One of the many highlights of the week was listening to Professor Bill Mahoney, who teaches at Davidson College, give the most exquisite summary on the Yoga Sutras by Patanjali, that I have ever heard. Listening to him was like imbibing the sweetest nectar - or like drinking a vintage Bordeaux. I could have listened to him forever.
Bill introduced yoga as being both - "a state of being" - and "a technique that leads to a state of being." He spoke of yoga as being a state in which one sees the Divine in all beings. That statement simply took my breath away... And, he referred to yoga as a dance, that while experienced in the drama of life, can lead to luminosity and liberation. As practitioners we must dance the dance in the drama of life, without being part of the drama.
Look always for the highest.
100% is the delicate balance between effort and grace - this is the threshold of the practice and when it is sattvic.
Honor your highest self - not your neuroses. That is not your essence.
Everything you think, say, or do - leaves an imprint on the akasha..."
I have 75 pages of notes and so many good things to review and nourish my soul, and those that I encounter, for a long while!
Thought of you there! When I type them - they'll be about half that amount - but I will send you a copy via email! Love to you!
I am so glad that you were able to experience Bill Mahoney. I met him for the first time in Estes Park two years ago and left with a thirst for more.
I do remember you raving about him and he was amazing! Hope to see you soon!
Good stuff. This material reminds me of The Flower Sutra, especially with the bowing to the Lord. Bowing to the Buddha, even in dust particles. Thank you.


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January 21, 2016	/ Leki Thungon
Reclaiming Anger
There is nothing romantic about death, especially for the living. Rohit Vemula's letter has created a philosophical. One is free to draw various meanings out of his disjointed and poignant suicide note. However, we all must admit to the fact that it is a suicide, a violent act at the end of the day. There are multiple articles written and being written which relentlessly affirm that those who felt the loss are not glorifying the act or the actor. What they are trying to convey is that they are angry at the social and political forces which led Rohit to take this decision. This is perhaps, a continuation of that discourse but one that wishes to read beyond this single case of suicide or a single form of structural violence. This is an attempt to rethink, actually, reiterate the importance of rethinking anger.
We have been trained to look at anger as a negative force whose transience is ugly and limited to sensory reactions alone. As the world is setting into another century of tremendous violence of all sorts, it seems counter-productive to engage with this emotional impediment. This is perhaps why we find ourselves asking the same questions, about hegemony, unchecked power, social constructions, violent norms again and again to no avail. This is also the consequence of how history has been written, where Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence is much more palatable compared to Ambedkar's radical vision for a modern Indian nation, a philosophy which has been reduced to 'niche' politics. The visible success of a highly sanitized philosophy of non-violence coupled with the global trend of spiritual peace has made it even more difficult for us to identify with anger. And that too anger of a particular kind. An anger defined by its person in whom the source and site of this unbecoming emotion collapses to create something essentially illogical. This understanding of anger as an irredeemable disruption shares a significant relationship with the status quo.
There is, of course a hierarchy in the understanding of anger in this country. The most acceptable form of anger would be that which informs and is informed by a nationalistic vigor. The lower most order of anger which is also the most questionable is one which arises from the margins of the society, like women, Dalits, tribals, the working class, those who basically challenge the political order. One witnesses this in our everyday lives where heteronormative patriarchy dismisses any criticism by women as an 'angry rant'. She is reduced to a symbol of half baked imported knowledge, a nuisance, and an emotion. Similarly, in the mainstream social media the image of a students protesting appear in a cameo role which represents laziness and misguided anger. Our moral aversion (though we practice it every day) to conflict has led us to associate anger with psychological and therefore individual incapacity of a particular person to incorporate herself into the collective. Our imagination of anger begins and ends with the person who expresses it, instead of recognizing that the source of this anger might lie elsewhere.
We have been looking at anger as an antithesis to peace for far too long. Non-violence has been understood as the most acceptable means to peace and peace has been in turn construed as absence of conflict. A misunderstanding for the times we live in where we are constantly talking about democracy, plurality and social change. We forget that social conditions and political aspirations such as ours would entail disparate and even irreconcilable experiences, views and values.
One is not romanticizing the idea of anger, neither is one saying it's a prerequisite to all kinds of social change, but we have to assert in concert that anger becomes as an excuse for the powerful to disengage with and sometimes eradicate a particular class of unruliness in this country. One is also not talking of an emotion which creates an embittered resentment toward those who live a different experience, or hold a different view but one is definitely talking about the tragic anger which is hopeful of a better world even in the darkest moments. A hope which is visible in the suicide note where the writer shows an ironic empathy for those he is leaving behind, by apologizing and forgiving, a hope which seeks to transcend the most concrete distinction, that of life and death.
The socially constructed and historically informed imagination of anger and simply bad PR of it as a thing to be contained or dismissed or thwarted is only one dimension of how we imagine our relationship with it. The problem begins in the self for most of us. We have been obedient trainees of the doctrines of non-violence which impedes us from identifying ourselves with this emotion. The idea is that we burn ourselves in anger and perhaps we do but just like Rohit, we are not solely responsible for it. Movements were agitations were aggression was anger.
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Leki Thungon teaches Sociology in Ambedakar University, Delhi. She also inconsistently blogs about her internal life at http://zigizomathinmo.blogspot.in/

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SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., Oct. 1, 2015––Vermont Law School, in partnership with the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and the Vermont General Assembly, will hold a first-of-its-kind "Legithon" Nov. 13-15 at the Vermont State House in Montpelier. The Legithon, open to students and professionals alike, is modeled after a successful hackathon or startup weekend and will challenge participants to create law and policy innovations that support economic development while protecting the public interest.
Specifically, coaches and mentors from academia, business, and the Vermont General Assembly will guide participants as they draft model legislation that could create a productive legal climate for fostering technology-based business in Vermont. Their goal is to inspire law changes that "will not require significant public expenditure or subsidy" and that "will respect the general good of society."
"The Legithon is a brand-new idea for education and policy development," said Professor Oliver Goodenough, co-creator of the Legithon and director of the Center for Legal Innovation at VLS. "The collaboration of the Vermont General Assembly and Vermont Law School with national actors like the Kauffman Foundation and the Gruter Institute gives us the chance to be innovators ourselves even while we talk about the legal underpinnings of innovation and entrepreneurship."
In addition to Goodenough, Legithon presenters will include Senate Pro Tempore John F. Campbell, D- Windsor, and Speaker of the House Shap Smith, D-Morristown, as well as other policy professionals and members of the Vermont General Assembly.
"I am continually impressed by the cutting-edge programs developed by our Center for Legal Innovation in partnership with business leaders, other academics—and now legislators and future legislators," said Jackie Gardina, vice dean for faculty at VLS. "Experiential learning is a priority at Vermont Law School, and it's exciting to see it applied so intensely to the design of the Legithon. I look forward to seeing what Legithon participants are able to achieve and how their models might inspire real change to support economic development in Vermont."
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Q: Display different chart when clicking on side buttons I am new to front-end and I created something like this: https://codepen.io/mihaela-dobre/pen/RwWGbNp
I have 3 side buttons and if I click on them, I see the same chart displayed.
How can I write a JS function in order to display something else? For example, I want to display this chart when clicking on the second button:
var ctx_3 = document.getElementById('chartEight').getContext('2d');
var chartEight = new Chart(ctx_3, {
    type: 'line',
    data: {
        labels: ['2020-03-10','2020-03-11','2020-03-12'],
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            label: 'Trust Higher Than Eight Profit Per Day',
            data: [100,800,600],

            borderColor: [
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            lineTension: 0
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                fontSize: 20
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        hover: {
            mode: 'y-axis'
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Can anyone help me with how I can make this chart appear when I click on the second button, the one with K/D?

A: Just add a click-listener on the label representing the button and draw the new chart:
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});

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Shrine Game is Tomorrow!
The East West Shrine Game is tomorrow, Saturday, at 4 PM. Who's excited? I'm excited! I can't wait to watch it! NFL Network's coverage of the game starts at 4 East Coast time. Some of my favorite guys are getting lots of love this week! I already covered McBride in a previous post, but let's look at some of the other guys:
Here's what nfl.com has to say about Jamon Brown:
With a big, thick, strong body, Brown has really stood out during practice this week. The former Cardinal has played both tackle positions and guard, but I think he will fit best as a guard in the NFL.
I've also talked up Brown heading into this week. Here's my analysis:
Jamon Brown, OT, Louisville. Jamon Brown is the second Brown of note from Louisville this draft season. Brown is projected as a 6th or 7th round pick in the draft, and at one point weighed in at 350 pounds. Now, Brown lines up as a 6'6 325 pound draft prospect. This is a kid that worked his butt off, literally and figuratively, for a chance to help his teammates and for a chance to follow his NFL dreams, and this is the type of player I'd feel comfortable spending a late round pick on. Offensive linemen deal with weight issues all the time. A prime example is Andre Smith, who struggled with weight issues as a first round pick with the Cincinnati Bengals. Brown worked hard to get his weight under control before his senior season. That's the type of kid I want on my roster. Here's some film. Brown will succeed as a late round pick, and would be well worth a pick even in the middle of the draft. Jamon Brown could be one of the pleasant "surprises" of this year's draft, but I won't be surprised at all if he performs extremely well in the NFL.
You heard it here first, and his performance this week will help get teams interested in him. Brown isn't the only guy I've talked up getting lots of love. If you've read my other posts on this site, you know that Zach Zenner is my favorite player in this year's Shrine Game. Here's what the NFL.com article linked above had to say about him:
Zenner goes hard on every snap and in every drill. He kept making plays this week, whether it was catching the ball out of the backfield or running the ball on an inside drill. He's not a big name, coming from South Dakota State, but I think a lot of teams will be intrigued by him.
This week is exactly what Zenner needed. I think that his strong performance at the Shrine Game will help him gain ground in the draft, and he could wind up being an early-middle round pick after the Combine. How much do I love Zenner as a player? This much.
Deion Long is getting some love too. Here's their discussion of him:
Deon Long, WR, Maryland. He's played much of his career in the shadow of the much more highly touted Terrapins wide receiver, Stefon Diggs, but Long might have been the best wide receiver I saw here this week. He's very good out of his breaks and showed some toughness in his route running. He made a lot of contested catches, and certainly doesn't lack any confidence.
Here's my analysis.
Deon Long, WR, Maryland. Deion Long projects as a 7th round pick or UDFA. Scouts will like his speed; he's ran a 4.32 40. He suffered a broken leg in 2013 and has been attacked for a lack of effort at times, which raises questions about his work ethic. That being said, he's an evasive, quick player that can create matchup problems for the opposition. While NFL defensive players are better tacklers than the competition Long faced in college, he's got the talent to make big plays. If he ca mature a bit and work hard at the next level, he's going to be a steal in this year's draft. Here's some film.
Taiwan Jones is also getting some love from nfl.com. Here's what Charles Davis had to say about him on nfl.com:
Jones looks like an old-school middle linebacker at 6-foot-3, 250 pounds, but he can run. He has a suddenness to him that you might not expect from a guy his size. Jones definitely brings the thump with him.
Here's my writeup:
Taiwan Jones, OLB, Michigan State. Didn't Taiwan Jones get drafted a few years back? Nope, that was the running back out of Eastern Washington. Jones is a linebacker for Michigan State, who currently projects as a 7th round pick or UDFA. It's tough to find recent film on him, here are some highlights from a couple of seasons ago. Jones is an aggressive player with good instincts, but he doesn't wrap perfectly on every tackle, and this will cause problems for him at the NFL level. That being said, he's versatile and can play both middle and outside linebacker. With a strong showing, Jones could move his way into the middle rounds of the draft.
His performance likely will propel him higher in the draft. He's shown that he can make plays against an elite level of competition, and will find his way onto a team.
Martin Ifedi has turned some heads this week too. Here's what Dane Brugler had to say about him on cbs sports after a strong showing in practice on Tuesday:
Ifedi has somewhat of a DE/DT tweener frame and skill-set, but looked effective in both spots during drills. Off the edge, he used natural dip and body momentum to ride the offensive tackles' hip before showing the strong hands to finish in the pocket. And then lining up inside, Ifedi was able to use his foot quickness and upper body power in unison to rip and shed past blockers.
Although a knee injury limited him in 2014, Ifedi has flashed on tape and it wouldn't be a surprise if he uses this platform in St. Petersburg as a launching pad up draft boards.
Compare that to our analysis before Shrine Week:
Martin Ifedi, DE, Memphis. Ifedi is currently projected as an undrafted free agent and ranked as the 21st best Defensive End in the 2015 NFL draft according to www.nfldraftscout.com. I think that rating is really low. Ifedi came back from injury and played extremely well, and he has played all around in a 3-4 system. Scouts love players that are versatile, and Ifedi is that type of player. He's average in size at 6'3 265 pounds, but let's let his play do the talking. I think he's going to be a steal near the end of the draft, and a strong showing at the Shrine Game will turn teams onto him. The guy has the talent to work himself into a starting role in the NFL, and there is no way he goes undrafted. Here's some film.
Another player we got right was Darren Waller, who is generating a ton of hype after a strong showing this week. To quote analyst Tony Pauline:
Darren Waller/WR/Georgia Tech -- Waller was another who came out of the gate hot and physically dominated opponents in the early going. He's an impressive specimen and, at 6-6, 240, he looks as though he could be a successful small forward in the NBA if his NFL career doesn't pan out. During full scrimmage Waller was just okay, but the impression he left on scouts at the start of practice will surely last.
Here's my analysis from before Shrine Week:
Darren Waller, WR, Georgia Tech. Waller is a guy I really like later in the draft. He could jump into the 6th round of the draft. Even though he's only caught 40 balls in his career, he's got great hands and shows flashes of NFL talent. I think he makes it as a #4 WR on a team with the potential to do more. Here's some film.
One guy that's getting a lot of love from Draft analyst Tony Pauline is John Feliciano:
Jonathan Feliciano/G/Miami-Fl -- Feliciano was not dominant today rather very steady and workmanlike. He wasn't flashy, but at the same time Feliciano never got beat. It was the type of performance that pushes a player into the middle rounds of the draft, which is where Feliciano, 6-5, 320, will hope to hear his name called.
Here's our analysis:
John Feliciano, G, Miami. Feliciano projects as a day 3 prospect, projecting as a 6th or 7th round pick. At 6'4, 316 pounds, he's got decent size for a guard. He's a solid, solid run blocker, and will make a nice backup lineman early on in his career with the potential to develop into a starter.
Hopefully these great players and all the players in the game have a great game tomorrow, and stay healthy throughout the course of it. Best of luck to everybody taking the field, and here's to a fun day of scouting!
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IRNA – Persian New Year is fast approaching and cities are bustling with people who are rushing to get the last necessary items to decorate houses or buy new clothes. Not much is left and it's a good time you get to know a couple of the age-old traditions.
Hormozgan Province, that lies on coasts of the Persian Gulf, is home to nearly two million people that although might not necessarily share the same background, they all respect the Iranian New Year traditions. In this article, we tell you some of those rituals.
The Iranians have believed since time immemorial that as the New Year comes, one needs to turn into a new person, both physically and spiritually. Looking "new" on the first day of the New Year has been very important, so putting on new clothes is a ritual, strictly practiced. However in Hormozgan, if a person can't afford new clothing, they pinned a slip of a new cloth on their old rags.
This is what kids are most fond of as they can get the elder people to give them monetary rewards, also known as eydi, in Persian. One of those poem goes "New Nowruz is here again, the sparrows are singing, Nowruz has come with its charms, dad! Give me eydi".
According to very old traditions of the Hormozgan inhabitants, Mom Nowruz (Mother Nowruz) goes door to door on the New Year's Eve to take a look at Kanduk (a small basket woven out of palm tree leaves where people kept their bread). If the Kanduks are full of pastry, it augurs very prosperous for the family, but if they're empty, that family will need to cope with the hard times ahead.
Hormozgan inhabitants also believe that no one should sleep hungry on New Year's Eve and the New Year's first day because Mom Nowruz has seen who will be prosperous and not.
Young provincial women tried out henna on their hands and feet several days before the New Year. The elder men and women dyed henna on their heads. This long-rooted tradition is still alive among Hormozgani young women.


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Volvo said that it is testing flywheel technology a light, cheap and fuel-efficient solution that makes a 4-cylinder engine feel like a six while dropping fuel-consumption by 20 percent. The move will make Volvo one of the world's first car makers to test the potential of flywheel technology on public roads.
Volvo has received a grant of 6.57 million Swedish kronor from the Swedish Energy Agency for developing the next-generation technology for kinetic recovery of braking energy in a joint project together with Volvo Powertrain and SKF.
"Our aim is to develop a complete system for kinetic energy recovery," said Derek Crabb, Vice President VCC Powertrain Engineering. "Tests in a Volvo car will get under way in the second half of 2011. This technology has the potential for reducing fuel consumption by up to 20 percent. What is more, it gives the driver an extra horsepower boost, giving a four-cylinder engine acceleration like a six-cylinder unit."
The flywheel is made from carbon fiber and spins in a vacuum at speeds up to 60,000 rpm. Combined with a combustion engine's full capacity, the flywheel system will give the car an extra boost of 80-hp, "cutting 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) figures significantly."
"We are not the first manufacturer to test flywheel technology. But nobody else has applied it to the rear axle of a car fitted with a combustion engine driving the front wheels. If the tests and technical development go as planned, we expect cars with flywheel technology to reach the showrooms within a few years," says Derek Crabb. He concludes: "The flywheel technology is relatively cheap. It can be used in a much larger volume of our cars than top-of-the-line technology such as the plug-in hybrid. This means that it has potential to play a major role in our CO2-cutting DRIVe Towards Zero strategy."
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14 More Correctional Officers Charged In Baltimore Jail Sex Scandal
Fourteen more correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center have been indicted on corruption charges, shedding more light on the relationship between the infamous Black Guerrilla Family and the officers in the jail.
The indictments were unsealed on Thursday.
Read more from the Baltimore Sun:
Prosecutors do not say the gang has continued its reign following the initial bust, but they say wiretaps and witness interviews have revealed just how much power the BGF accumulated.
As many as three-quarters of the approximately 650 officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center were involved in contraband smuggling, witnesses said in court documents, contradicting assertions by corrections department officials that the "overwhelming majority" of staff members at the jail were clean.
Some state lawmakers said Thursday that the latest allegations call into question whether state officials are moving fast enough to review possible gang ties among officers still working at the jail.
The allegations unsealed in April — packed with lurid details of sex behind bars and brazen boasts by gang leader Tavon White that he controlled the jail — set off widespread criticism of Gov. Martin O'Malley and the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
Twenty-five defendants, 13 of them corrections officers, were charged in that indictment. Sixteen of them, including White, have pleaded guilty to racketeering.
Eight of the 14 officers have already left the department; the other 6 have been suspended.
Some of the more blatant offenders include Officer Milshenna Peoples, who was captured on surveillance footage being fondled by an inmate. Sergeant Michelle Ricks was caught "singing a song of allegiance" to BGF.
"Court documents allege the BGF members recruited correctional officers through personal and often sexual relationships, as well as bribes, and that some officers traded sex for money," the U.S. Attorney's office said in a statement.
See CBS news report below:
As previously reported byNewsOne, Tavon White, the leader of the Black Guerrilla Family who impregnated four guards inside of the Baltimore City Detention Center, pleaded guilty to federal racketeering conspiracy charges in August.
White, nicknamed "Bulldog," admitted to smuggling drugs and phones inside of the jail. During a "slow month," he claimed he earned more than $15,000 with the assistance of a "harem of correctional officers," reports the Baltimore City Paper.
Of the six correctional officers in question, four gave birth to White's children, and 2 tattooed his name on their bodies — one on the neck and other other on the wrist.
According to an FBI release, the corruption was deep and pervasive.
Read from FBI release below:
A federal grand jury returned a racketeering indictment charging 25 individuals, including 13 correctional officers with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, for conspiring to run operations of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang inside correctional facilities. All 25 defendants also are charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute drugs, and 20 of the defendants are charged with money laundering conspiracy.
"Correctional officers were in bed with BGF inmates, in violation of the first principle of prison management," said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. "Preventing prison corruption requires intensive screening at prison entrances and punishment for employees who consort with inmates or bring cell phones and drugs into correctional facilities."
"This investigation revealed the pervasive nature of prison corruption in Baltimore City's Detention Centers," said FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt. "Such corruption causes the FBI to divert crucial investigative resources away from addressing violence on the streets of Baltimore. In this case, the inmates literally took over 'the asylum,' and the detention centers became safe havens for the BGF. Such a situation cannot be tolerated. Law enforcement should not have to concern itself with criminal subjects who have already been arrested and relegated to detention centers."
White once boasted in a wiretapped phone call: "This is my jail. You understand that? I'm dead serious … I make every final call in this jail … and nothing go past me … Any of my brothers that deal with anybody, it's gonna come to me. Before [somebody] stab somebody, they gotta run it through me."according to the indictment.
In at least one case, a corrections officer stood guard outside a closet at the jail so a corrections officer and an inmate could have sex, prosecutors said in court documents.
FBI agent Stephen Vogt said White "effectively raised the BGF flag over the Baltimore City Detention Center," and the indictment brings that flag down.
White has already been sentenced to 20 years for second-degree attempted murder in what is described as "drug deal" gone bad. He faces another 20 years on the additional charges and is due to be sentences in Feb. 2014.
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Mark Schumacher - NV says:
This is what happens when you hire fired TSA agents. Wouldn't be surprised if fired cops from god knows where were mixed in as well. Hell, these clowns aren't any different from the scum bags in congress if you really think about it. Every jail – prison from around the country has this problem.


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Why didn't Gandalf carry the Ring in Maia form?
I understand that the Istari - the only other Maiar besides the Balrog to come into close proximity to the Ring - are constrained within a mortal body and subject to its mortal weaknesses, which renders them vulnerable to the Ring's domination and corruption. However, what is to stop Gandalf from returning to his true form, picking up the Ring, and just walking all the way to Mount Doom? Sauron is too weak at the time; he would have been able to do nothing but watch helplessly and pray his mortal armies can defeat a Ring-bearing Gandalf.
Is Gandalf's decision to abide by the Valar's will to the end the only thing holding him back from this particular option? Are there enchantments in place to disable his ability to revert to Maia form, such that the option was never there to begin with? Or would he, even in Maia form and free of mortal weaknesses, still be vulnerable to domination and corruption by the Ring?
The One Ring is forged with the essence of Sauron to dominate and rule the minds of lesser beings. However, Sauron is only a Maia - albeit the highest-ranking in Morgoth's following. Fellow Maiar would be his equal (at least in rank), while the Valar are certainly superior in power to him. If an Ainu becomes a Ringbearer, will he/she eventually fall to Sauron's will too, or at least succumb to the corruption of the Ring's dark power?
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Casey and Andy comics has a take on this at galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=363 . Andy, playing Gandalf in a DnD game, simply Greater Teleports to Mount Doom and throws the ring in.
– b_jonas
From Tolkien's letters, Letter 156 (emphasis mine):
When he speaks he commands attention; the old Gandalf could not have dealt so with Theoden, nor with Saruman. He is still under the obligation of concealing his power and teaching rather than forcing or dominating wills, but where the physical powers of the Enemy are too great for the good will of the opposers to be effective he can act in emergency as an 'angel' – no more violently than the release of St Peter from prison.
(Letter 156, incidentally, contains a great deal more information about Gandalf, his Maia nature, and his transformation from Grey to White. You can find it quoted at much greater length here.)
And from the essay on Istari in Unfinished Tales (again, emphasis mine):
their emissaries were forbidden to reveal themselves in forms of majesty, or to seek to rule the wills of Men and Elves by open display of power, but coming in shapes weak and humble were bidden to advise and persuade Men and Elves to good, and to seek to unite in love and understanding all those whom Sauron, should he come again, would endeavour to dominate and corrupt.
So yes, Gandalf is still obliged to take a physical form - to be "incarnate" as Tolkien put it - rather then revert to his true angelic Maia form. And even after his reincarnation as Gandalf the White, Gandalf is still weaker than Sauron. He says so explicitly in The Two Towers, chapter The White Rider:
"I am Gandalf, Gandalf the White, but Black is mightier still."
And the power of Gandalf would have drawn the attention of Sauron much faster than two puny hobbits. If Gandalf had claimed the Ring and walked into Mordor - perhaps even if he had taken Maia form in order to do so - then matters would soon have come to a confrontation with Sauron: a confrontation which Gandalf, despite his power, might not have won.
Note also that by the time he returned as Gandalf the White, the Fellowship was broken and the Ring was already well on its way towards Mordor. The only time Gandalf could have made the decision to take Maia form and bear the Ring himself was while he was still in his weaker form of Gandalf the Grey.
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Is this "Black is mightier still" even after consideration that Sauron is not yet at his full power?
– thegreatjedi
@thegreatjedi Yes, as Sauron never really attains his full power throughout LotR.
@rand-althor Then that seems most strange to me. If Sauron has managed to recover enough power to defeat even Gandalf the White in a full Maiar vs Maiar battle, why did he choose to continue hiding in his tower? It seems he has recovered enough to be of use on the battlefield, so to speak.
@thegreatjedi From RotK, chapter The Siege of Gondor: "He will not come save only to triumph over me when all is won. He uses others as his weapons. So do all great lords, if they are wise, Master Halfling. Or why should I sit here in my tower and think, and watch, and wait, spending even my sons? For I can still wield a brand." -- Denethor.
@Randal'Thor, not only would a direct confrontation between Gandalf and Sauron possibly resulted in Gandalf losing, it's certain that such a confrontation would break the world -- again.
While I don't disagree with anything @randalthor wrote, there is a much more important issue preventing Gandalf the While from just walking to Mount Doom and destroying it, and it's the same one that prevented Gandalf the Grey from doing so. One of the Ring's chief powers is to corrupt those who wear it, turning them to evil. Being more powerful doesn't make you harder to corrupt, in fact there are many indications that being more powerful makes you easier to corrupt. It's one of the central points of the book. Gandalf the White would not have been more immune to its effects than Gandalf the Grey. It's at least part of the reason why the Hobbits survive so long as Ringbearers, while others get affected more quickly. Both Boromir and Denethor are corrupted by it without even being ringbearers.
We know this at least because of Gandalf's attitude to the Ring. When offered the Ring he absolutely refuses it, preferring that it stays with the 'weaker' Frodo.
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An important consideration is that Sauron's power - and therefore the Ring's - is the ability to dominate lesser races like Elf, Dwarf and Man. Fellow Maiar and the Valar certainly do not count among them. Can the Ring affect them? Sauron knows Saruman can be corrupted because he, like himself, craves power, but he does not understand Gandalf's altruistic nature, which suggests a possibility that he is less confident in corrupting him.
It is only certain that Gandalf can be corrupted while he is in mortal form because he will also suffer the flaws of a mortal, including susceptibility to the temptation of the Ring. That, however, does not answer whether Gandalf would suffer the same failings if he emerges back into his true Maiar form - can the Ring corrupt one of the Ainur? They aren't "of this world" just like Sauron, and Sauron is no Morgoth either.
@thegreatjedi Well, Gandalf certainly feared corruption by the Ring: "With that power I should have power too great and terrible. And over me the Ring would gain a power still greater and more deadly....Do not tempt me! For I do not wish to become like the Dark Lord himself....I dare not take it, not even to keep it safe, unused. The wish to wield it would be too great, for my strength."
– Mark Olson
It says in Unfinished tales ' the Ainur were forbidden by Illuvatar to walk among men in forms of majesty' so that would include Gandalf, orders from Eru would be even more important than stopping Sauron.
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One of my favorite country web sites Whiskey Riff is out with their list of the worst 3 songs of 2018. They put "Simple" and "Meant To Be" as #2 and #3. It's so boring when people pick on Florida Georgia Line. It's become predicable. Maybe they're country music's Nickelback. Say what you will about Florida Georgia Line, they've got millions of fans, their music always tops the charts, and they put butts in seats. While those two aren't my favorite FGL songs, neither is anywhere near as bad as the song they put at #1.
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A breakfast in the bed … It's hard to invent anything more romantic than that on a Saturday morning.
For sure one would not imagine such a breakfast without a decent breakfast table! Therefore, a couple of month ago I definitely made my mind to purchase this gastronomical item. However, all what I could find in a shop I could describe as "plain", while I wanted such one, that I could proudly name "elegant". Throughout my long search process I have made acquaintance with Eugenia Ermilova, a designer and creator of breakfast tables.
GALLERISTA (G): Eugenia, could you, please, tell us, how it all started and why you decided to make the tables themselves?
I was looking for a Valentine's day present for my husband and merely by a chance I found the single one breakfast table – very plain, made in China. It was nota surprise that there were several candidates for this "marvel" in the shop – "fighting" for this table I even had a raw with one of other buyers. But I think, youguess who was the winner then!
I found some people, who made me my first ten tables and I made decoupage paintings. Then my husband developed a web-site for me and sent out commercial proposals to several shops. Even without extraordinary financial success I was very inspired – the next year I was not questioning myself "what shall I buy my friends as a gift" as I had already ten amazing gifts!
So, it was the real start… Seven years ago. At the beginning we used to make quite inexpensive tables for wholesale purchasers, but my soul was longing formore sophisticated design. Nowadays we completely refused from wholesale and make only retail, elite tables with my design, or customized ones.
G: Your tables are rising some Parisian Romantique associations with me. What do you associate your works with?
E: Well, breakfast tables are quite romantic on default since they are intended for a meal in bed, most probably – with a beloved person.
Today shabby–Chick and Provence styles are very popular. Both are very close to my heart and many of my works are made with this style used. I like someshabbiness, touch of age. It's as if someone was holding the thing in hands, liked the way it felt, it looked… A breakfast table is associated for me with a warm bed, when you can be a bit lazy, when you breath coffee smell in, allow yourself a piece of cake… well, all those things we are basically deprived of, when we start to have kids!
G: Which technique do you use (or is it a combination of them)?
E: Most often I combine techniques. My favourite one is volumetric drawing. This is an outline painting with decorative pargetting. I also employ decoupage and stenciling.
G: What do you like most of your job?
E: Independence! I don't have to get up in the morning to hurry up to a workplace! On the other hand this workplace I never leave – it is always with me.
One more thing is this amazing feeling when you see, that people like the thing you made..
G: Whom of product-designer you find the most appealing?
G: Ok, what kind of works shall we wait for in future?
E: I am now busy with wall-clocks and started to make works with sculptural painting technique. This direction has stemmed from my tables experience and experiments with decorative pargetting. Gradually volumetric drawing got more and more volumetric and the surface of the table could no longer keep it. A table is a table – one needs to place utensils on it! But I wanted something more. Among the artists of this direction I would name Justin Gaffrey, who inspired me a lot.
I could never succeed in staying busy with one thing. I always search for new materials, techniques, knowledge and their combinations. I need to createsomething that never existed before!


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The operator will provide space capacity to transmit the signal of the event held at the Teatro Real in Madrid via their Hispasat 30W-5 satellite.
The ceremony, honouring the president of Colombia and recognising Economic Development and Social Cohesion, will be presided over by Spanish president Mariano Rajoy.
Madrid, 13 December 2016. Spanish satellite and telecommunications operator HISPASAT will provide space capacity for the transmission in Latin America of Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos receiving the 2016 Nueva Economía Fórum Award. The ceremony will be held tomorrow at the Teatro Real in Madrid and will be presided over by Spanish president Mariano Rajoy. Transmission of the event will be made through the transponder of the Hispasat 30W-5 satellite, which provides coverage in the Americas, Europe and North Africa.
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If you can imagine cutting a baseball and making it into a wallet, this would be the result. This clever wallet is made from genuine baseball leather.
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This is a gift that will definitely make him noticed. With a unique 360-degree digital printing design, these superior quality socks will always keep them in style.
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Trying to find a baseball gift for a woman that is uniquely her can be a challenge. A random baseball-themed gift will not do the trick.
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She loves the game, and this is just the tee to show that. With a baseball heart on the front, this tee is a perfect gift for a baseball-loving woman or girl.
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This beautifully engraved baseball pendant necklace makes an excellent gift for a woman who loves jewelry. The pendant has a cross above a baseball on the front, and an inspirational bible verse etched in the back.
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There is no need to keep your collection of baseball caps on some generic hat rack. This rack is literally a baseball bat that has eight hat hooks screwed into the length of a baseball bat.
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Home Property London's parks commanding property premiums as high as 144%
Perry Mastrovito / Avalon
London's parks commanding property premiums as high as 144%
by LLP Editor July 13, 2022
written by LLP Editor 13th Jul 22 6:14 am
Research from London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, reveals that while homebuyers will, on average, have to pay 50% over London's average house price to live near one of the city's great parks, there are still some great parkside deals to be found where prices are up to -9.6% below the city average.
There are a staggering 3,000 parks across the London and Benham and Reeves has revealed just how much it will set homebuyers back if they want to live within arm's reach of the 13 biggest and best.
To live near one of London's 13 most popular parks comes with a hefty price premium. Homes near London's most renowned outdoor spaces sell for an average of £896/sq ft which is £292 more, or 48.5%, above the wider London average.
The most expensive London park to live near is Kensington Gardens, home of Kensington Palace and the Royal Albert Hall. It's as prime as the Prime London housing market gets and homes here sell for an average of £1,474/sq ft which is 144.2% above the city average.
Homes near Green Park, with Buckingham Palace on one side and Piccadilly on the other, sell for £1,408 which is a premium of 133.2%, while Hyde Park commands a premium of 132.6%.
Some of the city's other biggest park premiums are found near St. James's Park (105.1%), Battersea Park (87.6%), and Regent's Park (70.9%).
While parkside life in these locations is reserved for only the wealthiest of buyers, there are some great London parks where homes can be snapped up for much more reasonable sums.
The most affordable of London's top parks is Crystal Palace Park, South East London's pride and joy which was initially created as a Victorian pleasure ground and, until its famous fire in 1936, home to the majestic Crystal Palace exhibition building. Nearby homes sell for an average price of £546/sq ft which is -9.6% more affordable than the wider London average.
Bushy Park in Richmond commands a premium of just 2.2%, and homes near Greenwich Park are priced just 6.2% above the London average.
Director of Benham and Reeves, Marc von Grundherr, commented: "London's parks are one of its greatest attributes, helping rank the capital in the global top ten cities for green space. Many of these parks are small, hidden gems, but the ones contained in this list are among the greatest the country has to offer, so it's no surprise that nearby house prices tend to be so incredibly high.
Despite this, there are still some great deals to be found, though it's worth bearing in mind that because demand for open space living is so high at the moment, properties are going to be hard to come by and so competition is going to be stiff."
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Welcome to the Boston Youth Sports Network Website! On this site you will find a variety of pages and links, from key research and facility listings to resources for program development and volunteer support.
The purpose of the Boston Youth Sports Initiative (BYSI) is to promote youth sports as a positive youth development and physical fitness approach through network building. The BYSI was created for the network of providers and supporters of youth sports all over the city.
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Check out the About Us page for more information on our mission, staff, and Advisory Council. You can also find information about the BYSI's umbrella organization, Boston After-School and Beyond , a public/private partnership designed to organize the many networks and organizations that comprise the Out-of-School Time sector. Please also visit the Network page to learn more about the BYSI in Action and all of our collaborators and partners. Special thanks to our sponsors of last season's Boston Youth Sports Initiative https://www.m-n-law.com for their volunteering their support!


A study by The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 20 percent of elderly patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. The study indicates that this high percentage of readmission costs Medicare over $17 billion every year. Making these staggering numbers appear even worse is the fact that, according to lead study author Dr. Stephen Jencks, almost 40 percent of the readmissions could have been avoided if not for hospital error and initial inadequate care.
For a country in a recession and looking to save money, these numbers indicate a way to save billions in taxpayer dollars. However, the high number of avoidable readmissions indicates a different and very troubling fact – the level of care that many elderly patients receive may be inadequate.
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), starting in October of 2012, will have the authority to determine a target readmission rates for hospitals and cut pay to hospitals by up to 1 percent if these target rates are not met. According to the American Medical News, these target rates will pay specific attention to patients hospitalized with pneumonia, heart failure or heart attack. Further, by 2014, the CMS will be able to withhold Medicare payments of up to 3 percent for missed readmission rates for other ailments.
Providing more than just insight into an area where money may be saved, the study sheds light on a potentially dangerous area of patient care – the high number of avoidable readmissions. Contact a medical malpractice attorney if you or a loved one has suffered an injury due to medical error or malpractice.


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The research project presented on this homepage is called »Interplace«, though its full name is »The interplay between citizen initiatives and invited participation in urban planning: An interaction research project«. The project is funded by The Swedish Research Council Formas through the call for applications »Co-ordinated urban development – a prerequisite for sustainability« in cooperation with the Swedish Energy Agency, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Swedish Transport Administration and the Swedish National Heritage Board. The project was also funded by Region Västra Götaland and the City of Gothenburg and has been associated with Mistra Urban Futures.
The Interplace project was carried out from 1 January 2011 to 31 March 2013 and was managed by The Centre for Environment and Sustainability at Chalmers University of Technology. The project leader was Jenny Stenberg at Chalmers Architecture and the project was transdisciplinary in the sense that the twelve participants had different backgrounds within the academy, worked for the City of Gothenburg and Region Västra Götaland, and ran their own businesses. We have very different backgrounds but still a common connection to urban development through architecture, landscape architecture, design, peace and development research, process management, public administration and global studies.
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It's rough when fans come here to New Zealand, visit Hobbiton, then they want to see other Lord of The Rings locations like Rivendell, Mount Doom and Minas Tirith. Sure the amazing landscapes where these scenes were filmed are still as beautiful as ever, but the realisation that the buildings don't actually exist often brings up a 'you mean Santa isn't real' feeling in even the most SFX savvy adults.
One group of adults looking to rectify that situation have taken to IndieGoGo in order to fundraise £1,850,000,000 to recreate kiwi Peter Jackson's version of Minas Tirith. Selecting south England as their prime location, the architects and structural engineers behind the project offer as rewards 100 year leases on residential properties within the construction, categorised by tier, quality and size - starting at £400,000.
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Burns Harbor Port Director Stepping Down
Friday, January 22, 2021 10:28 AM EDT Updated: Friday, January 22, 2021 12:32 PM EDT
By Wes Mills, Content Manager
Aerial view of the Port of Indiana - Burns Harbor. (courtesy: Ports of Indiana)
After four years as port director of Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor, Ian Hirt is stepping down. The organization says Hirt will leave in early May to return to the private sector.
A national search for Hirt's successor is now underway.
"It has been an honor to lead the northwest Indiana port that has an impressive 50-year history," said Hirt. "It truly has been a pleasure to work with an outstanding executive leadership team, staff, tenants, commission and community partners."
The port director is responsible for managing daily operations for Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor.
The port authority says Burns Harbor handles approximately 10,000 rail cars, 75 ships, 325,000 trucks, 450 barges and 200 Great Lakes vessels per year.


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As the name suggests, Cinque Terre is a land of five towns in Italy that are located along the Ligurian Coast. It is about 2.5 hours to 3 hours away from Florence, if you travel via train. This place in Italy is breathtakingly beautiful and is one of the top most widely traveled tourist destinations in the world.
It is suggested that you travel to Cinque Terre on weekdays as it tends to get overcrowded during the weekends as the locals swarm to the coast for fun and frolic on holidays.
Cinque Terre is famous for its splendid, vibrant colored houses, the surrounding landscapes, the rugged coastline, and the small restaurants that line the coast and serve delicious cuisines, especially the most uniquely flavored seafood. It is also an agricultural land and a lot of products are grown all around the hillside.
In this article, we are going to give you 5+ reasons why you should visit Cinque Terre and what you should be looking forward to during your tour.
The best thing that makes it a favorite on travel bucket list is its utterly charming atmosphere and the beautiful scenes that you can admire. Cinque Terre is home to a number of people who have worked hard to make it as magical as possible. You won't find any cars here and it is suggested that you take comfortable hiking shoes along with you and be prepared to walk for most of the time. Here and there you will spectacular scenery like at the Hilltop Corniglia or the picturesque village of Manarola that makes you pinch yourself repeatedly to make sure you aren't dreaming.
You can be sure that the moment you enter this mesmerizing tourist location, you will feel very welcomed. The people are extremely warm and friendly and thus, it has rapidly become one of the most heavily visited tourist destination within a few years. You can ask for directions or the best restaurants from anyone and they will gladly direct you to the most unique and enjoyable places. They are good communicators and you will be surprised at how much they can open up once you take with them a drink or two!
The stunning views of the place are what make Cinque Terre a must to visit. While you are at exploring the town you will see various colored houses. Those colored buildings are so pretty to look at as they give a whole different look to the place. These houses are colored differently so that the fishermen could easily see their house while they are fishing offshore. Each and every part of Cinque Terre is worth taking a snap.
Needless to say, Italy is famous for its flavor-full and mouthwatering cuisines but Cinque Terre is a whole new experience that you will never forget. A number of restaurants are filled in the entire Ligurian province and these people specialize in seafood. Once you are here, do not forget to visit Vernazza and Manarola, both of which have multiple patio dining places for you to relish in. You can taste a memorable seafood dinner or spaghetti con frutti di mare which is also known as seafood spaghetti.
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I suggest you also to visit the Piazza Garibaldi (located just near the sea), the boardwalk, the old and new town, the Church of San Giovanni Battista, and enjoy a good meal on one of the numerous restaurants of the village.
After a tiresome hike when you are all sweaty, take a dip in the Mediterranean Sea. Nothing will make you feel refreshed than a dip in the chilly water after a tiring hike. You may not be a cold water person but trust me; nothing feels better than a swim in a chilly water of the sea. Many people are found swimming in different parts of Cinque Terre, mainly Manarola, but the best swimming spots with beautiful scenic views are found in Vernazza. You can also rent a boat, kayak, and a stand-up paddle board if you are going into more water adventures.
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Experience the Market Day in Vernazza where all the Italian grandmothers, daughters and mothers come out in crowd to buy the fresh products from the farmers. As there are no cars in Vernazza, the farmers on Tuesdays come and park their trucks along the hillside to sell their freshly picked produce.
You will love the awesome scenery around you and float in the water is an unforgettable experience.
Manarola is one of the oldest towns of Cinque Terre and in my personal opinion the Icon of this magic land. It is famous for the colored buildings, the stunning views, and its sweet Sciacchetrà wine. This beautiful village has lots to offer, like the harbor where you can catch boat tours that run between the five villages, Portovenere, and La Spezia. It's the best way to see the area, enjoy the amazing sunsets view, and if you are lucky, you can watch the dolphins.
Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which means that no new buildings can be made and every part of it is protected from modernization. Those who want a blast from the past can check out the magnificence of the town that holds a unique culture and beauty.


The last week has been a strange one.
There has a palpable shift world wide, in the wake of the death of our Star Man, our Space Boy, Mr. Stardust and Goblin King. Even writing these words carries a certain charge and air… as if simply writing out what always was to be… that this seemingly ephemeral man left early to go back whence he came – the starry dynamo that had Kerouac and Ginsberg in gleeful hysteria – because it was David Bowie's fixation, his obsession, his theme. He was no ordinary human.
There is this sense, as there always has been around him, that he was an alien dressed like one of us. To write this about anyone else would seem contrived or silly. But when it comes to Bowie, whether or not you were or are still a fan, there are feelings and imagery he contained, and it's one we'll not know again.
We're still reeling from the death of David Bowie – as is the entire world – and it's becoming more and more apparent that there are few people on Earth that have had, or will have, the unsurpassable, wide-reaching impact that he had.
While there is all the talk of every thing he did up until his dying day, what I've found affecting is the sheer impact his death has had now he is gone. Every time, since news of his death, that I open my Spotify, the right hand display says "so and so, listened to Bowie" – and it's still happening. People are on my Facebook are still remarking on the loss, and the way it has left them reeling.Very few knew he was ill and the suddenness of his departing is a huge part of why his death has rocked us all like a comet. Besides the fact that I think many people believed he would live to some eerie old age; still ephemeral, impossible, beautiful, strange.
My own story of Bowie began with – as it did for most eighties babies – Labyrinth, and David's striking looks and performance. All sexual omniscience, dizzying glass spheres and stairs cases, trailing cloaks and owl wings – nightmarish, fantastical imagery that only offsets who he was and the world he seemed to inhabit. And like any kid, I'd hear Space Oddity and Changes on the radio, knew that voice that was incomparable, and only his. No replica is fathomable. But my first true moment of recognizing the enduring power of his music, was at a trendy indie club at age twenty, with the early onset Hipsters, dancing at some ungodly hour on the sticky Spectrum-club floors, and Rebel, Rebel came on. A song that grabs your legs and gets them rattling around before you know what in hell is happening… I looked up at the crowd of cool kids, and the entire house was going off. There had been Beck, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Nirvana… kids were having a fine time. But Bowie? Everyone lost their minds.
All these years later, and his provocative lyrics and story of the art of rebellion was still hip, still evocative, still relevant.
All the while, interstellar melodies rile in the background. As if to exclaim, "it doesn't matter anyway" – or, as he repeats as the song fades out "I got a better way." He knew where he was aimed for.
As I went about my business running errands the day after the tragic news, every store I walked into in Newtown was playing his music and it loaned a certain but persistent sadness to the day. His absence and the knowledge of it is like a scar. It will heal and grow over as time goes on, but it will never be forgotten, it can't be tattooed over, and his legacy and individuality and all he stood for cannot be replaced. Therein is the tragedy of the icon, like Marilyn, Elvis, Sinatra, Lennon, Bowie…it's hard to imagine there is going to be anyone else who can do what they did just like them. And so when they go, it is not just a loss for music, but for us as humans. Each of those mentioned went out and did their Thing in their own way, even as a lot of their image and life was torn to shreds by the press. They gave us so much while they were on this planet, and the idea of them not being to still do that is what makes their loss so heart rending and haunting.
I think, besides his knack for a hit, Bowie taught us that being yourself is everything, that living your truth and your style is everything, that eventually the right people will find you and get you and appreciate you and that the misfits, the iconoclasts, the rebels, the weirdos have a place and a message, and that in itself is a power that cannot die out. If he had given up and given in all those years ago, we wouldn't have the abundance of listening pleasure that we do now.
Rest in peace, Space Boy.