As the song goes "my anaconda don't want none unless you've got buns hun!" Well I got ya covered... that is if we are referring to hair buns. If you've ever heard the phrase the higher the hair the closer to Heaven then I am right at those Pearly Gates!
When I was in junior high I took a class similar to a "modern" Home Ec class. We learned about cooking, raised those fake crying babies and even learned about fashion. Well, let me put this another way. We watched some terrible video telling us about how horrible horizontal stripes were. This video is seared into my brain, and I literally think of it every time I wear horizontal stripes aka the devil's pattern. Despite this complete waste of time video, I am happy to have this sweater!
Every year I see dozens of posts loudly proclaiming that yes, indeed, you can wear white after Labor Day. These are usually followed by proclamations that the earth is round and other groundbreaking revelations. Everybody gets it. Everybody knows it. Yet people still feel the need to tell you what you can and can't wear and when. So it comes as no surprise that I DGAF about the fact that this color palette is more spring/summer than fall. I'll wear hot pink any ole time!
I was in Ohio for the past several days, and I absolutely had to hit up my favorite second hand shop. I scored this winter coat, a great pair of work pants, a leather sweater and hot pink peplum top for less than $40. I guess there was a bright spot in my week!
Speaking of winter coats, I guess we don't put our arms through the armholes anymore. I don't know who decided this, but it's been ruled on and this is the way it is. To hell with function, winter coats should remain on your shoulders ready to slip off with the slightest movement. Sticking you arms through the armholes is just soooo done.
I'm with her. That's all I'll say about that.


In this class, Mother says that there is something in every person that is instinctively open to the influence of their soul, their psychic being. There is something in each one of us which is turned to our soul and receiving its influence. It's different for different people; and there are two things – two main things. The first one is the part of our being which has enthusiasm for something. This enthusiasm awakens our whole being, and makes us give ourselves completely into the thing we choose to do, or what we choose to be. Like the artist who gives him- or herself completely to their art.
Mother says that people are born with one or the other of these two kinds of inner action. And they are the two things which prepare people the most for spiritual progress.
Mother also says that we can consciously develop the one which we are born with. And then we are consciously developing our contact with the presence of our own soul, and that presence will increase.
This is another guidance for people who are doing Sri Aurobindo's Yoga, and who want to realize their own soul. Because, to have it be active, and be guiding – in front of their being, and helping them – is the most important thing for the Yoga. Mother and Sri Aurobindo said constantly that when we realize our psychic being, everything will be much easier for us. It is the first major step: the first step to be reached in the practice of Sri Aurobindo's Yoga.
For most people, what their own soul really is remains a mystery for a long time – years, sometimes decades. Here's a good solid practical hint about how we can get to tell what our own soul is doing in us. We can use this understanding to know when our soul is active in our daily life.
In Sri Aurobindo's conversations with Pavitra, in September of 1926 – just a few months before Sri Aurobindo retired to his room – he told Pavitra that, "without a psychic aspiration, nothing in this yoga is possible".
In this class, Mother says that in every being – even in what one could call the worst, the really bad ones – there is something that aspires for the Divine. And she also speaks about progress in all the planes of our being: mental, vital, physical.
Here, at the end of the year 1955, she says that at the point which the physical being had reached, it did not go on progressing like the mental being and the vital being. She said that the physical being grows and then decomposes, because of its lack of plasticity and receptivity, and by its very nature. However, she also says that this is not inevitable, and she gives us the clear idea that this will change.
This class ends the year 1955. The next class will be in 1956. 1956 is the year that the supramental consciousness will begin to manifest in the consciousness upon earth. And we're going to hear a lot about it in the class; and there's also more information that comes in the Mother's Agenda, in her talks with Satprem.
We're going to see that the first manifestation comes on February 29th of 1956. And from that time – reading Mother's Agenda – we read, continually, descriptions about how in Mother's physical body, the consciousness of her cells goes on changing. Here in this class, she says that perhaps – "perhaps even the cellular — the molecular and atomic, is progressing in its capacity to express the divine Force and Consciousness". But we're going to see that this cellular progress is going to increase.
This is one of the themes which runs like a continuous thread throughout Mother's experiences in the Agenda. And it goes all the way to the end of the Agenda in 1973.
This week, we have the original French tape-recording of Mother's class. In the coming year of , Mother's classes were also tape-recorded, and so we can hear what she says, and hear her voice in French, speaking to her class about changes in the physical consciousness as time goes on.
Sweet Mother, what is "an all-receiving concentration that is the very nature of the integral Yoga"?
No — a concentration which is open to all that exists; it is a concentration which does not oppose anything. It is a concentration which is open. It means that one must not reject certain things from himself and practise an exclusive concentration on a particular point while neglecting all the others. All the possibilities should be admitted and pursued.
What is this something which aspires, Sweet Mother?
It is a part of the being which is not always the same in everyone, and which is instinctively open to the influence of the psychic.
There is always one part — sometimes indeed quite veiled, of which we are not conscious — something in the being which is turned to the psychic and receiving its influence. This is the intermediary between the psychic consciousness and the external consciousness.
It is not the same thing in everyone; in each one it is different. It is the point in his nature or character through which he can touch the psychic and where he can receive the psychic influence. It depends upon people; for each one it is different; everyone has a point like this.
You may also feel that there are certain things which suddenly push you, lift you above yourself, open a kind of door upon something greater. It can be many things; and it depends upon each one's nature. It's the part of the being which enthuses over something; it is this capacity for enthusiasm.
There are two principal things. This, the capacity for enthusiasm which makes one come out of his greater or lesser inertia in order to throw himself more or less totally into the thing which rouses him. As for instance, the artist for his art, the scientist for his science. And in general, every person who creates or builds has an opening, the opening of a special faculty, a special possibility, creating an enthusiasm in him. When this is active, something in the being awakens, and there is a participation of almost the whole being in the thing done.
There is this. And then there are those who have an innate faculty of gratitude, those who have an ardent need to respond, respond with warmth, devotion, joy, to something which they feel like a marvel hidden behind the whole of life, behind the tiniest little element, the least little event of life, who feel this sovereign beauty or infinite Grace which is behind all things.
I knew people who had no knowledge, so to say, of anything, who were hardly educated, whose minds were altogether of the ordinary kind, and who had in them this capacity of gratitude, of warmth, which gives itself, understands and is thankful.
Well, for them, the contact with the psychic was very frequent, almost constant and, to the extent that they were capable of it, conscious — not very conscious but a little — in the sense that they felt that they were carried, helped, uplifted above themselves.
These two things prepare people the most. They are born with one or the other; and if they take the trouble, it develops gradually, it increases.
We say: the capacity for enthusiasm, something which throws you out of your miserable and mean little ego; and the generous gratitude, the generosity of the gratitude which also flings itself in thanksgiving out of the little ego. These are the two most powerful levers to enter into contact with the Divine in one's psychic being. This serves as a link with the psychic being — the surest link.
Sweet Mother, does something aspire even in the most nasty people?
In the most nasty people?... yes, my child — even in the Asuras, even in the Adversaries, even in the monsters, there is something.
There is always a corner, a kind of rift, a sensitive point, which is usually called a weakness. But this actually is the strength of the being, the point by which it can be touched.
For even in the most obscure and misled beings, even in those whose conscious will is to fight against the Divine, in spite of themselves, in spite of everything, their origin is divine. And they work in vain, try in vain to cut themselves off from their origin; they cannot do it. Deliberately, consciously, they try all they can; but they know very well they cannot do it. Even the most monstrous being there is always a means to touch.
The Divine, the Divine's action in the world, always acts as a limit to the excess of evil, and at the same time gives an unlimited power to the good. And it is this unlimited power of the good which, externally, in the manifestation, serves as a limit to the spreading of evil.
Naturally, to the very limited vision of human beings it seems sometimes that evil has no limits and that it goes to its extreme. But this extreme itself is a limit. There is always a halt, because there is a point where the Divine rises up and says, "You won't go any farther." Whether it be the great destructions of Nature or men's monstrosities, there is always a moment when the Divine intervenes and prevents things from going farther.
Sweet Mother, do those who have this aspiration without knowing it also progress without knowing it?
Then everybody is progressing, always, isn't that so?
In a certain way, yes. Only it may not be apparent in one lifetime, because when there is no conscious participation of the being, the movement is relatively slow, even relative to the short duration of human life. And so it is quite possible, for example, that at the moment of death a being seems not to have progressed, and even sometimes it seems to have been going backwards, to have lost what it had at the beginning of its life. But if we take the great life-curve of its psychic being through many lives, there is always a progress. Each experience it had in one of its physical lifetimes helps it to make some progress. But it is the psychic being which always progresses.
The physical being, in the state in which it is at present — well, having reached a certain point of ascent, it comes down again. There are elements which may not come down again grossly; but still it does come down, one can't deny it.
The vital being — not necessarily, nor the mental being. The vital being, if it knows how to get connected with the universal force, can very easily have no retrogression; it can continue to ascend. And the mental being, it's absolutely certain, is completely free from all degeneration if it continues to develop normally. So these always make progress so long as they remain co-ordinated and under the influence of the psychic.
It is only the physical being which grows and decomposes. But this comes from its lack of plasticity and receptivity and by its very nature; it is not inevitable. Therefore there is room to think that at a given moment, as the physical consciousness itself progresses consciously and deliberately, well, to a certain extent and increasingly the body itself will be able, first to resist decay — which, obviously, must be the first movement — and then gradually begin to grow in inner perfection till it overcomes the forces of decomposition.
But truly speaking, it's the only thing which for the moment does not progress. Everything else is progressing.
But this substance itself — that is, this material physical substance which forms it constitutes an organism which lives for a certain length of time in a given form and then this form declines and dissolves — the substance itself constituting these successive forms progresses through all these forms. That is, the molecular, cellular substance — perhaps even the cellular — the molecular and atomic, is progressing in its capacity to express the divine Force and Consciousness. Through all these organisms this substance becomes more and more conscious, more and more luminous, more and more receptive, until it reaches a perfection sufficient for it to become a possible vehicle for the divine Force itself which will be able to use it as it uses the elements of the other parts of the creation, like the mind or the vital.
And at that moment the physical substance will be ready to manifest in the world the new Consciousness, new Light, new Will. Through all the centuries, through countless lives, passing through innumerable organisms, using countless experiences it, so to speak, becomes refined; it is prepared, and becomes more and more receptive and open to the divine Forces.
So, a man as a momentary individual being may not appear to progress. But the progress is continued through him, as through all organisms.
(To a child) You seem to think that it is not very consoling!
All the same it is a consolation, because, in fact, it is only for each individual being to precipitate the movement of progress by working consciously at it. That freedom is given to everyone, so one has only to profit by it.
There is no ineluctable law preventing anybody from participating consciously in the universal progress. This freedom is given to him.
No more questions?... Nothing?... Nothing more?... (To a child) Or you have something to ask?
Sweet Mother, when one sees in one's dream a white snake with two heads, what does it signify?
It is difficult to say. Logically it should mean purified energy.
It was in this room, Sweet Mother. I don't know who was there, but in Gauri's drawer, here, there was the snake, and as soon as I opened it, it came out. Then you took it by the tail, and it bit you — but that did nothing. Then you let it go out by the other window.
You are sure that it bit me?
Still, you remember it like that.
Here, Sweet Mother, where you keep the flowers.
Not threw it, but you let it go out from there. You put it on the window and it went out.
The eyes? You didn't see them?
Two or three days ago, I think.
Douce Mère, qu'est‑ce que c'est, « une concentration ouverte à tout ce que caractérise essentiellement le yoga intégral » ?
Non — une concentration qui est ouverte à tout ce qui est ; c'est une concentration qui ne s'oppose à aucune chose. Ce n'est pas « une concentration ouverte », c'est une concentration qui est ouverte... Cela veut dire qu'il ne faut pas rejeter de soi certaines choses, et faire une concentration exclusive sur un point donné en négligeant tous les autres. Toutes les possibilités doivent être admises et poursuivies.
Quelle est cette chose, Douce Mère, qui aspire ?
C'est la partie de notre être, qui n'est pas toujours la même dans tous, et qui est instinctivement ouverte à l'influence du psychique.
Il y a toujours une partie — quelquefois justement très voilée, dont nous ne sommes pas conscients — il y a toujours dans l'être quelque chose qui est tourné vers le psychique et qui reçoit son influence. C'est ce qui est l'intermédiaire entre la conscience psychique et la conscience extérieure. Ce n'est pas dans tout le monde la même chose ; dans chacun c'est différent. C'est le point de sa nature ou de son caractère par lequel il peut toucher le psychique, où il peut recevoir l'influence psychique. Cela dépend des gens ; pour chacun c'est différent ; chacun a un point comme ça.
On peut sentir aussi qu'il y a certaines choses qui tout d'un coup vous poussent, vous élèvent au-dessus de vous-même, ouvrent comme une porte sur quelque chose de plus grand. Cela peut être beaucoup de choses ; et cela dépend de la nature de chacun. C'est la partie de l'être qui s'enthousiasme pour quelque chose ; c'est cette capacité d'enthousiasme.
Il y a deux choses principales. Celle-là, la capacité de s'enthousiasmer, qui fait qu'on sort de son inertie plus ou moins grande, pour se jeter d'une façon plus ou moins totale dans la chose qui vous enthousiasme. Par exemple, l'artiste pour son art, le savant pour sa science. Et en général, toute personne qui crée ou qui construit a une ouverture, l'ouverture d'une faculté spéciale, d'une possibilité spéciale, qui crée en vous un enthousiasme. Quand cela peut être actif, alors quelque chose de l'être s'éveille, et il y a une participation de presque tout l'être à la chose faite.
Il y a ça. Et puis il y a ceux qui ont une faculté innée de gratitude, ceux qui ont un besoin ardent de répondre, de répondre avec chaleur, dévouement, joie, à quelque chose qu'ils sentent comme une merveille qui est cachée derrière toute la vie, derrière le moindre petit élément, le moindre petit événement de la vie, qui sentent cette beauté souveraine ou cette Grâce infinie qui est derrière toutes choses.
J'ai connu des gens qui ne savaient pour ainsi dire rien, qui étaient très peu éduqués, dont le mental était d'une qualité tout à fait ordinaire, et qui avaient en eux cette capacité de gratitude, de chaleur qui se donne, qui comprend et qui remercie. Eh bien, pour eux, le contact avec le psychique était très fréquent, presque constant, et dans la mesure où ils en étaient capables, était conscient — pas très conscient, mais un peu conscient —, dans le sens qu'ils se sentaient portés, aidés, soulevés au-dessus d'eux-mêmes.
Ce sont les deux choses qui préparent le plus les gens. Ils sont nés avec l'une ou l'autre ; et s'ils en prennent la peine, ça se développe petit à petit, ça grandit.
Nous disons : la capacité d'enthousiasme, quelque chose qui vous projette en dehors de votre petit ego misérable et mesquin ; et la gratitude généreuse, la générosité de la gratitude qui se jette aussi, en reconnaissance, en dehors du petit ego. Ce sont les deux plus puissants leviers pour entrer en contact avec le Divin dans son être psychique. C'est ça qui sert de lien avec l'être psychique — le lien le plus sûr.
Douce Mère, est‑ce que dans les êtres les plus vilains quelque chose aspire ?
Dans les êtres les plus vilains ? Oui, mon petit. Même dans les asuras, même dans les Adversaires, même dans les monstres, il y a quelque chose. Il y a toujours un coin, une sorte de faille, un point sensible, que généralement on appelle une faiblesse. Mais celle-là c'est la force de l'être, le point par lequel ils peuvent être touchés.
Parce que même dans l'être le plus obscur et le plus dévoyé, même dans celui dont la volonté consciente est de lutter contre le Divin, malgré eux, malgré tout, leur origine est divine. Et ils ont beau faire, beau essayer de se couper de leur origine, ils ne le peuvent pas. Volontairement, consciemment, ils essayent tout ce qu'ils peuvent ; mais ils savent très bien qu'ils ne le peuvent pas. Même l'être le plus monstrueux, il y a toujours un moyen de le toucher.
Le Divin, l'action du Divin dans le monde agit toujours comme une limite à l'excès du mal, et en même temps donne une puissance illimitée au bien. Et c'est cette puissance illimitée du bien qui, extérieurement, dans la manifestation, sert de limite à l'expansion du mal. Naturellement, pour la vision très limitée des êtres humains, il paraît quelquefois que le mal n'a pas de limites, et qu'il va jusqu'à son maximum. Mais ce maximum lui-même est une limite. Il y a toujours un arrêt, parce qu'il y a un point où le Divin se dresse et dit : « T u n'iras pas plus loin. » Que ce soient les grandes destructions de la Nature, ou les monstruosités des hommes, il y a toujours un moment où le Divin intervient et empêche que ça aille plus loin.
Douce Mère, ceux qui ont cette aspiration sans le savoir, est‑ce qu'ils progressent aussi sans le savoir ?
Alors tout le monde progresse toujours, n'est‑ce pas ?
D'une certaine manière, oui. Seulement, ça peut ne pas être apparent dans une existence ; parce que, quand il n'y a pas la participation consciente de l'être, le mouvement est relativement lent, même relativement vis-à-vis de la courte durée de la vie humaine. Et alors, il se peut très bien que, par exemple, au moment de la mort, un être semble ne pas avoir progressé, et même quelquefois il semble avoir été à reculons, avoir perdu ce qu'il avait au commencement de sa vie. Mais si on prend la grande courbe de la vie de son être psychique à travers beaucoup d'existences, il y a toujours un progrès. Chaque expérience qu'il a eue dans une de ses existences physiques, lui sert à faire un progrès. Mais c'est l'être psychique qui progresse toujours.
L'être physique, dans l'état où il est maintenant, eh bien, arrivé à un certain point d'ascension, il redescend. Il y a des choses qui peuvent ne pas redescendre, d'une façon grossière ; mais enfin il redescend, on ne peut pas le nier.
L'être vital, pas nécessairement. Et l'être mental non plus. L'être vital, s'il sait se brancher sur la force universelle, peut très bien n'avoir aucune rétrogression ; il peut continuer une ascension. Et l'être mental, c'est tout à fait certain, il est complètement libre de toute dégénérescence s'il continue à se développer normalement. Alors ceux-là font toujours des progrès, tant qu'ils restent coordonnés et sous l'influence du psychique.
Ce n'est que l'être physique qui croît et qui se décompose. Mais cela provient de son manque de plasticité et de réceptivité, et par sa nature même ce n'est pas inévitable. Par conséquent, il y a tout lieu de croire qu'à un moment donné, à mesure que la conscience physique elle-même progressera consciemment et volontairement, eh bien, dans une certaine mesure et de plus en plus, le corps lui-même pourra d'abord résister à la déchéance — qui doit évidemment être le premier mouvement — et puis, peu à peu, commencer à croître en perfection intérieure, jusqu'à ce qu'il surmonte les forces de décomposition. Mais à vrai dire, c'est la seule chose qui, pour le moment, ne progresse pas. Tout le reste est en progrès.
Mais cette substance elle-même — c'est-à-dire cette substance physique matérielle qui se forme, constitue un organisme qui vit pendant un certain temps sous une forme donnée, et puis cette forme décroît et se dissout — la substance elle-même qui constitue ces formes successives, à travers toutes ces formes, elle progresse. C'est-à-dire que la substance moléculaire, cellulaire — peut-être même cellulaire, moléculaire et atomique — est en progrès dans sa capacité d'expression de la Force et de la Conscience divines. À travers tous ces organismes, cette substance devient de plus en plus consciente, de plus en plus lumineuse, de plus en plus réceptive, jusqu'au moment où elle aura atteint une perfection suffisante pour devenir un véhicule possible pour la Force divine elle-même, qui pourra se servir d'elle comme elle se sert des éléments des autres parties de la Création, comme le mental ou le vital.
Et à ce moment-là, la substance physique sera prête pour manifester dans le monde la Conscience nouvelle, la Lumière nouvelle, la Volonté nouvelle. À travers tous les siècles, par des vies innombrables, en passant par des organismes innombrables, servant à des expériences innombrables elle se... pour ainsi dire, elle s'affine, elle se prépare, et elle devient de plus en plus réceptive et ouverte aux Forces divines.
Alors un homme, en tant qu'être individuel momentané, peut ne pas avoir l'air de progresser. Mais le progrès est continu à travers lui, comme à travers tous les organismes.
(À l'enfant) Tu as l'air de penser que ce n'est pas très consolant !
C'est tout de même une consolation, parce que, au fond, il n'appartient qu'à chaque être individuel de précipiter le mouvement du progrès en y travaillant consciemment. Cette liberté-là est laissée à chacun, alors il n'y a qu'à en profiter. Il n'y a pas de loi inéluctable qui empêche qui que ce soit de participer consciemment au progrès universel. Cette liberté-là lui est donnée.
Rien ? Alors pas de questions ?... Plus de questions ? Rien ? Plus rien ? (À un enfant) Ou tu as quelque chose à demander ?
Douce Mère, qu'est‑ce que ça signifie quand on voit dans un rêve un serpent blanc avec deux têtes ?
C'était dans cette chambre, Douce Mère. Je ne sais pas qui était là, mais dans le tiroir de Gauri, ici, il y avait le serpent, et dès que j'ai ouvert, il est sorti. Alors tu l'as pris par la queue, et il t'a mordue — mais ça n'a rien fait. Alors tu l'as fait sortir par l'autre fenêtre.
Et il avait deux têtes ?
Tu es sûre qu'il a mordu ?
Enfin, tu te souviens comme ça.
Ici, Douce Mère, où tu mets les fleurs.
Je l'ai jeté dehors ?
Pas jeté, mais tu l'as laissé sortir de là. Tu l'as mis sur la fenêtre et il est sorti.
Tout à fait blanc ?
Les yeux ? Tu n'as pas vu ?
Il y a deux ou trois jours, je crois.
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The NASA discusses life on Alpha Centauri
With the discovery of thousands of exoplanets that revolve around other stars, the search for life in other star systems has become a real challenge for us. Until now, scientists have investigated the most distant stars and their systems, if only because the space telescope Kepler, who was nicknamed the Hunter for exoplanets, was focused on a remote section of outer space.
Well, what about the worlds close to us? How about our neighbor's star systems? For example Alpha Centauri? It is only four light years from us.
Tom Iris from the University of Colorado at Boulder says:
"Since it is located relatively close to us, the Alpha Centauri system is one of the best candidates for finding signs of life. The question is only whether we will find in this system a planet with a vital potential. "
While the two stars in the Alpha Centauri system, A and B, are both similar to our Sun, Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf that emits much more intense X-ray radiation. Proxima Centauri is also part of the Alpha Centauri system. And the fact that this star is so radioactive is bad news for the planets of this system. Exoplanet Proxima b, the size of which is comparable to our Earth, certainly could not support life in such extreme conditions.
However, the observations made by Chandra in 2005 show that the conditions around the other two stars can be even softer than the planets around our Sun. On this side, scientists hope that life in the star system of Alpha Centauri can be not only possible, but also pleasant!
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Home Features The Lure of Living Downtown
The Lure of Living Downtown
Brady Ballew and Claire Spears enjoy a view of downtown Tulsa from their home at Jacobs Lofts on First. Photo by Josh New
Dynamism. Walkability. Simplicity.
Those elements have drawn many young professionals, like Claire Spears and Brady Ballew, to the urban cores of Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
Spears and Ballew operate a coffee shop and yoga studio in downtown Tulsa, and live just around the corner in Jacobs Lofts on First Street, their third downtown residence since July 2016.
Brady Ballew and Claire Spears enjoy the convenience of living and working downtown. Photo by Josh New
"We were the first tenants in there," Ballew says. "We've gone from 440 square feet to 1,200 square since we started living downtown. We wanted to be in a thriving area and to create that footprint of something new."
He adds that he recently sold his car because "we both live and work downtown. The only thing we're missing is a grocery store, but we just have our groceries delivered with Shipt."
Spears, a Tulsa native who graduated from Bishop Kelley High School, says she and Ballew have both lived in other cities where walking in a vibrant neighborhood – not driving from store to store or place to place – is the norm.
"Brady lived in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle, so he walked a lot," Spears says. "When I was in graduate school at Cambridge in England, I didn't have a car. I loved walking everywhere for everything I needed."
The increased number of apartments and condominiums in Oklahoma City and Tulsa correlates to the thriving businesses in each city's urban districts. More people living downtown means more restaurants and shops … and vice versa.
"We didn't decide to live downtown because we had friends there; we just wanted an urban environment," Spears says. "We wanted to experience new businesses opening. We didn't want a traditional house and yard.
"We also just wanted to live simply and in re-purposed buildings. The Coliseum has been around since the 1920s. The Vandever is where my dad used to buy his suits. And the Jacobs is an old hotel. That's all kind of neat."
Those three residences are among scores of options in downtown Tulsa and OKC. With amenities such as rooftop pools and bars, large windows offering views of the cityscapes, proximity to live entertainment and the ease of commuting to work, living downtown is a great option.
New and Upcoming Luxury Living
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The Davenport Lofts, on North Main Street just south of the historic Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, should begin construction of its high-rise condominiums in late summer, says developer Lori Schram, adding that the development will feature large two- and three-bedroom condos with a "very urban, contemporary style," including floor-to-ceiling windows, open floor plans, private outdoor terraces, Gaggenau appliances, SieMatic cabinets, Italian-tile baths and three levels of interior parking. More than 50 percent of the condos have already been sold, Schram says. davenportlofts.com
Jacobs Lofts on First Street, at Detroit Avenue in Tulsa, is in a walkable neighborhood. Just a couple blocks from the Performing Arts Center and dozens of restaurants, and minutes from the BOK Center and Guthrie Green, this luxury apartment building was built in 1918 as the Jacobs Hotel. It has been renovated into 28 apartments and lofts with a restaurant and store on the bottom floor. Its first tenants arrived in August. The luxury apartments feature marble vanities, stainless steel appliances, finished concrete and hardwood flooring, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Blue Dome District. jacobsloftsonfirststreet.com
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The Townhouse, modern apartments in a 1930s building, is a 6-minute walk or 1-minute bike ride to Oklahoma City's Downtown Central Business District, Midtown or Arts District. The historic building was completely rehabilitated and no two units are alike. All feature stainless steel appliances, wood or concrete flooring, and plenty of windows and natural light; they share a roof-top patio. "This is a beautiful building, one of the few left of its kind downtown," developer David Wanzer told The Oklahoman. "The views are incredible from this hill. You have great proximity to walk to Midtown, to work in the urban core, and it's two blocks from the streetcar." substancia.com
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The Dwellings at SoSA, near the Plaza District, Central Business District, Bricktown and Midtown, will be the only luxury town homes in downtown OKC for sale with no shared walls. Each town home will boast storefront windows, 9-foot ceilings, partially covered rooftop terraces, side courtyards, garages and covered stoops. The Dwellings at SoSA's first phase has already sold out, and sales for the second phase are underway. northlinedevelopment.com
The Flats on Archer, at Boston Avenue and Archer Street in Tulsa, will be an exclusive apartment community introducing spacious open layouts, private balconies, smart technology capabilities and high-end features. Residents will enjoy a multi-level fitness facility, remote access garage parking, a pet washing station and a rooftop terrace. Positioned in the Arts District, this complex will be near restaurants, entertainment venues and community events. Units will be available Sept. 1, according to the website. www.theflatsonarcher.com
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Left Frame Lofts, in the thriving, design-conscious Film Row in Oklahoma City, will have six high-end condominiums for sale by summer. The lofts will range from 1,400 square feet to 1,500 square feet, and feature an open-living concept with rooftop access for all tenants. Sales begin soon on the apartments, which will feature views of downtown, full automation with lighting, shades and audio, and a virtual doorman, developer Clint Newsom says. Left Frame is one block from the Paramount Theatre, a few blocks from the Myriad Botanical Gardens and close to plenty of pubs and eateries. leftframe.com
The Civic, in OKC's Arts District just across the street from the Civic Center Music Hall, is within easy walking distance to some of the city's hottest areas, including Midtown, Chesapeake Arena and Bricktown. About 74 percent of the 34 condominiums at The Civic have sold, says Jennifer Kragh with Dwell Urban Real Estate. "It's a beautiful example of an urban infill residential community with a prime location," she says. "It offers owners an exciting lifestyle." Condominiums feature stainless steel appliances, open floor plans, covered parking, balconies and modern landscaping. thecivic-okc.com
Photo courtesy Bomasada Group
The Cosmopolitan Apartments, at Denver Avenue and Riverside Drive in Tulsa's historic Riverview neighborhood, are a project of Houston-based Bomasada Group. The complex, which opens in Spring 2019, will have 264 luxury apartments featuring one-, two- and three-bedroom units in a four-story structure wrapping a concrete garage. The development, along the Arkansas River, is minutes from downtown and soon-to-be-opened Gathering Place. Amenities include a social room with plush seating, televisions, a sound system, games and a catering kitchen. There will also be a fitness center with a yoga lawn, the Connect Bar Cyber Café, a bike zone, a pet salon, fire pits and a rooftop swimming pool. Bomasada developed The Enclave in Tulsa's Brookside and The Metropolitan in downtown OKC.
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Cirrus, in Midtown OKC, will be comprised of four modern, luxury townhomes in the SoSA (South of St. Anthony's Hospital) neighborhood on the crest of a hill overlooking downtown. The location is close, via walking or biking, to some of OKC's best shopping, dining and entertainment options. Each home will have three bedrooms, about 2,400 square feet of living space, fully-integrated smart home capabilities, a room-sized private terrace, and unmatched skyline views through large panoramic windows. Sales begin soon. thisiscirrus.com
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Q: openSUSE on Virtual Box : Guest Additions I am using openSUSE 11.0 guest in Ubuntu 9.10 host on Virtual Box. When I try to install Guest-Additions it doesn't really work as expected, the screen is not sized to fit the correct resolution, seamless working between 2 OS doesn't happen !
Has anyone tried installing Guest-Additions in openSUSE ?
UPDATE : Tried the Guest-Additions after fully updating openSUSE 11.0, it still doesn't works
UPDATE : Tried with OpenSUSE 11.2, it gets stuck in Virtual Box. In general OpenSUSE doesn't work with Virtual Box.

A: Does it say successfully installed and so?
(Maybe you should go with VMWare Player.. know this is a workaround, sorry.)

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As psychotherapists continue to recognise the importance of working with the whole body, that speech is only one aspect of a relationship, we seem to be developing more and more ways of having relationships that are un-physical.
If I talk to you and you're not there, in front of me, I use something: a computer application similar to Skype which is secure but which I only use rarely, or the telephone. I talk to you about adjusting the length of the calls depending on how our relationship feels. If they are too short it can be like meeting someone at the doorway, saying some things while realising that little can happen. If they are too long we might feel something important give – which mustn't. You might be left feeling bereft.
Screen-based conversations and telephone calls offer us different emotional experiences: the odd flatness and disrupted movement of an image of you, or of me, on a screen which somehow seems out of step with your voice that I might even hear more clearly on the telephone; and of course there's the intensity of the telephone. The intimacy. On the phone I hold you up against me, right up close to my ear, and without the sight of your face I attend to your voice and your breath in a way I never normally would, or could.
The person I speak to on the telephone, or on a screen is never the same person I meet face to face, in the flesh. You meet me, and I meet you mediated by many things, not only what happens in us after we notice each other. On the telephone, on a screen, you and I meet something more of a ghost. Much of what I say is really you is lost. I meet you reassembled, digitally, at a distance.
When you were a child did you ever speak to someone down a plastic cup telephone, or one made out of cans, connected by string you and a friend pulled tight?
All of the time we engage in experiences of people that defy what we understand when someone says: I'm here. None of us ever really knows what's 'here'. There is only that I believe you are in front of me, with your undetectable memories, fantasies, and ghosts of dreams I shall never know; all of the thoughts and sensations you cannot put into words and which are lost to me other than in whatever I detect when you experience them: maybe the way that you breathe, or a pupil dilates.
And of course there's all that happens when you out there becomes you in me: what happens when I perceive someone. I was recently reminded of this at a screening of a film I particularly loved, only to find the person who had watched it with me hated it: a film happens in me. It was as if we'd been watching different films.
There's a strange conflict in psychotherapy. As psychotherapists continue to recognise the importance of working with the whole body, that speech is only one aspect of a relationship, we seem to be developing more and more ways of having relationships that are un-physical.
Are we making relationships possible for clients who would normally remain isolated and disconnected, or are we creating very particular forms of relationships, the particularities of which we fail to recognise; or even impossible relationships, where virtual contact keeps a client tied to us, umbilically? Don't kid yourself that psychotherapy is about talking to someone any more than taking a boat across an ocean is a matter of turning a propeller.


There are 42 hotels and 20 hotel chains in Cardiff. 19 of them are independent hotels. Park Inn By Radisson is the biggest chain with 278 rooms and second biggest is Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts (252 rooms).
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Cheshire-based adviser jailed for £200k fraud
By Peter Walker
A 72 year old financial adviser from Cheshire has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraud, after pleading guilty to 22 charges, including fraud, theft, obtaining money transfers by deception and making or supplying articles for the purpose of fraud.
Chester Crown Court heard that Geoffrey Fincher, who worked for Cheadle-based SK8 Financial Services, pretended to invest thousands of pounds on behalf of his clients but in fact pocketed the money.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service Mersey-Cheshire, Mr Fincher paid back small sums when clients queried what had happened to their money and produced false documents to show where it had been invested.
One client sought advice from another financial adviser, who became suspicious about Mr Fincher's documentation and made further inquiries, with the firms named having no record of the supposed investments.
Mr Fincher asked his client to sign a non-disclosure agreement in return for repayment of some of the money, but she refused. It emerged that her parents had given him more than £75,000 over 14 years, but Mr Fincher had no written record of where the money had gone. According to reports, the total sum stolen was nearly £200,000.
The Financial Conduct Authority suspended him and his company last December and a police investigation began.
Gary Simpson, senior crown prosecutor with Mersey-Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service, said that Mr Fincher "cheated long-standing and trusting clients out of thousands of pounds over several years".
He said: "When his clients asked about their investments, he produced false documents to back up his criminality or offered to pay some of the money back. Many of his clients were elderly and some were friends but he callously took their money and used it for his own ends.
"It would appear that earlier in his career Fincher was law abiding. We may never know what made him turn to crime and ruin his name but his reputation is now in shreds and he has only himself to blame."
peter.walker@ft.com
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Q: Optimize loading time in MySQL Database I have a huge amount of data which is loaded from ETL tool into the database. Sometimes etl tool generates some unusual data and puts them inside a table, say for simlicity I want to fill 5 correct data and get 10 as a result in my database, so I detect the inconsistency.
As the option to update data to the state which I want I had to TRUNCATE the schema in MySQL database and INSERT data from ETL tool again under my control. In this case everything looks nice, but it takes too much time to reload data.
I investigated this issue and found out that to DELETE data and INSERT it again takes much more time as for example to use the query INSERT…..ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE. So I don't need to delete all data but can just check and update it when necessary, what will save my load time.
I want to use this query, but I am a little bit confused, because of these additional 5 wrong data, which are already sitting in my database. How can I remove them without deleting everything from my table before inserting??

A: as you mention

"Sometimes etl tool generates some unusual data and puts them inside
  a table"

You need to investigate your ETL code and correct it. Its not suppose to generate any data, ETL tool only transforms your data as per rule. Focus on ETL code rather than MySQL database.

A: To me that sounds like there's a problem in the dataflow setup in your ETL tool.  You don't say what you are using, but I would go back over the select criteria and review what fields you are selecting and what are your WHERE criteria.  Perhaps what is in your WHERE statements is causing the extra data.
As for the INSERT…ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE syntax, make sure you don't have an AUTO_INCREMENT column in an InnoDB table.  Because in that case only the INSERT will increase the auto-increment value.  And check that your table doesn't have multiple unique indexes because if your WHERE a=xx matches several rows than only 1 will be updated.  (MySQL 5.7, see reference manual:  https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/ .)
If you find that your ETL tools are not providing enough flexibility then you could investigate other options.  Here is a good article comparing ETL tools.


I share my thoughts on technology (this blog, and my wiki).
I am trying to "relocate" a file (not a folder) from Drive X to Drive C on my computer so that a program that must read and write to the file on Drive X will actually be reading and writing to a file on Drive C. Will Winbolic Link accomplish this?
Dell desktop and a far more recent HP monitor. Thanks to the above eco-idiots probably not.
I don't have any power tools like a dremel drill to file down the 4 analog pins.
Is it actually possible to get a straight pull on each of those pins and pull each of them out with needle nose pliers-or breaking them off?
And I can't see how I could shear off enough of it to allow the digital pins to mate with the connector.
to then bend the flat pin up or down so it will be clear of the slot?
OR instead just keep bending the flat pin up and down until it snaps off?


You can use three basic approaches to reduce your appliances' energy usage: Reduce the run time of appliances, improve the energy efficiency of your existing appliances, and buy new appliances that are more energy efficient.
Reducing appliance run time may be as simple as turning things off when you don't need them. Some big users, such as a pool pump or dehumidifier, may run part- or full-time in the background, where you are not aware of them. In some cases, it may be possible to add a simple control to turn the appliance on only when it is needed or adjust an existing control to cut the usage without sacrificing utility. For example, many pool pumps are controlled by a timer to run between 8 and 12 hours per day. But proper filtration and circulation often only takes 4 to 8 hours. It's easy to cut the daily run time to 4 hours for a week or two. If the water starts to get cloudy, increase the run time a bit until it clears; if not, cut it even further until you find an equilibrium. It may need more run time in hot weather; but make sure to cut back when temperatures are more moderate. If you have a heated pool, an insulated cover can save even more—provided you close it when the pool is unoccupied. To reduce the operating time for a dehumidifier, monitor the humidity level in the air and don't run it more than necessary. Indoor relative humidity should be kept between 30 percent and 50 percent for optimum health, so get a humidity gauge and adjust the dehumidifier to the upper end of that range.
It's also possible to improve the efficiency of some appliances. Efficiency can often be increased by simple maintenance or by choosing the proper settings when using appliances.
The refrigerator is typically the biggest electricity user in the kitchen and is often the largest in the house. If your refrigerator is getting old, it's probably worth replacing it with a new Energy Star model. New, efficient refrigerators use less than half the energy of standard models before 1993. If you are lucky enough to have a refrigerator that dates back to the 1970s or early 1980s and it still runs, take it to the recycle center. Even if it's the spare in the basement or garage, the energy savings will pay for a brand-new unit in just a few years. And buy the smallest, simplest fridge that will meet your needs; large Energy Star models use more electricity than smaller ones; through-door ice and water also use energy. To keep any refrigerator running right, ensure adequate air circulation around the unit. Keep it a few inches away from the wall, and don't box it in with cabinets. It's a good idea to vacuum the grill periodically, but there is no evidence that vacuuming dust off the coils inside actually saves electricity. Make sure the door seals are tight, keep the unit away from heat sources (don't put it next to the stove or dishwasher) and check the temperature setting. The refrigerator compartments should stay between 38°F and 42°F, and the freezer between 0°F and 5°F. If you have a power-saving switch, use it. Typically, the switch disables internal heaters that fight condensation; turn it off only if condensation occurs. Finally, keep refrigerators and freezers reasonably full; they are less efficient when they are nearly empty. Even more important, avoid the temptation to keep the old fridge in the garage or basement for overflow (or the odd six-pack). Buying a new, highly efficient refrigerator won't save any energy if you keep the old one running! It's a common mistake to assume that if the fridge is only keeping a few items cold it's not working very hard. A refrigerator uses most of its energy keeping the inside of the box cold—even if it's completely empty. If you can't do without it, unplug the spare until you need it to stock up for that holiday gathering. One more buying tip: A manual-defrost chest freezer uses far less energy than an upright, auto-defrost unit. Modern, airtight chest freezers rarely need defrosting, and are less likely to damage food with freezer burn.
Washing clothes uses energy in three ways: Washers and dryers have motors that move clothes and water; washers use hot water, which is heated with gas or electricity; and dryers heat clothes to dry them out. When you do a load of laundry, pay attention to the washer settings. Always use a cold-water rinse, and use a warm or cold wash for loads when you can. A warm/ cold cycle uses about half as much total energy as a hot/cold cycle. Also, pay attention to the size of the load; fill, but don't overload, the machine for best efficiency. If you do run a smaller load, set the wash level appropriately. The settings on your washer also affect drying time. Use the fastest spin setting whenever you can, to remove the most water.
For dryer efficiency, keep the lint filter clean, and check the outlet periodically for lint that may be clogging the vent. If your dryer hose is kinked, twisted, or too long, replace it with as short and direct a run as possible, preferably with a straight sheet-metal duct instead of a flexible vinyl or aluminum duct. Try to run several loads in succession to take advantage of retained heat, and fill, but don't overload, the machine. Of course, if the weather's good, you can also dry clothes outside on a line.
You can minimize dishwasher energy by paying attention to the settings. Don't use the "Heavy" or "Pots and Pans" cycle unless you really need to. A fast scraping or rinsing of dishes with cold water (especially starchy stuff) does help the dishwasher do a better job, so you can use the "Light" setting. But always use cold water for pre-rinsing. Use a premium dishwasher detergent, and let the dishwasher do the job it's designed for: cutting grease. Wait until the machine is full before using it: It uses the same amount of energy whether you wash one dish or thirty. Many new dishwashers have sensors that stop the machine as particulates in the water clear (indicating that the dishes are clean). If you don't have to take the dishes out right away, you can run the machine with the "Air-Dry" setting (sometimes called "Energy Saver").
It's okay to use the dishwasher: In fact, research shows that even careful hand washing uses more hot water and soap than a modern dishwasher. And today's very efficient dishwashers are reasonably priced—there are Energy Star–rated dishwashers at every point in the price spectrum.
Minimum efficiency regulations for new appliances have increased over the years, so even the least-efficient new models typically use much less energy than appliances that are 10 or more years old. In most cases, it's not cost-effective to go out and buy new, energy-efficient products just to save energy. Two exceptions to this rule are older refrigerators and dehumidifiers. For other appliances, look for the most efficient products available when you do go shopping—and always choose an Energy Star–labeled appliance at a minimum. It's worth some research in advance; even within the Energy Star labeling program, there can be a wide range of efficiency. For example, to get an Energy Star label, refrigerators must save at least 20 percent over federal standards, but some models save over 50 percent. Also, minimum requirements vary with features: A side-by-side model with through-door ice can use almost 50 percent more than a top-freezer model without ice—even though both are Energy Star rated. Listings of efficiency levels by model number for most Energy Star products are available at www.energystar.gov/products.
There are two basic approaches to making the lights in your home more efficient: eliminate unnecessary usage and use the most efficient products available. Many of us heard the message "turn off lights when you're not using them" while we were growing up. Of course, how much light you need is a matter of eyesight and personal taste. Turning off a light isn't always a practical solution, except when you leave the room—then there's no excuse. One of the best ways to eliminate unnecessary light usage is with controls. Regularly used indoor lights can be put on timers or occupancy sensors so they aren't left on for hours when no one is using them. Exterior walkway and security lighting can be put on a combination of timers, motion sensors, or photocell controls to minimize their use while ensuring that they are on whenever needed. And with the wide range of today's home automation products, there are lots of ways to set up your lighting with presets so that it meets your needs. Then you can change it (so it's optimized for a different purpose) with the press of a button on your phone, or a comment to a digital assistant.
LED lighting technology is developing rapidly. In just a few years, a number of good-quality LEDs have become available and prices are competitive with more conventional efficient lights. The products will keep getting better, and prices will continue to drop, over the next few years at least. LEDs are fundamentally different than other light sources. An LED is a semiconductor—basically, a tiny computer chip—that generates light. LEDs have been around for decades in electronic equipment displays and status lights, but by nature a single LED generates a focused point-source of light in a single, saturated color such as red, yellow, or blue. Getting an LED to look like an incandescent bulb is a challenge; most manufacturers combine many LEDs of different colors to approximate warm, yellow-white light and to disperse the light in a useful pattern. . One tip; if you want to use dimmable LEDs, make sure you have an LED-compatible dimmer. For best results, find dimmable lamps that stay "warm" or even become warmer when dimmed.


Vila Pouca de Aguiar is surrounded by stunning natural landscapes, so, it's only natural that outdoor sports are an important leisure activity. There are also modern sports infrastructures that complement and expand the variety of activities on offer, for all ages and levels of intensity.
Mountain biking is also a great way to explore local hidden paths. Vila Pouca de Aguiar has a good network of bike tracks, with special mention to Ecopista do Corgo, a cycle route with approximately 29 kilometers.
The whole itinerary is properly signaled. Paving varies along the track: asphalt, rock cobbled floor to and dirt roads on the mountain areas. The first kilometers of this course run on the old Corgo Train Line.
The Vidago Palace's golf course was originally built in 1936. It has since been completely rebuilt according to USGA specifications for tees and greens into a Par 72 course.
It also includes a golf academy, a 340m driving range, a chipping area and two putting greens. Electrical buggies, pull trolleys, electrical trolleys and golf clubs are available for rent at the club house.
Every hole is a challenge and each of the last 9 is completely different from the former, so as a golfer you can test and play the full range of shots.
Just 7 km away from Casa da Tapa, in Pedras Salgadas, there is an equestrian center with great modern facilities for horse-riding, offering a full range of equestrian activities and services.
Step off the beaten track and be surprised by the countryside perls: small villages, picturesque train stations, ancient walls of loose stone, rock formations, historic monuments and elevated viewpoints.
Come in contact with nature in a way that wouldn't be possible on a car ride. There are many walking routes with different levels of difficulty, including one just across the street from the house and into Carvalhada Forest Park.
Also close by is the St. James route to Santiago and Ecopista do Corgo.
A world of adventure awaits travelers, families and those seeking for new experiences. Explore the beauty of Northern Portugal with professional customized canyoning trips, rafting tours and other programs!
If you're feeling like playing some tennis, a quick drive will take you to Chaves, where the Ténis Clube de Chaves offers 3 outdoor hard courts. Check the detailed map for directions.
The map below details sports and outdoor activities entities and facilities in and around Vila Pouca de Aguiar. You can interact with the map and find detailed info and directions.
Trekking and bike routes are too extensive to be included in the map, but we have included a portion of Ecopista do Corgo (a greenway for bikes, pedestrians and horses) and Caminho Português Interior de Santiago (part of St. James route to Santiago de Compostela).


Mass housing is available, which is being hosted in the building across from the venue. Limited availability and tickets for these slots will soon be available through the ticketing system. only 1 ticket per order to ensure the fairest distribution of mass housing tickets.
We are using a ticket system for the event. We request runners pay their ticket by the 15th of January. Tickets are €5,- per person. Viewers can pay upon arrival.


Yardage discs on fairways at 100/150/200 plus sprinkler heads measured to center of the green.
The Spruce Course at Evergreen winds its way through pine forests and glacier sculptured hills, and features a blend of bunkers, berms and water hazards, along with fast, true-rolling greens.
Awarded 3 stars by Golf digest Places to Play. Evergreen Resort features a variety of accommodations, recreation and upscale dining, with wonderful views of Lake Cadillac. Golf and ski packages are available at this all-season resort. Group outings, corporate conferences and special events are welcomed! Call or visit the McGuires website for more info.
Exit M-115 at Mackinaw Trail and proceed north. The resort is located 1 mile south of Cadillac on Mackinaw Trail between M-115 and US 131.


Making good investment decisions depends on the quality of the business case. But few managers are trained in this black art, and it often shows. Designed for the novice, this hands-on, practical course walks delegates through a seven-step process with a simple business example.
From defining the opportunity, to creating an implementation plan, this programme will help managers present their recommendations in a way that informs and inspires the audience, whilst covering all the basic requirements of a business case.


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Indiana Grand formally granted 94-day meet; Pick 5 with 11.99% takeout also approved
Posted About Two Years Ago
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission unanimously approved Indiana Grand's modified request for race dates in 2020. The 94-day season will beginon Monday, June 15th and finish on Wednesday, November 18th on a Monday through Thursday basis with four select Saturdays of Quarter Horse-only racing over the span of the meet.
Also approved as a part of the agenda was a request by Indiana Grand and the Indiana horsemen's groups to offer what is believed to be the lowest takeout on any wager in North America. The request asking for the Pick 5 to be offered at a takeout of 11.99% was also approved unanimously and will take place on the last five thoroughbred races each day. The Pick 5 will be a straight carryover wager without a unique ticket provision.
"We've said for the last month that the 2020 calendar might need to be fluid and after consultation with our horsemen we're happy to be approved for this 94-day meet." said Eric Halstrom, Vice President and General Manager of Racing. "When you consider that our business will have been shut down for nearly three months it's very rewarding to offer overnight purses that are consistent or higher than 2019 and a quality stakes calendar for both breeds."
Therevisedcalendarwill be published online at www.IndianaGrand.com shortly. Horsemen are encouraged to contact Kevin Greely at (317) 421-3080 for more information or with questions on anyracingoffice matters.
Indiana Grand releases revised Quarter Horse Condition Book and Stakes Schedule
Indiana Grand Racing & Casino has released its revised Quarter Horse Condition Book and Stakes Schedule for the 2020 season. Both are contingent upon the approval of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission on the recently proposed racing dates of a 94-day season beginning on Monday, June 15 and finishing on Wednesday, November 18.
The interruption of business at Indiana Grand has caused numerous changes for the racetrack and horsemen but the 2020 Quarter Horse meet at the Shelbyville, IN facility will see increases over 2019 levels in the overnights and stakes program. Purses have been raised by more than 15% on most overnight races and the stakes schedule will see a substantial increase as well.
"It's truly remarkable that through a very difficult time our purses for the Quarter Horses at Indiana Grand will see an increase in 2020", said Eric Halstrom, Vice President and General Manager of Racing. "Continuing the upward trend in awards for our horsemen is very satisfying and well deserved."
The revised Quarter Horse stakes calendar consists of 31 stakes worth $1.625 million in purses. Included are four stakes races on October 24 that will make up the richest day of Quarter Horse racing during the season. Those four stakes, including the $150,00 added Miss Roxie Little Futurity Final, for two year-old Indiana breds going 250 yards, will be contested on the final all-Quarter Horse Saturday racing program of the meet.
"We are very proud of the way our Quarter Horse racing has grown at Indiana Grand," said Kevin Greely, Director of Racing. "The quality of both the open horses and Indiana breds is improving every year and the stakes purses are indicative of that. I expect that we'll see the most competitive Quarter Horse racing in our history this summer and fall."
The revised Quarter Horse condition bookand stakes schedule is published online at www.IndianaGrand.com. Horsemen are encouraged to contact Kevin Greely at (317) 421-3080 for more information or with questions on any racing office matters.
NASCAR AND IndyCar to share track time on July 4th wknd
The Brickyard 400 is going to happen, says Mark Miles President and Chief Executive Officer of Penske Entertainment.
Miles told JMV on 107.5 The Fan he and new Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske have been working diligently to make sure there is racing at IMS come July. With the shakeup in scheduling because of the coronavirus pandemic, NASCAR and IndyCar will be sharing track time at IMS Fourth of July weekend.
"The plans we're looking at giving us a lot of confidence that the state could be, the city could be in Stage Five by that weekend," Miles said. "By the middle of June, we're going to have to have to say 'we're going with fans, and here's how we're going to do it.'
Miles said they have not made a decision yet on whether or not fans will be allowed to attend both the Big Machine Vodka 400 and GMR Grand Prix the weekend of July 4.
"But we're going that race either way," Miles said confidently. "The Xfinity cars, the Cup cars, and the IndyCars are going to be on this track one way or another."
Even though live racing returned this week with NASCAR completing two races at Darlington Raceway, it's a piece of good news the racing community certainly needs. Especially with the news that IndyCar has had to cancel two races this week.
IndyCar confirmed Thursday both races scheduled for Richmond, June 27, and Toronto, July 12 have been canceled.
"It doesn't look like there's going to be another opportunity this year for Toronto," said Miles. "It's so hard to set up a street race in a city like Toronto. To guess there is another time in the future you could do it is probably a bridge too far."
Miles is still confident the IndyCar season will be a success with fourteen races still on the docket. He said in light of the canceled race at Richmond they will not be doing a double-header on the road course at Road America in Wisconsin.
IndyCar's Road America race was rescheduled to the weekend of July 11 and will no have a second race on July 12. It will also be IndyCar's third double-header event of the season with double-headers already planned for Iowa Speedway in the weekend after Road America and at Laguna Seca in September.
Shelbyville Golden Bear athletics will have work to do following Ryan Mack's arrest
Johnny McCrory and Mark Drake talk about the immediate impact of the arrest of Shelbyville's former head boys basketball coach Ryan Mack and the program going forward.
Indiana Grand releases revised Thoroughbred Stakes schedule – Indiana Derby and Oaks moved to July 8
Indiana Grand Racing & Casino has released its revised Condition Book and Stakes Schedule for the 2020 season. Both are contingent upon the approval of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission on the recently proposed racing dates of a 94-day season beginning on Monday, June 15 and finishing on Wednesday, November 18.
The thoroughbred stakes calendar as always is highlighted by the Grade 3 Indiana Derby and Grade 3 Indiana Oaks that will move to July 8 as a part of a six-stakes program. The Indiana Derby purse has been changed to $300,000, and the distance changed to 1 1/8th miles, while the Oaks will remain the same at $200,000 and 1 1/16th miles.
"These unprecedented times have given us many challenges yet some opportunities as well." said Eric Halstrom, Vice President and General Manager of Racing. "We're grateful to Churchill Downs for including our signature stakes' in the Kentucky Derby qualifying points system in this unique year. And while it will be a different on-track experience when holding the race on a Wednesday afternoon we think it's the best spot to avoid conflict with other important 3-year old races and maximize handle opportunities on the national racing scene."
The revised thoroughbred stakes calendar consists of 34 stakes worth $3.2 million in purses. Included on the stakes schedule is the newly named Jonathan B. Schuster Memorial Stakes. The race, named in honor of the longtime and very popular General Manager of Indiana Grand, will be a turf event on the stakes rich July 8 card. In addition the Indiana Bred and Sired horses will have plenty of chances to run for stakes quality purses as 28 of the stakes will be designated for their program.
"We had to make some tweaks to the previously released stakes calendar in order to account for the condensed meet and interruption in our business," said Kevin Greely, Director of Racing. "But we're happy to bring back our overnight races at 2019 levels and only needed slight modifications to the stakes program to do so. We'll see how some of these changes fare in 2020 and use that as a basis for our overnight and stakes program in 2021."
Therevised condition bookand stakes schedule will be published online at www.IndianaGrand.com and www.equibase.com. Horsemen are encouraged to contact Kevin Greely at (317) 421-3080 for more information or with questions on anyracingoffice matters.
Fred Miller's new book brings history, rankings to the teams, players and coaches at Morristown HS
Fred Miller talks about his new book, "1911-2020 Morristown High School Yellow Jackets Legacy of Athletes, Coaches and Teams".
Shooting ranges reopening
Starting the week of May 18, most DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife-owned shooting ranges will begin to reopen.
All facilities will be following COVID-19 social distancing and cleaning requirements. Restrictions will reduce the number of recreational shooters on the shooting ranges at a given time.
Atterbury Fish & Wildlife Area's shooting range will open by appointment only May 15-17 and resume normal operating hours the week of May 18. Shooters wishing to schedule an appointment should call 812-526-6552.
All other FWA shooting ranges, except the one at Willow Slough FWA, will reopen starting the week of May 18. Shooting range hours differ between ranges. Check open days and hours before visiting. Willow Slough FWA's range will remain closed until further notice. Shooting range hours and information can be found at wildlife.IN.gov/3648.htm.
For the most up-to-date information on DNR's response to COVID-19, including what is open and closed, visit on.IN.gov/dnrcovid19.
Indiana Grand sets date for opening of barn area
Posted About Three Years Ago
After receiving approval from the Indiana Horse Racing Commission, Indiana Grand Racing & Casino will begin to reopen its barn area in full on Monday, May 11. The utilization of the entire racetrack property is a precursor to the kick off of its 18th season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing. Revised racing dates with an opening day during the week of June 14 will be announced in the next week.
Horsemen will be assigned days and times for arrivalto ensure an orderly entrance into Indiana Grand beginning on Monday, May 11. Horses located in Indiana will be preferred for a move in to the barn area that will house more than 1,000 horses when at capacity. Full training operations on the one-mile dirt surface will commence on Wednesday, May 13.
"We are pleased to be able to accommodate our loyal horsemen by fully opening our barn area," said Mike Rich, Senior Vice President and General Manager. "The suspension of our 2020 meet has been difficult for everyone and we appreciate the Governor, Eric Holcomb, and the Indiana Horse Racing Commission staff for their guidance. We look forward to racing in the near future in a manner whereby we willtake every precaution to ensure the health and safety of our employees and horsemen."
The 2020 racing program was scheduled to be 120-days of racing beginning on April 14 with the highest total of purse money available in the history of Indiana Grand. With the closure of the OTB, Casino and Sports Book on Monday, March 16 the racing season was suspended indefinitely.
"This is a significant step towards starting our 2020 racing season," said Eric Halstrom, Vice President and General Manager of Racing. "Our racing department has beenworking on new plans for the meet including a new calendar and revised stakes schedule. We will announce those changes in the next week."
Alterations to the previously released condition bookand stakes schedule will be published online at www.IndianaGrand.com shortly. Horsemen are encouraged to contact Indiana Grand Director of Racing, Kevin Greely, at (317) 421-3080 for information on all arrival and racing matters.
IHSAA says activities, sports can resume July 1; moratorium week waived
The IHSAA issued a statement allowing for the resumption of school sponsored activities on July 1.
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The Chicago Blues Brothers - Christmas Party
The Award Winning Chicago Blues Brothers are having a HUGE Christmas party this year.... and you're invited!
About The Chicago Blues Brothers - Christmas Party
The Award Winning Chicago Blues Brothers are having a HUGE Christmas party this year.... and you're invited. You can celebrate Christmas with this tinseltastic party show, featuring a festive feast of Christmas, Blues, Soul and Motown Classics performed in the show stopping style that only the Chicago Blues Brothers can deliver. Direct from debuting in the West End and performances all over the world the Chicago Blues Brothers are finishing 2019 with a BANG. Infectious, dazzling, riotous, exuberant and spirited, the legacy of Jake and Elwood has been jump started for a new generation with an energy that's impossible to resist.
The Chicago Blues Brothers are on a mission to make your Christmas start on a festive roller-coaster that will have you clapping until your hands hurt, singing until your voice is hoarse and dancing until your feet ache with an on-stage party you can't afford to miss. So remember... it's a 106 miles to the North pole.We have a show full of hits, half a pack of party poppers, it's snowing and we're wearing Santa hats........HIT IT.
While we take every opportunity to ensure the details for The Chicago Blues Brothers - Christmas Party are accurate, we always advise that you contact the event organiser before setting out for the event to avoid disapointment.
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Other Events at Usher Hall or Edinburghs Christmas
Night Walk for Edinburgh
16th November 2019 - 31st January 2020
Night Walk for Edinburgh, one of the biggest hits of the Edinburgh international Festival 2019, returns as part of Edinburgh's Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations.
The Musical Box: A Genesis Extravaganza - Part ii
The Musical Box returns with a new, never performed show 'A Genesis Extravaganza - Part ii', a performance that any Genesis fan will not want to miss!
Don't miss a brand new production of La Bohème when Ellen Kent returns to Usher Hall with one of the most romantic operas ever written on Wednesday 26th February!
Back by overwhelming public demand, the award-winning Opera Madama Butterfly returns, don't miss it at Usher Hall on Thursday 27th February!
Anton & Erin Dance Those Magical Movies
Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag, the nation's favourite ballroom couple announce a brand new show for 2020, don't miss 'Dance Those Magical Movies' at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on Saturday 21st March!
What's Love Got To Do With It? The not-to-be missed musical experience celebrating the music of the incredible Tina Turner comes to the Usher Hall on 28th March!
10th April 2020 - 11th April 2020
elbow have announced a twenty-one date UK tour ahead of the launch of their new album 'Giants of All Sizes', catch them at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on April 10th or 11th!
Queen Machine Symphonic feat Kerry Ellis
The music of rock legends Queen is to be celebrated like never before as West End leading lady Kerry Ellis joins Scandinavian tribute stars Queen Machine for a fully orchestrated UK tour!
Assassin's Creed Symphony
Experience the iconic video game saga, Assassin's Creed, as never before when the live multimedia symphonic concert comes to the Usher Hall!
Rumours of Fleetwood Mac
Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, the world's finest tribute to Fleetwood Mac, returns to the stage in 2020 with a brand new show celebrating the very best of Fleetwood Mac and brings it to the Usher Hall!
Engelbert Humperdinck - The Angel On My Shoulder Tour
Engelbert Humperdinck brings his 'The Angel On My Shoulder' tour to the Usher Hall, Edinburgh on Wednesday 27th May!
Multi-platinum selling vocal harmony group, The Overtones are on their 11th UK tour in summer 2020 and you can catch them at the Usher Hall on Saturday 4th July!
Music Events you might like...
The Mash House, Edinburgh Old Town
VANT is on a UK tour in 2020 and comes to The Mash House on Wednesday 22nd January!
XO at Subway Cowgate
Subway Cowgate, Edinburgh Old Town
Keep your mid-week chill with a mellow blend of Commercial, House and R&B at Subway Cowgate!
Playtime with Steve Hamilton
The Outhouse, Edinburgh New Town
Catch Steve Hamilton, one of Europe's most creative and experienced contemporary pianists, when he is joined by Martin Kershaw and Mario Caribe at The Outhouse on Thursday 23rd January!
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Christmas and New Year Events you might like...
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Old Town
Meet King James V's musician as he explain some of the music and instruments played in court at Edinburgh Castle.
Family Wreath Making
Hopetoun House, South Queensferry
Get hands on at Hopetoun and create your own beautiful wreath and make some wood cookie ornaments to hang on your tree.
Find Christmas and New Year events in Edinburgh
The Murder Trial Live
Village Hotel Club Edinburgh, Stockbridge and Canonmills
The Murder Trial Live returns to Edinburgh in January 2020 and will see guests take their seat as jurors in the murder trial of The Brewer Brothers!
The End of the World Show
The Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh, Edinburgh New Town
Join Keir McAllister, Vladimir McTavish, Stu Murphy and special guests as they compete for very last laugh in oblivion at The End of the World Show.
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Burns Ceilidh
Come celebrate Scotland's greatest poet in true Scottish style with a Burns Ceilidh at The Three Sisters!
Afternoon Tea: And admission is free
Enjoy a very special afternoon tea at Almond Valley, ideal for mums, dads and younger children, and when you book a high tea, you are admitted to Almond Valley absolutely FREE!
Disney's The Lion King
The story of THE LION KING is miraculously brought to life using masks, puppets and striking costumes to tell the story of young Simba's epic adventures.
Burns Night Ceilidhs at The Counting House
Annasach Ceilidh Band invites you to our informal celebration of The Bard's birthday in the hidden gem of Edinburgh's Old Town, The Counting House.
Burns Night at The Hub
Join us at The Hub, in the heart of Edinburgh, to celebrate the life of Robert Burns at our shared Burns Supper and Ceilidh party night.
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Florida Man Charged after High Speed Crash Kills 1, Injures 10
By Chris Jasurek
January 10, 2018US
A Broward County Sheriff's patrol car sits outside a county building on Feb. 9, 2007. An impromptu drag race on one of Broward County's busiest roads left one dead last June; the driver has been arrested. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)
Two Florida men who were drag-racing down a busy city street and started a multiple-car collision, leaving one woman dead and 10 others injured, are now facing charges.
The pair began racing down State Road 7, one of the busiest roads in Broward Country, around midday on June 8. They started near Interstate 595, slowed near Northwest 7th Street, then took off again just past Sunrise Boulevard, the Sun Sentinel reported.
The two vehicles were weaving through traffic. Lauderhill Police Lt. Michael Santiago said at the time, "That swerving caused a chain reaction crash with other vehicles."
As the pair passed The Dutch Spot Jamaican restaurant, one of the cars struck a black SUV, sending it careening across the sidewalk and into a bus stop, hitting two women. Security camera footage from nearby recorded the grisly scene.
The black SUV is pushed towards the sidewalk and bus stop. (Screenshot—ABC-10)
One of the women, 57-year-old Helaine Elize, was killed on impact. He sister, Elsiane Tulisse, was struck and injured. Seven others, including two people who were sitting on benches at the bus stop, were also injured in the crash.
Four people were transported to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale in critical condition. Two victims were sent to Plantation General Hospital, and another went to Florida Medical Center.
"They were treated for injuries from flying debris, but did not want to be transported, Lauderhill Police Lt. Michael Santiago told the Sun-Sentinel.
Lauderdale police arrested 23-year-old Andrew Wallace of Lauderdale Lakes on charges of vehicular homicide, reckless driving for causing a lethal crash, and several counts of reckless driving with property damage. He is being held on $251,100 bail, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Wallace was driving the car that hit the SUV. Police Lt. Santiago told the Sun-Sentinel that "three to four" other cars were damaged in the incident.
A detail of the area of impact, moments before the SUV struck the two women. (Screenshot—ABC-10)
The second driver, Jerome Johnson, 36, of Margate, was charged with misdemeanor reckless driving.
Wallace lost control after the impact and slammed into a utility pole. Police said that they couldn't investigate the scene until Florida Power & Light repaired the downed power line.
Police were able to reconstruct much of the incident using security-camera video footage from several local businesses and also from a county bus which happened to be passing by.
Wallace, driving a gray 2004 Acura TL, hit speeds of 73 mph in the 40-mph zone, the Sun-Sentinel reported. Johnson, driving a red Dodge Neon SRT, was traveling at speeds up to 63 mph.
Both drivers denied that they were racing, and both said they did not know each other.
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Battle of the Somme: 100 years on – we remember the fallen.
By Miona Martic on February 1, 2017 No Comment
2016 marks the Centenary of one of the bloodiest battles in history, The Battle of the Somme which started on July 1st 1916 and lasted for four and a half months, ending on November 18th 1916.
19,240 hand-stitched shrouded figures each representing a serviceman of the British Empire who died on the first day of the Somme were laid out on College Green, outside Bristol Cathedral in the centre of Bristol from 11th -18th November to mark the Centenary.
Mounted Shrouds made by Rob.
The Shrouds of the Somme display was created by Somerset Artist Rob Heard who wrapped and bound each figure in a hand-stitched shroud, crossing the name of every soldier who fell on that fateful first day off a list sourced from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
About the shrouds
Rob explained that the purpose of the work is to "physicalise the number– to illustrate the enormity of the horror which unfolded in the loss of life."
He began the project on his own in December 2013. He made 500 prototype figures to see what the visual impact of that would be and to see if he could get anyone to support his project.
It took him nearly 3 years to complete the shrouds which are made from plastic figures covered in calico textile.
One of the walls with a list of corresponding names.
Rob crossed off the names of the fallen as he made the shrouds. This meant that each shroud is directly associated with a name so individual does not get lost in statistics.
Rob would work his way down the list, crossing off a name each time he created a soldier and reflected on their individual experience.
Alongside the 19,240 shrouds was a tent listing the names of all those who died at the Battle of the Somme. The list includes 43 Bristolians.
The shrouds were completed earlier this year which led to an initial display being shown in Exeter. Rob hadn't realised the significance of the date until late 2015 which urged him to complete the final shrouds in time for July 1st marking 100 years since the Battle of the Somme started.
He explains the process and the importance of individuality and why this project is different.
The response has been positive and overwhelming as visitors took to social media to show the world.
Twitter user Tor McIntosh describes the shrouds as 'moving'.
The installation has received an enormous amount of support throughout the country. Whilst on display in Exeter, over 50,000 people visited the shrouds. The Shrouds in Bristol saw over 80,000 visitors, some coming from the far North.
'The exhibition was one of the most powerful Acts of Remembrance I have seen throughout my military career and subsequent time as President of the Royal British Legion for Devon. The raw emotion it produced in countless numbers of people, many of whom were in tears, some kneeling and praying and others stood rigidly to attention, was extremely moving. Without doubt this exhibition touches the hearts of all those who are privileged to witness it." Commodore Jake Moores OBE, Chairman of the Shrouds of the Somme.
Jade Orchard, who's brother Steven was in the army describes her feelings about how Rob has affected people.
Other social media posts express people's thoughts on the Shrouds.
To many, the shrouds represent more than a poppy.
Facebook user urges people to visit the shrouds in Bristol.
The Centenary of the battle may be over but the world war ended 98 years ago. Rob has even created plans for the Shrouds in 2018 for the Centenary marking the end of the first world war. There is a high demand for the Shrouds to be displayed around the country, so we may see them again soon.
Rob said he is now creating a shroud for each of the 72,246 men whose bodies were never recovered after the Battle of the Somme. He has 53,000 left to go and must finish them by November 2018.
Visitors are still able to buy a shroud in a personalised frame. 2,050 shrouds have bene sold in Exeter and were replaced with wooden markers for the Bristol display. Each shroud is unique and made with careful consideration to match a name which Rob would concentrate on. He tells us they have been "brought back," perhaps not to life but for a final goodbye.
Donations from the exhibition are being given to SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Why is this battle important?
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French Empires against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916.
The battle lasted for almost five months and resulted in over 1 million casualties from multiple nationalities. The Franco-British alliance recorded an estimated 630,000 casualties while the German army reported from 460,000 to 600,000 men.
The first day of the Somme had been declared a serious defeat for the German Second Army. This was the worst day in the history of the British Army, which saw 19,240 deaths and almost 60,000 total casualties.
The Battle of the Somme is known as one of the bloodiest battles in history.
Here is a comparison of the battlefield then, and now.
Modern day France where the battle took place.
The situation on July 1st 1916, France. Credit: Alma Benutzer
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"On Saturday, April 21st, 2012, the citizens of Baton Rouge and Baker passed a historic election to create a dedicated revenue source for public transit....This was a truly historic feat -- one that many thought could not be accomplished and that succeeded despite great odds. So we want to take a moment to reflect on how this effort succeeded where so many others have failed.
Below are four reasons we think the transit campaign succeeded, followed by one thought about where we go from here.