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CAIR Houston Condemns Terror Attack on New Zealand Mosques
CAIR-Houston to hold Press Conference to Condemns Terror Attack on New Zealand Mosques, Urges Stepped-Up Security by Muslim Communities in U.S., Worldwide;
(Houston,TX, 3/15/19) –
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today mourned the deaths of more than 40 worshipers gunned down in terror attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, during prayers on Friday, condemned the apparent anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant hate that motivated the attacks and urged mosques in the United States and worldwide to step up security measures.
A man who claimed responsibility for the attacks left a 74-page anti-immigrant manifesto in which he said he was a 28-year-old white Australian and a racist. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the attack was carried out "by an extremist right-wing violent terrorist" and media reports indicate that the manifesto posted before the attack includes anti-Muslim rhetoric.
The white supremacist author of the manifesto called himself a supporter of President Donald Trump, who he sees "as a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose."
Authorities have detained four people and defused explosive devices following what appeared to be a carefully-planned terror attack.
SEE: Christchurch shootings at two mosques leave 49 dead, Australian arrested in relation to terror attack
40 Killed in New Zealand Mosque Shootings; 4 Held.Â
CAIR-HOUSTON held a local press conference in our office to give an official statement
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
"To God we belong, and to Him is our return. We mourn the heartbreaking killings of men, women and children gathered for prayer in their houses of worship and urge leaders in our nation and worldwide to speak out forcefully against the growing anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant hate that appears to have motivated these white supremacist terrorists. In the wake of this tragedy, we urge mosques, Islamic schools and other community institutions in the United States and around the world to take stepped-up security precautions, particularly during times of communal prayer."
Video of the attacks has been posted online. CAIR is asking that the video not be shared.
"Instead of spreading the hate-filled message of terrorists, we should share messages of love and solidarity with the loved ones of those killed or injured in the attacks," said Awad.
Awad urged President Trump to speak out against the attacks and the white supremacist motive of the terrorists.
CAIR has reported an unprecedented spike in bigotry targeting American Muslims, immigrants and members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president and has repeatedly expressed concern about Islamophobic, white supremacist and racist Trump administration policies and appointments.
SEE: CAIR Says Trump's Islamophobic 'Prayer Rug' Tweet Designed to Distract from Latest Legal Problems
The Washington-based civil rights organization is urging mosques and other Islamic institutions to take measures outlined in its "Best Practices for Mosque and Community Safety" booklet. The advice in CAIR's security publication is applicable to all institutions, regardless of organizational mission.
The booklet may be viewed at: https://tinyurl.com/BestSafetyPractices
CONTACT: CAIR-Houston Communications Coordinator Sobia Siddiqui, 832-782-3141, ssiddiqui@cair.com;
CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-999-8292, rmccaw@cair.com;
CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com
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Marta Rodrigues Sousa de Brito Costa (Aiquara, 20 de junho de 1959) é uma professora e política brasileira filiada ao Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT).

Formada em Letras pela USCAL e especialista em Políticas Públicas pela UNICAMP, é vereadora pelo terceiro mandato na Câmara de Vereadores de Salvador. Foi reconhecida como única parlamentar no prêmio Mulher Notável de Salvador.

História
É irmã do governador da Bahia, Jerônimo Rodrigues. Marta nasceu em Aiquara, interior da Bahia, e ingressou na política através de grêmios. Na década de 1980, se filiou ao PT, foi presidenta do partido e esteve na direção nacional e estadual. Em Salvador, participou de grupos de mulheres e organizações comunitárias enquanto assessora e ex-chefe de gabinete do ex-deputado federal Nelson Pelegrino.

Enquanto professora, ministrou aulas em cursinhos comunitários e foi do Conselho Universitário da Universidade Federal da Bahia.

Política
Em 2008, se elegeu vereadora com 6.885 votos. Na eleição posterior, em 2012, perdeu as eleições com 5.048 votos. Em sua tentativa de retorno em 2016, logrou êxito com 6.646 votos E na reeleição em 2020, foi a vereadora mais votada do PT na cidade com 7.271 votos

Em seu retorno, foi responsável pela criação da Escola do Legislativo e propôs cooperação nacional com o Senado Federal Além disso, foi de sua autoria o projeto Escola Livre da Mordaça e defende a "pluralidade de ideias em sala de aula"

É autora do projeto Quero Meus Créditos, que pede fim da validade de 90 dias dos créditos adquiridos antecipadamente para passagens de ônibus de Salvador e Região Metropolitana. O projeto foi aprovado por unanimidade e contou com quase assinatura de 1% do eleitorado.

Foi apontada por lideranças nacionais e estaduais do Partido dos Trabalhadores como pré-candidata a Prefeita de Salvador em 2020.

Foi candidata a deputada federal da Bahia pelo Partido dos Trabalhadores para as eleições de 2022, acabando não eleita.

Prêmios
 Prêmio Mulher Notável
 Prêmio Maria Felipa
 Destaque de Parlamentar da Bahia contra a Reforma da Previdência

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Membros do Partido dos Trabalhadores
Professores da Bahia
Alunos da Universidade Católica do Salvador
Alunos da Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Naturais de Aiquara
Mulheres da Bahia na política

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Traces of America's dark history still haunt us today. Join us as we confront this haunting through art and conversation. The program will feature a screening of Daryn Wakasa's short horror film, SEPPUKU (2017), which treats the lingering effects of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans as a form of intergenerational haunting. Poet Melissa Bennett will share writing that explores the painful resonances of the boarding school and mental health systems that separate Native people from their culture, home land, language, faith, family, and community. Wakasa and Bennett will then discuss their work in conversation, exploring overlaps in Japanese American and Indigenous history, and creative possibilities for healing in community. The coming together of these two communities is an important alliance for the historical moment we find ourselves in now. The event will be followed by a short convivial gathering in order to create additional space for conversation and connection.
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project is hosting a two-part FREE training for advocates working with immigrant survivors of violence. Both sessions are free to attend, and will be held at Seattle's Central Library in the Washington Mutual Room.
This is a reading by Alice Walker.
What does it mean to lose your roots―within your culture, within your family―and what happens when you look for them? Nicole Chung, in conversation with Ijeoma Oluo, talks about her search for her birth family and her personal identity.
With the same warmth, candor, and startling insight that has made her a beloved voice, Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up, which coincided with the birth of her own child. "All You Can Ever Know" is a profound, moving chronicle of surprising connections and the repercussions of unearthing painful family secrets―vital reading for anyone who has ever struggled to figure out where they belong.
7 Days. 37 Films. 5 Venues around Seattle.
With the theme of Hope and Democracy, this year's films explore government by the people in the world today. Who belongs? Is it healthy? How are people shaping it and owning it?
Amidst turbulent times, our festival reveals the bright and most human moments. Sometimes they are flashes where creativity sparks activism. Sometimes persistence and perseverance are True North.
Come see what's happening in the world. Prepare to be inspired.
Great local brews, dog costume contest, raffle prizes and amazing community spirit all come together at Urban Feed and Garden's Dogtoberfest.
Urban Feed and Garden in partnership with Counterbalance Brewing Company, Perihelion Brewery, Jellyfish Brewing Company, Flying Lion Brewing, Georgetown Brewing and Lotus Pet Food bring you an afternoon of beer tasting and fun in support of Vet Techs Without Borders.
$10 entrance (donation) includes 2 drink tickets. Addition tasting available for $5/2 tastings. 21 and over.
It's time to start cleaning out your closets and refreshing your wardrobe again, ladies! We are holding our 4th Annual Frock Swap – A women's clothing exchange, at the Ballard Elks on October 7th! This year the event will be benefiting Jubilee Women's Center, a local non-profit which supports women in need to build stable and fulfilling futures.
Last year we donated over $9000 to programs supporting women in need and a truckload of the leftover clothing for their clients. And all the women who came to shop, went home with lots of great new clothing for their wardrobes.
Drop-off period will be September 3rd – October 3rd, upstairs at the Ballard Elks Lodge, in the closet outside of the bar. Weekdays after 3pm, Saturdays after 1pm and Sundays after 10am. We'll have signs to let you know where to put your things. (Be sure to sign the drop-off roster, so we can give you your discounted General Admission the day of the event!).
Mark your calendar for this year's Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration!!!!
This year we will be honoring our youth!
Save the date for United Indians of All Tribes Foundation's annual Indigenous People's Day Celebration!
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Nothing goes with the onset of autumn better than hearty, earthy beer, cider and wine. The second annual Seattle Harvest Brewfest celebrates these fall favorites in grand fashion. Head to the innovative event space WithinSodo to sample seasonal releases that include fresh hops, barrel-aged and more favorites. Your ticket includes unlimited sample pours and food samples at the festival highlighting great local libations.
Margot Kahn is the author of the biography Horses That Buck, winner of the High Plains Book Award, and co-editor of This Is the Place: Women Writing About Home, a New York Times Editors' Choice. Her work has appeared in Tablet, River Teeth, Crab Creek Review, The Rumpus, Lenny Letter, and elsewhere. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Margot celebrates 20 years in Seattle this fall.
Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum is the author of the story collections What We Do With the Wreckage, This Life She's Chosen and Swimming With Strangers. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares Solos, North American Review, One Story, and The American Scholar, among others. Her awards include the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and the PEN/O. Henry Prize. She lives with her family near Seattle.
Elisabeth Eaves is the author of the memoirs Wanderlust and Bare. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Forbes, Best American Travel Writing, and elsewhere. Born and raised in Vancouver, Elisabeth lived in Cairo, London, and Paris, spent 10 years in New York City, and now resides in Seattle. Together with her husband, Joe Ray, she founded Type Set, a co-working space for writers.
Tara Conklin's first novel, The House Girl, was a New York Times bestseller, #1 IndieNext pick, Target book club pick and has been translated into 8 languages. Her second novel, The Last Romantics, is forthcoming in March 2019 from William Morrow/Harper Collins. Tara was born in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, grew up in western Massachusetts, and lived in London and New York before settling in Seattle.
Melissa Stein is the author of the poetry collections Terrible blooms (Copper Canyon Press, 2018) and Rough Honey, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize. She's received awards and fellowships from the NEA, Pushcart Prize, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the MacDowell Colony, and Yaddo. She lives in San Francisco.
This event celebrates Alaska Native people living in the Seattle area. Wear your traditional clothes, bring arts and crafts, and share your stories and pictures.
A free family event, open to the community! Enjoy food and entertainment, and enter to win door prizes.
Friday, October 12th: GeekGirlCon Board Game Night at Wayward Coffeehouse!
The World's Biggest Wizard Crawl returns for 2018, and this year's event is better than EVER!
Hundreds of Wizards descending on the streets of the city!
Our famous menu of themed drinks at all venues!
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Just know this – it's going to be great and we're going to have some very special guests!
STG Presents & AEG Welcomes Cameron Esposito: Person of Consequence (+ special guest Andy Iwancio) to The Neptune on Sunday, October 14th.
Tickets are $28.00 (not including fees. On sale Friday, June 8th at 10:00am.
Find out what happens when a bunch of readers get together for drinks in Seattle's most spectacular watering hole.
This event is 21 and over, and drinks are on you. Admission is free, but registration is now closed, as the program is full!
We know it's tempting to curl up and read at home, but we think that you should venture out and join us this October 15 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a bookish cocktail hour at the Smith Tower Observatory bar overlooking Seattle and Puget Sound. Grab a beer or a cocktail and mingle with other book lovers, or just gaze at one of Seattle's most inspiring views. Share what you're currently reading and your favorite (or least favorite) books and authors. Bring a book, bring a friend, and don't forget your photo ID.
For this night only, Smith Tower is waiving the usual ticket price for access to the Observatory and speakeasy-style bar. Bring your library card or know your library card number for the chance to win prizes. This event runs from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., so feel free to drop by anytime!
We're baaaaaaack! And IT'S SPOOOOOOKY TIME!!! What not a better way to celebrate HALLOWEEN than coming to Mourning Market! Come and join us at Seattle's Premier Dark Theme Market. Get DRESSED UP in your finest, darkest garb. Spend the day strolling through El Corazon all the while shopping with over 35 of the Pacific Northwest's spookiest artists. Visit with friends, and enjoy some drinks!
Step into something new and ignite your passion by learning the art of salsa dancing at Chihuly Garden and Glass.
Designed for couples and singles of all skill levels, Century Ballroom's instructor Hallie Kuperman will keep you inspired while learning the basic steps and techniques in Dale Chihuly's beautifully lit Glasshouse.
Admission to the galleries is included before class begins. Tickets must be purchased online prior to the event.
Join us for an immersive night of underworld libations October 26, 2018 as we raise money and awareness for the NW Honey Bee Habitat Restoration. Enjoy passed hors d'oeuvre designed by renown chef, Shawn Martin and classic era cocktails with a vampire twist will be crafted and served by Seattle Bartending. Singers and dancers will entertain you and transport you to another moment in time.
Don't miss this one of a kind Halloween party as we escape the real world while raising money for an amazing cause!
There will a raffle, each ticket will receive 1 free raffle ticket with more available at $2.00/ticket at the event.
Friday, October 26th: GeekGirlCon Board Game Night at Wayward Coffeehouse!
"40 Days for Life" is upon us so we can expect an increased number of anti-choicers and harassers outside of clinics across the country. Therefore, it is more important than ever to show up as clinic defenders, with supportive smiles for patients and workers. Our goal is to take back the political space that they have staked out and let them know that their behavior is unacceptable.
Please note: this Planned Parenthood will be open during this defense, so our tactics in blocking the anti-choicers will be centered on ensuring that we are creating a supportive presence for patients. We ask that if you have not done a clinic defense before, please arrive 15 min early for training on deescalation tactics.
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GeekGirlCon returns for 2018! Join us for our EIGHTH convention in downtown Seattle to celebrate that which makes your geeky heart sing!
Our convention will take place in the same building as GeekGirlCon '17, the Conference Center at the Washington State Convention Center on October 27 & 28, 2018.
Dungeons & Dragons has become one of the most iconic game brands in the world. Since its genesis in 1974 the game has expanded far beyond its humble beginnings, and its scope increased by magnitudes after its induction into the publishing realm of Wizards of the Coast, based in Washington. To take us on an unprecedented journey through the visual evolution of the brand, Michael Witwer and Kyle Newman join us on Town Hall's stage with highlights from their book Dungeons & Dragons Art and Arcana.


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Drunk driving is not the only form of driving under the influence. Being under the influence of drugs or using drugs like marijuana while driving can also lead to a DUI. Although marijuana use is now legal in some states for recreational or medical purposes, it is still illegal to operate a motor vehicle under the influence of marijuana. Experts predict that marijuana DUI accidents will increase over the next few years as legalization becomes more widespread and more marijuana users take to the roads.
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Kevin Durant, Brooklyn Nets Star, Out a Month with Another MCL Sprain
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The Brooklyn Nets are the hottest team in the NBA but they might cool off over the next four weeks while All-Star forward Kevin Durant recovers from a right knee injury.
Miami Heat guard Jimmy Butler defends forward Kevin Durant from the Brooklyn Nets at FTX Arena in Miami. (Image: AP)
The knee injury occurred on Sunday night when teammate Ben Simmons fouled Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat, who tumbled into Durant in the third quarter. Durant limped off the court and never returned to the game. On the previous play, Durant banged his knee during an offensive possession when he ran into Kyle Lowry.
Durant underwent an MRI on Monday, which confirmed a sprained MCL on his right knee.
"He's in good spirits, as we all are," said teammate Kyrie Irving. "The strength of our team is us picking each other up and just being ready for whatever is thrown at us."
Durant was expected to only miss two weeks, according to an initial report. However, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Durant could miss four weeks with his second MCL injury in back-to-back seasons.
Head coach Jacque Vaughn will lean on his bench to fill in for Durant. Expect forwards Yuta Watanabe (7.3 ppg) and TJ Warren (9.9 ppg) to get more playing times. Irving will shoulder more of the scoring load, but it's also a chance for Simmons to step up with additional offense.
Nets 18-2 Over Last 20 Games
Another Knee Injury for Durant
On Deck: Celtics, Thunder, and a 5-Game Road Trip
The Nets struggled in the first quarter of the season and were 9-11 in late November. Since that low point, they went 18-2 and won 12 consecutive games.
The Nets are currently the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoff standings with a 27-13 record. They also moved into second place in the Atlantic Division and trail the Boston Celtics by one game. With 27 victories, the Celtics (28-12) are the only other team with more wins than the Nets.
The Celtics are a huge favorite to win the Atlantic Division at -450 odds, according to a recent update by DraftKings. The Nets are +320 odds to win the division, despite a one-game margin.
During their recent upswing, the Nets improved to +550 odds to win the 2022-23 NBA Championship. Only the Celtics have better championship odds at +360.
The Nets also saw an uptick in Eastern Conference odds, and they're now +280 to secure a conference crown and advance to the 2023 NBA Finals.
Durant missed 21 games last season with an MCL injury. He sprained his left knee last January, which kept him out for six weeks. The Nets saw their season go off the rails without their leading scorer, going 5-16 without Durant last winter.
Prior to his recent knee injury, Durant was surprisingly healthy this season, appearing in 39 games and missing only one.
Durant tore his Achilles tendon in the 2019 NBA Finals when he played for the Golden State Warriors. He joined the Nets the next season in a sign-and-trade but missed an entire year in 2019-20 while he recovered from a torn Achilles.
During his first season with the Nets, Durant appeared in just 35 games in 2020-21 and missed 37 games during a pandemic-shortened season. He averaged 26.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game while shooting 45% from 3-point range.
During the 2021-22 season, Durant missed 27 games, including 21 with a knee injury. He averaged 29.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 6.4 assists per game.
In 39 games this season, Durant averaged 29.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 1.5 blocks per game. He's shooting a career-best 55.9% from the floor and an impressive 93.4% from the free-throw line this season. His 3-point shooting is down from the last few seasons, and he dipped below his career average with 37.6% this season.
If the Nets sit Durant for four weeks, he will miss the next 12 games. If they keep him out until the All-Star Break, he could miss 18 games.
Only seven opponents between now and the All-Star Game have a winning record, so the Nets could take a conservative approach and provide Durant with seven weeks of rest. Of course, if it were up to Durant, he'd play as soon as possible and only miss a couple of weeks of action.
The Nets play only two games over the next eight days. They host the Celtics on Thursday in a battle between the top two teams in the NBA. On Sunday, the Oklahoma City Thunder (18-22) visit the Big Apple.
After those two home games this week, the Nets leave home for a five-game road trip. They play four Western Conference opponents, including the San Antonio Spurs (13-27), Phoenix Suns (20-21), Utah Jazz (20-23), and Golden State Warriors (20-20). They end their road trip against the Philadelphia 76ers (24-15).
The Nets close out the month of January with a three-game homestand against the Detroit Pistons (11-32), New York Knicks (22-18), and Los Angeles Lakers (19-21).
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Certified natural personal care products are getting ahead: Product variety in attractive outfits, degree of awareness and interest in the manufacturers' brands are growing continuously. This is reflected in rising sales figures at the point of sale and encouraging turnover growth for the manufacturers. The German natural personal care companies, the world market leaders, are fully satisfied with the first half of 2005. Growth is mainly in the two-digit range, with record growth figures of over 30 per cent also reported, especially for abroad. Encouraging this positive trend is the concern of the independent trade fair for natural personal care products parallel to BioFach from 16-19 February 2006 in Nürnberg. This gives a fitting level of attention to the most important international trade fair for natural personal care with its some 200 exhibitors.


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Trainings In Compassion: Manuals On The Meditation Of
This Lamasery is at present still the greatest landowner in Ladak, and its steward one of the most influential persons in the country. Kashmir, 8, 11, 26, 163, Iv as-tub-je, 59. The Buddha Sakyamuni, having preached Abhidhamma in the Trayastrimsa heaven to the gods and to his mother who was then reborn as a deva, descended to Jambudvipa at Samkasya on a triple ladder with Brahma to his right and Indra to his left. Meru, situated in the center surrounded by seven rings of mountains and oceans.
An Account of Tibet: The Travels of Ippolito Desideri of
The climax came when the white-bearded priest directing the choir... We use the dorje counter to keep count of each circuit of 100 that we make on the mala. The ordinary hierarchical dis- tinctions of grades and ranks have already been noted in describing the organization of the order. It consists of seven individual syllables combined together with three other components to make a total of ten very powerful elements within the image. - The Ten Powers are described as ten existences - body, awareness, space, wind, fire, water, earth, stable, moving, and the gods unseen and uncreated.
Buddhism Today 27 | Spring/Summer 2011
Mary Finnegan has a new book about David Bowie called the Psychedelic Suburbia: David Bowie and the Beckenham Arts Lab. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan. Repetition of a "mantram" (e. east or west. A triad of large images often occupies the centre of the Lamaist altar, the central one being usually the founder of the particular sect to which the temple belongs, and the other two varying with the whim of the local Lama.
The Dalai Lama in America: Mindful enlightenment (Dalai Lama
Each universe, set in unfathomable space, rests upon a warp and woof of " blue air "or wind, liked crossed thunderbolts (vajra), hard and imperishable as diamonds (vajra?), upon which is set " the body of the waters," upon which is a foundation of gold, on which is set the earth, from the axis of which towers up the great 1 Cf. also Gioegi, whose figure is attached; and summary by Burnouf, ii., 599. 2 Skt., Sarva-loka-dhatu. 78 THE UNIVERSE OF THE BUDDHISTS. Ri-gon (Ang., Ringim = (rl + dgon, a hermitage = "the hermitage hill."
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Rather, they suggest that Buddhist ethics is pluralist, in that it draws on various kinds of moral considerations in different cases, and particularist, rejecting the entire enterprise of formulating general moral principles to cover all cases. Another common ceremony of a necromantic character is that entitled " Prevention from injury by the eight classes (of demons)." They undergo meditation and mindfulness on a regular basis to attain self realization.
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State University of New York. ^ Harvey Alper (1989). It is the commonest of all the forms of the sedent Buddha, and almost the only form found in Burma and Ceylon. In 3-5 years a road connecting Padum, the heart of Zanskar, with Leh, the heart of neighboring Ladakh, will be finished. Authors such as for example Casey-Singer. etc. on the seated Buddha Maitreya or Shakyamuni in bhadrâsana posture (pls. Those who mastered this Bystem were called Yogdcarya Bud- dhists.
In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30 Contemporary
Although Middle Way Consequentialists, proponents of the highest Buddhist philosophical tenets, speak of phenomena being empty and having an empty nature, this is not to say that phenomena does not exist at all. So while we have a good oral history of Bon, no one knows how accurate it is and what the original Bon religion was like. This complex is what is normally known. the illusory body and transference yogas of the Guhyasamaja and Chatushpitha Tantra. who had many disciples in Tibet. the dream yoga practice of the Mahamaya from Tilopa.
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And failure on the part of the candidate attaches a stigma to his teacher, while in the event of the boy chanting the exercises correctly and with pleasing voice in the orthodox oratorical manner, his teacher is highly complimented. According to Kah thog Si tu's report of around 1920 this silver jar was found by Tsongkhapa(?) in Drag Yerpa (Brag yer pa), east of Lhasa, and would have been originally used already by the Yarlung dynasty rulers to contain chang beer offerings for secular celebrations (Kah thog Si tua'i dBus gTsang gNas yig, Lhasa, 1999, p. 93).
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This seems essentially a Bon-pa rite, and is referred to as such in the histories of St. If Saints just act spontaneously and aren't psychologically bound by rules, it's not clear why they would, in all circumstances, avoid actions which are wrong merely because they are forbidden by rules of monastic discipline. After the 16th Karmapa died in 1981, top lamas split over who should replace him, resulting in three rivals, significant distrust and a fight over control of the previously shared Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim. "We in the West tend to project all our fantasies about mystical spiritualism onto Tibetan Buddhism," said Erik Curren, author of "Buddha's Not Smiling: Uncovering Corruption at the Heart of Tibetan Buddhism Today." "It's really like a civil war.
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Dalai Lama, our spiritual head, and Kyabje Khensur Kangurwa Lobsang Thubten Rinpoche, our founder and spiritual director. Most of the contributions, even for sacerdotal services, are in kind, — grain, bricks of tea, butter, salt, meat, and live stock, — for money is not much used in Tibet. Ihe amplified or developed Sutras are called Vaipulya. To that end we have a New arrivals section where we will feature some of our products as soon as we get them in stock.


St. Marys had been looking to build a new school after the 1943 fire. Potential federal aid had been dropped with the end of World War II in September and with that off the table a $40,000 bond issue for the building was dropped. In other bad news, the building St. Marys was using was declared a fire trap.
St. Marys was still OK with the idea of a single high school in October 1945, but felt the school at Woodbine was not the best solution.
In February 1946, the emotions behind the consolidation boiled over.
Kingsland and St. Marys citizens combined for a pair of meetings in March, one in each town. These were sponsored by the Kingsland Civic Club and St. Marys Chamber of Commerce.
The board of education set-up was a major subject of the first meeting. The sponsoring groups said that the south end of the county provided 68.9 percent of school taxes, but represented 40 percent of the board: two of five members. Like nearly all boards of education at that time, the selection of members was not the most democratic of processes. In Camden, names were taken from the pool of grand jurors, with their terms in office staggered. Members could be reappointed at the end of the term.
While adults were increasingly not satisfied with Camden County High School, the students were. A poll in the student newspaper, The Pine Cone (which was printed in The Southeast Georgian) showed that in March 1946 82 percent of CCHS students preferred a single high school.
* U.S. Highway 17, which was the most direct route from Savannah to Florida at that time and, also, the most direct route from St. Marys and Kingsland to Woodbine. I-95 was barely projected mileage 20 years later, not under construction in Camden until c. 1970 and not completed in the county until c. 1977.
At the first meeting put on by civic groups in Kingsland and St. Marys, two attendees asked the sponsors if their aim was to break up the consolidation or to move the school from Woodbine. The leaders denied this.
But that turned out to be what they were doing.
In June, Woodbine Chamber of Commerce President Benjamin R. Martin Jr. was begging the Camden County board of education not to break up CCHS. Martin, who pledged support from Woodbine businesses, also brought forth a letter from Georgia assistant state school superintendent Dr. J.I. Allman.
"I regret to learn that a group of Camden County citizens favor the re-establishment of several small high schools rather than the continuation of one county-wide high school," said Allman.
Allman said breaking up the high school back into smaller ones would hurt curriculum. None would be large enough to offer enough class units. It would also sent educational costs skyrocketing, perhaps even double what they were at consolidated CCHS.
Plus, he said, education at small high schools was not for all students. More and more were going to college and programs needed to be in place for those who did and those who did not. Vocational training opportunities were a must.
Allman included a list of courses offered at Camden County High in 1945-46 and compared it to those offered at Kingsland and North Camden in 1944-45. CCHS had economics, geometry, physical education, journalism and French, none of which were at Kingsland. North Camden had geometry but no typing courses. It, too, was unable to offer a foreign language or P.E.
Two weeks later, St. Marys struck back with its own stats in a paid advertisement, which said a single high school was more expensive than local ones.
The situation quieted, but a last-minute turn of events changed plans.
It was a technicality that such a change happened.
Apparently at the May 21, 1946, board of education meeting, a motion was made to have two high schools for a one-year trial (1946-47). It carried by a 3-2 vote. However, the minutes of the meeting were not approved and the vote seemingly died there.
M.O. Warren, of Kingsland, brought Brunswick-based lawyer C.J. Cogdell in to have a look the situation with the minutes at the September 3 board meeting. Cogdell asked the minutes be approved.
Realizing the danger of the situation, board chairman R.L. Harrell said he needed to speak to his own attorney and declared the meeting over until September 10. Harrell and another board member, A.A. Buie, got up and left.
Three men were left in the room, one from St. Marys, two from Kingsland. Cogdell told the trio they were enough for a quorum. They decided to keep the meeting open. With Kingsland's Dr. R.R. McCollum named acting chairman, they hashed out what needed to happen if the high schools were split.
And they approved the May 21 minutes.
That McCollum and the other Kingsland representative, S.C. Sheffield, were still on the board was possibly a bit of luck. In July, there was an attempt to remove both by a group simply described as "residents of Camden" in the Brunswick News. A large hint about the "residents"' affiliation was given by the News in a mention their attorney was from Woodbine. The opponents' reasoning was that both were from the same militia district. McCollum's and Sheffield's lawyer argued it was legal under Georgia's updated state constitution of 1945.
The ouster attempt obviously did not work as Sheffield and McCollum were on the board in September.
The Kingsland-St. Marys combination high school took on the name South Camden. Though down to to just one of the county's three larger towns providing students, the school in Woodbine retained the name Camden County.
South Camden was now one up in the educational battle, but Woodbine was not yet ready to concede.
Sources – The Southeast Georgian – Oct. 4, 1945, Feb. 28, 1946, March 7, 1946, March 14, 1946, June 13, 1946, June 27, 1946, Sept. 5, 1946; The Brunswick News – July 24, 1946.


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BREAKING: CMS, other school districts switch to remote learning Friday due to winter weather
Panthers fire 3 coaches, including special teams coordinator
Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule calls out from the bench in the first half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Derick Hingle)(Derick Hingle | AP)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have fired three coaches, including special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn, offensive line coach Pat Meyer and defensive line coach Frank Okam.
Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer said on Monday the team's primary goal this offseason was to improve its offensive and defensive lines, saying that success "starts up front." Carolina's offensive line struggled all season and quarterbacks Sam Darnold and Cam Newton spent most of the season under duress.
The Panthers allowed 52 sacks, fifth most in the NFL and the team finished 5-12.
Sam Mills, who coined 'Keep Pounding', to be inducted in North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
Cam Newton nominated for governors' highest honors in North Carolina and South Carolina
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Relic believed to represent female form (Japan Times April 26, 2000)
KAGOSHIMA (Kyodo)
KAGOSHIMA – A 24,000-year-old artifact, believed to be a representation of a woman and the oldest image of a human being found in Japan, has been unearthed from the Mimitori ruins in Kagoshima Prefecture, archaeologists said Tuesday.
The roundish object, made of shale, is about 5 cm long, 3 cm wide and 3 cm tall, and has been carved to represent what appears to be a woman, according to the Kagoshima Prefectural Archaeological Center.
On the underside of the object, there are 17 thin carved lines, probably representing hair, and a groove on the underside representing a vulva, center officials said.
Meiji University professor Masao Anbiru said the artifact is similar to figures unearthed in Europe during the Paleolithic period. Those figures also have exaggerated sexual features.
The discovery suggests that "people all over the world may have led common spiritual lives during the Paleolithic period," Anbiru said.
Cultural Affairs Agency researcher Michio Okamura said, "We cannot determine whether it represents a woman, but it is appropriate to say it is Japan's oldest expression of a human being."
Previously, the oldest artifact of its kind was one shaped like a breast discovered at the Kamikuroiwa ruins in Ehime Prefecture.
The item, discovered during an excavation project in 1961, was believed to be between 10,000 and 12,000 years old, from the Incipient Jomon period (around 10,000 B.C. to 7,500 B.C.)
The latest artifact was excavated from a layer of earth dating from the late Paleolithic period (around 30,000 B.C. to 10,000 B.C.) in the town of Takarabe, officials said.
Retrived via source: Japan Times website.
See related: 旧石器時代館(鹿児島末吉町) Paleolithic Stone Age Museum (Sueyoshi-cho, Kagoshima)
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San Francisco to Remove 19th Century Statue That Some Say is Racist and Demeaning to Native Americans
The "Early Days" statue depicts a Native American at the feet of a Spanish cowboy and a Catholic missionary. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)
A San Francisco board has voted unanimously to remove a 19th century statue that activists say is racist and demeaning to indigenous people.
The unanimous decision Wednesday night by the San Francisco Board of Appeals involves the "Early Days" statue, which depicts a Native American at the feet of a Spanish cowboy and a Catholic missionary. It is part of a group of statues near City Hall that tell the story of the founding of California.
The San Francisco Arts Commission spokeswoman Kate Patterson said the statue will be removed as soon as possible but wouldn't give an exact date, citing security concerns.
Native American activists have tried to have the statue removed for decades. They renewed efforts last year after clashes broke out around the country over Confederate monuments.
"This has been a tough 30-plus years. But this is wonderful," Dee Dee Ybarra, an Ohlone tribal leader who urged the commissioners to remove the statue, told the San Francisco Chronicle.
After it is removed from public viewing, the statue will be restored and put in storage until officials decide what to do with it, Patterson said.
Several entities, including a museum in California, have expressed interest in housing it, she added.
In April, the board unanimously voted to overturn a decision by the Arts Commission to remove the sculpture. At the time, appeals board member Rick Swig called the statue "horrible" but said removing it from public view would squash free speech.
The quasi-judicial, five-member body agreed in June to reconsider its decision.
Earlier this year, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to end the Columbus Day holiday and celebrate indigenous people and Italian Americans on the second Monday of October.
Board members said native people suffered greatly after explorer Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
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Jeff Mullenax is a combat veteran from the Unites States Marine Corp. He has spent 13 years as a law enforcement officer in Texas. He is a TTPOA advanced SWAT Operator, advanced SWAT Sniper, and Current Drug Interdiction K9 handler with Troy PD. Jeff has dedicated his career to helping fellow officers remain fit and proficient in defensive tactics. Jeff is a BJJ Brown belt, Professional Submission Grappler, IBJJF NoGi world champion, and USAW National Weightlifting Champion.
Tim Kennedy's legend began at his local Army recruiter's office on September 12th, 2001. His training to earn his Green Beret was featured in the book "Chosen Soldier." Kennedy is now a Ranger qualified Special Forces Sniper with deployments in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and multiple other deployments around the world. He is the only soldier to win the grueling 3 day All Army Combatives Tournament three times. Kennedy has a black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Modern Army Combatives. He is also one of the top ranked mixed martial arts fighters in the world, a position he achieved while simultaneously serving his country at the highest levels of special operations. He is currently ranked among the top Middleweights in the UFC. Tim has been featured on many television shows, most recently "Hunting Hitler" on the History Channel
Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician.
Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars with Tim Kennedy on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.
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Having to deliver these harsh words to a recent client was not a pleasant task. As an organization consultant and talent acquisition specialist, I was asked to find a new Aviation Manager for a billion dollar technology company. After meeting with the HR folks, I asked to meet with the entrepreneur founder and CEO, who I will call "John." Here's the gist of the conversation we had about how to create a new and different path for the leadership of his aviation department.
John leaned forward, listening intently.
"John, what happened here is very common among organizations with aviation services. An aviation department is not part of your core business. As a result, it is often treated differently. In some organizations, that may be appropriate. In most, it is not.
If a scenario like this applies to your company, these four steps will help you set up your Aviation Manager for success.
1 Create a vision statement for your Aviation Department. It should clearly express how aviation services support the success of your core business and your travelers. Who does it serve, why, and how? Your vision statement is a fluid document: it can and should be amended any time a significant business change occurs. Without a well-conceived, well-written vision, Department members are apt to "make it up as they go," individually or as a group, either intuitively or in reaction to unplanned input.
Safety and Security: Identify and mitigate all significant risks.
Efficiency: Run the department as efficiently as possible without sacrificing Safety, Security, and Service.
Relationship management with customers, vendors, staff, and other key constituents.
Budget the time, dollars, and staff capacity needed to implement these plans.
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Enjoy the best inspirational, motivational, positive, funny and famous quotes by Anna Wickham. Use words and picture quotations to push forward and inspire you keep going in life!
Desire and longing are the whips of God.
I feel that women of my kind are a profound mistake. There have been few women poets of distinction, and, if we count only the suicides of Sappho, Lawrence Hope and Charlotte Mew, their despair rate has been very high.


"hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
"why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"
"a stuffy feeling in my chest"
The office was so stuffy that, knowing the Chief was away, the Secretary stripped to the shirt.
The atmosphere is very stuffy in here can we open a window?
Our office is really stuffy.
Listening to a stuffy debate in the Senate.


World's most expensive country for tourist is Switzerland, so how am I planning under $1000 for 7 nights?
Switzerland is the most expensive travel destination in Europe for a tourist in 2016. This is my assessment according to the World Economic Forum Travel & Tourism Report 2015 and several other sources.
So how am I planning a week in Switzerland for under $1,000?
Factors to consider are I am traveling solo and I will stay in highly ranked TripAdvisor hotels, mostly 4-star rated. I plan to visit Locarno and Zermatt and ride mountain cable car trams, hike in the Alps and take trains across the country. And eat food for a week.
What I have learned after five days studying travel in Switzerland is hotels are expensive and food is expensive, but those are travel budget expenses I am expert at discounting. What I can't get around are the high transportation costs to use the Swiss Rail network of trains, busses. boats and cable cars. There are plenty of lakes to cross and mountains to climb in Switzerland.
Transportation is the extraordinary expense for a traveler in Switzerland that far exceeds my typical expectations for a travel destination. Basically the way I found to minimize travel expense for Switzerland is go to a destination and hang out there for a while. Any travel between cities and towns in Switzerland using trains will average $20 to $40 on a deeply discounted train ticket, $40 to $70 on a half-price ticket, and $80 to $140 on a regular fare ticket. Mountain cable cars are $50 to $100+ per round trip to get high up on Alpine peaks from valley floor ski resort villages.
The way around the high cost of train travel in Switzerland is stay put in one region and buy a local regional pass. Geneva has a fantastic 3-day travel card deal for 40.50 EUR or about $45 that gives all local transportation free and admission to dozens of museums for free. I was all set for a Geneva museum and lakeside vacation, but I cannot find a hotel deal under $120 USD per night for Geneva.
Zurich has the hotel deals. The city may rank most expensive in international travel city lists, but my observations reveal hotel rates in Zurich are about the lowest priced place in Switzerland in September 2016. I found far better deals in Zurich than Geneva.
Friday to Sunday September 9-11, 2016 (2-for-1 Club Carlson Gold elite rate).
Radisson Blu Zurich Airport = $120.29 per night.
Park Inn Zurich Airport = $62.51 per night.
Hard to beat $65 per night rate (after city tax) for September in Zurich, Switzerland.
A ZurichCard is $50 for 3-days with free local transportation and many museum admission benefits.
In a place like Zermatt, the 7-day Matterhorn Peak Pass offers one week of local train transportation and unlimited rides on several mountain cable cars for under $20 per day, compared to $104 USD for a single day return ticket on one cable car up to Matterhorn glacier paradise. There are restaurants, hiking trails in summer, alpine lakes, and different vistas to photograph from high peaks. Switzerland ranks as global leader for environmental sustainability and many villages in Switzerland are car-free. .
While $1,000 for one week may sound like a a lot to some travelers, in Switzerland this means finding some serious discount prices for hotels and transportation.
The typical travel budget for a tourist is disproportionately spent on food and hotels. These are the two factors that seriously skew the findings for any travel-oriented survey like ones frequently cited in travel publications and articles.
That is a business executive's day of spend.
Food and hotels are something I find easy to budget, primarily by eating grocery store food just like I do at home in California.
Booking hotels using hotel loyalty points has geographical limitations as any Hyatt Gold Passport loyalist knows. The advantage of programs like Best Western Rewards and Wyndham Rewards is there are hundreds of hotel properties in places around the world where there are no other chain brand hotels for miles. Best Western Rewards has 2,000 hotels outside the USA. That is their competitive advantage in the hotel loyalty program world.
September 1-5, 2016 = 8,000 points per night or $226 to $308 per night for paid rate.
32,000 points for four nights or more than $1,000 for four nights.
Best Western Rewards points were sold this month on Daily Getaways 10,000 points for $55.
32,000 BWR points were sold for $176 through Daily Getaways one-day sale.
Loyalty Traveler – Going to Switzerland? Consider buying Best Western Rewards points (March 29, 2016).
Budget travelers heading to Switzerland will find Best Western Rewards, Club Carlson and Wyndham Rewards offer far better value and many more hotel choices relative to Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, and Starwood points for hotel stays using points. Those upper upscale and luxury hotels in Switzerland like W Verbier or Park Hyatt Zurich come with both luxury hotel rates and high reward prices. Sure, your Marriott hotel points will put you in a downtown chain hotel like Marriott Zurich, but you are going to burn through a lot of points to spend 7 nights in Switzerland.
This Loyalty Traveler targeted Switzerland as my primary destination for a September two week trip. My tourist wallet is armed primarily with hotel points and a low limit credit card. I will find out if I can spend seven nights in Switzerland at 4-star hotels using mostly points and some cash, while staying within a total travel budget under $1,000, including the price of acquiring hotel points redeemed for the seven hotel nights, the price for food, all in-country transportation, including activities, and at least a couple of cable car mountain rides to places like the Matterhorn (time to go ride the real thing since Disneyland dismantled the aerial tram from my youth).
Use blablacar to move between cities for cheap. There was a swiss VRBO kind of site which listed pretty cheap rentals. My parents visited September, 2014. Stayed in Montreux for $65. 2 nights in GImmelwald for $120/night and one night near Interlaken for $85/night. They were really happy with the apartments.
Hello. I am only commenting on this post seeing that it's your most recent. I just read the article about your lost luggage with spirit airlines. I'm having that same problem as of this morning after a nonstop flight from LAX to Phoenix. The agent in Phoenix only gave me a number for LAX to call for myself and still has yet to file the report for all of the locations to view. I am getting more and more stressed out about this. I noticed someone was able to help you reach customer service. Do you still have a contact number or do you have any tips? My bag was not left behind at LAX and the only other spirit flight near the same time as mine was headed to Houston. I tried calling someone at that location but it's going to voicemail.
I am going through a Switzerland planning exercise RIGHT now. Talk about great timing!
The 2-4-1 Club Carlson hotel is a good find. It's available in July too.
What happened to your idea of using Wyndham points? Did you decide on Best Western Zermatt instead (or in addition)?
One way we will try to save money is to fly into Lyon and rent a car from there–we will need to pay about $40 for a Swiss highway sticker but I like having my own wheels.
Annency is very close to Geneva, FR and a relatively cheap stay.
For the Wyndham Rewards hotels, have you found a single unified map with all of the various brands listed? As far as I can see, there's no such thing, so you have to search each brand individually. In fact, there is no map, only a listing by country and city!
Help! Please tell me you found something!
I found that Basel wasn't exorbitantly priced when looking around (it helps that you can go to Mulhouse, which is REALLY cheap for Accor, and Freiburg is not all that expensive as well).
@bluecat – I have used this list when searching countries for Wyndham Hotels.
@bluecat – I have a couple of Wyndham hotels booked too in Switzerland. Will probably only stay at one of the hotels. My trip also includes nights in Italian Alps and Best Western and Choice Hotels.
Thanks for that list of Wyndham hotels, Rick.
You guys should use awardmapper.com. You can filter by chain and/or points amount and it shows Best Western, Choice and Wyndham as well as the majors. I've messaged the guy who runs the site when I've found something out of date and he's very responsive.
@Lisa – that is kind of useful, although I quickly noticed several Best Western hotel locations in Switzerland marked for properties that are no longer part of Best Western chain.
I'm sitting in the Basel Radisson Blu right now. We are finding the food expensive and haven't seen a $1 beer anywhere.
@Asar – I checked BlaBlaCar and did not see Switzerland as one of the countries.
@j – Beer was the equivalent of $3.50 USD for a six-pack in 2013 in the Coop grocery store. Numbeo.com shows 0.5L bottle of beer at $1.83. That is quite a jump in price.
Have you checked beer price in markets?
@Lisa – AwardMapper.com made me aware of several SPG Design hotels I did not know about in Switzerland. Too pricey for me, but good to know.
@kara – Sorry to hear about your bag. I don't have a Spirit contact number anymore. That Spirit flight four years ago was the first and last time I flew the airline.
@Bas – Realize after reading this again that I never mentioned Swiss Pass. That is what the Swiss Toruism Board pushes. It is over $300 for four days of transportation. I am going to Switzerland to hang out and hike, not to spend four days on a train.
Anyway, my analysis quickly went beyond Swiss Pass to look at Swiss Transit Pass giving two days travel for the arrival day to your destination and departure date out of Switzerland for about $150 USD.
The best deal for me is probably a Swiss transit pass and Half-Price Pass for what I plan to do.
I just finalized my plans for a week this summer. My son and I will be flying in to ZUR and out of GVA. One-way car rental for the week was $250. We have 2 nights in Einsiedeln (from where we visit Liechtenstein and Luzern) and 2 in the Berner_Oberlander area (we park the car in Lauterbrunnen).
To save some money, we will skip Swiss cable car rides to the top of mountains and, instead, do that in Chamonix, FR, where we spend the next 3 nights.
With the car, we had the freedom of switching around the locations. I suspect that, for a person travelling alone, the trains would be the cheaper option.


The zero-carbon development requirements in the London Plan, which promotes Lean, Clean and Green development, have encouraged the implementation of district energy networks, which deliver significant energy efficiencies over traditional heating solutions. In the latest example of the growing adoption of this technology, Metropolitan, alongside its partner Vital Energi, announced today that it has been awarded the contract to design, build and operate the district energy network for St. Andrew's Park, the new community being built near Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The new community, located on the site of the former RAF Uxbridge base, consists of more than 656 homes and 30,000m2 of commercial space including a hotel, a care home, a theatre and offices. The contract, awarded by St. Modwen Properties and Vinci PLC, is to supply low-carbon heat to all the buildings on the site.
Greater London Authority (GLA) building regulations stipulate that the target for both domestic and non-domestic developments in London is for a 35% carbon-emission reduction beyond standard building regulations. This ambition has led to the requirement that developers should prioritise connection to existing or planned district energy networks where feasible, and the Mayor's expectation is that localised decentralised systems, or district energy networks, will generate 25% of the heat and power used in London by 2025.
For St. Andrew's Park, Metropolitan, assisted by Vital Energi, will build, own and operate a heat network and a gas-fired Combined Heat and Power (CHP) energy centre. Metropolitan's solution will provide a 30% saving on carbon emissions compared with the more traditional solution of generating electricity separately and providing heat from individual boilers in homes. This delivery of low-carbon heat will contribute to the Development meeting the zero-carbon requirement set out in the London Plan.
District energy is a very flexible heat solution, enabling networks to be extended and heat sources to be changed as and when required. At St. Andrew's Park, for example, a temporary energy centre will supply the initial 350 homes until the main energy centre is completed in 2021.
Residents and commercial customers at St. Andrew's Park will directly benefit from efficient heat generation. Typically, district energy networks result in lower fuel bills for customers, and Metropolitan has guaranteed that at St. Andrew's Park heat costs will never exceed those incurred by a traditional gas-boiler solution. Furthermore, the installation of heat interface units with smart in-house displays as part of the network will allow customers to keep track of exactly how much heat they are using, and will enable Metropolitan to monitor the efficiency of heat delivery ensuring that customers are billed on actual real-time readings rather than estimated.
Metropolitan has extensive experience in designing and operating such networks, for example, at the prestigious King's Cross development in London, also supported by Vital. There, the heat network has delivered higher-than-planned heat-generation efficiencies, achieving a CHP Quality Assurance Certificate QI rating 10 points above the expected level whilst customers have saved up to 5% on bills.
Richard Carter, Senior Construction Manager of St. Modwen Properties, said: "We are delighted to be working with Metropolitan on the St. Andrew's Park development, as we are committed to improve the sustainability and efficiency of our projects. Metropolitan has a very strong track record in implementing district energy networks that deliver both carbon-emission savings and lower fuel bills for residents."


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AUSTRALIAN REINED COW HORSE ASSOCIATION
In the competitive reined cow horse arena, the finesse of modern horsemanship blends seamlessly with time-tested training methods. The show horses of today trace their performance roots to the meticulous, centuries-old process used by the California vaquero to create his most valuable working partner: a horse that could be controlled by a whisper-light touch on the reins, yet still possess the speed and grit to master the rankest cattle. The culture of the vaquero springs from the early Spanish and Mexican horseman of California who managed range-bred livestock on the vast "Californio" ranches during the 18th to the and part of the 19th centuries. Many historical accounts describe the rank and wild nature of these cattle. The vaqueros needed a quick-footed, intelligent horse with nerves of steel to assist them with daily chores like branding, sorting and doctoring. A trusted cow horse was a necessity, not an option, and over time, the vaquero developed a training system still revered for its elegance and precision.
For almost 150 years, the reined cow horse was famous throughout California and into the West. In the early- to mid-19th century, the Gold Rush changed the complexion and future of California. The influx of newcomers into the Golden State helped to dissolve the vast cattle ranches of earlier days. On the ranches that did remain, modern livestock management techniques and machinery eventually eliminated much of the need for a well-trained, versatile working horse.
By the early 20th century, the reined cow horse had gone from being a necessity to a luxury, and there was little activity to sustain the history or background of this training tradition. Most ranchers were struggling to survive the Great Depression. This trend continued through World War II; few people had the time to be concerned with the history, the horses and the training programs of "the old days."
The National Reined Cow Horse Association was formed in 1949, with the goal of preserving and educating the public about the rich history of this traditional horsemanship. The NRCHA is responsible for promoting the sport and ensuring high standards of competition. The organization was originally called the California Reined Cow Horse Association. Despite the name change, the association has continued to celebrate the early California traditions of highly-trained working cow horses and today, 64 years after its creation, continues to work to keep the vaquero tradition alive in today's equine industry.
The ARCHA is the Australian Affiliate of the NRCHA and we strive to maintain the standard of excellence within Reined Cow Horse here in Australia. The ARCHA supports numerous affiliate clubs across the country in the efforts to promote the growth of Reined Cow Horse. These groups serve as the association's backbone, holding ARCHA-sanctioned competitions and events each year. The affiliate clubs often provide the starting point for riders who are interested in reined cow horses.
ARCHA HALL OF FAME
Selection and nominating criteria procedures for the ARCHA Hall Of Fame are as follows:
Candidate must be or have been proactive in furthering the Reined Cow Horse industry and the ARCHA, having demonstrated service to the association.
Candidate may be a person or horse. Horses must be deceased.
NOMINATING CRITERIA:
Nominees must meet the Selection Criteria as outlined by the ARCHA Selection Committee and the ARCHA Approved Selection Criteria.
President will appoint a Committee Chairman and ARCHA executive committee will appoint a three member sub committee.
Selection Committee shall submit recommended candidates to the ARCHA Board of Directors for approval on or before 31st October, annually.
Nominated horses and individuals will remain on the nomination roster for three years before they need to be resubmitted.
Selection Committee additionally may recommend one (1) individual, not recommended by the ARCHA membership or nominating procedure.
Selection Committee may offer for consideration up to six (6) individuals for consideration by the ARCHA Board Of Directors.
SELECTION APPROVAL:
Board of Directors may approve for selection by vote to the ARCHA Hall Of Fame no more than a total of three (3) candidates annually on or before 31st October.
Members are invited to nominate candidates for the Hall Of Fame, using the nomination forms below:
Rider Nomination Form
Horse Nomination Form
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Rep. Lamar Smith Is Fighting Climate Science. Again.
Rep. Lamar Smith, anti-science since before dinosaurs were confined to zoos.
Well, we have to hand it to Rep. Lamar Smith: The dude is consistent. Since becoming chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, the good congressman from San Antonio has been doing his best to use his new subpoena powers to push his anti-climate science views as far as they will go.
Right now, he's got National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in his sights. As chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Smith recently issued a very interesting subpoena to Kathryn Sullivan, the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Smith asked for a sweeping amount of information from the NOAA, including all documents and communications from NOAA employees about how they work with global temperature data sets, looking at everything from how employees have talked about using satellite data to the monthly press releases on the global temperature that are issued to the public.
So why is Smith suddenly so interested in temperature data sets and NOAA emails? Well, it's because the ardent climate change denier from the 21st Congressional District in Texas is intent on disproving one particular study, "Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus" that was published by Thomas Karl and other colleagues back in June in Science. The study casts doubt on the much vaunted global warming "pause" from 1998 to 2012 that climate deniers like Smith love to bring up when shutting down the notion of climate change. Well, Karl just happens to work at the NOAA as director of the National Centers for Environmental Information.
First, Smith made three written requests demanding information about Karl's study. The NOAA responded in writing and in personal briefs. But that didn't satisfy Smith and the committee so he upped the ante and subpoenaed records from Sullivan.
Johnson pointed out that the subpoena requests information from the NOAA on the data and methodologies used in the study, despite the fact that the information requested is already accessible to the public. She also noted that Smith's demand letters indicated that the scientific study "was of some consequence and could potentially have an effect on policy decisions" despite the fact that "the issue in question is a scientific research study, not a policy decision by a federal agency." She also noted that neither Smith or his team has enough scientific expertise, in her view, to even assess and interpret what they might get from NOAA.
"The baseless conflict you have created by issuing the October 13 subpoena is representative of a disturbing pattern in your use of Congressional power since your Chairmanship began. In the past two years and ten months that you have presided as Chairman of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology you have issued more subpoenas (six) than were issued in the prior 54 year history of the Committee. That prior Committee history is filled with extensive legitimate oversight concerning consequential events — oftentimes quite literally matters of life and death. Yet none of the prior eleven Chairs of our Committee exercised their authority with the degree of partisan brashness as is now the case in our Committee."
Johnson wasn't the only one to get fed up with the subpoena. It was issued on October 13 but the NOAA announced that it won't be complying with the subpoena since the NOAA officials see it as an "overreach." Instead the NOAA officials pointed out that they actually have presented all of this information to the committee and that to comply with the subpoena would be giving up the confidentiality between scientists that helps them do their work, according a letter Coby Dolan, director of NOAA's Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, sent Smith on Tuesday. Also, much of the information that has been requested is not only publicly available, but is actually currently available online.
Considering Smith and his staff had trouble grasping some of the things that the NOAA officials presented to them, according to Johnson — she noted in her letter that the "NOAA attempted to explain certain aspects of the methodology about which the Majority was apparently confused" — it's possible the NOAA just decided it was easier to skip complying at all rather than try and go back and explain how the internet works.