Glory Days
New York City's Ultimate Frisbee Community
by Maggie Roush

If you walk by the Upper East Side of Central Park on a Tuesday or Thursday evening and cast your eyes over the stone wall to the grassless valley known affectionately by many as the dust bowl, you may witness one of today's fastest-growing sport's phenomenons taking place: Ultimate Frisbee-or simply, Ultimate. continued

Scamming the Unemployed
by Jon Simonds

It's tough enough, being out of work these days. It's even worse when scam artists start preying upon the unemployed by posting want ads, such as the one I found advertising for a chauffeur on an internet job board.

Apparently, a CEO, arriving from California wanted a dependable individual to to pick them up at the airport on a Monday morning and drop them off on Friday afternoon. continued

Sting and Russell Simmons Join Spiritual CD
Celebrate Release With Big Party in New York
by Lese Dunton

A new CD by Lokah Music called "The Ivy Ceiling" merges the ancient sounds of Kirtan with modern musical styles. Russell Simonns and Sting joyfully joined in with their talents.

Lokah Music is, at its core, two people - Sri Michael and Uma Nanda Saraswati. Their debut release was celebrated recently at a grand party hosted by Bruno Jamais Restaurant Club and PR firm KMR Communications in New York. continued

Living in the Sweet Spot
Principles of Relaxation for All
by Mimi Gina

November 17 is acting teacher Lee Strasberg's birthday and each year on this day I reflect on the period of time when I taught at his school.

I remember being quite the anarchist, suggesting to my students that it really didn't matter whether they used the "Strasberg" technique or a "rival" approach, for the most valuable lesson to be gained from Lee's body of work would be... continued

Basically Brooklyn
Somewhere North of the City
by Jon Simonds

Christopher Hudak and Ryan A. Martin could have remained a couple of dumb white guys from the Cortlandt township of Westchester County, where the two 20-year-olds reside. All they had to do was continue to do what they've done so well for so much of their lives. Instead, they had to do something different. continued

An Interview with Dr. Kazuo Inamori
Dr.Inamori is an international business leader and backer of the Kyoto Prizes, who spends as much time elevating his mind and "polishing his heart" as he does on expanding his hugely successful companies.

He has been ordained as a Zen Buddhist monk and remains the guiding force behind all aspects of his empire. continued

Stand up to the Illusion of Time
by Miriam Nelson-Gillett

People talk about living in the past, as if it were possible to do such a thing. We're intrigued by the idea of time travel, but so far no one has accomplished it. There's only living right now, wherever you are — and perhaps thinking a lot about the past. continued