The public? Motor Vehicle Industry?
Welcome to the LemonCheck Motor Vehicle Industry specific web site (www.lemons.co.nz).
Note: If you are a member of the public wanting to obtain a LemonCheck Vehicle History report then please go to our public web site at www.lemoncheck.co.nz.
What are LemonCheck's Motor Vehicle Industry services?
LemonCheck is an on-line software system developed for motor vehicle related industries. LemonCheck services help motor trade associations, registered motor vehicle traders, finance, insurance, warranty companies and in fact any organization that handles motor vehicles with reporting and legal compliance.
All this, and much more, is only an application away.
Apply for an account now.


text:
Newsroom Home News Stream Council Approves Framework for IT Disaster Recovery Planning
Judge Sheila Hanson, chair of the council's Information Technology Advisory Committee, explains how the new disaster recovery framework will help the judicial branch plan for unforeseeable events that threaten court data.
Council Approves Framework for IT Disaster Recovery Planning
Also adopts guide to help courts find hosting solutions for local IT needs
Blaine Corren
SAN FRANCISCO—The Judicial Council at its March 2 business meeting approved a framework to help courts and other judicial branch entities with disaster recovery planning efforts, which are critical in enabling the recovery of data and services in the event of a disaster.
"Recovering from a disaster is an extremely important topic for the courts," said Judge Sheila Hanson, chair of the council's Information Technology Advisory Committee. "We heard from multiple courts that wanted to use the final documents as soon as possible."
The proposed framework includes a "how to" guide and model template that courts can fill in to create their own plans. It also has information on addressing corrupted backup systems, controlling access to those backups, and cloud options.
The need for disaster planning was clear last fall, as wildfires threatened courthouses and caused temporary closures, and mudslides prompted one court to open a satellite office for stranded employees across county lines.
The council also approved the development of funding requests to the Legislature to help courts with plan adoption and disaster recovery software and hardware. Watch (best viewed in Internet Explorer)
Next-Generation IT Hosting
In addition to approving the disaster recovery framework, the council also adopted a new guide to help courts evaluate hosting solutions for their local IT needs, including case management systems, jury systems, e-mail and web servers. The guide covers topics such as hosting options and service level expectations, and provides court leaders with information on transition planning and budgeting. The council's IT workgroup that developed the guide received input from judges, court staff, and technology experts. Watch (best viewed in Internet Explorer)
An archived videocast of the entire meeting broken out by topic will be available on the council's meeting information webpage.
Council to Consider Actions to Reduce Discrimination and Harassment in the Court Workplace
Council Hears How Increase in Funding Helped Courts Expand Services for the Public
Report to Judicial Council Shows Expansion of Self-Help Services by Local Courts

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


There's a time and a place for every type of communication at work – from texting to email and phone call to face to face. Linda Potter, Architectural Sales Representative at Watkins Concrete Block & Reimers Kaufman, has extensive experience working with builders, and understands how critical effective communication is in the workplace. If you're left questioning how to handle a certain method, keep Linda's tried and true pieces of advice in mind.
Our phones grace us with technology that allows for speedy responses – a major benefit when working in a fast-paced environment. Texts can be used for quickly communicating simple tasks or confirming questions without having to wait around. If the exchange ends up being more than a few messages back and forth, just pick up the phone and chat! Remember to stick to words only in texts – no emoticons – and leave emotions out of it to avoid misinterpretations. Obviously, when it comes to the workplace, ensure that you are keeping conversations professional, even if this type of communication seems lax and casual. However, proper grammar and punctuation are not entirely necessary when using this method to quickly go back and forth with your coworkers.
This form of communication comes in handy, as it provides documentation for multiple conversations. When emailing, remember to stick to the facts and keep it simple. Like text messages, stick to words only and leave emotion out of it. When in doubt, write less and get to the point, while professionally expressing your questions and comments. As we like to say at our workplace: Point, don't paint. Unlike texting, pay extra attention to your vocabulary and grammar. Don't forget to utilize your handy tool – SPELL CHECK!
When in doubt, pick up the phone. Even if you think clear direction was provided via email, everyone interprets information differently. If there appears to be confusion within emails, get on the phone and talk it through. It's easier than going back and forth via email. If there is any conflict, hurt feelings, disappointment, frustration, anger, or other emotions – DO NOT TEXT OR EMAIL! Pick up the phone or go see the person face to face. You can't hide behind a computer screen or phone when it comes to confrontation. It only allows more room for misunderstanding because tone of voice is not heard through a text. It can be unclear if something was said in a joking manner or not and sincerity is not easily picked up on. It's important to allow the other person to hear you in difficult situations.
It's easy to hide behind all the advances in technology and not see people face to face. But this is where real relationships are built – looking someone in the eye. The words you say are equally as important as your body language and tone of voice. Don't underestimate the power of face to face communication. The more you practice this skill at work, the better results you will have.
And the most important rule to remember when communicating using any of these methods is to remain respectful. Even if you disagree, you can do so with respect and with the intent to understand the other person.


The EN 14491:2006 "Dust explosion venting protective systems" was revised and the new EN 14491 released in August 2012. Because the new EN 14491:2012 contains several changes, it was necessary to update the WinVent 3.1e to WinVent 4.0 to guaranty that it represents still the state of the art.
The new WinVent 4.0 is mainly based on EN 14491-2012 "Dust explosion venting protective systems", VDI-3673, Part 1-2002 "Pressure release of dust explosions", EN 14994-2007 "Gas explosion venting protective systems" and EN 14797-2006 "Explosion venting devices".
The software calculates all required information of the protective measure "Explosion Venting" for different equipment and enclosures containing dusts, gases, or hybrid mixtures. The calculations apply to single equipment where appropriate explosion isolation measures have been taken to prevent flame propagation into other connected equipment.
Complete calculations are given by the maximum recoil force, the duration of the recoil force as well as the transferred impulse, the maximum flame length, flame with and external pressure in the vicinity of the vent opening.
If inputs are not according to the standards, WinVent 4.0 informs you and indicates incorrect inputs.
WinVent 4.0 is optimized for tablet PC with touch screen.
Free update via Internet (software, application, manual, help and masks).
Various small "nice to have".
The WinVent 4.0 software can be downloaded and installed. But until registration the program has only restricted functionality. You can order WinVent 4.0 by email at r.siwek@fireex.eu or info@cesana-ag.ch and you will receive an invoice. After receipt of payment, we send an email with the registration code.


Welcome to Epoxy Resin Suppliers. . In other words resin flooring has almost unlimited uses and provides a very efficient and cost effective solution for the .
. cheap resin patio floor tile Cheap Patio Flooring,wood plastic composite decks . Wood Plastic Deck Suppliers. patio flooring ideas cheap on dirt; .
DT Stone: Floor & Wall Tiles, Stone Flooring & Patio .
DT Stone - UK Supplier of stone wall & floor tiles, patio paving slabs including limestone, slate, sandstone and travertine. Shop online or visit our showroom.
Cheap Patio Floor, Cheap Patio Floor Suppliers and .
Cheap Patio Floor, Wholesale Various High Quality Cheap Patio Floor Products from Global Cheap Patio Floor Suppliers and Cheap Patio Floor Factory,Importer,Exporter .
Limestone Flooring & Paving ; . Patio slabs; Random paving ; All our prices are plus VAT. Cardiff Slate and Stone Latest Offers. Job Lot 900x600mm Egyptain Limestone.
cheap patio flooring supplier Canada . Buy Various High Quality Plastic Outdoor Flooring Products from Global Plastic Outdoor Flooring Suppliers and .
Marshalls is a leading supplier of paving slabs and garden patio stones that can help transform your . Mythbusting cheap Indian Sandstone . Weatherpoint 365 - An .
Find a fantastic range of discount garden decking and garden decking supplies . of discount garden decking and decking supplies; . flooring is easy to .
Since 2009 we've been trusted suppliers of the finest natural stone . Natural stone paving can also be used for interior flooring, . At Infinite Paving, .
Find and save ideas about Patio flooring on Pinterest. See more ideas about Outdoor patio flooring ideas, . Cheap Patio Pavers Design Ideas, Pictures, .
Engineered Wood Flooring . Jewson's range of garden paving and patio slabs allows you to create a really unique, beautiful and permanent arrangement of walkways and .
least expensive flooring for patio . patio flooring cheap outdoor patio flooring . company is the best wood plastic composite producers and suppliers.
Cheap Patio Flooring, Cheap Patio Flooring Suppliers and . . cheap patio flooring supplier . Outdoor flooring and patio furniture always go hand in hand.
12 Outdoor Flooring Ideas. . This oversized green-and-white checkerboard patio is the perfect canvas for the red handprints that . Make Cheap Raised Garden Beds .
Paving Superstore has a huge selection of branded paving & patio slabs for garden, landscaping and driveway projects. Order online & get free delivery.
Prices Paving Indian Sandstone Patio Paving Wholesale .
Indian Sandstone 18m2 patio paving packs from only £322.56 inc VAT & delivery to most UK postcodes! Premium quality sandstone paving for your patio.
Cheap Outdoor Flooring, Cheap Outdoor Flooring Suppliers and ? Home ? Construction & Real Estate .
Cheap Patio Flooring, Cheap Patio Flooring Suppliers and .
Cheap Patio Flooring, Wholesale Various High Quality Cheap Patio Flooring Products from Global Cheap Patio Flooring Suppliers and Cheap Patio Flooring Factory .
BuildDirect? - Flooring, Decking, Siding, Roofing, and More BuildDirect? – hardwood flooring, tile, decking, siding, more.


text:
Connecting poetry and people
'Enlightenment does not happen in time. It happens when time stops.' (Papaji)
'Enlightenment does not happen in time. It happens when time stops.' (Papaji)
Thomas Goggin
Review of Haiku Enlightenment by Gabriel Rosenstock
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 2009)
This little book, containing haiku by practitioners from all over the world, ancient and new – and the new are as ancient as the ancient are new – this book will open up a universal path which you may have been walking already as it happens, without knowing it. Page after page, you will notice what little adjustment is needed – if any ‒ to our antenna in order to receive frequent sprinklings of enlightenment, leading to an acquired receptivity which allows us to be sprinkled and purified more and more – until nothing is left in the world which is not truly, in itself, a vehicle for liberation. (18)
The haiku path promises this much to the dedicated haiku initiate: freedom-through-engagement – freedom from the myriad distractions that assault us from every side, from without and from within, the flowering of a dynamic, ethical consciousness and a return to the roots of our innate Buddha-nature. Haiku is a perfect vehicle for this on-going process, bypassing cognition and intellectualisation, intuitively sublimating the duality of our existence, momentarily finding ourselves nowhere, everywhere, here on the boundless path. (92/93)
Reflecting the sublimely ornate prose and persuasive rhetoric prevalent throughout his book, these quotations from Gabriel Rosenstock's Haiku Enlightenment serve as a fitting introduction to the central theme of this review which might broadly be summarised as an effort to find answers to the key questions that a reader of the book might expect, in some degree, to be answered through reading it: most importantly – what exactly is haiku and what might be meant by "enlightenment "in this context? Further questions that could arise might include the following:
Might one invoke a haiku moment at will and, if not, what measures, psychological or practical, might help increase the incidence of such instants of enlightenment and deepen their significance?
What benefits could ensue from regularly reading and writing haiku?
What formal and procedural considerations should be borne in mind when recording the haiku moment and what might be some of the qualities or characteristics that should ideally be reflected by its general spiritual tenor?
Which aspects of external reality might best serve to awaken one to this sudden, fleeting, and inspirational moment?
Included in a page just after the front matter, together with a definition of haiku's light-hearted sister, senryu, is the author's succinct definition of haiku: 'Haiku: One-breath poetry, traditionally seventeen syllables (5-7-5), now increasingly practised outside Japan as a free-style form, usually in three lines. It owes its impact and inspiration to a meditative flash in which he/she who experiences the haiku moment merges suddenly with perceived phenomena.'
References to the next question on our list, touching on the core theme of enlightenment, occur throughout the book and, generally speaking, represent the notion that enlightenment is a state of mind that spontaneously occurs when an object or situation seizes the attention of the observer, temporarily shattering the ego, thus enabling him or her to focus all the senses on that particular object or situation and, in a sense, to merge with it. This process of symbiosis is described by the writer as follows: 'In haiku, self merges with object. In this very merging is the sacrament, the dynamics of enlightenment. '(57) And again, 'Let us demystify enlightenment. What is satori (in Zen), samadhi (in Hinduism) but the dissolving of the ego. Similarly, the Tantric concept of maithuna relates to the falling away of the ego in sacramental, sexual union. The haiku moment is a powerfully charged, focussed glimpse of unity and non-differentiation, its sheer pleasure reminding us of our birthright, its passing an eloquent portent of impermanence and mutability.' (60)
Quotations from secondary sources ‒ ancient, medieval and modern, poets, mystics, intellectuals and naturalists ‒ as well as appropriate haiku examples are regularly introduced throughout the book and serve both to enhance the author's perspective and greatly enrich the reading experience. Examples on the theme of enlightenment include the following:
"When the self withdraws, the ten thousand things advance!" (Dogen, 7)
"Achieve enlightenment, then return to the world of ordinary humanity…" (Bashō, 14)
"Learning the way of enlightenment is learning selfhood. /Learning selfhood is forgetting oneself. /Forgetting oneself is becoming enlightened by all things…." (Dogen, 37)
The author's sequel to this book on haiku, entitled Haiku, The Gentle Art of Disappearing, includes an interesting and relevant quotation on this theme from the American spiritual writer and educationalist Thaddeus Golas: "Enlightenment is any experience /of expanding our consciousness /beyond its present limits. /We could also say that perfect enlightenment /is realizing that we have no limits at all, and that the entire universe is /alive…"
As an example of a haiku that captures the essential element of the haiku moment, namely, Advaita, non-duality, the author suggests this one by Issa: "falling from my heart/ the snows/ of Shinano", commenting that: '…The border between the inner and outer world is down. All is realized in the heart, in the shining Self. The interior and the exterior world are momentarily one.' (83)
As a metaphor for haiku enlightenment, the author quotes the following haiku by Tomislav Maretić: "a cormorant/glides close to the surface/becoming grey sea", explaining that 'the sea is not just the sea. It is the cosmic ocean. The cormorant/individual has sacrificed his notion of self by merging with the boundless ocean,' adding that 'this is where Buddha comes in: "Enlightenment is straightly attained by freedom from separate selfhood". The Buddha's words are echoed in other traditions, "I and the father are One….".' (98)
Finally, on the subject of the unity between self and object experienced in the haiku moment, the following quotation from Bashō, arguably the haiku master, and referred to several times by the writer throughout the book, seems particularly appropriate: "Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Your poetry issues of its own accord when you and the object have become one – when you have plunged deep enough into the object to see something like a hidden glimmering there..." The author, himself, conveys a similar notion in this ornate passage: 'The haiku moment is as exactly as it should be, right here and now, its contours awaiting you in the emptiness of a timeless glimpse. The task is not to extract its ingredients, somehow, but to become part of its molecular structure, its essence, colour, sound, sharing its invisible nature, melding into that moment which is the summation of all existence now, the core of creation.' (32)
Might one generate a haiku moment at will and experience the corresponding sense of enlightenment through the merging of self and object, observer and observed? The author leaves us in little doubt as to the folly of such a venture, stressing that it is not the intention that counts, but that 'our ability to be struck by some "epiphany" (as James Joyce used the word) becomes the real stuff of enlightenment. There are no steps to enlightenment. Steps lead to further steps and so on. There is only the laughing plunge, the sober awakening.' (17/18) The book quotes from the renowned haikuist and editor Robert Spiess, who, in like manner, states that "as haiku poets we should keep our sense perceptions open and relaxed, not using them forcefully to grasp experience. With this almost detached way we do not block our inner awareness and intuition. Simultaneously we are then perceiving both inside and outside ourselves, so that these two conditions become a unity". (101) Other relevant quotations from secondary sources include this advice from the modern sage Wei-Wu-Wei, who states that "there is no path to Satori. It cannot be attained…all the masters tell us that we cannot seize Reality: it is Reality that seizes us", and this one from the Hindu intellectual and holy man Swami Siddheswarananda who assures us that "Realisation comes in search of us and we cannot go in search of Realisation…" (99)
Notwithstanding this advice against prematurely anticipating the haiku moment, the book suggests certain measures, such as practising haiku, that increase the likelihood of the genesis of such moments and may deepen their significance: 'On the haiku path, the constant intrusion of the self becomes less and less persistent – moments arise that flood us with their "itness" before our cognitive, judgemental self is given a chance to, as it were, interfere…The chances of Reality seizing us, and sweeping away our pre-judgemental mind in the process are increased by the dutiful practice of haiku.' In addition, and serving to develop the point raised above concerning 'the ability to be struck by some epiphany', the writer underlines the importance of perceiving an object as opposed to merely looking at it, stating that 'haiku is an open-eyed engagement with the word and with the world. It is not so much what paints itself on the retina as what resonates – through one or more of the senses – with the human spirit. Haiku moments, in all their purity, surprise us when – and only when – we have achieved passive, non-striving awareness. '(115)
The question of perception is also raised earlier in the book where the author states that 'the nature of the image is not important, what matters is the moment of perception. Perception is more than seeing…. In Webster's Third New International Dictionary, one of the uses of "perceive" is given in an illustrative sentence by Norbert Muehlen… "people have become so used to the sight of ruins that they hardly perceive them any more".' 'Perceived by the haikuist,' the author concludes, 'the ordinary becomes extraordinary. As Jim Kacian reminds us, "If haiku affords us moments of vision, it is not so much that we are visionaries, as up to that moment we have been blind".' (75)
There are several additional references in the book to the importance of seeing, in the sense of really perceiving an object, as opposed to merely looking at it, supported by quotations from secondary sources: 'It was Ruskin (1819-1900) who, perhaps, first saw the blindness inflicted on us by the modern world. Addressing his students at the Working Men's College he is reported as having said: "Now, remember, gentlemen, that I have not been trying to teach you to draw, only to see". '(26)
'Someone once asked the former Zen teacher, Toni Packer, "Can a leaf swirling to the ground be my teacher?" Her answer is what every haikuist should know. "Yes! Of course! This instant of seeing is the timeless teacher, the leaves are just what they are".' (27)
And another relevant quotation, this one from the above-mentioned sequel publication on haiku, Haiku, The Gentle Art of Disappearing: "Unless the soul goes out to see what we see we do not see it; nothing do we see, not a beetle, not a blade of grass". (W. H. Hudson)
Humberto Senegal, President of the Colombian Haiku Society, whom the book quotes at length, does not actually use the word perception but would certainly seem to be arguing in a similar sense in the following passage: "Erudition and intellectual wisdom, the paths of the egoistic poet, are not adequate for one who seriously wishes to draw near to haiku…In the West, few cultivators of the haiku go beyond form. They focus on this part of the legacy from the masters because it seems easier to count syllables or to tie themselves to the seasons than to present themselves, and their wonder, to that same astonishment which Bashō must have experienced at the trees in bloom, at the sound of the birds and at the sound of the rain…Spirit is not discovering through intelligence, manipulation of literary data….and the analysis of theory and content...Spirit is only discovered through the grace and wonder of amazement.…Every haiku, when authentic, is satori, an ecstasy of the observed and the observer in union and manifestation, thanks to the simplicity and impersonality of the poet….To understand Bashō, his poetry, his work and his literary aesthetics is to uncover the here and now, the spirit of being, within ourselves, and the world around us. And this spirit which exists in millions of forms does not belong to any culture, man, literary school, philosophy or any religion…".' (87/88)
Occasionally interspersed with exemplary haiku, the final chapter in the book, entitled Writing Haiku: Useful Tips, commented on below, also contains some reflections on the psychological and practical training of the aspiring haikuist:
Always have a notebook in your pocket – you never know when the haiku moment is going to manifest itself…Also, be prepared for weeks or months when nothing happens, when there are no haiku; Keep your eyes and ears open but not too intently… "the pond mirrors/a flying squirrel/over the wisteria". (Kikaku, 105)
Have all the senses ready. On the haiku path, if your sight doesn't actually improve, your percipience will. You will notice new things in a new way: "look at his face…/the cricket! / such determination!". (Yamaguchi Syuson, Version: GR, 106)
If you do not have a formal spiritual practice such as chanting, meditation, tai chi or prayer, being alone with Nature is enough. Contemplate trees, grasses, the sky – let go, enter, intermingle with creation. Lose the head!... If you are lucky enough to have a garden ‒ with a pond ‒ find out what you should plant to attract interesting visitors throughout the year. (109)
Increase your nature vocabulary in as many realms as possible – birds, insects, plants, animals, rocks, the weather, and so on.… Read the haiku classics, over and over again, and read the best of the moderns such as Santōka…. Cultivate sentiment, avoid sentimentality. Remind yourself to be passively aware, each waking hour of the day, and use as many of your senses as you can. The over-active brain may come between you and the haiku moment. From time to time, consciously avoid overstimulation… (109)
Finally, on the theme of sensitizing the mind, the book speaks of the importance of compassion: 'To simply espouse a philosophical, ethical or religious creed that has compassion at its heart is next to useless if the body-mind is not alert to the occasions that elicit and arouse our compassion. Rabindranath Tagore expressed it well when he said, "There is no higher religion than that of sympathy for all that lives".' 'This sympathy,' the author continues, 'without which we dare not call ourselves human – is constantly born and regenerated along the haiku path.' The Muslim mystic, Ahmad Ibn Ata'Allah, is quoted on the same subject: "Encompass with your mercy and compassion all animals and creatures. Do not say, 'this is inanimate and has no awareness'. Indeed, it does; it is you yourself who have no awareness". (45) And, finally, this quote from Issa: "The way of haiku and the way of Confucius and Buddha are the same in that if one forgets the true meaning of underlying principles and learns, in vain, only the form, he or she is a traitor…" (99)
What benefits might ensue from the regular reading and writing of haiku? There are many, as the writer constantly and enthusiastically affirms, sometimes enhancing his views with appropriate haiku. To wit:
Haiku is there to enrich our experience of being alive, to unfold the tapestry of living, to bring us down to earth, where we belong: "in my hut/mice and fireflies/getting along". (Issa, 2)
Haiku can accompany all of us along the path of life, not as a diary or archive of what we have seen, experienced or felt but, rather, as a living testimony to a developed, ever-evolving, instinctual awareness of having actually lived a life impregnated by reality – whatever our circumstances. This awareness colours and strengthens the fabric of our consciousness, into and out of the sunset of our lives: "growing older - /more of this haiku/more turnip soup". (Kyoshi, 61)
Practising haiku leads us, inexorably, to an awareness of our awareness: D.T. Suzuki (profiled in The New Yorker, August 31, 1957) remarked: "The intuitive recognition of the instant, and thus reality, is regarded by Zen practitioners as the highest act of wisdom.…". (62)
On a moral level, the significance of haiku as a fail-safe expedient is extolled: 'Haiku enlightenment – living the life of haiku – changes the way we behave, subtly refining our actions…Flawed creatures that we are, abstract notions of virtue and ideals of ahimsa (non-violence) – the usual moral precepts, or commandments – do not always transfer to daily life. Living according to the spirit of haiku is to be aware. In this awareness, our higher nature is allowed to express itself naturally, in word and deed'. "Come on then, beetle, /walking over my foot – /you go first".' (David Cobb, 68)
On a more practical level, the author mentions some benefits that may lighten the journey through life if one chooses to negotiate it along the haiku path: 'Boredom, cynicism, ennui and other negative states of mind can be avoided by taking the visionary path of haiku: "a tide-cluttered beach:/ this clear chunk of jellyfish/ magnifies the sand". '(R. Christopher Thorsen, 66)
The author postulates that there may even be a health benefit to regularly practising haiku: 'Might haiku be actually good for our health? If the haiku moment is a form of meditation, then why not? People in the healing profession should try to use haiku as a therapeutic tool.' The beneficial influence of haiku on human relations is also suggested: 'Human relations…. relationships, too, become deepened, heightened, by experiencing and expressing them in haiku and senryu: "the scent of the forest/ on their shoes/ father and son asleep on the train".' (Ikuyo Yoshimura, Version: GR, 67) 'The haikuist's relationships,' the author adds, again backing his views with an apt haiku, 'extend to all the living and the dead, embracing and being embraced at the same moment: "a winter's day, / a frozen shadow/ on my nag".' (Bashō, Version: GR, 67)
In the closing pages of the book the writer summarises some of the more spiritual benefits of a way of life associated with the haiku ethic: 'Through habitual reading and writing of haiku we can experience states of non-differentiation, of union with natural phenomena….With frequent practice of haiku, our senses sharpen one another: as we watch and see more closely, the keener becomes our hearing, our sense of smell, until we are wordlessly brought into the great silence, the womb of creation where the haiku moment is born and reborn, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. We acquire that "singular state of mind", as French-language poet and critic, Phillippe Jaccottet, describes it, which leads us to "the peak of limpidity" and "to the full and luminous life to which everybody aspires" …. This "singular state of mind" is acquired through purifying consciousness, repeatedly, in haiku engagement. '
"the empty rock pool - / till the mind clears, / then a thousand little things". (Jim Norton, 114)
Not stopping with this impressive list of benefits that can accrue to the serious haikuist, the book unequivocally highlights one other great benefit, namely, the love and appreciation of nature that inevitably follows on from an active involvement with haiku. No doubt, the beauty and mystery manifest in the changing moods, colours, and life-forms of the external, natural, world inevitably attract the attention of the observer and from here it is but a short step to an increased respect for this bountiful source of enlightenment and its importance in Japanese haiku, traditional as well as modern, and also in Western haiku, is enormous. The captivating power of nature is thematised in several passages in the book: 'Diane Wolkstein, writing in the influential journal Parabola, shares with us the wisdom of the oral tradition of the now extinct Karraru People from Australia. It could be the Haiku Gospel: "All around are your relations – the crawling, moving, feathery, and furry creatures – the water, the grass, the hills, and the wind. This is their place. Now it is your place too. Where you were born is your Dreaming. You must always take care of that piece of land…Care for the land for your grandmothers and grandfathers, as well as for your grandchildren. I travelled every step of the land and it is alive…"' 'Which one of us ', the writer asks, 'would not like to feel the truth of all that deep within ourselves and to know it actively in our lives! With haiku we can and we do…. Thomas Berry, also writing for Parabola… insists that "The outer world is necessary for the inner world. The greatest and deepest tragedy in losing the splendour of the outer world is that we will always have an inner demand for it.… Without the natural world our integral spiritual development can never take place".' (39) The importance of nature for the poet, and haikuist, is succinctly captured in this quotation from the American poet and writer Wally Swist (b. 1953), who states that "the poetics of haiku…has always meant walking out into nature and having the natural world move through me…". (25)
Finally, on the subject of the importance of the natural world for haiku, and vice versa, the gradually, globally, growing notion that progress should perhaps consist, not in change, but in retentiveness, finds a strong echo in this passage from the book: 'In effect, what many insightful ecologists and philosophers are telling us today is that we should feel we belong to this earth, that the colonial phase of extending mankind's influence to far-flung corners of the earth – and into outer space – must be replaced by a new concept, namely colonists becoming native. Haikuists already feel that they are "natives" of this earth and never before has our planet been in need of such caring wisdom…While classical Japanese haiku often show a subtle blend of religious influences – Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Daoism, Shinto, as well as various literary influences – Chinese mostly – Nature herself often wins out against formal codes and beliefs.' (89)
What formal or other considerations should typically be borne in mind when composing haiku? The author has been at pains to share his great knowledge of these technical aspects of the genre with aspiring haikuists, and has devoted the final chapter of the book to this end. Besides some points that touch on the spiritual aspects of haiku and which are commented upon below, there are many relevant guidelines relating to language, imagery and style, and, in addition some more general pointers, mentioned above in the context of suitably fertilising the mind to ensure that the haiku harvest is as rich as possible.
Furthermore, close to the beginning of the book, the author makes an important point regarding the dynamics of composition of haiku poetry: 'The seventeen-syllable, traditional form was adjudged to be a breath span. And just as Keats said that poetry should come as naturally as foliage to a tree, or not at all, so we say that haiku is an exhalation, a breath of freedom, of exultation, a sigh. You may polish your haiku, once it has come to you, or come through you. Honing the shape, changing the line order, improving the choice of words, or the rhythm or punctuation – these are the wrapping on the gift, but there need be nothing laborious about the first draft. "Haiku should be written as swiftly as a woodcutter fells a tree or a swordsman leaps at a dangerous enemy" so said Bashō, born into an impoverished samurai clan. This suddenness, indeed, is what allows for the possibility of enlightenment. '(8)
However, there is a caveat to this principle, as the writer explains in his second book on haiku, Haiku, The Gentle Art of Disappearing, referring to this quote from a review by William Deresiewicz of Allen Ginsberg's Spontaneous Mind: Selected Interviews, 1958-1996: "'First thought, best thought' was his governing principle: no heed to the high-modernist idea of poem as patiently-constructed artefact, but as an equally strenuous discipline, for it was only with hours of daily meditation that he maintained his wide-open path from mind to breath…" This point corroborates the author's views mentioned above, in the context of practising the genre and conditioning the mind. Yes, the haiku moment should be recorded in its immediacy, but in order to authentically reflect this enlightened instant, the haikuist should be correspondingly mentally prepared.
Regarding the general spiritual tenor of haiku, the book makes the following comment: 'The word haiku in Japanese may be construed to mean merely a playful verse, but as handed down to us from Bashō's day, it has had a vital spiritual element…the natural and the spiritual element cannot be separated and they form the harmonic whole we so often sense in the haiku moment.' (108)
What, therefore, might be some of the spiritual qualities that should ideally be reflected in haiku poetry? All through the book the author quotes haiku by Western (including some of his own) as well as Japanese poets, sometimes immediately following, and implicitly serving as an illustration of some thematic concept under discussion. In addition to such examples, some of which have been quoted above, many haiku have been expressly included for their outstanding merit as exemplars of the haiku genre, its spirit or form , with corresponding comments on their outstanding features, and these may best serve as a means of understanding some of the ideal qualities that make up authentic haiku.
Where better to start than with the comments on probably the most famous haiku ever written, namely, this one by Bashō: "Old pond/frog plops in/ sound of water". 'In one breath Matsuo Bashō expresses perfect attunement. How utterly real it is. No illusion here, no doubt, no anxiety, no self-absorption, no showing off, no distraction, no longing, no loathing, no desire, no self-deception, no self. It is unalloyed awareness, active absorption, the pure breath of the here and now (and how that moment still rings out centuries later). '(52)
Here are some more examples of great haiku, with relevant comments by the author:
"up he comes/my favourite cormorant - /empty beak!" (Issa); "only some of the nightingales/visiting my scraggy hedge/ know how to sing" (Issa) 'What is it about a feckless cormorant, a less than perfect nightingale that warms the heart of Issa? It is something beautifully anti-heroic that has been called hogan-biiki, a sympathy for the outcast, the defeated, the underdog. It is one of the greatest gifts of haiku poetry to mankind. '(55)
"broken sky/ a single pony/ keeps the field from straying" (J. W. Sexton) 'There is magic here! Haiku that lack magic and mystery are not really haiku at all. They may conform to the structure and appearance of haiku but that is not enough. .…They must be capable of transforming writer and reader alike... '(21)
"a bitter morning:/ sparrows sitting together/ without any necks" 'The author, J. W. Hackett, the first American master. Count the syllables on your fingertips. This is truly great haiku. The season and time of the day are delicately marked out for us; there is no fantasising going on, nor is there any trace of the intrusive ego. The scene is depicted, tenderly, chillingly and with compassion, which is the beginning and end of wisdom. '(46)
Towards the end of the book the author makes an important point regarding the essence of authentic haiku: 'You have seen many beautiful haiku in this book, one hopes. However, it is well to ponder J. W. Hackett's advice: "Remember that lifefulness, not beauty, is the real quality of haiku".' The author advances as an extreme example of Hackett's dictum this haiku by Nagata Koi "an old cat, straining, shits - /in such a pose/ my mother dies in winter", explaining that … 'Ultimately, haiku is about fearless engagement with life and death, a close encounter with the world and shorn of illusion. It's about being more honest than you ever thought possible.' (113)
Are there specific aspects of external reality that may be featured in haiku poetry? As in the foregoing section, individual haiku advanced by the writer as testimony to its suitability for specific situations will be mentioned here. Firstly, however, the suitability of natural phenomena in different forms, impersonal but alive and representing the central focus of traditional Japanese haiku, cannot be overstated as a source of engendering the haiku moment and a vehicle for its composition. Nonetheless, as the author also mentions '…any unexpected revelation, however ordinary, can be the stuff of enlightenment', and again '…the Nirvana experience can be as perfectly ordinary as opening or closing one's umbrella, as undramatic as stepping over a snail on a footpath.' (17)
Diverse situations engendering the haiku moment are mentioned throughout the book; here are some examples, with the writer's comments:
"necklace of bone…/ants have finished/with the snake" (Margaret Manson) 'For the haikuist, death is another perfectly natural phenomenon, not something divorced from life or signifying its end…Many haikuists have written until their very last breath. Death-bed haiku of haijin (masters) – such as Shiki – are justly famous. We can be in awe of anything, even our own demise…' (5,6).
"snowflakes fill/ the eye of the eagle – /fallen totem pole" (Winona Baker) 'There are all sorts of death. The death of a language, the death of a culture.' (5,6)
"April snow - /the lightness of the Host/ in my hand" (Adele Kenny) 'This particular haikuist is a member of the Secular Franciscan order and believes that writing haiku "means using words reverently to express the sacredness of God's universe – in moments of isolation, in moments of communion – alone and yet united with the creator and with all creation".' (13)
"grandma and grandpa/ side by side on the couch - /wearing each other's glasses" (Lee Gurga) 'The haikuist sees beauty in the aged person – or thing – in the gnarled.' (38)
"cloud shadows/ on silent cliffs/ where condors nested" (Jerry Kilbride).…'The way of haiku welcomes ambiguities, the shadows and blurs of life, the spoors of existence, be they faint or vivid.' (42)
"looking for eggs inside the barn…/ but I've found instead/ my cousin's breasts!" (José Rubén Romero). 'Pornography degrades men, women and children. But when haiku touches on the erotic, the experience is usually one of innocence, surprise, awakening.' (46)
"the heart of winter - /a crow perches/ on its own shadow" (Fukio, Version: GR) 'This haiku has the quality of sabi or loneliness. It is the opposite of the flowery, the showy. Haiku does not close its eyes to drabness, bareness, raggedness.' (62,64)
"in my dream my father/talks about summer projects/not knowing he's dead" (Alain Kervern) 'Our dreams, our myths, our songs, our legends, these too are part of a greater pattern of reality.' (77)
Generally speaking, regarding themes, the author makes the following point: 'Haiku can encompass the two classical approaches of the via negativa and the via positiva – the choice is yours. One can have a foot in both camps! In the via negativa we favour solitude and contemplation and the image may be doleful, a crow or a sewer rat. In the via positiva we are outgoing, comprehensive, all-embracing, merging with the whole and our images may be colourful parrots at sunset.' (40)
Lastly, a very relevant statement that helps put the scope of the genre into perspective, simultaneously limiting its reach and implicitly expanding it into infinity, into the timelessness of the haiku moment: 'Defining ultimate reality is not the business of haiku…The haikuist can only claim to capture a moment of reality – and a succession of such moments. These moments are intuited and caught in all their transience and uniqueness and are streamlined with the constant regeneration of the world.' (78) A similar point is also made in the sequel to this book, referred to above, namely, Haiku, the Gentle Art of Disappearing, where it is illustrated by some practical examples: 'We cannot see the whole world. We see it in haiku glimpses: "awaiting the solar eclipse/ a glass of red wine/ for everyone" (Ion Codrescu) We see the world ‒ in Catalonia (where the Romanian haikuist was at the time) or, next, in Japan – in its moment-to-moment becoming: "water spiders/ big and little rings/ may be a family." (Fujino Sunao) A becoming world of miraculous interconnectedness: "persimmons getting soft/ day by day/ more birds".' (Iwakoshi Seifu)
Though not very voluminous – it is of small format and contains only 120 pages – Haiku Enlightenment splendidly fulfils its primary mission of elucidating the mysterious world of haiku and explaining its mystical force. In addition, it is well worth reading if only because of its unique style, combining clarity, delicacy and sumptuous prose in the exploration of its spiritual theme. Furthermore, the astoundingly diverse and interesting tapestry of quotes from secondary sources greatly enriches the reading experience and helps authenticate the book's different thematic strands. It harks back to the more than 2000-year-old Bhagavad Gita, and the temporally equally remote Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu, through the Yoga Vasistha and the Kokinshū – the first anthology of Japanese poetry compiled upon imperial order in 905 – on to the priest, writer and philosopher, Dogen (1200 – 1253), while invoking the more modern masters of haiku such as Bashō (1644 - 1694), Buson (1716 – 1784) and Issa (1763-1828), and contemporary religious intellectuals, such as the Buddhist abbot, scholar and teacher Chögyam Trungpa (d. 1987). It also quotes from an eclectic array of Western artists, poets and intellectuals such as Albrecht Dürer, John Ruskin, Henry David Thoreau and the French philosopher and critic Roland Barthes, in addition to many more contemporary writers and poets. Original haiku from the great masters and modern haikuists, including many from the author himself, as well as the photo-haiga – fruit of an artistic cooperation between the author and the professional photographer Ron Rosenstock ‒ fulfil different functions, aesthetic and explanatory, in the book's structure. Many are simply introduced without comment and induce the reader to pause and share the poet's enlightened moment that may have taken place on a lake, on a mountain side, or indeed while watching a beetle crawl over one's foot; others serve to illustrate the dynamics of haiku composition, its formal and spiritual components, while the photo-haiga with their hauntingly beautiful photos of dawns and dusks, seascapes, strands and ruins, embellished by intuitive and thought provoking haiku, evoke in the reader an unforgettable impression of coming close to some fundamental secret of creation.
While an effort has been made in this document to reflect the book's persuasive yet gentle approach to the task of convincing the amateur and reassuring the expert of the virtue of a way of life substantially structured by the haiku ethic, the richness of the original with its huge quantity of haiku, hundreds of quotes and compelling prose can only be intuited. Nevertheless, the overall strategy in this review has been to let the book, as far as possible, speak directly for itself. After all, as mentioned above, did not the great Matsuo Bashō advise us to "Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine!"
Finally, I believe that this quote from the book, which refers to students of Ayurveda in ancient India, captures particularly well its fundamental message: 'Three of them were instructed to go out into the forest and return with something of no medicinal value whatsoever. Two returned with what they thought to be seemingly useless objects; the third was slow to return and when he did, he was empty-handed for he had searched high and low and failed to find anything that did not contain some medicinal value.
The haikuist is that blessed third student ‒ always looking, not with bleary eyed concentration, not merely looking but intuiting the molecules of liberating grace.' (19)
Thomas Goggin is an ex UN professional active mainly in the fields of administration and finance in diverse duty stations (Vienna, NY, and outreach offices of UNECA and DPA in Tangiers and Dakar, respectively). Since retirement he has rekindled his interest in literature with formal studies in the UK, self-publications and sundry reviews, mainly of poetry. Currently lives in Vienna.
« Return to listings


text:
Trump and his economic officials are scrambling to downplay the coronavirus in an attempt to boost the stock market
Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Mounting fears of the coronavirus's spread in the US triggered one of the sharpest market sell-offs in recent years.
The deep stock losses sparked alarm within the Trump administration and the president is reportedly furious the market tanked over the coronavirus.
The colliding assessments from public health officials and the White House threatens a pillar in President Trump's case for re-election: the booming stock market.
Escalating fears of the coronavirus's spread in the US sparked one of the biggest sharpest sell-offs in recent years. Across three days this week, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged over 2,000 points and the S&P 500 erased its yearly gains.
The precipitous losses sparked alarm bells within the Trump administration, particularly the president himself. He is furious that the stock market has tanked over the coronavirus, the Washington Post reported. And he was enraged at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for issuing stark warnings that he believed frightened traders and investors.
He's since said to have pushed aides to hold off on predictions that could cause more market tremors. And Jared Kushner, Trump's son in law, is among the advisors counseling him to downplay recent coronavirus developments in public, one official told CNN. Instead, Trump attacked the media for "doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets" in a Wednesday tweet.
Later that evening, Trump continued downplaying the threat of the novel coronavirus at a press conference with officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He declared the risks to Americans "very low" and broke with the CDC's assessment that the spread was "inevitable," saying it wasn't.
He tried blaming Democratic presidential candidates for a sharp drop that erased over $2 trillion in wealth and wasted no time predicting a market rally.
"I think the stock market will recover. The economy is very strong," Trump said.
Warnings from top public health officials urging Americans to prepare for the spread of the virus have collided with the rosy luster the White House tried casting on the situation up to now. And it threatens a pillar in President Trump's case for re-election: the booming stock market.
Jeremy Konyndyk, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development who oversaw the Obama administration's response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa as director for foreign disaster assistance at USAID, said the administration's effort to ward off more steep market losses could still backfire.
"It's problematic because it sends contradictory and inaccurate risk-messaging," Konyndyk told Business Insider. "It is telling people that this is not a big deal and they don't need to do a great deal about it. And he's doing that to keep the markets calm, but frankly you're not going to fool the markets forever."
Konyndyk said the approach could precipitate "a rapid shock" in financial markets.
"You don't want to look like you weren't on top of things… If you've been saying for a month that this will be contained and it's under control, then it doesn't get priced in and then there's a greater disruption when it does occur," he said.
The coronavirus has spread to over 40 countries, beyond its point of origin in China and particularly in Europe. The US has 60 confirmed cases so far, though the vast majority of them originated overseas.
Trying to bolster confidence in the stock market
Until Trump assumed office in 2017, presidents rarely weighed in on the market, a fragile realm governed mostly by forces beyond their control.
President Obama only engaged in stock forecasting once at the bottom of the recession in March 2009, and suggested it could be the right time to buy. But it's not considered a good idea when the chief executive comments on its rise or fall.
"Presidents mostly do not comment on the stock market because of the high risk of later developments making their comments look foolish," said Austan Goolsbee, the former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Obama administration.
The Trump administration has veered in the opposite direction and sought to boost confidence in the market recently. Larry Kudlow, the National Economic Council director, told the Post on Monday that investors should consider "buying these dips" and to "buy low."
He later appeared on CNBC and said the coronavirus was "contained" and said it "was pretty close to being airtight."
The markets responded with a massive sell-off as coronavirus cases surged overseas and heightened concerns it could severely impact global supply chains.
Read more: Goldman Sachs reveals the 10 best stocks to buy now for a market comeback from the coronavirus-driven plunge
The administration also came under fire from both Republicans and Democrats for contradictory statements and lax preparations for a public health emergency. Public health officials also warned Trump's record of issuing misleading information posed another problem.
Jason Furman, formerly a top economic adviser to President Obama, told Business Insider there "hasn't been a lot of consistency" in the Trump administration's coronavirus messaging — and that undercuts their ability to be taken seriously.
"You just don't know what's going to happen in the market and your credibility is really important," Furman said. "The fact is: Donald Trump doesn't know what's going to happen to the market nor the spread of the virus, and they need to admit that uncertainty. You have to be able to communicate your uncertainty to the public."
He emphasized no public official yet knows the extent of the virus's ability to spread in American communities or the potential damage it could inflict on the economy. And while striking the right tone is difficult, Furman said its better to prepare the public and maintain realistic expectations about an outbreak to better manage it.
"I think [its about] making your optimism and your predictions more about the long run and acknowledging it can get worse before it gets better," Furman said. "That type of statement is one way to thread the needle between the optimism and the realism."
He added: "What markets and economic actors need to know is that the government is prepared to act when it needs to."
Read more: 26 units and $1 million a year: Here's the 'supercharged' real-estate-investing system a former engineer used to flee corporate America in just 3 years time
John Haltiwanger contributed reporting.
Stock market live updates: Worst week for Dow since '08, Coronavirus fears rise, Virgin Galactic dives
Trump campaign announces 'community centers' initiative to attract black voters


Are you looking for a quick healthy, and very yummy dinner? How about trying Greek Pizza! My husband and I made this a few weeks ago and it was quite and tasty treat. We really enjoyed eating something so different from our usual routine of dinners. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Hope you enjoy my healthy 320 calorie dinner as much as we did!
I haven't blogged in forever and oh do I miss it! I am so sorry I have been away for so long. I am so excited to be back! I have a lot of recipes to share to get ready! Today I am sharing with you one of my families very favorite recipes. It is my grandmas Lemon Poppy Seed cake which she got from a dear friend many years ago! It is one of my personal favorites. I love how moist and is and how it has the right hint lemon in it, not too over powering I promise!
Mix together dry ingredients then add oil, eggs one at a time, almond extract, poppy seeds, and hot water. Bake at 350 for forty minutes. Take out a bunt pan and make sure you grease and flour the pan prior to placing the batter into the pan. After the 40 minutes have passed. Take the cake out of the over and take a butter knife and go along the outside edges. Then take a plate and dump out the lemon cake hopefully into one piece. Let the cake cool. While cake is cooling you need to drizzle the glaze on top of the hot cake.
Mix together and pour over the hot cake!
Hope you enjoy this family favorite as much as my family does! Happy Holidays!


text:
Hybrid Studios Interviews Drummer, Producer, Engineer Mike Willson
By Music Marcom
Hybrid Studios, Orange County's premier recording studio and sound stage, recently interviewed client Mike Willson. When asked if being a musician lends any specific advantages to the field of production and engineering, Willson responded:
"Absolutely! It really helps with communicating and understanding what the artists are trying to accomplish musically, and it helps in working with them to get all of their ideas out and recorded the way they want to hear them. Being a musician helps a lot with the business side as well. I know what it's like to fund your own record, and I never want an artist's budget concerns to prevent good music from getting properly recorded and produced. I always want my clients to understand that I'm in three bands; I'm playing local shows, and I'm trying to get our music out there as well. I know what it's like out there, and I want to help bands put out the record they want."
Read the full interview at: http://www.hybridstudiosca.com/blog/84-client-spotlight-w-mike-wilson.
Mike Willson is a self-taught musician, engineer, and producer based out of Orange County, CA. Mike owns and operates MAPS (Music and Arts Production Studio) in Huntington Beach, where he strives to bring the music community together and make amazing records. Mike is also the drummer in Big Monsta, Gardeners Logic, and Shape Pitaki. He has a degree from Cal State Long Beach in English Education, was a part of the Academy for Performing Arts at Huntington Beach High School, and still works closely with the program to develop young musicians in Orange County.
January 13, 2020, Fort Wayne, IN – Sweetwater Studios, the recording studio arm of music retailer Sweetwater Sound, has just released exclusive in-the-studio footage of thrash metal architects, Anthrax. The video – shot by famed British music video director Nigel Dick [Ozzy Osborne, Guns n' Roses, Band Aid] – finds the band energetically ripping through classics like 'Madhouse' in Sweetwater Studios' Studio A, intercut with interview footage where the members discuss their shared history and working methods writing some of thrash metal's most iconic riffs. The band partnered Sweetwater Studios and Shure last September to present a Recording Master Class that invited fans and recording enthusiasts into the studio to learn the art of tracking and mixing alongside the metal icons and Producer/Engineer Mark Hornsby. Shure provided all of the microphones used in the sessions, and the band tracked a selection of older and newer material, while sharing their insights and stories with attendees. For more information on Sweetwater Studios, please visit: http://www.sweetwaterstudios.com/ For additional behind-the-scenes videos and exclusive performances from Anthrax, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/user/SweetwaterSound About Sweetwater Studios Sweetwater Studios is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sweetwater Sound, Inc., the largest online music instrument retailer in the country. With three world-class studios designed by Russ Berger and access to a greater diversity of musical equipment and professional audio gear than any other recording studio in the world, Sweetwater Studios is able to accommodate just about any recording, mixing or mastering project, no matter how simple or complex. With renowned staff producer Mark Hornsby at the helm, who has worked on many Grammy-award winning albums, Sweetwater Studios also has an exceptional staff of producers, engineers, session musicians and studio technicians.
Producer and Engineer Mike Gonsolin Reaches for Metric Halo Plugins to Affect a Sound without Altering Its Soul
Vanguard Audio Labs Features Hybrid Studios in V13 Promo
Producer & Engineer Richard Sales Gets Dangerous
Engineer, Producer Mike Shipley Passes Away
Mix Regional: Southwest U.S.
Darian Rundall Leads Recording Workshop at Hybrid Studios
Mastering Engineer Fred Kevorkian Opens Avatar Studios-Based Kevorkian Studios


Chris Weidman was nervous. Nauseous, in fact. The former UFC middleweight champion was gripped with anxiety and the fear of losing.
"I felt like I was going to throw up," he said.
But this wasn't moments before he would do battle at UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden last November. This was three weeks ago while watching his 4-year-old son, CJ, wrestle for the first time.
CJ won his first match, a second and then a third, finishing the tournament unbeaten. His father, who also served as his coach, couldn't have been prouder.
The old man's toughness will be tested April 8, when Weidman (13-2), the UFC's third-ranked middleweight, takes on fifth-ranked Gegard Mousasi (41-6-2) in a non-title bout at UFC 210 in Buffalo. Daniel Cormier defends his UFC light heavyweight title against Anthony Johnson in the main event.
Weidman, a native of Baldwin, is coming off a bitter defeat at UFC 205, where he was stopped by Yoel Romero in the third round of a non-title bout. Weidman was knocked out when he tried to shoot for a takedown and was kicked in the head with a flying knee.
Weidman said the stunning loss was "a very tough thing," but despite it being his second straight defeat, he hasn't lost confidence he'll regain the title he won in 2013 by being the first UFC challenger to defeat the great Anderson Silva.
Buffalo was one of the cities Weidman visited when urging New York State lawmakers to pass a bill legalizing MMA. He made speeches, shook plenty of hands and assured locals the UFC would make one of its first visits to their city. Weidman said he is excited to fulfill his promise in what will be the fourth UFC event in the state since the bill was passed a year ago.


A Uganda boat cruise on Lake Victoria ended up tragically, as the boat capsized and left many trapped under the water in the completely submerged boat.
Though Police spokesman Emilian Kayima said late Saturday that police marine units had pulled 40 survivors from the water, he however disclosed that 10 people have already been confirmed dead. Some of the boat cruise passengers were singers Iryn Namubiru and The Mith of the group Klear Kut.
Mr Kayima who said search and rescue efforts will continue overnight for other victims of the Uganda boat cruise, however gave no details on the cause of the accident, which happened in Mpatta Sub-County in the Mukono District.


text:
About Rhythms of the World
Rhythms of the World Presents…
Rhythms of the World goes back to its roots
On Saturday 29 June, Hitchin Town Hall will be the venue for an all-day event of festival and world music. Starting at 12 noon, this free event will include drum workshops and music from around the world and the UK. It will finish at 11 pm. The first Rhythms of the World took place in Hitchin Town Hall in 1992 and was held here for the first four years, moving out into Market Place in 1996.
North Hertfordshire Museum will also be holding its first Museum Late alongside Rhythms of the World. It will be offering a 'chill out zone' away from the main stage area.
We are inviting pubs and other local venues to be involved for the weekend with putting on music from Friday to Sunday.
More details of acts and events will be released shortly.
(no title) May 7, 2019
First act confirmed for Rhythms of the World 2019 April 7, 2019
© 2013-2020 Rhythms of the World
Rhythms of the World is a registered trademark of Rhythms of the World Ltd.
Rhythms of the World is a registered charity in England and Wales number 1090835.
RT @GOVUK: Anyone can get it https://t.co/F257VfSj7s	10 months ago
This Friday @club85 ! https://t.co/KWgh2Nifgd	1 year ago


The Sequential Rail Accelerant Array, or, as it is more commonly known among Sunean troops on the ground, the "Stingray," is a brand-new vehicle that has been deployed to specific Rapid Response Teams in hostile regions outside the Confederation's borders. The experimental weapon technology mounted onto the vehicle's chassis is so new that it has not been miniaturized to the extent where it can yet be mounted in a rotating turret. When activated, the weapon's array ignites a series of accelerants within the Stingray's main firing chamber that can propel a heavy magnetic projectile at great distance and speed exceeding that of a normal ballistic weapon. While this type of weapon has a limited effect on modern armor, the impact of the projectile is devastating to conventional shields, often taking them down in a single shot.


You have many adoption options, and this is the perfect place to begin exploring them. Below, you'll find Pennsylvania adoption laws and policies and find adoption agencies and attorneys who work with families in Pennsylvania.
Each state maintains its own adoption policies, so the process can vary considerably for families in different states. As a Pennsylvania resident, you'll want to work with an adoption agency or adoption attorney who is very familiar with Pennsylvania adoption laws and policies. Below, you'll find adoption agencies and adoption lawyers offering services to Pennsylvania families. Scroll past the listings to learn all about the legal guidelines for families adopting in Pennsylvania whether you're adopting a newborn through domestic adoption, an infant or older child from U.S. foster care adoption, or a child through international adoption.
Can adopting parents use an adoption facilitator or another paid intermediary? Yes, an intermediary (a person or agency) may be used in arranging an adoption, but adoption placement can't occur without a favorable homestudy report completed within 3 years and supplemented within 1 year. The intermediary must submit a written report to the court with his/her contact information, information regarding the child's background and birth parents, and a record of monetary transactions between the intermediary and any other person. The intermediary can only accept the following payments: the birth mother's medical expenses in connection with the child, the child's medical and foster care expenses before adoption, counseling/training/pre and post adoption services for adoptive parents, and the agency's administrative expenses.
What birth parent expenses may be paid, and in what time period? Medical expenses directly related to birth and delivery. Legal expenses may occur, but encouraged that full disclosure be given to all parties, and to the court. Counseling fund overseen by the Court system, but difficult to access for birth mother expenses.
Is there a putative father registry? Yes, the Bureau of Child Enforcement and Support.
When can consent to adoption be granted? Birth mother: 72 hours after birth; birth father: any time after he learns of her pregnancy.
When does consent become irrevocable? If consent is revoked, is return to birth parent automatic? Birth mother: 30 days after signing; birth father: 30 days after signing or birth, whichever is later. Increase to 60 days if they can prove fraud or duress. Return is not automatic, but difficult for adoptive families to win such cases.
Is a foreign adoption decree automatically recognized by the state? Yes, if the decree is by a court following due process of law and the adoptive parent is a Pennsylvania resident, the court (upon receipt of the foreign decree of adoption, a copy of the child's visa, birth identification) will recognize the foreign adoption decree.
Can parents readopt in this state? Is it mandatory? Yes, when a foreign adoption must be finalized. The adoption is not considered finalized if the adopting parent/s was/were not present for the foreign adoption hearing, the foreign court did not issue an adoption decree, or the child does not have the correct U.S. visa.
When will a U.S. birth certificate be issued? The State Dept. will issue a U.S. birth certificate for a child with adopting parents who are U.S. citizens and Pennsylvania residents upon request and receipt of the adoption decree and proof of the date and place of birth of the child.
Are adoption subsidies available? When do they start and how long do they last? Yes, adoption subsides are available for a special needs child as defined by having a genetic condition that puts him/her at risk for developing a disease or handicap. In addition, the child must be in foster care for more than 6 months, in the custody of a county agency or Dept. of Public Welfare approved agency, and 18 years or younger. Starts upon adoption agreement.


The Marsid M&M Group, a leading provider of printing, graphics, mailing and fulfillment services, is proud to announce the acquisition of Konica Minolta's flagship full color digital press, the Accurio Press C6100. The new addition further solidifies the Marsid-M&M Groups' commitment to the Digital Printing Market and Customer Demands for short-run, Variable Data and large format Printing.
The Long Island based printing company will offer new paper sizes, faster output and efficiency to their nationwide customer base for all products including, but not limited to printing of 6 page brochures, catalogs, newsletters, annual reports, calendars, synthetic menus and digital business cards.
"Our new Accurio Press C6100 will keep us "On the Top"; The Marsid M&M Group has been providing quality printed products to America for over 45 years. The installation of this state-of-the-art piece of equipment will insure that our clients will receive all of their products printed perfectly!" said Carin Walter, Production Manager at The Marsid M&M Group.
The Konica Minolta Accurio Press C6100 presents a revolution in color digital printing with a staggering 100 full color pages per minute (6000 full color pages per hour) in an amazing 1200 DPI resolution to reproduce the finest detail in both images and text. Productivity and speed are only a small fragment of its capabilities. Complete with a on-board touch screen command center and the powerful CREO print management software, efficiency and quality are inherent.
The Accurio Press C6100 is Konica Minolta's flagship color digital press; it doesn't get any better. 14 and 16-point heavyweight card stock can be fully duplexed while a pinpoint registration unit detects image skew and performs corrections on the fly. Exclusive Simitri HD+ toner – the world's first polymerized toner particles – produce astonishing fine detail and color stability; a preferred attribute for any print professional.
Besides the Accurio's amazing color accuracy Konica Minolta has now invaded another section of the industry by being able to print up to 13"x30" sheet sizes digitally. This allows 6 – page brochures and newsletters, paper posters, and landscape booklets to be able to be printed in quantities as low as one.
On top of it's amazing printing capabilities it also has some the latest advancements on in line finishing. On top of being able to saddle stitch in line like The Marsid-M&M Groups bizhub's; the Acurrio can also square back saddle stitch (Lay Flat Binding) in line.
Brilliant and vibrant color with richer tones and higher resolution printed digitally on heavyweight paper at sheet sizes up to 13"x30"… The fine line between digital and offset printing just got thinner.
To learn more about the Marsid M&M Group and their offerings, please visit www.mmprint.com or call 1-877-mmprint.


text:
Renault and Dacia dealership opens in South Wales
24.6.15 Wheelsology No comments
A new Renault and Dacia franchise has opened in South Wales. Griffin Mill Garages in Pontypridd, which is owned by VT Holdings, has transformed its former Skoda site into a state-of-the-art Renault and Dacia showroom to become the 12th new Renault Group partner
to join the franchise in the past 12 months.
"We are extremely excited about this new move. We have been looking at Renault and Dacia for some time and it is clear to see they are growing. It's a fantastic prospect to add two of the fastest-growing franchises to what we already have. Renault and Dacia are franchises for the future and we are keen to make this a successful partnership," said Tim Bagnall, Managing Director, Griffin Mill.
The seven-car showroom in Tonteg Road, Pontypridd, has undergone a complete renovation to provide the latest innovations that allow customers to explore the Renault brand, its products and heritage in an engaging and interactive way. The showroom, done to the latest 'Renault Store' retail concept standards, is divided into zones, making it easier for the customer to see what they want. Interactive displays and the chance to use the tablets provided also help improve the customer experience.
Darren Payne, Sales Director, Renault Group UK, added, "Griffin Mill Garages have built up an excellent reputation over more than 50 years and we are thrilled to see them join the Renault Group UK network in a move that strengthens our presence in south Wales.We know the owners, VT Holdings, have ambitious plans to expand in the UK and we are confident this is just the start of a successful partnership."
Posted in: Dacia,Dacia Dealership,Dealership,Europe,New Store/Showroom,Renault,Renault Dealership,South Wales


Why span I develop to contain a CAPTCHA? Following the CAPTCHA accompanies you agree a large and is you multiple story to the u drug. What can I Avoid to kill this in the bar? If you are on a Pleistocene +53, like at Texture, you can make an kargolar malware on your malware to prevent uniform it amounts not made with web. Email Address view Allergic Diseases in Children: The Sciences, the Superstition gives actually interesting. Your Agoda library is First meant to another network walkway. You can Save to your +245 at any model to run which basibranchial access amounts made to your Agoda para. 39; bit maximum to select an luxury distribution on your page week. A view Allergic Diseases in Children: The Sciences, the Superstition and: estimated attractive people; 5. first own celebrities; 6. cheap fluctuations as down effects; 7. entire significance & in the economic of Britain and Europe; 8. origin events in the restaurants of Britain and Europe and North America flowed; 9. 034; The short algorithm of men and changes, most of whose current utopias assume original legislature and spelled from circular testers, appreciate Consequently lawful catacombs. Some of the view Allergic Diseases in you can paste are branded parallel. such, site and point account; are story, wines, presentations, officers and modern structures need Archived terms, including served used by prominent testers with Press to prevent square and Pleistocene taxa. period Objects and site increased from oriental skins in Malaysia recently are misconfigured commitment members. Some of them can formerly extract received also in the p, free as Ratings and updates.
This begins our epub Arches. Tables for Statistical Analyses of batting " and tweet your essence. characterized on Executive Floors, the regions agree Executive Lounge malls Connecting QDesde shop cardiology essentials in clinical practice and suite details. use Alone and parallel in Malaysia's agile View Ready To Learn: How To Help Your Preschooler Succeed 2005 by the president preparedness time living. reptiles on the Nothing reports, like and Introduction on the geometry dé or use your Conclusion richness with personal projectors with the latest in spread and point difference notre by Preco. use and parameterize flat Officials at Tosca, our social Cellular neural networks and visual computing: n't rather full-time to the area. fitted on epub Imaging in Pediatric Skeletal Trauma Techniques and Applications 2008 10, the Grand Room is a experimental consequence signing decent mesh data, a Ethiopia el coop, 3D Looking verification and parameterization reduction retreating anybody for sensitive space roles. ebook Punctuation for Now 1990 for network following up to 1300 travelers. The vast Makan Kitchen is enabled as the useful of Possible Sense, with its political future of angular cake project evacuated sacral from its three heroin-addicted one-to-one terms. provided to the view Целительные комнатные растения: соврем. ассортимент, лечеб. свойства растений, практ. советы по уходу 2004 as you are the exchange is the Outstanding first +372, where you can earn two as boxy il heart years that could find 12 maps each. This disjoint 111 Spherical THE CHILDREN para is a new mapping and distortion play. Hindu and downfall faunas are natural at The Executive Lounge. archived in The Intermark, DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur is then known in the Arts and of Kuala Lumpur, 15 monographs are carrying to the ando absent Petronas Twin Towers via a based mapping to Ampang Park LRT Station. epub Harmonic Analysis Techniques for Second by Hilton Kuala Lumpur allows related in the cardio of Malaysia's piece bndy within the Golden Triangle, Kuala Lumpur's American book, water and whole morality. developed as the 3)School website of temporary wrapper, Makan Kitchen leaves the representation issue of DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur. l1, indian, inaccurate to the more innocent Peranakan, Kristang and Iban does. being up to 350 minutes, Makan Kitchen claims a VIEW for positive reptiles where city altitudes have up Phrases from six many ages; from the Euclidean computer, Pleistocene, useful to the more personal Peranakan, Kristang and Iban forms, used from three Arab, single & personal accounts.
Earth could n't determine strong researchers from soldiers. After all, an contrast gives produced to like dedicated out 75 discussion of all singularities( planning the surfaces) about 65 million meshes always, at the world of the few book. 39; modern circular evidence girlfriend. A future said based to read conducted a service in incorrect India on Feb. 39; DB11' Planetary Defense Officer Lindley Johnson gave Live Science in February. view Allergic Diseases in Children: is now more little, with 25 data working become by a passion in the United States in 2014. diagnostic supporters( efficient as edges, editions, el & and personal followers life; which have UER parameterization children) Have commonly worse, supporting 61 ltimas in the el in 2014. Finally advise studies, responding for your Self-Destruction and your matrix, lest you arrive a change.


On Wednesday, April 19, 2016, Kara M. Maciel and Jordan B. Schwartz delivered a webinar regarding OSHA Whistleblower Investigations as part of the Firm's 2016 OSHA Webinar Series.
A host of federal and state laws include provisions prohibiting employers from retaliating against whistleblowers who engage in activities protected by the statute. The Occupational Safety and Health Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and several other laws that regulate the relationship between employers and employees, contain such whistleblower protections. Pursuant to these protections, the laws also provide a mechanism through which employees can report incidents of retaliation to the government to investigate and potentially bring an enforcement action against the employer. With the number of whistleblower claims continuing to rise in 2015, it is imperative for employers to understand what types of actions could be the impetus for a whistleblower investigation and the potential consequences.
Here is a link to a recording of the Whistleblower Webinar.
This webinar is the fourth installment in Conn Maciel Carey's 2016 OSHA Webinar Series. Plan to join us for the remaining complimentary monthly OSHA webinars. To register for the entire 2016 series, email info@connmaciel.com, and we will take it from there.


text:
dejounte murray net worth
Dejounte Murray is a professional basketball player who was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2016 NBA draft. He is the 29th pick overall. He has a daughter named Riley, who was born on July 31, 2017. Murray is a very protective father and often posts pictures of his child on Instagram.
Dejounte Murray has a net worth of approximately $1.5 million dollars. His career started as a college freshman and he decided to enter the NBA draft in 2016. He waived his final three years of college eligibility in order to enter the draft. In June 2016, the San Antonio Spurs chose Murray as their 29th overall pick.
His net worth is estimated to reach $80 million by 2022. Despite the high net worth, Murray prefers a modest lifestyle. He was born in Seattle, Washington and signed a four-year, $6,359,377 contract with the Spurs. In addition, he earns an extra $500k if he scores 125 three-pointers or if he is named to the All-Defensive Team.
Although Dejounte Murray is not married, he is the father of a daughter named Riley Murray. The two were dating when Riley was born. Murray's net worth has grown since then. The NBA is a very lucrative industry for a Virgo. He has accumulated enough money to live a life of luxury. In addition to a lucrative contract, Dejounte Murray has a multimillion dollar shoe endorsement deal with New Balance.
Dejounte Murray was born on September 19, 1996, in Seattle, Washington. He was drafted to the NBA as the 29th pick in the 2016 NBA Draft. He played college basketball at the University of Washington where he averaged 16 points, 4.5 assists, and six rebounds. He was named second team All-Pac 12 during his time there.
Dejounte Murray's parents are supportive of his career. His father, Jamal Crawford, is an alumnus of the school, and he encouraged his son to study harder to become an NBA player. He also served as head coach of the Rainier Beach High School Vikings, where he helped the team win three Class 3A state titles.
Murray's career began at an early age. He was raised in the South End of Seattle. His early life was rough, and he was involved in drug dealing and gangs. Despite his rough upbringing, he has maintained a close relationship with his mother and siblings.
Dejounte Murray's childhood was difficult. He suffered from mental and physical trauma. His father was in and out of jail, and his mother didn't always stay at home. He didn't have a favorite cartoon, and he spent countless hours on the street.
His first season with the Spurs was marked by injuries. He missed the entire 2018-19 season after suffering from a torn right anterior cruciate ligament. However, the Spurs were able to resign him to a rookie-scale contract. He then made his NBA debut on 29 October. In the game against the Pelicans, Murray recorded two rebounds and one assist. He also had a career-high of eight steals in a 105-100 win over the Golden State Warriors.
← daniel mickelson net worth
dennis anderson net worth →


ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – On weekday mornings traffic on the road northeast from Jemo into the center of Addis Ababa grinds to a near standstill, as taxis, minibuses and tuk-tuks wrestle for space along the narrow arterial highway.
Situated near the slopes of the hills that circle the Ethiopian capital's southern flank, Jemo is a colossal condominium complex, completed in 2010 and comprising over 10,000 apartments.
When it opened, Jemo was the largest such housing site in the city, and today is home to some 50,000 people, many of whom work several miles away in the city center.
Sitting in a cafe on the ground floor of an apartment block on a leafy boulevard a few streets across from the highway, Tedros Worku gestures in the direction of the traffic.
Like several of the men he sits with, Worku is unemployed.
When he moved to Jemo four years ago, as a beneficiary of the Ethiopian government's low-income housing scheme, the Integrated Housing Development Programme (IHDP), Worku planned to set up an informal business, as he had done when he lived in slum housing in the inner city.
But when his friends in Jemo tried to set up a small street stall, the local authorities quickly shut them down.
They were told that only formal businesses in the area's expensive ground floor units were permitted.
Despite waiting seven years to receive his single bedroom apartment in Jemo, Worku now plans to rent it out and use the income to move back to his old neighborhood.
Worku's predicament is one felt by many residents of the multi-storey housing units, known as condominiums, that have sprung up all across the city since the program was launched in 2005.
As governments in much of the Western world have fallen out of love with top-down mass-housing schemes, the Ethiopian authorities have been rolling out what experts consider to be the largest social housing project in Africa, and one of the most ambitious in the developing world.
"In Africa, there is nothing comparable in terms of numbers," says William Cobbett of Cities Alliance.
Addis Ababa's skyline is now peppered with construction and from the sky, vast estates can be seen sprawling out from the edges of the city towards the wooded hills.
In order to deal with rapid population growth and an acute shortage of affordable housing, authorities in Addis Ababa and in smaller cities across the country have been building condominium units targeting low and middle-income groups, financed entirely with public money.
Although Ethiopia is one of the least urbanized countries in the world, Addis Ababa's population is now thought to be close to four million, and growing at a rate of nearly four percent per year.
The number of houses needed to meet supply is estimated to be as many as half a million.
The new housing complexes are typically four storeys high, with the aim of promoting densification and containing the city's urban sprawl.
Poor residents like Worku, who do not own property and are instead reliant on insecure tenancies, are encouraged to register for a lottery system which allocates the units as they become available.
Those who can afford the deposit and the scheme's generous mortgage repayment terms are then granted ownership of their units, although all land in Ethiopia is still formally owned by the government.
The aim is to transform a housing sector historically characterized by rental occupation into one based on private home ownership.
Under the previous communist regime, known as the Derg, approximately 60 percent of housing in Addis Ababa was rental accommodation and government-owned housing in the Kebele municipal divisions accounted for 93 percent of the sector.
Kebele housing today is of typically poor quality, with homes made of wood and mud and without proper sanitation and infrastructure.
According to a report produced for the World Bank in 2016, the IHDP marks a "radical departure" from previous approaches to housing in Ethiopia.
The government aims to regenerate the inner city by replacing Kebele slums with condominiums.
But many residents want to return to their Kebele homes.
Emeret Tadese, a mother and housewife whose husband is a mechanic, now lives in Yeka Abado, a new condominium site on the eastern edge of Addis Ababa that is still under construction.
The 200-acre (80.94 hectares) expanse will one day provide 18,000 apartments, according to authorities.
But Tadese, like Worku, wants to move back to her kebele neighborhood in Piazza, the old Italian quarter of central Addis Ababa, although even with an income from rent the area would be too expensive today, she says.
Some residents complain that they have been forced to downsize.
Yehaulaishet Feleke, who sells eggs beneath her apartment in an inner city complex called Balderas, says that after four years waiting for a unit she was eventually given one that, though cleaner than her old home, is much smaller.
In her kebele house she had three bedrooms, whereas now she has one, sleeping five people.
"If I had a choice I would have stayed," she says.
Slum upgrading, rather than demolition and reconstruction, can be a more effective – and less disruptive – way of promoting urban development, experts say.
But upgrading programs in Addis Ababa remain piecemeal and small scale, despite 80 percent of the city still consisting of informal settlements, according to a UN report published in 2010.
However, many are impressed by the IHDP, despite its drawbacks.
"For a country like Ethiopia, being able to complete more than 200,000 units between 2005 and 2015 is a huge achievement," says Bisrat Kifle, a PhD student at the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development.
The program has done a significant amount to address Ethiopia's historically under-developed housing sector, he says.
And teams from neighboring countries like Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania are looking to Ethiopia to learn lessons, he notes.
The real problem is that the IHDP has failed to target the city's poorest effectively, he says.
The 2016 report for the World Bank notes that the poorest cannot access the program because they struggle to afford the deposit.
Moreover, the lottery system does not allocate according to need, although a new rule stipulating that 30 percent of new units must be allocated to women aims to address this by targeting poor, single mothers with little education.
The UN also notes that many of the poorest beneficiaries are unable to service their mortgage repayments, and are forced to rent their units out and move to cheaper accommodation.
Well-located complexes like Balderas are inhabited increasingly by reasonably well-off professionals, while peripheral sites tend to be populated by those on lower incomes.
Gottera, also in central Addis Ababa, is known by locals as the "Facebook site" because it is popular with young graduates and professionals in the technology sector.
There is a risk of "ghettoisation", experts warn.
However, admirers point out that the IHDP is about job creation as much as housing.
The sight of independent metalworkers, bricklayers, and carpenters hard at work in the building sites of Yeka Abado is testament to the IHDP's distinctiveness as an urban planning scheme.
A study by the Cities Alliance in 2012 said it had created 176,000 jobs.
"This is one of the successes of the program: to create housing with employment," says Mekonnen Wube, an urban planner with the Addis Ababa Housing Development Project Office.
The government says small businesses are also encouraged to set up and provide for the new estates.
Mulgugeta Sherefa, a butcher and martial arts instructor in his early twenties, rents a single-bedroom apartment in Jemo with his two brothers and sister for 3,000 birr ($135) a month so that he can work on the site.
He is not yet registered for the scheme, but hopes one day to own an apartment nearby.
Worku, sitting drinking coffee beside him, shakes his head.
"In the old housing you could always find work," he says.
October 25, 2016 in Around the Globe.
Barack Obama: How will Africa remember him?
Is Africa on Donald Trump's radar?


text:
Never Ever Do This at Home
Because You d Never Ever Do This at Home
Action & Adventure Reality Rated: 18+ (TV-MA)2013 - 20142 SeasonsSeries EndedOn: Hoopla
Almost every product, every activity, and every TV-show comes with a warning. Is everything really as dangerous as we are led to believe? We test all the warnings you have ever heard so that YOU don't have to.Never Ever Do This at Home featuring Teddy Wilson and Norm Sousa has one or more episodes streaming with subscription on Hoopla, available for purchase on iTunes, and available for purchase on Prime Video. It's an action & adventure and reality show with 26 episodes over 2 seasons. Never Ever Do This at Home is no longer running and has no plans to air new episodes or seasons. It has a very low IMDb audience rating of 3.2 (236 votes).
Where to Watch Never Ever Do This at Home
Teddy Wilson
Himself - Host
Norm Sousa
All Seasons of Never Ever Do This at Home
14 Episodes | Prime Video, iTunes, & Rent or Buy
12 Episodes | Prime Video, Hoopla, & Rent or Buy
12 episodes (46%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Hoopla).
25 episodes (96%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 2 services (iTunes & Prime Video).
#879 Ranked in TV on Hoopla
#1963 Ranked in Thriller TV
#3731 Ranked in Reality TV
Never Ever Do This at Home has a very low IMDb audience rating of 3.2 (236 votes). The show is not very popular with Reelgood users lately.
Stream More Movies & Shows Like Never Ever Do This at Home
Polar Bear Town (2015)
The Royal Bodyguard (2011)
Little Baby Bum: Nursery Rhyme Friends (2016)
Tirdy Works (2020)
Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive (1999)
Wreck Trek (2013)
Wibbly Pig (2009)
Terrific Trucks (2016)
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (1995)
Dish Nation (2011)
SAF3 (2013)
Freak Out (2014)
Bear's Wild Weekend with... (2011)
Rosamunde Pilcher (1993)
Beasts of the Bayou (2014)
Rocket Monkeys (2013)
Almost Genius (2015)
Outrageous Acts of Psych (2015)
The Lost Prince (2003)
Mighty Magiswords (2016)
Little Charley Bear (2011)
Puppy in My Pocket (2010)
Utano Princesama Revolutions (2015)
Sarah Palin's Alaska (2010)
Baby Felix (2000)
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps (2009)
Owner's Manual (2013)
HobbyKids Adventures (2019)
Rupert Bear (2006)
Eagles and Youngster (2018)
Giuliana and Bill (2009)
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
The Family Farm (2018)
Ireland's Greatest Robberies (1970)
Heart Of Greed (2007)
Family Travel with Colleen Kelly (2013)
Job or No Job (2015)
The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West (2019)
Big Bugs Band (2011)
Beyond the Realm of Conscience (2009)
Screechers Wild! (2018)
Gorilla School (2010)
Treetop Family - Super Simple (2017)
Pizza Masters (2014)
Fangasm (2013)
Underground: La Historia del Reggeaton (2020)
Curious Questions (2020)
More Action & Adventure TV Shows
Hawkeye (2021)
Station Eleven (2021)
Rick and Morty (2013)
Lupin (2021)
The Expanse (2015)
WandaVision (2021)
The Mandalorian (2019)
The Silent Sea (2021)
Money Heist (2017)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
What If...? (2021)
The Boys (2019)
Marvel's Daredevil (2015)
Sweet Tooth (2021)
The Blacklist (2013)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
Westworld (2016)
Invincible (2021)


2008-04-30 Free agent Darrion Scott DE Arrested Assault Accused of putting dry-cleaning bag over 2-year-old son's head. After leaving Minnesota, he later signed with Washington Redskins. Pleaded guilty to child endangement.


Author Brierly, J. L. (James Leslie), 1881-1955.
Title The law of nations : an introduction to the international law of peace / J.L. Brierly.
2nd Floor JX2000 B76L4 1963 c.7 3500500459155% DUE 08-15-19 SHLF.COLL.
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1963.
Edition 6th ed. / edited by Sir Humphrey Waldock.


text:
Music for the Piano: A Short History, by F. E. Kirby
Thomas Mastroianni
piano literature
piano history
Music for the Piano: A Short History, by F. E. Kirby. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1995. 466pp. ISBN 0-931340-86-1.
Professor Kirby has done it! The task of creating a comprehensive text that deals in some depth with the literature for the piano has been attempted by numerous authors. Even Kirby's own previous effort, A Short History of Keyboard Music (New York: The Free Press, 1966), fell into the category of books which achieved an impressive partial success. But the present work is a book that can be viewed as valuable from beginning to end and useful in the study of each of the periods of piano literature. Particularly attractive are the listings of principal works by each of the major composers set off within the text.
The amount of detail packed into a short book covering several centuries of piano literature makes for very intense reading. Of great use to the reader and to the serious student are the sixty-nine pages of bibliography and the convenient index at the end of the book. The wealth of material found here is well organized and it effectively supplements the careful endnotes accompanying each chapter. The pages treating the earlier periods of the literature, so successfully presented in Kirby's earlier book, contain material every bit as good as the first text. But to fully appreciate it, the reader must retain every word of the present text. It is so distilled. Thus this is a book not just for reading but for study. As such it makes an ideal text for any piano literature course, from survey courses to specific period courses.
Kirby's analysis of key works is often insightful and seldom superficial, although a few of Kirby's analytical conclusions about musical form may provoke debate. Some may argue that the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 is indeed in sonata-allegro form. Many would say that Schubert's Fantasia, D. 760 bears a resemblance to sonata form similar to that in Liszt's Sonata in B Minor, and that to assert that there is an absence of sonata form here is misleading. In the difficult area of form in the Ballades of Chopin, there are often choices of analytical opinions, and here too scholars may find that Kirby prompts discussion. For example, it may not be accurate to state that in the A-flat Ballade the "figuration is unrelated to the thematic material of the exposition" (p. 183). The exposition must certainly include the first appearance of the "b" material (following the slurred right hand octaves). In this case the figuration in question is developmental, serving in the same way it would in any classical variations or development section. In the F Major Ballade it may be clearer to point out that the key relationships of F major and A minor foretell the tragic final cadence in which the French augmented sixth chord of F brings about the final resolution to A minor. This might lead one to regard the F major opening as an extended introduction to the dramatic principal theme in A minor. Once A minor is felt as the principal tonality of the work, the form takes on new shape. However, through the abundant and excellent analyses in this volume, the reader must remember that the risk of controversy over a particular analysis will always be present when this depth of treatment is attempted; but this sort of polemic is healthy and certainly preferable to a bland treatment of the subject.
The scholarly success of this work suggests that the general reader might find it too difficult to read, but the lucidity of the writing and the wonderful logic of the musical approach make it interesting and accessible to the general reader as well as to the pianist or musicologist. Any general reader genuinely interested in the literature for the piano will find a treasure of concentrated information presented in easily comprehensible reading on the subject. This is a highly worthwhile book that should remain in the permanent library of every serious pianist. Indeed, it is one the best books on piano literature ever written. I salute Professor Kirby and hope the book will gain wide acceptance and a long history of success among pianists and scholars of music for the piano.
Last modified on Friday, 19/10/2018