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Q: XPath - way to select an element based on partial string If I have several hyperlinks on the page listed in a grid, and I just want to get focus to the first hyperlink, is there a way to get ref to an a tag's href based on part of the href text?
example, lets say the page has a bunch of hyperlinks with car names:
Adam Backwell
Eric Mebratu
Dave Johnson
Tom Rogan

So I want to do something like this for my xPath:
"//table[@id='{0}']/a[href{1}]", usersGridId, "/Customers/");

So get the first hyperlink with /Customers/ in its href.  I don't know if you can do just partial string matches..or in other words regex with XPath can you? In this case I don't want to be dependent on the CustomerId because I don't know what that Id will be as the grid is dynamic.  All I care about it grabbing reference to the first hyperlink in the grid list, no matter who it is.
UPDATE:
Forgot to add that I'm using XPath with the Selenium Web framework.
UPDATE:
duh, just realized I already have ref to that table (you don't see that code here though..sorry)
So I'm doing like grid.FindElement(By.XPath(xPath)); where grid references already a table element.  Within this table is a tbody so I'm tryign to get to the a element like this now:
IElement gridTable = GetCustomerGrid(); // now represents the table element that holds the customer list
xPath = string.Format("/tbody[@id='{0}']/a[1](contains(@href,'{1}')]", usersGridContainerId, "/Customers");
IWebElement hyperlink = gridTable.FindElement(By.XPath(xPath));

no luck on this one either.
also tried the following based on the updated code above:
string.Format("/tbody[@id='{0}']/a(contains(@href,'{1}')]",usersGridContainerId, "/Customers"); // did not find the hyperlink
string.Format("/tbody[@id='{0}']/a[1](starts-with(@href,'{1}')]",usersGridContainerId, "/Customers"); //invalid XPath Syntax error
string.Format("//tbody[@id='{0}']/a(contains(@href,'{1}')]",usersGridContainerId, "/Customers");
string.Format("//tbody[@id='{0}']/a(starts-with(@href,'{1}')]",usersGridContainerId, "/Customers");

Here's the structure of the page where I'm trying to get at the hyperlink

                ID
                Name
                Email

                7
                Joe Smith
                someDude@gmail.com

        .. next user, and so on

UPDATE:
tried this, no luck:
string xPath = (string.Format("//tbody[@id={0}]/tr/td/a(starts-with(@href, {1})", usersTableId, " /Customers/"));
OurSeleniumDriverInstance.FindElement(By.XPath(xPath ));

A: Yes, xpath and xquery support matching substrings.  The catch is you need to use one of the functions to do it.  Your xpath would look like the following (well, your C# to generate xpath...):
"//table[@id='{0}']/a[starts-with(@href,'{1}')]", usersGridId, "/Customers/");

All of the functions are defined here:
http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/xpath_functions.asp
Edit: Added the '@' to indicate href is an attribute.  Thanks for the catch.
Edit #2: I don't know why my answer was unaccepted -- the xpath is correct and works.  Something that sticks out to me is it's unlikely the a tag is a child of the table tag. Are you missing the tr and td tags in between?

A: While you can do that with XPath as shown by yajoe, I would also suggest using LINQ to XML if you can:
var query = doc.Descendants("table")
               .Where(table => (string) table.Attribute("id") == usersGridId)
               .Elements("a")
               .Where(a => a.Attribute("href").Value.StartsWith("/Customers/"));

I prefer this as it keeps the "data" parts separate to the "code" parts, much like a parameterized SQL statement.
(Of course, it does rely on you using .NET 3.5 or higher.)

A: You can use the XPath starts-with function:
string.Format("//table[@id='{0}']/a[starts-with(@href,'/Customers/']",
       usersGridId);

NOTE Your XPath was not structured correctly, href is an attribute, so needs to be prefixed with the @ symbol to indicate that it is on the attribute axis.

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I used the sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday that Lauren used also. This is a new to me challenge and since I missed last week, but used their sketch, I wanted to give them credit here. I'll be adding them to my sidebar so if you need a new challenge to try out they would be a good one.
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Grizzlies throttle Thunder by NBA-record 73-point margin
by: CLAY BAILEY, Associated Press
Posted: Dec 2, 2021 / 09:26 PM CST / Updated: Dec 3, 2021 / 12:35 AM CST
Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr., right, greets teammates in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The game was long decided and the Memphis starters were relegated to cheerleaders on the bench when John Konchar got a steal and headed to the basket.
His right-handed dunk gave the Grizzlies a 145-67 lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder with 3:02 left and a new franchise record for points in a game.
That 78-point advantage was Memphis' biggest lead on Thursday night, but by the time it was over the Grizzlies were still 73 points ahead. Their 152-79 win over the Thunder shattered the NBA record for the largest margin of victory.
"At that moment, I didn't know it was a franchise record," Konchar said. "I just kind of saw the lane, and I dunked it. But it's awesome."
The 73-point margin easily topped the previous mark, which was Cleveland's 68-point win over Miami. The Cavaliers topped the Heat 148-80 on Dec. 17, 1991.
"Tonight is not necessarily who we are," Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. "I think we've definitely shown that from a competitive standpoint. This isn't indicative of who our team is."
Memphis used 12 players and nine of them reached double figures in scoring, with Jaren Jackson Jr.'s 27 points leading the way for the Grizzlies. Memphis was without its best player, injured guard Ja Morant.
It was 72-36 at halftime and the Grizzlies just kept adding to the lead.
"I think there was some slippage defensively and I think before you know it, teams are in a rhythm and the game is out of hand," Oklahoma City's Mike Muscala said. "We didn't fight, obviously. You'd rather go out fighting. You would rather go out putting your best foot forward and playing together."
The Thunder flirted with being on the wrong end of the record last season, trailing Indiana by 67 points on May 1 before rallying — such as it was — to lose by merely 57 points, 152-95.
This was worse. Historically worse.
The Grizzlies set a franchise record for shooting, making 62.5% of their shots. De'Anthony Melton scored 19 points, Santi Aldama scored 18 and John Konchar scored 17 for the Grizzlies, and none of those three players even started.
"Man, it feels great. It feels great to be in the history books, especially in front of our home crowd," Melton said. "And we did it one through 15. Everybody contributed, everybody played hard and we all got to get in the game. So, it's always a blessing.
"We knew with (Morant) going down what we had to do," Melton said. "We had to step up."
No Memphis starter played more than 21 minutes. Lu Dort led the Thunder with 15 points, and Oklahoma City shot only 33%.
It was 12-8 after five minutes. From there, there was no stopping Memphis. The Grizzlies outscored the Thunder by 15 points in each of the four quarters.
"Franchise records are obviously great. Obviously proud of our guys that they don't think about that," Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said. "We're just motivated by what are our standards every single night. Tonight was on pretty full display both offensively and defensively."
It was the third straight game the Grizzlies have led from start to finish.
"Obviously, it was a combination of things," Daigneault said. "They played with great force and pace. They made some shots. We didn't shoot it well early and just really couldn't get a grip on the game. Any part of the game."
The Thunder lost their eighth straight as they continued to play without a number of players, including leading scorer Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who entered concussion protocol earlier Thursday. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 points against the Rockets on Wednesday night but suffered a blow to the head late in the game.
Point guard Josh Giddey, who averages 10.4 points and 5.5 assists, sat out with a non-COVID-19 illness, and the remaining players couldn't fill the void in Oklahoma City's offense.
The Thunder had been competitive in their seven straight losses before Thursday night. Their largest margin of defeat was 13 points.
"When you compete, you have exposure to the highs and lows of competition," Daigneault said. "And competition comes with great joy, and it also comes with grief and frustration and anger. And when you step in that ring, that's what you expose yourself to is all of those things. It's why the joy feels so good, because when you get punched and you taste your own blood, it doesn't feel right."
Thunder: Ty Jerome got his first start of the season in place of Gilgeous-Alexander and finished with 12 points. … Darius Bazley is the only Oklahoma City player to start all 22 games. … Oklahoma City's 36 points in the first half was its season low for a half.
Grizzlies: Were without reserves Kyle Anderson (back soreness) and Ziaire Williams (left knee soreness). … Memphis is 3-0 since Morant sprained his right knee against Atlanta last Friday. … The 36 points by the Thunder were a season low by an opponent in a half. … Memphis' previous largest margin of victory was 49 points in a 133-84 win over Houston on Feb. 28, 2021. … The 152 points were the most by Memphis in a game. Its previous mark was 144 against Golden State on Jan. 3, 2007.
Thunder: At Detroit on Monday.
Grizzlies: At Dallas on Saturday.
by PETER SMITH, Associated Press / Jan 21, 2022
On the eve of her 100th birthday Saturday, Ruth Salton told her daughter she was going one way or another to Friday night Shabbat services at Congregation Beth Israel, just days after a gunman voicing antisemitic conspiracy theories held four worshippers hostage for 10 hours at the Fort Worth-area synagogue.
"I want to support my people," said Salton, a Holocaust survivor. She said she told her daughter "if she doesn't take me, I'll go by myself, because I feel I belong there. I am Jewish, and this is my faith, and I am supporting it."
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New Growth just wrapped up work on an evaluation project for Skills for Chicagoland's Future (Skills). Skills is a public-private partnership working to find jobs for unemployed and underemployed job seekers in the Chicago area. They have adopted a "demand driven" approach – working with businesses to determine their hiring needs and then finding qualified individuals to fill those jobs. Skills wanted to measure how well their model was working in the real world, so they hired New Growth to do an evaluation of the project.
The evaluation design was an interesting balancing act between the goals of the evaluation and the availability of data. A later blog post will go deeper into the details, but for now, let's keep it simple and look at some of the results.
The 600 people who were placed by Skills between January of 2014 and June of 2015 and who had employment data available from Illinois' state wage agency were collectively called the participants. As a group, the participants were about 60% female, 80% black or African American, over 60% of them had less than an Associate's degree of education, almost 80% were 24 years old or younger, and the majority lived in low-income zip codes of the south and west sides of Chicago. Skills has set out to serve a relatively disadvantaged population, and the data shows that they do.
The participants were compared to a collection of individuals who were as similar as possible with respect to demographics and prior earnings history but had not been placed by Skills – the comparison group.
Participants were followed for 2 years after their placement by Skills. During that period, they earned $6,120 per year more than individuals in the comparison group, on average. And the third of participants who earned the least prior to placement saw the largest relative increase – they earned $9,640 per year more than those in the comparison group who were also low earners prior to the study. Importantly, over the 2 years of follow-up, there is no evidence of the positive effect decreasing.
The evaluation also considered employment retention. Consistent with the earnings story, participants saw higher rates of employment at 1 and 2 years post placement relative to the comparison group.
Lastly, Skills was able to provide their average cost of a placement. This allowed a return on investment (ROI) calculation. For 1 year's worth of benefit, the ROI exceeds 75% and it exceeds 250% for 2 years' worth of benefit.
An extensive final report for this project was just completed. An article was recently written about the evaluation by the Chicago Tribune. Skills has been announced as the leader of the national Skills for America's Future initiative, and is planning its expansion. This workforce development model is on the move and New Growth is proud to have played a part in showing the impact that it can have.
Contact Chris Spence, Principal, to learn how New Growth can help your next evaluation project.


Anyone who has embarked on converting a residence into a hotel in the capital city knows it is no mean feat. Hotels require services and modern amenities that old Valletta townhouses would never have imagined.
The mission is further aggravated by the fact that alterations are restricted, work methods too, and if the owner is keen on keeping the original building intact, that means the job is even harder.
This was certainly the case for 89, Old Bakery Street, Valletta, where the rationale was to retain and regenerate as much as possible of the baroque house's original character and features.
The first obstacle, however, was that authentic elements had already been hidden and damaged by incongruous interventions. The façade of the 17th Century, three-storey house, for example, was scarred by accretions from the 1980s. But they were soon to be stripped off, together with anything that wasn't authentic to the place, to the period and to Valletta.
The Coleridge is built on a strong eco-conscious concept, which is captured in the finer details too. This was the starting point of the conversion project, which was based on restoration.
Because it had been inhabited, minimal intervention was required in terms of civil works, but old houses are full of surprises, some of which can stall a project, while others can open up design ideas. The Coleridge was no exception in this regard.
Conservation was also the order of the day for its interior design: the old Maltese tiles were salvaged where possible, and stone slabs and beams in the ceilings exposed. Most of the furniture and fittings have also been restored, recycled and injected with new life, including the original doors.
Home to five rooms and suites, each with its own unique design and flair, The Coleridge is nothing short of a labour of love and the result of passion for all things beautiful.


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LakePoint Sports Announces Mark O'Brien as New President and CEO
?????LakePoint Sports, the nation's premier youth travel sports destination located in the Metro Atlanta area, announced today it has named Mark O'Brien as its new president and CEO. O'Brien, who recently served as president of Mizuno USA and chairman of Mizuno Canada, brings a wealth of sports and brand experience to his new role.
"Mark has a robust background with deep experience in sports, marketing, retail and customer satisfaction while leading organizations," said Jeff Bemis of Rimrock Capital Management, the owner of LakePoint. "He has a special expertise in helping set brands up for lasting success, as well as an ethos that aligns with our vision and values. We can't think of a better person to help usher LakePoint into this exciting new era, and I look forward to working with him to solidify LakePoint's position as the ultimate authority in youth travel sports."
O'Brien has more than two decades of executive leadership for some of the most recognizable brands in the world, including Mizuno USA and Mizuno Canada, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, The Original Honey Baked Ham Company, Johnsonville Sausage and Miller Brewing Company (now MillerCoors). His career has been defined by employing a thoughtful, purposeful approach to transforming and revitalizing mature, rapid-growth organizations, turning them into high-performing, established brands that are viewed as leaders in their respective industries.
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WWF Capital Carnage
1998 World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event
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WWF Capital Carnage was a United Kingdom-only professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on December 6, 1998, at the London Arena in London, England. It was released on DVD in the UK and Europe on July 12, 2010, in a set also including No Mercy (UK) as part of the WWE's Tagged Classics range released by Silver Vision, without any edits to the original content, most notably keeping all mentions and appearances of the WWF logo intact and un-blurred.
Jim Ross suffered his second Bell's palsy attack on-air during this event. He did not officially call matches again for the WWF until the main event of WrestleMania XV.[citation needed]
In 1998, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), an American professional wrestling promotion, scheduled a United Kingdom-only pay-per-view titled Capital Carnage. It took place on December 6, 1998, at the London Arena in London, England and was a one-off event for the promotion.[1]
Event[edit]
Other on-screen personnel
Commentators Jim Ross
Interviewer Michael Cole
Ring announcer Tony Chimel
Special Guest Vinnie Jones
Referees Mike Chioda
Earl Hebner
During the event, Jim Ross suffered his second Bell's palsy attack on-air.[2]
The opening contest between Gangrel and Al Snow began with a mixture of head grapples and arm bar take downs. Snow quickly clamped Gangrel and headbutted him, before using Gangrel's legs to throw him over Snow's back. The first unsuccessful pin count came from a flying crossbody from Snow, the ensuing calm allowing Gangrel to perform a DDT on Snow and then subdue him with clotheslines and a leg sweep. When Gangrel tried to perform a second DDT, though, Snow managed to reverse the hold into a bridged suplex pin. By the time Gangrel had kicked out, The Brood came to ringside and distracted the referee allowing Snow to use Head on Gangrel, but it also gave Edge the opportunity to floor Snow with a missile dropkick which gave the victory to Gangrel.
The tag team match saw Droz and Mosh fighting, Droz dropkicking both Mosh and then Thrasher who tried to interrupt his offense. As Mosh came back into the ring he tagged Thrasher who was also dominated by Droz but a blind tag back again allowed Mosh to make a diving crossbody to take down Droz and choke him on the ropes, another tag permitting The Headbangers to double team Droz with a leap frog body guillotine. Droz soon tagged in Animal but the match suddenly ended when Animal was illegally double teamed, when the referee tried to push out the illegal man Droz ran in, pushing Animal out of the ring to take his place but before he could do anything was rolled up in a schoolboy pin by Mosh and lost the match, despite Animal handling the Headbangers quite well. More referees appeared when an impromptu fight broke out between Animal and Droz, Animal leaving the ring in disgust.
Goldust began the match by dropping Val Venis onto the steel steps, before taking him back in the ring to scoop slam him and then slap him in the face. Despite being thrown into the turnbuckle, Goldust did the same to Venis and gave him a clothesline to boot. Goldust almost pinned Venis after a bulldog but attempting another running attack proved too much for Goldust who was caught in the air with a spinebuster. Venis followed this up with a flying crossbody and a fisherman suplex pin but to no avail. The two collided from a running attack, with Venis falling to the floor and Goldust leaning back into the ropes and then falling forward, dazed, inadvertently headbutting Venis' crotch. As Venis retired to the turnbuckle to recover, Goldust put him in position for Shattered Dreams but Venis pulled the referee in the way as Goldust attempted the kick. As Goldust argued with the referee, Venis rolled him over into the pin and won. As Venis celebrated, Goldust took him from behind with a sitout rear slam and then performed the Shattered Dreams for the pleasure of the audience.
After a clip of Vince McMahon's speech at Oxford, and then a promo from McMahon and his followers about changes to the card (X-Pac facing The Rock in place of Triple H) and the inclusion of Vinnie Jones as a special guest enforcer, Tiger Ali Singh fought Edge. Edge began punching Singh as soon as he had come through the crowd for his entrance and after losing some advantage, threw Singh over his back and dropkicked him. When Singh tried to escape the onslaught by going outside, Edge threw him back in. Despite a thumb to the eye, Singh still fell foul of an inverted atomic drop and a missile dropkick, surviving a pin fall with a rope break. As Singh recovered, Edge climbed to the top rope and attempted a diving crossbody but was caught mid-air and powerslammed into the mat before being covered for the pin, helped by Singh's feet gaining leverage from the second rope. Edge beat down Singh after the match and celebrated.
Before the mixed tag match, Jacqueline attacked her partner Marc Mero and had to be separated by referee Tim White. The match began with Christian hip tossing and dropkicking Mero, from which he escaped with a tag meaning that WWF Women's Champion Sable had to be tagged in. Despite wanting to spar with Christian, as soon as Sable entered the ring she fled to the corner and tagged in Mero. The mixed rules were ignored as Sable went to fight Mero; Mero mocked her by pulling his boxing shorts up high (so that she had less places to punch him 'below the belt') but Christian swiftly pulled them down to his ankles from behind. Sable kicked him on the floor until Christian took over as the competitor, kicking Mero out of the turnbuckle before tagging Sable in again and double teaming him with an Irish whip and superkick, respectively. Jacqueline refused to join the match and so Christian continued to fight Mero, who was pulled to the floor by his hair while taunting the crowd and then floored with a crossbody pin that Jacqueline stopped. Mero then set Christian up with a Samoan drop in order to attempt the Wild Thing, but Christian pulled at the top rope causing Mero to fall off and performed a reverse DDT. Again Sable was tagged in without Jacqueline joining the match, to which she replied by performing a Sable Bomb on the dazed Mero before pulling Jacqueline into the ring over the top rope as Mero tried to flee, with Christian in pursuit. Sable, meanwhile was kicking Jacqueline in the corner, before reversing an Irish whip into the TKO to pin her. An enraged Jacqueline tried to attack the referee, punching him to the floor but White stood up, with Jacqueline on his shoulders and Sable ripped away her clothes, leaving her completely topless and causing her to run to the back. The nudity was not edited out of the VHS tape in the United States.
The WWF Intercontinental Championship match began with Steve Blackman being scoop slammed to the mat by Ken Shamrock but replied with a spinning heel kick. A fast-paced affair early on, the match saw a number of kicks and punching variations from both competitors until Shamrock slowed the match with a slam suplex that could not lay Blackman down for the pin. Despite many attempts from Blackman, Shamrock remained dominant over the match, keeping Blackman subdued in the corner with punches and then weakening him with a front face lock sleeper hold in the middle of the ring. Even when Blackman escaped it, he was still floored with a knee to the face. When Blackman managed to daze Shamrock, throwing him out of the ring, he baseball slid into Boss Man's face which he retaliated by striking with his nightstick when Blackman was back inside the ring. This allowed Shamrock to secure his ankle lock and make Blackman tap out.
Triple H began dominating Jeff Jarrett with basic wrestling headlocks and trying to pin his opponent after a spine buster. After Jarrett kicked out he threw Triple H out of the ring and then, when he was back in the ring, choked Triple H on the bottom rope, with Debra aiding the effort. When she repeated the effort Chyna chased her off and helped Triple H back into the match, but Jarrett applied a sleeper hold which Helmsley reversed with a belly to back suplex, leaving both men on the floor. As they fought their way back up, Triple H used the ten-punch in the corner and, despite being thrown into the opposite corner, Triple H was aware of where he was and stopped short, attacking a celebrating Jarrett. After dropping Jarrett's face on his knee, Triple H threw him out of the ring and went to continue his assault when Debra made her presence known on the apron. Chyna tried to intervene but the referee disputed with her, and Debra walked into the ring to distract Triple H with her sexuality as Jarrett brought a steel chair into the ring. But as Tim White tried to rid Debra from the ring, Chyna grabbed the chair out of Jarrett's hands allowing Triple H to use the Pedigree and win the match.
The WWF Tag Team Championship match began with D'Lo Brown throwing Road Dogg around the ring but Road Dogg replied with a series of punches and his signature shaky kneedrop. Brown recuperated outside of the ring with a pep talk from Mark Henry while Billy Gunn was tagged in on the opposing team. Brown had a similar time against Gunn, being whipped around the ring before being picked up for a gorilla press slam before fleeing the ring again. When he returned he instantly tagged in Henry who, after a show of strength, swung Gunn around with a bear hug. After slapping Henry's ears, Gunn was able to pick up speed, Road Dogg being tagged in for a double team dropkick to floor Henry and double hiptoss to Brown. Road Dogg tried to stay dominant over Henry but was soon thrown on the ground, before Brown was tagged in and isolated Road Dogg finishing with the Lo Down before tagging Henry back in who jumped on Dogg with a big splash and had to be saved by Gunn from being pinned. While in the ring Gunn dragged his partner to the corner, returning to the apron only to tag himself in and taking out both Brown and Henry. Throwing them around but being caught mid-air by Henry who slammed him into the mat, taking his breath away so that even after a Fameasser on Brown, he could not move to cover him. By the time the two had recovered, Gunn was able to pick Brown up for a piledriver, which he botched halfway between the traditional move and a piledriver face slam, but nevertheless pinned Brown afterward.
The WWF Championship match between the two 26-year-olds showcased X-Pac's speed and agility as he reversed the Rock's Irish whips by jumping over him and floored him with a variety of kicks. At one point the kicks came with such a flurry that, in trying to back away from them, Rock fell backwards through the ropes onto his face outside. The Rock then grabbed his belt and tried to leave the match but was met up the walkway by Triple H and Chyna who intimidated him back into the ring. Despite being able to kick Rock back to the floor, his attempt at a Bronco Buster left him stranded on the ropes and receiving kicks himself from Rocky. The two fought to the outside of the ring where Rock tried to spit soda into X-Pac's eye but had the drink punched out of his mouth. When they returned inside the ring, Rock kept X-Pac down with a sleeper hold and a low blow, picking up only to floor him once more with a Russian leg sweep. After picking him up again, Rock scoop slammed X-Pac in the middle of the ring to deliver the Corporate Elbow but could not secure a three count, which Rock replied with a sleeper hold. X-Pac elbowed his way out of the hold and was assisted when Triple H distracted the referee allowing Chyna to low blow Rock, leading to a schoolboy pin that could not keep The Rock down, nor could the subsequent spinning heel kick. As the fighting became fast and furious again, referee Earl Hebner was taken out when he X-Pac was thrown into him in the turnbuckle. With the referee down Rock grabbed his WWF Championship belt and went to strike X-Pac, he ducked though and as Rock turned round he was met by Triple H and X-Pac's European Championship belt. After the referee slowly came to and counted the pin, Rock kicked out and escaped the ring to attack Chyna. Triple H responded by kicking Rock to the floor which the referee did see, ending the match by disqualification. Rock was further attacked by the two DX members and even fellow Corporation member Ken Shamrock could not save him.
The main event saw Shane McMahon as the ring announcer, announcing more changes to the card with Pat Patterson as the guest time keeper, Gerald Brisco as the special guest referee and Big Boss Man changed to enforcer alongside Vinnie Jones. After a brawl between the two enforcers, Brisco gave Jones a red card and had him ejected. The four-way match began prematurely with Mankind and Kane brawling before The Undertaker arrived, who chokeslammed Mankind and threw him outside before throwing Kane out too. Steve Austin then made his entrance but was met on the walkway by Undertaker while Mankind and Kane continued to fight in the middle of the ring, Mankind being taken down with a flying lariat. After dealing with Undertaker, Austin then took Mankind around the ring smashing head into the announce table and crowd barrier. Austin and Undertaker continued to fight inside the ring, Austin using his vest to choke his opponent but was taken down with a flying clothesline and leg drop. Kane, meanwhile, was being beaten by Mankind outside the ring and had his head thrown into a television monitor. In the ring Austin recovered from Undertaker's dominance with a Lou Thesz Press but Kane broke up the pin count. Kane then fought Austin as Undertaker dealt with Mankind. Undertaker used some cable to choke Mankind, then Kane came up behind and choked Undertaker with cable before finally Austin used some cable to choke Kane as Mankind escaped and used a microphone to the head of Undertaker and Kane. Eventually the four wrestlers came back into the ring with Kane choking Undertaker into the corner until Austin turned his attention to Kane. Undertaker did not thank him for it, though, instead trying to walk the rope for Old School but his balance was thrown when Mankind threw Kane against the ropes. Austin and Mankind briefly teamed up against Kane, then Mankind offered his hand in alliance but Austin replied with a finger. Mankind replied with a mandible claw until Undertaker pulled him off his feet and wedged his crotch into the ring post from outside the ring. Kane and Undertaker then teamed up on Austin but while nobody was looking Mankind donned Mr Socko, kicking Austin and then high-fiving the referee. Mankind then brought a steel chair into the ring, hitting Kane but receiving a shot by Undertaker. As Undertaker tried to pin him, Austin hit him on the back with a chairshot and was met with a slow count from Brisco. With the ring cleared, Kane tried to chokeslam Austin but was kicked in the crotch and received a stunner. Again Brisco tried to avoid the count by checking the time on the outside. An enraged Austin kicked Brisco out of the ring meaning Earl Hebner had to run to ringside when Undertaker chokeslammed both Kane and Austin. When the count was broken up by Mankind, Undertaker fought with him on the outside of the ring during which time Austin stunnered Kane and covered him to win the match. When Brisco attacked Hebner, Austin also gave him a stunner. Vinnie Jones then came down to the ring and kicked Boss Man to allow Austin to deliver another stunner before Hebner kicked him out of the ring, using an Austin like taunt.
In 2018, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 4.0 [Poor], stating, "Like most UK only Pay-Per-Views, this didn't feature a ton of quality performances. However, the crowd was molten hot for everything, which helped each match along. The guys didn't have to give their all, because the fans would eat it up either way. Rock/X-Pac and the main event were both good matches that ended the show on a relatively high note. Of the ten matches, only two are flat out bad and those go about six combined minutes. The rest of the show is painfully average and not really something you need to check out."[3]
Results[edit]
Results[1]
Times[1]
Droz defeated Mosh Singles match 6:00
Gangrel defeated Al Snow (with Head) Singles match 5:51
The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) defeated The Legion of Doom (Animal and Droz) Tag team match 3:21
Val Venis defeated Goldust Singles match 5:33
Tiger Ali Singh defeated Edge Singles match 2:51
Christian and Sable defeated Jacqueline and Marc Mero Mixed tag team match 4:49
Ken Shamrock (c) (with Big Boss Man) defeated Steve Blackman by submission Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship 6:51
Triple H (with Chyna) defeated Jeff Jarrett (with Debra) Singles match 6:55
The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) (c) defeated D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship 12:34
The Rock (c) defeated X-Pac (with Chyna and Triple H) by disqualification Singles match for the WWF Championship 12:34
Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Kane, Mankind and The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) Fatal 4-Way match with Gerald Brisco as special guest referee 16:12
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
D – indicates the match was a dark match
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^ a b c "Capital Carnage Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
^ "JRs BBQ Blog". Retrieved 2017-01-20.
^ Pantoja, Kevin (2018-04-22). "Kevin's Random Reviews: WWF Capital Carnage 1998". 411mania.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
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Day 16: The Hyena
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The identity or identities of the assasin known as The Hyena is shrouded in mystery. Stories of the trail of blood and murder of this almost urban legend character go back to the early 40's in Ethiopia. Where villages that had been attacked by invading Italian facist forces and sacked were said to have been visited by what was described as an almost ghost like figure who would massacre entire groups of up to 50 men single handedly in a ritualistically bloody manner. This persisted on until the end of the war. From there things were quiet for a few years . Then other tales began around the beginings of the cold war of an assasin who also fit the physical description of the Hyena, who was contracted by everyone from The CIA, The FBI, The KGB, various organized crime groups, corporate intrest, MI5 and anyone who could afford his price. No known photos were known to exist. Then in 1972, for reasons yet unknown, but again unsubstantiated claims point to an organization known as ICE contracted him to take out several masked crimefighters. He is said to have killed the original Juryman, and to have perminently crippled the silver age Jack of Hades along with up to 5 other heroes, before disapearing again into shadow and hushed murmurs. Some said he was involved in everything from the Iranian Revolution to several high profile assasinations. It is not even known that if he is the same man who has operated the same 70 years, or a series of killers? Recently he has been seen in several hotzones accross the globe again under the contract of ICE (International Covert Espionage). He lives in shadows and few have ever lived to tell the tale. Fewer still are bold enough to tell it!..
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Black Swan welcomes new Artistic Director
Black Swan State Theatre Company has announced the appointment of Clare Watson as its new Artistic Director, taking over from Kate Cherry in 2017.
After spending her early years in Perth, Clare comes to Black Swan from Melbourne, where she is currently Artistic Director of St Martins Youth Arts Centre, as well as freelance directing for companies such as Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, State Theatre Company of South Australia and Belvoir St Theatre.
Her latest MTC production of Lungs has received rave reviews from Melbourne audiences, as has her production of The Events, which was staged during the Sydney Festival and Adelaide Festival. Clare has also been a Resident Director at Malthouse Theatre, during Marion Potts' tenure and was part of the MTC inaugural Women Director's Program.
"We are thrilled to announce Clare Watson as the next Artistic Director of Black Swan State Theatre Company," said Black Swan's Chair, Mark Barnaba AM. "After many years of growth and change, led expertly by Kate Cherry, Clare's appointment will herald in a new era for the company."
"Clare has an impressive directing track record and has worked with many of Australia's major companies and festivals. Her leadership ability is clearly evident with the work she has been undertaking transforming St Martins Youth Arts Centre into a highly collaborative company that is now presenting work in major festivals and with major Australian theatre companies."
"She is highly respected as one of the next generation of Australian artistic leaders and is highly sought after as a freelance director by our colleague state theatre companies," added Mr Barnaba.
Clare's work has been presented at numerous major Australian Festivals and she has received a number of awards and nominations including Best Director at The Helpmann Awards, Green Room Awards and the inaugural Best Director award at the Melbourne Fringe. In 2008, she received a scholarship for a three month residency in Brussels. Clare has a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education from The University of Melbourne, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Theatre Directing from the Victorian College of the Arts.
"I am honoured and excited to be returning to Perth in the role of Artistic Director at Black Swan State Theatre Company," said Clare. "I'm excited about working with Natalie Jenkins and the company to continue to present world class theatre experiences for audiences and build on Black Swan's distinct voice in the national cultural conversation."
Clare will shortly commence working with Black Swan as Artistic Director Designate in a part-time capacity, focusing on programming the 2017 season, together with Kate Cherry. She will re-locate permanently from Melbourne in October of this year, after completion of some major projects in Victoria that she has already under way. Clare will officially take over the reins from Kate Cherry on 1 January 2017. She will work alongside Executive Director Natalie Jenkins, as Co-CEO.
Black Swan State Theatre Company looks forward to her commencement with the company later this year. For more information, visit: www.bsstc.com.au for details.
Image: Clare Watson – photo by Pia Johnson
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Wormhole – The Weakest Among Us
The Weakest Among Us
by "Der Bärtige Mann" Gareth Beams at 06 January 2020, 9:18 PM
WORMHOLE is a Technical Brutal Death Metal band originating from Baltimore, Maryland. This their second release following the 2016 full-length album, Genesis, also released on Lacerated Enemy Records. These guys have described themselves and their sound as Slamming Brutal Death Metal, so prep yourself. These had a busy 2019 touring doing the Devastation On The Nation Tour IV with ABORTED, PSYCROPTIC, INGESTED, DISENTOMB, ARKAIK, VENOM PRISON & SIGNS OF THE SWARM. What will this year be like following this release?
"The Weakest Among Us" does not have an ease-into approach, which isn't a bad thing, it just gets into the song straight away. The build-up instrumentally is decent, it is thick and easy to follow, more of a Sludge or Doom-style approach, but it works. The song sets a decent pace as far as melodies go, nothing too heavy to headbang to, with a few little solos thrown in, it adds a depth to the instrumental harmonies. Vocal harmonies, there are none. The vocals are just short outbursts of noise than cannot be understood and could have been left out of the song and the song would have been appreciated more. "rA9/myth" has a sample start from Spongebob Squarepants, not exactly, what you'd expect from a Technical Brutal Death Metal band, but those words are going to be the only ones that you can hear as the vocals are once again just noise. A song as short as this one, so early into an album is often used as either a fast-paced, frenzied song to kick the album into gear, or it is an instrumental melody to build into the next song. This song is neither. It has no real pace, less than on "The Weakest Among Us". If you took out the vocals it would have worked ok-ish as an instrumental, but I am starting to think that I will be adding that point to many of these songs.
"D-S3" does pick up the pace more, which is a good thing for the album. The technical approach of a Technical Brutal Death Metal band is often hard to distinguish, but sometimes you just have to work out what the sound could be like and think, you can hear the melodies building at times, the pace dies down to something you would have heard BLACK TONGUE do. The song does not change too much; rather it slows down and does allow us to enjoy the melodies from the instrumental aspect. The vocals are very easy to drown out and just appreciate the song as in the final 90 seconds it does have some brilliant harmonic melodies on display. "Wave Quake Generator Plasma Artillery Cannon" does not carry on from where "D-S3" left off, which is a shame. This song does start like most of the others, in the way of it has the vocals that cannot be understood and a generic melody running, the melody does start to flourish more throughout the song, but the vocals let it down. This one does not go anywhere, but you may not be expecting it to. They may have missed a trick here by not having more expressive and experimental sounds like the previous song did
"The Gas System" does continue the same pace and approach that this album has. Vocals, well you can guess where this is going, do not add much to the song at all, which is a shame because the melodies laid down from the band are pretty solid. The song does end in a weird Djent sounding sample, which also does not do the song justice. This one has some decent melodies, even if they are not allowing much progression. "Ultrafrigid" starts solid. It has a good beat and tempo from the off, the only issue is that it dies down very quickly. The melodies do pick back up slightly midway through and sound more experimental, a few sounds familiar with fans of RINGS OF SATURN, but the vocals do not support the overall sound. The song dies down in tempo toward the end again; it would be nice to have one song go all out as a finish
"Quad MB" starts like the vast majority of songs on here. It starts fast and then slows down, which has worn thin at this point. Although the drumbeat to start is awesome, I just wanted it to go throughout the song, instead of building up the tempo and then being killed off. At this point in the album, the melodies become little more than background music, nothing to spark real interest, it is more of the same that the album has produced. "Ingswarm" is the final song will we hear a frenzied end or just a song that slowly fades away? The start is promising; it had a good beat on the drums, pulling back to allow the buildup on guitars, and then kicking off together. Rather reminds me of CATTLE DECAPITATION. Unfortunately, the tempo does seem to be dying away, it returns in spurts, but it is not enough to make the song feel much better, and then goes the slow fade out. Poo.
This is not a stereotypical TBDM album, this is slower than you may be used to, which does allow you to appreciate the album sound in a different way, but for me, it is let down by the lack of experimental sounds, progression in songs and the overall vocals. This album would have been completely different with 2 or 3 frenzied melodies to stir shit up, because of this, the sound does become too similar after a while.
Songwriting: 6
1. The Weakest Among Us
2. rA9/myth
3. D-S3
4. Wave Quake Generator Plasma Artillery Cannon
5. The Gas System
6. Ultrafrigid
7. Quad MB
8. Ingswarm
Anshuman Goswami –Vocals
Sanil Kumar – Guitars
Alex Weber – Bass
Sanjay Kumar – Guitars
Matt Tillett – Drums
Record Label: Lacerated Enemy Records


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by Roger Friedman - May 30, 2014 3:44 pm
The world waits for Hillary Clinton's new book, "Hard Choices," on June 10th. I know I have it all queued up on amazon.com. But Clinton's hardest choice may start at home: will she give her ghost writer a credit this time?
I wrote about a year ago that Edward "Ted" Widmer, a long time Hillary associate, was actually writing "Hard Choices."
Widmer, 51, is a Harvard graduate who wrote for the Harvard Lampoon. He has a long association with Brown University, where he was the Director of the John Carter Brown Library.At least that's where used to be. Widmer now works out of the president's office at Brown. After all, his prestige factor has rise considerably.
Between 2001 and 2006, Widmer was inaugural director of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College, where, according to his bio, "he created numerous programs designed to enliven the teaching of American history and politics to diverse groups, ranging from Muslim college students in historically anti-American regions of the world to elementary students in under-financed public school districts of the eastern shore of Maryland."
Last year I wrote that Widmer has conceded that Clinton–though she hasn't said so directly– is "incredibly organized and planning her campaign." He sent me an email later claiming: "I have neither said that or anything like it to anyone, nor is it something I believe." Well, it's a year later and Hillary is pretty much the front runner for the Democratic nomination.
But what credit will Widmer get on "Hard Choices"? Clinton caused an uproar with her bestseller, "It Take a Village," when she denied the ghost writer any identification at all. That book was written by Barbara Feinman, a Georgetown University professor. Feinman was paid $120,000 for seven months' work. She eventually went public and complained about lack of credit.
So how did it work out? Widmer emailed me this afternoon: "…sorry, I don't have the answer — I haven't seen printed version…"
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Part one of this two part lecture series begins with an exploration of the latest research surrounding how human beings learn most effectively. Techniques for knowledge acquisition and retention are explored, and cognitive biases impeding the adoption of new ways of thinking are examined.
The second part of the presentation takes place on May 2nd.


Human Relationship Paradigm Shift – My Profound Experience!!!
What I'm about to share with you is something so profound, even I'm still trying to figure out how to describe what I; felt, saw, experienced, and what it will do for mankind as we know it. Human experience is everything, aside from experiencing life, human relationships amongst one another is so profound, it will literally shapes who you are, which also shapes who you become as a person later in life, and the choices you make in your existence.
The other night as I sat here, speaking to friends and people online, I had an experience which has ultimately changed the way I looked at human relationships forever, but the kicker is that this experience was literally shared with millions of other people at the very same time.
As I sat here, I had just finished helping someone counseling them with their marriage, when it started to hit me. My body started to warm up like a tea kettle, I was dripping with sweat within minutes. No, this wasn't a panic attack, trust me I know the difference. Every possible human emotion one can have was suddenly filling my heart. The weight of this sensation was so euphoric, I barely have words to describe it. I will do my best to try to detail that moment in time, so that others can understand the changes within all us.
I now realize this rush of emotions was a taste to sample each emotion one at a time, but also, all together at once. This moment I was having was to ensure that if at that point in life, I hadn't felt one or two of any human emotion available to us, I was going to sense it now and with conviction. Most of the emotions I experienced were very familiar, but some others, well I must say, I had never felt that before. I guess in each of our lifetimes, we as humans get the chance to experience probably around 85/100 of all emotions possible, but there are still those few that elude us. Not because we cannot feel them, but because we haven't had the chance to be within that situation which triggers it within us.
But for me, in one small moment in life, I had the chance to experience every single thing any person has ever experienced as an emotion. If you're thinking to yourself, "wow – that would be something", you're right it was and trust me when I tell you, it has been increasingly harder to even describe to you what it felt like, as you can just imagine.
The one thing that really caught me as strange is that each emotion I had experienced, it was connected to an emotion with another human being. That one thought changed my perspective about human emotions forever. I mean when you think about it, our experiences in one given day is beyond this world, we think about 1000's of thoughts a day, most of which are the same that we entertained from the previous day. But for emotions, these unique life experiences are something else entirely, they're not only thoughts that comes from the synapse of our mind, but they also affect the body as well. They change the energy around us, and the people connected to us.
As most of us are all aware of, we are all energy that is inner-connected to one another. What I felt the other night, all of these emotions; I could clearly see how they were affecting everyone I've ever known at the same time. Let me say that again, every emotion you experience in this day and that day, is also directly affecting every single person you've ever come into contact with; directly, or indirectly in your life.
That one realization is SO profound, the implications of the meaning is very daunting when you think about it. Every time you're sad, someone you know is also sad for you, they also feel your sadness. Now in our time of evolution, we as humans are only starting to understand that sometimes we can sense how another person is feeling. It's like a bell in our gut that does off that something is wrong with that person. This gut feeling isn't an accident. It is showing us, that our connections are so strong; we are affecting everyone we know on a daily basis.
When all those emotions ran through me like a highway full of cars, I saw and sensed every person I know, have ever known, and when I did, I realized they too were feeling the same thing I was. My heart so was heavy, I couldn't contain the love I felt. I tried to get up, my body was glued still, my hands so heavy, I couldn't lift them from my keyboard. My head drooped down towards the floor; nothing could stop me from experiencing that moment. My eyes began tearing up, a flow of tears of such intense release was happening without me being able to do a single thing about it. Please understand that I am not a crier by nature. Crying is probably the last thing I would ever admit to anyone in public, but here I am writing about it, because it's not my right to hold that back from this profound teaching.
Finally after what felt like an eternity, I was able to lift myself up to go to the bathroom, where once again, I couldn't contain any of the emotions I was feeling. I had to prop myself up against the wall, holding onto a ledge to prevent myself from collapsing. I quickly came back and sat back down on my couch and once again. And once again, all the emotions ran through me like the sea pounding its waves on the shore one after another, over and over again.
This is when I thought to myself, I need to better understand what is truly happening, this moment was given to me for a reason, and If I didn't use all my training with meditation and connecting with the universe, that it would have been a loss for all of us. This is where the story really get's interesting.
While this experience was going on, I knew that if I was to understand this moment fully, I was going to have to use all my training combined, which ultimately meant with all the strength I could muster, I had to build my meditative archetype foundation. For those of you who don't what an archetype foundation means, let me explain it a little.
Building your archetype foundation in a meditative state is a concept which was talked about and further explained from the late Carl Jung. Mr. Jung was a man who came up with the concept of the Jungian archetypes – Jung revised and broadened the concept of archetypes even further, conceiving of them as psycho-physical patterns existing in the universe, given specific expression by human consciousness and culture.
I know this might all seem a little too advanced for you, so let me explain this concept a little further in layman's terms. We all have the ability to connect our spirit to a higher consciousness; we accomplish this by forming the pillars of knowledge of the universe. For me, when I meditate, I envision seven crystal pillars of knowledge. Each pillar is accompanied by an individual in my life that represents one stage of wisdom. Below I've outline the 7 pillars.
With these 7 pillars, I am able to connect to my higher being, my vibration is increased by 10 fold instantaneously, and I can see the whole world as it is, all at once. This happens all in one thought during my meditative state. Forming this foundation takes a lot of skill, practice and understanding of you. While building your foundation, you must envision massive colorful energy beams that come from; the sun, moon, trees, water, and earth. All of these beams are directly connect to your chakras, each one providing the energy needed to connect to each of the 7 pillars within your foundation. You must combine all that energy and send it out to each person on a pillar for the connection to be complete. Once this energy connection is accomplished, your meditative state is now deeper than ever thought possible. This crucial step was extremely important to understand my experience, since it held the key as to what happened next.
While still going through this massive rush of emotions, connecting to everyone I know, and while meditating to understand the implications of this wisdom, something happened that I was not expecting.
In a flash, my meditative archetype foundation showed me millions of faces all around the world, they saw me for who I was and what was happening. These individuals had also been searching for different truths in their life. They were ready to receive this knowledge. In one moment, millions of people worldwide suddenly felt every emotion I had experienced at all once. I saw them on their hands and knees also sensing and going through the exact thing I was going through, like I triggered this for them all at once.
It is one thing to have a moment that connects to you everyone you've ever known in one moment, and it's entirely different to connect to millions of people you have never met in your life. But was strange about this moment, not a single person felt unfamiliar, like I had known them all my life. Have your ever met someone that you feel so connected, there's a sense of warmth and truth about that person? Like you've known that person somehow, even though you just met them? I'm sure we've all met someone like that. These people are inner connected to our life, they are in essence a part of us, connected to our journey, and a stage of wisdom within that is to come.
When I connected to these millions of familiar faces, I realized that we have many more of these "people" we meet, that feel we've known them all of our lives than we can even imagine, and now I know exactly why we do know them!!!
Remember previously when I said, each of our emotions we experience are also sensed by those who have known us? That whenever we feel; loneliness, sadness, hurt, love, being annoyed, etc… All of these emotions are instantaneously shared with people you know. Now we're about to go a little further, these emotions also carry your memory imprints of how that emotion came to be.
So for example, when you have a moment of sadness, there's an emotional imprint on that sadness of knowledge on how you experienced that sadness. This memory imprint into this emotion has now been passed along to the people you know. So in essence your experience, the wisdom of that experience is shared with those whom you know. Here's where it gets very interesting, not only do the poeople you know now share that very same experience and wisdom, they too have instantaneously shared your emotional memory imprint with the people they've know in lives, and so on.
You see, the knowledge of our experiences and emotions are passed on to the entire planet almost instantaneously, everyone has now understood how you felt when you experienced that emotion, what you learned from it, and sometimes, what you still need to learn from it.
This is profound, it is now being understood around the world in ways humanity has never understood in the history of its existence!
For a long time now, scientists have been telling humans how we are all connected; energy is everywhere, connecting all things together. We are now as a species about to understand that not only do all of our actions is affect everyone, but our emotional learning experience is also teaching everyone at the same time. This is how we are changing.
So many of us now know that we are changing, evolving into something better than ourselves. What I just experienced, what I just taught you, should ultimately change the way you treat every relationship and emotion from now on. Your actions on a daily basis, and emotions that come from them, are taught to the entire world instantly. Every time you've hurt or loved someone, those emotions and the wisdom imprints have been passed on from one, to another, to another.
We must learn from this, we MUST share this knowledge now. For if we don't teach this knowledge and share it with everyone we know, we will have learned nothing at all. This world is desperate for change. Change of course, must come from within first, only then can you teach others. I've changed, oh boy trust me I've changed.
I leave you with this. If you've ever hurt someone in any way, or if someone has hurt you in any way, your wisdom of that experience stays with that person. We must move on, forgive ourselves to teaching this dreadful wisdom, we must also ask for forgiveness for giving that knowledge away, for if we don't, humanity will continue to teach negative wisdomo each generation that passes.
As we all reflect on this past year, one thing remains constant; growth was the main focus of the year for all of us globally. I've seen humans all around do things they would never of thought possible, while others have stood up for causes that in the past, might of not been noticed, or heard.
If you haven't noticed a difference and shift in the world, I think it's time you wake up! Look around you my friend, people are changing, and so should you too. The world needs you! If you think you're safe in your own little home-bound bubble, think again. There isn't a place on earth that cannot feel global changes happening all around us.
Tune in, be active, stay in the now, and keep up with changing times for the New Year.
We all make so many promises to ourselves all the time, not just on that one special day a year. Granted, even more so for our "new year's resolution", but why do you need a new year to promise to be; a better person, more caring soul, to help more people, to change inside, or to release the daemons within?
Notice I didn't mention a single thing about; quitting smoking, getting thinner, or saving more money? Those menial things mean absolutely nothing to the soul, pretending that those things are going to make you happy is probably the root cause of your unhappiness in life. I'm here to tell you to let go of those things, and just use this New Year to reflect on how you can be a better person in 2014.
See we don't need a new year to make promises to ourselves and to each other that we never intend on keeping! Instead, use that energy in something much more productive.
On a sheet of blank paper, use a ruler to line out three separate columns equally. On the left, add "Things I'm not proud of:" in the middle, add "Things I will do differently:", and finally on the right, add "How I will accomplish this!" With these three columns, write down all the events you wish to reflect on for 2013, which will go with you for 2014.
Do this and keep this paper with you everywhere you go. This one small sheet of paper is your commitment to yourself that will ensure you do not repeat the same mistakes in the New Year.
See a "new year" really is just a new day, except, we can distinguish it because of the parties, gatherings, cheers, and global events going on right in front of us. Aside from that, it's just another day, so why then do we make this day even more different than the last? See in order for you to be a better person, be more successful, or to change your life around, this needs to be a daily event, not just something you promise yourself once a year.
One way to guarantee you change is to ensure that you change your environment around you. This year I promised myself that I would become more spiritual. In the matter of less than a year, I've made many, many connections all over the world. My contacts have exploded, and my network of friends has changed into something I never dreamed possible.
To change yourself, change your connections. Stop hanging around the losers that keep you, hold you back from being who you want to be. As I always say, and live by "either you change with me, or lose me to change!" < < < Such a profound statement, and one that takes a lot of courage to do.
For those of you who know me personally, know that I would give the shirt off my back to anyone who asked! My door is ALWAYS open! People are always welcome, but the minute you try to; pull me back, pull me down, bring me down, or make me feel bad, I will drop you like an old car waiting to be compressed into something new.
Sound a little harsh? Well is should and shouldn't, since you control your happiness, no one else can. Connections you have in your life should enhance that happiness and joy, not suppress it. So as you go forth and create your list for the New Year, remember; possessions mean nothing, connections mean everything.
Namaste & Have a Happy New Year!
When the Student(You) is Ready, the Teacher(Knowledge) will appear!


Try making ice cream a new way!
Now that students have played with ice and salt as variables, you can try a new way of making ice cream. While the Ziploc bag method works, the results are usually more slush than ice cream. Try using the method described below for an even better ice cream making experience. You can also introduce some new variables to your students—different ingredients!
This process for making ice cream is a little different than the process from the Ice Cream Science activity and requires a bit more space. Make sure that your coffee cans are clean inside. Gather some new ingredients for kids to try—cocoa and strawberry syrup are good to start with, but be creative! You could ask your students to bring flavoring ingredients in from home as well, making sure that they get their parents' permission.
You will need more ice than you did with the Ice Cream Science activity, since you will be filling small buckets instead of Ziploc bags.
Ask your students what they remember about the ice cream they made in the Ice Cream Science activity. Did it turn out the way they expected? How was it different from ice cream they've had before? Tell them that they will get a chance to try a new way of making ice cream, and that they'll get to try some new ingredients as well.
If you are doing this activity first instead of the Ice Cream Science activity that uses Ziploc bags, ask your students if they have ever made ice cream at home before. How did they do it? What flavor did they make? Did they ever try to invent their own recipe? Have them brainstorm a list of ingredients they think are needed to make ice cream. Once you have a list, tell them that they'll first learn how to make vanilla ice cream and that later they will invent their own recipes. Do not introduce the other ingredients as suggested in these instructions – save that for a second session. If you have not already made ice cream with your students, the first session should be about the process, and discovering what the different ingredients and materials are for. Refer to the instructions for the Ice Cream Science activity for questions and discussion points.
Can you make ice cream using new materials and new ingredients?
Separate children into teams of 2 or 3. If space and supplies are tight, have kids work in teams of 4.
Show your students the new materials (buckets, coffee cans) and the new ingredients (cocoa, etc.) that they'll have to choose from.
This method for making ice cream is similar to the method they've already tried because they'll still use ice and salt. Each team should fill their BUCKET halfway with ice and add 1/2 cup of salt and 1/2 cup of cold tap water, then mix it thoroughly.
Now for the recipe—each team should add 1/2 cup of cream, half and half or milk to their COFFEE CAN, along with as much sugar, flavoring and any other ingredients they wish to add. Make sure that each team carefully measures every ingredient they use and that they write down their recipe. In previous activities, teams had a recipe to follow. Now that they have some experience, let them experiment by creating their own recipes. The one variable that should stay the same for everyone is the amount of cream—by keeping it to 1/2 cup, it will be easier to compare recipes later on. Such a small amount also ensures that the ice cream will freeze in a reasonable amount of time (the more cream, the longer it takes to make!).
Once all ingredients are in the coffee can, stir it up, put the plastic lid on it and place it in an ice, salt and water-filled bucket. Make sure that the cream mixture that is in the coffee can is lower than the top level of the ice-salt-water mixture in the bucket. Begin turning the can continuously, changing direction occasionally. The can should be twisted and turned constantly to make sure that the ice cream freezes evenly. The can does not need to be spun fast, just constantly.
Every 3 or 4 minutes, open up the lid of the coffee can and scrape the sides with a spoon. Replace the cover and return to turning the can!
Once the cream mixture has turned into a slush, let the can rest without turning for 5 minutes.
After your students have all achieved a slush in their coffee cans, bring them together to talk about what they've done so far. What flavors did the teams choose? Was this method easier or harder than the plastic bag method? How do they think their ice cream will taste? This discussion should last for no more than 5 minutes.
Have students check on their ice cream. Is it harder than before? Have them keep turning and occasionally scraping their ice cream until it is finished. When it is close to done, they can stop turning and let it sit for a few minutes to complete the freezing process. Now it's tasting time.
Hand out the "tasting cups" or bowls, and use the tasting method described in the Suggestions section of the first Ice Cream Science activity. Give students a chance to try other teams' ice cream as well. After they have tried the ice cream ask them how it was. Are there any other flavors they would like to try?
This activity provides a great opportunity to explore a little more about what is happening in the ice-salt-water solution. Place a thermometer in one or all of the buckets and have children record the temperatures. Place a thermometer in a bucket of ice water with no salt and compare the results. What do you notice?
Be creative with the new flavorings! Some ingredients, like powdered iced tea, make better ice cream than you might expect at first.
If you have not done it, try the Ice Cream Science – To Salt or Not To Salt activity. Then move on to Ice Cream Science – My Own Recipe to complete the series!