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JUMbotron: Friday Huddle, Vol. 6
John U. Miller
October 15, 2010
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I usually save my Start of the Week until the end of the column but I’m just too excited to hide this one any longer.

JUMbo Start of the WeekJets QB Mark Sanchez at Denver.  Not for the faint of heart, I recommend Sanchez over middling guys like Joe Flacco or Matt Schaub... even the white-hot Shaun Hill, since Megatron is being repaired.  Sanchez laid an egg Monday night but the weather was ridiculous and Santonio Holmes was rusty, dropping a couple long ones.  Give them another week of practice together and it’s fixed.  Before the Vikings game Sanchez had 8 TD passes and 0 INTs in his previous three games – and he’s the only full-season starting QB in the league without a single turnover.  The weather in Denver will be nice and the blood-thirsty Brian Dawkins is out.  If Denver’s offense scores over 20 points it just helps Sanchez even more.  Giddy up!

Sometimes there’s a deep, mysterious fantasy buzz about certain players – usually ones that have never played an NFL down yet – and you have to be quite involved to be in the know.  Fantasy geeks whisper about them, vault them up Dynasty lists, but the average football fan would never, ever have a clue.  Only the cool people know, and if you go into a fantasy forum and clumsily ask who he is, you’ll be totally grilled.  It’s like the movie Eyes Wide Shut where you must know the password.  For weeks it was Kareem Huggins but he’s been forgotten.  Max Hall was popular but now he’s been exposed to light.  No buzz on him anymore.  Chris Ivory was the guy until he broke a long TD in the preseason.  Then he got hurt, then he returned, too late, we’re already off to the next secret.  Now there’s a new one… Ssshh.  The password is:  James Starks.

Starks has his own thread on every fantasy message board now.  “When is Starks coming off PUP?”  “Jackson and Kuhn suck, Starks is the man.”  “I heard he looks great in practice.”  (That’s always my favorite – He looks great in practice. Shouldn’t they all look great in practice?  Even the lowest paid NFL players – rookie or veteran – make at least $310,000 per year.)  So the Starks buzz build and builds.  It’s true that the Packers are looking for another tailback – they were after Marshawn Lynch (and will regret not getting him, in my opinion) and there’s a rumor they called about Marion Barber and DeAngelo Williams.  However, Starks is a McCarthy fave who is eligible to come off PUP next week.  He had a bad hamstring injury in August but instead of releasing the sixth-round pick with an injury settlement, Mike McCarthy put him on reserve/PUP.  That means they see something in Starks.  You gotta wonder about his 4.50 run in the 40 – and it looks more like 4.6 in pads – but stranger things have happened.

In my opinion if there’s a Packers RB coming out of left field, it’s Dimitri Nance.  Green Bay signed him off Atlanta’s practice squad after Week 1.  Nance, a 5’10”/216-lb sparkplug from Arizona State, has a “very strong, quick lower half” according to Mike McCarthy.  Falcons HC Mike Smith panicked and offered him a spot on the 53-man roster in order not to lose him, but when Nance saw Ryan Grant go down he thought he’d have a better shot in Green Bay.

Titans WR Kenny Britt was benched in Week 1 for a lousy camp.  Then in Week 2 he didn’t enter until the 2nd quarter, but still caught 5 passes for 41 yards.  Since then Britt’s scored in three straight games and has Jeff Fisher gushing about his work ethic.  Titans WRs don’t rack up much yardage but TDs can be quite common with safeties always peeking at CJ2K.  I recommend that many of you should be flexing Britt during these bye-week holes, maybe even go WR3.  He’s good.

Buy low on Reggie Bush right now.  I know a guy in New Orleans who knows things.  He said Reggie’s plan is to be back for Week 9 at Carolina, a big divisional game that’s played on soft, leg-friendly grass.  He said Reggie was only on crutches for a few days, and that it was “not really like the leg broke, more like a tiny chip.”  Even if Bush isn’t quite ready by Week 9, he’ll surely be out there after the Week 10 bye.

Prediction A:  WR ____ ____ used to torture the ____ and now that he’s gone, his replacement ____ ____ will do the same thing this Sunday.

Prediction B:  RB ____ ____ will go for a buck-forty at home vs. ____ and pass Adrian Peterson for 3rd in rushing yards this season.

I’ll fill in those blanks in just a minute…

Going back to Green Bay, their injury bug is starting to resemble the record-setting Buffalo Bills’ plague in 2009, when they placed an unheard-of 20 players on IR:

1. QB Aaron Rodgers:  Concussion.  He got drilled helmet-to-helmet (no flag?) by Redskins DE Jeremy Jarmon.  Jarmon, picked in last year’s supplemental draft, was All-SEC at Kentucky but lost his final year of eligibility after testing positive for a banned substance.
2. RB Ryan Grant:  Out for the year with damaged ankle ligaments. He must have really torn them up because Deuce McAllister had a similar injury in 2004 and only missed three games.
3. TE Jermichael Finley:  Knee surgery on the lateral meniscus or whatever, he’s gone.  Huge blow.  Fantasy tip:  Finley’s targets have to go somewhere, buy low on Greg Jennings.
4. TE Donald Lee:  He replaced Finley at Washington and then hurt his chest/shoulder just 12 plays later.  He’s out for two weeks.   Andrew Quarless is their new tight end.
5. RT Mark Tauscher:  Injured his shoulder in Week 4 and the National Football Post says Tauscher is out “for an extended period.”
6. DE Ryan Pickett:  He also went down at Washington with an ankle injury.  He’s their big run-clogger.  If Pickett is out this week Ronnie Brown is unbenchable in 12-team leagues.
7. LB Nick Barnett:  Out for the year with a wrist injury.  He’s the quarterback of their defense.  NFL analyst Pat Kirwan said nobody reads the opposing QB’s eyes like Barnett.
8. LB Brandon Chillar:  Out indefinitely with a shoulder injury, he’s been to see two specialists.  Whenever you need a second opinion it’s not good.
9. LB Clay Matthews:  Popped a hamstring, no word on the severity. The potential Defensive MVP might miss this Miami game.
10. S Morgan Burnett:  Out for the year with an ACL injury.
11. S Charlie Peprah:  He’s supposed to replace Burnett but he’s iffy with a quad strain.
12. S Atari Bigby: Expected to come off PUP (ankle) and not a moment too soon.
13. S Nick Collins: He’s been playing through a nagging knee injury ever since the season opener according to the Journal-Sentinel.  Nick needs the Week 10 Bye badly.
14. CB Al Harris: Also on PUP (knee) but insiders are whispering that his career is over.
15. CB Sam Shields: Their nickel back has been in and out with a strained calf.

And it’s only going to get worse for the Packers.  They are cursed with the way-too-late Week 10 bye so many guys have to fight through four more grueling games before there’s a chance to heal.  Last Sunday morning I heard some FOX fantasy guy say “Green Bay has to get things right if they’re going to make any noise in the playoffs.”  Playoffs?  Uh, they need to make sure they win the division first (because half the conference will be fighting for a wild card).  The Bears are 4-1 with home games against Seattle and Washington coming up, then a road game at Buffalo.  Green Bay has Miami at home, Minnesota at home, and the Jets on the road.

“Frederick and Me:  Short Story by John U. Miller”

I see that Fred Taylor is still missing practices entirely with turf toe.  Sadly, fantasy football is much more enjoyable with him out of it:  BenJarvus Green-Ellis owners are happy, Danny Woodhead makes a blip on fantasy radar, and we fanalysts write the word “questionable” 12 less times per week.  Don’t get me wrong, I had a long standing relationship with Taylor.  I miss him.  We were together in 7 of his 11 seasons as a Jaguar… and we had our ups and downs.  He helped me take second-place twice in my big-money local league but the injuries caused so much stress.  So many hurled objects.

You see, I drafted him in his rookie year (1998, oh the memories) and the guy was like the new Jim Brown.  1,223 rush yards, 14 TDs, 44 catches, 421 yards, 3 more TDs.  Pure excitement.  Size, speed, vision, and damn… that speed!  Then in 2001 our relationship changed.  It was the first slate of games after 9/11, Titans at Jaguars.  Lo and behold, your own Johnny U. was sporting a brand new #28 jersey.  “Bartender, I’ll take a Diet Coors!”  I take a seat at the bar with my buddy Jim and slap high-fives.  Within minutes my other stud RB Edgerrin James hits paydirt on another TV.  It’s gonna be a great day.

2nd quarter:  Taylor breaks into the second level, full sprint, and suddenly at the 50-yard line he drops the football… and falls in a heap... face down with his hands stuffed between his legs.  Both Tom Coughlin and Jeff Fisher are running out to midfield amidst faint-but-audible screams on national television.  My chest tightens up.  It’s Taylor screaming.  In an eerily similar situation to Lawrence Taylor waving for help while Joe Theismann’s leg bone stuck out of his ear, because here’s Fisher (who hates the Jags, mind you) jumping around, waving frantically at the sideline for a doctor.  Taylor tore the groin adductor tendon completely off the bone.

Luckily, he would be okay and obviously returned for the 2002 season, but our relationship was never the same.  Taylor was edgy, almost brittle, and stopped communicating with me about how he felt.  Coach Coughlin would never say what was wrong with him either, mumbling about a “game-time decision” instead.  On some Sundays I wouldn’t see Taylor at all.  Imagine how that felt.

However, there was one glorious occasion when my feelings were rekindled in a big way.  Week 16 of 2003, the memories I’ll cherish:  Taylor broke off 225 total yards and a TD vs. the Saints, launching me into the fantasy title game (Yes our biggie was Week 17 back then, we got wise and eventually changed it).  So it’s Week 17, fantasy trophy on the line, and Taylor rushed for 121 yards vs. Atlanta… but in the 4th quarter he broke my heart again.  Flat dumped me.  Fred actually turned and walked off the field on a 1st and goal at the 4-yard line, giving LaBrandon Toefield my touchdown.  That 6 points was the difference in winning my league.  I cried.  You think I’m joking… No.

Taylor and I eventually became friends again.  In 2008 I used an eighth-round pick so we could reunite.  The guy was a big part of my life, what can I say?  Just for old time’s sake let’s give my dear Frederick one more shout-out, one last hug goodbye.  I’ll post the 25 NFL all-time rushers in honor of his great career:

Rank  Top-25 RBs All-Time Rush Yds Avg.
1  Emmitt Smith 18,355 4.2
2  Walter Payton 16,726 4.4
3  Barry Sanders 15,269 5.0
4  Curtis Martin 14,101 4.0
5  Jerome Bettis 13,662 3.9
6  Eric Dickerson 13,259 4.4
7  L. Tomlinson 12,925 4.4
8  Tony Dorsett 12,739 4.3
9  Jim Brown 12,312 5.2
10  Marshall Faulk 12,279 4.3
11  Edgerrin James 12,246 4.0
12  Marcus Allen 12,243 4.1
13  Franco Harris 12,120 4.1
14  Thurman Thomas 12,074 4.2
15  Fred Taylor 11,638 4.6
16  John Riggins 11,352 3.9
17  Corey Dillon 11,241 4.3
18  O.J. Simpson 11,236 4.7
19  Warrick Dunn 10,967 4.1
20  Ricky Watters 10,643 4.1
21  Jamal Lewis 10,607 4.2
22  Tiki Barber 10,449 4.7
23  Eddie George 10,441 3.6
24  Ottis Anderson 10,273 4.0
25  Clinton Portis 9,891 4.4

JUMbo Quick Six:

1. Redskins beat writer Ryan O’Halloran reports Ryan Torain had 16 carries and played in 55 offensive snaps vs. Green Bay.  Keiland Williams had 1 carry and played 25 offensive snaps, mostly on 2nd and 3rd down as a pass-blocker for McNabb.  Note: TE Chris Cooley has played every single offensive snap this year.

2. Denver lost S Brian Dawkins (knee) for three weeks and LB Robert Ayers (foot) for six weeks.  They are irreplaceable.  I can’t see Denver’s offense ever being in a position to “grind out a lead” or “control the game.” It’s Shootout City every week.  Denver’s second-half schedule is cake, too.  The Rams & Cardinals in Weeks 12 & 14?  Are you kidding?

3. LaDainian Tomlinson has a sturdy 47 touches to Shonn Greene’s 32 the last two weeks.  It’s a little committee-ish, sure, but I don’t hear LT-owners complaining.  Your buddy drafted T.J. Houshmandzadeh (ouch!) in the 7th round right before your pick and literally handed you Tomlinson, the Fantasy SOD in 2010.

4. Santana Moss is ballin’.  He’s crept into the fantasy top-20 with his second 100-yard game in three weeks, the first time he’s done that since September 2008.  Moss is on pace for 1,306 receiving yards, which would be his second-best mark ever (1,483 in 2005).  Start him until he gives you a reason not to.  Moss can eat up big chunks of yards quickly.

5. From David Dorey’s Tunnel Vision:  “In case you didn’t see it, in the Chiefs-Colts game Dwayne Bowe was hit in stride in the end zone with a 30-yard pass from Cassel and he dropped it. The pass was over the shoulder but it hit him in both hands and it was just bad. In order to get Bowe's confidence back up, they went to him on the very next play… and he just dropped that one as well.”

6. Browns TE Ben Watson is having a good year despite his slugs at quarterback.  He ranks 8th among TEs in targets (35) and 11th in yards (230).  Over the last three weeks Watson has more catches (16) than Dallas Clark or Chris Cooley.  If Jermichael Finley’s injury has you reeling, Watson might be a cheap fix.  Colt McCoy at QB?  Who cares, it can’t get any worse.

Nice dig by ESPN’s Matthew Berry on the Detroit Lions defense: “One that has allowed fewer than 220 yards passing in three straight games, that has six picks in its past three games, is sixth in the NFL in sacks and faces a Giants team that is struggling in pass protection.”

I don’t quite get the Brandon Tate hype.  Didn’t Deion Branch essentially squash it?  Look, I’m not going to spend the next 250 words trying to convince you Branch is Randy Moss, but hey, he used to be Tom Brady’s starting flanker.  Of course Branch won’t be an every-down guy like a Reggie Wayne, but it is what it is.  New England brought back a guy who knows their system.  Branch’s left knee is scarred from surgeries – but so are Brady and Welker’s so he’ll fit right in.  Branch can still make plays.  He had a big catch vs. San Diego (well, it was almost big, whoops!) a few weeks ago.  Between Branch, Welker, Edelman, and rookie Taylor Price – and their league-leading number of 2-TE sets – I can’t picture a special teams ace like Tate getting more than 20 offensive snaps.

You want Tate?  Make it Golden, not Brandon.
For all you PPR freaks, here are the top-20 receiving backs so far:

 RBs - Reception Leaders  Gms  Rec  Yds  Target  Rec TD
 Frank Gore  5  33   284    45  2
 LeSean McCoy  5  28   218    33  0
 Jahvid Best  5  25   254    35  1
 Peyton Hillis  5  20   143    25  1
 Joseph Addai  5  18   118    22  0
 Matt Forte  5  18   231    20  3
 Pierre Thomas  3  17   133    17  0
 L. Tomlinson  5  17   95    26  0
 D. McFadden  4  16   162    23  1
 Ray Rice  5  15   100    20  0
 Adrian Petrson  4  14   105    21  0
 Brandon Jackson  5  13   75    14  0
 C.J. Spiller  5  13   48    17  1
 Arian Foster  5  13   154    18  1
 Steven Jackson  5  13   128    21  0
 Chris Johnson  5  13   39    16  0
 Correll Buckhalter  5  12   83    19  1
 Ahmad Bradshaw  5  12   83    17  0
 Jason Snelling  5  11   76    13  1
 M. Jones-Drew  5  10   58    13  1

On Sept. 10th I wrote “LeSean McCoy tends to run into traffic and leaves yardage on the field.”  Doh!  He’s running into traffic alright… smashing into linebackers with a flak jacket!  “He’s a tough nut,” said Andy Reid.  Indeed.  Any running back who plays through a busted rib, handles the ball 23 times and slices up a hard-hitting 49ers defense… Well, I call him the “Real” McCoy.  A little fantasy tip:  McCoy is virtually impossible to acquire in a trade right now – but wait until Week 8 when he’s on bye and make an offer.  Someone might be forced to part with him.  Coming off the bye McCoy plays at home vs. Indy’s horrid run defense.

On August 26th I wrote “Brandon Marshall will be a colossal second-round bust and his ex-teammate Eddie Royal will score more touchdowns.”  Whoa!  It’s currently 2 to 1 Royal in the top of the third inning.  Marshall’s already had a bye though.  Fun stuff… I have a sizable bet on this one, and I got 3-to-1 odds.  If Dolphins QB Chad Henne gets benched (he might after the Week 7-9 stretch vs. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, & Baltimore) I have a great shot at collecting.  Meanwhile, Kyle Orton is blistering hot... and just imagine if he actually had the threat of play-action.  Note to Josh McDaniels:  Run your two-minute offense the whole time.  Baltimore couldn’t stop it.

Here’s a comparison that probably only interests me:

Maybe Chargers GM A.J. Smith isn't crazy?
WR Malcom Floyd WR Vincent Jackson
2010 stats after 5 games 2009 stats after 5 games
22 rec, 498 yds, 3 TDs 24 rec, 419 yds, 3 TDs
Salary: $3.17m Salary: Seeks $9m/year

In case you’ve been spelunking for three days, Vincent Jackson will report to San Diego by Oct. 31 per Chris Mortensen.  At that point he still has the “Roster Exempt” tag so he must sit out three unpaid games before being activated.  Jackson should be out there in Week 12 at Indianapolis.  If he’s on your waiver wire do a stash-and-hold right now.  You never know.

JUMbo Start of the Week IITennessee Titans DEF at Jacksonville.  (A bonus pick since I slipped Mark Sanchez earlier.)  Ask any defensive coordinator and they’d say rotating seven or eight defensive linemen is the way to go, but most of them can’t because they don’t have that many good ones.  Tennessee does.  They have eight different guys who each play a little dirty and a lot nasty.  One of them is journeyman DE Jason Babin, the Texans’ 1st-round pick in the 2004 draft.  You won’t believe this but Babin already has 5.5 sacks in 5 games, more than he’s ever had in a season. I asked my friend John McClain of the Houston Chronicle why Babin chose 2010 to become a monster.  “Jason never fit in here,” said McClain.  “They tried to make a 3-4 guy out of him.  He never panned out. They traded him to Seattle, and he didn't play. They cut him, he flashed with the Eagles, and they dumped him.  I guess he felt the Titans were his last chance. He also gets great coaching.”

JUMbo IDP Grab of the Week:  Oakland Raiders DE Matt Shaughnessy.  The second-year man from Wisconsin was mentored by Richard Seymour and Greg Ellis last year and has moved into the starting lineup at right end.  Shaughnessy paces the Raiders with three sacks, including a huge-strip sack of Philip Rivers in the red zone that preserved a 12-0 Raiders lead.  Matt’s a guy you pull for after hearing that his older brother Jamie died unexpectedly last year.  Oakland’s next four games are at San Francisco, at Denver, vs. Seattle, and vs. Kansas City.

Prediction A:  WR Santonio Holmes used to torture the Browns and now that he’s gone, his replacement Mike Wallace will do the same thing this Sunday.

Prediction B:  RB Ahmad Bradshaw will go for a buck-forty at home vs. Detroit and pass Adrian Peterson for 3rd in rushing yards this season.

Here’s my latest find from the dazzling world of NFL cheerleading… I keep going back to the Buc-Gals lineup because they have so much depth:  Marlana.

I guarantee this will be the most exciting week of pro football all season.  How do I know?  Because Arizona, Buffalo, Carolina and Cincinnati aren’t playing.

Good luck this week!

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Israeli ‘bomb’ quiz explodes on global TV

By Nathan Jeffay, May 1, 2014

For a country with bomb-detecting security scanners in every shopping centre and leaders who constantly talk about the Iranian nuclear programme, Israel’s latest television craze is surprising — a bomb-themed quiz show.

In Boom, contestants face a ticking bomb which, when it gets to zero, shakes the studio and causes them to lose prize money. Contestants win by answering questions correctly and snipping wires that would otherwise allow the bomb to “detonate”.

By appropriating one of the most dreaded objects in the Israeli psyche, a bomb, the show has gained a dedicated following. “It makes light out of something that has caused us so much grief, and this makes for a good gimmick and a really entertaining show,” said Michael Tzadiki, an entrepreneur in his 30s.

He added: “Although the bomb theme may seem inappropriate to outsiders, we learn in Israel not to have taboos.”

TV executives around the world have watched the phenomenon with interest, and decided that if it can work in Israel, it can work anywhere.

Keshet DPS, the company that makes the programme, has now signed deals that will lead to versions of Boom for the Fox network in America, for the Spanish network Atresmedia, and for France’s TF1. It is expected to agree soon on a Hungarian version.

But not everyone is impressed. Israeli journalist Marcy Oster wrote an op-ed asking how the public in Israel can accept the show “when our country’s recent past has been littered with the death and destruction caused by such bombs in cities throughout the country”.

Asked about her criticisms, she said that on the positive side, the success of the show demonstrates “the Israeli ability to move on with things and laugh at ourselves”, but added: “Some things just aren’t funny and I think this is one of them.”

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Saved By Cake by Marian Keyes

Saved By Cake by Marian Keyes

Emma Christensen
Mar 25, 2013

Never underestimate the power of cake. Or perhaps more accurately, the process of baking one. Novelist Marian Keyes discovered this while in the midst of a crushing depression and hasn't stopped baking since. The glitter-topped, rainbow-tinted, frosting-filled baked treats that came from this time in her life are the absolute opposite of depressed — they are joyful, full of life, and just plain fun.

Quick Facts

Who wrote it: Marian Keyes

Who published it: Plume

Number of recipes: Over 80

Recipes for right now: Rhubarb Crumble, Simple Chocolate Mousse, Sweet and Simple Strawberry Cupcakes, Carrot Cake Cupcakes, Lavender and White Chocolate Cheesecake, Fridge-Set Honeycomb Cheesecake, Green Tea Panna Cotta, Lemon Curd and Pistachio Pinwheels,

Other highlights: When she talks about how baking saved her life from depression, Marian Keyes says, "Baking makes me focus on what's right in front of my nose. I have to focus. On weighing the sugar. On sieving the flour...You start off with disparate stuff, like butter and eggs, and what you end up with is so totally different."

I haven't had the kind of depression that Marian has had, but I understand this statement completely. How often have we come in from a bad day or surfaced from a truly rough time in our lives, and found that what brought joy back into the picture was the simple process of being in the kitchen? Not to even eat, necessarily, but just to make something good. That's what this book is about.

And it's also about sprinkles! And color! And playing with frosting, taking a chance with some edible glitter and a pastry bag. If the baking process brings focus, it's decorating the baked goods that brings smiles.

I found this book totally engaging, partly because of the story behind it but also because of these fun recipes. Marian isn't a master pastry chef and her aim isn't perfection. This makes these recipes feel approachable and doable in a way that many other books don't.

Who would enjoy this book? Anyone who loves to bake or thinks they might love to bake if given a whisk and some butter.

Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Saved By Cake: Over 80 Ways to Bake Yourself Happy by Marian Keyes

Visit the author's website: Marian Keyes

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Today's Features

  • Back in the 1920s and ‘30s, the doctors had that good bedside manner about them. We never knew what an emergency room was. When the need was there, the doctor came to your home, and he didn’t charge you an arm and a leg, either.
    I guess I am a living example of this. You see, I was born in Peachland, N.C. You might call it a one-horse town back in the day. My dad had a farm with several horses, some cows, a few chickens and a lumber mill business.

  • David Kellin
    For The Lancaster News

    Lonnie Catoe and Allen Walters were awarded the S.C. POW Medal at American Legion Post 31 in Lancaster Monday night.
    Catoe accepted his award, and Walters’ medal was given posthumously to his wife, Nancy.
    Catoe’s son Mike shared a remarkable love story with the large crowd in attendance, which included many relatives of Catoe and Walters.

  • Mr. and Mrs. David Allan Hinson announce the engagement of their daughter, Shana Elizabeth Hinson, all of Kershaw, to John Tyler Beckham of Heath Springs.

    The wedding is planned for 6:30 p.m. June 24, 2016, at the Wickliffe House in Charleston.

  • Marty and Susan Robertson announce the engagement of their daughter, Brooks Robertson, to Evan Wisnewski, all of Columbia.

    The wedding is planned for 6:30 p.m. May 7, 2016, at the Corley Mills House in Lexington.

    Miss Robertson is the granddaughter of Nancy and William Mackey of Heath Springs and the late Grady and Betty Robertson. She is a 2013 graduate of Irmo High School and attends the University of South Carolina Honors College.

  • Gregg and Annette Gause announce the engagement of their daughter, Christina Jordan Burnham, all of Lancaster, to Daniel Marsh Stalnaker of Myrtle Beach.

    The wedding is planned for 5 p.m. May 7, 2016, at Litchfield Plantation in Pawleys Island.

  • Dean and Pamela Roberts announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Roberts, to Cody Roberts, all of Kershaw.

    The wedding is planned for 4 p.m. June 11, 2016, at Sand Hill Baptist Church, Kershaw.

    Miss Roberts is the granddaughter of Paul and the late Betty Connell and Alice and the late Elmer Roberts, all of Kershaw.

  • Dr. William Harris IV is a beloved husband, father, son and a podiatrist with Carolina Podiatry Group in Lancaster and Indian Land. Behind the persona of the soft-spoken bow-tie-wearing doctor beats the warm heart of a man of international good will.
    Only after being prompted by several of his patients did Dr. Harris agree to talk with me about his trip last year to Lagos, Nigeria, to train local health-care professionals.

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    Late blight disease, the most destructive and infectious disease affecting tomatoes and Irish potatoes, has been reported this week on tomatoes in a home garden in Beaufort County.
    The diseased plants have been destroyed, but further spread of late blight to other areas of South Carolina is likely if the fungal-like pathogen arrived via spores blown up from Florida. To make matters worse, the cool, cloudy and wet weather in large parts of the state created ideal conditions for escalation.

  • Mr. and Mrs. Mike Criminger announce the engagement of their daughter, Chasity Hope Plyler, to Bradley Lewis Rollings, all of Heath Springs.

    The wedding is planned for 6 p.m. April 23, 2016, at Coker Ranch.

    Miss Plyler received her massage therapy license in 2007 and is a message therapist at Celanese Chiropractic.

  • Carter and Regina Dobson announce the engagement of their daughter, Addelyn Claire Dobson, to Matthew Timothy Martin, all of Lancaster.

    The wedding is planned for Oct. 15, 2016, in Monroe, N.C.

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Living Gift Market at Heifer Farm

The Living Gift Markets will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 14 and 15 at Heifer Farm, 216 Wachusett St.

The markets offer gift opportunities and the chance to view the farm and its animals. Visitors can have their photos taken, roast chestnuts and decorate gingerbread cookies. Hay rides will also be offered, weather permitting.

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Rescuer Unable to Save Motorist Who Plunges Off Bridge

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TAMPA | A would-be rescuer and firefighters were unable to save a motorist who plunged into the Hillsborough River early Sunday.

Tampa police and fire-rescue crews responded to the crash around 5:30 a.m. at the Laurel Street Bridge. Police said it appeared the driver had crashed through a guard rail and driven into the water.

Firefighters discovered that a man had jumped into the river to attempt a rescue, but himself had to be rescued from the cold water.

Firefighters used a ladder to pull the driver from the water, but the motorists had been under water too long and died, the Fire-Rescue department said.

Divers were removing the car from the water Sunday morning and the bridge was temporarily closed.

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by pessimist

Having returned from Xanadu, I'm amazed at how much news I've missed while playing tourist! Catching up just might take awhile, considering that the "news" sources I had available were CNN, MSNBC, and FAUX News. This was a REALLY bad thing.

Case in point. CNN is into subliminal manipulation.

Just what do I mean?

I was watching the 'debate' between ex-Ambassador William Harrop and Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute 'hosted' by Wolf Blitzer on CNN the other day. Wolfie, dazed and out of touch as ever, opened with introductions and led the topic. That's when the fun started.

[Qualification time: Among other things, I have been a professional musician, and know more than a few things about professional audio systems and how they are used. I have also been involved with television production, and know how audio is supposed to used in that medium.]

As the 'debate' progressed, I noticed that when Ms. Pletka spoke, her audio levels were enhanced slightly. These levels were pulled back to nearly inaudible when either Mr. Harrop or (like he'd even know) Wolf spoke. The only audible commentary most watchers would have heard and understood would have been the Bush-Ops Fables that Ms. Pletka was sent to regale us with so that we wouldn't forget the official party line and shift our allegiance to John F. Kerry.

The Bush-Clinton Mutual Admiration Festival was of great interest also. I've read a few opinions as to what is going on with that, and I can't rule them out, but I have to wonder if there might not be other explanations as well. There are subtle signs that the real powers-that-be have decided to shuffle the deck in mid-deal because they are losing their grip on things. Leading from the rear isn't working as it used to, so the polling (like that very interesting one FAUX had reported on [see below]) is being used to allow the leaders-from-the-rear to get to the point of the meandering voter herd and be in position to redirect it should a stampede begin. The only major problem they seem to be having is that they themselves are split. Why else would we have been hearing all the blather-that-wouldn't-die from 'unnamed sources' concerning a Kerry-McCain ticket? Why else would FAUX be saying nice things about Michale Moore and Fahrenheit 911? Why else would we be seeing mortal political enemies Bush and Clinton performing the verbal Monica on each other?

It appears to me (and this is admittedly very subjective) that the real powers-that-be (RPTB) are divided along allied PNAC-DLC lines and the more traditional ones of the major parties. Clinton was hardly as much of a Democrat of the traditional stripe as he could have been, and lots of bloggers have reported that traditional Republicans haven't been too happy with Bush either.

The media are divided between these two RPTB factions. The major cable 'news' organizations are clearly aligned with Bush, while the major broadcast networks range from FAUX and NBC for Bush, CBS and ABC leaning Kerry, and the others bouncing back and forth depending on the story.

Those politicians of both parties who have populist tendencies are the ones of greatest interest. McCain (another mortal political enemy of both Bush and Clinton) is running as fast as he can't away from Bush (that's stuck to W like glue for the confused ones), and FAUX has polled both Dean (demo'd by his own party before he ran away with Iowa) and Gephardt ('nuff said) as Kerry VP choices. Where was Edwards? Graham? Clark? Don't stay up too late waiting for these polling results to show up! Those who have already demonstrated any kind of pull with the voters are the first ones shunted to the side. Far more important to keep people hoping for Kerry-McCain or Kerry-Dean than to focus on the ineptitude of W against the disappointing (so far, at least) performance of John F. Kerry.

I have some ideas on why this might be, and William Randolph Hearst is one of the inspirations for these ideas. These ideas will be the topic of my next post, which I hope to have completed within a day or so. Gots to finish unpacking and do some laundry first.

By the way, when I found that long forgotten vault of Hearst's and got it open, all I found was Geraldo Rivera dealing stud poker to Judge Crater, Jimmy Hoffa, and the pilots of Flight 19. So, no forgotten pelf, and thus no hefty raises for Left Coaster blogggers! So Sorry!

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Trader Joe’s Tomatoes a Target of Sunday’s Labor Protest

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Gerardo Reyes inside the Court Street Trader Joes
  • Gerardo Reyes inside the Court Street Trader Joe’s

Gerardo Reyes inspects the tomatoes gleaming under fluorescent lights at the Cobble Hill Trader Joe’s. Bawdy, colorful cutouts of fruits and vegetables advertise low prices in titillating script. Heirloom Tomatoes, $3.49. Splendido, $2.99. Jazzy reggae background music plays while Reyes explains how, in 2007, a group of tomato pickers were discovered living chained in the back of a truck. The workers were charged $5 to shower and endured severe beatings until one escaped through a ventilation hatch. A middle-aged female shopper bends over in front of Reyes to pluck some ripe-looking tomatoes from the bin and place them into a bag. Reyes smiles awkwardly as he quickly, quietly steps out of her way.

Reyes started picking fruit in Central Florida at 11 years old. Now, 33, he is a labor organizer for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a union that’s helped bring nine cases of modern slavery, involving more than 1,200 farm workers, to justice. The CIW has also picked fights for workers’ rights with some of America’s most powerful food corporations—like McDonald’s, Burger King, Aramark, Yum Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut) and Whole Foods—and won. But Reyes has come all the way from Immokalee, Florida to pick a fight with one more food provider: Trader Joe’s. And that fight is literally over one penny.

Most farmworkers earn 50 cents per 32 pounds of tomatoes that they pick. It’s a wage that requires 2.25 tons of fruit picked over the course of a 10 hour day just to make minimum wage. And it’s not rare for a tomato picker to work for free because his or her wages are withheld after the fact. That’s the situation Reyes found himself in when he first came to Immokalee. But the CIW’s “Campaign for Fair Food” has been asking corporate tomato buyers for two things: First, to sign a code of conduct that establishes fair working rights for tomato pickers and second, to pay one more penny per pound of tomatoes, a difference in a few cents to the consumer that could increase workers’ wages by more than 60 percent.

On April 7, Trader Joe’s released a statement on its website saying that they would pay an extra penny per pound of tomatoes, and that they had no problem doing so. In fact, according to Trader Joe’s, all of the tomato growers in Florida that supply Trader Joe’s happen to abide by a CIW code of conduct. At the same time, Trader Joe’s has not signed any binding legal agreement with the CIW itself, and TJ’s has also made it clear that it “does not sign agreements that allow third party organizations to dictate to us what is right for our customers.”

The problem is that there is no way to verify what Trader Joe’s says—Trader Joe’s still won’t reveal from which growers they buy. Customers will simply just have to trust the corporation’s word. To the CIW, along with organizations like the New York City Community/Farmworker Alliance (CFA) and Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA), this promise is toothless, and a corporate word especially meaningless. So on May 1, the CIW and others are organizing a protest at the Trader Joe’s in Union Square. Reyes is one of the organizers visiting New York for two days to drum up support for the rally.

In choosing Trader Joe’s, the CIW has targeted one of the most secretive corporations in the world. According to Fortune magazine, in an article entitled “Inside the Secret World of Trader Joe’s,” they sell more than twice as much merchandise per square foot as Whole Foods—its sales in 2009 were $8 billion. Trader Joe’s is owned by the Albrecht family, the same people behind Aldi, the massive German supermarket chain that now operates in 13 countries abroad. According to Forbes, Karl Albrecht, one of the managing brothers, is the 13th richest man in the world. And as part of the company’s privacy policy, they rarely reveal who they source from. Whole Foods’ (who signed with the CIW) Whole Trade Program, by comparison, works with multiple third party certifiers like Transfair USA™ and Rainforest Alliance to audit their sourcing.

“There is, in this culture, a sense of an inherent right to manage free from any restraints—regulatory or any kind of legal, or cultural, or moral restraints,” says Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. But this year, Bronfenbrenner feels that American citizens are more distrustful of corporations and more supportive of labor movements than ever before.

“I think that what we saw in the aftermath of Wisconsin is that there’s a line at which American people start to say, ‘Wait a minute, that’s going too far.’”

Bronfenbrenner says that paying a penny more per pound of tomatoes is the least of American citizens’ problems right now. She also argues that the customers at Trader Joe’s are smart, and that it makes sense that the CIW figures they should be aware of the conditions of employees who pick the crops. “When a group of immigrant workers says to [the American people] ‘We have not been paid fairly,’ and the corporations try to say ‘Eh, they’re a bunch of undocumented workers who are trying to make you pay too much for your food,’ people might be saying [to the corporations], ‘Well, we might be willing to pay a little more for our food, because you haven’t been treating us well on multiple fronts. We don’t really trust you right now.’”

“In the industry, the abuses happen to everyone,” Reyes says. “It doesn’t matter who you are. It’s an equal opportunity for exploitation.” He uses an example from 2001, when Florida farm employer Michael Lee was sentenced to four years in prison for recruiting workers from homeless shelters, paying them in crack, cocaine and cigarettes, beating them and keeping them in debt.

Agricultural labor entails a historic kind of oppression, and so the protest against Trader Joe’s is taking place on a historic day. May Day rallies in Union Square go back to 1934, when thousands of workers marched during the Great Depression for an eight-hour workday. Today, industry wages for fruit and vegetable pickers have remained stagnant for more than 30 years. This May Day, New York City’s Community/Farmworker Alliance (CFA) and Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA) will be out organizing and protesting Trader Joe’s in full force. And around the country, 18 more Trader Joe’s protests will be occurring on the same day. Reyes sees this campaign as the one to push the industry over the precipice of change.

“For the first time, workers have a voice in the workplace. For the first time, there’s the needed attention from the tomato industry to the problems,” he says. “And more than that, the solution [is] being proposed through the codes of conduct, [with] the willingness from the industry in order to eliminate those abuses.”

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  • Outstanding piece. Had no idea this was happening. We buy every week from Trader Joe’s, and we will communicate our concern for fair wages — and our willingness to pay an extra penny per pound — to the management there. Thank you!

  • I also am a fan of Trader Joe’s, but this piece really gave me pause for thought. Thank you for bringing these egregious practices to light.

  • I’m a fan of Trader Joe’s as well as Whole Foods – and a trade unionist for all my life.

    When an article says immigrant workers nowadays, that usually means illegal immigrant workers – and illegal migrant labor used essentially as scabs to cut wages for American workers. The single best example being meatpackers – where wages have been cut in half.

    You’re not going to get my family’s attention until and unless you’re fighting for the wages of workers who lose their jobs in the first place because of cut price labor from outside the US.

    Here in New Mexico, the starting wage for construction labor became the minimum wage 20 years – when it used to be $2 an hour above minimum. Only because of undocumentados.

  • I’ve always felt something was not right with Trader’s Joe. For example, they sell *organic* yoghurt that is very inexpensive. But happens to be pasteurized. I could not believe it. Sure it will last forever on the shelves, but the point of yoghurt is to have live enzymes. Pasteurization destroys these enzymes. (It is alright, tho not ideal, to use pasteurized milk to make yoghurt).


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Hi this is my first post having found the site and I see others have posted queries.

I am a UK resident and was married in Sweden in summer. My wife is Swedish and I am planning to base myself here as she is a student and will be based in Sweden for the medium term, next 5 years for sure. I work for a French company and my work is predominantly providing services for them in the UK but we have US and Chinese divisions and I also support them too with services (sales and technical support). I am home based in the UK currently as a normal employee with NI and PAYE tax with a home office.

Even though I plan to be Sweden based I will need to retain somewhere in the UK to work from when I am visiting customers which is probably for not much more than 10 days a month. I'm wondering if I should leave keep a rental property and recharge it as part of my work costs while in UK if it makes sense to recharge it as a tax deductable that works in my favour.

I have discussed with work and they are ok with me being based anywhere providing the work gets done and it doesn't cost them more money. They also support paying me gross to let me sort the tax and NI out wherever I choose to pay it. They're pretty flexible and support the concept of do what you can to minimise your tax implications smile.gif

This leaves me with a couple of questions based around either remaining employed or becoming self employed when I register in Sweden. I want to calculate my income net of swedish tax and ni monthly to look at the implications on each financially. So to help me can anybody help on the following

1. What are the tax and NI deductions monthly on being based in Uppsala on income of around 55000 SEK per month?
2. What is allowable to offset against tax for travel to work and costs while working in UK. If I had costs of for example 15000 SEK monthly for keeping an office plus flights to get to UK to work would that be allowed as an employee?
3. What difference in terms of deductions is it better to stay employed or to go self employed?

My final question is if anyone in the Uppsala area would like to provide advice on this as I most likely will need it!

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why not just hot desk/office it, when in the UK only for the days you need them?
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If I keep an appartment I can still use it for accommodation, keep samples and documents and also no hotel costs.
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The Long Walk is a time-based, “open-source”, and participatory event that grew out of a collaboration with Stokley Towles as part of 4Culture’s Trails Project. For this third iteration, I will take a group of fifty trail trampers on a journey along the King County Regional Trails System (RTS) in Western Washington. Over the course of four days and forty five miles, we will travel from Puget Sound to Snoqualmie Falls. Along the route, participants will experience a shift in their sense of time, a new understanding of the local geography, and the creation of an interstitial culture.

This socially engaged work places those involved in an essentially human situation, one where walking and talking effortlessly claim their positions as fundamental sources of connection. As participants travel in an organically shifting line down the trail, strangers meet and friends deepen their knowledge of each other. Maybe it’s the passing landscape that allows just enough input, or that somehow, in looking around at our surroundings, we relax and open up. Perhaps the rhythm of our bodies synchs with some kind of cognitive function? I don’t have the answer, but the simple act of walking over an extended period of time grabs hold of a primordial space inside us and something autonomous, authentic, and exciting happens.

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Discussion in 'The Adjudicators' Comments' started by Di, Feb 15, 2010.

  1. Pav

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    Wasn't that Doris Day, not Kipling?
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    Qué Será Será?
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    I wish every band the best of luck for the finals.

    No band played perfectly as I said ages ago in this thread.

    I'm expected to forget this event happened like this (since i'm a bander) and just put it behind me as it's all "sour grapes" etc. I have no problem moving on though.

    Although if a similar outcome to this contest occured on Britain's got talent or X factor, there would be national uproar. Everyone would be questioning the judges decisions/talents and making it known that it was farcical. What makes us different?

    (I do not watch the shows named above fortunately)
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    We are behaving the same.
    Whatever the judges on such programmes decide stands. We are also talking/discussing/complaining about it on our news forums (here and 4br)
    There may be national uproar but it won't change the judges opinion!

    Only difference is the nation isn't as bothered about brass bands as it is about x-factor. So, replace 'national' with 'banders' :)

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Last week, I met my lifelong best of a friend and her two girls at Zilker Park in Austin.  It was a bit chilly, but the weather didn't stop us from thoroughly enjoying ourselves.  My favorite part was the train ride, in which we were able to have some momma talk thanks to the kids' somewhat confinement.  :)

I love this picture...all three of them are on totally different pages.

This picture makes me want to get him out of bed right now and wash those tiny hands.  #parkgerms  And yes, he's wearing different shoes, for which I really have no explanation.

Such a good momma and her precious little ones!

She and I have known each other for as long as we can remember....circa 1987 or so.
Speaking of the 80's, I just can't get enough of this picture of us from a few years back.
As she said the other day...."we played as kids and now our kids play together."

We've definitely come full more ways than one.  Love you, M!

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The IRS Targeting of Catherine Engelbrecht

Written by  Kelly Holt

When the IRS began targeting conservatives and conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, it didn’t count on people like Catherine Engelbrecht. In the summer of 2010, Engelbrecht made the request for tax-exempt status for the organization True the Vote, a non-profit election integrity organization, and King Street Patriots, which she describes as a “citizen-led liberty group.”

After filing for tax-exempt status, Catherine and her husband, Bryan, found themselves targeted by a myriad of government agencies, including law enforcement, for what Engelbrecht would later conclude was simply having a difference of political opinion from that of the Obama administration. Ultimately, the couple and the organizations endured 15 different instances of audit or inquiry into their affairs.

King Street Patriots (KSP) and True the Vote share space in an upscale warehouse in Houston, Texas. KSP, a local Houston group, meets to discuss topics across the political spectrum, and was host to filmmaker Ami Horowitz in October 2012 when TNA interviewed Horowitz about his film that points out the flaws of the UN entitled UN ME. True the Vote has grown to a national organization with presence in all 50 states, training poll workers, providing research and education for citizens to launch informed citizen challenges about voter status, and providing a basis for advocacy of election reform.

Almost immediately after her requests for tax-exempt status had been made, Catherine told TNA that the organizations began receiving visits from the FBI. The agency’s Domestic Terrorism Unit informed her that they were watching one person who had attended one of KSP’s public meetings. The visits continued, eventually totaling six different occasions.

Next, the Engelbrechts, owners of Engelbrecht Manufacturing, a manufacturer of oilfield component parts in Rosenberg, Texas, were subjected to an IRS audit of their business, followed by an audit of their personal tax returns.

Then other agencies began to show up at their business, including the BATF, and OSHA, who found no violations but their visits eventually resulted in fines upward of 20K. Engelbrecht said there was no real apparent reason for the inquiries and visits made by the agencies.

Meanwhile, the IRS continued its intrusive demands, including inquiries into every Facebook or Twitter posting Engelbrecht had ever made, her political aspirations, places she had spoken or intended to speak, the content of her remarks, and other abusive questions.  It didn’t take long before Englebrecht decided that the statistical probability of her requests for tax-exempt status and the tyrannical actions of government agencies being unconnected was slim to none, and she decided to act.

After the second visit of the BATF, Engelbrecht called her attorney, asking, “Who do we sue, and how do we do it?” Lawsuits were filed against the IRS on several counts, including one to compel the agency to either grant the tax-exempt status, or refuse the request. In December 2013, the status was granted, but portions of the lawsuits have not yet been resolved.

Engelbrecht told us that she has copies of a letter from Obama’s general counsel demanding investigation of any organization claiming to be involved with election integrity, and another specifically targeting True the Vote, designating it as a threat to the administration.

On February 6, 2014, she testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, stating in her testimony about the IRS inquiries into her personal life that “these answers are not of interest to the typical IRS analyst, but they are certainly of interest to a political machine that would put its own survival against the civil liberties of a private citizen.”

Engelbrecht said the events have taken a great toll on her life, but she won’t stop. “We should all be very concerned about the implications of a federal government singling out and targeting individual citizens for a difference of opinion. It has only doubled my resolve to stand for principles and go beyond the rhetoric of being an American. I had to ask, What am I willing to put on the line?”

The Boston Massacre, marches of the Sons of Liberty, routings of the Tea Party, and the ride of Paul Revere all unfolded on King Street in Boston. King Street Patriots takes its name from the original group of Boston patriots who demonstrated in the streets in response to tyrannical British policies against the colonists. King Street was known as the hub of political activism. Catherine Engelbrecht demonstrated the spirit of a modern patriot when she told the House Subcommittee, “I will not ask permission to exercise my constitutional rights.”

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Theosophical University Press Online Edition

The Hill of Discernment

By A. Trevor Barker

Lectures on theosophy by the compiler of the Mahatma and Blavatsky letters to A. P. Sinnett.

Originally published 1941 by Theosophical University Press. Theosophical University Press electronic version ISBN 1-55700-148-0. For ease in searching, no diacritical marks appear in this electronic version of the text.

"Let those who have climbed the hill and seen the vision, and in that clean, sweet air have heard the key-note of the dawning cycle — hold fast — and remember in the days that are coming — the sweetness, and the beauty, and the truth they have seen." — A. Trevor Barker, Introduction to The Mahatma Letters

In Memoriam
Compilers' Preface

The Hill of Discernment
The Divine Awakening and the Birth of the Year
Forgiveness and Love
A Call to Action: Individual Regeneration or World Chaos
Ancient Ideals in the Modern Home

Let Us Go Forward
Individual Responsibility
Idolatry and Leadership
Our Immediate Work
On Looking for Results
On Fraternization
Further Notes on Fraternization
Rising Above Desire

3. H. P. B.

Invitation to the H. P. B. Centennial Conference
Unity Through H. P. B.'s Teachings
H. P. B. and the Masters of Wisdom
Theosophical Slackness
White Lotus Day Meetings:
— H. P. B. as a Symbol of the Masters' Work
— The Brotherhood H. P. B. Came to Found
H. P. B.: A 'Holding Center' of Spiritual Energy
Was H. P. B. an Anomaly?
William Quan Judge

Teachings on Life After Death
Spiritualism and Psychic Phenomena
On Accidents and Suicides
The Psychology of Chelaship
The Problem of Evil
The Writing of the Mahatma Letters

Why Study Theosophy?
Obstacles to Meditation
The Occult Law of Correspondence and Analogy
The Lost 'Word'
Destiny, Liberation, Annihilation
Spiritual Gifts and Their Attainment
The Mystery of Pain

The Place of Devotion in the Life of Discipleship
The Creative Power of Thought
Faith Versus Wisdom
"The Dual Aspect of Wisdom"
The Evolution of the Soul
The Real Man
The Destruction of Illusion

The Living Dead
The Mysteries of Death
What Survives Death?
More About 'What Survives Death?'

Psychic Phenomena
Theosophy and Christian Science

A Bond of Spiritual Kinship
Every Lodge-Room a Temple
Keys to a Cosmic Philosophy
Thoughts on Devachan
Awareness in the Moment and the Day
A Theosophist's Attitude to Book-Learning
The Inner Divine Companion
Questions and Answers
The Ego of a Mentally Deficient Person
The Nature of 'Spirit' Communications
The Relationship of Chela and Guru
The Outer Teacher and the Inner Intuition
Avoiding the Sectarian Spirit
How to Meet Troubles Ahead

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In Memoriam

True Theosophists the world over will grieve at the passing of our brother — and their brother — A. Trevor Barker, on 17th July, 1941, in Torquay, Devon, England. A deep and very simple character, he lived and worked through an unusually complex personality; and because of this few really understood him; but the few who did understand him loved him. Spirit, mind, and soul in him were dedicate to Theosophy; and from the beginning of his awakening in this life to Theosophical work until the day of his passing, Trevor Barker, as far as I know, had but one thought, one objective, one aim: the delivery of our Masters' Teaching to mankind — as is evidenced by the articles and lectures printed in the present volume.

I knew him well and loved him because he was he; and I know that many, many thousands of others who perhaps never met him love him also for his work for Theosophy, and in particular perhaps for his giving to the world the most noteworthy standard Theosophical book we have, The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett.

I understand that Trevor had intended to issue a last edition of this greatest Theosophical work, which would have allowed him to correct a very few errors arising in faulty transcription of sometimes almost illegible manuscript, and of a few other typographical errors; but it was not to be. One of Trevor's last actions was arranging for the depositing of the MSS. of The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett in the British Museum, where these papers are now held in the Department of Select Manuscripts.

Trevor's last official Theosophical act, just a short time before he passed, was making arrangements, as far as he could do so, for the safe continuance of the English Section of the Theosophical Society, of which Section be was for a number of years a most efficient, devoted, and enthusiastic Head. Our deeply earnest sympathy goes to his faithful wife, Virginia, as good and true a Theosophist as he himself was, and to his children. His great love for his fellow-men in connexion with his Theosophical work, should operate powerfully in bringing him back again into Theosophical duty as quickly as karman permits.

Dormit in pace stellisque.

G. de P.

International Theosophical Headquarters,
Point Loma, California, U. S. A.
21st September, 1941.

Compilers' Preface

With the death of A. Trevor Barker on July 17th of this year, the spontaneous wish was expressed by his many friends all over the world that his lectures and writings might be gathered together for publication in some permanent form. The present work, The Hill of Discernment, is an answer to this widespread desire. It contains in large part all the available addresses given in various parts of England, mainly to Theosophical groups and lodges, to European Conventions of the Theosophical Society, and to various 'fraternization' meetings with the Phoenix Lodge and other Lodges of the Adyar T. S. in England. At the end of this volume is a Memorandum which gives as far as possible the original source of each lecture.

It should be noted that Dr. Barker, save in a few instances, had no opportunity himself of editing his work, and the Compilers in all cases have felt it best, except for obvious slips and inaccuracies, to leave his words as given under the urge of his ardent and sincere conviction.

To Miss Margaret Jamieson, who was for many years Dr. Barker's private secretary as well as secretary for the English Section of the T. S., special thanks are given. Without her devotion and her industry in reporting and transcription, the publication of this book would have been impossible.

The Compilers are grateful to Mrs. A. Trevor Barker for the permission she has kindly granted them to use the material which this book contains.

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Re: Modern life - Meditation

Oct 15, 2000 03:40 AM
by arthra999

--- In, Shampan-e-Shindh <shampan@z...> wrote:
> I think meditation is becoming more and more a necessity for our
> today's life. We are all above the age of 20 I would presume on
> this list.
> I noticed something amongst youngsters. They spend lesser and
> lesser time at any place where they are supposed be "motionless".
> I did not grow up all that long ago. But when I was young boy, I
> had to play that role at various occassions. For example, to
> visit my grandma once a week. This was a place hardly anyone
> spoke, as she was ill. I had to stay quiet. Sit in a chair, and

I liked your critique of modern life Shampan and had a comment to add
to it....

It's probably normal for us older peopel to critique young people as
they generally don't follow the same pattern we did , just as our
elders probabaly looked down at us...

I do believe though that life is getting more regimented in terms of
entertainment... Entertainment is a major industry because of the
leisure time we have... Consider though the differences between going
to a movie nowadays and earlier... In earlier times you would buy a
ticket and spend as much time as you wanted watching features... this
was based on your time....there were not twenty screens to a theatre,
only one screen... it was more leisurely. Nowadays you buy a ticket
for a certain time frame and that's it... you miss the show that's
it... so its more regimented that way.

Amusement parks have I think figured out the amount of time they want
people on rides... about five minutes...

Restaurants expect people to eat in fifteen minutes.

Then there's what are called "time shares" for two weeks and so on.

So life seems to be more frenetic and less leisurely and peopel are
therefore less relaxed.

All this relates back to meditation and the style of life we lead...

- Art

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From Betty, in Munich, Germany:

I found your website a few months ago, and it inspired me to do a big clean and organization of my pantry and kitchen cabinets -- and here are the great results.

My husband and I live in Munich, and like most big cities our apartment is small. It has a nice galley kitchen and whoever built this apartment house must have loved to cook, because they built a little walk-in pantry next to the kitchen. This feature is unheard of in most Munich city apartments, so we consider ourselves lucky. We put our non-European big fridge (also a luxury in these parts) in that room and bought an IKEA Leksvik shelf for our pantry goods.

The three middle shelves are for baking goods, canned goods, cereal stuff. The top shelf is for my pitcher collection and bottom shelf for cookbooks. The fridge has a nice size freezer so we buy meats, fish etc in bulk and freeze in ready to cook portions for two.

In the kitchen cabinets over the stove I have spices, seasonings, etc. You can see my pantry inventory list and menu plan for the month on the inside of these doors. This has helped immensely to not have to think... what do I make for dinner? and do I have what I need on hand? I started doing this in September 09 and I can't tell you the difference it makes!

Things I use all the time like olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper grinder I keep right at hand next to the stove.

I had to include the photo of my Twinings Tea Tin collection as well as my little window herb garden where I keep fresh basil, rosemary and thyme year-round.

Even though it's just the two of us, we love to cook a nice meal and enjoy it with a glass of wine at the end of a long day.

On Saturdays, we peek into Other People's Pantries.

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Oh truly a wonderful kitchen pantry ... so lucky to have two who love to cook in it and enjoy the wine!

The dinner list is way out there for me.....cant even think what i want to eat tonight, and what if PP has mouth watering recipe one must try NOW???,,,,but the rest of your place is really VERY amazing, Thanks for sharing

What a lovely pantry it has inspired me to get cracking and re-organize my kitchen pantrya nd cupboards. I might even send in the photos.

This is the loveliest pantry/kitchen organization I've ever seen.
It takes a lot of time to do this I know because I've tried/failed.
I do keep a list of easy dinners in a notebook. Thanks for sharing your pantry.

I think I want to live in your kitchen/pantry! It is so pristine. I have a feeling the rest of the apartment is the same way!

What a lovely and well-organized pantry. I am going to try to create a list for at least a couple of week-nights instead of improvising every single day. What do you use to clean your refrigerator? The stuff that came with our refrigerator worked well but had such a horrible smell that I haven't wanted to get more of it. The other things I've purchase just don't do a gleaming good job.
Thanks for sharing your pantry.

I love your pantry - it makes me want to come over for a cup of tea! (Your teapots and pitchers are so pretty!) Everything is so neat and clean, and I love your little herb garden. Do you actually plan your meals for a month at a time? I could never be that organized....
Thanks for sharing!

Hi All, thanks for the nice comments. To answer some questions:
@Judy F. I clean the fridge with a german product called "Stahl fix Matt" it is by SC Johnson, so perhaps there is a similar product in the USA. It is a thick liquid that goes on with a cloth.
@Can-Can/Mykitcheninhalfcups - I menu plan only a week at a time, usually on Mondays and that's also when I go to the grocery store. It's not so bad and sometimes it doesn't go to plan either.
After I took these pictures, a few weeks later I completely purged the spice cupboard. Threw away ALL of them, some which were shamefully about 6 yrs old! And all those mish mash of jars - some tall, some short and most plastic. Then I bought only the ones I really used from Spice Islands so the jars would be all the same size and glass. The funny thing is, since now all the labels are in German (we moved here in 2008) I can't find anything. For instance cinnamon is "Zimt", bay leaf is "Lorbeerblatt", tumeric is "Kurkuma". Well at least dill is "Dill"! And the spice cupboard looks really spiffy now too!

Fabulous pantry. I adore your storage jars!

What a fabulous pantry! I have the same bookcase and like that you use it in your pantry. Nicely done!

Lovely pantry and great storage ideas! I think I will arrange my tea tins and teapot the way you have done yours, but mine will be on top of the microwave, not on a darling shelf. My problem with my pantry is this: I spend a great deal of time purging and organizing the pantry which looks great - for only a couple of weeks then it ends up a hodge-podge again. Sigh....

Ok, I’m jealous you pantry is lovely

WOW! I love your kitchen/pantry!
and can I just say that I have the same exact rolling pin and holder, I use similar mason jars the same way to store and I have the electric grinders! I feel a kindred spirit with all the organization too!

(BTW I only use plain Windex and paper towels or lint-free rag on my stainless - it works great!)

Now, this is a pantry! Beautiful!

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LOS ANGELES — Whenever Matt Barkley thought about his final run down the Coliseum tunnel, the Southern California quarterback never imagined doing it with no helmet, no pads — and his throwing arm in a sling.

Instead of facing Notre Dame for a shot at a national championship, the Trojans’ star quarterback is sidelined with a sprained shoulder. Instead of playing for the nation’s No. 1 team, Barkley’s unranked teammates are playing against it.

If this is his storybook ending, Barkley would like to fire the author.

Yet a month of disappointment and discouragement culminating in an injured shoulder still isn’t enough to shake Barkley’s faith in his decision to return for one more season in the only uniform he ever dreamed of wearing.

“I took a chance,” Barkley said Tuesday while a black sling supported his arm. “I don’t think enough guys really go for it enough these days, and I did.”

Barkley will watch the Trojans’ regular-season finale Saturday from the sideline after getting hurt on a sack in last week in USC’s loss to UCLA. He doesn’t know whether he’ll recover in time to play in the Trojans’ bowl game, although coach Lane Kiffin is optimistic.

Optimism still isn’t difficult to find at USC, even after three losses in four games — and that’s mostly due to Barkley’s leadership. The Trojans (7-4, 5-4 Pac-12) plummeted out of the Top 25 after starting the season at No. 1, yet the furor over their performance is mostly confined to their fans and college football pundits.

Barkley and the Trojans thought they had a shot at the Heisman Trophy and the national title. They’ll get neither, yet they’re still having fun.

“It didn’t turn out the way I planned,” Barkley said. “But I think over these last four years, and especially this year, I’ve learned so much. (I’ve) grown, matured a lot since last year I really think, and that will prepare me for the next level and for later in life. I don’t regret it one bit.”

With the perspective of time, Barkley knows he’ll feel even better about his achievements during his four seasons at USC. He rewrote the conference record book during a USC-record 47 starts over four seasons, becoming the Pac-12’s leader in touchdown passes, yards passing, completions and total offence.

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“I can’t feel worse for a family and for a kid,” Kiffin said. “The fact that he’s not running down that tunnel in his last game, and now two times in a row he doesn’t get to play Notre Dame, it’s very unfortunate. We feel as bad as we can, but he’ll be stronger for it. He’ll come out of this thing, and we’re going to go out and play great for him.”

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Wittek and fellow freshman backup Cody Kessler have praised Barkley’s generosity and instruction. The senior plans to be in Wittek’s ear on the sideline with encouragement and instruction while facing the Irish’s imposing defence.

Barkley should know soon whether he can play in his first post-season game since the 2009 Emerald Bowl in San Francisco. He’s more focused on trying to finish a low season on a high note, even if he has to celebrate on the sideline.

“We’re in a hungry mood right now to get a win, and I think it’ll send us into December feeling great,” Barkley said. “Nothing is always as it’s supposed to be in life. Sometimes things go as planned, but a lot of the times, things go unaccording to plan. So it’s just something you have to deal with, and I’ll handle it and stay positive.”

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Welcome to the Recruitment Consultancy

The Recruitment Consultancy makes the difference

We have been focussing on part-time, full-time, temporary and contract office and legal jobs in Guildford / Surrey and in Worthing / West Sussex since we started in 1997. We pride ourselves on our reputation and our results. See our latest jobs here.

Our REC membership endorses our ethics and values in adhering to best practice and current legislation and our Website Privacy Policy helps protect any information that you might send to us via this website.

Our Clients make the difference

We work with like minded businesses ranging from 5 to 500 staff and have built strong relationships based on open and honest communication. Our clients trust us to help recruit the right people.

Our Candidates make the difference…

We take time to meet each candidate in our private interview facilities, allowing them to talk freely and confidentially about their motivations, aspirations and personal criteria. By putting their trust in us our candidates have the confidence that we will act in their best interests.

We would love to hear from candidates who are interested in temping for us. Often our bookings are immediate and are filled quickly and so they may not appear on our website. Please submit your cv or contact us to find out more.

What we do makes the difference…

We work in partnership with our clients and candidates alike, working ethically and honestly at all times.

Our Consultants make the difference…

All of our consultants are highly experienced recruiters; we use our knowledge and skills to meet the individual needs of our clients and candidates.

Knowing our markets makes the difference…

Our depth of understanding within the local market is second to none. The range of sectors we cover continues to grow across Surrey and Sussex due to our ability to diversify and tailor our approach accordingly. Key sectors include Administration, Secretarial/PA, Customer Service, HR, Finance, IT, Marketing, Languages and Legal.

If you believe that “people make the difference” then contact us to discuss your requirements.

secretarial administration marketing legal finance HR customer services IT

….people make the difference

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