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Egyptian Gods
Portraits of some of the major Egyptian gods
The Egyptian gods are primeval forces that were once worshiped by the Ancient Egyptians. The gods are also created entities, like humans, but are much more powerful. They serve as a bridge between the natural world and the human world. Over time, the Egyptians realized that the gods were not to be worshiped and although they still prayed to them and used their powers, magicians began to train to fight the gods when needed.
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6 Known Egyptian gods
Known as the age of the gods, the story of the Egyptian gods is a long and complicated story. According to most versions, Ra was the first god to emerge from the eternal chaos, raising with him the first land mass from the ancient ocean and shining the light of the Sun across creation. This act gave way to the birth of other gods and living things, and Ra ruled as king of the gods. Trouble arose, however, when it was prophesied that Geb and Nut would have a child who would be the next king. Though the couple loved each other dearly and greatly desired children of their own, Ra out of fear decreed that Nut could never bear a child during any day of the year. Defying Ra, Nut devised a loophole, resulting in the creation of the Demon Days, and gave birth to Osiris, Horus, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. For their disobedience, Nut and Geb were forced apart by Shu. At some point, these siblings were reborn into new hosts. In their new lives, Osiris and Isis marry one another and Set and Nephthys also marry. Horus became the unborn son of Isis and Osiris. At some point, Nephthys gives birth to a son by Set, Anubis. Claiming she does not want him to know his father, she asks Osiris to raise him.
At about this time, the chaotic being Apophis begins to attack Ra, who is god of the sun and therefore the source of the life and creation he so hates. The gods rushed to defend him and Sekhmet became the Eye of Ra. Ra soon realized that Sekhmet was too aggressive and violent so he appointed Bast, the goddess of felines, as his new Eye. Set became his loyal lieutenant. Their combined efforts repelled Apophis' attacks, and Ra was able to continue his rule unharmed. Isis, however, desiring to see her husband become the king of gods, tricked Ra into telling her his Secret Name. Using this new found power, she forced him to retreat to the heavens and Osiris took his place, thus fulfilling the ancient prophecy. This enraged Set, and out of jealousy he tricked Osiris on his birthday, trapping him in a golden sarcophagus. He also attempted to murder Isis and an unborn Horus, but was foiled by the intervention of his wife, Nephthys. Horus, once grown, managed to avenge his father by defeating Set and taking back the throne of the gods. Osiris, though unable to return to the living world, was restored to authority as the Lord of the Dead.
As Egyptian dynasties past, the gods continued to host humans, particularly humans with the Blood of the Pharaohs, since they are very suitable to contain the essence of a god. On rare occasions, a god is able to become one with their host, essentially becoming one being that has neither the god or the human in control, but rather a combination of the two working in perfect harmony. This is said to be extremely rare and only happened with mortals that have the blood of the pharaohs.
Around the fall of Egypt, which was caused in part by Cleopatra's failed attempt to host Isis, Magicians began to realize how dangerous the gods are and started an effort to hunt them down and banish them into the Duat under the direction of Chief Lector Iskandar and Thoth who became the only god welcomed by the House of Life. Only a few gods weren't banished: among these are Thoth, Anubis, Bes, Nut, and Geb.
Following the Path of the Gods and using divine magic became forbidden for two thousand years, however Ruby Kane, one of the descendants of the pharaohs, who possessed the power of divination, foresaw the fall of Bast in her battle against Apophis and Apophis' escape and Chaos reigning. Knowing they needed the gods, Ruby secretly contacted Isis who had her free Bast from her prison to recover. Using Cleopatra's Needle, Ruby and her husband Julius (a descendant of another pharaoh) succeeded in freeing Bast, but rejecting power from either Isis or Bast, Ruby sacrificed her life to seal the breach and prevent the escape of Apophis. Julius made a deal with Bast to take a cat named Muffin as a host to protect his daughter Sadie and continued the work of looking for a way to free the gods. Six years later he succeeded in freeing Osiris from the Rosetta Stone with the intention of having Osiris take him as a host then die so Osiris could resume his place in the Duat and take the first steps to restoring Order. However, releasing Osiris also released Set, Horus, Isis and Nephthys who took Amos Kane, Julius' son Carter, Sadie, and Zia Rashid as hosts respectively and set off a chain reaction that released all of the other gods.
The release of the gods started a war with those who supported Set against those who supported Horus as Set tried to use the Demon Days to rise to power as king of the gods once again, using his Red Pyramid to increase his own power, draining the power of Osiris who he captured upon rising. With the help of Bast and a shabti of Zia Rashid, Sadie and Carter Kane battled Set and ultimately managed to become one with the gods they are hosting to battle and banish him. Using his true name (from Nephthys through Zia) they were able to bind him and destroy his pyramid, killing Julius and Osiris, but sending them to Osiris' rightful place in the Duat. As Sadie/Isis prepared to banish Set, she realized that all of this was a trick of Apophis who was manipulating Set by possessing his lieutenant Face of Horror so that he would destroy the North American continent and cause enough chaos for Apophis to escape and destroy the world. Sadie reveals the truth to Set and Carter kills Face of Horror, stopping Apophis' plans for now. Using the fact that they now have Set's Secret Name, the two are able to force him to return to the Duat until summoned and when he returns, fight on their side against Apophis. The two release their gods to return to the Duat where Horus takes up the throne again. Despite the anger of the House of Life, Sadie and Carter announce their intention to gather more descendants of the pharaohs and train them in the Path of the Gods which is the only chance of defeating Apophis.
With Apophis rising, Sadie and Carter work to find and bring back Ra, learning to channel their gods power through divine magic without having to have the gods inside them. One of their initiates is Walt Stone who is a descendant of another pharaoh and cursed to die at a young age as a result. With the help of Anubis (who Sadie falls in love with as well as with Walt) and Bes, the Kanes track down Ra in the House of Rest in the Duat and manage to wake him up, allowing him to return to his throne though he remains senile. This angers Horus who is kicked off the throne as a result. The group also rescues the real Zia Rashid who rejects Nephthys who leaves her. Apophis rises, but Michel Desjardins manages to banish him for a time again with an execration spell, but dies in the process, buying Carter and Sadie more time to train people in the Path of the Gods. However, during the attempt to rescue Ra, Bes loses his ren and becomes mindless as a result and is relegated to the House of Rest.
With Apophis rising again shortly and with all the copies of the Book of Overcoming Apophis destroyed, the House of Life begins to look for a new way to stop the Chaos Serpent and after meeting with Anubis (who is banned from seeing her again for getting too close to her without a mortal form), Sadie Kane comes up with a plan to finally destroy Apophis by destroying his sheut (shadow) with an execration spell. In order to do so, the ghost of evil magician Setne is called upon to help find the sheut and capture it then use a special spell to destroy it. While Carter, Setne, and Zia set off to do that, Walt and Sadie set off to restore Bes' ren using his sheut. After confronting the goddess Neith, they succeed in finding the sheut and discover that restoring it is much more simple than Setne lead them to believe: they simply need to bind it to a shabti and then recite a reverse execration spell and capturing Apophis' sheut will be as simple once it's found. Bes is restored to normal, but the effort takes the last of Walt's energy and he dies. However, as planned between them, Anubis is on hand when Walt dies and takes him as a host, restoring Walt to life. Walt/Anubis sends Sadie to Carter and Zia to help them. The two, despite repeated betrayals by Setne, are able to reach Apophis' sheut, thanks partially to Zia channeling Ra's power as his chosen host and protected from the Sea of Chaos by the amulet he gave her containing the remaining power of Khepri. Sadie rescues the two and capture Apophis' sheut, but an army of demons nearly overwhelms them until an army of senile gods led by Bes and Tawaret arrive to help. With the sheut, the group boards Ra's boat where he takes Zia as a host and is reborn, regaining his sanity. Apophis rises, using two magicians working for him named Sarah Jacobi and Kwai to destroy the House of Life. Carter (once again hosting Horus), Sadie (once again hosting Isis), Amos Kane (once again hosting Set but this time in control) and Walt who has combined with Anubis join the battle and defeat the rebel magicians, killing Jacobi and Kwai. Carter takes his rightful place as pharaoh, aided by Ra's crook and flail given to him by the god and leads the magicians into battle, with even the rebels joining him after Apophis' influence upon their leaders is revealed. Carter also calls upon the gods as pharaoh as well under Ra's direction. All gods, including those who were once his enemy, respond to his call and join battle with Apophis. Apophis swallows Ra, but Carter and Sadie, with both their power and Horus and Isis', cast an execration spell on Apophis' sheut while the other gods distract him, destroying the sheut and Apophis and ending all the Chaos and strife his influence caused in the world. Destroying Apophis releases Ra whole and alive.
After the destruction of Apophis, Ra decides to have the gods exile themselves from Earth for a time though they still play their various roles in the world. Horus and Carter officially become pharaohs of the magicians and the gods respectively, with Horus apparently even ripping off Carter's acceptance speech for his own. However, despite the leaving of the gods, one is allowed to remain on Earth: Anubis who remains in Walt. The two become one being like the pharaohs of old when they were god-kings so Anubis is allowed to stay. This has benefits for both: it allows them both to be with Sadie Kane at the same time who they both love, it allows Walt to live as without Anubis he will die of his curse and it allows Anubis to experience mortal life for the first time as he has never had a human host before, never having needed one. It also allows both Anubis and Walt to experience the joys of life as both were denied that before due to their godhood and the curse hanging over their heads respectively before.
Unlike their Greek, Roman and Norse counterparts, Egyptian Gods do not have demigod children. They also can not walk the mortal world like the other pantheons of Gods without a host body to anchor themselves to the mortal world or else they slip back into the Duat. They are more like beings of energy then physical beings like the other pantheons. Being part of Ma'at means that they have to keep Ma'at and Chaos balanced so they can only be in the world as much as Chaos is. This means currently their involvement is incredibly limited due to the execration of Apophis.
Gods may take on a multitude of appearances. When manifesting in the Duat or using combat magic, they often appear as animal-headed humans. They may also take on the appearance of a human at any time and while fully possessing a host, they may trade their host's appearance for a more preferred one. Gods may also take on the appearance of their favored animal and may shapeshift freely between different forms. Gods also possess the ability to use a glamour and change their appearance.
A god's divine form, which appears in the Duat, is too intense for a mortal and will literally burn them up.
Gods have greatly varied powers that are often specific to their domains, although they may occasionally overlap with similar gods.
Shared powers include immortality, a great deal of magic power, senses and reflexes above that of a mortal, and some amount of shapeshifting.
They may also increase the stored energy of whoever they host.
Gods may at sometime, be immune or resistant to effects of certain Divine Words. Example of this is when Sadie Kane used the Ha-di spell on Sekhmet which did not affect the goddess at all.
Gods of magic, like Isis or Thoth, either with the total possession of their host or in the "perfect union" state with them, has the ability to create portals even on the Demon Days, especially when they are on their own. Ptah, a god of creation has a similar ability in that he can open portals in places where curses prevent that and Bes can't. Also gods of magic have greater power over divine words than ordinary magicians, as while magicians can conjure objects and elements with this magic, these gods can even summon concepts.
The gods, while or after hosting a magician, may leave some of their traces, including their personal habits and their imprint on their host's magic based on its color. For example, Sadie Kane's glyphs are golden due to the goddess who hosted her, Isis while Amos Kane was red because of Set's possession. These traces may also allow former hosts to control animals that come under the gods authority. For example, Carter Kane was able to control the griffin Freak due to it recognizing him as a former host of Horus who it served.
Gods can remain as an echo inside the mind of their previous host, allowing them access to places to wherein they are locked against but their host is not as demonstrated by Horus in his conversation with Carter Kane inside the Hall of Ages in The Throne of Fire.
Gods may hasten the development of the abilities of whoever they host.
Gods are almost omnipresent. Their presence can be anywhere at once. Even though they banished into the Duat, they are aware, conscious, and knowing of what is happening to the mortal world as demonstrated by Bast, Isis and the others. Take Bast for an example. It was said that all that time, she was bound to Apophis in the abyss, but she states in The Red Pyramid that she protected the children of the Pharaohs.
Gods can possess multiple beings or locations at once with just parts of the ba. Set possessed both the Red Pyramid and Amos Kane, Bast possessed both Muffin while in the Duat and another cat in Egypt to communicate with Sadie Kane and Walt Stone.
Gods can possess beings even from their prisons. Apophis possessed Face of Horror from his weakened prison with just a sliver of his ba to manipulate Set. He was also able to possess several minions during The Throne of Fire before he escaped including a bau.
A useful power that the gods have is the ability to see magicians ba and even influence where it goes. The greatest extent of this ability was that while Carter Kane was asleep, Horus, the war god was able to pull his ba into his own body.
If they have a symbol like a tyet, it may be possible for a god to create a seal on an entrance or exit to prevent it opening.
If near a powerful Ma'at focal point like the Washington Monument gods can draw power from it to increase their magic. This may however, in the case of a human host be only accomplished in the perfect union or total possession. Set is an exception being a god of evil and chaos. Magicians also have an ability in when using the Divine Words they can draw energy from Ma'at which is similar.
Gods and their hosts have the ability to see past concealment spells.
If two gods are siblings and one of them has power over a physical domain like a river and can communicate through it, the other if near this domain will be able to commune with the former if he\she is on the same side of the Duat.
Gods and their hosts have increased control over their Ba. Sadie while the host of Isis was able to change hers in to a replica of her own body and Carter while the host of Horus was able to send his, while awake, in to the throne room of the gods.
Most major male gods have high levels of superhuman strength. The most noticeable, are the baboon god Babi and the crocodile god Sobek.
In combat, gods can summon Egyptian battle wear. Anubis was able to do this, along with Ra. This can also extend to weapons as the former was able to summon a was staff and the latter was able to alter his staff and wand.
Gods have a resistance to fire attacks and can simply flick them with their hand to one side.
If they don't have a living host, instead of being encased in an avatar when in combat certain god's can grow in size. They can also to it while in the Duat.
Gods have a resistance to Chaos energy so they are not incinerated while near the Sea of Chaos or Apophis. This extends to their hosts, even if they are in control.
If a god has the talent, they can create advanced portals in the form of doors of darkness. They are advanced because they don't need artifacts and are not affected by magical disturbances. Also they can open to different places in the Duat, unlike portals, which have to be opened at the start of the River of the Night.
Gods can break out of non-powerful magic bonds and spells very fast and easily. Horus was able to break out of Set's magic restraints with no trouble and Set almost immediately after was able to transform back in to himself seconds after being forced to assume the form of a fruit bat.
Gods can at least briefly use a demigod as a host. Nekhbet was able to briefly use Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon as a host to battle Setne. However, this was dangerous as demigods are not Blood of the Pharaohs and are related to a different pantheon of gods.
Limitations and Weaknesses
Gods must take a host to appear in the mortal world for any significant length of time. Without a host, they will quickly fall back into the Duat; exceptions to this rule are Nut, Geb, Anubis, Bes and apparently Thoth, as Nut's and Geb's hosts are the Sky and Earth respectively.
Most gods are unable and become weak whenever crossing a moving body of water, (ex. a river) because of the tugging force of nature. Exceptions to this rule include Nephthys, Sobek, and Khnum, being river gods themselves.
Gods, at times, are limited outside their territory as said by Anubis in The Throne of Fire.
Gods also have a rule, of which they are not to so often directly interfere with magicians and mortals, in exception if they have a host. For example, unless they have a human host, they may not have romantic relationships with mortals. With a host it's okay.
Gods can be banished back deep into the Duat either by being killed, which is possible, or by ensnaring them through very powerful and effective magical items such as the Seven Ribbons of Hathor. A magician can also banish them through certain spells that require their Secret Name for or through execration. However, they will eventually return as killing them just kills their mortal body and drains their power, and the banishment will eventually end.
Gods can remain locked and imprisoned in the Duat despite regaining their strength.
Gods, once banished deep into the Duat through death, may take years, decades, or hundreds to resurface the mortal world until they are strong enough to return. However, this can apparently be sped up by other gods as Bast was said to not be able to return for centuries after dying but returns within several weeks as part of a gift from the gods.
Gods have a great tendency to fall into patterns, repeating the actions and conflicts of their ancient selves. In order to break these cycles, they must have a human's creativity, often leading them to possess a human host.
Gods can actually be destroyed if a magician casts a shadow execration spell on their sheut. According to Carter Kane, this is because if a person casts no shadow at all, their existence is meaningless. Destroying a sheut cuts all ties to the mortal world that being has as well as the fact that the sheut is an important part of the soul. This is used to destroy Apophis, though it takes the combined power of Carter and Sadie Kane as well as Horus and Isis to do without Carter and Sadie being destroyed in the process. Gods keep knowledge of this secret so it can't be used against them as a magician threatening to execrate their sheut is effective blackmail against them.
If Ra the sun god is missing, the gods start to lose power slowly. Worse, if Ra is destroyed all the other gods are destroyed as well.
Gods lack the power to permanently destroy each other. Examples are the fights between Horus and Set, Bast and Sobek, and Ra and Apophis. They are able to temporarily "kill" each other, but they always rise again eventually.
Bast mentioned that it is possible for gods to cease to exist if they expend too much energy without stopping to rest. However, this is clearly quite a lot, as Bast and Apophis dueled continuously for thousands of years nonstop but did not cease to exist.
Known Egyptian gods
Anubis: The god of death, embalming and funeral rites and Sadie Kane's love interest. He is the son of Nephthys and Set, but was raised by Osiris. Walt Stone is his host.
Apophis: The god of chaos, darkness and night, Lord of Isfet. He is known to be the main antagonist in the The Throne of Fire and The Serpent's Shadow. Permanently destroyed by Carter and Sadie Kane with a shadow execration. Only god to ever be permanently killed.
Babi: The god of Baboons. He represents the other characteristics of primates such as being uncontrolled and wild. His previous host was Mr. Faust (Gramps).
Bast: The goddess of cats, and the Eye of Ra, she protects Sadie and Carter Kane and her host is Muffin.
Bes: God of Dwarves. He replaces Bast as Carter and Sadie's protector until his soul was eaten by Khonsu in The Throne of Fire. It was returned using his shadow in The Serpent's Shadow.
Geb: God of earth. He was separated from his wife, Nut, for disobeying Ra.
Heket: The frog-goddess of birth and rebirth. Khnum, her husband, made children out of clay in his potter's wheel and Heket gave them the breath of life and placed them in their mother's womb.
Horus: The falcon god of revenge and pharaohs. His host is Carter Kane. He is the son of Isis and Osiris.
Isis: The goddess of magic. She is also the goddess of motherhood. Her known hostess is Sadie Kane. The wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus.
Khepri: God of the Morning Sun. He is the morning and 2nd aspect of Ra.
Khnum: God of fertility, water, and procreation. He made man out of clay in his potter's wheel. He is the evening and 3rd aspect of Ra.
Khonsu: The god of the moon. He was defeated by Nut in a gambling game, thus having Nut win enough moonlight to create the Demon Days. He has also the ability to control, reverse, and create time (out of moonlight).
Mekhit: The minor lioness-goddess of war. She currently resides at Sunny Acres with her husband, Onuris.
Neith: Goddess of hunting, wisdom, battle, and weaving. Despite being the wisdom goddess, she is slightly insane.
Nekhbet: The goddess of vultures, who protects the pharaoh if he proved himself to be strong enough. Her previous host was Mrs. Faust (Gran). Briefly hosted by Greek demigod Percy Jackson to battle Setne.
Nephthys: The goddess of mourning , lamentation, sleep, rivers, the night and protector of the dead . She is Set's wife. Her host was Zia Rashid.
Nut: Goddess of the sky and wife to Geb. She was forced away from her husband because she defied Ra.
Onuris: A war god. His spouse is Mekhit.
Osiris: Lord of the Dead, husband to Isis. His host is Julius Kane.
Ptah: God of craftsman and creation.
Ra: The god of the sun. Appeared in The Throne of Fire as a very senile old god. His favorite sayings are "I like zebras" and "Weasels are sick". His only known host is Zia Rashid, which restored his mind. Ra is also the father of Tefnut.
Sekhmet/Hathor: Sekhmet is the lion-headed goddess of war and the previous Eye of Ra. Her alternate side, Hathor, is the cow-headed goddess of love, beauty, and music.
Serqet: The goddess of scorpions, snakes, venom, and protection.
Set: The god of storms and the desert and husband to Nephthys. His host was Amos Kane. He is the antagonist of The Red Pyramid.
Shu: God of the wind and father of Geb and Nut. He keeps them apart as part of their punishment by Ra.
Sobek: The crocodile god of rivers, who is loyal to Ra.
Tawaret: Goddess of hippos and the protector of pregnant mothers.
Thoth: The god of knowledge,wisdom, magic, ibises, and baboons.
Heket
Khepri
Khonsu
Khnum
Nephthys
Onuris
Sekhmet
Sobek
Tawaret
Amos Kane states that the Egyptians gods are at the root of Western civilization,[1] but it is not explicitly confirmed whether they are tied to it the same way the Greek gods are. It is known, however, that the Egyptian gods can manifest wherever Egyptian culture is prevalent, such as the United States of America.
Amos mentioned that Manhattan has their own gods, probably referring to the Greek Gods from the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus series also made by Rick Riordan.
Thoth vaguely refers to Hermes when talking about Hermopolis and implies that they don't get along. This implies that the two pantheons have interacted in the past.
Interestingly, in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Percy mentions that since most of the Olympian gods fled from Typhon all the way to Egypt in the form of animals, they might have induced Egyptian myths about "gods with animal heads." However, Percy admits that this is unlikely since Egyptian myths are much older than Greek ones. Since The Kane Chronicles is confirmed to exist in the same universe as Percy Jackson and the Olympians, this statement is untrue as the Egyptian gods are a separate pantheon from the Greek gods.
In Throne of Fire, Carter mentions that when he looked from Brooklyn House to Manhattan, he saw a flying horse. This was likely Blackjack or another Camp Half Blood pegasus.
The Egyptian Gods are the only pantheon to physically appear in Rick Riordan's books to not have demigod children, as the Greek/Roman and Norse were shown to have Demigod children while the Yoruba Demigod Olujime showed his own pantheon having them. In addition, the Rick Riordan Presents series to feature gods feature Demigods, as seen with Aru Shah and Zane.
The Egyptian Gods divine forms are similar to the Titans, as they can incinerate any mortal just by being in their presence.
The Egyptian Gods share a similarity with Kronos, due to how Kronos and most Egyptian Gods have to have hosts to stay in the mortal world.
↑ The Red Pyramid, page 188, complete ebook edition
The Kane Chronicles
Core Series: The Red Pyramid | The Throne of Fire | The Serpent's Shadow
Crossovers: The Son of Sobek | The Staff of Serapis | The Crown of Ptolemy | Demigods & Magicians
Main Characters: Carter Kane | Sadie Kane | Ra | Anubis | Apophis | Bast | Bes | Horus | Isis | Zia Rashid | Set | Walt Stone | Setne
Secondary Characters: Julius Kane | Ruby Kane | Amos Kane | Vladimir Menshikov | Leonid | Sarah Jacobi | Kwai
Minor Characters: Michel Desjardins | Iskandar | Jasmine Anderson | Sean Ryan | Julian | Alyssa | Cleo | Felix Philip | Shelby | Khufu | Muffin | Mr. Faust | Mrs. Faust | Percy Jackson | Annabeth Chase | List of Characters
Egyptian Gods: Ra | Geb | Nut | Shu | Osiris | Horus | Set | Isis | Nephthys | Anubis | Sobek | Bast | Thoth | Serapis | Ptah | Nekhbet | Wadjet | Babi | Tefnut | Tawaret | Khepri | Khnum | Neith | Khonsu | Sekhmet | Hathor | Serqet | Shezmu | Hapi
Demons and Magical Creatures: Tjesu heru | Bloodstained Blade | Serpopard | Criosphinx | Uraeus | Petsuchos | Face of Horror | Ammit the Devourer | Carriers | Switchblade Demons
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Although these crucial points may seem basic to most practitioners, what we know and what we do are quite often two entirely different things. Western practitioners can benefit tremendously by incorporating eastern philosophies into their daily routine. This is what inspired the creation of Swe-Thai Massage.
Swe-Thai is a unique style of massage that magically blends the ancient Eastern knowledge of a highly revered form of medical massage with specific advanced soft tissue therapies. Swe-Thai is not just performing Thai massage on the table, but blending many of its techniques and theories with proven, and highly effective Western treatments. The Swe-Thai routine was designed specifically to treat general neck and back conditions. When utilized properly the biomechanically correct techniques allow the therapist to perform much more concentrated work without sacrificing their palpatory integrity. While other types of massage therapy might use similar techniques, the magic found in Swe-Thai massage is not just in the techniques but more so in the unique marriage of eastern and western hands on therapies.
The ancient healing art of Traditional Thai Massage dates back over 2500 years and was considered a spiritual practice connected directly to the teachings of Buddha. Its earliest roots lie not in Thailand but in India. Thai Massage was traditionally performed with a mat on the floor in many of the temples of Thailand. The client would remain fully clothed except for the feet. Clothing that was worn needed to be loose enough to allow for flexible movement. Typically no lubrication is used in this two to two and half hour routine. The techniques commonly used in Traditional Thai Massage consist of pressure being applied to energy lines, the treatment of acupressure points, and passive yoga style stretching. The energy lines in Traditional Thai Massage are referred to as sen lines. It's within those lines that the acupressure points are found and treated. In theory over 72,000 of these lines exist in a person's body although only the 10 main lines are typically treated. Because Thai Massage works with the energy body the sen lines are the basis for this form of medical massage.
Traditional Thai Massage in often referred to as Yoga Massage. There is a distinct connection between Hatha Yoga and Traditional Thai Massage. Many of the postures found in Thai Massage have an undeniable similarity to Hatha Yoga. This beneficial style of stretching is a large part of Thai Massage.
The giving of a Thai Massage is understood to be the physical application of loving kindness. It should be performed in a meditative state of mind, which eventually will enable the Thai Massage Practitioner to develop an innate intuition to better treat the specific needs of each individual person. The master teachers of Thailand continually reinforce this method of working slowly and in a meditative state of mind. Also extremely important is the use of proper body mechanics which consist of working always with a straight spine, straight arms and using the weight of your body to press down.
Practitioners at work in Thailand make it quite apparent that size and strength have little to do with their ability to apply the correct pressure. At first glance it may even appear as if they are performing an effortless meditative dance rather than a highly effective therapeutic massage.
With this in mind let's look at how the marriage of Western and Eastern philosophies applies to the three principals mentioned earlier and how they are incorporated into the Swe-Thai Massage routine.
PREPERATION: At ITM (Institute of Thai Massage) in Chiang Mai Thailand it is customary for the Thai Practitioner to warm up for the day with an hour Yoga/ Tai Chi routine. Stretching and meditation is beneficial not just to warm up and prepare the body but also the mind. Even as little as 15 minutes of stretching will help prepare you for your days work and minimize the chance of injury or strain to your body. Some Swe-Thai Massage techniques require a moderate amount of flexibility so some type of warm up is essential.
To center and ground one's self proper breathing is essential. It is believed that a deep controlled breath in through the nose and out through the nose is considered not only cleansing but also creates power, endurance, and relaxation for the practitioner. In order to perform the Swe-Thai Massage effectively and induce a meditative state of mind, the therapist needs to work slowly and methodically.
FORM: By incorporating these new postural habits into your hands on therapy, your body will experience an amazing supply of energy and resilience. 1) Always try to position your body over your working hand. 2) Maintain a stable and comfortable base for yourself by trying to keep your pelvis aligned with your shoulders and your spine straight. 3) Bracing your body against the table aids in the protection of your lower back.
STYLE: Combining two forces allows for optimal movement and strength. For example, taking a client into a stretch in and of it's self could be strenuous on your body depending on the client's flexibility and size. By applying a popular Thai Massage technique known as a forearm roll with that stretch, the client receives two techniques in one flowing movement and the strain to your body has been diminished. This technique is just one example of many that make Swe-Thai Massage so unique. Slower movements require the therapist to focus on the area being treated and the client, this simple process the core of Swe-Thai Massage.
In conclusion, regardless of what path you've chosen to walk as a Therapist remember that your body is your primary tool. If you treat it well and use it correctly you will have a long and prosperous career.
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Lisette VoytkoForbes Staff
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Abigail Disney.
(Updated: 7:31 PM)
Topline: Abigail Disney (grandniece of Walt) and a high-profile critic of the wage gap at Disney between its executives and its workers, told CNN she is "so livid" at Disneyland worker conditions and called out CEO Bob Iger again for not doing enough.
Disney, who told the Financial Times she has a net worth of $120 million, made the trip to Disneyland after receiving a Facebook message from a park employee. "I don't know how I can maintain this face of joy and warmth when I have to go home and forage for food in other people's garbage," Disney recalled the message saying.
Disney said the company's current culture does not reflect the values first instilled in it by her grandfather and his brother. "My grandfather taught me to revere these people that take your tickets, that pour your soda. Those people are much of the recipe for success," said Disney.
"Bob needs to understand that he is an employee, just the same as the people scrubbing gum off the sidewalk are employees, and they're entitled to the same dignity and human rights that he is," Disney said. For context, Iger's $66 million salary is more than 1,000 times greater than the average Disney employee salary, reported the Orlando Sentinel.
Anaheim approved a minimum wage increase from $10 an hour to $15 in November 2018, with hourly wages set to increase an additional dollar per hour until 2022, when the wage would be tied to the cost of living, according to the Los Angeles Times. That measure passed months after Disney agreed to pay its hourly workers (who are mostly unionized) the $15 wage, partially spurred by increased attention from Senator Bernie Sanders and the news media.
In addition, a class action lawsuit of four women accusing the Walt Disney Company of gender discrimination in wages is underway (the company denied the allegations). The lawsuit involves multiple arms of the company, including its Hollywood Records music label, the Imagineering theme parks division, and the business department for Hulu and ESPN streaming.
The Walt Disney Company issued a statement in response to Disney's visit to their Anaheim theme park, stating "We strongly disagree with this characterization of our employees and their experience at Disney. This widely reported stunt is a gross and unfair exaggeration of the facts that is not only a misrepresentation, but also an insult to the thousands of employees who are part of the Disney community. " The full statement can be found here.
Key background: Disney—who, like other surviving Disney family members, has no say in the company's dealings—has previously spoken out about income gaps at the House of Mouse. In March, she told CNBC, "Jesus Christ himself isn't worth 500 times his median worker's pay," in reaction to Iger's salary, causing a social media uproar. More recently, Disney stated she wrote a lengthy email to Iger about the issue; instead of receiving a reply, she said she was referred to the company's human resources department, which cited education initiatives as evidence of its investment in employees and encouraged Disney to reach out to Iger again. Disney never received a reply from Iger, which she said was an answer nonetheless. SEC filings from March show, however, Iger agreed to a new deal which cut his maximum earnings by $13.5 million.
Tangent: Disney, a documentary filmmaker and philanthropist, holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, and received her undergraduate and master's degrees from Yale and Stanford.
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Clifton Curtis Williams Jr. (September 26, 1932 – October 5, 1967), was an American naval aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer, major in the United States Marine Corps, and NASA astronaut, who was killed in a plane crash; he never went into space. The crash was caused by a mechanical failure in a NASA T-38 jet trainer, which he was piloting to visit his parents in Mobile, Alabama. The failure caused the flight controls to stop responding, and although he activated the ejection seat, it did not save him. He was the fourth astronaut from NASA's Astronaut Group 3 to have died, the first two (Charles Bassett and Theodore Freeman) having been killed in separate T-38 flights, and the third (Roger B. Chaffee) in the Apollo 1 fire earlier that year. The aircraft crashed in Florida near Tallahassee within an hour of departing Patrick AFB.

Before becoming an astronaut, Williams received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Auburn University in 1954 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC). He became a Naval Aviator in 1956 and joined the Fleet Marine Force. In 1961, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. As a test pilot, he worked for three years in the Carrier Suitability Branch of the Flight Test Division at NAS Patuxent River. In 1962, Williams, then a Captain, became the first pilot to land a two-seat jet on the aircraft carrier from the rear cockpit. At the time of his death, he was 35 and held the rank of Major.

Although he was never on a spaceflight, he served as backup pilot for the mission Gemini 10, which took place in July 1966. Following this mission, he was selected to be the Lunar Module Pilot for an Apollo mission to the Moon commanded by Pete Conrad. Following Williams' death, Alan Bean became Lunar Module Pilot for Conrad's mission, which ended up being Apollo 12, the second lunar landing. In his honor—on Bean's suggestion—the mission patch had four stars instead of three; one for each of three astronauts and one for Williams. Also, Bean placed Williams' naval aviator wings and silver astronaut pin to rest on the lunar surface during his moonwalk.

Biography

Early life and education
Williams was born on September 26, 1932, in Mobile, Alabama, to parents Clifton Curtis Williams Sr. (1909–1968) and Gertrude () Williams (1913–2002). He had a younger brother, Richard, born in 1935. Williams was active in the Boy Scouts of America, where he achieved its second-highest rank, Life Scout. Williams attended Murphy High School in Mobile, graduating in 1949. For the next two years he attended Spring Hill College, studying medicine, but transferred to Auburn University, from where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1954.

Flight experience
Upon graduation in 1954, he received his commission in the U.S. Marine Corps through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (Navy ROTC) on August 9, 1954, and subsequently reported to The Basic School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, and after completing it, he was sent to NAS Pensacola, Florida, for flight training. He became a naval aviator in August 1956, and served with operational tactical jet squadrons of the Fleet Marine Force. He then attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Following graduation from USNTPS in June 1961, as part of Class 28, he was test pilot for three years in the Carrier Suitability Branch of the Flight Test Division at NAS Patuxent River.  His work there included both land-based and shipboard tests of the F-8E, TF-8A, F-8E (attack), and A-4E aircraft and the automatic carrier landing system. In 1962, as project officer on the F-8 Crusader new jet trainer, Williams, then a Captain, became the first pilot to land a two-seat jet on the aircraft carrier from the rear cockpit.

While at NAS Patuxent River, he was selected for the NASA astronaut program in the third group of prospective Gemini and Apollo astronauts in late 1963.

Of the 2,500 hours flying time he accumulated, more than 2,100 hours were in jet aircraft.

NASA career

On October 18, 1963, Major Williams was named by NASA as one of its third group of astronauts, along with thirteen others. This group included Buzz Aldrin, who took part in the first lunar landing in 1969, as well as Roger B. Chaffee, who died in the Apollo 1 fire in 1967.

The third group of astronauts performed jungle training. Williams partnered with Rusty Schweickart.

Williams served as the backup pilot for Gemini 10, which took place in July 1966. Later that year, Pete Conrad chose Williams to be the Lunar Module Pilot on the mission for which Conrad was commander, which would serve as the back-up Apollo 9 crew, and later become Apollo 12. After his death, his position on Conrad's crew was filled by Alan Bean, who had been his commander on the Gemini 10 backup crew.

Marriage and children
Williams was the first bachelor astronaut, which changed when he married Jane Elizabeth "Beth" Lansche, a former waterskiing performer at the Cypress Gardens theme park in Florida. Upon the announcement of their engagement, the press feigned disappointment over the loss of the nation's only bachelor astronaut. The couple met in June 1957, and were married on July 1, 1964, in St. Paul's Catholic Church in New Bern, North Carolina, which was Lansche's hometown. The couple had two children. Their first daughter, Catherine Ann, was born on January 6, 1967. Their second daughter, Jane Dee Williams, was born on May 31, 1968, nearly eight months after Williams' death.

Death
On October 5, 1967, Williams was flying from Cape Canaveral back to Houston, with a stop in Mobile to visit his father who was dying of cancer. A mechanical failure caused the aileron controls to jam on his T-38 jet trainer near Tallahassee, Florida, causing an uncontrollable aileron roll. The aircraft dove straight down, between pine trees  apart, and crashed without touching them, although it did singe them from a fire caused by the crash. The jet was flying at  when it performed a sudden roll to the left and dove nearly vertically into the earth at .

Williams ejected at an altitude of , but the aircraft was traveling too fast and too low for the seat to land safely. An Air Force spokesman stated, "The plane disintegrated and the body disintegrated with it."

Honors

The Apollo 12 mission patch has four stars on it: one each for the three astronauts who flew the mission, and one for Williams (on Alan Bean's suggestion). Also, his naval aviator wings and silver astronaut pin were placed to rest on the lunar surface in his honor, left there by astronaut Bean during Apollo 12 in 1969.

Williams is buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Williams' name appears on NASA's Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

In the 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, Williams was played by Jim Leavy.

See also
Fallen Astronaut
List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
The Astronaut Monument

References

Bibliography

External links

C.C. Williams at Astronauts Memorial page
Astronautix biography of C.C. Williams
Arlington National Cemetery

1932 births
1967 deaths
Accidental deaths in Florida
American mechanical engineers
American test pilots
Apollo 12
Auburn University alumni
Aviators from Alabama
Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
Military personnel from Mobile, Alabama
Space program fatalities
20th-century American engineers
United States Marine Corps astronauts
United States Marine Corps officers
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From left: Gene Gallagher, 17; musician, model, labourer; mother: Nicole Appleton. Lennon Gallagher, 19; model, guitarist; mother: Patsy Kensit. Liam Gallagher, 46; rock star. Molly Moorish-Gallagher, 21; politics student, model; mother: Lisa MoorishDEAN CHALKLEY FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE. WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO JACKSON'S LANE ARTS CENTRE
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Q: Does the XML Namespace of SAML AuthnRequest Matter? I am creating a service provider in python using the Pysaml2 library. I am trying to send an AuthnRequest to Okta which is my identity provider. My AuthnRequest looks like this:
<ns0:AuthnRequest AssertionConsumerServiceURL="http://myserviceprovider:8000/saml/acs"
        Destination="https://oktapreview.com/app/myserviceprovider/k40ctg3zVVFQYUMEJFTB/sso/saml"
        ID="id-02a0e2290bbc7fda421483af6b02a9a5" IssueInstant="2015-01-20T22:57:02Z"
        ProtocolBinding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Version="2.0" xmlns:ns0="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol">
    <ns1:Issuer Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:entity" xmlns:ns1="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">http://myserviceprovider:8000/metadata.xml</ns1:Issuer>
    <ns0:NameIDPolicy AllowCreate="true" Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient"/>
</ns0:AuthnRequest>

My SP initiates a 302 redirect to the okta idp and sends this saml request. I am then presented with a login page where I enter my Okta credentials. I am then taken to okta.com/app/UserHome (which is Okta's homepage) and do not recieve any SAML assertion back to my SP's assertion consumer service endpoint.
I verify the SAML activity using SAML Tracer in Firefox.
After looking at many other SAML AuthnRequests from other Service Providers (such as box.net) I come to think that perhaps the xml namespace of my AuthNRequest is causing okta not to send back an acs assertion.
My namespace is 'ns0' and 'ns1' instead of 'saml2p' and 'samlp'.
Would this cause the problem?
Any other recommendations on building a service provider with pysaml2 would also be appreciated.

A: Would it cause the problem? Depends on how lax Okta is in their SAML spec requirements, and that's a question, ultimately, for them.
The namespaces are defined here, and, as it's a specification, IMO, it should be followed. For an AuthnRequest, the specific part of the spec is here.

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Matthieu van der Meer (Syracuse University) is currently producing a new edition of an otherwise unknown glossary of the Regula Benedicti from Ms Valenciennes, Bibliothèque Municipale 288 (278).
Rhaetian collection of pastoral texts. The description is provided by Kirsten Ataoguz.
A pastoral manual consisting of 29 texts, including sections from the Regula Benedicti (ch. 4 and 7), Isidore of Seville's Synonyma, Ps.-Basil's Admonitio ad filium spiritualem, sermons, Biblical texts and commentaries, ascetic treatises, works of Ps.-Ephrem etc. Many of these texts cannot be identified, are probably unedited or appear to be revisions and extracts of known texts. In the manuscript catalogue the unidentified sections are simply indicated as 'pastoralia'. A preliminary manuscript description is based on the images provided by the Münchner Digitalisierungsprojekt.
The manuscript may be interesting for scholars working on the role of Carolingian monasteries in pastoral care.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek 92, s. IX4/4: Collection of Latin works of Effrem/Ephraim the Syrian.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek 93, s. IX4/4: Collection of Latin works of Effrem/Ephraim the Syrian.
Probably a manuscript for pastoral use, consisting mostly of sermons ascribed to Augustine and Caesarius of Arles, but also Biblical text, sections from the Regula Benedicti (ch. 4), works of Isidore of Seville, Ps.-Ephrem and Gennadius of Marseille. Relevant for scholars working on monasticism and pastoral care.
This manuscript from Fleury is the most important collection of non-normative treatises for monks and nuns. It can be regarded as the 'little brother' of Benedict of Aniane's Codex Regularum and as the most important witness for a monastic spirituality that is not based on rules and normative observance.
Chapter 15(16) of Fructuosus' Regula monachorum imposing strict punishments for sexual contacts with novices and adolescents is transmitted separately from the rest of the text and appears in at least two Carolingian manuscripts in the context of child oblation and education. A revised version, addressed to priests enters collections of Canon law.
It would be worthwhile to work systematically on the transmission of excerpts and framents of texts such as the Regula Benedicti, John Cassian's works or the Synonyma and Sententiae of Isidore of Seville. Those fragments were often more widespread than the texts themselves and give insights into their use and appropriation to new contexts. An interesting example would be the use of the Regula Benedicti (especially chapter 4 and 7) for pastoral purpose. The Monastic Manuscript Project will pay special attention to these partial transmissions.
The Monastic Manuscript Project may be used to re-assess traditional genre ascriptions. One example is a Vita Pachomii, which appears first as the only narrative text in four collections of monastic rules but from the 11th century appears in numerous vitae patrum-collections. This indicates that the text was originally regarded as a monastic rule expressed in a narrative form but later as an 'authentic' life of an eminent desert father.
Augustine's De opere monachorum is perserved in a great number of manuscripts (more than 70 are listed). It would be worthwhile to investigate which role this text played in medieval monastic reform movements and how this role is reflected in its manuscript transmission and its combination with other texts.
There are numerous texts and authors that do not play a significant role in monastic research despite the fact that they were widespread in early medieval monastic manuscripts and probably part of the textual repertoire of medieval monks and nuns. Examples are the works of (Ps.-)Ephrem, Evagrius Ponticus or Ps.-Macharius. The Monastic Manuscript Project will pay special attention to these 'hidden treasures' and hopefully incite projects to provide new critical editions of these works.


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Paul Le Person (10 February 1931 in Argenteuil – 8 August 2005) was a French actor of Breton origin. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1963 to 2005.

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Another SSBD successful event. The 6th, and the last of 6 seminar scheduled in Wales, United Kingdom for 2008.
The workshop was hosted and organized by Goshinkwai Total Body Defense's Chief Instructor - Sensei Alun Williams on the 1st November 2008 at Risca, Newport Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom. It lasted 4 hours.
The workshop covered aspects of unarmed blade defence, counters and recounters, blade disarms and take downs.
I would like to express foremost my appreciation to Sensei Alun Williams and Total Body Defense, Frank Ellul and the boys from Somerset, Lee Wilson and Olley from Cambridge, Jon O'neil and Kathleen from Ireland, Kie Brooks for coming down for his visit from Hong Kong, Deon and Tony from Bristol, and friends coming down from London (back row - far right and forth from right in picture), the instructors from Goshinkwai who never misses to attend the seminar, for their openness to accept and invite me to instruct a workshop for them - not many martial arts practitioners have thier kind of humility, my highest respects for them. To those helping me in the drills and demos. To Charlie of taking the pictures. My sincere apologies if I miss anyone, please correct me if there are any mistakes.
The year has gone so fast, it felt that it was only a few weeks ago that we did the 1st seminar for 2008. Thank you again everyone for the friendship and constant support for SSBD and myself.
Seminars for 2009 has already been confirmed, please check links on the right of this page.
The seminar focuses on the mechanics of unarmed defence against a commited knife attack. The the instruction started with familiarizing the participant with the basic angles of incoming attacks and how to read intention and body mechanics.
In the 1st half of the seminar the participants were instructed on how to flow from the basics of various angles of commited knife attacks, knife interception, defence counters and recounters, flowing from one to the other.
In the 2nd half of the seminar, the participants were instructed body mechanics, disarms, counters for disarms and re-counters without stopping thier fundamental blade movemenents. The Participants were also instructed empty-hands self defence and silat take down methods.
To avoid the participants from over thinking on every movement, everyone was kept on thier toes as new movements was introduces every 10 minutes. The secret to conditioning reflex is - the less you think with your brain, the more your body remembers.
The seminar was not aimed to teach techniques but principles so that practitioners from varying arts that attended the seminar could benefit from the instruction. The basic drills and principles taught are not to replace sparring or reality, but merely giving the practitioners options on what to do when an unexpected situation arises by conditioning basic reflexes against basic counters. Drilling simple movements against common attacks and counters against a knife defender with different situations, a "would be" victim could raise his chances in surviving the situation.
The seminar was not aimed to make you invincible, but to prepare yourselves incase you do have to face the worst senario of a knife attack.
5th Dan, Chief Instructor, Alun William's - Total Body Defence Goshinkwai system is one of the most well known in South Wales and is rapidly growing within the United Kingdom, he and his group of talented instructors have been featured in several martial arts magazines, as well as radio and TV coverage.
I have the honor of calling these group of incredible martial artists and individuals my friends.
If you live anywhere near where they teach, experience what they have to offer in no nonsense self defense. If you live too far away to accept direct instructions from them, their DVD is available to purchase on their website. You will not be disappointed. I personally recommend it.
The Goshinkwai Total Body Defence DVD won the DVD of the Year Award - The Fighting Spirit Award at the SENI Event on 2008.


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Rockland Native Goes Pro in Peru National Basketball League
By dskriloff on April 3, 2014 Comments
BY PETER BRUNWASSER
Burnett on right
Peru, known primarily as a soccer country, has seen a spike in basketball interest in recent years.
Peru has been importing talent to its country and now fans get to see a player like West Nyack native Brandon Burnett, who can dunk, consistently score and lead the league in rebounds.
Burnett, a former RCC standout, was signed to the basketball team called InterCECA in the LBN – Liga Basketball National, where they play internationally, for a chance to enter the Pan American basketball tournaments. During his 2013 season he was able to help his team reach second place in the international tournament and was recognized as the leading rebounder for the international tournament.
An International Business major, the 28-year-old Burnett is living up to his vision of traveling the world, albeit for the business of playing basketball, perhaps not what he was expecting when he studied in college. Before hooking up with the Peruvian squat, Burnett played a season of semi-pro basketball with the Manhattan Pride in New York City as power forward/center, averaging four blocks, nine rebounds and 10 points a game. "My goal on that team was mostly to rebound," he said.
During the summer of 2013, Burnett received a call from his former RCC basketball teammate and good friend Nate Young. Burnett tells us, "Nate Young got a contract to play in Peru and needed someone that could do exactly what I did. They needed a role player who was not selfish with the ball. When you're a real professional, when you're needed to step up and do certain things, you need to step up and be a team player."
We reached out to Nate Young through Facebook, since he is now in Bolivia playing for a new team. Nate confirms, "He [Burnett] did a lot of intangible things, he was a team player. I didn't have to worry about him hurting the team."
Burnett was given a mid-season contract July – Dec. 2013 for the Sporting Moral basketball team located in Arequipa, Peru in the Liga Masculina. Here he joined forces with Young to play together on Sporting Moral.
Burnett assures us that it is not easy playing international ball. The height helps, but there is a lot more contact that is allowed overseas, which makes up for the skillset levels. "I wouldn't say it's easier. Because of my size I am always guarded by an American from the opposite team."
Average height for Peruvian players is 5'7 with a few big guys who top out at 6'4″. When they look at the 6'9″ Burnett, what Peruvians see is a giant.
Burnett's reiterates his US coach's proverb: "'They can teach you the skills, but they can't teach size' and being 6'9 that helps me a lot."
After two months of play, Burnett was recognized by a team who competes in the international games called "Club InterCECA" located in the city Cajamarca, Peru. Because it was a national team, he was able to waive his current contract with the Sporting Moral team and sign over to Club InterCECA. Burnett received several offers to join other teams but why make the decision to join this one in particular? "I went to InterCECA Basket Team because I was the first American to play for InterCECA," he said.
Team owner Oscar Manuel Mendoza speaks highly of Burnett. He said, "Brandon performed according to our expectations. He reinforced our team in nationals and helped to gain our Local League Championship."
Club InterCECA's American players made an impact at their turf and are excited to recruit more American players like Burnett. "Having an American professional player in our league attracted more fans to games and improved the quality of playoffs and finals," said Manuel Mendoza.
Burnett is back home now until June. He then plans to re-sign with Club InterCECA. During this off-season he is training and sharpening up his skill with strength and conditioning coaches Mathew Tauber and Jeff Fields from SUNY Purchase.
Burnett said that Young may join him back in Peru, creating an American tag team. Young said, "Well, that's not official yet, but it would be fun playing with Brandon again. We know each other's game very well, so I would expect a successful run. There are many American duos and trios in the national tournament so it's going to be a challenge."
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Toyota Sequoia 2023 is revealed with 443 hp and DNA from the Tundra
The 2023 Toyota Sequoia has just been revealed by the Japanese automaker, being practically a full-size three-row SUV version of the Tundra pickup. Boasting a 3.4-liter i-Force Max V6 hybrid twin-turbo hybrid powertrain, the vehicle is endowed with 443 hp and 80.5 Nm of torque.
With a ten-speed automatic transmission, the 2023 Toyota Sequoia is expected to start at $50,000 (about R$271,000, excluding differences in taxes or fees) and has rear-wheel drive as standard.
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A four-wheel drive (4WD) system is offered for all trims, which are: SR5, Limited, Platinum, TRD Pro and Capstone – this one, a new luxury top-of-the-line that can fetch up to $70,000 fully loaded ( R$ 379 thousand in direct conversion).
Sharing a platform with the new Lexus LX 600 and the new Land Cruiser, the new Sequoia features a body-on-frame chassis with a fully boxed frame. There is a new laser welding technique aimed at rigidity, comfort and weight reduction.
Its independent suspension is equipped at the front with a new rack-mounted electronic power steering system. At the rear, there is a multi-link suspension with space for an air load leveling and height control system (optional).
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In towing capacity, the 2023 Sequoia comes in at 4,082kg (22% more than its previous generation), while a towing technology package is available including a tow backup guide and straight path assistance (which help make reverse with load engaged).
Visibility improvements
A new feature of the Sequoia 2023 is Drive Mode Select, which comes with Eco, Normal and Sport settings. In Trailer/Transport mode, the electrical system constantly works in conjunction with the engine to increase acceleration and torque. To keep an eye on the trailer, there's the optional digital rear view mirror, a wide-view monitor and a hitch preview.
You can enable a split view to see what's on either side of the trailer. In addition, another novelty for the Sequoia are the electric folding, extending and retracting mirrors, available from the factory.
Each finish has multiple identification features, but not all models have access to the same paint colors. As standard, the Sequoia will ship with paint options White, Celestial Silver, Lunar Rock, Magnetic Gray Metallic, Blueprint, Army Green, Midnight Black Metallic, and Smoke Mesquite.
premium details
Premium paint colors offered include Wind Chill Pearl and Supersonic Red, while Solar Octane is only available in the TRD Pro finish. Exclusive 18-inch black wheels further set this model apart, as does a dual exhaust tailpipe.
The other trims get wheels measuring 18 or 20 inches in diameter. The luxury-focused Capstone finish gets 22-inch chrome wheels as well as acoustic front glass. The off-road-oriented TRD Pro model features 2.5-inch Fox shocks with internal deflection chambers and remote reservoirs, plus 33-inch Falken Wildpeak all-terrain tires.
A TRD Sport package is available on the SR5 model that adds black wheels, Bilstein shocks and other TRD details. Available on the Sequoia SR5 and Limited models is a TRD off-road package, which adds a locking rear differential, Bilstein shocks, 18-inch black TRD wheels, Multi-Terrain Select off-road drive modes, and off-road cruising to the control.
Inside the new Sequoia
Inside, the second row of Toyota's new Sequoia is made up of benches or captain's chairs, depending on the finish. Both options can recline or fold down and tip forward.
While the third row has a power-folding reclining rear seat available and can slide up to 15 centimeters to accommodate an adjustable load shelving system.
An 8-inch touchscreen is standard on the SR5 model, but the large 14-inch touchscreen is available as an option in this finish and standard on the rest of the range. Also as standard is a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster accompanying Apple CarPlay and Android Auto wireless capabilities.
The 2023 Toyota Sequoia will be built in San Antonio, Texas. Due to hit the market at the end of August this year, the SUV will be produced alongside the Tundra pickup.
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I wish it hadn't broke my server! 😛 I didn't even bother to log in tonight after guildies told me that The Red Eclipse was basically completely borked, with pretty much nothing working as it should.
Reading about all these bugs isn't exactly motivating me to play SWTOR instead of decorating my Wildstar house.
I'll be honest, I played some Neverwinter and then a multiplayer RTS game with some guildies. On nights like these, it pays to have options.


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One MP to represent Lancaster and Morecambe if proposals are adopted
The new proposed parliamentary seats of Lancaster and Morecambe and North Lancashire
Nick Lakin
Published: 14:40 Monday 10 September 2018
Lancaster and Morecambe will share one MP if plans to change parliamentary boundaries are adopted by Parliament.
Lancaster University would be effectively annexed from Lancaster under the proposals, becoming part of a much more rural North Lancashire seat.
The Boundary Commission has published its recommendations for changes to parliamentary boundaries across England, which would reduce the number of MPs from 533 to 501.
The current Lancaster and Fleetwood and Morecambe and Lunesdale seats would be replaced by a Lancaster and Morecambe seat - which would include Lancaster, Morecambe, Bare, Torrisholme, Bolton-le-Sands, Slyne, Heysham and Middleton - and a North Lancashire seat.
The new North Lancashire seat would include Lancaster University, Carnforth, Silverdale, Halton, Caton, Overton, the Lune Valley, Cockerham, Inskip, Longridge, Garstang, Dolphinholme, and east as far as Downham and Chatburn in the Ribble Valley.
The commission said: "The low electorates of both the Morecambe and Lunesdale, and Lancaster and Fleetwood constituencies meant that we proposed the combination of both Lancaster and Morecambe into one constituency, although this did not include Lancaster University, which is located in the mostly
rural University & Scotforth Rural ward.
£The geographically large ward sizes, but conversely small ward electorates, led us to include this ward in a constituency that stretched from the Cumbrian
border to the estuary of the River Wyre and to the outskirts of the City of Preston, which we proposed to be named North Lancashire."
Currently Conservative MP David Morris holds the Morecambe and Lunesdale seat, and Labour's Cat Smith holds the Lancaster and Fleetwood seat.
Some of the comments on the interactive map read: "The map is about as clear as mud. Don't understand it. What are the benefits of the change, if anything? Why is it deemed necessary to change it?"
Another, from Carnforth, read: "Whilst I generally support the joining of Lancaster to Morecambe. It makes no sense to leave Carnforth to the new North Lancashire Constituency.
"North Lancashire will be a largely rural constituency whereas Lancaster and Morecambe in largely urban. Carnforth is a mix of terraced housing and residential 'estate' housing and as such belongs much closer with Lancaster and Morecambe.
Delays in Lancaster city centre caused by low-hanging cable across road
"I can see that whichever side of the boundary we sit we are going to be largely forgotten but where decisions are made to benefit urban Lancaster and Morecambe at least there is a likelyhood they will be relevant to us. I cannot say the same for decisions made in the interest of rural Lancashire."
And another, from Lancaster, read: "I am appalled that the Commission is considering removing Lancaster University from the proposed new Lancaster & Morecambe constituency. "The "Uni" is an integral, vital part of the City and community of Lancaster. There are many examples of this apart from its general cultural significance and the fact that a lot of the staff and students live in the City or use it for their leisure etc. - for example, the deep involvement of Lancaster University with the new Canal Corridor development - a major city centre project, and the involvement of staff and students on the Lancaster City Council."
While another, from Morecambe, read: "It is of the utmost importance that Morecambe says with Lunesdale - even more so that they aren't united with Lancaster. Under the amalgamation of Lancaster City Council and Morecambe & Heysham - Morecambe and Heysham, have been marginalised so many times over the past 43 years since the forced amalgamation. Lancaster show a clear wish for Morecambe to lose its identity. There is no real common ground between Lancaster - a historical and industrial city and Morecambe a tourist, sea-side resort."
The UK Parliament decided to reduce the number of constituencies, and therefore MPs, from 650 to 600, and to make more equal the number of electors in each constituency. In England, the number of constituencies will reduce from 533 to 501.
The Boundary Commission for England is the independent and impartial body that is considering where the boundaries of the new constituencies should be. Having begun a review of the constituency boundaries in February 2016, we presented our final recommendations for new constituencies to Government in September 2018.
In doing so, we had to ensure that every new constituency has roughly the same number of electors: no fewer than 71,031 and no more than 78,507. While proposing a set of boundaries which are fairer and more equal, the Commission also sought to reflect geographic factors and local ties. We also looked at the boundaries of the existing constituencies and local government patterns in redrawing the map of parliamentary constituency boundaries across England.
In undertaking the 2018 Review, we relied heavily on evidence from the public about their local area. Though we have to work within the tight electorate thresholds outlined above, we sought to recommend constituency boundaries that reflected local areas as much as we can. we received over 35,000 representations during the review and are grateful to all those who participated.


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