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The course of fire consists of six events, three of which involve colorful reactive steel targets that are engaged with .22 rimfire rifles, .22 rimfire pistols and centerfire pistols. These events are the Rifle, Pistol and Combo. Three shotgun events utilize aerial clay targets to round out the field of fire with the Flurry, Flush and Mixed Bag. The Flurry and Flush require teams to engage fifty targets in approximately one minute, while the Mixed Bag is similar to a five-stand course with the shooter not knowing from which of the trap machines a pair of clay targets will be released upon their call. Click here to review the entire Course of Fire.
The match is located at Bass Pro Shops Shooting Academy located at:
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190 State Highway 86
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The 2018 Sportsman's Team Challenge will be held July 19-21, 2018.

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Archive for the 'History' Category
Royal Tea Leaves
What is it about Royals that causes people to become irrational?
It seems that there is an enormous amount of interest in the upcoming nuptials of Prince William and his long-term girlfriend Kate. So much so that the not even remotely new speculation that the Queen will step down silliness is back. I can understand the interest in the wedding which will in all likelihood produce the next head of state for the United Kingdom. Other than that …
For example, there is renewed speculation that the Queen will abdicate. This is the same sort of nonsense that we saw year after year with Pope John Paul II. It was driven by nothing other than the journalistic desire for change for change's sake so that it could be reported. It is said that the Queen wants to abdicate so that Charles will have time on the throne before William succeeds. Huh?
Why would Elizabeth – arguably one of the most successful and popular monarchs in British history – want to step down? What would she do then? Why would anyone think it would be a popular move for her to abdicate in favor of Charles – an obvious airhead? Frankly, the best outcome for the British monarchy is for Elizabeth to outlive Charles and leave William as king after her. This is beyond the ken of your average journalist of course.
A word about Kate as she is endlessly compared to the late Princess Diana. The latter was a beautiful woman who possessed a heart of gold. She was also more of an airhead than her husband. As in, she was a moron. She captured the imagination of the world through her beauty and her novelty. She also had charm. Rumor has it the Queen Mum did not approve of her as a Royal bride. Looks like the old gal was spot on. Those who want to talk about her charitable works need to look to the entire Royal family. Crikey – that's what they do.
But Kate looks to me like a different animal entirely. I think she's got the Royals by the tail and not the other way around. As lovely to behold as her late mother-in-law (perhaps even more so), but far more savvy, I think she'll go the distance. Indeed, I think she will be queen eventually, and will have the same influence and power that the late Queen Mum had. In my opinion, she may hold the future of the British monarchy in her hand – and it will be her children and her influence which see out the 21st century. After all, she's waited eight years, and stood by loyally through it all.
Ironically, Kate may prove to be just what all the pundits thought Diana was going to be. Their comparisons will prove out, just not in any way they thought.
John Paul the Great
Today is the first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II, the first pope to be acclaimed "Magnus" by the people in some fourteen centuries (he joins Leo the Great and Gregory the Great as only the third pope so honored by his flock).
It's still hard to imagine he's gone. For twenty-seven years, this man was our shepherd, and for many, he was the only pope they had ever known. I myself was born in the pontificate of Paul VI, but he was a distant figure in Rome when I was a child. I didn't fully appreciate who (or even what) he was. John Paul I went by in a wink of an eye, so even for me, John Paul II was really the only pope. If others have a similar experience, that means a sizeable percentage of the population simply had no idea what the Catholic Church was like without John Paul II at the head.
It's been a long year in some ways. At first, despite my very positive reaction to the election of Benedict XVI, it seemed as if the house was empty. It was with surprise each Sunday for almost a year that I heard not "John Paul our Pope" but "Benedict" at the consecration. I watched the new Pope with approval, but still it seemed less somehow. And it was. We have lost something we'll never get back – a truly saintly man, a truly great man, and a truly humble man. Two out of three ain't bad, as they say, but for a while – a generation – we had all three. That legacy can take the Church far I suspect – beyond any of us now living. I'm still digesting the notion that we witnessed one of those rarest of things – a truly transformative pope. He is missed.
While we're at it, George Weigel has written an excellent book on the last days of John Paul II, the conclave that elected Benedict XVI, and his take on this present Pontificate. It's called God's Choice and it's a must read for anyone interested in this topic.
My take last year on John Paul II's death and my own encounter with a living saint.
If That Turtle Could Speak …
A turtle has died in India. Ordinarily, this would be of little interest at all, except in this case, the turtle was two hundred and fifty-five years old. That's not a bad run for a turtle.
Apparently, he was gifted to the British conqueror of India, Robert Clive who died in 1774. This must be a record for a pet surviving its owner. Read more here.
Update Soxblog has a picture. (Last item.)
Pearl Harbor Plus 64
Today is Pearl Harbor day – sixty-four years ago, the Japanese Empire launched a sneak attack on the United States Pacific Fleet, then based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. President Roosevelt called it a date which would "live in infamy." It was a bright, Sunday morning, when just before 8 am, a wave of planes came out of the blue to shatter the American fleet. Two hours later, when it was over, the eight US battleships: Arizona, California, Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia, were sunk or badly damaged. One, the Arizona, would never be repaired, and another, the Oklahoma would founder being towed to the west coast, but the other six would eventually be returned to service.
This is the Pennsylvania after the attack:
Also destroyed in the attack was most of the air power the US had there, but significantly, neither the dockyard facilities nor the logistics facilities of Pearl Harbor were seriously damaged. Most important of all, not a single American carrier was at Pearl Harbor.
So why did the Japanese attack? The short answer is resources. Engaged in a brutal conquest of China, the Japanese were consuming vast quantities of oil, rubber, and other resources basically not found in the Japanese Isles. As their invasion of China created more alarm and revulsion in the west, the Japanese found themselves facing a trade embargo, and now began to look for the resources it needed in Southeast Asia. However, the US Pacific Fleet was a serious threat to Japanese expansion plans. Thus they resolved to strike at the US battleship fleet, ironically with the weapon – the aircraft carrier – that would make the battleship obsolete and render the entire attack a colossal error.
The Japanese attack was a brilliant piece of planning, staff work, tactical execution, and daring. It was, at the same time, strategically insane. The last thing the Japanese wanted was a protracted war with the United States, which they knew they could not win, so they staged a blow which would prevent the US from projecting naval power in the Pacific for the amount of time necessary for them to complete their resource grab. After which, some sort of negotiated truce would be possible. Or so the Japanese warmongers deluded themselves. Instead, the surprise attack galvanized a nation, and made a return to the status quo ante impossible. The Japanese – admittedly, not all of them – fundamentally misread the American character and it cost them dearly.
There is a parallel to our modern Pearl Harbor – September 11th. In this, the same fundamental miscalculation was made by the enemies of the United States, believing the nation weak, and unwilling to defend itself. The 9/11 attacks were intended to force us to withdraw from the Middle East, and from the world stage so as to give Osama bin Laden and his ilk a free hand to reestablish the Caliphate. Like the Japanese sixty-four years ago, Osama misread the American character and it has cost him dearly. It's not over yet, but it will end the same way World War II did – with the unconditional surrender of the enemies of the United States.
A glass raised to the men and women who died at Pearl Harbor, and on 9/11.
Information, links, and images of Pearl Harbor can be found here. My thoughts on this day last year are here.
The Rule of Law
A remarkable thing happened in Iraq today. The Rule of Law sprouted.
By putting Saddam Hussein on trial in an Iraqi court for crimes he committed against his own people, an Arab nation has taken the first steps out of the byzantine barbarism that has characterized so much of life in that part of the world. Many have compared this to the Nuremberg Trials, or that of Slobodon Mlosevic in The Hague, but the true parallel is to Charles I, King of England from 1625 to 1649.
Now, Charles I was not the monster Saddam so manifestly is. He was at odds with his people for a variety of reasons: religious, financial, political, and mostly, on the liberties of the people. He famously fought a war against Parliament, and lost. Put on trial by that body and accused of treason, he was condemned and on January 30, 1649, executed. Parliament had largely pre-ordained the outcome, and the charge itself – treason – was ludicrous given the definition of treason at the time was an act against the crown, but it was a trial, conducted under the rule of law, and the accused was given the right to mount a defense. Charles I paid the price for losing a war, but the way he paid that price was new.
English kings had been deposed and murdered before. Edward II was deposed by his Queen and her lover and quietly murdered. Richard II was deposed by his cousin and quietly murdered. Henry VI was deposed, allowed to live for a decade in custody but then was quietly murdered after his supporters failed in an uprising. Edward V was deposed by his uncle and quietly murdered. (Most probably by that uncle, Richard III, but some have argued that he was murdered by Richard's foe and successor Henry VII.)
Thus we see the primary means of disposing of a troublesome ex-king was a knife in the dark. This changed in 1587 when Elizabeth I, in the height of the fears over a Spanish invasion, ordered the trial, and eventually the execution of her cousin and heir Mary, Queen of Scots. This was a little different, involving as it did international intrigue and Mary was not Queen of England. However, the difference was that she was tried and sham though it was, it represented a break with the previous practice. When Charles I's time came, a trial was required. The Rule of Law had trumped the medieval rule of the sword.
Which brings us back to Iraq. Arab strongmen like Saddam have ruled by the sword and the gun for generations. Today, Iraq took a giant step forward to a different and better way. To be sure, Saddam will be found guilty and hanged someday soon, but it will not be a bullet in the dark, it will be justice.
Thoughts on the 22nd Amendment
In 1952, Dwight Eisenhower became the first Republican elected President since 1928. In that time, Franklin Roosevelt had won four successive presidential elections, and the Republicans were determined never to have a repeat of that. The 22nd Amendment – which had been proposed in 1947, was ratified in 1951, in time for it to apply to Eisenhower. It reads, in part:
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once.
Ironically, two people have already slipped out of the second half – both Presidents Johnson and Ford served less than two years of their predecessor's term and so were each eligible to be elected twice themselves. Johnson got one, and Ford none, but in theory Gerald Ford could have been President for very close to a decade.
The idea of the "Imperial Presidency" took root in Roosevelt's day and blossomed in Nixon's. The notion that the nation's chief executive needed to be limited fixed in the imagination in the way the imperial overreach of the legislature or the judiciary never has. And so we have a peculiar situation where every second term President has been hobbled to one degree or another.
Glossing over Eisenhower, who had the good fortune to be President in quieter times, there are four Presidents of interest: Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush 43. Nixon's second term was filled with the acrimonious national mood over Vietnam and Watergate. A third-rate burglary in which the President was only peripherally involved at best grew into a national scandal the likes of which had not been seen before or since. Nixon's enemies knew they had him, and they knew his power was lessened by his inability to run again. Someone else would be President in January of 1977, and thus Nixon's ability to reward, protect, or punish diminished with each passing day. Weakened, he was unable to do anything but resign.
Reagan's second term was similarly a time of slowing down, especially by 1987 when Democrats in Congress conducted the partisan Iran-Contra hearings. They did not achieve their aim of doing in a second Republican President, but the fact that Ronnie would be riding out of town in a few years enabled the whole farce to get off the ground in the first place. Such would have been politically impossible in a first term. Same for Clinton. Like Nixon, his 'crime' was not the act itself but the clumsy attempt to cover it up afterwards. Clinton's impeachment in 1998 – ostensibly about sex or lies depending on which side of the political divide you are – was really about the Republicans foolishly playing the same political gotcha game the Democrats had previously tried on Nixon and Reagan. They failed as the Democrats did with Reagan, partly on the flimsiness of the charges and partly on the personal populatity of Clinton himself. But it remains that it was Clinton's inability to maneuver in his second term due to the fact that he would be gone shortly regardless that allowed it to happen at all. How would Clinton be able to punish those who impeached him? Which brings us to the current President Bush. Reelected less than a year ago, pundits on both the right and the left are all but declaring his presidency over. Point to what you want – posturing Democrats in Congress, witch hunts against Tom DeLay and Bill Frist, nominee wrangling, hurricane finger-pointing, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, gas prices, education, healthcare, cats vs. dogs, it's all Bush's fault. Polls show that this is the lowest point of the Bush presidency and no wonder what with the relentless hammering away at him. Why? Because there is no Democratic majority in Congress to run sham impeachment trials or even shammer hearings. But it will take its toll nevertheless as everyone knows there will be a new President come January 2009 and no one wants to wait. Inexorably, though some 80% of his term of office remains, Bush will be relegated to the sidelines. Reagan very likely could have had a third term, and so probably would Clinton, but the Constitutional prohibition made them the proverbial "lame ducks" and forced them to defend themselves rather than concentrate fully on the job the people elected them to do.
This is what the 22nd Amendment has wrought. Presidents who achieve second terms spend most of them fighting irrelevancy and the baying pack at their heels. We may want to rethink the whole thing and repeal it.
What I Found at FDR's Place
It's August, things are slow. I've been on the road for the past couple of days, and despite that, I find that Cindy Sheehan, Maureen Dowd, and other assorted moonbats continue to be their strange selves while I was tooling about the Hudson River Valley. It's a beautiful part of the country which everyone should visit at least once. On this trip, I stopped at the Franklin Roosevelt home and presidential library.
Now, regular readers of this blog may not be surprised to learn I think very little of FDR's economic policies – it's fairly clear he lengthened the Great Depression unnecessarily, and that his credit for ending it really belongs to the war. That having been said, his wartime leadership was superb, and he deserves a place in the pantheon of great presidents for that if nothing else.
The museum cum library is a fascinating place. The house itself has been maintained in just the state it was when Roosevelt was alive, and it's humbling to walk in hallways where he had to be wheeled, to look at chairs that Winston Churchill sat on, and rooms that have seen some dignitaries indeed. For all that, it has the feel of a home, and a place where people were happy. I noted with amusement given the current annual whining about Bush going to Crawford that Roosevelt went home to Hyde Park an average of once every three weeks while he was President. Bush is falling behind.
The library was equally fascinating. Roosevelt himself opened it, and even worked there while he was in office. His desk and study have been left just as they were when he last left in March 1945, never to return except for his funeral. He and Eleanor (along with two pet dogs) are buried in a lovely rose garden, and far from having the somber sense of a shrine, has the peaceful aspect of repose. It was a very enjoyable afternoon. (Oh, and the Everready Diner on Rte. 9 will fill you up but good.)
However, for all that, the thing that most amused me was the gift shop. Almost overlooked on my way out, I noticed several small busts of various presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Kennedy, and George W. Bush. (They had much larger ones of FDR.) Well, at $15.95 the Bush one was sold, and I took it up to the counter. The very polite store manager said he thought this was the last one, but he would look. Indeed, he came back a few minutes later with an empty box, and proceeded to wrap up the display model for me. While he was doing this, he mentioned he had quite a few of the other presidents left, but that of the several dozen Bush busts, this was the very last one.
Yep. At the Franklin Delano Roosevelt museum shop in the very Blue State of New York, they've sold out of the Bush statues. Here it is on my shelf:


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#1 wash the vehicle using a car wash soap & microfiber mitt/towels
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Forsee Steps Down As Chairman, CEO of Sprint Nextel —James Hance, Jr. to serve as acting chairman; Paul Saleh named acting CEO —Company conducting outside search for new CEO —Company updates 2007 financial guidance — Contacts: — Media Relations — Leigh Horner, 703-433-3044
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider: Sprint (S) CEO Forsee Out, Q3 A Stinker
Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband: Foreseen: Forsee out at Sprint. …
Staci D. Kramer / mocoNews.net: Breaking: Sprint Nextel Chairman & CEO Gary Forsee Resigns
Darren Murph / Engadget: Gary Forsee out as Sprint's CEO
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy:
It's True — Forsee is Out at Sprint-Nextel
It's True — Forsee is Out at Sprint-Nextel
Stephen Lawson / PC World: Sprint Chief Forsee Resigns
Stephen Lawson / InfoWorld: Update: Sprint chief Forsee resigns
Ed Moltzen / crn.com:
Microsoft's Ballmer: Google Reads Your Mail — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took a knock at one of his chief rivals during a speech to an audience in the U.K., saying Google reads customer email as part of a failed bid to drive ad-based revenue. — The software giant's chief made the remarks during …
Discussion: WebProNews, The Open Road, Digital Daily, Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog, ParisLemon, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Mashable! and Valleywag
Doug Caverly / WebProNews: Microsoft CEO Says Google Reads Your Mail
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: New Dates Added for Steve Ballmer 'Wild and Crazy CEO' Tour
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Steve Ballmer Attacks Google's Gmail Ads
Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
Why I Won't Buy an iPhone — Apple has abandoned its founding ethos of creativity and innovation by hanging up on third-party software developers — I don't own an iPhone, and I don't think I ever will. That may come as a surprise to anyone acquainted with my long history of owning and liking Apple (AAPL) products.
Discussion: MacDailyNews, Gadget Lab, The Unofficial Apple Weblog and The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs
David Becker / Gadget Lab: iPhone Skeptic Explains
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Loic Le Meur's New Startup Launches: Seesmic — The rumors were correct. Loic Le Meur, a well known European entrepreneur that recently relocated to San Francisco, will unveil his new video startup, Seesmic, this morning into a closed beta. — The service is very much in "alpha" and they've only given away a few test accounts.
Discussion: Scobleizer, Rodrigo A. Sepúlveda Schulz and LucaFiligheddu.com
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer: Seesmic vs. Hictu: a lesson in bootstrapping
Rodrigo A. Sepulveda Schulz / Rodrigo A …: Loic finally launches his new video startup : Seesmic
Ben / :Ben Metcalfe Blog:
My first take on Seesmic … A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure …
My first take on Seesmic … A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure …
Discussion: Irregular Enterprise
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Google and I.B.M. Join in 'Cloud Computing' Research — Even the nation's elite universities do not provide the technical training needed for the kind of powerful and highly complex computing Google is famous for, say computer scientists. So Google and I.B.M. are announcing today …
Austin Modine / The Register: Google and IBM push cluster computing on colleges
Jon Murchinson / Google: Google and IBM Announce University Initiative to Address Internet …
Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge: Google, IBM Team on Data Center Research
Candace Lombardi / CNET News.com: IBM, Google detail joint initiative
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter: IBM Confirms: Google Poses NO Enterprise Threat
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!: Google and IBM Hook Up on Cloud Computing Initiative
Phil Windley / Between the Lines: Cloud Computing for Students
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Google & IBM Team Up on 'Cloud Computing' Research
Iancr / FISTFULAYEN:
CONVENIENCE WINS, HUBRIS LOSES AND CONTENT VS. CONTEXT, A PRESENTATION FOR SOME MUSIC INDUSTRY FRIENDS — Yesterday was a crazy day. — In the morning I found myself car-less and skateboarding to Santa Monica High School in a suitcoat and wool Vans with my computer in a leather satchel over my shoulder …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Yahoo's Ian Rogers To Music Industry: "Inconvenience Doesn't Scale"
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org: Some Bright Spots In Yahoo's Portfolio: News, Sports; Reinventing Music
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog: Ian Rogers, A Yahoo! With Balls
Mark Hachman / ExtremeTech:
Seagate Formally Launches Hybrid Hard Drives — Seagate has begun shipping its first hybrid hard drives, more than a year after the company first announced plans to enter the market. — The Momentus 5400 PSD 2.5-inch hybrid drive has begun shipping to OEMs, four of which are qualifying the drive for inclusion in a notebook PC.
Discussion: Tech.co.uk, DailyTech, Engadget, Scobleizer, Bink.nu, O'Grady's PowerPage, Gadgetell, Gadget Lab and The Tech Report
Don Reisinger / Tech.co.uk: Overnight news roundup: 8-9 October
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: Seagate launches first laptop HHD — blames Vista drivers for poor performance
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer: Seagate ships new "hybrid" drives...
Sumeeth Evans / Bink.nu: Seagate — blames Vista drivers for poor performance
Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage: Seagate Releases First Hybrid Hard Drives
Cheng Hung / Gadgetell: Subpar performance with Seagate's first laptop HHD
Rob Beschizza / Gadget Lab: Seagate Hybrid Just The First Of Many
Cyril Kowaliski / The Tech Report: Seagate ships mobile hybrid hard drives
Steve O'Hear / last100:
Vuze opens up platform; claims 10 million "viewers" — Azureus announced today that it has opened up its online video distribution platform, Vuze (see our earlier review), offering content producers, big and small, the chance to distribute and monetize their content in a variety …
Discussion: Download Squad, NewTeeVee and Mashable!
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee: Azureus And Babelgum Open Platforms To Indies
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Vuze Opens Its Platform for Video Distribution


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Since first launching his time-travelling, 'dance-through-the-decades' audio-visual party concept in 2011, Sydney's Tom Loud has grown his project into an absolute monster. This Australian DJ – who showcases songs from every decade and genre of music, weaving it into one expansive, electrifying, music history lesson – has been welcomed by international audiences with open arms; with a phenomenal 200,000 tickets already sold worldwide.
2017 was Hot Dub Time Machine's biggest year yet – one that began with the headline spot on the revered national Falls Festival tour, and ended with Hot Dub ringing in 2018 with over 10,000 people in Sydney at a New Year's Eve festival of his very own creation – NYE in the Park. In between, Hot Dub entertained thousands at home and abroad – highlights included a USA Tour, performing two of the largest shows to ever take place in Edinburgh Fringe Festival, raising the roof at London's Brixton Academy, island party Your Paradise, headlining Australia's Melbourne Cup, and, of course, the major success of inaugural Wine Machine.
A boutique, one-day, adult-contemporary event, Wine Machine was founded by Hot Dub and Falcona, and saw a touring line up of Australia's leading bands and DJs perform on custom-built stages amongst the grapevines in the most picturesque wine regions in Australia. Wine Machine was met by a rapturous response from Australian fans – the entire tour sold-out, with media calling it 'the best festival debut in years'. The event makes a double-sized return this March, taking on six Australian cities – with international expansion in the works.
Hot Dub Time Machine consistently delivers stellar live performances that are near impossible not to enjoy. He pinpoints the happiest moments of your partying days past, and re-creates those moments to perfection for you all over again; intertwining them with the right here and the right now – in the most exhilarating way possible.
It's the Best. Party. Ever!
Hot Dub, aka Tom Loud (Lowndes) from Sydney, Australia, has been djing since 2002. He created and first performed Hot Dub Time Machine in 2011 and has built it into an epic festival act and an integral part of the musical landscape. Tom DJs exclusively with real vinyl and uses software to control visuals and audio from actual turntables. The show is performed totally live, with songs played in their original form and presented with epic custom videos, which are layered and manipulated in real time. No show is exactly the same, each experience is unique and the only way to fully understand it is to get up the front and dance.
Tom uses: Serato DJ, Mix Emergency, Pioneer DJM S9 mixers, Pioneer PLX-1000 turntables, Apple Macbook Pros and buys all his DJ equipment from www.storedj.com.au
Appearing virtually on screen is Lulu Loud (Alexandra Plim), the Hot Dub Cabin Attendant and Time Lord. Alexandra and Tom recently created Kid/Dub: a time-travelling dance-party for kids that is touring Australia and the UK. Get more info about Kid/Dub here:


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Check out the key chains at the end! Very cool work!
Yesterday was a very special day when I learnt from one of the best.
Ro Anderson from Whole Larder Love showed me and a bunch of others how to forage for mushrooms on the forest floor.
We identified Slippery Jacks, Saffron Milk Caps and Blewit mushrooms.
I got to use my favourite old Buck Knife to pluck the mushrooms, whilst walking many miles listening to Ro. It was fascinating and inspiring hearing his stories on self sufficiency, hunting, fishing and gardening, not to mention his wealth of knowledge on mushrooming.
After collecting baskets full of mushrooms, Ro performed his magic and prepared a heavenly feast in the tranquil woodland setting.
Combining butter, Ro's own olive oil, homegrown herbs and garlic, pimentón, homemade chorizo, homemade 12 day cured bacon and a dollop of mascarpone cheese, the mushrooms were divine. I was in heaven with every mouthful.
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What is Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is when a person stops breathing repeatedly during sleep. Breathing stops because the airway collapses and prevents air from entering and exiting the lungs. Sleep patterns are disrupted, resulting in excessive sleepiness or fatigue during the day.
What causes the airway to collapse during sleep?
Extra tissue in the back of the airway- such as large tonsils. Decrease in the tone of muscles holding the airway open. The tongue falling backwards and closing off the airway.
What should I do if I suspect I have Sleep Apnea?
See your doctor; evaluation by a doctor specializing in sleep disorders is recommended. Have a sleep study done; a sleep study can provide the doctor with information about how you sleep and breathe. This information will help the doctor determine your diagnosis and treatment options.
What happens if OSA is not treated?
Possible increased risk for:
- High blood pressure
- Fatigue-related motor vehicle accidents
- Heart disease and heart attack
- Decreased quality of life due to stroke
What treatments are available for Sleep Apnea?
The most common treatment is: CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) pronounced "see-pap." other less common treatments include surgery and oral appliances, which may be effective in certain individuals. Any treatments should include weight loss if needed, exercise, and avoidance of alcohol, sedatives and hypnotics.
Does CPAP therapy work?
CPAP treats Obstructive Sleep Apnea by providing a gentle flow of positive-pressure air through a mask to splint the airway open during sleep.
- Breathing becomes regular
- Snoring stops
- Restful sleep is restored
- Quality of life is improved
Persons suspecting that they may have OSA should consult a qualified healthcare provider.
Literature concerning OSA that is distributed by MRC Healthcare, Inc., including this brochure, is offered for information purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for the advice of a healthcare provider.


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Mercury Dime Values
The Mercury Dime (or Winged Liberty Head dime) was produced by the United States government from 1916 to 1945. The coin weighs 2.5 grams and is composed of 90% silver and 10% copper.
Values for Mercury Dimes fluctuate with current silver prices. This tie to silver prices is especially true for common dates in average condition, because most of their value is derived from the silver content rather than scarcity. Silver prices are provided in Troy ounces. On April 3, 2012 the spot price of silver was $32.68. Multiplying the price for silver by .0723 will give you the value of the silver in a Mercury Dime, also known as the melt value. On April 3 the melt value was $2.36.
These prices for Mercury Dimes are provided as a service to Hobbizine readers. They are derived from numerous sources such as dealer price lists, advertisements in numismatic publications, and public auction results. Use these values as a guideline for evaluating the reasonableness of dealer prices, setting up trades with other collectors, and estimating the worth of your collection.
Some notes about grading:
- G - Good: Major design elements are outlined but details are gone; the date may not be sharp (but should be readable) and the rim may not be complete.
- VG - Very Good: Major design elements, letters and numerals are worn but clear.
- F - Fine: Major elements are still clear but details are worn away.
- VF - Very fine: Light even wear on high points, all lettering and design details are sharp.
- XF - Extremely Fine: All design details are sharp; some mint luster remains.
- UNC Uncirculated: No wear at all; there may be some contact marks and there may be some dulling of the luster.
- BU Brilliant Uncirculated: a perfect coin with bright consistent luster and no scratches or contact marks.
- BUFB Brilliant Uncirculated with Full Bands: This grade is unique to Mercury Dimes. FB refers to the condition of the horizontal bands tying together the bundle on the fasces, on the coin's reverse. On well-struck examples, separation exists within the two sets of bands known as Full Bands.
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Tabula Rasa: You are a Blank Slate
If you received your education in Western Society you may have come across the term "tabula rasa" either in literature, philosophy, religion, psychology or social science classes in secondary or post-secondary school. Tabula Rasa translates from Latin into "Blank Slate". It is the belief that all humans are born without a single imprint of knowledge on their minds but are instead clean, fresh, empty and ready to be written on. This belief, that originated in the mid-300s B.C., holds that it is a person's experience of the world that wires their brains. In other words, whether our personalities are shaped by "nurture" (experience) or "nature" (genetics), tabula rasa suggests that it is "nurture" that writes on this slate.
But what does this old belief
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This dice game is one of the best-loved games and so is a part of all the casinos. The game of fortune will keep your interest on and there are many betting options. The person who rolls the dice is called the shooter and the game is played with two dices. The online casinos use the Random Number Generator (RNG) technique to roll the dice. The game does not require any skill or logic, you just bet on a number or on other various available options and you win if the dice stops at your number
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Terms to Remember
- Come out roll: The first dice rolled is the come out roll. Depending on the come out roll it is decided whether you win or lose.
- Pass Line: If you have bet on pass line then you win if the number is natural 7 or 11, if the number is 2, 3 or 12 then it is called craps and you lose.
- Point: If come out roll results into numbers like 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10, then this is called Point. The dice is rolled till it hits the point number again but the round ends if 7 flash, this is called seven out.
- Don't Pass Bet: If come out roll is 2 or 3 then you win the bet, you lose if the come-out roll results into 7 or 11 you lose and if the result is 12 it is a push case then. Point is considered for all the remaining numbers and one wins on hitting the point number by taking any number of chances but loses if a 7 is rolled.
- Come Bet: It is similar to Pass Line but the only difference here is that you can make bet only after the point on pass line is determined. If 7 or 11 is rolled you win, if 2, 3 or 12 then you lose and number other than this is Point.
- Don't Come Bet: This is opposite of Come bet where you win if 2 or 3 is rolled, lose if 7 or 11 shows up and rest result into Point.
- Big 6 and Big 8: The player wins if the dice rolls a 6 or 8 and you lose if a seven appears. Horn Bet: If 2, 3, 11 and 12 rolls then the player will win the bet.
Online Craps Rules
The game has very simple rules and when the dice is rolled you just have to wait to see the total and that will decide whether you win or lose.
Firstly the player is required to click on the chip based on the amount he wants to bet on. Then the chip is placed on the layout, on the section the player chooses. For example pass Line Bet or Don't Pass Bet.
Next the player has to click on the Roll Button which will allow the casino to roll the two dices. Based on the outcome it will be decided whether you win, lose or is it a Point case.
Online Craps Tips and Strategies
- Know the rules well before playing the real casino. Try the demo version to get a better understanding of the game.
- Rolling 7 at come out will make you win and you lose if it turns up while establishing Point then you lose.
- Use your own knowledge for playing don't bet on what others say.
- Bet according to your pocket and start with betting low.
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An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) supports and assists employees and their immediate family members in assessing and resolving work, health and life issues.
The TFCC is a local provider of comprehensive and fee for service Employee Assistance Programs available for employers to provide to their employees.
We support individuals, families and organizations to address personal or work-related issues that may impact performance and productivity in the workplace.
Benefits of our Employee Assistance Programs include: reduced feelings of stress, improved communication skills, enhanced mental and physical health, improved relationships, reduced absenteeism and "on the job" accidents, improved employee morale and employee/employer relations by encouraging and supporting a mentally healthy workplace.
Sometimes concerns about marriage, children, health, tension, stress, and other problems result in poor performance both on and off the job. Signs of distress are not always obvious.
Some distress signals to look for are:
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- changes in your job or spouse's job
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It was a busy morning at the Statehouse and Capitol Thursday.
Sen. Del Marsh's gambling bill has cleared the Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee by a 5-3 vote. That means the conversation will continue as the Legislature attempts to find more revenue sources that don't include tax increases. The bill allows voters to choose to accept gaming expansion or not.
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Students with a bachelor of science in mathematics, computer science, industrial engineering, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or business or related areas with a minimum grade point average of 3.0/4.0 will be considered. Students should have some knowledge of linear algebra, discrete math, probability and statistics, and programming.
Applicants must submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. The following minimum GRE scores are required:
- 304 (quantitative + verbal) 2.5 (analytical writing), test scores before 2011: 1100 (quantitative + verbal)
Any applicant whose undergraduate degree was earned at an institution where the primary language of instruction is not English MUST submit a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 550/213/80 (paper/computer/internet test score). Visit the Office of Graduate Admission for more information about English proficiency requirements at Illinois Institute of Technology.
For more information on how to apply and a checklist for applying, please visit the Office of Graduate Admission. Note that International applicants must meet English Language requirements and submit financial support documents.


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The Man With the Divided Back
by Jennifer McCartney
excerpted from the forthcoming novel The Man With the Divided Back There are only three cities in North America which can claim to be the location of a presidential assassination and Buffalo is one of them. In 1901, Buffalo hosted the Pan-American Exposition, and instead of being remembered for its exciting display of electric lights, its fabulous exhibition posters which have since become vintage collectors items, or its carefully designed buildings, gardens and walkways, it became known as the place where President McKinley was shot twice and subsequently killed by a very thin and quite angular anarchist from Detroit named Leon Czolgosz. The summer of 1901 was full of rain, which is never good for the spirits and even less desirable for an outdoor fair. Attendance was not as high as expected, though close to eight million people came for the Electric Tower (lit with hundreds of eight watt bulbs), the sporting events, the artificially constructed African, Eskimo and Mexican villages, the displays of exotic caged animals, and for the opportunity to ride the exposition's most sensational ride—A Trip to the Moon for the cost of fifty cents. Thomas Edison went to the moon, as did the Governor of New York. So did President McKinley when he arrived in early September. The sights were indeed endless and required attendees to spend two or three days on the grounds, cultivating the "exposition tan" despite the slathering of various anti-tan creams. Women carried parasols and brought picnic lunches, while men wore suits and stylish shoes from London. There were camels, recreations of Bavarian castles, an Infant Incubator on display in the Midway, and everywhere, everywhere was the evidence of how wonderful the future was about to be. The land of America was good and light at the beginning of this 20th century, and each night the Star Spangled banner descended upon the exposition, while young boys threw their hats in the air with the excitement of the electricity, illuminating the crowd long after everything should have been dark. The City of Light, however, would soon no longer be remembered as such. It was at the Exposition on September 6th, that inside The Temple of Music a man waited in line to shake the president's hand, his revolver covered by a handkerchief. Secret service fooled by a napkin! For eight days he almost recovered. On September 14th, he died. Before his electrocution Czolgosz said, "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people—the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime." But his last words, the ones which Kotter felt to be very troubling as he learned his history in grade school, were: I am sorry I could not see my father. The convention, for which Kotter was dressing carefully to attend, was exactly one hundred years to the day that President McKinley had been assassinated. The Temple of Music, a temporary structure, had long since been dismantled and although one of Kotter's most prized view cards was an image of the building, he wasn't quite satisfied with the knowledge that he would never be able to see its insides. October 1901 We are enjoying Buffalo and the Exhibition. I am sending you a card of the temple of music where our president was shot. Yours in love, Alma Perkins It had cost him fifty dollars. The Buffalo Niagara Convention Center had recently been occupied by a state-wide dentist's convention and as he arrived Kotter was pleased to see the banners with teeth and lips had been replaced. Walking underneath the raised block of the building, he didn't smell dried piss or the wet newspapers collecting in grey stairwells and a woman in denim smoked a cigarette. Ten bucks for a hand job, she said. Kotter went inside. Admission was free, and Kotter read the floor plan carefully—a listing each of the three hundred and sixty-six display booths organised by the collector's name and collection type: Booth # 1: Amos, Adwartu. Salt and Pepper Shakers. Booth #2: Adams, Henry. Civil War Letters/Correspondence. There were similarities between his Collector's Convention and the long ago Exposition of 1901. The Buffalo Convention Center was fully equipped with electric lights, for instance. The 1901 fair displayed one of the world's first x-ray machines (the use of which might have located the missing bullets in McKinley's chest, and, perhaps, have saved him), and here, in the convention center at booth # 194, was an Idaho doctor's collection of leg x-rays donated by patients. Here you can see the break in the femur, he illuminated the black and white pages for every passer-by. The room was orderly, full of administrative sounds like announcements and doors opening and questions and there weren't enough toilets. Aqua-coloured port-a-potties lined the north wall while women waited in groups. Wires from temporary light fixtures and internet setups stretched across the floor, flattened with duct tape and covered with red pieces of carpet. The ceiling was high and full of fluorescence. Among the collections listed were the usual selections of stamps, coins and baseball cards. These were at the bottom of the hierarchy as the most common collectibles—like the one book everyone has read for the summer—they were scorned as too common. The children's toys were in this category: My Little Ponies, Cabbage Patch Dolls, and Beanie Babies. These were traded or bought for a few dollars, depending on the year of production and whether the item had received a hair cut or sustained dog bites. The male toys always sold for more: Packaged GI Joes, New In Box (NIB) Star Wars figurines, Micro Machines, old Atari game systems. Kotter's toy selection as a child had been minimal, his mother relying on an upturned plastic bucket with a wooden spoon, or the items she'd pilfered from her job that day. One of his favourite playthings had been a plastic Jesus with long fibre-optic threads sprouting from his plastic head. There was a cord where it could be plugged in, and the plastic thread-hair would illuminate pink, blue, orange. Like a firework's just gone off in his head she told him. From the Barrowlands. Kotter heard Barren lands, and always thought it a strange name for a marketplace. He had three hundred dollars. There was one postcard booth, which Kotter spent the morning investigating. Along with the woman who collected early die-cut valentines and the man looking for view cards of railway stations, Kotter went through each box regardless of the label on the front. He checked every State and City, Early Automobiles, War Propaganda (Uncle Same Wants You, Women At Work, Loose Lips etc), Capitol Buildings, Ski Resorts, Scottish Castles and Celebrities (Mostly the Beatles and Elvis). He examined the thousands of neatly organised cards in their neatly organised boxes until he finally allowed himself to look: Country-USA State-New York Cities-Buffalo He purchased one postcard which said, The dancing is difficult, but I'll manage. This is no cakewalk! Glen. The front of the card was the New York State Hospital for the Insane. He had this particular image of the asylum in his collection already, but with a different inscription. He read it over three times, checking the address, noting the zip code, the handwriting, that rare exclamation mark! Did the patients have to buy the cards, or were they complimentary? And what about the ink pens with their artery-puncturing nibs? Kotter pondered for a moment the devastating possibilities held within objects—pencils box cutters pills bottles—especially bottles! His new purchase he placed inside the two, slightly oversized 4 x 6 pieces of sanded and unvarnished slivers of wood he'd brought for this purpose. Continental size, which was slightly larger than the original cards of the early 1900's. He placed the wood in his inside jacket pocket. At the same booth, he picked up a fluorescent yellow sheet of paper, but it contained nothing new. Some of the headings rhymed. • Mould kept at bay keeps a postcard for another day. • Don't be mellow, or your cards will turn yellow. He wandered past Disney music boxes, beer coasters and matchbooks. Older men shuffled thoughtfully from table to table, women in pairs exclaimed over tables of buttons, and school children were herded about with notebooks sketching round boobs or penises and collecting hormones in their bloodstream. Kotter stood before a selection of handmade vintage marbles—the peppermint swirl, the onion skin, the divided core—all displayed in the pockmarked curve of a Chinese checkers board. Hot sauces from peppery countries stood brightly next to a collection of chewing gum wrappers, each piece of silver foil ironed and pressed. The more obscure the collectable the more expensive it became, the higher its prestige. There were crowds around the cast iron banks, all with intact mechanisms that put your coin from Uncle Sam's hand into his mouth, or from the basketball into the hoop. Kotter's favourite, even though the paint was in poor condition, was a policeman on a motorbike. A coin fitted into his helmet, and once the coin was placed his motorbike would advance towards the police shed where the coin jerked from the helmet and into the bank. He had his pennies ready, but only the collector operated the banks and Kotter understood. He wandered on, and an announcement reminded everyone of the upcoming PEZ seminar in room 101 and tomorrow's preservation seminar on Antique Tomes. Consulting his brochure he discovered tome to be another word for book, and wondered about the hierarchy of language and why people couldn't ever just say what they meant. He waited in line at the portable toilets, bought a pretzel and checked the two pieces of wood in his pocket, making sure they were aligned. It was close to noon and the hall was filling, getting louder. The fluorescent light blanked out faces, made everyone greasy, older. He thought he could smell the toilets, or popcorn and someone stepped on his heel. He passed a table of Montreal Canadiens paraphernalia which included a plastic mug from a gas station give-away. He touched it. Rare, he said. 1984, the man nodded. Kotter moved on towards a table blocked by shoulders and heard the word vagina, quite clearly. Gynaecological instruments? He'd seen that collection here years ago. A small woman from Ohio. Big metal tweezers and bottles of ether. He looked, but it was something new. Splayed across the white tablecloth was a collection amassed from (he quickly checked his brochure) "years of dedication to exposing the misogyny of male dominated industries and production which value women as objects whose worth is determined by the functions they perform." Booth # 345: Wendt, Beatrice. Artefacts in the shape of the female form. Interested visitors fingered ashtrays where the V of the woman's ceramic legs held a cigarette wedged jauntily between them. There were nutcrackers, the walnut helpfully inserted at the crux of two silver thighs in demonstration. There were big-titted teapots and long-legged smoking pipes. There was a cardboard cut-out of a suntan lotion model designed for shop windows. There were pink chocolate cunts on a stick and curvaceous brass candlesticks. The collector was sitting on an ottoman made of red velvet lips. She looked properly groomed, and had Kotter been schooled in the art of brand names or eyebrow waxing, he would have known exactly what sort of woman she was.


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Search & Read
Three Random Satsangs
ShiningWorld Reader
Real and Reflected Awareness
Roberto: Dear Sundari, I hope you are well and that you enjoyed the Christmas holidays. If you do not mind, I just wish to ask you for quick clarification on a few issues.
Sundari: Thank you, Roberto, and the same to you.
Roberto: I read in one of the online satsangs at the website that awareness is the unchanging, ever-present "knowing" in every experience, of every object. In another article it is written that "Awareness is that which makes consciousness possible in that consciousness is reflected awareness."
Could you please clarify the difference between pure awareness and reflected awareness, pure awareness and consciousness as described in the sentence quoted above?
Sundari: Consciousness and awareness are synonyms for the self, which is that which makes it possible for the jiva (reflected consciousness) to appear to be conscious or aware. Without the presence of consciousness/awareness it is not possible for the jiva, or person, to know anything. Remember that reflected awareness, or body-mind ( jiva/person), is inert.The jiva seems to be conscious because the light of awareness shines on it. It is a lens through which consciousness has contact with objects. The lens is made up of and arises from awareness, but without awareness it does not exist, which is why we call it reflected awareness.
Roberto: Is reflected awareness just awareness in the presence of objects (i.e. when awareness is present as the knower of objects, when maya is operating, and could you kindly elaborate briefly? Sorry if I seem ignorant. I want to be absolutely sure I understand the terms being used.
Sundari: Awareness knows itself whether or not objects are present; it is self-luminous and does not require anything to know itself. The way you word your question implies that awareness appears when objects appear, but awareness is always prior to everything. When maya manifests and the creation appears, awareness in the role of Creator (Isvara) appears and knows objects, which it sees as non-different from itself because there is only awareness as the knower and the known. There is one awareness, or consciousness, which is why we call it ordinary. If you have two or more, one could be different from the other, but of course they cannot be. This original awareness does not change and is called bimba chaitanya. The confusion arises because maya creates a subtle body, which reflects awareness onto objects, like sounds, forms, etc. It is called pratibimba chaitanya, or reflected consciousness.
Reflected awareness is the original ordinary awareness reflecting on the subtle body. Being in maya (and owing to the action of the gunas) the subtle body is subject to change and identifies with objects, thinking that awareness is something other than it. The subtle body modifies when sound and light stimuli reflect in it – and therefore awareness seems to change. At the same time that the subtle body is changing, it is known by original ordinary awareness, which does not change. You know that the subtle body is experiencing things but original awareness doesn't experience. It witnesses. It always remains the same. It is unaffected by what the subtle body experiences.
As you know, there are basically only two orders of reality: (1) the subject, or that which is real – awareness – and (2) the object, that which is only apparently real – the individual – who is not conscious, but appears to be because awareness shines on it. The third "order" of reality is not really an order, as it is the (apparent) "buffer" between the two orders: Isvara – awareness in the role of Creator associated with maya. The creation has two orders or ontological categories: the cause (subject) and the effects (objects) – satya and mithya.
The effects change and modify each other, but the effects do not modify the cause. The gross cannot change the subtle, but the subtle changes the gross (these are apparent modifications of course). If jiva is an effect of Isvara, then it cannot have an effect on Isvara. Jiva depends upon Isvara but Isvara does not depend upon jiva. Therefore they are never co-creators. As Isvara and jiva are in different orders of the same reality, whatever happens in maya does not affect the cause of maya, i.e. Isvara. Isvara is conscious because with the appearance of maya, there is something for awareness to be conscious of, i.e. objects. Isvara, like "pure" awareness, is not conscious in the way jiva is conscious, because it is not a person; it is unaffected by the gunas and the creation – i.e. the effects, or mithya, even though the effects arise from Isvara (awareness).
Some good metaphors:
1. Sun and moon metaphor: there is original consciousness and reflected consciousness = the self and the jiva (subtle body). The jiva is awareness plus a subtle body and takes itself to be conscious. The best metaphor to illustrate this point is the sun and the moon. The moon appears to be shining, but it is just a rock floating in the space with no light of its own. The sun is a flaming ball of fire and its light illuminates the moon, which is what makes it appear to be shining. Just like the light of awareness shining on the subtle body makes it appear to be conscious. People who think they are people think they are conscious, but they are borrowing consciousness from awareness.
2. The screen metaphor: it is true awareness is like a screen upon which everything manifests and dissolves. However, there are two kinds of screens: one that emits its own light, and in that light (like the light in a computer screen) objects appear and disappear. This screen has its own light. Then there is a screen, like a movie screen, which is like the sun and the moon – i.e. the screen does not emit its own light but borrows its light from the projector.
3. The mirror metaphor: everything reflects light, but a mirror reflects light clearly, as it is. In a mirror objects are reflected because a mirror reflects light, so it is the source of the light in this metaphor. The clearer the mind (reflective surface) the more distinct are the objects in it. Even though all objects arise in awareness, it is not as easy to see some objects as awareness, because they are obscured by tamas. The point is, if the mirror (mind, or reflective surface) is clear, the self as the object reflected in the mirror can be clearly known as an object of knowledge/experience. In non-dual reality, experience and knowledge are the same. There is no obscuration in a clear mirror. The question to ask is this: How far are objects from the mirror? Do they pop out, stand apart? No. The reflection in the mirror and the mirror are non-different. Therefore although the objects (reflection in the mirror) are non-different from you, awareness, even though they are inert and do not exist without you, although you exist without the reflection in the mirror and are prior to everything.
Roberto: I also wish to ask, just briefly, when the creation appears, where does it appear? Obviously, within awareness, but does it appear in Isvara, the supreme personal God? I ask because you mentioned this in a previous email response, but I didn't fully understand.
Sundari: You still don't understand what Isvara is. Please see above. Isvara is awareness appearing in the role of Creator when maya appears. Maya only "covers" a small portion of awareness because awareness cannot be covered and is the knower of maya. There is no time or spatial context for creation, because it is not real – it is a projection on the screen of awareness – and there is nowhere that awareness/consciousness is not. It is beyond time and space.
Roberto: Lastly, I have read that Isvara (as Creator) is described as the sum total of everything created. How or rather why is this so?
Sundari: I will recap what we have discussed before and is stated above:
The apparent reality (mithya) is a union of paraprakiti, or higher reality ( Isvara, or Brahman), and aparaprakiti (jiva), lower reality. Their common identity is uparaprakriti, "pure" awareness. Isvara (awareness plus maya) is both the intelligent cause, that which shapes the materials into form (without ever losing or modifying its own nature), and the material substance, meaning the effect from which the forms are created, like the spider's web emerges from the spider and is made up of the spider. As consciousness is non-dual, there is no "real" world. When maya appears, awareness plus the gunas becomes Isvara, the Creator, and the apparent creation appears. Isvara, or Brahman, is the name for all forms, not of a particular form.
Roberto: Thank you so much in advance and best wishes to you both for the new year!
~ Blessings always, Roberto
Sundari: Thank you and the same to you.
~ Om, Sundari


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West Africa's voodoo capital
Although small, Benin contains a myriad of incredible highlights and more than punches above its weight! Benin is probably most famous for the traditional vodun (voodoo) culture, which is widely practiced across the country - in the tiny coastal village of Grand Popo we often are lucky enough to witness an energetic and magical vodun celebration, where the whole village comes out to the sounds of drumming and singing.
Further down the coast we find the historic town of Ouidah, which still bears the legacy of the tragic history of slave trading with its crumbling Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá and haunting Point of No Return memorial. Further inland we find the phenomenal floating village of Ganvie, where a whole society has emerged living on stilt huts in the middle of Lake Nokoué and has developed a fascinating and unique way of life.
See local tribes, ruins & wildlife
Further still inland we discover the town of Abomey, the ancient capital of the once-mighty Dahomey civilisation and home to its ruined Royal Palace and museum. At the far north of Benin we find the incredible double-storey mud huts of the Tata Somba people and the remote National Park of Pendjari, one of the best reserves of wildlife to be found in West Africa!
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