklings to life. Fully controlled by the SIXAXIS™ wireless controller motion sensors, guide your ducklings in colorful water filled tubs to clear each stage safely away from sharks.
Tip and toss those sharks overboard. Create a duckling line and win bonus time! With over 60 ducktastic-themed stages, varied difficulty, and 4P turn-based multiplayer gameplay, Super Rub a Dub grants endless action.


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Our FL-Series Pile Turner is a heavy duty machine. It is ideal for plants that run multiple shifts per day, or even 24 hours a day / 7 days a week. Everything about this machine is heavy duty from its rugged frame to its hydraulic system and components.


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Am I a s** object?
Well being 18 years old and as a gay man sadly I have meet and talk mostly to straight, bi curious men. In high school tho but every single man who ever wanna talk and not sure who they are just want s**. I say no but somedays when I feel alone and not wanted I give on what they want. I don't give s** we just sext a lot and I mean a lot. But I'm a virgin and a total virgin i've never kissed, hugged or did anything with a dude before. I know that I'm 120% gay defiantly not straight. But being in high school is hard and seeing all of my friends being in a relationship is kinda hard for me. I know I should be stronger and be my own man. But honestly I feel unwanted, unseen, and unheard.....
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If you're a cute sweet 18 yr old I would love to use you as my own s** toy. I am an older str8 but slightly bi curious lonely guy who finds teen guys (of legal age only) HOT. You know you want someone to make you feel happy right? I'd love to hear from you boy!
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Well Average is Over and Chevy has reacted appropriately.
If you are ugly, broke, unemployed, and hen-pecked, then the new Chevy Malibu may be just for you.
I am not making this up. They are flat out telling you:
For the most emasculated guys on earth is more like it.
Get your balls back from you wife and buy a Camaro
My mother owns a Chevy Malibu which has to be taken to the dealer about every other month for one thing or another. Worthless car.


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The South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Planning Guidance document is now open for consultation until midnight on Tuesday 16th August 2016.
The proposed eight sections of Guidance are available for viewing and downloading from the documents list found on the AONB website AONB Planning Guidance Having read the document in full, or the sections that are of most interest, participants are requested to complete and submit a consultation response to provide their feedback using our smartsurvey survey form.
All feedback will be collated and used to inform the final version of the Planning Guidance. A report on the consultation feedback will be available through the South Devon AONB website.
The unit has also arranged a Planning workshop as an opportunity to get involved in shaping the guidance. It is aimed particularly at Parish Councils, Town Councils and Neighbourhood Plan Groups across the South Devon AONB. This will be held on Thursday 11th August from 6.30pm – 9pm at Kingsbridge Community College Library. Anyone wishing to attend is asked to email firstname.lastname@example.com or call the AONB team on 01803 861384
AONB Manager Roger English commented: " We hope that people will take the opportunity to attend this workshop in order to discuss the subject of planning and the AONB. It is a challenge to balance the social and economic needs of our communities whilst safeguarding local distinctiveness and conserving the AONB landscape, and we welcome everyone's views."


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A group of Chinese entrepreneurs are visiting the MIT Sloan School of Management Oct. 9-11 to take part in a special executive education program focused on strategic innovation and entrepreneurial leadership. The MIT Sloan program is part of China Entrepreneur Club's "Global Study Tour of Chinese Entrepreneurs."
Established by 31 of China's top entrepreneurs, economists, and diplomats in 2006, China Entrepreneur Club (CEC) is a hub for Chinese entrepreneurial exchange, cooperation, and international collaboration. As a non-profit organization, CEC is dedicated to nurturing entrepreneurship and business integrity while paving the future of sustainable economic and social development.
During their visit to MIT Sloan, more than 20 Chinese executives will be exposed to the Institute's innovation ecosystem through lectures from top MIT faculty, classroom activities, and visits to MIT labs and research centers. The custom program will feature MIT Sloan faculty from the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. Professor Fiona Murray, faculty director of the Trust Center, will be the faculty director of the CEC program, and Bill Aulet, managing director of the Trust Center and author of the new book "Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup," will teach in the program, along with other MIT faculty.
MIT Sloan Executive Education is dedicated to developing innovative global leaders who improve the world. Partnering with some of the world's most influential organizations, MIT Sloan develops custom programs to help them drive revolutionary change, take advantage of opportunities, and master their toughest challenges through innovation. Programs are designed to address an organization's specific challenges through rigorous concepts and frameworks and unique learning-in-action methodologies, creating a dynamic learning experience that leads to significant, real-world results.
"As pioneers of global management education, MIT Sloan is committed to establishing business practices that strengthen local economies and, ultimately, help shape the future of global business," says Peter Hirst, executive director of MIT Sloan Executive Education. "With our long history of working with Chinese students and companies, our extensive entrepreneurial network, and our culture of innovation, MIT is uniquely qualified to provide executive education to the China Entrepreneur Club. We are thrilled to welcome them to MIT."


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Professor J. Richard Harvey, Jr. Quoted in The Wall Street Journal
Professor J. Richard Harvey, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Practice at Villanova University School of Law and its Graduate Tax Program, was quoted in the December 17 Wall Street Journal article, "With U.S. Asset Sale, Avon Joins a Small Club." As one of the nation's leading experts on the taxation of U.S. multinational corporations, Harvey is regularly called upon by leading media outlets for his expert commentary on the matter.
Harvey spoke with the Wall Street Journal about Avon Product's decision to sell the bulk of its North American operations to Cerberus Capital Management LP, and the tax implications of being a U.S.-based publicly traded company with little or no American operations. "They're not going to want to have a situation long-term where they've got a U.S. parent with no U.S. operations sitting on top of a foreign operation that appears to be very profitable," he remarked. "You're going to want to do something to get that U.S. parent out of the equation."
A former senior IRS and Treasury official with over 35 years of multifaceted tax experience, Harvey has written and spoken extensively on the topic of international tax issues. He testified before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on the offshore tax practices of Apple, Inc. in 2013.
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So I spent the last week in July at the beach on Long Beach Island (Surf City, to be exact). It was a good time. Can't beat a free vacation! Jenny, Tony, Henry, Tiffany and I came down that Saturday. We swam a little bit, got started on the tans, and played ping pong. Jenny's parents threw us an excellent barbecue for dinner. They're really awesome people.
On Sunday, more of the beach. Very relaxing. Cute shirtless straight boys everywhere. Matt and Alyson (you've heard about them already) even stopped by for a few hours. By that evening, I had already gotten pretty dark, but I also started catching a cold. Grrr. Later that night, we attempted to play Trivial Pursuit, but had no idea that the first Genus edition was so damn hard!
Brian came down from Brooklyn late Monday night with Cheryl from Excelsior. Henry left on Tuesday, and Tony, Brian and Cheryl left on Wednesday.
It was nice to finally be home though. I had really missed Brooklyn and my apartment and Sabrina and my whole home routine.
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The event commenced with the hoisting of the National Flag by High commissioner Designate to Malaysia AJM Muzammil. The National Anthem was sung in Sinhala and Tamil with the participation of children from the Sri Lankan community. Two minutes silence was observed as a mark of respect to fallen war heroes. A religious ceremony followed conducted by the religious dignitaries of the respective faiths. The messages of President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera were read-out in all three languages.
Thereafter, the High commissioner addressed gathering and noted that the celebrations were particularly meaningful because of the current positive changes in Sri Lanka and highlighted the steps taken by the President and Prime Minster to obtain Social, Political and Economic freedom for the Nation. The High commissioner, further stated that, 'It is a time when the government has embarked upon far reaching democratic reforms that would usher in a new Sri Lanka in which all Sri Lankans belonging to different ethnic groups and religions, rise as one nation to bring about a new political culture of good governance.
Speaking about the Diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Malaysia, the High commissioner highlighted that, " As we celebrate this occasion, the Government and people of Sri Lanka look forward to strengthen the bonds of friendship and cooperation with the Government and people of Malaysia on the basis of our shared values, our commitment for democracy, good governance and for international peace and security.


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Wednesday, 28 August 2013
West Ken: Eric Pickles "fisked"
Oo-er. The letter sent by the office of the Secretary of State giving the green light to property developers and our Council to evict the residents of the West Kensington & Gibbs Green Estate has been comprehensively 'fisked' by Jonathan Rosenberg, community organisor for the campaign.
In Mr Rosenburg's opinion the decision is "...plainly irrational since there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary on most if not all of the grounds" given. You can read the letter above, which gives a series of reasons and logic for the decision. Here's their response:
The proposals:
Do not involve a conflict with national policies on important matters
The proposals obviously conflict with national policies for the Big Society and Localism because they involve dictating the future of the local community against its wishes. The Prime Minister and his minister have repeatedly claimed they are giving power to the people, to local communities, to decide the future of their neighbourhoods. The importance of these policies is reflected in the many statements from the Secretary of State and other Ministers. The Prime Minister has personally championed these policies, claiming this is something he is "passionate" about.
This conflict with national policy on this important matter has been reported in the national press, with dozens of articles in the Guardian and in the national media, including national television, and hundreds and thousands of media articles. For example, on 12 January 2011 the Financial Times ran a story with the headlines: "Regeneration row. West London project runs into difficulties. 'Big Society' threat to Earl's Court Scheme".
Do not have significant long term impact on economic growth and meeting housing needs across a wider area than a single authority
The loss of the Earl's Court Exhibition Centres would have a significant long term impact on economic growth across many local authorities and more widely given their major role in UK and world trade. The Secretary of State is not qualified to opine otherwise since no economic assessment of their loss was made.
There is a significant impact on meeting housing needs across the wider area, which is caused by failing to take advantage of this development opportunity to maximise the amount of additional affordable housing prescribed by policy.
Do not have significant effects beyond their immediate locality
The destruction of the Exhibition Centres has significant effects across London and throughout the UK (more on this from AEO) as it leads to loss of business for hundreds of UK companies and in some case closure of businesses or cessation of Earl's Court related operations, which is obviously an effect beyond its immediate locality.
The Centres generate at least £1 billion a year for the UK economy and play a major role in UK and international trade that would be lost and not replaced.
The relocation of the Lillie Bridge rail depot, which is the premier servicing facility for London Underground would be forced away from it central location, most likely to Ruislip. This would have a significant effect on the safe and efficient running of the Underground across the whole of London, which is obviously an effect beyond its immediate locality.
Do not give rise to substantial cross boundary or national controversy
On 23 August, 2013, Planning Magazine, the trade press for the planning profession reported the Secretary of State's decision with the headline: "No call in for controversial Earls Court scheme", The first word of the first sentence of the article is "Controversial".
On 24 August 2013 the BBC reported the SoS's decision not to call in.
It is quite apparent from reading just a few of the hundreds of media articles, and journalists have said so, that the scheme has given rise to cross-boundary and national controversy.
Do not raise significant architectural and urban design issues
Sir Terry Farrell would be surprised to hear that his scheme does not raise any significant architectural and urban design issues. The masterplan refers to a "unique opportunity" for "this extraordinary site" and lauds the masterplanner's "visionary approach" for "an innovative and vibrant new district that is a beacon for sustainable living" that "introduces a new metropolitan 'front door' to the capital".
In a Hammersmith & Fulham council press release dated 23 August 2013, developer Gary Yardley said: "The Masterplan will create a remarkable new district for London".
At £8 billion, the Earl's Court redevelopment is claimed to be the largest in the world outside of China. It involves the demolition of 760 decent homes, the EC Exhibition Centres and the rail depot so as to build 7,000, 80% of which would be unaffordable. It will involve the construction of several tower blocks up to 30 storeys high and over 4,000 car parking spaces.
"As the written ministerial statement of 10 May 2013 makes clear, the Government wants to see a focus on refurbishment and improvement of rundown or vacant properties rather their demolition. We would expect, in line with George Clarke's ten point plan, landlords to consider options to upgrade and refurbish existing homes, in consultation with tenants, prior to considering demolition." (Consultation on the Housing Transfer Manual 23 July 2013)
Ministerial Statement 10 May 2013 Empty Homes. Mark Prisk: "As part of this commitment, we have explicitly rejected the last Administration's top-down, large-scale Whitehall targets for demolition and clearance. The obsession with demolition over refurbishment was both economically and environmentally wasteful, as well as involving significant damage of our nation's heritage."
Do not involve the interests of national security or of foreign governments
It likely will involve foreign governments given how much new development in inner London has been purchased by sovereign wealth funds, especially from Middle Eastern countries.
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The class actions pending against debt buying companies LVNV Funding, Midland Funding, Waterfront Capital, Jefferson Capital, and Cavalry SPV I have all been moving forward. The current status of each case is as follows:
LVNV Funding: Motions for class certification and for summary judgment were heard by the Suffolk Superior Court on December 14, 2016. Decisions are not expected for at least a month.
Midland Funding: Midland's motion to compel arbitration was heard by the U.S. District Court on December 7, 2016. A decision is not expected for at least a month.
Waterfront Capital: Hearings on motions for class certification and for summary judgment did not go forward as scheduled on September 26, 2016, to permit the parties to finalize a settlement.
Jefferson Capital: A hearing on Jefferson Capital's motion to compel arbitration is scheduled to be heard by the U.S. District Court on December 21, 2017.
First Resolution Investment Corp: The parties have completed discovery, and it is anticipated that motions for class certification and for summary judgment will be filed shortly.
Cavalry SPV I: An initial scheduling conference was conducted by the Suffolk Superior Court on November 15, 2017. The parties are now pursuing discovery.
Plaintiffs in each of the above cases are represented by Attorneys Kenneth D. Quat and Josef C. Culik. The National Consumer Law Center is also co-counsel for the plaintiffs in the LVNV cases.
By Kenneth D. Quat, Massachusetts Consumer Rights Attorney.
If you feel your rights have been violated, please contact our office. In most situations, we can provide an initial case evaluation at no charge.
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Mondo Guerra wants you to Dine Out for Life on April 26th
04.11.18 | Project Runway Alum and HIV/AIDS Activist Mondo Guerra joins The Focus Group this week to talk about his work with Dining Out for Life—among all his other activities. But first, Tim and John share what caught their eye and who is Masaru Ibuka? Shop Talk explores four words to avoid in interviews. See if you agree.


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Although I got a great deal onthis i wish i had got the Fender instead which is what i would reccomend if you have the dough but if not i highly suggest this over the horrible knockoffs (JAY TURSER Etc.) [read more on Audiofanzine]Edzo the psycotic cyrcus clown rated this unit on 2002-02-18.
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Author(s): Mike Rendle
The indispensable guide to catching fish. After many revisions, the last several decades ago, New Zealand's most loved fishing book is being completely rewritten for the twenty-first century. Techniques, technology and resource management have changed so much in that time, for example metal jigs and softbaits were unheard of, that every part of the book has been transformed. While aimed primarily at the new and developing fisherman, every angler, no matter their level of experience, will find something in this book to help them catch more fish.
After five decades of fishing, author Michael Rendle has an extensive knowledge of the sport throughout New Zealand and the Pacific. From his early days on local wharves to the pinnacle that is working among the gamefishing elite at Cairns, Michael says that you never stop learning. He has also appeared on TV fishing shows, run seminars and educated in the use of marine electronics and water safety. During his time as a fishing magazine editor he nurtured many of the current crop of fishing talent and loves nothing more than to help new fisherman succeed on their own.


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Folk and protest singer Malvina Reynolds was born on this day in San Francisco, California. Reynolds was denied a diploma by the city's elite Lowell High School because her parents were opposed to US participation in World War I. She was perhaps best known for her satire of suburbia, "Little Boxes" which was most likely inspired by the tacky sprawl of houses in Daly City, just outside of San Francisco. – 1900
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IWW strikers boarded a streetcar in McKees Rock, Pennsylvania looking for scabs. A deputy sheriff shot at them and was killed in the return fire. A gun battle ensued that killed 11 people. – 1909
The U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations was formed by Congress during a period of great labor and social unrest. After three years of hearing witnesses, including Clarence Darrow, Louis Brandeis, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, Theodore Schroeder, William "Big Bill" Haywood, scores of ordinary workers, and the icons of capitalism, including Daniel Guggenheim, George Walbridge Perkins, Sr. (of U.S. Steel), Henry Ford and Andrew Carnegie, the Commission issued an 11-volume report frequently critical of capitalism.The New York Herald characterized the Commission's president, Frank P. Walsh, as "a Mother Jones in trousers". – 1912
Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, accused of murder and tried unfairly, were executed on this day. The case became an international cause and sparked demonstrations and strikes throughout the world. – 1927
Vigilantes assaulted 200 migrant workers in Yakima, Washington. – 1933
Seven merchant seamen crewing the SS Baton Rouge Victory lost their lives en route to Saigon when the ship was sunk by Viet Cong action. A limpet mine had been placed on the 8,500 ton freighter's hull, ripping through its belly. The explosive had been positioned by a swimmer and the detonated electronically by someone crouching on the riverbank. – 1966
The Farm Workers Organizing Committee (later the United Farm Workers of America) was granted a charter by the AFL-CIO. – 1966