I never ponder over existence after death, especially since there is neither evidence for, nor logic in, such a thing. Instead, I take comfort that it can't be any worse than what I experienced before I was born. So what's to be afraid of?
When you die, that's when the real fun begins. Mwuahahahahaha!!!
Do you remember what it was like before you were born? I didn't think so. It's like that.
The problem with discussing death is that all we can talk about are our experiences.
Death is not an experience. Dying is an experience. Death is not.
What is the definition of death? Is it the cessation of pretty much all neutrons firing in one's brain? Would being cryogenically frozen be the same (supposing one could be awoken from that)?
Human death (the death we have pretty much defined in our mind) is sufficiently irreversible that no one has ever returned to bring proof of an afterdeath (death is technically the afterlife, it being after life. So I'm calling this afterdeath).
What I think is that afterlife is just the loss of my conscious being due to loss of support by neuron interactions. The rest of my body doesn't so much die as continue through the process of being eaten by lifeforms or falling apart due to entropy.
Also, no offense, but do try to write a bit more coherent. I'm far from a grammar Nazi, but the way you wrote this text grates my mind.
the answers given so far are all excellent. . .after death the world continues on without you or me or whoever just died. . .
To the best of our knowledge, once you die, you're dead. The chemical reactions that fuel our bodies cease, the electro-checmical reactions that give rise to our neural activity stop, and we cease to be. In time, the chemicals in our bodies are recycled via decay, etc.


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package org.apache.stratos.load.balancer;

import org.apache.stratos.load.balancer.algorithm.AlgorithmContext;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * Defines cluster context properties.
 */
public class ClusterContext {
    private String serviceName;
    private String clusterId;
    private AlgorithmContext algorithmContext;
    private Properties properties;

    public ClusterContext(String serviceName, String clusterId) {
        this.serviceName = serviceName;
        this.clusterId = clusterId;
    }

    public String getServiceName() {
        return serviceName;
    }

    public String getClusterId() {
        return clusterId;
    }

    public AlgorithmContext getAlgorithmContext() {
        return algorithmContext;
    }

    public void setAlgorithmContext(AlgorithmContext algorithmContext) {
        this.algorithmContext = algorithmContext;
    }

    public Properties getProperties() {
        return properties;
    }

    public void setProperties(Properties properties) {
        this.properties = properties;
    }
}

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California is known for its beaches and beautiful weather. But not everyone loves the Golden State. On January 15th, a campaign began to create a state called New California split California into two separate states. Here are six things that could happen if New California becomes a state.
1 Two new Republican Senate seats could be added.
"New California" would encompass the state's rural counties that feel lost among the left coast's liberalism. With the addition of a new state, two new Senate seats would have to be added. And given the demographics of the new state, it's likely these senators would be Republicans.
2 Old California would lose some of its House seats.
Since seats in the House of Representatives are allocated based on population, dividing California in two would cause would cause old California to have less sway in the House. Advocates for New California say that it would have 25-27 seats in the House. California currently has 53 seats in the House.
3 New California would be the sixth largest state.
According to the New California movement's website, the proposed area would have a population of about 15 million, making it the sixth largest state after New York. Old California would be the second largest state with a population of 25 million.
4 The new state would probably have lower taxes.
The movement's founder, Robert Paul Preston told CBS Sacramento that he wants to create New California partially because of the way California is taxed. Because of this, it's safe to assume that the areas included in New California would be taxed at lower rates.
5 But it would lose a lot of income.
Coastal areas, including Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, remain in old California under Preston's proposal, meaning the new state would lose a lot of revenue from income tax. L.A. County alone generated almost a quarter of California's tax revenue in 2013, and Silicon Valley (San Mateo and Santa Clara counties) generated 17 percent of state income tax revenue.
6 New California counties might lose recreational marijuana.
California just legalized recreational pot on January 1st. It's unclear what New California would do about recreational marijuana, but it's entirely possible that the slightly more conservative state would reverse California's legalization.
Parts of California have made unsuccessful efforts to secede before, so we're not holding our breath for this new state.


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Park Narodowy Acadia () – park narodowy położony w USA na wybrzeżu stanu Maine. Jest on jedynym parkiem narodowym w tym stanie Maine i znajduje się głównie na wyspie Mount Desert. Park zajmuje obszar 192 km² i słynie z dzikiej przyrody i latarni morskich, bez których żegluga wśród skalistych wysepek byłaby wręcz niemożliwa. W parku znajduje się pięć latarni morskich, które zostały wybudowane w XIX wieku.

Historia

Nazwa parku przypisywana jest włoskiemu odkrywcy, Giovanniemu Verrazzano, który nadał tę nazwę w 1524 roku. Linia brzegowa wyspy Mount Desert przywoływała mu na myśl wybrzeże Grecji - stąd też grecka nazwa Acadia.

Park powstał dzięki staraniom George'a B. Dorra, który poświęcił kilkadziesiąt lat swojego życia oraz znaczną część swojego majątku w celu ochrony przyrody. W obliczu rosnącego uprzemysłowienia okolic obecnego parku, w 1901 roku Dorr ustanowił Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, organizację mającą na celu zachowanie ziemi dla użytku publicznego. Do 1913 roku organizacja nabyła ponad 24 km² okolicznej ziemi. Dorr zaoferował tę ziemię rządowi federalnemu i w 1916 roku prezydent Woodrow Wilson ustanowił na niej pomnik narodowy pod nazwą Sieur de Monts National Monument. Dorr kontynuował działania w celu zwiększenia powierzchni terenów objętych ochroną oraz podniesienia rangi obszaru do parku narodowego. Jego starania zostały uwieńczone sukcesem, gdy w 1919 roku prezydent Wilson podpisał akt prawny ustanawiający Park Narodowy Lafayette, pierwszy park narodowy w Stanach Zjednoczonych na wschód od rzeki Missisipi. Dorr został pierwszym dyrektorem parku. W 1929 roku jego nazwę zmieniono na Park Narodowy Acadia, którą nosi obecnie.

Warunki klimatyczne
Park Acadia jest pod wpływem klimatu morskiego, wobec czego występują obfite opady, a temperatury panujące na obszarze parku są średnie. Temperatura wód wynosi ok. 15 °C

Fauna
Na terenie Parku Narodowego Acadia występuje wiele dzikich gatunków zwierząt, wśród których można wymienić: orła, fokę, morsa, wieloryba, niedźwiedzia.

Turystyka
 Łączna długość pieszych szlaków turystycznych: 225 km,
 Możliwość uprawiania sportu (wspinaczka, pływanie),
 Dwa pola kempingowe usytuowane na terenie parku.

Zobacz też
 parki narodowe w Ameryce Północnej

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Oficjalna strona internetowa Parku Narodowego Acadia

Acadia
Geografia stanu Maine
Instytucje ufundowane przez rodzinę Rockefellerów

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Marquee Magazine. Positivity is a good thing.
It was also the first triumph at the of the Derian Hatcher and Legwand ownership .
I'm going to be hated; I'm going to be loved. Just working on the activities that allow me to throw.
They finished with a record of and collected 19 of a possible 20 points.


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Ernst Blasts Democrats For Blocking Military Funding
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst: "What will it take in order to get our servicemembers at home and abroad the resources they need?"
Work To Reform Hearts And Minds, Not Just The Law
Joni Ernst,
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, the first female combat veteran elected to the U.S. Senate and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, blasted her Democratic colleagues on Tuesday who blocked a measure simply allowing a debate on defense funding. On the floor of the Senate, she called on Democrats to put politics aside and to uphold one of the most important duties of the oath of office—and provide our men and women in uniform with the resources they need to do their jobs.
Senator Ernst noted that during her time serving in Kuwait and Iraq, one of the most important things for her troops was knowing that, without a doubt, the American people and policymakers in government who sent them to war stood behind and supported them every step of the way.
Read the transcript of her remarks below:
"Last week we saw our Democratic colleagues once again playing politics ahead of the defense of our great nation. They're putting their actions ahead of the support that we need to give to those who defend our nation.
"For the second time this year, Senate Democrats have blocked funding for our servicemembers.
"And the kicker, folks, is that the vote they blocked was one that would have simply allowed us to debate the issue.
"It sounds unbelievable even while I'm saying it now, but folks, it's the sad reality of where we are today.
"What message does it send to our men and women in uniform when every single senator of the Democratic Party votes against providing the funding that our troops need for training…For new defense programs critical to our national defense strategy…For the largest military pay raise in ten years, which our troops have more than deserved after nearly two decades of fighting for their country.
"When I was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in the early days of the War on Terror, the most important thing was not only to ensure my soldiers and I had the right training and equipment to carry out our missions, but knowing, without a doubt, that the American people and the policymakers in government who sent us to war, stood behind us and supported us every step of the way.
"It was placing faith in our country's leadership to make sound decisions to effectively employ military force, and to have the will, the resolve, and the tenacity to make tough decisions without regard to politics.
"The decision of the Democrats last week to not even open debate on what our troops need to fight and win is so sorely disappointing.
"What will it take in order to get our servicemembers at home and abroad the resources they need?
"Will we really deprive our troops of critical training opportunities to hone their readiness in the most dangerous strategic environment since the end of the Cold War?
"Will we actively aid our enemies by failing to fund those things which we have identified as critical to maintaining an edge against our adversaries?
"It is absolutely unacceptable that Democrats would even entertain these possibilities.
"If you want to have a debate, then let's have a debate. But to say you support the troops and then obstruct the ability to discuss in this chamber what our servicemembers need, it just, doesn't add up.
"That's why I'm here, on the floor today, to call upon all of my colleagues who sank the prospects of defense funding to come down and do the job that all of us swore to do when we took our oath of office.
"It's time to give our troops what they need to do their jobs. And it's time to stop running this government through wasteful continuing resolutions in an increasingly dangerous world."
The Need for Restraint
John Hendrickson: We cannot return to the 1920s, but we can certainly apply the principles Harding and Coolidge used to begin restoring fiscal sanity.
John Hendrickson
Senate Attempt to End Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Fails
The U.S. Senate failed to invoke cloture on S. 109, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2019 by a 48 to 47 vote.
Supreme Court Allows Reversal of Obama's Military Transgender Policy
The Supreme Court decision allows the implementation of Trump Administration reversal of the Obama-era policy allowing transgender soldiers into the military.
Passing First Step Act Is The Right Thing to Do
Shane Vander Hart: The First Step Act provides prisoners an opportunity for restoration, for rehabilitation, and a successful re-entry back into the community.

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Oct 30 (GDI) Cabinet granted approval to a memorandum submitted by President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Minister of Highways and Road Development to award the balance work of the construction of Four Lane Expressway from Pinnaduwa to Godagama to Messrs. CNTIC of China. This Expressway is constructed utilizing the money granted by the EXIM Bank of China, at the total negotiated contract price of US$ 88.4 million more..
Oct 30 (CI) Sanath Jayasuriya has been told by Sri Lanka's selectors that his performances on the tour of India will be close evaluated with an eye on the 2011 World Cup. Jayasuriya, 40, has been picked in the one-day squad as an allrounder who could bat down the order and bowl left-arm spin and the heat has been turned on him by Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors. more..
Oct 30 (CT) Trade unions of the Ceylon Electricity Board and the Power Minister failed to reach agreement on a demand for the salary increase due for workers this year. Yesterday's (Oct. 28) discussion followed an agitation by the CEB Trade Unions Alliance to press for its demand. The minister, the deputy minister and the CEB chairman as well as representatives of CEB trade unions attended the talks. more..
Oct 30 (CT) A mother of two, expecting a third, has died after consuming poison over an extramarital affair, Galle Police said. The 35-year-old had had an affair with a married man 15 years her senior. A few days ago, the woman had visited her paramour at his home, followed by her husband who had wanted her to return. After a heated exchange of words, the woman had consumed pesticide and died days later in hospital. more..
Oct 30 (CT) The government is entirely to blame for the doubtful situation over the GSP Plus export concession and it cannot accuse others as the situation is of its own making, said the JVP. The government has failed to safeguard democratic principles, a prerequisite for the facility from the European Union, and was now trying to level the finger at others, party MP Sunil Handunnetti told the media today (Oct. 29). more..
Oct 30 (CT) IGP Jayantha Wickremaratne, the 31st head of the Sri Lanka Police, retires today after a 35 year service. Police Department will hold a farewell parade in his honour at the Field Force Headquarters in Colombo. Born on 03 November 1949, he joined the police as a trainee ASP on 01 August, 1974. His retirement, upon completion of 60 years of age, is due on November 02, but he has decided to retire a few days ahead. more..
Oct 30 (AT) Sri Lankan Minister Arumugham Thondaman on Thursday called on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi at his residence here and briefed him about the progress in the resettlement of over two lakh Tamils uprooted from LTTE-controlled districts in the north in the final stages of the Eelam war. Mr Thondaman said he updated Mr Karunanidhi on the IDP situation since more..
Oct 30 (AT) President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday afternoon, is set to fly to Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Gautam Buddha, on Friday morning. President Rajapaksa is scheduled to offer religious prayers to Lord Buddha according to Buddhist tradition. A special Nepal Army helicopter has been arranged to take the President Rajapaksa and the First Lady to Lumbini. more..
Oct 30 (LG) Current topic today in world politics is war crimes which is not a novel scenario at the end of any successful victory of a long battle. The victory of war that engulfed the terrorism arena worldwide and Sri Lanka for three decades considered to be unwinnable was watched by the world with amazement and disbelief by disproving the theory that terrorism can not be crushed militarily. more..
Oct 30 (BS) Chennai-based infrastructure and real estate development company Marg Ltd has entered the Sri Lankan market as part of its international foray. Speaking to Business Standard, GRK Reddy, chairman and managing director, Marg Ltd, said the company had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development of Sri Lanka for constructing affordable dwelling units in Colombo. more..
Oct 30 (TOI) In an unusual turn of events, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, whose government this year crushed a nearly three-decade-old Tamil insurgency, arrived in Nepal on Thursday and held a 30-minute-long discussion with Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, whose guerrilla army led a successful 10-year-old civil war in the Himalayan nation. After the meeting in the tightly guarded Soaltee Crowne Plaza hotel in Kathmandu, more..
Oct 30 (NI) Sri Lanka and Pakistan will make mutually gainful endeavours to further increase bilateral trade between the two countries, taking the figure to $1 billion per annum.This was said by VS Sidath Kumar, Consul General of Sri Lanka, on a visit to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Thursday. Pakistan and Sri Lanka signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Feb 2005, ever since the two countries have seen a 70 per cent growth in business. more..
Oct 30 (LG) Now Rajapaksha regime is not only forgetting the armed forces and their heroic leaders but is now conspiring against them, Rajapaksha company is now in dirty political game, allege these veterans who were once heroes, now be crowned as traitors. This is a not only story about�Dutu Gemunu � , �Kudu Gemunu� and original Gamunu, but a exact reminiscent of real history. Recently one Gamunu of aforesaid remarked, "Now certain commanders of security forces think the war was won because of them. more..
Oct 30 (LG) The forthcoming elections gives a golden opportunity for the Tamil people to reorient and re-engage with the Sinhala nation to resolve the ethnic problem in a way the past mistakes that brought so much suffering to the Tamil people can be put behind and solution can be arrived at through fresh negotiations. The southern politicians continue to remain wedded to the chauvinist agenda and obsessed with the issue of how to turn the military victory over the LTTE into political capital to remain in power. more..
Oct 30 (LG) Principles in politics are like snow in hell. The JVP did their damnedest to prevent Mahinda Rajapaksa being appointed Prime Minister in 2004. The latter had gone all out to scuttle an alliance between the JVP and the SLFP the same year. But the following year, the JVP worked itself into the ground to ensure Rajapaksa's election as President. Today, the JVP is threatening to campaign against President Rajapaksa at the next presidential election! more..
Oct 30 (GR) The support and positions of various foreign governments in regards to the diabolic fighting between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan military, which cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians, says a great deal about the geo-strategic interests of these foreign governments. The position of the governments of India and a group of states that can collectively be called the Periphery, such as the U.S. and Australia, more..
Oct 30 (MG) Severe prolonged drought experienced in the Ampara district this year has caused large number of tanks to dry-out and the plantations dry-up. Deadly mammals like the crocodiles and the elephants that had their habitats as water tanks and forests have now started to move out encroaching areas where the people have their habitats. Crocodiles were caught in three places in Natpiddimunai, Manatchenai and Maruthamunai within the Kalmunai Municipal areas recently. more..
Oct 30 (FT) Colombo still has time to try to persuade the European Union not to suspend Sri Lanka�s trading privileges, a move that would damage its crucial garment export industry, a senior EU official said. Citing human rights violations, the EU is expected to suspend Sri Lanka�s access to Europe�s �generalised system of preferences plus� trading scheme by the end of this year but the measure may not take effect until June 2010, giving Colombo time to act. more..
Oct 30 (AP) A billionaire hedge fund manager charged in an insider trading case asked that his bail be reduced from $100 million to $25 million, noting that even Bernard Madoff's bail was only $10 million after he confessed to a multibillion-dollar fraud. Attorney John Dowd said Sri Lanka-born Raj Rajaratnam, one of the richest men in America, was subjected to "onerous conditions" of bail even though he faces no more than 10 years in prison if he is convicted. more..
Oct 30 (eTN) Sri Lanka Tourism and the National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka will be presenting the second Galle Film Festival from December 2-6, 2009 in the historic coastal town of Galle. The festival will open with Sri Lankan director Vimukthi Jayasundera�s "Ahasin Wetei," which was in competition at this year's Venice Film Festival. In addition to promoting tourism and film opportunities in the country, the festival�s main focus will be more..
Oct 30 (GDI) UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe's JVP backed call to end the executive presidential system has caused dissension within the rank and file of the party, well informed UNP sources disclosed. Several party stalwarts who prior to the 1977 general election supported late JR Jayewardene to introduce the system after the UNP won in 1977 are opposed to the UNP leader's call fully backed by the JVP. more..
Oct 30 (LG) �I empathize with the journalists in your country. It is a difficult terrain they have to walk. �If I have one recommendation to make, it will be this: Focus on the future by tackling the fundamental issues Sri Lanka are likely to face�, Professor P N Balji of Asia Journalism Fellowship at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Sri Lanka Guardian. more..
Oct 30 (LP) Colombo Crime Division is investigating an incident of police or any other group assaulting a psychiatric patient compelling the latter to jump to sea and to drown. The ill-fated man reportedly threw stones at trains running along the coastal railway in Colombo city off Babbalapitiya railway station. Two persons suspected to be the members of either police or the security forces beat him to drown in sea in the attempt to escape from attacks. more..
Oct 30 (MoD) Defence Ministry's Seva Vanitha Unit distributed 20 sewing machines donated by Pakistan High Commission, among the families of war heroes who made there utmost sacrifices for defending the motherland. The function was held at the Defence Ministry Premises under the patronage of secretary HE Pakisthani ambassador of Sri Lanka Shaheen A Gilani and Secretary Defence Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa. more..
Oct 30 (MoD) Secretary Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited the newly constructing "Ranaviru Nikethanaya" at Aththidiya this morning, 29 October. "Ranaviru Nikethanaya" is yet another welfare project of the Ministry of Defence for the disabled security forces personnel. The "Ranaviru Nikethanaya" will provide shelter for permanently disabled war heroes. Each disabled war hero will be provided with an air-conditioned room, internet facilities, more..
Oct 30 (SLW) A number of varieties presently being vaccinated as Injections and used as medical Instruments had been defined as unsuitable for human use by the National Health Department earlier this week. Certain brands of Rubella Vaccination which caused havoc during past couple of weeks when one girl died and a number of other children fell ill due to the use of sub quality medication had been a threatening medical offence in the recent history of the health sector. more..
Oct 30 (MoD) Sri Lanka army is to re-introduce its free transport facilities to soldiers as before, since the LTTE terrorism has now been defeated and its threat diminished. This was disclosed by Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya this morning (29) when he spoke to a cross-section of Other Ranks serving the Colombo Army Headquarters for the first time after he took over as Commander of the Army. more..
Oct 30 (LP) The Nebada Tank in the East of Sri Lanka was reconstructed by Sri Lanka Troops in order to enable the farming community of the area to restore their livelihood. With the reconstruction of the tank a wide area of paddy land would be provided with water. The tank was abandoned for more than 15 years due to the LTTE terrorist activities in the area. The tank which dates back to the era of the ancient Kings more..
Oct 30 (PSM) Presidential Secretariat has written to the district secretaries of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara to investigate into the complaints of encroachments of lands owned by Tamils and Muslims in the Eastern province. Additional Secretary to the President Mr. Anton Perera has written to the three distirct secretaries in this regard. Last week, TNA leader R. Sampanthan moved an adjournment debate in Parliament in this regard. more..
Oct 30 (PSM) Nearly 1,600 acres of abandoned paddy fields around the Palaly High Security Zone (HSZ) in Jaffna would be handed back to farmers to resume cultivation along with millions of rupees as subsidies. Besides, cash crops like cowpea, onions, green gram and chillies would be cultivated in 2000 acres in Karaveddy, Meesalai and Mirusuvil areas that remained uncultivated during the last two decades. more..
Oct 30 (GDI) Adding more vigor to the demining efforts to in order to accelerate the resettlement of the internally displaced civilians in the Northern Province, the Government has imported five more demining machines at a cost of Rs. 250 million from Slovakia. Governor of the Northern Province, Major General G.A. Chandrasiri after receiving these machines at the Airport handed over them to more..
Oct 30 (LT) The role played throughout by the Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition in bringing down substandard medicine is suspicious says Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, Member of Western PC. He said the Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition has brought in to the country more than 60 substandard medicines during one year. He said, �More than 60 different substandard medicines had to be rejected during the year from October, 2008 to September, 2009. more..
Oct 30 (LT) The Chairman of Ruhuna Development Bank has been sacked due to a letter that has been placed in the �Pirikara� (requisites) offered to Bhikkus who had participated at the alms giving held at President Mahinda Rajapakse�s mother�s residence. The letter had stated the expenses for the robes included in the offering were from Ruhunu Development Bank. 600 Bhikkus had participated at the alms giving held at Palatuwa area in Matara District. more..
Oct 30 (LT) Shell and Laugfs companies have asked permission from Consumer Affairs Authority to increase the price of gas by Rs.100 from the 1st of next month. The gas companies say the increase in gas prices have been requested due to the increase in prices in the world market and also the revision of gas prices due every two months according to the price formula. Meanwhile, a senior official of the Consumer Affairs Authority said a revision of gas prices is due on the 1st November more..
Oct 30 (LT) One of the main promises made during the Southern PC election by the President, the ministers and all those who participated in the UPFA campaign was to provide employment in harbours including in the Hambantota harbour. They stated thousands of jobs would be created when the construction work in Hambantota harbour would be completed soon. As Minister of Ports and Aviation Chamal Rajapakse is the elder brother of the President and more..
Oct 30 (CT) The cancer surgical theatre at Karapitiya Hospital has been closed for three weeks now due to malfunctioning air conditioners. As a result, cancer patients seeking surgery are severely inconvenienced, reports said. This surgical theatre is the largest of its kind in southern province. A hospital spokesman said the machinery needed for the repairs have to be imported. more..
Oct 30 (LNP) Controversy surrounds Australia s decision to keep Sri Lanka out of negotiations over Sri Lankan Tamils now held in Indonesia and Australia. Australia recently reached a bilateral agreement with Indonesia to confine the Sri Lankans in Indonesia at Australia s expense. Well informed sources told The Island that Australia had so far not sought Sri Lanka s advice in that regard, though a section of the Australian Opposition had taken a different position. more..
Oct 30 (LT) The Graduate Employees� Union (GEU) reiterated they would extend their cooperation fully to the continuous fast and protest carried out by unemployed graduates� unions for the last 22 days as the government was avoiding taking measures to find solutions and the struggle carried out by unemployed graduates of Indigenous Medicine. more..
Oct 30 (CT) The JHU has appointed a steering committee to carry out reforms to prepare the party for upcoming parliamentary elections. Its members are Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera, Udaya Gammanpila, Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe, Anuruddha Pradeep, Boseth Kalahepathirana and Anura Weerasekara. Reforms will focus on the party structure in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kandy, Kurunegala and Galle districts, said the party. more..
Oct 30 (GV) I feel that there is a pressing need to rise to the defense of Buddhism. This is because Buddhism is being degraded and exploited as a reactionary political ideology by a grade of low class politicians. Their impact is severe and decisive. Their politicized version of Buddhism is being incessantly drilled into the social consciousness of a particular chauvinist political base, with full state patronage, and more fundamentally, as the core program and agenda of the state and the regime. more..
Oct 30 (LNP) The Army is to re-introduce its free transport facilities to soldiers as earlier, since LTTE terrorism has now been defeated and its threat diminished, said Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday morning. He was addressing a cross-section of other ranks serving the Colombo Army Headquarters for the first time after he took over as the Commander. more..
Oct 30 (LT) �The government is responsible for the situation which had been made it necessary to reconsider regarding allowing GSP+ to Sri Lanka. Hence, there is no use stating there were conspiracies and pointing fingers at others. It is the government that has carried out a conspiracy to create a situation by not protecting democracy so that the GSP+ relief would be denied to Sri Lanka,� said JVP Parliamentarian Sunil Handunneththi. more..
Oct 30 (CT) The artificial running track at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Diyagama is yet to receive international recognition due to its substandard construction, reports said. The second of its kind in Sri Lanka has been constructed at a cost of more than Rs. 50 million. It is usual practice to obtain international certification for an artificial running track within two months of its construction, by the builder itself. more..
Oct 30 (DN) In May 1944, Dr. Kannangara presented to the State Council the recommendations of a Special Committee on education which had been appointed in 1940 and had published its report in late 1943. In concluding his speech which he later reminisced was the greatest speech of his long career, he declared: "... Sir, you will realize that it will not be an easy task to bring these reforms or a substantial portion of them into operation all at once. more..
Oct 30 (DN) Bricks from different section of the Jetavanaramaya were tested. The brick paving below the stupa dated to 3rd century BC. The accepted date for Jetavana was approximately 290 AD. Thermo luminescence test dated it to 250 AD (plus or minus 125.) Thermo luminescent testing of Sigiriya potsherds indicted that Sigiriya continued to function as a city long after Kasyapa. According to the dating, the brick walls were built after Kasyapa. more..
Oct 30 (Island) The government continues to give confusing signals on the conduct of Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, with Media Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, taking a non-committal stand. In stark contrast to last week�s comments by non-Cabinet Media Minister Lakshman Yapa, that there was a likelihood of both the Presidential and Parliamentary elections being held together, Priyadharshana Yapa simply told the Cabinet press briefing more..
Oct 30 (DN) In the event that the European Council decides not to extend the GSP plus facility to Sri Lanka a revision can take place within a six month period, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal told a media briefing at the Central Bank yesterday. He said Sri Lanka submitted an application for renewal of this facility in September 2008 and the EU decided to extend this facility to Sri Lanka for a three year period from January 2009 subject to review. more..


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A New York Harp Ensemble (magyarul: New York-i Hárfaegyüttes) Würtzler Arisztid és felesége, Barbara Pniewska, továbbá Eva Jaslar, valamint Martha és Rebecca Flanery hárfaművészek által alapított, 1969 és 1997 között működő komolyzenei együttes. Csaknem 30 éves működése során többször is cserélődtek a tagjai az alapító házaspár kivételével. A világ 60 országában szerepeltek. Ötször játszottak a Fehér Házban, felléptek II. János Pál pápa előtt a Vatikánban, és számos televíziós, illetve hanglemez-felvételt készítettek.

Előzmények
Würtzler Arisztid 1956-ban Magyarországról az USA-ba emigrált. Kezdetben zenekarokban játszott (pl. 1958-61 között a New York-i Filharmonikusoknál), majd szólókarrierbe kezdett. Egy idő után észrevette, hogy férfi előadóként nem tud bejutni az amerikai televíziókba. Ekkor született meg benne az elhatározás, hogy hárfaegyüttest alapít, amely látványosabb és színesebb műsort képes megjeleníteni. Példának Mireille Flourt belgiumi együttesét vette, bár okulni igyekezett ennek gyors bukásából, ami a hárfások közötti állandó rivalizálás miatt következett be.

Feleségével a genfi hárfaversenyen ismerkedett meg 1969-ben, ahol a fiatal, visszahúzódó, játékában még nem kiforrott lány Lengyelország képviseletében versenyzett. Würtzler a verseny után ösztöndíjjal Hartfordba hívta, ahol ő maga egyetemi professzor volt. Barbara szintén zenész családból származott, apja neves brácsás volt Varsóban. Ötévesen kezdett zongorázni, és 1964-ben végzett a Varsói Zeneakadémia hárfaszakán.

Története
Az együttes 28 éven át működött. Több ezer koncertet adtak a világ több, mint 60 országában, és számos televíziós, rádiós, valamint lemezfelvételt készítettek. A házaspáron kívül két további tag is szerepelt a hárfaegyüttesben, akik idővel cserélődtek. Az évtizedek során megfordult náluk Sandra Bittermann, Hye Yun Chung, Pattee Cohen, Coleen Cooney, Elizabeth Etters, Margery Fitts, Martha és Rebecca Flannery, Monika Jarecka, Eva Jaslar, Sylvia Kowalczuk, Dorella Maiorescu, Grace Paradise, Dagmar Platilova és Park Stickney. Többük az együttest elhagyva továbbra is neves hárfás maradt, illetve hárfaprofesszor lett.

A hárfa-világszövetséget 1959-ben alapították meg Pierre Jamet francia professzor vezetésével, az izraeli kormány pedig ugyanebben az évben rendezte meg az első hárfa-világversenyt. Az együttes így elévülhetetlen érdemeket szerzett az ötvenes évek végétől kibontakozó hárfás élet felvirágoztatásában, az addig szinte ismeretlen hárfa népszerűsítésében és a hárfairodalom bővítésében. Utóbbit saját szerzeményekkel és átiratokkal, továbbá neves szerzőknek (Leonard Bernstein, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Alan Hovhaness) adott megrendeléseikkel érték el. Külön hangsúlyt fektettek lengyel, magyar (Liszt Ferenc, Bartók Béla, Kodály Zoltán, Ligeti György, Durkó Zsolt, Hidas Frigyes, Serly Tibor) és a vendéglátók nemzetisége szerinti szerzők műveinek a megismertetésére. Repertoárjuk a barokktól a romantikusokon át a modernekig (Marcel Tournier,  Carlos Salzedo, Marcel Grandjany) ívelt. Nagy figyelemmel voltak a közönségigény kielégítésére, ezért mindig három teljes műsort tartottak fenn, amelyből a vendéglátó választhatta ki a neki legmegfelelőbbet. Azonban nemcsak komolyzenei darabokat játszottak, mert a világon az elsők között igyekeztek látványos, crossover-stílusú színpadi műsort megvalósítani. Egyik scherzojukban választási zenekarként szerepeltek korteskalapban. Egy másikban pityókás bárjelenetet mutattak be dzsesszzenével. Egy harmadikban pedig Liszt II. Magyar rapszódiáját játszották számos nemzet jellegzetes stílusában úgy, mintha képzeletbeli utazást tennének meg, percenként váltogatva a stílust a zenében. (Würtzler humorához hozzátartozik, hogy gyakran nevezte együttesét "hárememnek", még nyilvános interjúkban is.)

Az együttes ötször szerepelt a Fehér Házban Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush és Bill Clinton elnökök meghívására. A Vatikánban II. János Pál pápa előtt 1985-ben léptek fel. 1977-ben a bogotai, 1979-ben a hondurasi és a Fülöp-szigeteki elnöki palotákban játszottak.

A nyolcvanas évek második felétől rendszeresen visszatértek Magyarországra. 1988-ban Szombathelyen, Kőszegen és Sopronban turnéztak, később a Budapesti Kongresszusi Központban adtak nagy sikerű koncertet. 1985-ben a Hungaroton kiadta New Yorkban készült barokk-felvételüket, majd ezt követően további felvételeket is készítettek, többek között Marton Évával.

Sokszor játszottak extrém körülmények között, Dél-Amerikában pl. előfordult, hogy a magas páratartalom miatt szinte kopogott a hárfa. Ezen kívül jelentős tapasztalatokra tettek szert mind a közúti-, mind a légi-hárfaszállítás terén. Tapasztalataikat szívesen osztották meg más hárfásokkal és hárfakészítőkkel is.

Az együttes direktora kétségtelenül Würtzler volt, aki mérnöki pontossággal igyekezett megtervezni az együttes sikerét biztosító körülményeket (műsor, ruha, reklámok, újságszereplések). Azonban elismerte, hogy Barbara a kezdetektől nagy szerepet vitt a szervezésben is, az átiratokból pedig kitűnik, hogy jó néhányat ő dolgozott fel az együttes számára. Barbara tehát egyenrangú szerepet vitt férjével.

Az együttes Würtzler 1997. évi halála után feloszlott.

Emlékezete
Hagyományait újabban a Los Angeles Harp Ensemble elevenítette fel, illetve folytatja.

Magyarországon a hárfásegyüttes emlékét a HarpPost blog szerzői őrzik. Számos cikket, dokumentumot közöltek róla, és az Eva Jaslarról szóló dokumentumfilmjükben is megemlékeztek róla.

A New York Harp Ensemble felvételei
Az együttesnek 1974 és 1997 között húsz lemeze jelent meg. A rajtuk szereplő zenedarabok száma 150 mű, a 65 szerzőtől.

A New York Harp Ensemble számára írt darabok

 Leonard Bernstein (USA): Chorale and Meditation
 Gianopaulo Chiti (Olaszország): Breakers
 Paul Creston (USA): Olympia Rhapsody for Harp
 Jean Michel Damase (Franciaország): Concertino
 Norman Dello Joio (USA): Bagatella
 Durkó Zsolt (Magyarország): Serenata Per Quatro Arpas
 Nicolas Flagello (USA): Arismo II. for 4 Harps, Island of Mysterious Bells
 Jan Hanus (Csehszlovákia): Introduzione E Toccata
 Hidas Frigyes (Magyarország): Hungarian Melodies
 Alan Hovhaness (USA) - Stuart Colidge: Spirituals in Sunshine and Shadow
 Lucrecia R. Kasilag (Fülöp szigetek): Diversions II for 4 Harps
 Ligeti György (Magyarország/Németország): Continuum
 Ami Maayani (Izrael): Arabesque for 4 Harps
 Mihail Mecsedelov (Szovjetunió): Song Procession for 4 Harps and Drum
 Sergio Montori (Olaszország): Iron Garden
 Ahmed Adnan Saygun (Törökország): Three Preludes for Four Harps, Three Melodies for Four Harps
 Serly Tibor (Magyarország/USA): Canonic Prelude for 4 Harps
 Toru Takemitsu (Japán): Wavelength
 Lin Wha (Kína): Amid Flowers Beside the River
 Józef Wiłkomirski (Lengyelország): Concerto for Four Harps

Jegyzetek

Források
 Juhász Előd - Kaposi Kis István: Beszélő hárfa. Aristid von Würtzler. Idegenforgalmi Propaganda és Kiadó Vállalat, Budapest, 1990. 94 oldal
 Dr. Géczy Károly: Vándorévek muzsikája. Kézirat. Részletek HarpPost blog

További információk
 Beszélgetés Barbara von Würtzler hárfaművésszel HarpPost blog
 Interjú Ewa Jaślar lengyel-amerikai hárfással, a Lengyel Hárfaszövetség elnökével HarpPost blog
 Zenebutik: videón Würtzler Arisztid és a New York Harp Ensemble HarpPost blog
 Carl Swanson: Traveling with The New York Harp Ensemble swansonharp.com
 Sto lat! Ewa Jaslar and a decade of the Polish Harp Society harpblog.info
 A New York Harp Ensemble megemlékezése Würtzlerről elhalálozásakor HarpPost blog
 A Los Angeles Harp Ensemble bemutatkozása harpsociety.org

Hárfások
Kamaraegyüttesek
New York zenei élete
Würtzler Arisztid


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"It takes at least 50 hours to blur an entire episode" of Naked and Afraid
The risks are high, too. After the first wave of success for "Naked and Afraid" in 2013, other naked-themed reality shows like TLC's "Buying Naked" and VH1's "Dating Naked" followed. Two years ago, a woman sued VH1 and the production team of the show "Dating Naked" after she contended that a blur did not fully cover her crotch. (The suit was thrown out.)
"It's something we live in constant fear of," said Steve Rankin, an executive producer, referring to prospective lawsuits. He added: "The Discovery Channel is not an R-rated network. It's seen by families. We don't want to upset people."
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When I was cheffing in Monaco I met an American couple who lived in the little neighbouring "suburb" called Moneghetti. I offered to whisk up them a meal one night with whatever they had in the cupboard and fridge, sort of a magic box meal. There was a bag of spaghetti, some fresh tomatoes, a shallot, some cheese and basil.
When asked "what do ya call this dish?" I didn't have a name for it so we christened it spaghetti Moneghetti. It's really quick to make and you can use any type of pasta. Remember the real Italian parmesan cheese tastes the best.
Fill a large pot of water, bring to the boil and add 2 tsp salt and a splash of olive oil. Add the pasta and simmer for 11-13 minutes or until al dente — the Italian term used to describe firm to the bite or just cooked. Drain in a colander.
While the pasta is cooking, heat a large frying pan with the olive oil. Add the shallot and garlic, then gently fry on a medium heat for 3 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat and add tomatoes. Place the pasta back into the pan then add ¾ of the basil leaves, sliced, and the balsamic. Season with salt and pepper.
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It looks like the drought has broken! No doubt the weather is probably upsetting some holiday and fishing plans.
However, the positive is that rain was badly needed.
Above Right: The Waimakariri River at the Gorge Bridge rising after Thursday's rain.
The rain is widespread bringing much needed freshes to the alpine rivers as well as foothill rivers such as the Selwyn and the Ashley.
The rain will clear by the weekend.
However, there will be strong easterlies around the coast and northerlies in the high country but there may be some sheltered spots somewhere in the middle.
The biggest issue this weekend will be finding fishable water. All the rivers will be high and dirty after this week's rain.
The lakes could be an option. Unfortunately lakes Lyndon, Pearson, Grasmere, Sarah, Hawdon and Marymere are still closed until further notice, due to the unusual trout rash found in some of these lakes towards the end of last year.
The latest update from the Ministry of Primary Industries, which is carrying out the testing, is that we are still at least two weeks away from a result. We would like to thank anglers for their patience.
We know it's a major inconvenience for some but we cannot take the risk.
The Coleridge or Hurunui lakes are still an option this weekend.
The issues we had with warm water temperatures before Christmas have been resolved by the recent cooler and windier weather.
Brown trout will still be cruising around the edges readily taking dry flies while the rainbows will be out deeper which will be more suited for trolling or harling.
Please check your regulations to make sure you are complying with the varying rules for our lakes.


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Docket No.: BAR-11-21
Issued by: Supreme Judicial Court
Respondent: Michael M. McAleer
Bar Number: 003673
Order: Reprimand
Disposition/Conduct: Illegal Conduct; Failure to Respond to Bar Counsel; Failure to File Required Affidavit
DECISION AND ORDER
The Board of Overseers of the Bar initiated this attorney disciplinary action on May 18, 2012 by filing a disciplinary Information pursuant to M. Bar R. 7.2(b). Mr. McAleer responded with a timely Answer to the Board's Information. After pre-trial discussions, the parties notified the Court that they were in agreement to submit a proposed order providing for stipulated findings and sanction.
On June 14, 2012, counsel appeared before the Court to outline their proposal for resolution of this matter. The Board was represented by Bar Counsel J. Scott Davis, and Marvin H. Glazier, Esq. represented Mr. McAleer.
McAleer was admitted to the Maine bar in 1987. From his admission until his administrative suspension in October 2010, McAleer engaged in private practice in Bangor, Maine. The Court notes that except for this current action McAleer has not previously been disciplined for attorney misconduct.
Following a review of the pleadings and the parties' proposal, the Court finds and McAleer agrees that he engaged in specific violations of the formerly applicable Maine Code of Professional Responsibility and the current Maine Rules of Professional Conduct. The specific findings related to each count of the Board's Information are outlined below.
COUNT I (GCF# 11-012 sua sponte complaint)
On January 13, 2011 Bar Counsel docketed a sua sponte grievance complaint as a result of McAleer's failure to file the "notification affidavit" as specifically required by Maine Bar Rule 7.3(i)(2)(A)(B).
By way of background, following his October 19, 2010 administrative suspension, even though McAleer had voluntarily refrained from representing clients or otherwise practicing law, he failed to file the "notification affidavit" as specifically required by Maine Bar Rule 7.3(i)(2)(A)(B). McAleer's suspension occurred as a result of his failure to file an annual registration statement and attain his required CLE hours. McAleer's failure to file the notification affidavit was a violation of Rule 7.3(i)(2)(A)(B). McAleer did not provide an answer to the sua sponte complaint regarding the affidavit. His failure to so respond to Bar Counsel constituted a violation of M. R. Prof. Conduct 8.1 (b).
COUNT II (GCF# 11•151 Sua sponte complaint)
On May 6, 2011, Bar Counsel docketed a sua sponte complaint against McAleer based upon his failure to file Maine tax returns and to pay Maine state income taxes for six years, 2003-2008. McAleer was charged by criminal complaint in 2009 and in April 2010 he pleaded no contest to the five charges. As a result of his pleas, McAleer was given a suspended jail sentence with probation. Additionally McAleer received a special condition to pay his Maine income tax. Since then, McAleer has successfully completed his probation. The Court finds that McAleer's criminal conduct and his failure to answer the sua sponte complaint constituted violations of M. Bar R. 3.1(a); 3.2(f)(2); and M. R. Prof. Conduct 8.1(b); 8A(a).
McAleer has committed serious violations of the former Code of Professional Responsibility and the current Maine Rules of Professional Conduct. As a result, the Court must consider an appropriate sanction. The Court is mindful that the primary purpose of attorney discipline proceedings is not punishment but rather protection of the public.
Among the factors to be considered in imposing sanctions are the duty violated, the lawyer's mental state, the actual or potential injury caused by the lawyer's misconduct and the existence of any aggravating or mitigating circumstances. See ABA Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions, 1991 (ABA Standards). See also M. Bar R. 7. 1 (e)(3)(C).
The first factor under the ABA Standards is to determine the duty that was breached. The Maine Rules of Professional Conduct specifically require attorneys to uphold their responsibilities to clients and the courts. McAleer violated his duties to the legal system by failing to complete the annual registration requirements in 2010 and by failing to file the required notification affidavit once he was administratively suspended. The information collected by the annual registration of lawyers facilitates the protection of the public and courts. As well, any former clients of McAleer would need access to his contact information in order to access their files or related property.
The Court must also consider any mitigating and aggravating factors. There are mitigating circumstances here. McAleer reports that he has now filed all of his Maine income tax returns and that he is current on his payment of taxes. Additionally, McAleer suffers from debilitating depression and, at times, he is unable to address personal and required professional obligations. In that regard, McAleer failed to respond to the Board's mailing which contained his annual registration materials. He also failed to file responses to the Grievance Complaints.
McAleer acknowledges that he suffers from a disability and he is remorseful for his violations of the professional conduct rules. Moreover, the Court is aware that McAleer is not currently practicing law and he has affirmed that he does not intend to practice until he is cleared to do so by his physician. McAleer remains suspended from the practice of law in Maine.
Accordingly, the Court imposes upon Michael M. McAleer two Public Reprimands. In doing so, the Court approves the parties' agreement and ORDERS the following conditions in this matter:
Mr. McAleer shall remain current in all filing obligations and payment of all taxes owed by him to the United States Internal Revenue Service and the State of Maine Revenue Service.
If he intends to return to the practice of law in Maine, Mr. McAleer shall remain in treatment for his disability until released by his physician. Prior to seeking reinstatement, Mr. McAleer must provide the Court and Bar Counsel with a copy of his treating physician's prognosis and recommendations.
By June 30, 2012, Mr. McAleer shall also comply with the provisions of M. Bar R. 7.3(i)(1).
Ellen A. Gorman
Associate Justice
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
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Email: board@mebaroverseers.org
The information on this website is intended to assist members of the bar and the public. If there is any conflict with the content on this website and the Maine Bar Rules or the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct (Rules), then the rules prevail.


The push for an Alabama lottery is now a competition.
Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Range, filed a lottery bill this week that would establish a state lottery and limit it to paper-based games – a move that has drawn opposition in the past from senators who say it could give a major gambling entity in Alabama a unique advantage over others.
The bill will be in a Senate committee Thursday morning, along with other proposals filed by Sen. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, who has filed a bill that would give the state's four dog tracks access to the same gaming machines that the federally recognized Poarch Band of Creek Indians, who operate casinos in Atmore, Montgomery, and Wetumpka could obtain if a lottery came to Alabama.
McClendon said in a phone interview Wednesday that the provision could help restore jobs at places like VictoryLand in Macon County, which shed employees in the face of raids.
"Once we get my bill through, owners and operators will get the confidence to open tomorrow and next week and next year, there's going to be job opportunities for Alabamians," he said.
The paper-based game language has sunk previous efforts at bringing a lottery to the state. In 2016, an amendment to a lottery amendment turned Senate Democrats who had supported the measure against it. Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro, whose district includes GreeneTrack in Greene County, said making the game paper-based would prevent dog tracks like GreeneTrack from installing video lottery terminals (VLTs).
But, he said, federal law considers lotteries Class III gaming, a category that includes slot machines and table games. Singleton said the Poarch Band, who operate under federal law, would have access to the machines.
"The reality is a lottery is a Class III game," Singleton said. "If we allow Class III gaming they will go full casino, as opposed to bingo," Singleton said.
Robert McGhee, the director of government relations for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, said he hadn't looked at all Albritton's bill in detail, but said it would give "the people of Alabama what they want," an opportunity to vote on a lottery.
Albritton's district includes Atmore, where the Poarch Band operate Wind Creek Casino.
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, said there will be a public hearing Thursday morning but no vote. McClendon said he expects a vote on both bills on Wednesday. Marsh had expressed doubts about McClendon's legislation, and seemed supportive of McClendon's legislation.
Both bills are constitutional amendments, which would need to be approved by voters if they pass the Alabama Legislature.


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Madhuri to perform at Men's Hockey World Cup opening night
Actress Madhuri Dixit Nene will be performing at the opening ceremony of the Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 on November 27.
The opening ceremony will highlight the message of the power of a united world.
To showcase the same, the ceremony will feature a theatrical production and dance ballet titled "The Earth Song". The theme of "The Earth Song" is 'Oneness of humanity'.
Created, written and directed by Nupur Mahajan, the production will feature Madhuri as the central character — Mother Earth, read a statement.
She will be joined by 1,100 artists. The show will unfold over five acts during a 40 minute performance with Shiamak Davar choreographing. Ranjit Barot has created the original music score.
"For a writer who wants to break the mould, the people of Odisha present the perfect audience. Their inclusive approach together with the cultural and aesthetic edge is the perfect reason to bypass formulaic ceremonies and create something original and intellectual," Mahajan said.
"Also sport is where all divides converge around a shared passion and it is the perfect canvas to engage the world in the message of a united world. And talking of oneness, where else can Mother Earth rise but India, a land which symbolises oneness in diversity," she added.
"The Earth Song" will show contemporary, classical, jazz, ballet, Afro as also sattriya, Odissi, mohiniattam, kathak. It will also comprises drama, dialogue and original music to deliver a strong message of oneness. The story will be told by Mother Earth.
Talking about the choreography, Davar said: "The theme is universal, more so an original production has not been created for an opening ceremony before, which makes this challenging and thrilling.
"Madhuri and I have always created magic together and this, together with Nupur Mahajan's writing and Ranjit Barot's music makes me believe that together we will create a milestone show."
The fourteenth edition of the prestigious hockey competition is scheduled to take place from November 28 to December 16.
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Post office trying to forward mail to storm victims
WASHINGTON – The post office has delivered some 15,000 Social Security checks at collection points in the area affected by Hurricane Katrina, officials said Wednesday. But the agency is still trying to locate 2,000 of its workers.In the affected region, 188 post offices have returned to full service, 189 are providing limited service and 120 are still closed."In some cases the facility has ceased to exist," Postal Service senior vice president Thomas G. Day said.Postmaster General John Potter said about 720,000 delivery points in Louisiana, mostly in New Orleans and the surrounding area, remain without service, as do about 100,000 delivery locations in Mississippi. All post offices in Alabama have returned to service.Day said 51,800 people who have been evacuated from their homes have filed change-of-address forms so their mail can be forwarded, and the post office is encouraging more people to do so.The agency is working to get checks, financial documents, medications and other vital items delivered to the people who need them, Day said.The normal 30-day limit on temporary change-of-address forwarding has been suspended for these people, he said. Changes can be filed at any local post office, by phone at 1-800-275-8777 or online at http://www.usps.com.Day said many people have changed their mailing addresses to shelters such as the Houston Astrodome, and people can file additional changes as they move to longer-term locations.Potter said new technology allows the post office to reroute mail at the post office where it is received if the agency has a change-of-address notice.In the past, mail would have been sent to the Gulf Coast area, where workers would then reroute it. But computers now allow the post office to scan mail when it is received. If someone from New Orleans, for example, has filed a change of address to California, the item is sent directly there."Regardless of where they are, we'll move their mail to them," Potter said in a telephone interview. "My message to everybody is, if they are relocated, please inform us."The Postal Service had about 6,000 employees in the affected region, Day said.Many have returned to work. Others, who have been evacuated, are working at post offices in other areas, and some 2,000 have not been heard from."That's a concern for us a week into this event," Day said.Day and Potter urged postal workers to contact the agency if possible."We want to know that you're alive and OK," Day said. The post office will help its workers find emergency housing and other services, he said.Potter said the agency wants to make sure its workers get paid and will invite them to work at nearby offices, regardless of where they are in the country.Day said postal facility damage has been estimated at more than $100 million, but stressed that is a rough estimate.He said some mail must have been damaged or destroyed in facilities that were damaged by the storm, but the agency was able to divert mail headed for New Orleans beforehand, sending it to Houston for storage.About 300,000 pieces of mail in the New Orleans processing center that could not be delivered before the storm hit were moved up to a higher floor, and Day said postal inspectors reported that mail does not seem to have been damaged.Vail, Colorado


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In Memoriam: Country Music's Fallen Greats of 2021
As we look back on 2021 and before we look forward to 2022, it's important we take the time to pay tribute to these individuals who left a mark on the country and roots music world that will never fade. Here are the performers, players, songwriters, and others we lost in 2021.
Bert Baumbach, Bill Owens, Billy Robinson, BJ Thomas, Black Oak Arkansas, Byron Berline, Chad Sullins, Chris Wall, Chuck Morpurgo, Commander Cody, Courtney Granger, Dallas Moore, Dewayne Blackwell, Dixie Flyers, Dolly Parton, Don Everly, Don Maddox, Dustin Boyer, Dusty Hill, Ed Bruce, Gary Scruggs, Glenn Douglas Tubb, Gram Parsons, J.D. Crowe, James White, Jamie O'Hara, Jason "Rowdy" Cope, Jim Weatherly, JT Gray, Kenny Ballinger, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Margaret Everly, Mark Jensen, Michael Nesmith, Nanci Griffith, Neil Flanz, Osborne Brothers, Pinto Bennett, Randy Parton, Razzy Bailey, Richie Albright, Rickie Lee Reynolds, Rose Lee Maphis, Rusty Young, Sonny Osborne, Stonewall Jackson, Sue Thompson, The Broken Spoke, The Everly Brothers, The Station Inn, Tom T. Hall, Waylon Jennings, ZZ Top
Gram Parsons / Austin Steel Guitarist Neil Flanz Has Died
There are few tours that are more legendary to the history of country music than the six-week tour that Gram Parsons embarked on in 1973 behind his album GP. Yes, there were certainly bigger tours with higher grossing receipts, or tours that featured a more scintillating lineup.
Alvin Crow, Armadillo World Headquarters, Billy Walker, Charlie Louvin, Emmylou Harris, Faron Young, Fingerpistol, Gram Parsons, Grand Ole Opry, Jean Shepard, Joe Sun, Johnny Paycheck, Linda Ronstadt, Marcia Ball, Neil Flanz, Neil Young, Webb Pierce, Wilf Carter
On The Death of Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts
He was the envy of every other rock band—a drummer that didn't perpetually harbor envy for more attention, and seize every opportunity to receive it. He made an art form out of not complimenting a song, but completing it. He was the consummate back line musician.
Charlie Watts, Gram Parsons, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones
Vintage Review – The Rolling Stones – 'Sticky Fingers' (50th Anniversary)
Here 50 years after its original release, it remains one of the most influential and relevant albums ever recorded in popular music. From the songwriting, to the guitar tones, to the overall style and vibe, artists in country and rock and everything in between have been trying to capture it.
Gram Parsons, Jason Isbell, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Review, Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones, Townes Van Zandt
Country Music Hall of Fame Picks & Predictions for 2021
It's that time of year again to consider who might be in the running for the precious few spots as the newest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. A secret committee commissioned by the CMA is going over their final ballots and whittling down the names to the few who will make it.
Country Music Hall of Fame, David Alan Coe, Dwight Yoakam, Gram Parsons, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Paycheck, Keith Whitley, Kenny Chesney, Larry Gatlin, Linda Ronstadt, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Ralph Stanley, Ray Charles, Shania Twain, Tanya Tucker, The Judds, The Stanley Brothers, Tompall Glaser, Travis Tritt
On Margo Price Calling Out Luke Combs for Confederate Flag Use
It is very important to contextualize that Luke Combs has completely scrubbed Confederate flags from his image, and for many years now—a critically important point not relayed by Margo Price's tweet. If nothing else, this should exonerate Billy Strings from having to answer for anything.
Amanda Shires, Billy Strings, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, Leon Bridges, Luke Combs, Margo Price, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tom Petty, Upchurch
Classic Country Diminished in New Rolling Stone 500 Best Albums
It's worth noting that Rolling Stone's new updated version of their "500 Best Albums of All Time" significantly diminishes iconic titles from the classic country canon. Not only were some titles downgraded, some were eliminated entirely.
Charley Pride, Cody Jinks, Dolly Parton, Eric Church, George Jones, Gram Parsons, Jason Isbell, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Kacey Musgraves, Lucinda Williams, Miranda Lambert, Patsy Cline, Ray Charles, Rolling Stone, Shania Twain, Steve Earle, Taylor Swift, The Byrds, Turnpike Troubadours, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
Ken Burns Country Film Exposes Holes in Hall of Fame Membership
Something that became obvious while watching the Ken Burns documentary is a few of the egregious oversights the Country Music Hall of Fame has been a party to when it comes to its inductees. Unlike other Halls of Fame, The Country Music Hall of Fame is extremely selective of who they let in, only allowing three new members in each year.
Don Maddox, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams Jr., Hazel Smith, Keith Whitley, Ken Burns, Marty Stuart, Ralph Stanley, Rosanne Cash, Rose Maddox, The Judds, The Maddox Brothers and Rose, The Stanley Brothers
Review – Episode 7 of Ken Burns Country Music Documentary
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The 7th Episode in the series was unique in that 30 more minutes were added to give Ken Burns and his team the time to delve into a decade of the music, explain the important influence of Texas songwriters and the emergence of the Outlaw movement in the early and mid 70's, all while keeping up with the goings on in popular country in Nashville.
Armadillo World Headquarters, Billy Joe Shaver, Billy Sherrill, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Freddy Fender, George Jones, Gram Parsons, Guy Clark, Hank Williams Jr., Hazel Smith, Hillbilly Central, Johnny Rodriguez, Ken Burns, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Tompall Glaser, Townes Van Zandt, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
Undoubtedly, you could not tell the story of country music in the late 60's and early 70's without broaching the political upheaval and countercultural revolution roiling American society at the time. But the time spent on stories that were only proxies to country music bogged this episode down in stretches.
Billy Sherrill, Bob Dylan, Charlie Daniels, Don Chapel, Earl Scruggs, George Jones, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, Ken Burns, Kris Kristofferson, Leon Russell, Marty Stuart, Merle Haggard, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Shel Silverstein, Tammy Wynette, The Byrds, Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
Saving Country Music's 2018 Country Music Hall of Fame Picks & Prognostications
Once again as spring nears, it becomes time for the annual exercise to ponder who perhaps the CMA will deem worthy for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. About this time the secret CMA-approved committee is going over their final ballots and whittling down the precious names to the few who will make it.
Country Music Hall of Fame, David Allan Coe, Dottie West, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams Jr. Dwight Yoakam, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Paycheck, Keith Whitley, Kenny Chesney, Lynn Anderson, Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Travis Tritt. Brooks & Dunn
Cajun and Country Rock Performer Gib Guilbeau Has Died
Though maybe not as recognizable of a name as many of the artists Gib shared lineups with, including Gene Parsons and Clarence White, his unique approach to music, influenced by his distinctly Cajun flavor and upbringing, made Guibeau seminal to the sound that would become West Coast country rock.
Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Gib Guilbeau, Gram Parsons, Linda Ronstadt, Nashville West, Swampwater, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Gosdin Brothers
Glenn Frey & The Eagles – The Gateway Drug for Millions of Country Fans
Love them, hate them, evoke the strong opinions of the Coen Brothers' fictional character Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski all you want, but Glen Frey and The Eagles turned millions of music fans from all around the world into country music listeners through the evocative power of simple, universal sentiments bathed in twangy tones, however filed off the edges may have been, or however commercially successful the pursuit ultimately was.
Alan Jackson, Clint Black, Don Henley, Garth Brooks, Glenn Frey, Gram Parsons, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
New Movement Believes Bocephus Belongs in the Country Hall of Fame
Navy Buddies Take on Nashville and Advocate for Hank Williams Jr.'s HOF Induction — "I enlisted in the Navy when I was 17. That choice, and September 11, 2001, has kept me often deployed abroad and moving around throughout the United States over the last 17 years. Hank's music is one way I've found to stay connected to rural American culture."
Bocephus Belongs, Country Music Hall of Fame, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., Hank3, Travis Tritt
2015 Country Music Hall of Fame Picks & Prognostications
It's about that time of year again to start considering who the Country Music Hall of Fame will include in their list of 2015 inductees. That said, this announcement seems to inch later, and later (and later) each year. Nonetheless, if you want your opinion to amount to anything, you better get it out there early in the year as the people who make the picks for the final ballots and eventually inductees are doing their homework.
Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Country Music Hall of Fame, David Allan Coe, Don Kelley, Dwight Yoakam, Grady Martin, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams Jr., Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Reed, Jesse McReynolds, John Hartford, Johnny Paycheck, Keith Whitley, Kenney Vaughan, Kenny Chesney, Mac McAnally, Mac Wiseman, Pete Drake, Ralph Mooney, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, Redd Volkaert, Ricky Skaggs, Ronnie Milsap, Sam Bush, The Maddox Brothers & Rose, The Oak Ridge Boys
Doug Seegers Beyond The "Homeless Man Made Star" Story
The story of the homeless Nashville singer-songwriter done good named Doug Seegers crossed the Saving Country Music news desk early on in the story's cycle, before big outlets like NPR and the Wall St. Journal were running big features on the heartwarming tale, but for whatever reason, a story that seemed like it was fit for telling filled me with a bit of trepidation.
Buddy Miller, Doug Seegers, Emmylou Harris, Going Down To The River, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, Otis Redding, Review, Sweden, Will Kimbrough
Sons of Bill's Moody "Love and Logic"
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Moving in to fill the space once carved out between country and alternative rock by alt-country pioneers such as Uncle Tupelo and the Old 97's, three sons of University of Virginia Southern Literature professor Bill Wilson and two other willing accomplices come together to form the Charlottesville-based Sons of Bill under the charge to help revitalize alt-country.
alt-country, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Ken Coomer, Love & Logic, Old 97's, R.E.M., Review, Sons of Bill, Steve Earle, The Replacements, Townes Van Zandt, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Will Hoge
The Loudermilks Live Up To Their Name w/ Debut Album
This initial offering from The Loudermilks finds the band ranging from the bluegrass-inspired and steel guitar-drenched opening number "Watch 'Em Fall", to the the nearly straightforward rock styling of "The Plan", accomplishing all with equal ability to enrapture the audience and appeal to whichever musical leanings the listener happens to carry.
Gram Parsons, John D. Loudermilk, Lou Ford, Review, The Byrds, The Loudermilks, The Louvin Brothers, Whiskeytown, Wilco
Moot Davis & "Goin' In Hot" Are Worth A Good Listen
I've been wanting to tug on the sainted Saving Country Music reader's ear about Moot Davis for years, and who knows what all kinds of dumb excuses have conspired up to this point to not allow that to happen. But the release of his latest "Goin' In Hot" is just about the perfect damn opportunity if there ever was one to stop everything else down and sing the praises of this man's contributions.
Dwight Yoakam, Goin' In Hot, Gram Parsons, Keith Richards, Kenny Vaughan, Marty Stuart, Merle Haggard, Moot Davis, Nikki Lane, Ralph Mooney
The Lingering Influence of Emmylou's "Wrecking Ball"
In February it was announced that the the era-defining album "Wrecking Ball" released in 1995 by Emmylou Harris was getting the reissue treatment, with a remastering of the original album, a new disc of demos and outtakes, and a DVD delving into the making of the album, all set to be released on April 8th. You may wonder why this was the album picked out of the choir for a reissue, and why now.
Bob Dylan, Buddy Miller, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks, Gillian Welch, Gram Parsons, Jimi Hendrix, Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, reissue, Steve Earle, U2, Uncle Tupelo, Wrecking Ball
Beck's "Morning Phase": A Country or Americana Album?
It's been my contention for years that if genre bending pioneer Beck ever made a straight up country record, it could have a similar effect as when The Byrds, heavily influenced by Gram Parsons, released Sweetheart of the Rodeo, allowing young hip listeners outside of country's borders to realize the virtues of the genre."I'm hearing the Byrds, Crosby Stills and Nash, Gram Parsons, Neil Young," says Beck.
Beck, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, Morning Phase, Neil Young, Rowboat, Sea Change, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, The Beastie Boys, The Byrds, Tom Petty
It's that time of year again when we're on the verge of hearing who the next class of inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame will be. Though the date seems to be getting later and later each year (last year it stretched all the way to April 10th—2012 was announced on March 6th), as soon as spring starts to break, you can be assured an announcement is coming soon.
2014, Alan Jackson, Bobby Bare, Brooks & Dunn, Country Music Hall of Fame, David Allan Coe, Dottie West, Garth Brooks, Gram Parsons, Hank Cochran, Hank Williams Jr., Inductees, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Reed, John D. Loudermilk, John Hartford, Johnny Paycheck, Kenny Rogers, Lynn Anderson, predictions, Randy Travis, Ricky Skaggs, Ronnie Milsap, The Maddox Brothers & Rose, Tompall Glaser
Pot References No Longer Cutting Edge, They're Conformist
2013 very well may go down as the year when referencing marijuana and other drugs in your songs is no longer cool as much as it is conformist—a lyrical hook, a well-recognized buzz word made for marketing an artist or song just as much as anything else. There has ceased to be either the generational gap, or the exclusivity of drug references in music to make them "cool."
Arlo Guthrie, Ashley Monroe, Brandy Clark, Charlie Daniels, Cypress Hill, Eric Church, Gram Parsons, Green Day, Hank Williams Jr., Hank3, Kacey Musgraves, Kris Kristofferson, Luke Bryan, marijuana, Miley Cyrus, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Pantera, Pistol Annies, pot, Snoop Dogg, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
10 Cool Country Bands From Europe
You talk to most any independent country, roots, or Americana artist, and to a man they will tell you their fortunes tend to be better in the European market. With so many European tours and the continued spread of American country music, it was only a matter of time before country began to rub off on the locals and American roots music spread like wildfire throughout the Old World.
country music in Europe, Crooks & Straights, Dad Horse Experience, Dinosaur Truckers, Emmylou Harris, English, European country bands, First Aid Kit, G-runs 'n Roses, German country bands, Gram Parsons, Heinrich XIII, Jens Kruger, Kruger Brothers, My Darling Clementine, Rattleshack, Steve Martin, The Rip Roaring Success, UK


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Horticultural Gardens
Welcome to the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens
We invite you to enter a variety of gardens, including the unique natural environment of the North Carolina Sandhills. Here you will find collections of plants both familiar and unusual, all presented in specially designed landscapes. Whether you visit to indulge your botanical interests, to learn more about the Sandhills, or to enjoy a stroll through our enchanting gardens, you will be enriched by the experience.
In 1978, the Sandhills Horicultural Gardens became a reality with the establishment of the Ebersole Holly Garden. Over the years, additional gardens have been implemented, including the Rose Garden, the Conifer Garden, the Sir Walter Raleigh Garden, the Atkins Hillside Garden, the Fruit & Vegetable Garden, Hackley Woodland Garden, Ambrose Japanese Garden and the Desmond Native Wetland Trail Garden. Today, the Sandhills Harticultural Gardens cover thirty-two acres. They are open to the public every day of the year from dawn to sunset and offer an educational adventure to anyone with an interest in plants, nature, and design composition.
The Landscape Gardening Program was originated by Mr. Fred Garrett in 1968. The curriculum is nationally recognized and certified. The program, now managed by Ms. Hilarie Blevins, maintains the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens and uses them for student instruction. She is Head of the Landscape Gardening Program.
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Begin your visit of the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens with an orientation in the G. Victor and Margaret Ball Garden Visitors Center open from 8am until 5pm daily. This beautiful informational center transpired as the result of a large, peersonal donation from Victor and Margaret Ball of Chicago, Illinois. The center was completed and dedicated in December of 1999.
Hackley Woodland Garden
The Hackley Woodland Garden consists of a vast array of woodland and shade loving plants. It is mainly a concentration of many varieties of azaleas, camellias, and rhododendrons with other campanion plants which have interest throughout the year. Among the plants you will find deciduous hollies, witchhazels, winter daphne, hosta, helleborus, and astilbe.
Fruit & Vegetable Garden
The Fruit and Vegetable Garden includes an orchard of dwarf fruit trees, berries, vegetables, and a vineyard.
Desmond Native Wetland Trail Garden
The Desmond Native Wetland Trail Garden is a nature conservancy and bird sanctuary with a boardwalk meandering among old poplars, pines, and plant material indigenous to wetland areas of the Sandhills.
Ebersole Holly Garden
The Ebersole Holly Garden, an arboretum certified by the Holly Society of America, is the largest accessible holly collection on the East Coast. Within the collection are 28 holly species and some 350 different cultivars.
Atkins Hillside Garden
The Atkins Hillside Garden includes a winding river rock stream with five bridges, waterfalls, pools, and the Falls Overlook, a gazebo surrounded by diverse plant material. The gazebo provides space for small outdoor lectures or quiet repose and viewing before continuing your visit in the gardens.
Succulent Garden
The Succulent Garden is designed to show the use of succulents usually found in a Southwest desert setting, but are perfectly happy in the Sandhills region of North Carolina. The walls surrounding the garden produce a microclimate making some marginally hardy plants capable of surviving in our environment. The area is mulched with various size stones that retain heat very much like the desert.
Conifer Garden
The Conifer Garden features varieties of slow-growing conifers that reflect color, form, and texture of foliage not often viewed in the southern states in such a fine collection.
Annual Garden
The Annual Garden is the only garden that is totally different each year. Designs are selected well in advance so students can propagate and have plants ready on a schedule resulting in a variety of colors, textures, and heights. A different surprise theme is introduced each year.
Sir Walter Raleigh Garden
The Sir Walter Raleigh Garden occupies more that an acre of land. It is a formal English garden which was designed and constructed to commemorate the attempted colonization of Roanoke Island in 1584. This garden includes several mini gardens including the Holly Maze, the Fountain Courtyard, the Sunken Garden, the Ceremonial Courtyard, and the Herb Garden
Childrens Garden
The Children's Garden is a fun place for children to visit and see how to grow vegetables that they can be proud of.
Margaret Ambrose Japanese Garden
A Japanese Garden brings out the essence of nature in harmony with human intervention. This three acre Japanese Garden has an entry bridge overlooking a dry creek bed, a tsukubai which is a stone basin and drip fountain, an azumaya which is a viewing shelter overlooking the upper pond, and a dry or so-called Zen Garden. Amongst these wonderful structures you will discover Japanese Maples, Japanese Black Pines, azaleas and other plants indicative of a Japanese Garden.
The Rose Garden displays in promenade fashion a variety of old roses which are considered to be among the best for the Sandhills region.
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While Reirin is visiting Green Gulch Farm for Dharma Transmission, Michael Newhall from Jikoji Zen Center in California jikoji.org will be residing at the temple. The regular schedule will be ongoing. Please, come and enjoy the company and teaching of our valued friend and Dharma brother!
Shoho Michael Newhall began practicing and studying with Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi in the early seventies. He was ordained in the mid-eighties by Chino Roshi and also in Japan by Kobun's brother Kiebun Otogawa Roshi, with whom he did ceremony and temple training. He also practiced with Dainin Katagiri Roshi and Tozen Akiyama Roshi.
Monastery training was with Tenshin Reb Anderson at Tassajara, and also under Kobun Chino Roshi as shuso of angos at both Hokoji and Jikoji temples. In the early nineties he was director at Jikoji. Throughout this time he taught visual arts at various schools and universities, including Naropa University, where he also taught meditation and Buddhism. He received Dharma Transmission in 2004 through Jakko Eso, Vanja Palmers Roshi. Since that time Shoho Michael Newhall has been the Resident Teacher and chief priest at Jikoji Zen Center in Los Gatos, Calif.
Please, join us for a day of silent meditation, formal meals, walking and moving meditation, and a short Dharma Talk. Please, call MZC for details.
The first day of Spring is the perfect time to renew our Bodhisattva vows! It is also the Full Moon in March, so we will conduct the ceremony in place of morning service, at 7:30 am.
Anybody may join us, but it is especially recommended for those who have received the precepts. The formal Soto Zen ceremony is modeled on an ancient one, which was already performed before the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. It has several parts to it, all chanting and lots of bows (may be done standing).
It is possible to just watch, if you are curious, but don't feel like joining in.
offer a practice that is especially valuable for our hectic times. Join us for a deeply peaceful and insightful day.
In Buddhism, contemplative meditation is used as a path to non-self, a path to emptiness, a path to directly experiencing enlightenment. Considering its transformative power, it is regrettable it is taught so infrequently today. Contemplation meditation is analysis and observation, during a meditative state, of a question or concept and simultaneously of Self. It is analysis of a phenomenon so that we can see its true nature clearly, and observation of Self in that same context. In this retreat, we will explore a variety of different contemplative meditations, some simple and singular, some complex and sequential, to gain a new or renewed insight into the Bodhisattva Way. We will learn how to do a contemplative meditation so it is most effective, and then we will discuss our insights. Everyone is welcome!
Please, sign up by email or phone.
We started this class in January, but have only had one class so far, because of weather. Anyone can join us any Tuesdays for the coming 7 weeks. Please call me if you would like to attend at 414-399-3498.
We will closely examine the Buddhist cornerstones of Wisdom and Compassion as they appear in different scriptures. It will be interactive, which means that, besides the eight weekly sessions, participants will study a text of their choice and prepare a presentation for the group.
Every second Monday in the month, members of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship bring and serve food to 80 men in the GUESTHOUSE, 1216 N 13th Street, in Milwaukee. The current menu is Chili, Cornbread, Coleslaw, and Icecream.
All other events are cancelled for that time.
Karma is seen as cause and effect, intentional action done through body, speech, and mind, and the consequences we reap, which will in turn create new karma. The Buddha showed us how we can stop this cycle and enjoy a life of freedom for ourselves and others.
Carl Jerome visits us again from North Shore Meditation Center in Highland Park.
Fee: $40 per person, membership discounts apply. Dana for the teacher welcome.
Please bring plenty food to share, as the Guests may be joining us. TPC offers food and beds to homeless people during the winter months. BPF enjoys a warm friendship with Karen Hagen, the pastor of this church, who let us use the sanctuary for the Film Series on Racism.
ALSO: the annual SOCK DRIVE is on: new warm socks, please, to donate to those who will spend much of the winter outdoors.
Please, consider a generous donation!
Let us gather our minds in a peaceful place, contemplating our intentions for the New Year!
Japanese Noodles as refreshment, and break.
Resuming sitting at 10:30 pm.
At 11:40 pm, the Peace Bell will be rung 108 times.
Fire Ceremony at midnight: throw your old karma into the cleansing fire!
On this shortest day of the year, let our inner lights shine bright!
You are invited to contribute poems and songs of the Season.
How to develop a spiritual discipline we need for these times.
Fee: $40. Membership discounts apply. Please, consider a generous dana for the teacher!
Please, join us in this joyful ceremony which commemorates the enlightenment experience of Shakyamuni Buddha on the seventh day of his quest for the truth. We will celebrate our own awakening with bows, chanting, and circumambulation of the zendo with drum accompaniment, and rain of flowers.
For exceptional service to society through longtime direct work with those incarcerated within the state prison system across Wisconsin, decades of active participation and leadership with the Interfaith Conference's Committee for Interfaith Understanding, and advancement of interreligious knowledge, tolerance, and friendship through extensive public speaking. She also currently coordinates the Milwaukee Zen Center's prison program, serves on the Solitary Confinement Workgroup of WISDOM and on the Mpact Council of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and tutors people new to this country in the English Language Learning program at Literacy Services of Wisconsin.
Ellen Krug , while an Iowa civil trial attorney, transitioned from male to female in 2009.
Ellie currently speaks, trains and consults on diversity and inclusion topics.
and train us in Grey Area Thinking, a tool kit she developed for meeting people who don't act or look like "us".
Beginning with The Tassajara Bread Book in 1970 Edward Espe Brown has been inspiring cooks and bakers to wake up and realize their capacity to nourish themselves and others with their labors in the kitchen.
Ordained as a zen priest by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1971, he has been leading meditation retreats and cooking classes for more than 30 years. He edited a book of Suzuki Roshi's talks Not Always So that was published in 2001.
Along with zen and cooking he has been interested in poetry, yoga, qigong, Mindfulness Touch (hands-on healing), Liberation Through Handwriting Change, clowning, and improvisational theater.
The subject of a documentary movie How to Cook Your Life, directed by Doris Dörrie (2007), his Complete Tassajara Cookbook came out in September, 2009. His new book No Recipe, published by Sounds True, came out May 1st of 2018.
Text will be supplied. Please sign up by September 30.
This is a great opportunity for all, including beginning practitioners, to try out a longer sitting.
Fee: $20 for non-members, member discounts apply.