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Leti lives the life that most people just imagine… much of her time is dedicated to community service and event planning. BUT, in between, she jett- sets to exotic beach and water destinations, avidly participates in paddle and daily running, and most importantly, is committed to be the best mother and wife imginable. In fact, it's the mother piece that led her to Dr. Mahony.
This lively Mom of three actually "wanted breast implants after the birth of her first daughter." She "loved the look of her breasts while she was breast feeding". However, much to her surprise, she remained mostly pregnant for the next 10+ years and the years which followed were complete with chauffeuring and supervising her 3 daughters. It wasn't until now that any "me time" became available
Her genetic disposition and athletic pursuits keep her on the very lean side of proportion. At 5'7", she is only 110 lbs with a bust size of a 32A-. Although 'lean and mean' worked great in her younger years, at 53 Leti was interested in "restoring a little more of her feminine curves" to her figure. A side benefit of added curves would be the ability to get her bikini tops stay put while engaging in her marvelous travels! She came to Dr. Mahony based on a positive experience years ago with her daughter. This visit however, was all about her and she knew exactly in whose hands she wanted to be. Leti's initial "concerns were on scarring, recovery and pain". She liked Dr. Mahony's "friendly demeanor and openness about sharing her own personal experience with implants". She found the staff to be "wonderful and super friendly, offering thorough explanations for every step along the way". It was reassuring to her "to know that Dr. Mahony was available to her 24/7". She was "very excited about the second visit which was dedicated to selecting the breast implant" that would be best for her. She chose the "Mentor Saline 200-240cc implants and loved the look and size"! And, at this point, she "doesn't even remember that she had the surgery done, they have become a part of her and look so natural!"
We asked Leti about her surgical experience and recovery. She says the "anesthesia and nursing staff were wonderful, and she had no complaints of nausea or unusual pain". As for advice to future patients: just "follow the instructions!" "I love Dr. Mahony, she has changed my life and made such a positive transformation!!" As a curvaceous C cup, she is ready to take on the world!
53 years old, G3P3, 5'7", 110 lbs, Implant: 200cc Saline Moderate Plus , 32A-/C
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Eagle Pose helps to strengthen the core and legs, and stretch the shoulders and hips. It also helps to get out the negative energy and focus on the positive, to promote inner-peace, calm the mind, relieve stress, and improve digestion, focus, patience, coordination, and balance.
Standing in mountain pose, open your arms like wings and wrap your right arm under your left, winding at the elbows and wrists.
Shift weight into your left leg and gently wrap your right leg around crossing at the knee, and if you are comfortable, at the ankle too.
Remember to breath slow deep breaths, pick a pretty spot in front of you to focus on, and think happy thoughts.
Gently unwind the arms and legs and try it on the other side.
If you would like an easier pose, you can touch opposite shoulders with your arms crossed on the chest, and do not cross at the ankle.


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Rinse FM Plan 18th Birthday Raves
Theo Darton-Moore , August 15th, 2012 10:26
Events in London, Manchester and in the Tate Tanks to celebrate Rinse's coming of age
Legendary London pirate-not-pirate station Rinse FM have planned a series of events to celebrate their 18th birthday.
It's set to include a takeover at the Tate Modern Tanks this Saturday 18th August, as part of the 'Undercurrent: Young Peoples' Festival', a series of events held by the Tate showcasing the artistic talents of a younger generation. The event is set to chart the history of the iconic station while exploring the relationship between underground and overground pop music, suggesting that they are perhaps more dependant on one another than common consensus might permit. It's a pertinent subject given Rinse FM's history of nurturing now household names like Dizzee Rascal, Wiley and Katy B.
Originally beginning life as a pirate radio station in 1994, Rinse FM is often cited as a key component in the emergence of grime and dubstep. The station, headed up by Geeneus, is considered one of the most vital broadcasters of new electronic music in the UK and beyond, and received an FM broadcast license in 2010.
Later on the evening of Saturday 18th, Rinse will be hosting a warehouse party at an as-yet-undisclosed location in East London. Under the FWD>> banner, the rave will feature sets from twelve different DJs, each of which will select sounds from a year they themselves had an impact on. Hatcha, Youngsta and El-B among are among the names confirmed for the event.
The event series culminates on the last weekend of September, with a pair of events in Manchester (Warehouse Project, Friday 28th) and London (Brixton Academy, Saturday 29th). They will both feature a host of Rinse affiliated names - the Manchester date includes Katy B, Skream, P Money and Diplo, and London will include Boy Better Know, Ms Dynamite and others, along with additional guests Modeselektor and Claude Von Stroke.
To view the full lineup for both these events, and grab tickets, head across to Rinse FM's site.
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The Avengers Green Lit for Sequel 2015!
Adrian Halen 08/16/2012	Uncategorized
In a PR post sent over this morning:
The Walt Disney Studios has announced a release date for Marvel Studios' sequel to the biggest Super Hero blockbuster and third highest grossing film of all time, Marvel's The Avengers. Joss Whedon returns to write and direct the UNTITLED MARVEL'S AVENGERS SEQUEL set for release May 1, 2015.
This is great news for comic fans (and moviegoers for that matter) with the debut Avengers film pulling in $200.3 million in opening weekend alone stacking up to $1.46 billion (3rd highest grossing film of all time)
Let's not forget that we also have Iron Man 3, Thor 2, and Captain America 2. just around the corner!


The best time to go to Libya is from january until december, in which you have a pleasant till hot temperature and none till barely rainfall. The highest average temperature in Libya is 35° in july and the lowest is 18° in january.
If you want to know what the average temperature is in Libya or when most rain or snow falls, you can find it quickly below. That way you are well prepared.
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Libya there is the hot desert climate prevailing. The average annual temperature for Libya is 27° degrees and there is 218 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 263 days a year with an average humidity of 52% and an UV-index of 6.
On average, it is maximum 18° in january in Libya and at least around 11° degrees. In january there are 10 days of rainfall with a total of 34 mm and the it will be dry 21 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 19° in february in Libya and at least around 12° degrees. In february there are 8 days of rainfall with a total of 29 mm and the it will be dry 20 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 22° in march in Libya and at least around 14° degrees. In march there are 9 days of rainfall with a total of 27 mm and the it will be dry 22 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 27° in april in Libya and at least around 19° degrees. In april there are 4 days of rainfall with a total of 10 mm and the it will be dry 26 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 30° in may in Libya and at least around 23° degrees. In may there are 5 days of rainfall with a total of 9 mm and the it will be dry 26 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 33° in june in Libya and at least around 26° degrees. In june there are 2 days of rainfall with a total of 4 mm and the it will be dry 28 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 35° in july in Libya and at least around 29° degrees. and the it will be dry 31 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 35° in august in Libya and at least around 28° degrees. In august there are 2 days of rainfall with a total of 2 mm and the it will be dry 29 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 34° in september in Libya and at least around 27° degrees. In september there are 5 days of rainfall with a total of 12 mm and the it will be dry 25 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 31° in october in Libya and at least around 24° degrees. In october there are 8 days of rainfall with a total of 26 mm and the it will be dry 23 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 25° in november in Libya and at least around 18° degrees. In november there are 9 days of rainfall with a total of 24 mm and the it will be dry 21 days this month in Libya.
On average, it is maximum 20° in december in Libya and at least around 14° degrees. In december there are 13 days of rainfall with a total of 41 mm and the it will be dry 18 days this month in Libya.
The weather for Tripoli in Libya will be 27° till 30° degrees in the next 14 days with a couple of days chance of light rain showers.
Libya is in the continental part Afrika and the capital is Tripoli. It is 1.759.540 km² with 1.770 km of coastline and has a population of 6.374.616. In terms of area, the country is 7x bigger than United Kingdom. If you want to call Libya you have to use +218 or 00218 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +2185012457809 or 002185012457809.
Libya is in a straight line at 2.334 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 3 hour and 40 min.
In Libya it is now 23:09 hour in the evening on friday 19 april 2019. That is equal to the time in United Kingdom. The time zone of Libya is Africa/Tripoli and the Greenwich time is UTC+02.
In Libya the Libische dinar is used to pay.
These vaccinations may differ per person and / or be advised on the basis of the stay in Libya.


The All-Year Stewardship Team coordinates activities and events involved in using our time, talents, and treasure toward carrying out the many goals of Wildflower Church. They work closely with the Fundraising, Finance, and Membership Teams and with the Board Treasurer. The Stewardship Campaign Team is a part of the All Year Stewardship Team and leads the annual pledge campaign.


No Windows Phone 8 Until November?
According to the well sourced Mary Jo Foley, the next version of Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8, will not reach its RTM build until September, and will not become generally available until November. That means that no handsets running Windows Phone 8, or even phones that can run the code, will go on sale until the month before the holidays.
This matters for a number of reasons, chiefly because it means that Microsoft and its OEM partners have to keep hocking handsets that are quickly set to be obsolete, all the way up to November. That's a long number of months from now, given their difficult position.
In case you hadn't heard, Windows Phone 8 won't run on any current Windows Phone handsets. So, all phones sold through November won't be able to make the hop to the latest code. Any Windows Phone handset sold before Windows Phone 8 will be permanently stuck in a technological cul-de-sac.
This news likely explains why Nokia is ramping up production for its Lumia 900 handset in Argentina – the company has to sell the darn things for more than another 100 days.
And of course, by not coming out until November (it could even be late November), the total amount of time that Microsoft will have to take advantage of the holiday sales cycle, to move new phones, is limited. And as Windows Phone hasn't had the easiest time of selling yet, to stack any restrictions on its ability move units is not welcome news.
But heck, maybe Microsoft can get the code done early.


Crazy Crash! Rider Rear-ends a red mustang!
#Warning Language# From the sound of it, this guy records his friend crashing into the back of a red mustang and landing on the back window. Glad to see this was at slow speeds. Could have been much worse!
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Digitalization is leading to enormous changes in all industries. Retailers are finding it to be a two-edged sword, giving rise to threats as well as tremendous opportunities.
As the number of shopping channels increases, customers gain the freedom to move freely among them while expecting to find the same services and products at every step along their journey. Parallel to the growth in online shopping opportunities is a decline in the availability of physical locations. Brick and mortar stores are no longer viewed as the primary shopping location owing to the rising importance of online shopping.
Customers are becoming more and more demanding. So-called millennials are connected globally; they expect to find online services as a matter of course and use them without a second thought. The web is accessible anywhere, anytime, providing full transparency about potential purchases to customers wanting information before making a decision to buy. The use of in-store solutions such as indoor mapping or the tracking of customers and products is becoming more and more commonplace. The result is a need for deeper understanding of customers and the management of the relationships with them on the one hand and seamless channel management on the other as classic customer journeys are transformed into a series of contacts with innumerable possible touchpoints.
Competition is becoming keener as manufacturers begin selling directly to their customers via digital channels. Moreover, the competition between e-commerce-only retailers and brick and mortar retailers will continue to intensify, and globalization will force retailers to expand the scope of their channels if they want to have any chance of survival. Intense competition and high customer expectations reduce customer loyalty, especially if customers are given any cause, whether real or perceived, for dissatisfaction.
The implementation of new and fully integrated digital channels (which should be carried out without any disruptions that would impact customer activities) ensures full flexibility of the shopping experience. Customers can do their shopping on any channel, anytime and anywhere they want, and can even move from one channel to another without any breaks in the process.
Digital in-store solutions, mobile payment, and tailored services customize and simplify the shopping experience. Retailers can use them to integrate online and offline shopping into the customer experience, leading to enhanced customer satisfaction and loyalty and helping to obtain insights into customer behavior.
The use of new digital marketing solutions and big data makes it possible for retailers to contact customers directly in real time and at the moment of truth, thereby strengthening the customer relationship.
More information about ongoing Retail Trends in 2017 can be found in Detecon's article 'Future Retail' (published in German). In view of the aforementioned threats and opportunities, it is clear that customer data and strong customer relationships are essential factors for future success in the conduct of retail trade with a clear customer-centric perspective. But how can retailers collect and utilize customer data and establish strong customer relationships that will assure their success in mastering digital transformation?
How can retailers collect and utilize customer data and establish strong customer relationships that will assure their success in mastering digital transformation?
For many retailers, offering mobile telco services has enormous potential for the protection of core business, enabling businesses to gain insights, to strengthen and rejuvenate their brand positioning, and to heighten customer loyalty. Launching an MVNO has a number of benefits for retailers as it can be used to leverage their shops, their online presence, and their distribution capabilities. At this time, new opportunities are opening up for retail mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), including better understanding of consumers or the improvement and optimization of the retail experience.
This information will not come as a surprise to the German retail market. Almost every major retailer in Germany has launched an MVNO as a supplement to the regular retail business that continues to generate most of their revenue. Figure 1 below shows that all of the top four food retailers in Germany offer mobile services.
But what is their value proposition? Are they already exploiting in full the potential slumbering in MVNO offerings?
A closer look at these mobile services (Figure 2) reveals that most of these providers focus on price and attempt to acquire new customers by luring them with low-price rate packages.
As many customers today — especially retail MVNO customers — are indeed price oriented, the price-focused approach of retail MVNOs seems at first glance to make perfect sense. Nevertheless, retailers should consider that focusing exclusively on price without any further differentiation has two effects: one, it limits their ARPU; second, it lowers customer loyalty and increases churn rates because MVNO services are highly substitutable for customers and the switching barriers are low. So if retailers wish to remain successful on this highly competitive MVNO market, they must give consideration to other options. Taking a more customer-centric approach within the portfolio of mobile services can result in enormous added value for retailers, especially because such a strategy has not yet been adopted in Germany.
A closer look at the German telecommunications market in general reveals confirmation of the image of price-driven MVNOs while MNOs generally focus on product leadership (Figure 3). Only a few players on the German market are attempting to shift their orientation emphasis from product and price to service, but as of this time there are no offerings with a clear focus on service.
So why are they not exploiting the potential slumbering in a strategy that focuses on service? Retail MVNOs could set themselves clearly apart from their competitors by offering added-value services. For instance, retailers could utilize location-based services to display the nearest store and the daily specials aligned with the customer's specific interests to be found at this store. Moreover, they could institute loyalty programs featuring special offers for program members. Retailers would benefit from enhanced customer loyalty as well as gain access to the data generated by these services, thereby gaining customer insights that would improve further customer relationships.
In other parts of the world, retail MVNOs are successfully reaching customers by employing an MVNO approach oriented more strongly to customer experience. Global best practices differ greatly from the German MVNO business (see Figure 4). Two examples: the Australian retailer Woolworths and Great Britain's Tesco are focusing on customer intimacy by offering added-value services.
Woolworths is Australia's largest retailer; its strong customer base shops in more than 3,000 stores in Australia and New Zealand. Woolworths entered the MVNO market in 2013 as part of the Optus network, then relaunched in 2015 in cooperation with Telstra. This retailer offers an easily purchased mobile plan that is tied to the company's bonus scheme and its opportunities to save money on grocery purchases. Described in a nutshell, Woolworths leverages its loyalty scheme by using exclusive, target offers and promotes it through direct marketing and the store's catalog showcasing loyalty benefits for the chain's customers.
Tesco is one of the largest companies in retail food and general merchandise trade, operating 6,902 stores around the globe. Tesco Mobile appeared on the UK mobile market in 2003 as an equal partner in a joint venture with O2. Besides the UK, where the company serves 4.6 million customers, Tesco Mobile operates in Ireland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Tesco's business model differs from that of other retailers. Whereas many retail MVNOs focus on the very end of the MVNO value chain by acting as branded resellers, Tesco has established a full MVNO with greater depth in its value creation. Although this extended business model has the potential for greater margins and the integration into the core business, it entails higher investments and risks. Like Woolworths, Tesco focuses on linking customers to other services. Its omnichannel strategy opens up new levels of loyalty and brand interaction; for instance, customers can collect Clubcard points for every £1 spent on mobile channels and redeem them for rewards, or they receive a monthly discount of £3 when they use their smartphones to open additional Tesco content, offers, and ads.
To sum up, retail MVNOs do not necessarily need to restrict their focus to low prices. Mobile services aimed at customers can generate advantages for retailers that enable them to establish a strong brand and a large, stable customer basis. Why should the customer-centric approach not be taken on the German retail MVNO market as well, especially as the potential appears to be great? New players entering the classic store retail business are especially aggressive in attacking the market right at this moment. Amazon is in the process of launching its new Amazon store solution "Amazon Go" in the USA. It offers customers a new form of digitally supporting shopping experience. Private mobile phones are fully incorporated into customers' normal shopping activities, including mobile payment and complete integration of their Amazon profiles. German retail MVNOs should take a page from this book and start to look at ways to exploit the potential of digital transformation in their MVNO services and to provide a digital experience for customers.


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Jean Yves Leloup
Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity Paperback – 25 June 2009
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A profound reflection on how complementary themes in Buddhism and Christianity could serve as the basis for a truly ecumenical faith
• Compares Zen meditation with the Greek Orthodox practice of Hesychasm (prayer of the heart)
• Shows how Buddha and Jesus represent the distinct yet complementary values of meditation and compassion
In Asian spiritual traditions the mountain traditionally symbolizes meditation while the ocean signifies compassion. Jean-Yves Leloup uses this metaphor to compare Buddhist and Christian approaches to meditation and compassion to reveal the similarities and divergences of these profound practices. Emphasizing their complementary nature, Leloup describes how Jesus and Buddha are necessary to one another and how together they form a complete system: Jesus as awakening through love, and Buddha as awakening through meditation. Where Buddha represents the forests, Jesus represents the trees. Buddha is brother to the universe, whereas Jesus is brother to humanity.
Nevertheless, these two religious traditions have a profound common ground. Compassion is central to Buddhism, and meditation practices have been central to many Christian traditions. Both view murder, theft, and the destructive use of sexuality as great barriers to realizing our essential being, and both agree on the need to rise above them. Here, however, Leloup suggests that both faiths could benefit from the precepts of the other. The complementary aspects of Christianity and Buddhism offer the possibility for a truly profound ecumenical religion whose interfaith relations are based on deep understanding of the true meaning and practice of meditation and compassion and not merely shared goodwill.
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". . . worth consideration for an interfaith readership . . . " ― Library Journal, Oct 2009
"If one wishes to make sense of the world, French Orthodox priest Jean Yves Leloup believes the tools are to be found in the Christian and Buddhist camps equally." ― ForeWord Reviews, Sept 2009
" . . . [Leloup's] perspective on Buddhism is unique. . . . meditation practitioners interested in comparative religions may gain something from Leloup's perspective." ― Publishers Weekly Religion Bookline, Sept 2009
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"This book was a refreshing read. Too often when a book discusses two religious systems it tries to put one above the other, or tries too hard to erase any differences. Leloup takes the middle path and discusses two faiths without making one out to be superior, and without making them into one practice. Christianity and Buddhism are both revered, and kept distinct, complimenting each other like Mind and Heart; Compassion and Meditation." ― Spiral Nature, September 2010
"Every great prophet or guru brings with him or her a central message, and Buddha and Jesus are no exceptions. Buddha brought the wave of compassion and Jesus, in my humble opinion, brought the healing energy of love. Unfortunately, in the process of ego personalities' organizing of these messages for mass consumption, the messages are lost and often end up polarized with other systems. In no other time in history has it been so imperative to bring the world's traditions into balance. This book dives into the commonality of both systems by revitalizing the original messages of compassion and meditation." ― Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide, October 2012
COMPARATIVE RELIGION "Jean-Yves Leloup is that rare Christian who has mined the spiritual depths and mysteries of Christianity. His Christianity is neither staid nor boring, but alive and deep, fresh and ancient. Buddhism takes on new meaning in this context so that we learn how the wisdom of each tradition, East and West, allows the Great Mystery to become grounded in our own being and from there into active compassion to our broken world." --Matthew Fox, author of Original Blessing, A New Reformation, and One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing from Global Faiths In Asian spiritual traditions the mountain traditionally symbolizes meditation while the ocean signifies compassion. Jean-Yves Leloup uses this metaphor to compare Buddhist and Christian approaches to meditation and compassion to reveal the similarities and divergences of these profound practices. Emphasizing their complementary nature, Leloup describes how Jesus and Buddha are necessary to one another and how together they form a complete system: Jesus as awakening through love, and Buddha as awakening through meditation. Where Buddha represents the forests, Jesus represents the trees. Buddha is brother to the universe, whereas Jesus is brother to humanity. Nevertheless, these two religious traditions have a profound common ground. Compassion is, in fact, central to Buddhism, and meditation practices have been central to many Christian traditions. Both view murder, theft, and the destructive use of sexuality as great barriers to realizing our essential being, and both agree on the need to rise above them. Here, however, Leloup suggests that both faiths could benefit from the precepts of the other. The complementary aspects of Christianity and Buddhism offer the possibility for a truly profound ecumenical religion whose interfaith relations are based on deep understanding of the true meaning and practice of meditation and compassion and not merely shared goodwill. JEAN-YVES LELOUP is a theologian, French Orthodox priest, Coptic translator, and founder of the Institute of Other Civilization Studies and the International College of Therapists. His other books in English include the bestselling The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, The Gospel of Thomas, The Gospel of Philip, Judas and Jesus, and The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary. He lives in France.
Jean-Yves Leloup is a theologian and founder of the Institute of Other Civilization Studies and the International College of Therapists. His books include Jesus and Judas, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, The Gospel of Philip, and The Gospel of Thomas. He lives in France.
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The Three Attitudes
The King, the Ferryman, the Shepherd
In Tibetan Buddhism, there are three types of bodhisattva symbolizing the king, the ferryman, and the shepherd. The king symbolizes one who works for the good of all by saying: "I must begin by becoming master of myself. I must bring about peace in myself; only then can I help others." Though his goal begins with himself, he is still on the same path of awakening and well-being for all.
The ferryman symbolizes one who is on the path but in the company of others.
The shepherd symbolizes one who is primarily concerned with others from the beginning, putting them always first, refusing to experience an awakening that does not include everyone.
We each have all these three archetypes within us, though some may be stronger than others.
The Christ favored the image of the shepherd. A number of Christian saints, including Paul and Thérèse of Lisieux, return constantly to this theme: "I do not want knowledge of God, peace, or paradise, as long as there is a single being who has not entered into this peace and knowledge." This is characteristic of a highly awakened state of consciousness. As long as there is violence, loathing, and despair in a single being, then a part of my own being remains in despair and in suffering, and I cannot be completely happy.
If we are sometimes visited by feelings of sadness and despair during meditation, they are not necessarily our own. They may come to us because we have made ourselves available, permeable, and open to the suffering of the universe. True meditation is no guarantee of constant peace and bliss. After all the work we have done on ourselves, how can it be that we experience such moments of despair and loathing? It is because we are not just working on ourselves as separate bodies, but on the body of the universe, which enables us to experience another's suffering as our own.
Nevertheless, we need not become fixated upon our own suffering, whatever its origin. We offer it up, thus participating in the well-being of the universe. When we experience an illness or depression not as our own, but as the universe's, we are one with all beings who experience this kind of suffering. That may appear a bit grandiose in writing, but it is not at all the case in experience. This is the attitude of the ferryman, and sometimes we can find a special wisdom in the letting go of our personal history, our small suffering, which tends to submerge us.
A bodhisattva is someone who lives the spirit of this vow, who cultivates the qualities that enable one to feel one's body as something infinitely vaster. To take the bodhisattva vow is to renounce one's own limits. It is to feel that within us, there is something far vaster than our usual selves and that the other is really within us.
This recalls one of the key passages of the Gospels: "Whoever wants to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for me shall find it." This is a general principle, which even applies to biology: paleontological evidence indicates that species that take no risks have a tendency to stagnate and stop evolving. One can also find this principle in business and finance, where money that does not circulate, accepting some risk, loses its value. The superiority of giving over preserving has its reflections in many domains.
This reflects a fundamental ontogenetic law of the transformation of being. If the grain of wheat does not "die" in the earth, it will remain isolated and static and never become a plant that gives fruit. The acorn that seeks to preserve its life will never become an oak. Contrary to what one might think, those who avoid risk, who keep and hold rather than give, are actually destroying themselves. Only the death of the self can allow the Self to manifest in life.
The way of compassion requires a deep faith in this possibility. That is why one begins with faith in the Buddha-nature, in awakening, in the divine, or in the Christ-nature in us. This faith has its basis in these two understandings:
1. We must first understand how our existential pain is a consequence of the emotional struggles of our ego. The origin of all that does evil to us, and introduces disquiet into the world, is always because of the presence of ego, of some sort of "me," which advances itself at the expense of others.
It is interesting to consider the economic implications of this. In his book Reciprocity, Serge-Christophe Kolm attempts to establish a link between these teachings and the current economy. He shows that an economy based on profit and the accumulation of wealth can only lead to a dead end: conflicts, wars, and the destruction of society. In political and economic terms, he expresses the Buddha's teaching that the source of suffering and disquiet, whether at the individual, social, or cosmic level, has its roots in the madness of the separate self, which seeks its own advantage at the expense of others. The bodhisattva attitude of desiring the well-being of others is a way of curing this disease in nature and in society. It represents the beginning of understanding.
2. The second element is an understanding that the Buddha-nature in each of us offers a possibility of liberation. If there were not already the unborn, unconstructed, and uncreated within us, there would be no freedom for what is born, constructed, and created. If there were not already within us this space, freedom, and emptiness, we would be nothing more than beings whose destiny is death; and death would have the last word. Yet there is a way, which leads beyond this world, destined for death because within us there is something that is unconstructed, and therefore cannot decompose, something that is uncreated, and therefore cannot die.
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Publisher  :  Inner Traditions; Original edition (25 June 2009)
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Being Still: Reflections on a Forgotten Mystical Tradition
The Gospel of Philip: Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and the Gnosis of Sacred Union
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
The Gospel of Thomas: The Gnostic Wisdom of Jesus
The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition
Tokyra Greenwell
5.0 out of 5 stars Such clarity, such wisdom
Reviewed in Canada on 4 October 2016
D. Kovacs
3.0 out of 5 stars An Eastern Orthodox perspective
The back of my copy of the book says that the author is an Orthodox priest. Uh -- not really! But the chapter called Transmission is fascinating. It posits that Christ's words in the Gospel to the Samaritan woman at the well (known as the Orthodox saint Photini) were a transmission of the Christian tradition of still prayer (hesychia). It also tells the story of how the author learned this tradition on Mount Athos from one of the spiritual sons of St. Silouan. An irony is that he also mentions the Orthodox Elder Sophrony of Essex in England, who repented of his practice of Buddhist meditation as a young man! (See his book We Shall See Him As He Is).
The writing in this book is far more post-Vatican II Catholic rather than Orthodox. Much of the rest of the book is basic Buddhism -- almost generic spirituality -- but that doesn't mean it's all bad, far from it. Every time I started wondering if this author had truly encountered Christ, I found some evidence that he has -- mixed in with everything else. And he does give Christ the last word!
Sojourner0
5.0 out of 5 stars For the Christian mystic, this is a phenomenal find ...
For the Christian mystic, this is a phenomenal find. It is a wealth of knowing over time and spanning the many cultures and histories of the middle east. It brings their roots in Europe and shows their evolution. If you are searching, this book and this author is a must read. It really fills the bill for those who have mystic eyes and ears.
Danny R. Bosley
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book showing where Christianity and Buddhism overlap at COMPASSION
Excellent book showing where Christianity and Buddhism overlap at COMPASSION. I also enjoyed reading about Eastern Orthodox Christianity meditation practice and how similar it is to some Buddhist practice. It's not often you can read a Christian author who sets out to show how different religions talk about the same thing.
Soulseeker2021
3.0 out of 5 stars Leloup interprets
If you're a fan of Leloup you'll embrace his interpretations.


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Get a small flat bottomed bowl or ramekin and put 1-2 vitamins in the bottom. Use a muddler or pestle to smash the vitamins into a fine powder. If you don't have one of these specialty kitchen tools, I'd recommend using something with a wide flat base (like the end of a mallet). Once the you've created a powder, fill the bowl slightly with water and then transfer the liquid into a pitcher. With 1-2 vitamins you will be able to make 1-2 GALLONS of glowing liquid!!! I'd recommend a 1 vitamin to 1 gallon water ration for best results. Transfer liquid into multiple containers or a container that holds a gallon. You can use this water in your spooky bottles, and they will now glow under a black light.
2) In a "Witches Brew". Muddle as above and then mix with a clear fluid for your brew. I'm planning on making a brew with: pineapple juice, seltzer water, muddled B vitamins, lime juice and flavored vodka. Then adding dry ice for an extra cool spook factor. Stay tuned, I won't have that concocted until Saturday!
3) Oh man, I'm so excited I can barely type the ideas here!!!!! Make the vitamin liquid and use it in frozen hands for your party or specialty ice cube trays.
4) [ADDED Oct 2015] Glowing brain ice mold. I just did this for my party over the weekend and it worked great! I have a brain mold I bought at a Halloween store. Fill the brain mold with the glowing water, freeze and use as a large ice mold for your witches brew or other drink. Note, this ice will not taste any different than regular ice. This picture was not even taken with a black light nearby, so you can imagine how cool it would look if there was one.
You can skip the pills if you replace your seltzer water with tonic water. The quinine in tonic water glows under bright lights. I don't know about dosages or if there could be negative consequences of someone drinking Vitamin B if they already took it at home or anything. I just know that a gin and tonic glows really pretty.
You can but unlike the b vitamin tonic water has a bitter taste so you will need to add more sugar to compensate.
Thank you Sergio! A very much appreciate your compliments!
Thank you for your compliments - they made me smile! So glad you are enjoying my blog. Chronicbliss - Yes, tonic water does glow. I've used that method but, for a few reasons I like Vitamin B better: 1) it's much more cost effective. You could probably get 10 gallons of black light sensitive water from one $1 bottle of vitamins. 2) you can't overdose on B Vitamins. It's water soluble (as we see), and the body just flushes it out once the max absorption has been reached. 3) Vitamin B actually helps prevent hangovers and has very little taste. We had a big glowing cauldron of Vitamin B Water at our last Halloween party, and so many people told me they felt awesome the next day. (You've heard of store bought vitamin water before, right?) 4) Seltzer water natural does not have any other ingredients in it, which = natural zero calorie drink. Tonic water, does have calories and often has a taste many people don't care for.
Trust me, the Vitamin B glows WAY better than tonic water. I've done multiple test. Please see my other Halloween blog posts on my "glowing bottle".
Do you need a black light for it to glow?
Yes, that is what makes the glow.
I think the darker the drink the less glow you will have because the black light can't travel through the liquid as easily.
Hi All! Yes, Lindsey you are correct about the vitamin B v:s tonic water. I love tonic but it is full of sugar so I don't drink it often; and if you buy it diet-it's saccharin!! I wish they'd make a stevia tonic. p.s.) I removed my comment above due to my typos. Have a great day.
OMG this is awesome, just so you all know instead of just regular ice cubes, I plan to use rubber gloves!
I've done the gloves and it looks so cool!!!!
Lindsey, you've probably realized this by now, but Vitamin B Complex will make you pee bright yellow. You might want to warn a few people; those you don't warn will be seeing their doc the next day!
Haha, yeah! I tell everyone it's vitamin B water.
Combine the alcoholic beverages with the vitamin B.. ???????
You can essentially use the B2 however you want. Its the Riboflavin that makes it glow. I've experimented with B1, B2, B Complex, B12, and the B2 works the best hands down. You want to crush the B2 up into a powder and then you can mix it into anything.
Will it glow with a black light behind it even if the rest of the lights are still on? And can I use a single black light bulb behind it?
Yes it definitely will glow. But, keep in mind it needs to be a good black light. The cheap traditional bulbs really don't do much. I recommend using a fluorescent black lightbulb. These can be found online or at Home Depot. If you are fortunate enough to have under counter lights in your kitchen, these use the standard T8 fluorescent bulbs. I've replaced those bulbs for black light bulbs for a great effect in my last kitchen. My house now didn't have these, so I bought the fixtures at Home Depot for $12 each (I already had the bulbs so this was a good option). If you don't have either of these, I'd recommend buying the bulb and fixture online for the best price.
That was great information, can't wait to try for Halloween party.
Thanks so much! Sorry for the late response. I've been swamped with work and now getting ready for Halloween. Happy Haunting!
I tried to make this and it didn't work! I think I did something wrong! I followed the directions and added it to tap water but it didn't glow with my black light. Help!!
If I add B complex to water, will it stay this color or will it finally dissolve and become clear again. I mean will it last as a decoration?
Thank you for ur information. My daughter's 21st bday is coming up & she wants everything blacked out & think will b a great thing to try at her party. I'm gonna use the B2 for making ice for this night plus use it for some of the mixed drinks that will b clear. I will post an update after her party. I have also read I can put the B2 in the icing of the cake to make it glow in the dark. (I have my own cake business from home). Thank you again for ur post.
Vitamin B12 promotes energy production by supporting the adrenal glands, red blood cell formation, and helps convert carbohydrates to glucose – the fuel our bodies use for energy.


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NACEP Accreditation Commission Record of Decisions – April 2016
In accordance with NACEP's commitment to public disclosure and the Accreditation Commission's Policy and Procedures Manual, this Record of Decision documents the formal actions taken by the NACEP Accreditation Commission at its spring meeting beginning April 7, 2016 and ending April 13, 2016 with regard to concurrent enrollment programs that applied for NACEP accreditation during the 2015-16 application cycle. Follow the link for each accredited program to view a Statement of Accreditation Status.
A formatted PDF version of this document is available for printing.
Programs Granted Initial Accreditation
The following programs were found to be in compliance with all 17 of NACEP's accreditation standards and were granted initial accreditation for a period of seven academic years:
Jefferson College (Hillsboro, MO), Jefferson College Dual Credit Program
Laramie County Community College (Cheyenne, WY), Concurrent Enrollment Program
Minnesota State Community and Technical College (Fergus Falls, MN), Concurrent Enrollment Program
Minnesota West Community and Technical College (Worthington, MN), REACH Program
Moberly Area Community College (Moberly, MO), MACC Dual Credit Program
North Central Missouri College (Trenton, MO), NCMC Dual Credit Program
To maintain accreditation, these programs are required to continue implementing all practices identified in NACEP's standards and complete an annual report of activities.
Programs Granted Reaccreditation
The following programs currently holding NACEP accreditation were found to be in compliance with all 17 of NACEP's accreditation standards and were granted continued accreditation for a period of seven academic years:
Arkansas State University – Newport (Newport, AR), Concurrent Enrollment Program
College of the Ouachitas (Malvern, AR), Concurrent Enrollment Program
Jamestown Community College (Jamestown, NY), College Connections
Jefferson Community College (Watertown, NY), Jefferson EDGE
Mohawk Valley Community College (Utica, NY), MVCC Dual Credit
NorthWest Arkansas Community College (Bentonville, AR), Early College Experience
Ohio Dominican University (Columbus, OH), Project JumpStart
Tompkins Cortland Community College (Dryden, NY), CollegeNow
University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI), Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (CAPP)
Programs Granted One-Year Extension
The following programs currently holding NACEP accreditation were found to be in compliance with the majority of NACEP's 17 accreditation standards and were granted extensions of the current accreditation term through the end of the 2016-17 academic year with monitoring by the Accreditation Commission:
Arkansas State University – Beebe (Beebe, AR), Concurrent Enrollment
Boise State University (Boise, ID), Concurrent Enrollment Program
To earn full reaccreditation, these programs must demonstrate significant progress on one or more unmet standards by October 1, 2016 and submit all final evidence demonstrating consistent implementation of the identified standards by April 1, 2017.
Program Denied Initial Accreditation
The following program failed to demonstrate that it is in compliance with all 17 of NACEP's accreditation standards and its application for initial accreditation was denied:
Mid-Michigan Community College (Harrison, MI), Dual Enrollment Off-Campus Program
Programs Denied Reaccreditation
The following programs currently holding NACEP accreditation failed to demonstrate that they are in compliance with all 17 of NACEP's accreditation standards and their applications for continued accreditation were denied:
Southern Arkansas University Tech (East Camden, AR), Concurrent Credit Program
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (Fort Smith, AR), Concurrent Enrollment
Programs Whose Accreditation Term Has Lapsed
In addition to the programs that were denied reaccreditation, the following programs currently holding NACEP accreditation allowed their accreditation to lapse at the end of the 2015-16 academic year:
Arkansas State University - Mountain Home (Mountain Home, AR), Concurrent Enrollment. Accreditation lapsed, did not reapply.
Black River Technical College (Pocahantas, AR), Concurrent Classes. Accreditation lapsed, did not reapply.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Little Rock, AR), Concurrent Enrollment Program. Accreditation lapsed, withdrew from peer-review after applying in 7/2015. Intends to apply in 7/2016.
Within sixty (60) days after receiving notification of an adverse accrediting action, a concurrent enrollment program may request reconsideration of or appeal any decision of the Accreditation Commission.
Meeting Attendees
Jaclyn Dumond, University of Southern Indiana (Chair), Victoria Zeppelin, Tompkins Cortland Community College (Vice-Chair), Karen Landry, Everett Community College (At-Large Member), Leslie Hardaway, NorthWest Arkansas Community College (Two-Year Representative), Randy Mead, Des Moines Area Community College (Two-Year Representative), Becky Carter, Indiana University (Four-Year Representative), Selena Grace, Idaho State University (Four-Year Representative), Marian Borgmann-Ingwersen, Nebraska Wesleyan University (Private Institution Representative), Robie Cornelious, Jacksonville, Florida (External Member), Adam Lowe, NACEP Executive Director (Ex-Officio, Non-voting), Jennie Patteson, NACEP Director of Accreditation and Member Services (Staff), Bretton DeLaria (Guest, incoming Commissioner), Deanna Jessup (Guest, incoming Commissioner), and Katie Bucci (Guest, incoming Commissioner). Commissioners recused themselves from specific votes in accordance with the Commission's conflict of interest policy.


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NIGERIA: MARKET AWAITS TREASURY BILLs
Nigeria: Market Awaits N116 Billion Maturing Treasury Bills
By Obinna Chima
A total of N116.9billion treasury bills across the 91-day, 182-day and 364-day instruments will be maturing this week.
However, only N58.4billion of this amount would be rolled over in line with the federal government's debt restructuring strategy.
The federal government's debt strategy involves substituting expensive domestic short-term debt with cheaper long term foreign debt.
Afrinvest Securities Limited which disclosed this in its latest weekly report, stated that in the treasury bills market, performance was largely flattish during the week, as average rate across benchmark tenors trended higher albeit marginally on three of five trading sessions save for Tuesday.
The bearish start of the week, with average rate rising two basis points to 13.1 per cent was reversed on Tuesday following a four basis pointsdecline in average yield; but rose three basis points mid-week in the absence of a Primary Market Auction.
Rates however, stayed flattish till the end of the week and closed at 17 basis points lower by weekend.
Analysts at Afrinvest anticipated a largely bullish performance in the treasury bills market this week.
Meanwhile, money market rates during the week responded largely to financial system liquidity dynamics which recently had remained high at above N500 billion following the strategic intermittent mop-ups by theCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
As with other weeks, investor appetite for open market operations (OMO) securities, especially the long-dated maturities, remained noticeable in the pattern of subscription.
The open buy back (OBB) and overnight (OVN) rates trended lower week-on-week, reflecting improvement in system liquidity which opened at N501.4 billion on Monday as OBB and OVN rates fell to 3.3 per cent and 3.5 per cent, down 0.4 percentand 0.5 percent from the previous week's close.
According to the report, the momentum was sustained till midweek as rates fell to 2.7 per cent and three per cent respectively following a dearth of OMO auctions and consequential increase in system liquidity to N623.8billion.
But on Thursday, system liquidity opened at a significantly higher level of N1.1 trillion, necessitating N500 billion OMO mop-up by the CBN across 112-day (offered: N100 billion, Subscription: N1.2 billion, Alloted: N1.2 billion, Marginal Rate: 12.2%) and 245-day (Offered: N400 bilion, Subscription: N963.9 billion, Alloted: N498.7 billion, Rate: 13.99%) maturities.
Hence, OBB and OVN rates inched 0.3 per cent and 0.5 per cent higher to three per centand 3.8 per cent respectively.
"As the impact of a moderating inflation continues to anchor yield expectation, we anticipate more subscriptions in longer tenored instruments as investors lock in higher rates ahead of yield moderation," the report stated.
The local bond market was bullish last week as average yield declined week-on-weekconsequent on investors' reaction to the monetary policy rate retention and a moderation in headline inflation, the report further stated.
Accordingly, the average yield across tenors fell six basis points last Monday to close at 13.6 per cent due to buying interest across tenors, specifically in short and medium dated instruments.
The downward trend in yieldwas said to have continued till mid-week as the average yield across tenors further moderated to 13.6 per cent (5basis points lower) lastTuesday and six basis points lower last Wednesday before settling at 13.5 per cent lastThursday.
However, average yield closed the week at 13.5 per cent on Friday, recording a 23 basis points declined week-on-week.
"Based on our near-term outlook, we expect the bullish performance to be sustained in the current moderating yield environment as investors retain interest in longer dated maturities," it stated.
Nonetheless, performance of Sub-Saharan Sovereign Eurobonds was largely bearish, halting the bullish sentiment in prior weeks, as 17 of 22 instruments witnessed an upward trend in yields week-on-week, while the Nigeria 2018, Ghana 2026, Ivory Coast 2028 & 2032 and South Africa2020 instruments declined week-on-week.
The bearish sentiment waslinked to the weakening US dollar (measured by the Dollar index) which has lost 2.5 per cent year-to-date in value compared to major currencies of the World.
"In view of our near term outlook, we expect the sub-Saharan Eurobonds market to rebound following the bearish performance this week as higher yields will likely sustain investor appetite for Sub-Saharan emerging and frontier Eurobonds," it added.
The improving global demand on the back of optimistic growth outlook, sustained OPEC production cut deal and Saudi Arabia's vow to cut more oil output, propped global oil prices during the week as Brent Crude gained 7.5% W-o-W to close at US$72.28/b. This positive development continued to strengthen the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN's) external reserves buffer - which during the week sustained the recent momentum of accretion, with the gross level reported at US$47.3 billion - and its capacity to uphold the level of FX intervention needed to support the local currency.
Consequently, the CBN in line with trend, continued its weekly FX intervention sales, offering US$210 million via the wholesale Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS); in its commitment to sustain liquidity levels and maintain stability in FX rate across all segments of the market.
As a result, the naira was stable during the week. The CBN's spot rate opened the week at N305.60/US$1 and appreciated to N305.55/US$1 on Monday but maintained this rate till the end of the week.
At the parallel market, rates started the week at N362/US$1 but marginally weakened by N1 to close at N363/US$1. At the Investors and Exporters' (I&E) Window, the NAFEX opened the week flat at N360/US$1 and closed at the same rate by week-end.
Activity level in I&E FX window improved following a 6.8 per cent increase in turnover to US$1.1 billion from US$1 billion traded in the preceding week.
In the FMDQ OTC futures, total value of open contracts of the naira settled OTC FX futures rose by US$151.9 million to US$3.4 billion as compared with US$3.3 billion posted the preceding Friday, which denotes an increase of 4.8 per cent in market size.
The April 2018 instrument will be maturing in the next two weeks and in line with previous actions by the CBN,analysts expect the instrument to be replaced by a new contract.
"In line with the trend of weekly interventions by the CBN within the FX market, we expect rates to trade within similar levels across the FX market segments," the report added
AGSMEIS Fund
The Bankers' Committee has begun the disbursement of the N26 billion fund accruing from the Agribusiness Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS), an initiative designed to improve access to affordable financing for medium, small and micro enterprises (MSMEs), particularly those operating in the informal sector of the economy.
The Committee, at its 331st meeting of February 9, 2017, hadinitiated AGSMEIS with all deposit money banks, voluntarily agreeing to set aside and contribute five per cent of their profit after tax (PAT) annually to finance eligible projects under the Scheme.
Speaking at the commencement of thedisbursements to the first set of beneficiaries of AGSMEIS fund in Abuja last week, the CBNGovernor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele said: "As at today, the size of the Fund stands at about N26 billion and this is expected to exceed N60 billion by June 2018. I am therefore very delighted that we have come to this stage where we are ready to begin the disbursement of these funds to deserving beneficiaries.
"These beneficiaries are youths who have been trained on various entrepreneurship, vocational and management skills across the country by Entrepreneurship Development Institutions and Centres, such as Fate Foundation, Lagos Business School, House of Tara and Thrive Agric. Upon completion of their vocational training, the specific implements needed to practice their vocations, are procured under the scheme.
"The beneficiaries' details including their Biometric Verification Numbers (BVN) are forwarded to the deposit money banks to confirm that they are their customers before accessing the fund."
The rate of inflation recorded its sharpest decline of 0.99 percentage points in 11 months, dropping from 14.33 per cent in February 2018 to 13.34 per cent in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed last week.
According to the NBS, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, stood at 13.34 per cent (year-on-year) in March 2018, but the Composite Food Index rose by 16.08 per cent (year-on-year) during the month under review, down from 17.59 per cent recorded in February.
On a month-on-month basis, the food sub-index increased by 0.90 percent in March 2018, up by 0.05 percentage points from 0.85 per cent in February.
The average annual rate of change of the food sub-index for the 12-month period ending March 2018 over the previous 12-month average was 19.29 per cent, 0.23 per cent points from the average annual rate of change recorded in February (19.52 per cent).
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Is Jon Hamm stepping out on his girlfriend?
by Jaclyn Brandt
Jon Hamm has been seen out in the last few weeks with different women, even though he has a girlfriend at home. Are the meetings innocent, or does Hamm have some explaining to do?
Jon Hamm has been in a committed relationship with actress Jennifer Westfeldt for 15 years, but lately he hasn't been acting like it.
According to The Daily, the Mad Men actor has been all over the world in the last few weeks, chatting up hot ladies.
"Hamm first raised eyebrows while visiting Kansas City, Missouri for baseball's All-Star Game," said The Daily. "Flying solo at a Yahoo-sponsored VIP party at CrossroadsKC at Grinders on July 8, he chatted up a hot blonde wearing a sheer shirt — a dead ringer for his absent girlfriend."
Later in the week he was in Rome and had his arm on the waist of Italian actress Anna Safroncik. A photo was taken of the two at the July 13 show of OCTO The New Architecture of Time by Bulgari.
The Daily said that the next week he was again at it. He was seen out in Brooklyn, New York, this time with another blonde.
"He didn't even really want to go out, but I convinced him," The Daily said the woman was overheard saying at the bar. She said that Hamm "was surprised nobody was coming up to him!"
Hamm eventually started talking to women around him.
"Accompanied by fellow actor pals Jon Glaser and Eugene Mirman, Hamm hit on the female bargoers, according to Twitter user @crashnabula," said The Daily. "'They had no game either,' he tweeted the next day. 'They just bought drinks for every mediocre girl they approached, and the girls dipped after 10 min of convo.'"
It's possible Hamm may just be a friendly guy. But he may learn that the public cares about his personal life, and will pay attention when he talks to other girls.
But as for Hamm and Westfeldt's relationship, they are not talking about any problems yet. And until they do, we should probably assume that Hamm's late night exploits are completely innocent.
Photo courtesy Dan Jackman/WENN.com
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The Jobless claims data came out on Thursday and the trend is still in place and bodes well for the May Employment Report coming out next Friday as jobless claims fell sharply in the May 24 week, down 27,000 to 300,000. The 4-week average is down a significant 11,250 to a new recovery low of 311,500. Continuing claims are also down, falling 17,000 in data for the May 17 week to a new recovery low of 2.631 million. The 4-week average is down 33,000 to 2.655 million, also a recovery low. The unemployment rate for insured workers, also at a recovery low, came in at 2.0 percent. Notice a pattern here, new recovery low, new recovery low, and new recovery low.
I can tell the job market is really on fire through a couple of the measures I interact with in my daily life which shows a couple of things, first that wages are going up, and second that headhunters are really calling a bunch of my colleagues in Corporate America with multiple job opportunities.
But it is just not corporate jobs as the businesses in my area post job openings along with wage info on their billboards when they really need people, like cashiers, installers, and Car Wash Sales positions and going by the rise in wages posted on these billboards the job market is tightening for workers at this level as well.
Albeit we reside in an area that outperforms the overall economy, and in some cases economies are subject to local pressures, but this area has always outperformed, and the level of increased activity is quite noticeable, which means business is picking up relative to previous levels.
We expect a strong Employment report next week for another new recovery record for consecutive months of jobs added at these levels of 200k plus, and we expect the unemployment rate to drop below 6% sooner than most believe at this pace.
I know the doom and gloom crowd will focus on those who have left the workforce, and sure that is an area for improvement, but it starts by employing as many people who are in the workforce first, and then as conditions tighten further in the job market, enticing people to work and come back into the job market. This is related to a tightening job market where employers lower some of their standards and wages rise, both of which we anticipate coming down the pike over the next six months as the job market continues to strengthen.
But from an inflation standpoint if those workers never come back to the workforce for various reasons, the pool of talent available who are looking for a job is fought over by employers needing to fill positions, and in some cases attracting workers to switch jobs or companies, we also have seen an uptick in this area in the Corporate world.
Consequently what really matters for jobs is the pool who are in the market looking for work, and if this is shrinking that is bullish for workers' opportunities and salaries, bad for inflation and companies needing to fill those positions, but overall leads to a tightening job market where the Fed will need to start normalizing interest rates to avoid runaway inflation.
Elevated inflation would be fueled by wages rising substantially all along the wage continuum for the first time in the post recovery world, and the inflation numbers start trending well above the Fed`s target, we anticipate this occurring once these wage pressures start showing up in the data set.
Tightening in the job market carries over to all types of positions, if an employer who used to get away with hiring contract workers to lower costs, now has to change these positions to full-time hires and raise the salaries to attract the talent they need to complete projects, contract salaries end up going higher as well.
This is the area we haven`t seen a significant spike since the recession, and we feel the entire market and employers are behind the curve on and have become too complacent with the status quo. Employers and HR are in for a real shock when they need to start refining their budgets and raising wages to fill positions, they are used to always negotiating from a position of strength, we see the tables turning in this area as the labor market continues to tighten.
Despite all the doom and gloom in the market, we would have loved to have these employment numbers three years ago, jobs and the economy are trending higher, and better times are ahead for those looking for work, and those not looking for work, don`t be surprised if you find your services in demand once again, as companies reach out of their comfort zone to fill positions.


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Acknowledging Peter Fatialofa and the Manu Samoa legacy
By: Sean Mallon
On: 4 Dec 2013
Link: NZ Herald: A tribute to Fats
We were all saddened by the recent passing of Auckland and Samoan rugby stalwart Peter Fatialofa (1959-2013). In the last few weeks, much has been written about his wonderful personality and character, his leadership on and off the rugby field and his rich contribution to Samoan and New Zealand rugby.
Ponsonby Rugby Club
In the 1980s, Peter was part of the Ponsonby Rugby Club in Auckland, a club influential in brokering the involvement of PacificIsland players in New Zealand rugby and society at large. In the late 1960s and early 70s, during the period of the infamous dawnraids, Pacific Islanders were not popular in rugby circles and were shunned by certain clubs. Ponsonby created an environment where Pacific peoples could play rugby, interact socially with other New Zealanders and be supported to find employment and housing. In 1970, the selection of Ponsonby player and Samoan Bryan Williams for the All Blacks, began a process that would change the public image of rugby players of Pacific Island descent.
Manu Samoa lapel pin (Gift of Sene Ta'ala, 2010)
In the 1990s, Peter and Samoa's national rugby team Manu Samoa, like the Ponsonby club in the 1970s, would be trail blazers for the involvement of Pacific Islands players in international rugby. Peter, who was part of a dominant Auckland Rugby team, at the time, would famously captain Manu Samoa to a quarterfinals spot in the 1991 rugby world cup. Live television, highlighted the diversity and flair they brought to the international game and the impact of this visibility was far reaching. Peter's personality, his leadership and great performances from Manu Samoa made them household names – even if some commentators struggled to pronounce them. New Zealanders got to know some of these players very well – a number became All Blacks and took on player or coaching roles in European teams, they included Alama Ieremia, Frank Bunce, Ofisa Tonu'u and Pat Lam to name a few. The success of Manu Samoa and several wins against tier 1 rugby nations over the following decade, alerted the rugby world to a deep pool of talented players. In the professional era, these players have transformed the game.
Manu Samoa blazer formerly owned by Opeta Palepoi (acquired from Johnsonville Rugby Club 2008)
While we have only a few things at Te Papa that point to this history, we can all recognise how high-achieving sports people and successful teams like Manu Samoa generate pride within our ethnic and local communities. Sometimes, great leaders and personalities come along that do a little bit more. They transcend ethnic boundaries to become significant leaders in individual sporting codes and of different sporting nations. As the many testimonies published these past few weeks highlight…Peter Fatialofa was one of these people.
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Charlene@The Hirer: Are Loyalty Cards a Win-Win Situation?
I was reading in the Financial Times that Tesco reported an improvement in its performance relative to its main UK rivals after revamping its loyalty card scheme, Tesco Clubcard.
"After years of powerful growth, Tesco had been under an unusual amount of pressure in its home market, from which it still draws the lion's share of its sales.
Tesco fought back against this pressure by doubling the Clubcard points in store and has reported a positive effect, so clearly their loyalty card scheme works well for them.
I wonder then if it is a win-win situation and if consumers benefit just as much as the companies through these types of loyalty card schemes?
I have a Clubcard and although I don't shop regularly in Tesco, I do collect points when I do happen to buy from there. I am also able to collect points through my gas and electricity provider (E-on). I get approx £5-£10 quarterly, which doesn't seem much - but if you cash these in for other partner deals – days out, etc this can quadruple and make it much better value.
I have had a 'free' trip to The Science Centre amongst other places, purely from trading in my Clubcard points at the end of each quarter. I know that Tesco and other companies obviously benefit from the vast amount of information they get about their customers from these types of schemes but I'm not concerned about the privacy of what I put in my shopping trolley or about how many units of gas and electricity I use each month, so I don't see it as a downside.
The only bad press I have heard about Tesco's scheme, strangely arose from The Society of Radiographers who criticised Tesco for offering CT scans through its Clubcard reward scheme.
Society Chief Executive Richard Evans said in a letter to Tesco he was concerned that self-referral for diagnostic imaging outside a nationally regulated screening programme is "inappropriate and unnecessary."
Apart from this, the only negatives that consumers reported when reviewing were that "spending money on things you don't need intentionally to receive points is crazy and you end up out of pocket", this may be true for some but I know that I don't go out my way to spend at Tesco so I'm satisfied that I'm getting 'money for nothing' - nothing being no extra cost or inconvenience to me.
Anyway, to round it up, I think it's a great scheme for earning 'rewards' for spending money on everyday buys (groceries, petrol, energy) and I'm not too bothered about the privacy aspect and the fact that Tesco can track my spending for market researcher purposes – as long as they are offering great deals in return.
I view it as a win-win situation, what are your views?


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Now little used, this term describes a situation where political power, in fact rather than in law or constitutional theory, lies with the wealthy.
A plutocracy (Greek: πλοῦτος, ploutos, 'wealth' and κράτος, kratos, 'power') or plutarchy is a society that is ruled or controlled by people of great wealth or income. The first known use of the term in English dates from 1631.[1] Unlike systems such as democracy, liberalism, socialism, communism or anarchism, plutocracy is not rooted in an established political philosophy
The term plutocracy is generally used as a pejorative to describe or warn against an undesirable condition.[2][3] Throughout history, political thinkers such as Winston Churchill, 19th-century French sociologist and historian Alexis de Tocqueville, 19th-century Spanish monarchist Juan Donoso Cortés and today Noam Chomsky have condemned plutocrats for ignoring their social responsibilities, using their power to serve their own purposes and thereby increasing poverty and nurturing class conflict, corrupting societies with greed and hedonism.[4][5]
Historic examples of plutocracies include the Roman Empire, some city-states in Ancient Greece, the civilization of Carthage, the Italian city-states/merchant republics of Venice, Florence, pre-French Revolution Kingdom of France, Genoa, and the pre-World War II Empire of Japan (the zaibatsu). According to Noam Chomsky and Jimmy Carter, the modern United States resembles a plutocracy though with democratic forms.[6][7] A former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Paul Volcker, also believed the US to be developing into a plutocracy.[8]
One modern, formal example of a plutocracy, according to some critics,[9] is the City of London.[10] The City (also called the Square Mile of ancient London, corresponding to the modern financial district, an area of about 2.5 km2) has a unique electoral system for its local administration, separate from the rest of London. More than two-thirds of voters are not residents, but rather representatives of businesses and other bodies that occupy premises in the City, with votes distributed according to their numbers of employees. The principal justification for this arrangement is that most of the services provided by the City of London Corporation are used by the businesses in the City. In fact about 450,000 non-residents constitute the city's day-time population, far outnumbering the City's 7,000 residents.[11]
In the political jargon and propaganda of Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and the Communist International, Western democratic states were referred to as plutocracies, with the implication being that a small number of extremely wealthy individuals were controlling the countries and holding them to ransom.[12][13] Plutocracy replaced democracy and capitalism as the principal fascist term for the United States and Great Britain during the Second World War.[13][14] For the Nazis, the term was often a code word for "the Jews".[13]
Further information: Income inequality in the United States § Effects on democracy and society
See also: American upper class and Wealth inequality in the United States
Some modern historians, politicians, and economists argue that the United States was effectively plutocratic for at least part of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era periods between the end of the Civil War until the beginning of the Great Depression.[15][16][17][18][19][20] President Theodore Roosevelt became known as the "trust-buster" for his aggressive use of United States antitrust law, through which he managed to break up such major combinations as the largest railroad and Standard Oil, the largest oil company.[21] According to historian David Burton, "When it came to domestic political concerns TR's bête noire was the plutocracy."[22] In his autobiographical account of taking on monopolistic corporations as president, Roosevelt recounted
…we had come to the stage where for our people what was needed was a real democracy; and of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of a plutocracy.[23]
The Sherman Antitrust Act had been enacted in 1890, with large industries reaching monopolistic or near-monopolistic levels of market concentration and financial capital increasingly integrating corporations, a handful of very wealthy heads of large corporations began to exert increasing influence over industry, public opinion and politics after the Civil War. Money, according to contemporary progressive and journalist Walter Weyl, was "the mortar of this edifice", with ideological differences among politicians fading and the political realm becoming "a mere branch in a still larger, integrated business. The state, which through the party formally sold favors to the large corporations, became one of their departments."[24]
In his book The Conscience of a Liberal, in a section entitled The Politics of Plutocracy, economist Paul Krugman says plutocracy took hold because of three factors: at that time, the poorest quarter of American residents (African-Americans and non-naturalized immigrants) were ineligible to vote, the wealthy funded the campaigns of politicians they preferred, and vote buying was "feasible, easy and widespread", as were other forms of electoral fraud such as ballot-box stuffing and intimidation of the other party's voters.[25]
The U.S. instituted progressive taxation in 1913, but according to Shamus Khan, in the 1970s, elites used their increasing political power to lower their taxes, and today successfully employ what political scientist Jeffrey Winters calls "the income defense industry" to greatly reduce their taxes.[26]
In 1998, Bob Herbert of The New York Times referred to modern American plutocrats as "The Donor Class"[27][28] (list of top donors)[29] and defined the class, for the first time,[30] as "a tiny group – just one-quarter of 1 percent of the population – and it is not representative of the rest of the nation. But its money buys plenty of access."[27]
Post World War II
In modern times, the term is sometimes used pejoratively to refer to societies rooted in state-corporate capitalism or which prioritize the accumulation of wealth over other interests.[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][excessive citations] According to Kevin Phillips, author and political strategist to Richard Nixon, the United States is a plutocracy in which there is a "fusion of money and government."[40]
Chrystia Freeland, author of Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else,[41] says that the present trend towards plutocracy occurs because the rich feel that their interests are shared by society.[42][43]
You don't do this in a kind of chortling, smoking your cigar, conspiratorial thinking way. You do it by persuading yourself that what is in your own personal self-interest is in the interests of everybody else. So you persuade yourself that, actually, government services, things like spending on education, which is what created that social mobility in the first place, need to be cut so that the deficit will shrink, so that your tax bill doesn't go up. And what I really worry about is, there is so much money and so much power at the very top, and the gap between those people at the very top and everybody else is so great, that we are going to see social mobility choked off and society transformed.
—  Chrystia Freeland, NPR
When the Nobel-Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz wrote the 2011 Vanity Fair magazine article entitled "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%", the title and content supported Stiglitz's claim that the United States is increasingly ruled by the wealthiest 1%.[44] Some researchers have said the US may be drifting towards a form of oligarchy, as individual citizens have less impact than economic elites and organized interest groups upon public policy.[45] A study conducted by political scientists Martin Gilens (Princeton University) and Benjamin Page (Northwestern University), which was released in April 2014,[46] stated that their "analyses suggest that majorities of the American public actually have little influence over the policies our government adopts". Gilens and Page do not characterize the US as an "oligarchy" or "plutocracy" per se; however, they do apply the concept of "civil oligarchy" as used by Jeffrey A. Winters[47] with respect to the US.
Further information: Russian oligarch
Reasons why a plutocracy develops are complex. In a nation that is experiencing rapid economic growth, income inequality will tend to increase as the rate of return on innovation increases.[citation needed][48] In other scenarios, plutocracy may develop when a country is collapsing due to resource depletion as the elites attempt to hoard the diminishing wealth or expand debts to maintain stability, which will tend to enrich creditors and financiers. Economists have also suggested that free market economies tend to drift into monopolies and oligopolies because of the greater efficiency of larger businesses (see economies of scale).
Other nations may become plutocratic through kleptocracy or rent-seeking.
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Luke Skywalker In "The Last Jedi" NOT The Same Luke
By Reggie's Take on August 10, 2017
Friday the newest issue of Entertainment Weekly hits news stands and inside you will find a heavy does of Star Wars: The Last Jedi news and what we as fans may or may not know about Luke.
When the Force Awakens ended it left us wanting more considering Rey had just found Luke holding out the lightsaber he had lost on Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back and before Luke could speak the movie ended.
In an interview Mark Hamill gave for the newest issue we find out that this Luke in "The Last Jedi" is not the same Luke we knew during the original trilogy and that this version of Luke is not as hopeful.
"There's massive amounts of backstory that is left to your imagination and I couldn't do my job without figuring out what that was," Hamill says. "Since it's not really important to the main story as a whole a lot of it is just for my own process. I talked with Rian about it and went into this elaborate scenario of what happened to Luke after the end of the Return of the Jedi.
I think he probably looks out on the horizon and wishes that he could be more effective, could be what Obi-Wan wanted him to be, but life is imperfect and without conflict there is no drama. Believe me, you're going to see a lot of conflict in The Last Jedi. That is for sure."
The Force Awakens told us that Han and Leia's son, Ben Solo, went to the dark side, but never gave us the reason why Luke felt it was necessary to isolate himself. Hamill suggests that Luke had begun to doubt his own connection to the force.
"[Luke] made a huge mistake in thinking that his nephew was the chosen one, so he invested everything he had in Kylo, much like Obi-Wan did with my character, and he is betrayed, with tragic consequences. Luke feels responsible for that. That's the primary obstacle he has to rejoining the world and his place in the Jedi hierarchy, you know? It's that guilt, that feeling that it's his fault, that he didn't detect the darkness in him until it was too late."
If you want to read what else Mark Hamill had to say about Luke or what Daisy Ridley had to say about "Rey" meeting Luke you will be able to on Friday when the newest edition of Entertainment Weekly hits news stands.
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Fix: Add timezone information in the test cases and pass the timezone while calling BDateFormat::Format() in order to set the calendar's timezone same as that of the expected output.
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Sue and Sunny - Ready steady girls!
Sisters Sue and Sunny were two of Britain's most in-demand backing singers of the 1960s. They also issued a clutch of records of their own, in various guises, and were part of the original Brotherhood of Man, before Sunny went on to enjoy solo success with Doctor's orders.
They were born Yvonne (Sue) and Heather (Sunny) Wheatman in what was then Madras (now Chennai) in India. After moving back to Britain, they eventually settled in Camberley, Surrey, where they set their sights on a career in pop.
In November 1962 they signed to the Oriole label. Their first single, Just let me cry, was issued the following year under the name The Myrtelles. The song had originally been recorded by Italian singer Mina, though the version by Lesley Gore remains the best known.
After quitting Oriole they signed to Columbia as Sue and Sunshine. The Spector-esque A little love (will go a long, long way) became their first release for the new label. Ironically, they were backed on the recording by The Breakaways. Though they didn't know it at the time, both groups would become better known for their work as backing vocalists rather than for their own records.
One further 45 followed, the pleasant We're in love (backed with Sue's own composition Don't look behind), before the pair adopted a new stage moniker: Sue and Sunny.
Using their new name, they cut a version of Carla Thomas' Every ounce of strength in 1966. The record marked the beginning of the soulful style that would the sisters would come to be known for.
The follow up, a take on Willie Kendrick's You can't bypass love, issued in January 1967, was even better. Though the single failed to sell at the time, it has since found favour on Britain's northern soul circuit.
With their career in the UK proving a bit of a slog, the pair jumped at the opportunity to play the US air bases in Germany. While there, they were offered the chance to cut some records for the lucrative German market. Their first German release was the Schlager tale of Hans und Franz in Germany, issued on the Electrola label in 1967. Far better was the B-side, the beatier Shame on you.
Spielt mir noch einmal die Bye Bye Melody was issued as the follow up in 1968, though again, the flip, the Nancy Sinatra-esque Wir dummen Mädchen sind ja selber schuld, was the better side.
Back in the UK, they joined CBS in 1968 and began to carve themselves a niche providing backing vocals to many of the top performers of the day. They can be heard on Joe Cocker's With a little help from my friends, for instance, and can seen backing Lulu at the 1969 Eurovision song contest in Madrid.
Alongside this work, they continued to issue singles as Sue and Sunny – notably 1968's The show must go on, which included the great Kenny Lynch-penned Motown-esque Little black book on its B-side – and also recorded as The Stockingtops. With Kenny Lynch providing songwriting duties, The Stockingtops cut two highly regarded 45s, You're never gonna get my lovin' and I don't ever wanna get kicked by you, both in 1968.
In 1969, back as Sue and Sunny, they issued an LP of their own. Original gospel-styled tracks jostled with a selection of covers – among them Curtis Mayfield's People get ready, Joni Mitchell's Michael from mountains and Ike and Tina Turner's River deep, mountain high. Although producer Bobby Scott claimed the album "makes Memphis look like a 'B' movie", its religious overtones may have limited sales among Britain's increasingly agnostic youth.
Later that year, the sisters joined session group Brotherhood of Man and scored a top ten UK hit with United we stand in 1970. (The line up was completely different for the later Save your kisses for me-era group.)
The pair also continued to record as Sue and Sunny and even found themselves appearing twice on the same episode of Top of the pops – once with Brotherhood of Man singing This boy and then as themselves singing their first 45 for the Deram label, Ain't that telling you people.
They continued to record with Brotherhood of Man for a couple of years, and in 1974 Sunny scored a UK top ten with Doctor's orders as a soloist.
Sue – by now known as Sue Glover – backed Germany's Joy Fleming on the excellent Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein at the 1975 Eurovision song contest, and went on to release a solo album, imaginatively entitled Solo.
The sisters also toured with German orchestra leader James Last during the 1970s.
In 1981 Sue fronted the group Unity in Britain's national final to choose a song for the Eurovision song contest. Sadly, the group's entry, For only a day, finished eighth. Out of eight.
You can't bypass love
You're never gonna get my lovin'
The world we live in's a lonely place
We're in love
Wir dummen Mädchen sind ja selber schuld
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