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Monday, May 24, 2010
A Full-Timer Night's Dream
Since I left the AoL, many teachers have too. And as they do, I hear from them one by one. Though the details of the stories may vary, in essence they are very much the same. However, inevitably, the inner conflict each one has before leaving and the damages one walks out with are very similar, varying perhaps just in depth and length, or on whether one was a full-time or part-time teacher.
Though comparing who suffered most is not fair in any case of abuse, I do notice that full-timers leave with a heavier load to deal with.
As I lately have been lending an ear to a few former colleagues/ full-time teachers, I can't help but ponder on the circumstances that lead us to the array of sensations, reactions, habits, fears post "cult-exit". The thought, "it is just like a dream …. a bad dream … like a midsummer night's dream" kept ringing in my head like a rhyme to a poem, and thus, the title "A full-timer night's dream". As I read Shakespeare's masterpiece, I laughed at the realization it has a lot in common with that which we lived in the AoL. Of course, Shakespeare's was a comedy, a grand master piece. Ravishankar's is a version of cheap tragic comedy, a master fraud. But it definitely shares the leit-motifs of deception, fantasy made reality, authority becoming archaic, the dark side of love, magical thinking.
Becoming a "full-time teacher" is, without any doubt, the dream of most AoLers, of all ages. My own basic course teacher's dream was I became a full-time teacher. Full-timers somehow fall into the trick of feeling somehow "the chosen ones", as if the status of full-time exploited slave was a sign of higher evolution. I have witnessed people beg Ravishankar to let them be a full-timer. I have also witnessed people manipulate Ravishankar into being a full-timer. I have even seen people to which RS clearly said, "No" turn around and inform the world they were blessed to be a full-timer. I have also known of many cases of teachers who self-nominate themselves full-timers because they have no other responsibilities and don't need to worry about money (usually rich ladies). In some cases, I need to give Ravi some credit. I have heard him instruct some to finish school or to get married. But, understanding beyond the apparent concern, he was very smart at who he made full-timer or not.
If one was young with a lot of money and/or an important family background/name, he'd usually tell them to finish school, marry, be in politics or be in Daddy's business to get more money for the "seva projects". If one was older with a lot of money, he'd also have them pretend to be a full-timer while he grabbed their money and literally, their free labor. Expenses usually would not be reimbursed to these people, neither a stipend or a 10% income. They were wealthy! That is their underline duty given their good karma!
On a large scale, usually either extremely efficient, charismatic young people with obedient and unquestioning minds and good hearts, or the very easy manipulated, highly ambitious people with no mind at all, or the ones hiding from the world/life, or otherwise those who could not do anything in the world, were made full-timers. A sad truth which ends usually in, one is good for him until he sucks one dry or until one starts to think of his/her own and/or starts to see through the unethical practices of the organization and the Ravishankar sociopathic behaviours. At that moment, his unconditional love suddenly disappears, though, of course, he makes you understand back-stabbing you, kicking you in the ass, lying about you, etc. are all part of his love for you, his sacrifice for your growth.
I never quite liked the "Catholic" expression of growth through suffering, but unfortunately, out of habit and after a while, as a full-timer, one recognized that as the norm. Some full-timers even felt proud of having to suffer through it with no food, difficulties getting medical treatment, no housing, no basic needs. The overall common worry all full-timers went through at some point or the other was so overwhelming, many started "taking care" of their situation by keeping money "on the side". Unfortunately, some take advantage of their status as a full-timer to get freebies through "illegal enrichment". As time goes by, I recognize all the neurotic attitudes and thinking processes I acquired from my years of involvement as a full-timer. Even today, I worry about what will happen to me tomorrow. The constant fear that I won't be taken care of, or that I won't have to eat, or that I won't know where I will sleep, or that plans change without any reason nor back-up plan, is a neurosis I constantly struggle with. I do the daily exercise of reminding myself the world works with more accountability.
Whereas I don't care if AoL falls or not, I do worry about the youngsters who enroll everyday and even more, those who die to be a full-timer and all those he is actually making full-timers. When one is young, one is too idealistic and naive to understand "god" may back-stab you too.
If I could do it all over again, I wished some reasonable adult would have knocked me out of the stupidity of becoming a full-timer. Today I struggle, not only because I paused my professional career, but also the possibility of getting a higher degree, which could have helped me get a better job, but mainly I paused my personal life. At my age, all my friends are owners of a beautiful homes, car, vacations, family. When I look at my own life, I see a gap. Trying to catch up where I left 15 or more years ago is not something one does in just one split second. Not to mention, the struggle to get by financially.
When I became a full-timer some people gave me stuff to help me out. When I left, no one helped me back to life. Most did not even speak to me again. And believe me, that is what and when I most needed help! Somehow, I went into oblivion and instead of getting that Divine help and "I belong to you" I was made to believe I signed up for for ever, instead, I get written threats and a damaged psychological condition, dyslexia, memory problems and endless bills spent in recovering my health.
Reinserting in society is not an easy process neither is reinventing oneself.
I was perhaps one of the first generation of full-timers, thus I did not have any other reference. Today I see how damaged all these senior full-timers are, and I remember our conversations in which each one cried, cursed, blamed, yelled. Those include TTC teachers, presidents, advanced course teachers, meditation teachers, swamis. One thing we learned well: to keep up the good face, the smile and fake it until we made it, but behind the doors, even some well-known TTC/Blessings course teacher have yelled out, "This is a sect! How do I get out of a sect? I am stuck! What can I do now in life?" Looking back, "being the chosen one" is actually the worst curse. Most senior teachers are still where they are because they don't have the guts to go back to life and be a nobody or face the challenge and reality that they will most likely not get a job or be respected in the world.
Thus, to the young people out there: "Study, get a degree, don't give up anything, do seva on your side, be realistic, think with your two feet on the ground, ask yourself what are you really trying to evade that you want to run away from life? The organization will not take care of you and you won't be a special case. Be realistic. Cherish your life, your skills, yourself, open your eyes."
In Shakespeare's words: "An overflow of good converts to bad."
42 comments:
I sometimes wonder if there is something wrong with me.
After all, for three years, i saw nothing but good in this organization and suddenly, like a flip of a coin, i saw things differently.
Hmmm...life goes on, moves on, so I guess there's no point in wondering why feelings come- just go with the flow. Like the Bhagavad Gita says, things are just meant to be....why question?
- May 24, 2010 at 11:51 PM
To the young people out there: "Study, get a degree, don't give up anything, do seva on your side, be realistic, think with your two feet on the ground, ask yourself what are you really trying to evade that you want to run away from life? The organization will not take care of you and you won't be a special case. Be realistic. Cherish your life, your skills, yourself, open your eyes."
Very valuable and useful advice. Worth repeating here! Keep up the good work, KLIM & CO.
- May 25, 2010 at 4:27 AM
- avinash said...
Art of Living is like a vulture; whenever there is a disaster, it appears.
AOL Counsellors to Counsel Air India Staff !
Mangalore, May 23 (IANS)
The "young" cabin crew of Air India is so traumatised after Saturday's plane
crash, in which 158 people were killed, that *volunteers from Art of Living
have been sought to counsel them*, Air India chairman and managing director
Arvind Jadhav said Sunday.
"Our cabin crew is very young, they are in the age group of 19-25. And they
have never seen a tragedy, a situation like this before. They are
traumatised. *That is why we have roped in doctors and counsellors of the
Art of Living to counsel them*," Jadhav said. Art of Living is a voluntary
socio-spiritual organisation, headed by Sri Sri Ravishankar.
"The counselling centres will not just be in Mangalore, but also in Delhi,
Mumbai, Kochi and wherever we have our offices," he added. The counselling
will also be done for the rest of the staff.Jadhav said that a foreign
agency's assistance has been sought on emergency response and disaster
"The team will come here and also counsel the relatives of the deceased. We
are counselling the families too," he said.
- May 25, 2010 at 6:12 AM
thanku klim ... such a nice post ,esp for the young ppl .. even i have seen intelligent brains getting into it..a very close friend did it an year ago ..leaving a great job..to become full timer.. bt they dont listen only..i tried to stop her..i tell all the ppl i kno in aol, not to become a teacher..esp not after clge ..most aol ppl have stopped talking to me coz i tell them not to become a teachr..i have seen a friend flunk in exams nd den repeating a whole year in clge coz of too much of seva..cases are many..i feel sorry for such people.. RS tell them only one thing-BECOME A TEACHER..
thanku again ..
i was on verge of gettin too much into aol .. i feel blessed that i got out at the right time ..
- May 25, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- KLIM and CO. said...
"Like the Bhagavad Gita says, things are just meant to be....why question?" This is indeed beautiful knowledge, however, there is danger in it too when applied actively for passive reasons. By distorting pieces of knowledge statements like this, many people like myself got sucked into a fraud, a cult, spiritual abuse, exploitation. It was "meant to be, why question?" We should have questioned one too many things, and we should have not fallen passively into the situation. One makes ones destiny and one decides and shapes ones life the way one wishes it to be. The power is not anywhere else but within. There is no guru that should play around with that. In AoL, most things are not "meant to be", but rather "manipulated to be and made to be".
Anon@11:51PM, bravo for taking only 3 years to finally see thru the truth. It took some of us almost 2 decades to come to terms with the truth AoL and RS are a fraud. And some will be stuck in there for ever, even though they see thru all the incoherences and many times, participate in them.
Bravo to all those who opened their eyes and had the courage to be truthful with themselves and choose life and truth over anything else.
- May 25, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Dear Klim,
My heart goes out to you! I can understand your agony completely…reclaiming your life is far from easy. But since you have been courageous enough to not just take this giant step of freeing yourself after 15 long years but also sharing your experiences fearlessly to help others, I'm sure you have the strength in you to rebuild your life the way you want.
I gave a few years of my life to AOL, put brakes on my professional career as I felt that this was my 'calling' so I can relate to your struggle of getting a hold on professional/personal life after a void.
I've seen many full time teachers struggling, not being able to have a decent life and find it totally unfair on the part of the organization. Thankfully I didn't become a teacher but underwent the torture of TTC Phase I few years ago and inspite of being a very active volunteer, couldn't convince myself that it all was for my good. My health issues which I had aggravated due to TTC with all that needless padma sadhana, running around the whole day, lack of sleep etc. I had always wondered why people aspiring to be teachers have to be 'broken physically' to evolve spiritually! But just like your basic course teacher, even my teacher's dream is for me to become a full time teacher.
Coming across your blog has helped me make peace with my 'inability' to become a teacher, to this 'lack of surrender' that 'everything will be taken care of'. Its been some sort of a relief to see so many people thinking and feeling the way I do. You've given some great advice to youngsters…there is a lot that life offers to all of us and it should not to be thrown away for AOL. I now engage myself with real causes, social & environmental, where my time & money are being put to good use. I've realized that one can be deeply spiritual without being attached to any organization, by being a good and caring human being, by caring for the environment and being true to oneself.
- May 25, 2010 at 11:31 AM
Can someone share what really are the motivations for anyone to become full time teacher.
- May 25, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Prairie Princess said...
Wonderful post, KLIM. Thank you. As usual, your insights are profound. My own experience with AoL did not lead me to being a teacher. There was too much dissonance in the organization. I volunteered and the organization was glad to take my time and money. Met senior teachers and full-time teachers and dedicated volunteers that I still worry about. Their health, both physical and mental, financial situation, and family connections all seem less important that serving ravi ravi's organization. Didn't anyone ever tell them "You can't get water from an empty well"? If you don't take care of yourself, what strengths do you have to serve others? I still worry and care about those people I met who are still telling themselves the story that this organization is the answer to everything.
In the meantime, how can those of us who follow this blog help you??
- May 25, 2010 at 1:09 PM
@Krish -
Following are the possible reasons for anyone getting attached to AOL and when any of the reasons becomes the only purpose of ones life then they are ready to kill or die to be a full time AOL teacher.
1. If you are unemployed or find it difficult to work hard and earn for yourself then AOL is for you.
2. If you are a bachelor looking for blind girls for yourself or If you are a spinster and unable to find a guy for yourself and tired of relatives and society talking about your singlehood then AOL is for you.
3. If you are bored of your wife and family and want a change, under the spiritual cover then AOL is for you.
4. If you have no family and friends or if you have a family and friend circle which you can't accept, love and care for then AOL is for you
5. If you have too much inherited money or your dad is ready to feed you for the rest of your life then AOL is for you.
6. If you are ambitious but lazy, persuasive but vague, if you want easy money easy fame (in a small pond) if you are a good parrot( repeater), if you normally fake it (trying hard to make it) and you want to travel around the world through donations then AOL is for you.
7. If you are not so normal person, if you don't have a normal educational background, if you don't have a normal family background , if you are depressed in life, vulnerable, mentally slow but always hyper to just remain out of your house or work place for some reason or the other then AOL is for you.
8. If you are yourself a rich business man and want to launder your black money or show your competitors that oh I have a Guru then AOL is for you.
9. If you can Sing then you hit the jackpot immediately. You got to do nothing, no volunteering, no teaching - you just gotta dress up sit on a stage and sing for 2 hrs. You get to travel for free, get gifts in cash and kind and you get all the name and fame with respect, that oh this guy sings bhajans, you even get to cut your albums and you get all this by giving in just a few hours of your day. And if you are a smart popular singer the bonus is you get to F..(beep).. girls like never before with complete, support and admirations and blessing from HHSSRS.
If you are an educated normal human with a heart, body and soul, with intellect and balanced emotions, if you have strong character and moral values in life, if you are sincere seeker, who wants to learn, who really wants to serve the society and who believes in God - then all I can say is beware , wake up and wake up others too. God gives us millions of opportunity to do sewa, do you need an AOL teacher or RS or anyone else to dictate you -what to do where. If you want to learn more about Veda, Upanishads, Yoga etc etc..just get up and attend as many discourses as you can, read more and most importantly living what you learn is what matters. We all have divinity in us don't let anyone else cash on it. Respect yourself and love yourself. If you really think there is a God on earth then look around and you will see it in your parents, in your neighbors, in yourself too.
God bless us all.
I'll be honest there are a few in AOL, I can count on my finger tips who don't fall in the above category and I still respect them.
-The Philalethist
- May 25, 2010 at 1:33 PM
What organization are you guys talking about? The AOL you experience is certainly not the one I experience. You all seem to be a bunch of professional victims and refuse to take responsibility for yourselves. Its good that you left an organization that you finally realized you didn't like, but why spend all this time trashing it? What a waste of time. Obviously lots of people find good in the organization. Tell me, why should we trust your words now regarding how "terrible" AOL is when a few years ago out of your very own mouths came the words praising AOL? You know, people aren't stupid. They see through you guys and your gross over-simplification of your experience as all bad.
- May 25, 2010 at 1:41 PM
Hey KLIM! I should thank you for this blog. For quite a while I wanted to be a full timer. I've told you before that kriya has helped me immensely. So helping people get this, is seva, in my perspective. Even now I want to be a teacher to (1) Give this knowledge to others (2) Try and make more and more people aware of the non-sense happening right under their nose and give them some good sense of what spirituality is all about (3) Reach out to people who don't have the means to pay for or access this and give it to them for free (4) Reform
I was quite sure that within the next two years I would be a full timer. Then I started noticing the "non-sense". And then your blog popped up. Now I'd rather be a part-timer than be a full-timer. Maybe I will be a full timer, when I feel I've served the society enough through my job and I no longer have the need to earn money for myself. But for now, no way!!
@ people who still keep giving sympathies as a courtesy
Give KLIM a break guys!! Enough sympathizing!! You really think your sympathies are going to help? KLIM is trying to get out of whatever happened. Excess sympathies will only make one sink faster in the quicksand of self pity!! Cmon KLIM. Get out and do something. It can't be that difficult to get your life back. I know I wasn't there to see whatever it was that happened to you, but still. I'm sure you've learned a great deal and have become way more stronger than you were 15 years ago. This is for your inspiration en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karna I'm sure you have heard of Karna. He is idealized as an inspiration for struggling humanity to not lose heart. I have a suggestion for you. You may hate AOL, SSRS, SK etc., But you do know the power of yoga and pranayama. Since they are all proven ways to come out of a slump, why don't you learn and become a yoga teacher. It would double as a fantastic career option since, good, genuine yoga teachers are in great demand these days, when there are a dime a dozen good-for-nothing fakes running around.
- May 25, 2010 at 1:46 PM
@Anon 11:51
"Things are just meant to be.. why question?" This is a way of saving your mind after something has already happened. For example, when there is a natural calamity, it has already happened, it was meant to be, you couldn't do anything about it when it happened. Fine. But don't stop there. What can you do about it now?? Can you contribute in relief work? Can you do anything at all? If you can do something, anything, do it. Otherwise forget it. Exactly as KLIM replied to that, there is a difference between active acceptance and passive acceptance. :)
Don't just jump to conclusions. Just look at your statement, "AoL is like a vulture; whenever there is a disaster, it appears." Do you mean to say the Red Cross should be called a vulture too? After all they too appear wherever there is a disaster! Please don't trash for the sake of trashing. There may be genuinely good people in AoL who are part of the disaster relief team. At least for their sake, stop trashing the organization as a whole. Don't tell me, you're going to call the genuine ones "vultures" for wanting to help someone get out of depression. :)
The motivations to become a full timer in my opinion,
(1) Genuine goodness of heart. Having had good experiences, wishing to spread it to everyone and making this their life's sole aspiration.
(2) Running away from life and responsibilities and problems of a regular householder.
(3) To try and get closer to the one they adore, namely SSRS.
(4) An added reason could be to avail the additional discounts (which are quite massive) for various courses, since full-timers are "assumed" to have no other means of livelihood.
@Prairie Princess
Well said my dear. That was the exact statement I had made to my friends who are teachers. I told them "Take a break for your own sake." Please spread this word to as many teachers and volunteers as you can. They will probably talk like idiots about being committed to spreading knowledge. Try to reason. If they still are stuck, then roll your eyes and move on. :P
- May 25, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- KLIM and CO. said...
Thank you Anon@11:31, thank you Prairie Princess.
- May 25, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- KLIM and CO. said...
Reformer, thank you. And yes, it is VERY DIFFICULT to create a new life, and get back to it. You cannot survive on pranayama and yoga. There are real things out there that one needs to get by with. Take it from me, someone with a good degree, who worked in the world before, even after x years post AoL, I have not been able to make it. The damages are serious. They don't project that to you while you are there, but when you are out there, what is the CV you will compose? The minute they check the organization you belonged to, they realize it is a cult. It is funny it takes some people 1 second to conclude this. People won't take you bc the UN is written in the description of the AoL. Many other "spiritual organizations" and NGOs are accredited by the UN. The skills you think you developed so greatly under the AoL, you realize they are just good in the AoL. The rest of your abilities remained dormant. You think money flows and falls from out of nowhere? It does for RS with all that free labor, but not in the real world. Be realistic and know you have many many many more years to do seva, and when you do, you don't need to give away your life for it. One is of no use to the world when one has no foundation, neither in the external nor internal. There is a lot more than all that ra-ra-ra! Wish you the best! You deserve that and much more.
- May 25, 2010 at 3:07 PM
"I do worry about the youngsters who enroll everyday and even more, those who die to be a full-timer and all those he is actually making full-timers"
I worry about this a great deal too. At one of the AoL meetings I attended, they talked about how to attract more young people. As I dove deeper into the organization, I felt a deep sadness about getting more young people involved. I've been struggling with how to handle talking to group members about it because I feel it is my responsibility to help protect people from such cults. Particularly young, idealistic people. The question arises, would they listen anyway? But really, even if they don't, I've done my part. I really like all the group members. My criticism of AoL is to the organizaton, not these particular group members.
I guess the best thing to do would be to forward the blog to the group...For some reason, I've been too chicken to do it though I have shared it with friends in my area who read it regularly.
- May 25, 2010 at 3:13 PM
- KLIM and CO. said...
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- May 25, 2010 at 3:13 PM
If you don't mind, could you please enlighten us on which particular incident made you break from AOL ?
- May 25, 2010 at 5:07 PM
- KLIM and CO. said...
Dear Rationalist, go thru the blog. I don't think I need to give any more details. I left. I opened my eyes. I am free. I today respect, value and love myself. I today do not take any abuse from anyone, nor do I agree to being exploited. That is all that counts. And I wish the same for everyone else.
- May 25, 2010 at 8:36 PM
Man no need to feel so down. Whether you realize it or not - you have grown by leaps and bounds. It will only take a few years to get back for a person like you.
Then maybe, you would have learnt something from all those years in AOL, and realize that the american dream is a mirage. Happiness comes from within - just need to shift one's perspective, a little bit, and one is free
- May 25, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- KLIM and CO. said...
Peaceful warrior, I am not that down. Being free and away from that already makes up for the rest.
- May 25, 2010 at 10:53 PM
What RS/AOL needs is a bunch of dums like,
It is amazing he is the only one with the picture on, artoflivingvalues blog.
- May 25, 2010 at 11:25 PM
I have tremendous respect for you - your words are so measured and convey your thoughts with utmost clarity. I wish you the best. Kudos!
- May 25, 2010 at 11:26 PM
To the young people out there: "Study, get a degree, don't give up anything, do seva on your side, be realistic, think with your two feet on the ground, ask yourself what are you really trying to evade that you want to run away from life? The organization will not take care of you and you won't be a special case. Be realistic. Cherish your life, your skills, yourself, open your eyes.
Yes my dear YES+ guys and gals...read it again and again and take our words.
I can prove and confirm you - none of your Yes+ certificates, Sewa volunteer tags will fetch you a great job, you won't get addmissions to Ivy league or crack CAT with AOL tags. Why and how I am saying this with so much confidence is 'cos I was in AOL for a while I saw all this happening and I sit proudly in my Office working as Vice President HR and believe me neither did I get admission in the B school cos of AOL ( thank god I gave priority to studies and work rather than sewa and satsang) nor did i get these promotions from AOL ( thank god I gave prioity to my work . not leaving work for so called sewa and not missing official parties for satsang) and today I sit proud of my choices cos today I have position and money to feed the needy, to sponsor and educate a needy child, I donate and serve who ever I can, I don't breed on NGOs but our company does help NGOs, I travel on my own terms to best of the places, I read, I learn and I earn, I value the lessons I learnt and I try to live them rather than just preaching them to others. No organization dictates where and how I have to spend my money and time.
I just pray and wish for each one of you- the youth out there, don't get disillusioned 'cos if you loose this precious time today you will never ever be able to catch it back and you might end up feeling STUCK cos however much you may want to come out of AOL but you won't have the confidence to live in the real world.
Love yourself the way you are. There are millions of people in this world who are not in AOL not even aware of AOL and RS existence and believe me they are also happy and successful, caring humans who also do charity work who also believe in God/ Spirituality..just wake up and see for yourself..'cos I care so I won't like anyone to end up with such experiences from a spiritual organization and that's why I felt like writing today.
- May 26, 2010 at 12:43 AM
@VP of HR: Only if you had done seva in AOL , you would have been a president of HR today..not just a VP..lol..
Since you guys are not posting my comments , I have to post silly stuff like this..
- May 26, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Dear Klim,
What is your opinion about the Swami from AOL who is currently touring USA ? I'm getting calls from many centers to take his course and experience bliss.
- May 26, 2010 at 10:39 AM
Looks like all the guys here are obsessed with AOL and what AOL uses and has no doubt copied from some other source, is proving to be true, viz. "What you resist persists".
I presume that many of you are from outside India and AOL is known to charge a small fortune for various courses outside the home country. In India, people do not pay through their noses for any such stuff. To the best of my knowledge, the basic course costs Rs 1500/- (roughly USD 30) and it is all that one needs as a takeaway from AOL. This is the only 'original' contribution and the rest has just been picked up from here and there and packaged. After the basic course, I certainly benefited. My persistent throat infection went away and the savings by way of medical expenses more than made up the course fee on a recurring basis.
There is nothing wrong per se with AOL and your involvement should ideally be limited to the extent you choose. In case you want to do the advanced course or become a teacher, its your choice. I did the advanced course and enjoyed it immensely. At no time did I feel like becoming a teacher. I did a lot of seva and enjoyed that also. But one has enough after a while and it is best to stay away from anything else.
AOL has teachers who lecture people on getting along with each other and submerge their egos, while being unable to even look at their peers let alone get along with them, and the egos that these worthies have is really to be seen to be believed. As for the politics, it is a real Gawd Help us place. Overall it is a like any large corporation and any sensible person would do well to stay away from the inner circle.
SSRS definitely has the Guru Thathva, which explains his following. You can deride him all you wish but the diehards, and I am certainly not one of them, will not give up on him. Whether you wish to be one of the sheep being shepherded by him or would like to make your own path is upto you. The choice is yours and yours alone. I for one believe that SSRS is a good soul and he is not always able to control his unruly and sometimes crazy flock. However, for all that you keep saying, the instances of violence which have characterised other similar spiritual organisations are extremely rare or non existent. And that says a lot for AOL.
- May 26, 2010 at 11:44 AM
plz giv me the email id of urdad..
i will talk to him ..
- May 26, 2010 at 12:06 PM
No doubt most people are initially impressed by aol mainly because for the new comers to the organisation truly takes every statement of the organisation and teacher or Ravi on face value.they see their teacher smiling and in a joy full state . no wonder every body on the earth would like to remain in that state. but the real nature of the teacher and organisation is exposed only when one get deeper in the organisation.when you start staying with teachers one finds the teachers to be cheap and mean than may be any normal person . See giving good lecture like a parrot is one thing but living what you talk is totally different. as you go dipper in the organisation you will find the organisation as bunch of fraud where there is no seva only purpose is to extract money out of gullible volunteers. Than you are systematically brain washed to accept ravi shankar as reincarnation. They have cunning people sitting on the dias with their external impressive personalties to keep you that gullible state.
To most people who join the organisation in india it becomes an opportunity to mingle with opposite sex more freely and to hug them out of compassion (read libido). To these brain washed people every action appears lila of ravi shankar.When you are are in trouble raving is taking your exam when some thing good happens ravi has blessed you lol...
For most of the people who become teacher the biggest motivation is that they become somebody from nobody.
- May 26, 2010 at 10:58 PM
@yourdad –
DADDY DEAR-Yeah I am so depressed in life that I didn't do any Sewa. O MY GOD…if this is what I get without doing much Sewa for AOL then imagine where I would have been if I had…blah…blah…blah…I would have been the LORD of the world.
BUT - Daddy – I live in the real world, where real education , real service and real experience is needed unlike AOL. Though in AOL for sure I would have been a CEO / Director HR or something not just VP.
Daddy at my age I am pretty content and happy to be working at my current post - Content, satisfied and happy.
Daddy don't forget you feed on money that we earn... and don't worry we will take care of you. Also Daddy don't forget the kind of attention high profile, industrialists and celebrities get from HHSSRS...and of course Ms Bhanu who hangs around with her newly found Solitaire studded friends.
Insha allah your wishes will take me to higher levels-socially and spiritually.
Daddy Dear your comment was not at all silly I totally understand and pity your mental, social and psychological level.
Daddy don't worry I pray for you to grow and mature a little and may be one day you will also have atleast a real job which will get you not just money but confidence, strength, peace, happiness and love that you would love to share with the ones who need it.
DADDY DEAR you make me happy and I love you so much I know I will reach greater heights in times to come. Thank you for your wishes.
Ha ha…KLIM don't be mean - post all that our DADDY has to say...isn't he just so full of love and knowledge. Doesn't the rest of the world, the poor people out there, need to know that if you are not in AOL you are not spiritual…isn't that what DADDY is telling us here.
Oh and yes DADDY you can say that this much also that I have today is ALL HIS GRACE - etc etc etc ....
DADDY whatever you feel, you just be happy and use your time for something more constructive apart from reading this blog and blessing and wishing us here .
- May 27, 2010 at 4:57 AM
@at VP-HR:
Your email reflects your intellectual capacity. No wonder you are in HR...
I am employed in a prestigious university in Europe and am earning more than what you can ever imagine..
Mr Klim refuses to post my comments whenever he them very inconvenient and whenever I raise pertinent questions.
How can we believe these people? It took them 10-15 years to realize that an organization is corrupt and all wrong?
- May 27, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- KLIM and CO. said...
Your Dad, has it occurred to you that maybe noone received your comments here? I don't recall ever seeing them and not posting them. And maybe, if you did, we/I did not consider them as intelligent as you think they are ... Or maybe your aggression is not welcome? Maybe daddy, you need to practice the knowledge you cheer for and not "see intentions behind people's mistakes" and "accept people as they are" and "live the present moment". Not everyone is as smart and quick as you are. Forgive the world for not being as smart and good as you are. What I certainly hope for is that you treat your students in your university with a lot more humbleness, compassion and maturity.
- May 27, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Lakshmi said...
I can safely guess that Yourdad's expertise is in applied science/engineering. It is worth observing that technical people falls to charms to cults quite easily, and don't recognize it due to intellectual arrogance. So many of islamic suicide bombers are engineers. I am an engineer myself and during my most nerdy phase in life was taken over by AoL. Yourdad as you are in Europe, you may like to broaden your education and understanding on modern human thought and get out of your intellectual shell. Universe is bigger and more complex than the conman Ravi will ever comprehend.
- May 27, 2010 at 3:00 PM
I bet yourdad is no professor working in Europe - just another conman working for sri sri - making up things to fit his propaganda. I am sure he would love to put all his lies here since no body really looks at those pro websites even though you guys link those; There isn't anything worth looking there. yourdad: I have a suggestion why don't you go write whatever you want in those websites.
- May 27, 2010 at 5:22 PM
A request to KLIM-
Please don't post comments from yourdad. He is more of a nuisance than anything else.
- May 27, 2010 at 7:17 PM
- Prairie Princess said...
I have yet to agree with a single thing yourdad posts ( most of our real daddies are smarter anyway). But he does have a right to his point of view. Didn't some of us used to share that point of view until our eyes and minds were opened up? It can happen to yourdad. He can grow and become more aware and evolve to the next level. Hey, yourdad. You can do it. Open your mind and drop the story.
- May 28, 2010 at 12:12 AM
- dipti vaghela said...
THANK YOU for this blog. Klim, you have amazing courage. Please know that you have stopped me from going into AOL further. a close friend had pushed me into courses; i did them...but i kept being skeptical. yet, i would then re-consider. Tonite, reading your experiences have opened my eyes. Prayers for your and other ex-teachers' healing.
- May 28, 2010 at 3:31 AM
- KLIM and CO. said...
Dear readers, YourDad posted a comment today at May 28 at 7:31AM. Someone requested his stuff not be published anymore. Anyone wants it published though? Still a YourDad kind of message (I am glad he is not My Dad!). Nothing personal YourDad, but of course, in this space, they get to choose. In AoL we did not have this choice, but this is post-AoL for many of us following this blog. Salut.
- May 28, 2010 at 8:14 AM
I am glad that you saved yourself from potentially multiple years of pain and agony.
One can take yoga/pranayam/meditation courses from many better sources.
One can also contribute to many genuine charities.
- May 28, 2010 at 9:48 AM
Klim let yourdad post his message. I am sure slowly and gradually yourdad will mature and will be able to make right decision in his life.
- May 29, 2010 at 11:22 AM
@ex teacher from india-
If you want to see sampling of yourdad's comments, check this page-
It's not worth it for anyone to try to reason with him.
Let him post on AOL blogs.
- May 30, 2010 at 1:46 AM
yourdad sounds like Bawa. Same arrogance and too pleased with himself!
- May 30, 2010 at 10:48 AM
ok, I studied, got a degree, worked for a large corporation for 20 years, my CEO said the company stock will take care of me, I believed, the stock tanked, I got laid off, now I have no current skills to get a job.... I feel all the same things you are feeling, this is the same everywhere you go, and in all organisations, there is no free lunch.
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Training Parents and Educators to Function in Teams
Efforts to form and train teams of parents and educators offer the most direct route to the ultimate goal of using such partnerships to increase student achievement. Several of the highlighted PIRCs have established programs to create and train these school-based teams to focus on parent involvement and student achievement. These teams either supplement the efforts of already established school-based teams (e.g., school improvement teams, school site councils) or, if no other teams exist, become the main vehicle for partnership at a school site.
At the heart of the National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) model, which Maryland's Family Works adopted as a core program to promote, is the school-based action team for partnerships, described earlier on p. 44. The team, which is intended to be an arm of a school site council or school improvement team, develops an annual action plan that reflects its family- and community-involvement goals for the year and that ties directly to the school improvement plan and the parent involvement policy. School teams are supposed to meet at least once a month.
In early 2000, the Family Works was focusing on the topics of early childhood education, parent leadership, and communication when its director realized that the parent-school partnership piece seemed a logical extension of these foci. She contacted NNPS to seek training for her staff in program implementation and in preparation to serve as NNPS trainers themselves for participating Maryland schools. Thereafter, the Family Works staff began offering NNPS's one-day professional development workshops at which school representatives learn how to:
- Establish an action team for partnership;
- Write an annual action plan for partnerships linked to their school improvement plan;
- Use NNPS's framework (i.e., six types of involvement, located on p. 44) to include activities that will engage all families in many different ways, all linked to school improvement goals; and
- Evaluate and then work to improve the partnership program each year.15
To entice schools and districts to join the partnership, the Family Works began to cover their initial fees for joining NNPS, provide training sessions for interested district staff, pay for two substitute teachers per school for teachers on the action team to attend training, and convene periodic meetings with district NNPS members across the state to share ideas and sustain progress. The Utah Family Center, while not quite so far along in its implementation, has begun working with some schools across the state to promote the NNPS model, and it also infuses the NNPS philosophy into many of its own materials and trainings.
Pursuing goals similar to those of NNPS, ADI developed its Solid Foundation program to generate and support more effective parent involvement, particularly in communities with high poverty and children living in risky environments. ADI considers the Solid Foundation less as a program and more as a "blueprint," a highly flexible model for building school communities with components that can be tailored to support the unique needs and goals of any school or district while respecting the context of the lives of the parents, students, and educators who live there. As with the NNPS model, a major piece of the Solid Foundation model is the creation of a school community council that will guide school efforts to involve parents in meaningful ways in everything from helping their children at home to decision-making at the school policy level. The council also makes recommendations for strengthening the school improvement plan's emphasis on school-family connections. Additionally, for schools that do not already have a school-parent compact in place, the council develops one, detailing some of the basic responsibilities of parents, teachers, and students for achieving the school community's learning goals.
Once a school decides to implement the Solid Foundation model, ADI's PIRC staff work with the principal to identify 1) a teacher or other education professional at the school to serve as a facilitator for parent education activities and 2) a group of parent leaders to coordinate parent-involvement efforts in the school. This group forms the nucleus of the school community council, and these members will recommend and recruit other parents, educators, and community members to fill key roles and positions and carry out essential community-building activities as specified in Solid Foundation's materials. These activities include, for example, providing school-home communication tools for teachers and holding workshops for teachers and parents on how to work together to support student success.
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Last week the Melrose City Council passed a proclamation recognizing the one hundred year anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and the thirty year anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 68. Five Boy Scouts, and the scoutmaster and assistant scoutmaster, attended the meeting. It was great to see the council support Scouting within our community. After the council unanimously passed the proclamation the senior patrol leader stepped forward to accept a copy from the mayor. It made for a nice photo opportunity.
Here is what the proclamation states:
WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America has served our youth since 1910. Thanks to dedicated adult volunteers, more than 100 million young people have learned Scouting's lessons of patriotism, courage, and self-reliance over the past 100 years, and millions more have benefited from the service, inspiration, and leadership of the Boy Scouts.
WHEREAS, former Scouts have gone on to become leaders in all fields, including business, education, and government. The values they have learned through Scouting have given them the confidence to make ethical choices and to realize their full potential as active and responsible citizens.
WHEREAS, America's young people have always been treasured as our most precious resource. Since Scouting has had a strong positive influence on young people, it has played a vital role in shaping America's future.
WHEREAS, The Boy Scouts have clearly shown that it is possible to be innovative while remaining faithful to their principles.
WHEREAS, the Melrose Boy Scout Troop No. 68 and Cub Pack No. 68 are celebrating their 30th Anniversary.
WHEREAS, this national youth movement has made serving others through its values-based program its mission.
THEREFORE, I, Eric Seanger, Mayor of the City of Melrose, Stearns County, Minnesota, do hereby recognize February 8, 2010 as the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. The Council urges all citizens to join them in recognizing the dedication and hard work of the members of this organization.
FURTHERMORE, I, Eric Seanger, along with the entire City Council and citizens of Melrose, commend the dedicated volunteer Scout leaders and institutions that assist the Boy Scouts in benefiting the youth in our community.
IN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WHEREOF, I hereby affix my signature and caused to be affixed the official seal of the City of Melrose this 18th day of February, 2010.


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I would like people to post thaw times here when they are aware of what they are. It is helpful for getting Herb his fish, and saves people from waiting when they don't know the thaw times.
So right now it thaws approximately :55 to :15 (so 55 minutes after the hour until 15 minutes into the next hour. Example is 7:55 to 8:15)
The time will continue to shift, but this will give someone an idea of when to visit Sibiri.
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Last night I shot photos for a new Akron band called Screaming Smoldering Butt Bitches. My fave shot is the one on your left. You can find more on their MySpace page, which is linked above. It's a new page, so there's not a lot on it. But most of the photos I shot last night are there. I heard their rehearsal and predict great things for these bitches.
I'm done with Akron and the gigs with Zero Defex. I wrote a bit about that in my latest Suicide Girls article. A good time was had by all. We'll probably play again in Kent, Ohio on May 4th for part of the annual commemorations of the events at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. And if you don't know what happened at KSU on May 4, 1970 you ought to go edumacate yourself on an important event in American history.
I'm in Hamilton now visiting my very sick grandmother. I'm still planning to be back in Los Angeles for the monthly day long Zazen retreat at the Hill Street Center in Santa Monica this Saturday (November 17th). Fingers firmly crossed. I may end up running back to Ohio pretty soon thereafter. Nobody knows at this point.
Being back among all the drama and chaos of my Akron friends reminded me just how valuable Zazen practice can be. I love them all but damn it was an exhausting week.


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Apogee means the farthest or highest point. I'm usually the highest point in a room, lol, and I know that most of the tall knitters I've designed this for are as well. (Standard sizes are also included).
Apogee is a top-down v-neck cardigan with a wide collar and toggle closures. The raglan shaping incloses a cable, which travels down the body to create waist shaping, and back up the arm for a fun sleeve detail. Cables flow organically into the ribbing. It's the perfect boyfriend-style cardigan, and includes traditional and tall lengths (5'10" - 6'6"). (The sample design was knit to fit a 38" bust, 6' tall.)
This pattern is worked from the top-down, back and forth in one piece. Sleeves are worked in the round. Actual bust size (34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 inches); Finished size (35.25, 37, 39, 40.75, 42.5, 45 inches). Yardage listed above is for the tall sizes; standard sizes requires 1100-1320 yds. Both are estimates; please check the return policy of your LYS, and consider purchasing an extra skein if you are taller than 6' 2" and concerned about running out.
To knit this pattern, you should be familiar with cables and reading a chart, and you'll need the following supplies:
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HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The York College women's tennis team successfully completed their annual trip to Hilton Head, S.C. today as the Spartans topped St. Vincent 6-3. The Green and White improve their early-season mark to a strong 4-0 while the Bearcats, who play a majority of their season in the fall, drop to 14-7.
The Spartans, who are off to their best start in over ten years, opened up the contest by taking two of the three doubles matches. Samantha Brenner and Megan McCullin combined to take second doubles by an 8-4 result. Rookies Arcondia Vlahos and Joelle Stasak put together an 8-4 triumph at third doubles.
York went on to secure four of the six singles matches as two of the four wins went to three sets. Junior captain Katelyn Acker secured the two-set triumph as she won second singles 6-3, 6-3.
Brenner tallied the victory in the third slot as she came back to record the 1-6, 6-2, 10-4 win. Vlahos, who registered the other two-set win, picked up her fourth win of her rookie year as she secured the fifth spot 7-6 (2-0), 6-3.
Nicole Olson, another Spartan freshman seeing court time in just her first year, posted a tight 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 victory in sixth singles.
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Clint Eastwood joined more than 100 Republicans in signing a brief to the Supreme Court arguing that same-sex marriage should be legal, according to NBC News.
An Eastwood rep, as well as a spokesman for the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the group spearheading opposition to California's law banning same-sex marriage, confirmed that the Oscar-winning actor and director signed the brief, which is expected to be filed Thursday in the Proposition 8 case.
Other high-profile people who have filed briefs in the case include Minnesota Vikings' punter Chris Kluwe and Baltimore Ravens' linebacker Bredon Ayanbadejo.
The conservative website Breitbart.com first reported that Eastwood signed the brief.
The nation's high court will hear arguments in the case on March 26. Thursday is the last day for briefs to be filed in the case, and officials told NBC the Justice Department will urge the court to approve gay marriage in California.
The California Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that the state had to allow same-sex marriage. Some 18,000 same-sex couples wed before Prop. 8 was passed, prohibiting gays and lesbians from marrying. Lower courts have ruled the law is unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court will also hear arguments in late March on Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition of same-sex marriage.
For Eastwood, it is the first high-profile foray into the national political scene since his controversial appearance at the Republican National Convention, when he sharply criticized President Obama in a routine that had him talking to an empty chair.
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When I look out over the Cliffs of Moher, one of my favourite places on this earth, I think about how difficult it must have been for those forced to leave such a place of beauty, the land of their ancestors, and I am very grateful that none of my ancestors were forced to make such a decision.
What is it that those bound to emigrate away from Ireland thought about as they looked out over the sea? What was in their hearts? What kind of life did they hope would be waiting for them away from Ireland's shores? As we view these images and read the poem, 'The Emigrant Irish' by Eavan Boland, we have the opportunity to take a moment to contemplate what many Irish had to face, and we can be grateful for every wonderful moment given to us on this earth.
'The Emigrant Irish'
Like oil lamps, we put them out the back——
of our houses, of our minds. We had lights
better than, newer than and then
a time came, this time and now
we need them. Their dread, makeshift example:
they would have thrived on our necessities.
What they survived we could not even live.
By their lights now it is time to
imagine how they stood there, what they stood with,
that their possessions may become our power:
Cardboard. Iron. Their hardships parceled in them.
Patience. Fortitude. Long-suffering
in the bruise-colored dusk of the New World.
And all the old songs. And nothing to lose.
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Mental Health America's Regional Policy Council will host an issue forum in Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday, November 26, on Transferring Lessons Learned in the Public Behavioral Health System to the Expanded Options under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The briefing will be held at the Hilton Newark Penn Station, 1048 Raymond Blvd., from 10:00 am to 12 Noon.
The inclusion of mental health and substance use disorder services in the new state exchanges created under the ACA will do much to improve access to care. The forum will examine how the recovery practices utilized in the public mental health can be translated into services that will be provided under the ACA.
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April Velasco, Ph.D., Deputy Regional Health Administrator, US Department of Health and Human Services— Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
Mady Chalk, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Performance-Based Policy at the Treatment Research Institute (TRI), Philadelphia, PA— Research and Policy in Substance Use Treatment
Dennis O. Romero, M.A., Regional Administrator, Region II, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—Parity
Sandy Forquer, Senior Vice President for State Government Programs, OptumHealth Public Sector—Historical Overview of Peer Support Programs
Peter Ashenden, Consumer/survivor and Director of Consumer Affairs at OptumHealth— Peer Support Services: an Emerging Resource for Health Reform
Mark Salzer, Principal Investigator and Director of the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities—Community Inclusion Outcomes and Why Community Inclusion is Medically Necessary
Mental Health America's Regional Policy Council is a network of affiliate leaders who monitor and advocate for ACA implementation efforts in the states. This is the fourth in a series of forums on implementation being held around the country.
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DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Blue Jays closer Casey Janssen will miss the start of the season with a left abdominal and lower back strain.
Toronto placed its veteran right-hander on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday afternoon. The move is backdated to March 29, which means the earliest Janssen will be available this season is April 13 vs. the Orioles.
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Blue Jays closer Casey Janssen will miss the start of the season with a left abdominal and lower back strain.
Toronto placed its veteran right-hander on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday afternoon. The move is backdated to March 29, which means the earliest Janssen will be available this season is April 13 vs. the Orioles.
Janssen had been bothered by a sore right shoulder all spring, but this is the first time he's dealt with a back issue. Janssen suffered the injury while warming up during Friday night's game against the Mets in Montreal, and the discomfort lingered into the weekend.
"We don't expect him to be out too long," Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. "There was a scenario where we could have waited five or six days, try to get back going, but we want to have this thing resolved and not nag at him. He's going to continue to throw to keep his arm in shape, and then once it's completely gone, we'll get him [throwing] off the mound, and we don't expect to lose him for too long."
The 32-year-old Janssen made just three appearances during the Grapefruit League season because of his shoulder injury. He was in a no-throw situation for the first several weeks of camp and had been in a rush to get ready for Opening Day.
Right-hander Sergio Santos will temporarily take over as the Blue Jays' primary closer. Santos was originally acquired prior the 2012 season to become Toronto's closer, but he battled a series of injuries before eventually settling into a setup role.
Santos saved 30 games for the White Sox in 2011 and has a career ERA of 3.21 in 145 2/3 innings. Right-hander Steve Delabar and left-hander Brett Cecil will likely handle the eighth-inning duties.
Janssen's injury has prompted the Blue Jays to go with a seven-man bullpen. The original plan was to start the year with eight relievers, but the injury caused the club to change course, as catcher Erik Kratz has been recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to take Janssen's spot on the 25-man roster.
The promotion of Kratz comes at least as somewhat of a surprise, considering it means the Blue Jays now have three catchers on their 25-man roster. It's also an understandable move, though, because Kratz gives Toronto a much needed right-handed bat off the bench.
The Blue Jays' reserves now include Kratz, catcher Josh Thole, infielder Maicer Izturis and outfielder Moises Sierra. Infielder Ryan Goins and designated hitter Adam Lind both struggled against left-handed pitching, and the addition of Kratz gives the Blue Jays a little more flexibility to use platoons or late-inning pinch hitters.
Thole is R.A. Dickey's personal catcher, but this opens up the possibility of the switch-hitting Dioner Navarro getting the start on Opening Day vs. the Rays and left-hander David Price.
"We could have gone a number of ways with it. Just because we're going this way, doesn't mean it can't change three days in, four days in, five days in," Anthopoulos said. "I know the focus is on the Opening Day roster, but the roster Opening Day can change the following day. It's really not that big of a change compared to the roster you'd have in the middle of April.
"We're going to start this way. We face three left-handers in our first seven games and having as many right-handed bat options makes the most sense now. We may change that five days in, a week in, two days in, if we decide we need an outfielder, a guy that can steal a base -- all those types of things."
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MONROE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio church says a giant Jesus statue is on schedule to be installed next month, replacing one that was destroyed in a lightning fire.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the new Jesus statue will be installed outside the Solid Rock Church in Monroe along Interstate 75. The installation was originally scheduled for July.
The first statue was destroyed more than two years ago after it was hit by lightning. It depicted a waist-up Jesus with arms uplifted, and had the nickname "Touchdown Jesus," or "Big Butter Jesus" for its creamy color.
The new concrete-looking statue, a full-bodied Jesus with arms reaching out, is being built at a factory near Dayton. The newspaper reports one sculptor says it's already received the nickname, "Hug Me Jesus."


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3 Doors Down back on road with Daughtry
After spending six weeks on the road with the Gang of Outlaws tour with ZZ Top and Gretchen Wilson last spring, you would think 3 Doors Down would want to get back to doing headlining tours of its own.
Instead, the band embarked on a fall co-headlining tour with Daughtry that was so successful, the two rock powerhouses decided to add a second leg to the tour, which comes to the Mohegan Sun Arena Sunday night, Feb. 17.
"It was really cool. It was one of the best tours we've ever done," 3 Doors Down guitarist Chris Henderson said in a recent phone interview from Nashville, Tenn. "Attendance was good and everyone's fans kind of crossed over and it was all received well and everyone got along. I can't complain at all.
"I like the co-headlining thing, because I don't have to stay up late every night," he added, with a laugh. "On the nights (Daughtry) closes, I'm done early. It's awesome."
For Henderson and his bandmates -- singer Brad Arnold, bassist Todd Harrell, guitarist Chet Roberts and drummer Greg Upchurch -- this tour is a dream pairing long in the making between two bands that consistently top the modern rock charts.
"We've been trying to do this for years and years and years, but we could just never really schedule it," Henderson said. "With him being so busy and us being so busy, different things always came up. But we've always kept in touch, we've always been friends.
"So we decided to just ask him again if he wanted to go out and do a co-headlining tour and it just worked out where he was available and we were available and here we are."
While it doesn't have a new album of material to promote, 3 Doors Down did release "The Greatest Hits" in November, which includes nine of their biggest hits -- including such chart-toppers as "Kryptonite," "When I'm Gone" and "It's Not My Time" -- as well as three new songs.
"I think it was time for new music from us," Henderson said. "Our other guitar player just left the band for health reasons and (we didn't want to sit) down with a whole new lineup and try to write 12 new songs and put out a full record. Maybe it wouldn't have worked, maybe it would've worked.
"But I think that, as a band, it was important to get new music out there, and what better way to get new music out there than as part of a greatest-hits record. The label was really supportive of the idea, so it all worked out."
The new tunes are the first recordings with Roberts, who took over for Matt Roberts, no relation.
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"It's been great," Henderson said of working with Chet Roberts. "He was my (guitar) tech, so he's been around for four or five years. He plays guitar well, sings. It's all good.
"He had been working at my studio as an engineer and that's how I met him. He plays guitar really well and he knows how to take care of a guitar, so I said, `Why don't you come out and be my guitar tech and tour the world?'
"That worked out for about four years and when this thing with Matt came up, he was there. He already knew all the parts, so that's how he got the gig."
With the latest lineup change behind them, the members of 3 Doors Down can now look to the future, which should include getting to work on a new album.
"We're working on that," Henderson said. "Our thing was to put some new music out with the greatest-hits album, and then start working on a new record.
"Other than that, it's tour, tour, tour. We're going to go strong all year. It's going to be pretty cool."
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With the "final" release of IE8 for Windows Vista and other versions of Windows in several languages, we've been focused on finishing IE8 in Windows 7. We'll blog soon about the updates in IE8 in the Windows 7 Release Candidate around the Windows 7-specific features, like tabs in the taskbar, jump list, and touch. Today's post is about reliability and telemetry.
As in Win7, an important goal in IE8 was increasing reliability. For example, IE8 isolates crashing tabs from each other. If you're listening to music in one tab, and the site you're using in another tab crashes, IE8 isolates the crashed tab so the music doesn't stop playing. We also pay very close attention to the data that users opt-in to sending Microsoft about their experience. We use that telemetry to adjust the product after release. We described some examples in another post during the Windows 7 Beta.
Delayed responsiveness (or a "hang") or non-responsiveness (or a "hard hang") are just as frustrating to users. For the Win7 RC, we wanted to get much, much better telemetry about browser responsiveness "in the real world." There's a challenge in having software detect non-responsiveness in itself, kind of like asking a classroom "anyone not here please speak up."
For the Win7 RC, we added functionality to IE8 that lowers the threshold for identifying delayed responsiveness that might be a hang. Basically, IE's frame uses a timer, and if the tab doesn't respond within a given interval of time, the frame gives the user the choice to recover the page, close the page, or wait for the tab to respond. If the tab responds on its own, IE takes down these choices.
A tab might become non-responsive like this for different reasons. The webpage in the tab might use a plug-in that is very busy pulling down a lot of video information from a slow server and then processing it. The webpage might be on an intranet (e.g. http://salarydata) and different authentication mechanisms are negotiating, slowly, what the user is allowed to see. Sometimes, it's an issue with IE. Better telemetry here is crucial in figuring out what we, as engineers, do differently here.
Whatever the underlying reason, the challenge here is how sensitive to make this timer. Too long a timer (for example, 10 minutes), and impatient users might not give it a chance to appear. Too short a timer (for example, one millisecond), and this dialog may appear and disappear a lot during regular browsing. Again, the goal was to get information about real world browsing to improve IE's responsiveness and reliability.
Based on the initial, Microsoft-internal, data after putting this in the product, we thought the experience was unobtrusive and overall better for users because it provides more information to improve the product. As more data has started to come in from external Win7 users, we've seen an increase in reports. We're watching the data very closely to understand how well this works for the larger set of users. If we see data that makes us think this is not a good experience, then we'll release (as we have before) an update to address it.
While we continue to track the telemetry, if you are debugging IE either with the IE Developer Tools or a debugger, and you attempt to interact with the IE window, there is a chance that you will see this dialog. Although this will not impact your debugging it may be more convenient to turn this dialog off. Or if you're running Win7 RC and are seeing this prompt more than you should or would want to, you can turn it off by changing the following registry key:
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Cellcept for Treatment of Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (JUMP)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01399047
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 21, 2011
Results First Posted : January 23, 2017
Last Update Posted : January 23, 2017
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The primary objective of this trial is to establish the safety and tolerability of short-term (8 weeks) administration of mycophenolate mofetil in ambulatory children with JNCL. The secondary objective is to gather preliminary evidence of the short-term (8 week) impact of mycophenolate mofetil on clinically relevant features of JNCL as measured by the Unified Batten Disease Rating Scale (UBDRS), including motor features, seizures, behavior, cognitive and functional measures.
Funding source-FDA Office of Orphan Product Development (OOPD).
|Condition or disease
|Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
|Drug: Mycophenolate mofetil Drug: Liquid Placebo
|Phase 2
Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (JNCL) is a fatal disorder. Currently treatment is symptomatic. Thus, there is a real need to intervene and slow the progression of this disease. Preliminary data on genetic knock-down of the ability to mount an immune response in cln3-knockout mice is supportive of a strategy for treating JNCL with an immuno-suppressive agent. Many drugs with the ability to suppress the immune system are steroidal and deemed unsuitable for long-term administration to children. Mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept) is used as an immunosuppressive agent in allogenic transplants in pediatric patients and is therefore approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for pediatric use.
The study design is a double-blind, randomized, 22-week cross-over study of mycophenolate mofetil vs. placebo. After a 4-week washout period, subjects will undergo blinded crossover from active study drug to placebo or from placebo to active study drug.
Subjects and caregivers will be evaluated in person in the University of Rochester Batten Center (URBC) at screening/baseline, and at weeks 8, 12, and 20. In addition, subjects will be evaluated by their local clinician who is a formalized member of the research team. Such contacts will occur at Weeks 2, 4, 14, 16, and any unscheduled or early termination visits. There will also be regular telephone contact between the URBC and the local clinician.
We have selected the dosage currently FDA approved for use in children being treated for prophylaxis of renal transplant rejection.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|19 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase II, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial of the Safety and Tolerability of Mycophenolate in Children With Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
|Study Start Date :
|July 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|November 2015
|Active Comparator: Mycophenolate Mofetil
Drug: Mycophenolate mofetil
The liquid dosage will be individualized, contingent upon the subject's weight. Subjects will receive 50% of the target dose (300mg/m2/dose BID) during Week 0-Week 2, then increase to the full dose (600mg/m2/dose BID) in Week 3, continuing at this dose through Week 8. Additionally, due to the risk of gastrointestinal disturbance (hemorrhage, ulcer), children will also receive prophylactic Prilosec (Omeprazole) for the duration of the study, during both the mycophenolate and placebo arms.
Other Name: Cellcept
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo liquid
Drug: Liquid Placebo
The dosage will be individualized, contingent upon the subject's weight. Subjects will receive 50% of the target dose (300mg/m2/dose BID) during Week 0-Week 2, then increase to the full dose (600mg/m2/dose BID) in Week 3, continuing at this dose through Week 8. Additionally, due to the risk of gastrointestinal disturbance (hemorrhage, ulcer), children will also receive prophylactic Prilosec (omeprazole) for the duration of the study, during both the mycophenolate and placebo arms.
- Tolerability [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]The primary outcome measure is tolerability, defined as the completion of 8 weeks on the assigned dosage of study drug.
- Preliminary Evidence of Efficacy [ Time Frame: 8 week ]To gather preliminary evidence of the short-term (8 week) impact of mycophenolate mofetil on clinically relevant features of Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis as measured by the Unified Batten Disease Rating Scale, including motor features, seizures, behavior, cognitive and functional measures.
- Feasibility of Clinical Trials in Rare DisorderTo pilot the feasibility of conducting controlled clinical trials of this rare neurological disorder base on collaboration between a national center of excellence in the disease (URBC), and children's local care-providers (pediatricians and/or local neurologists.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|6 Years to 25 Years (Child, Adult)
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- JNCL as determined by a characteristic clinical presentation and confirmatory genetic evidence.
- Able to walk 10 feet without assistance beyond that required due to vision impairment.
- Subjects with local treating clinician (pediatrician or neurologist) willing to conduct the trial according to the protocol, good clinical practice, and applicable regulations.
- Subjects with a parent/legal guardian willing to accompany them to all study visits, oversee study drug compliance, and monitor and report to local treating clinician/investigator and the URBC investigative personnel any signs of adversity.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to tolerate oral administration of medications
- Concomitant medical condition, which, in the opinion of the local treating clinician, the parent(s)/guardian, or the URBC study investigator would place the child at greater than acceptable risk from: 1) travel by plane or car to the URBC on four occasions over the course of 22 weeks, 2) exposure to mycophenolate mofetil at protocol defined dosages for periods up to 8 weeks.
- Anticipated inability of the child (on the part of the investigator, parent/guardian, or URBC study personnel) to comply with the rigors of the protocol..
- Use of disallowed concomitant medications.
- Administration of immunosuppressive medications
- History of any prior exposure to mycophenolate mofetil
- History of hypersensitivity to mycophenolate mofetil, or any other component of the product
- History of frank gastrointestinal hemorrhage, ulceration, or melena
- White blood cell count < 3000/μL, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1500/μL, hemoglobin < 10g/dL, or thrombocytopenia <100,000/μL.
- Abnormal liver function (aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or bilirubin greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal)
- Pregnancy or vulnerability to engage in sexual intercourse based on report of the parent/guardian, judgment of the local treating clinician/investigator or judgment of the URBC study personnel.
- Positive Tuberculosis test
- Immunizations not up to date for age according to Centers for Disease Control guidelines
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01399047
|United States, New York
|University of Rochester
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|Principal Investigator:
|Erika F Augustine, MD
|University of Rochester
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Erika Augustine, PI, University of Rochester
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01399047 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|July 21, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|January 23, 2017
|Last Update Posted:
|January 23, 2017
|Last Verified:
|November 2016
Keywords provided by Erika Augustine, University of Rochester:
Batten Disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses
Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Mycophenolic Acid
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antineoplastic Agents
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Antitubercular Agents
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
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Chelsea was born September 28, 1992 and brought more joy into our lives than we can express in words. At the age of 11, she began having occasional seizures, until one night, April 19, 2009, at the age of 16, Chelsea died very unexpectedly after having a seizure in her sleep. The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation was created in loving memory of our precious daughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend, Chelsea Alice Hutchison.
No one had ever told us a seizure could take her life. The term, SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) is a term we would learn to know well.
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