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Interns sought for human rights voluntary work in Ghana
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) offers internships at its African headquarters in Accra, Ghana.
UK-based Projects Abroad has been exclusively selected by the CHRI to provide law students as interns for this exciting project based in Ghana.
Law student Danica Mullarkey, currently studying for a Masters at the London School of Economics, took up an internship at the CHRI in Accra during 2005.
She said, "Placed at The British Council – The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, I was truly made to feel that being a law student from England was of some real value, and not just merely as a volunteer who had come to make the tea. I was able to get straight into making a difference, and got involved in looking into Human Rights abuses by the Ghana police service, interviewing witnesses and documenting their testimonies, and researching material for the state of prison conditions in Ghana.
"I was also able to attend Human Rights conferences. Among the attendees was the Presidential advisor on HIV/AIDS. I met parliamentarians to discuss the state of family-planning services across Ghana. Projects Abroad responded to the interests I had explained pre-departure and placed me with an organisation that truly furthered my interests in Human Rights law."
Peter Slowe, Director at Projects Abroad, said, "We are very proud that we have been chosen by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative to work with them in Africa. We are looking for anyone with an interest in rights and society in the developing world to take part in this unique work and cultural experience.
"We have a contract with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative to supply the volunteer interns through our Ghana programme. We expect to send many interns from the UK, the US and Western Europe over the next few years."
To take part in this project, Projects Abroad charges £1,445 for a month, £1,695 for two months, £1,945 for three months and £395 for each additional month up to a maximum of six months. The package includes: full in-country back-up from Projects Abroad own staff, food and accommodation, insurance, airport transfers, comprehensive orientation and social events.
Interns live with carefully selected Ghanaian host-families and soon develop some cultural understanding as a context for the human rights work.
Set up in 1992, Projects Abroad specialises in offering students a diverse range of Gap Year and other projects and destinations throughout Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Projects Abroad offers 80 different placements in areas such as sport, medicine, teaching, conservation, journalism, business and community development.
For further information please contact Projects Abroad on 01273 007230 or visit www.projects-abroad.co.uk.
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"If he popped up in the pinch he should of made a base hit and the reason he didn't was so-and-so. And if he cracked one for three bases he ought to had a home run, only the ball wasn't lively, or the wind brought it back, or he tripped on a lump o' dirt, roundin' first base."
— Ring Lardner, "Alibi Ike" (1915)
The Republicans' 2012 presidential nominee will run against Alibi Ike. Lardner, a Chicago sportswriter, created that character ("His right name was Frank X. Farrell, and I guess the X stood for 'Excuse me.' "), who resembles Chicagoan Barack Obama. After blaming his predecessor for this and that, and after firing all the arrows in liberalism's quiver — the stimulus, cash for clunkers, etc. — Obama seems poised to blame the recovery's anemia on Republican resistance to simultaneously raising the debt ceiling and taxes.
So the Republican nominee's campaign theme can already be written. In 1960, candidate John Kennedy's theme was: "We can do better." In 2012, the Republican candidate should say "Is this the best we can do?"
In the contest to determine who will wield those words, there have been three important recent developments: Michele Bachmann's swift ascent into the top tier of candidates, Tim Pawlenty's perch there becoming wobbly and Jon Huntsman's mystifying approach to securing a place there.
Bachmann has been propelled by three strengths: Her natural aptitude, honed by considerable practice, has made her formidable at the presentational side of politics. She has perfect pitch for the nominating electorate's passions. And she has substantive private- and public-sector experience, as a tax lawyer and as a legislator on, among others, the House intelligence committee.
But she also has a deficiency — indiscipline — that can, if not promptly corrected, vitiate her assets. Unprepared for the intense scrutiny presidential campaigns receive, she trustingly repeats things told to her (confusing Concord, Mass., with Concord, N.H., and John Wayne with the mass murderer John Wayne Gacy), and she plunges into peripheral and utterly optional subjects she has not mastered (e.g., the Founders and slavery). Her staff, which is not ready for prime time, is not serving as a filter to protect her from eager but misinformed supporters, and from herself.
Pawlenty, a more ardent than discerning admirer of John McCain, is suddenly echoing McCain's unhistorical and nonsensical canard that skepticism about nation-building in Afghanistan and opposition to the intervention in Libya's civil war constitute isolationism. "America," Pawlenty says, astonishingly, "already has one political party devoted to decline, retrenchment and withdrawal. It does not need a second one." The Democratic Party supporting a Democratic president's plunge into Libya is devoted to "withdrawal"? If only.
Occasionally there are Democratic presidential candidates who appeal to people who really do not like Democrats (e.g., former Arizona governor Bruce Babbitt in 1988), and Republicans who appeal to people who think Republicans are among nature's mistakes (e.g., Illinois Rep. John Anderson in 1980). Huntsman seems to be auditioning for this role, which is puzzling, because such people are not nominated.
Huntsman's campaign manager, John Weaver, a former McCain man, believes the Republican Party "is nowhere near being a national governing party" — a view usually held by people called Democrats — and that the "simple reason" is: "No one wants to be around a bunch of cranks." Many of the cranks are called: The Republican nominating electorate.
Announcing his candidacy near the Statue of Liberty, where Ronald Reagan began his 1980 post-convention campaign, Huntsman promised "civility" because "I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation" when running for president. Actually, you do.
You must say why your opponent deserves a reputation for inadequacy. So Reagan at that spot said Jimmy Carter's "whole sorry record" was "a litany of despair, of broken promises, of sacred trusts abandoned and forgotten." Reagan said Carter's "cynical" proposals had produced "human tragedy, human misery, the crushing of the human spirit." Reagan's forthrightness was neither uncivil nor, in the electorate's November opinion, untrue.
Who will carry the "Is This the Best We Can Do?" banner? So far, the serene front-runner, Mitt Romney, has nothing to fear from Huntsman's politics of high-mindedness. Bachmann's saliency with social conservatives, and the lurchings of Pawlenty's campaign, threatens Pawlenty's all-in wager on Iowa. And the potential fragility of Bachmann's campaign turns attention to the last piece of the Republican puzzle — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a high-octane social and economic conservative whom nobody could confuse with Alibi Ike.

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This post is the second part of The Extreme Makeover Challenge Room Re-Design
Link Visual Strategies To Support Expressive Communication with Alternative-Augmentative Communication ( AAC )
As consultants, we meet these extreme makeover challenges every day by assisting caregivers and professionals to physically re-structure living and learning environments, and by implementing and linking tailored visual strategies to support expressive communication with Alternative-Augmentative Communication ( AAC ).
We define AAC as the use of materials, techniques and equipment to compensate for expressive communication limitations individuals may exhibit, and to provide varied methods that allow for success in the communication process. AAC methods are tailored for individuals based on cognitive level, physical abilities, academic needs and communication settings, and include the following most common methods:
- Speech Generating Devices (SGD)– SGDs are electronic equipment with speech output capabilities, that may be programmed,
and offer the individual with increased communication opportunities. In Rising, we discuss various uses of SGDs such as in this device which allows children to communicate information between school and home. Other applications include communicating messages to answer questions, participate in academic lessons, offer social greetings, relay information, exchange thoughts, and interact with significant members in their lives at home, school, and in the community.\
- Picture Exchange Communication System ( PECS )– PECS is an augmentative communication system designed to facilitate quick, effective, functional communication. It is a concrete visual-based program that encourages communication. Although speech emerges with some individuals and verbal speech is indirectly encouraged, PECS is not specifically designed to teach speech. Its primary objective is to establish an understanding about the purpose and method of communication exchanges, and to facilitate communication by providing the opportunity to relay messages through pictures. We have found a number of our students have been very successful communicating via PECS.S
- Symbolic Language System–We define symbolic language systems as any method of communication that utilizes
an action or material, assigns specific messages to it, and relies upon it consistently to relay meaning to the listener. A symbolic language system provides a consistent and easy-to-interpret method of relaying messages when a verbal message cannot be presented intelligibly. Pictures of items or places, labels of products, objects, gestures, and vocalizations are most commonly used to depict representations of desired messages. Rising illustrates many types of symbolic language systems to relay messages for many communication situations such as communication boards, eye gaze charts, and communication binders.
These are some of the elements required to meet the challenge of a successful re-design. We have observed children with autism, other PDDs, and AAC , achieve organization and success, improved behavior, social skills, and communication success when adults implement the strategies we've shared.
Carol L. Spears and Dr. Vicki L. Turner are Speech Language Pathologists, Assistive Technologists, and Alternative/Augmentative Communication Specialists. They utilize extensive professional experience, continuing education, and personal perspectives when working with students with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders to provide evidence based interventions. They are co-authors of the book, Rising to new heights of communication and learning for children autism. They are partners in the private consultation practice, Communication by Design Specialists, LLC (CoDeS). CoDeS, located in Northeast Ohio, provide caregivers and professionals with compassionate support and training in homes, educational institutions, and workshop settings. You can follow then on Twitter at @autismplus and find them on Facebook at Communication-by-Design-Specialists-LLC.


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Beautiful mountain paintings by Nino Malfatti (1940 - ).
Via: But does it float.
My first thought was the mountain imagery of Ed Ruscha. Then there are the lovely mountain studies and murals of Violette le Duc which I referenced on my blog.
Nyydelige. Kom da snø!
fine! men kan ikke du skrive litt om pepperkakehus?
We love his work !
Every post is a new beautiful surprise!


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I continue to say that with the right gear, prot spec can be a viable PVP spec. With Devastate being such a low rage ability, it can be used quite a bit. Granted you don't get massive burst damage with this spec (other than execute), but you can still dish out significant damage, and you will really shine if you are coupled with other melee players.
I haven't had much luck getting arena teams to let me try out this spec in 5v, but I actually feel that in a melee heavy 5v team, that you could do okay.
On a related note, as Horde, queue times for AV have gotten ridiculous. I was queued for nearly an hour and a half for this particular AV. Come on Alliance, I know you guys had it EZ Mode for the longest time before the change, but don't QQ and just refuse to go anymore, learn to win at the new AV!


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2013: Played in all 12 games while making three starts ... Finished sixth on the team with 37 tackles along with half a tackle for loss ... Tied for third on the squad with four special teams stops ... Had five tackles in the season opener at ECU ... Had a team-high eight tackles in the FBS victory at Idaho ... Had another team-high with nine tackles against Campbell ... Finished his ODU career sixth in school history with 178 tackles ... He graduates with three career interceptions, two forced fumbles and 14 pass breakups.
2012: Played in all 13 games, making three starts ... Tied for sixth on the team with 50 tackles ... Had one interception and three pass breakups on the year ... Recorded seven tackles and an interception in the win over William and Mary ... Tied career-high with 11 stops at No. 13 JMU ... Recorded five tackles in the win against Coastal Carolina ... Had eight tackles against No. 6 Georgia Southern.
2011: Appeared in all 13 games with one start ... Captured 56 tackles (32 solo, 24 assisted), only second to Carvin Powell among safeties ... Captured a season-high 11 tackles in the first round FCS playoff victory over Norfolk State ... Also had eight stops in the week 11 regular season finale at William & Mary ... Registered five tackles in the week one win over Campbell, the week six win over Rhode Island, the Monarchs' first CAA road win, in week nine with No. 9/10 James Madison, ODU's first ever top-10 victory, and in week ten in the regular season home finale with Richmond ... Had two tackles for loss including a seven-yard loss in the week nine victory over No. 9/10 James Madison.
2010: Appeared in all 11 games as a true freshman ... Made two starts (Hampton and VMI) at strong safety and also played on special teams ... Totaled 35 tackles (12 solo, 23 assisted) including a season-high and game-high 10 stops (5 solo, 3 assisted) against Gardner-Webb ... Also made eight stops, including one TFL, against Hampton (5 solo, 3 assisted) ... Registered pass break-ups in games with No. 12/13 William & Mary, Hampton, and VMI.
HIGH SCHOOL: Quarterback for the 2009 State Champion Phoebus ... As a junior, threw for six touchdowns and no interceptions ... Second Team All-Peninsula District as a punter in 2008 ... One of the top safeties in the district, having earned First-Team All-Peninsula District honors.
PERSONAL: Born June 15, 1992 ... Son of Jocelyn Morant ... Has five sisters, Natalie, Sheena, Mariana, Naomi, and Stephanie, and one brother, Carlton ... Majoring in sports management.


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The months left on the calendar are dwindling, and the holiday season will soon be upon us once again. Before you get caught up in the swing of costume parties, family dinners and gift exchanges, why not set aside time to do something for yourself? Now could be the perfect time to schedule that upper endoscopy you've kept on the back burner all year long.
When it comes to scheduling medical procedures, we often have a laundry list of concerns. How much will it cost? Can I afford to take the time off work? Can it wait? Any time is a good time to make your health a priority, but there are certain advantages to scheduling your procedure before the end of the year. Here are a few:
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ari moshe
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
Reply #225 on:
Dec 04, 2012, 08:01 PM »
Hello Rita,
The Soul and the nature of its dual desires:
Pluto in the second house would tell us that this Soul has been for many life times perfecting its self sustenance and self reliance through strengthening its values and beliefs and its wealth. Giving it the impression/ belief that these separating desires, that material wealth and its rooted values give it happiness and emotional security. It is attached to past habits, (Pluto) these habits, values and beliefs are well integrated so it feels comfortable and secure. Unconsciously it keeps on holding on to these past patterns of behavior and ways of thinking, refusing to open itself to other points of view.
Change is very difficult as it is a fixed house and with Pluto 2nd house, it will hold on to all its past values beliefs and wealth, (why) because its worse fear is of loosing its security, as it believes that happiness comes from material wealth, and finds it difficult to share all that it has worked so hard to achieve, be these material wealth, values or beliefs.
That's good. The greatest fear is linked to the change of the world it has identified as necessary for it's own survival/continuance in this world linked to whatever it's deepest values are based on it's inner relationship to itself.
However one thing to understand and correct about what you said is that this does not necessarily have a direct linkage to wealth. The well that the frog lives in can just as much be a mansion as it can be a homeless shelter. The well is truly an inner state of being: it's an inner relationship to one'self which correlates to the soul's core sense of self-value and meaning of it's own life. This of course will translate to a very fixed relationship to its physical reality, all aspects of it, as a natural expression of the limitations inherent within the soul's inner relationship with itself.
Eventually this behavior pattern creates stagnation and no evolution occurs and the Soul desires to grow and evolve will be stronger. Outside circumstances will occur, such as; confrontations with others / internal confrontations with itself in relationship to the values or beliefs that it has. Through PPP 8th house, these self analysis and confrontations with others, will force it out of its isolation, seclusion, contort zone or even laziness, all because of deep rooted fears of change and security issues, that the known represents.
The eight house will show it through others how its value system is limited, and why it relates to itself the way it does. This will force it to revalue its values and how it relates to itself and open up to different values and beliefs. This opening up will fulfill the desire to know more through others, broadening its knowledge and it is automatically fulfilling the second desire of its Soul that is to return to its original Source. This simply because it opened up to other realities, points of view / jumped out of the well and it is nearer to the Source or its Creator.
It will come to realize that its need for material wealth will gradually diminish, it will come to realize that there is no need to hoard or keep for itself and that to share with others will give it the happiness it has never found before when it kept its wealth to itself. It will no longer be threatened or feel insecure of itself for having different values, beliefs or religions of other people, as it has understood that there are many roads leading to the same end.
This would be relevant if there were some sort of 9th house/Sag element involved here. Beliefs correlate to Sag.
In other words its own belief system, values, material wealth and the way it relates to itself will completely change and expand, giving it the ability to understand that security and happiness comes from within and not because of what it owns or possesses.It will also feel secure with the belief system it has adapted for itself through other beliefs and value systems that it has incorporated with its own.
I don´t know how to do it better,
You are doing a great job Rita. While more depth can be offered, I feel you do understand this correctly.
I recommend that you just keep on going and as a rule, to keep focused on the teachings of Jeff Green. As always ask questions about absolutely anything that you feel within yourself that you don't fully grasp. This is what this message board is for: to assist those who wish to learn to learn. There is always no one to compare ourselves to other than our own selves.
And once again I feel your writing and comprehension has developed immensely in just the short time you've been practicing this work. Bravo for you ! Thank you for your efforts.
God bless,
With love
Ari Moshe
ari moshe
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
Reply #226 on:
Dec 05, 2012, 02:12 AM »
Hello everyone,
We are now ready to move on to the next step! First I wish to ask the group: do you feel ready to add the sn and it's ruler by house, or would you prefer to just add the sn by house first?
With love,
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
Reply #227 on:
Dec 05, 2012, 02:16 AM »
Hi Ari,
Thank you once again for this opportunity, it is thanks to you and the MB if i have done any improvement in this work, again thank you Ari and thank you all.
Whatever you feel we are up to i am on board.
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
Reply #228 on:
Dec 05, 2012, 10:27 AM »
Hi Ari,
Any way you or others feel is appropriate is fine by me...
All the best,
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
Reply #229 on:
Dec 05, 2012, 04:48 PM »
Hi Ari,
I have a slight preference for breaking it down in to two separate steps so that the distinctions are more clearly made as steps get added. I am happy to go along with the groups wishes which ever way you decide to do it! Thanks.
ari moshe
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
Reply #230 on:
Dec 05, 2012, 07:51 PM »
Hi all,
We will now be placing this south node in the 12th house. The assignment now is to create a past life context for this soul: what evolutionary and karmic dynamics are implied by this basic Pluto in the 2nd / sn in the 12th combination?
Remember that the south node correlates to the emotional memories that are carried over from one life to the next. This links to however the soul has constituted its own identity in the past.
We always have to ask the question "Why" behind any identity. Why was this emotional orientation created, what was the reason for the identity that this soul created? The answer is always Pluto. Pluto, as the bottom line correlates to the underlying desires of the soul that lead to incarnation. It's that specific ego, the sn, that has served as a focusing agent for the desires of the soul.During human incarnation the innate connection between the soul and the ego is absolutely inseparable.
So with that in mind, lets examine the nature of this soul coming into this life: Pluto via the sn of the Moon in the context of a soul who has evolved to the end of the second individuated stage of evolution.
If you have any questions, please ask.
With love,
Ari Moshe
Last Edit: Dec 06, 2012, 09:47 AM by ari moshe
ari moshe
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
Reply #231 on:
Dec 06, 2012, 09:48 AM »
Hi everyone - I made a correction in my above post. I originally wrote that the sn will be in Cancer in the 12th. I have taken the Cancer part out for now.
For those who already got started with Cancer, that's fine you may include that. For everyone else we will focus on just the house placement for now.
With love
Ari Moshe
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
Reply #232 on:
Dec 10, 2012, 01:08 PM »
Hi Ari Hi All,
My try,
Pluto 2nd house / SN 12 house / second stage individuated transitioning to 3rd stage individuated
With this configuration this Soul will already know all about rebelling against the societies values, it will also know all about survival and how to sustain itself / self reliance independent from others. In other words over many life times it has developed its own value system and it will use its self capacities and abilities in order to sustain itself.
It will feel very alienated towards the consensus society with its values and beliefs and it will maintain its previously learned self reliance and vision of itself apart from the consensus society that surrounds it. With the ruler of SN in the 11 house it may have suffered persecution because of its rigid values, having to flee, hide away from society or having lost its identity by the trauma its Soul had to undergo. All this trauma and loss is necessary for its evolution to continue because it is in the transition stage of second individuated to third individuated stage. It will decondition and liberate itself from cultural conditioning patterns that do not allow for further growth to happen and it needs to liberate / rebel itself from all societal values so that its conscious structure can open up to new views. It will also need to find a way to apply back into society as a means of survival, its skills or talents and its own vision in a completely objective and individualistic way that resonates with its Souls intrinsic nature.
With ruler of the SN in the 11 house, this placement shows us that in past lives its Soul has had traumatic experiences , these traumatic experiences have helped it to cleanse by rebelling itself of the consensus society way of thinking and its values. The prior life trauma caused great fracturing in its values and material wealth could have driven it to escapism either through alcohol or by isolation in some monastery being incapable of relating to anything but its illusions. Eventually its need for evolution to continue will push it to have confrontations with other people that through having different points of views from its own, will show it that other views can be much broader and very different than it believed to be. These experiences provoked a shock and forced it to go inwards, analyze and realize (PPP 8 house ) how limited its vision of the world is.
This may have pushed it into a group of one, isolating, victimizing and rebelling itself against all others that do not share its values. It will feel that life is beyond control and that it is at the mercy of forces beyond its control this could have pushed to escapism through drugs or alcohol until it finds other people that think alike as itself and felt secure enough to share its views resources and live secure for a long time without much change with its ideas and views of how the world should / should not be ( Pluto 2nd house ). It has deep unconscious fears of any change that could rock the boat. This Soul with this configuration will resist change ( Pluto 2nd house / Taurus / PPP 8th house Scorpio fixed also and the SN ruler 11th house / Aquarius )and even through trauma it would be very difficult for it to change its values or survival habits because it would seek to find its security through some prior value system that it identified with.
Having Pluto in the second house / SN 12 house, will cause it to resist change because it is a fixed house and because the known and familiar represents security. Yet to resist change and not allow for evolution to proceed will cause through out its life in varying degrees of intensity cycles of confusion, alienation, disorientation because It fears deeply loosing control of its life if it succumbs to change and at the same time it has realized that all that it identified with, no longer seems to have any meaning nor can it identify with it anymore.
It comes into this life knowing what is right and what is wrong and will adopt for itself some idealized conduct and will judge others who do not reflect its standards. Cyclically it will analyze and judge itself until it learns that "ultimate" judgement is based upon its intentions and intentions reflect its desires, so it is important that it focuses on its desires in order to understand its intentions. The inner judgement makes it aware of what is preventing it to become perfect in relation to its standard of conduct that it has for itself. It will keep on perfecting its standard of right conduct so that it recognizes any incorrect desire and behavior of others, this way it will not affect for itself any incorrect behavior of others through its lack of judgement or discrimination.
It will continue what it started in prior life times, which is the desire to find and discover for itself the knowledge that transcend cultural based values, time and space. At a Soul level it feels a deep desire to keep aligning itself with some type of transcendental belief that can show it the unity of all creation. In this life time it will have a deep inner sense that it is standing upon a precipice, because behind it, is the known, the familiar, the security it knows with its own world, with its values, and in front, it only sees its future and that which represents timeless and the Universe.
Yet with SN in the 12 house in prior life times it has had the need to merge itself / identify with the Source of creation, ( ruler of SN 11 / SN 12 house ) it has already broken away from consensus values and its Soul has been in the process of individuation so as to be able to transcend time space reality and get closer to its creator.
Any disunion of its values will cause resistance and repulsion to the merging and surrendering process that it feels a pull towards, separating desires imply its unconscious fear of loosing control of its life.
By relinquishing its desires from its egoistic identity it has been eliminating or dissolving any barrier that kept it from universalizing realizing that it can only surrender itself to feel complete and part of the Universe.
SN 12 house PP 6 house for evolution to continue it will develop specific ways or practical mental techniques through which, it will analyze itself and understand why it functions the way it does and why it is the way it is, slowly this process will make it understand or experience / witness how one part is linked to another part and how one part influences the expression of every other part.
It will try to find techniques such as meditation, yoga that will help it to ground its natural meditational state so that it can connect it self to a transcendental belief system, helping it to connect itself closer to the Source.
It cannot remain isolated any more, it will desire to help others through service and useful work, it will share, integrate and be of service to society or groups, showing and teaching others in a individualistic way what it knows to survive and its views about the world.
I tried,
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
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Dec 12, 2012, 04:24 AM »
Dear Ari,
Happy 12.12.12!
Very busy time for me again, will try and post this week; at the end of next week i am going to Australia for 3 weeks, hopefully i will have internet access while there but not it's sure.
Blessings to you All
ari moshe
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
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Dec 14, 2012, 12:57 AM »
Tory I hope you get to visit Linda! Enjoy your journey.
Kora, Emily, Henrik, Stephen, and Gray, let me know if you intend to post so I know who to wait for.
With love,
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Re: New ea practice thread for beginners
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Dec 16, 2012, 05:24 PM »
Hi Ari and Everyone,
I have been distracted focusing on other issues so haven't had the time I would like to address this next phase but want to post something so will write some of my thoughts:
This soul for lifetimes has been focusing his 2nd house Pluto through an ego (12th house) that has desired to realize transcendent values wanting to dissolve all barriers towards merging with Source. In his deepest unconscious being he has been on a precipice between the past and the future...facing the choice of whether to operate from what he has known in the past or to jump off the cliff towards an unknown future. He would likely have made conscious choices in the past to participate within certain spiritual systems or practices in order to experientially realize the spiritual aspects of all of life. With Pluto in the 2nd there is a huge paradox here because he would have tremendous unconscious fear of loss of ego and his 2nd house issues have been about learning to find his own individual values and needs....He has been focusing on not needing anyone or anything and the 12th requires him to give all of this up. He knows through his Baptist upbringing that the "faith" that is preached from the pulpit is a far cry from what he can resonate with...
Resistance could manifest in a variety of ways. One example that comes to mind is someone who might be drawn to join a spiritual subgroup such as the Ramtha community where the "spiritual" teachings are in actuality quite ego focused. Though many spiritual truths are taught....one is taught that "they are God" (a form of delusion)....the emphasis is on "controlling" your life "manifesting" your every desire and rising above your emotions which is very contradictory to surrender, emotions, love, faith.....Such an individual might for a time by practicing visualization and focusing on desires realize certain egoic based dreams but at some point would experience deep betrayal or confrontation from an 8th house more powerful energy forcing them to recognize that they have been actually living out the same immature dependency as found in the Baptist church....just with a little more intellectual sophistication.....in reality it is not jumping off the cliff at all. The person might become very disillusioned realizing they have been duped in to losing financial resources and that they have become quite dependent on this supposedly superior being for protection and what to do next instead relying upon their own internal guidance and the true voice of Source.
There could be many other manifestations of resistance. Psychologically this person could have had lifetimes where he has had very poor emotional boundaries maybe even to the extent of manifesting mental illnesses such as dissociative disorders or paranoid delusions or addictive avoidanct behaviors that manifest in all sorts of forms from food addictions to alcoholism, etc. All of these would be ways of still holding on to individualized ego identity.....unconsciously the individual would rather be crazy or sick than to experience the abyss of the unknown and no ego....On the other hand because this person is getting ready to enter 3rd stage individuated I would expect that this person would have through previous lifetimes established some higher ability of ego function as they would not be ready to move on to this next stage if they were not able to independently function in the world and survive on their own. They would likely have some genuine experience of communion with Source....(is this accurate??)
This person could legitimately be quite psychic. He could have a highly developed sense of right and wrong....again the issues of how reliable his psychic abilities are or his ability to use judgement in a balanced and positive way would be determined by his true ego strengh meaning how in touch he is with his ego as operative within the larger Source....not independent of It. If he is not in balance then he is likely to have lots of negative judgement about self or others and if he is not in balance then any psychic abilities would be more of a manifestation of his own unconscious ego rather than Source or other realms. This individual could be someone who for many lifetimes lived a self sacrificing kind of life with martyrdom as an issue with his lack of boundaries or could have lived out dynamics of abuse where he was also in the perpetrator role....it is possible that he spent many liftimes in living in penance or secluded lifetimes in monasteries. These kind of dynamics would create strong pulls toward being alone or withdrawing from the world which would be a challenge as he faces the need moving in to 3rd stage individuated to integrate in to the larger society in ways that benefit others and going beyond the isolation of frog in the well self survival.
This individual could be someone who has a very compromised immune system perhaps even to the point of having developed a physical illness as a result of imbalances. Through the NN polarity point (6th) he might have to dig very deeply in to the causes and treatment of physical illness facing the spiritual lessions of surrender, healthy boundaries, faith and unity with Source.
Moving in to 3rd stage individuated will require this person to link up with the larger world in such a way that his established resources, values, survival skills can be used to benefit others. He could be a highly creative artistic indivdual who produces sacred art that blesses and moves others in many forms, he could be a psychic channeler who counsels others, he could be a healer, he could be a feng shui consultant or an interior designer or many other possibilities. He might create some type of independent practice. Whatever he does it will be important for him to balance time alone with time with others and it will be important to find a way to connect with the larger world in a way where he humbly recognizes he needs others yet at the same time knows with confidence that he has gifts to give that can benefit the larger society. He must move out of self isolation and live in balance with his own integrity within the greater Source. When in balance he will live from genuine principles of love and service to others.
This is what I have for now.
God Bless!
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Pluto in the 2nd house, South Node in the 12th house:
The 2nd house desires of this soul have been focused via a 12th house ego in the most recent past life. Taurus and Pisces form a natural sextile so there must be some ease of connection here, but it seems like the 2nd house desires of self-reliance and self-sufficiency could easily be in conflict with the 12th house function of dissolving all barriers. The nature of Pluto in the 2nd house to isolate and live within a safe little world of its own construction would be constantly asked to leave the world it had created behind, and open to the broader, limitless possibilities of the 12th house.
The soul at the end of the 2nd stage individuated would not necessarily be seeking a direct connection with source and yet would have been feeling that there is something more to life that they were not in touch with.
As the second house Pluto withdraws from the world to discover its own values and needs, the intention would have been for these to be aligned with higher will, not the self-serving desires of the ego "inflated with distinction" from source.
The 12th house south node is very supportive of the PPP 8th house – dissolving the barriers of the 2nd house to open up to others. With Pluto in the 2nd in the individuated state there is a strong sense of wanting to isolate and protect oneself against perceived threats from society (?). There is also a strong sense of the self as a separate, self-sustaining entity. The 12th house ego would probably have been in strong denial that it is merely a part of a greater whole, and that the source of its security is not itself but only in going beyond itself to align with a higher power.
This soul could have had a tough time finding meaning in life as everything identified with and clung to for a sense of continuity and security would have eventually lost all meaning for the individual. There is the strong possibility that this soul chose some aspect of its life to focus all of its energy through in an attempt to create a sense of meaning for itself. Pluto in the 2nd would be very good at doing that – narrowing the focus and holding on to it tightly, and good at materializing whatever it focused on as meaningful. This soul could have very easily found itself stuck in a place of meaninglessness, yet refusing to let go of the past.
As the soul moves into the 3rd stage individuated it could find itself with the need to bring forth divinely inspired talents. The continued work will be to move past any limitations restricting the soul's movement back to source. As the separating desire is reflected here in excessive isolation due to a feeling of needing to control one's resources in order to survive, the returning desires will be about realizing that some power greater than the ego is responsible for life and death and that security will be found by being rooted in faith and practicing more openness. They must realize that the source of the limitations is within themselves and consciously work on a personal connection with spirit.
Thanks for hosting this practice thread - I greatly appreciate the opportunity to practice.
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Ari and group,
I will be posting but have not made the time up until this point, and my work has a lot going on to take care of at the moment. I will post as soon as possible about the 12th. In case you want to move on and add another level before I post, please do if I am able to integrate the 12th house still in the next step.
Have a merry solstice time,
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Dec 18, 2012, 02:48 PM »
Hi Ari,
I will try to post something this weekend. If I don't post in time, I hope it's ok to post what I have when we move on to the next layer...
Much gratitude.
All the best,
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Ok great, thank you both.
Henrik, yes - you can really post anything at anytime.
I'll begin my responses next week.
With love, am
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Continuing with our Diablo adventures, let's talk about the tanking role within the game in Inferno mode, the highest difficulty.
There are many that would state that the tanking role doesn't really exist in the game as there isn't really any class in the game that can stand toe to toe with those champion packs in Inferno mode without dropping like a fly but tanking is more than just being able to take punishment.
Tanking is about control.
When you're talking about control, the monk is a wonderful choice in a group setting.
For an example of a build, start with Fists of Thunder with the Lightning Flash rune for that extra bit of survivability when you're dancing in and out of close quarters with the mobs.
Another near mandatory tanking skill would be Cyclone Strike with the Wall of Wind rune. This is going to be your bread and butter when it comes to saving your teammates and controlling the mobs. So long as the demons aren't chasing your high damage dealing party, they can focus on what they do best; burning everything down as quickly as possible.
Breath of Heaven with Penitent Flame rune is also a good option for control with the group heal combined with the AOE fear to give everyone some breathing room.
A relatively underused skill is Inner Sanctuary which can be incredibly useful for giving your teammates a little safe corner to call their own, especially useful when combined with the Consecration rune for the increased duration. Placed out in the open, your teammates can find it somewhat useful to kite around it in a circle but to be most effective, you can split off part of a champion pack in a doorway or a narrow choke point to let your group a smaller, more manageable chunk to deal with.
For mantras, I tend to lean more toward Mantra of Evasion than anything else. The biggest problem is that in Inferno, any champion that hits your allies is probably going to one shot them so the extra group boost to dodge is probably going to save more lives than the tiny shield/HP per second from Mantra of Healing or any other mantra you have at your disposal.
A couple other useful skills that you might think of taking is Seven Sided Strike with Pandemonium for that long stun that can save lives, including your own if you happen to need that few seconds of invulnerability or Serenity which will grant you another few precious seconds of invulnerability for those sticky situations when your reaction speed is all that stands between life and death.
For passives, you're generally going to want to go with One with Everything for the cheap resists, Seize the Initiative for the double stacking of Dex into armor value and the last slot usually taken by Transcendence to supply you with a steady (if somewhat small) healing.
For gearing, you want to boost that survivability as high as possible so you're going to want to pick one type of resistance and find gear with that resist, + resist to all, dex and vitality.
If you can find a piece of gear with all of that, that's going to be your mecca and ideally, you're going to have that on just about every gear slot. Remember too that if you're feeling a little spirit starved, it's perfectly fine to supplement that with a few pieces of gear like a weapon or a monk helmet with some spirit regeneration to help fuel your life-saving endeavors.


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Harlequins boss Conor O'Shea has reiterated that he will "absolutely not" replace outgoing Ireland coach Declan Kidney while Saracens have also ruled out Mark McCall taking the post.
O'Shea led Harlequins to the 2012 Aviva Premiership title and was strongly linked with the Ireland post in the run up to Kidney's departure which was announced on Tuesday. But former Ireland international O'Shea, whose side play Munster on Sunday, is adamant that he is happy at Harlequins, as he originally said back in February, and insists that he wants to stay beyond 2014 when his current deal runs out.
"I am contracted to Harlequins until the end of the 2013-14 season. I will be honouring that commitment and, hopefully, continuing beyond it," O'Shea told the Evening Standard. "Of course with the fixtures this weekend there are lots of questions but I've made my position very clear."
Saracens boss McCall, who won 13 caps for Ireland, has also been mentioned as a possible successor to Kidney but his boss Edward Griffiths is adamant that they will keep hold of their man. Griffiths told the newspaper: "It is completely understandable that when jobs like this come up Mark's name is mentioned because he is one of the most successful coaches in Europe.
"However, just like the rest of our coaching staff, Mark recently signed a two-year extension and he remains totally committed to what we are doing at the club. We have not had any contact from the Irish RFU and our sole focus is the game with Ulster on Saturday."
The bookmakers' favourite to replace Kidney is currently Reds coach Ewen McKenzie. Ireland Under-20 boss Mike Ruddock, who guided Wales to the 2005 Grand Slam, is also reportedly in the mix alongside Leinster's Joe Schmidt.
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Unless you've been living under a bridge for the last couple weeks, you should be aware that things have heated up with a huge increase in rocket attacks from Gaza into urban areas in Israel, launched by Hamas Palestinians. Israel has been replying with air strikes that have killed civilians because the missiles have been sourced in residential areas.
Israel is now talking about the need to put boots on the ground in Gaza pretty much going house-to-house, which will likely kill even more civilians.
Attempts are underway to bring about a diplomatic solution, but assuming the future will look like the past, many would argue that's a waste of time.
What are your thoughts?
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"Might makes right." "He who wins gets to write history."
"Those who do not repeat history are condemed to forget it." —Sarlos Cantayana
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Nice bit of propaganda you have there, personally I tend to pigeonhole people based on which side's propaganda they offer as "evidence" for their foregone conclusion.
Israel needs to stop using disproportionate force...
WTF? Well, how about they blindly lob thousands of missiles into Gaza as a proportional response. The Hamas forces in Gaza lob missiles and mortars into Israel not caring where they land. At least the Israeli jets have specific targets despite the collateral damage! If Hamas truly cared about its own people, it could locate its missile launchers away from the civilian population. Of course, that would make them easy targets and there would be less waving of the bloody shirt for its propaganda value.
Israel has a big problem coming to a head in a few years. The proportion of its population which is not Jewish and is primarily Palestinian is growing until the Jews will be in the minority. Whether it remains a democracy then or becomes some semblance of an apartheid state.
Don't disagree with anything, Dale, except it was Joshua, not Moses - old Mose tapped a rock one extra more than Yahweh told him to, and after getting all of the people out of Egypt and leading them for forty years in the desert, was rewarded for all his work by being left on the wrong side of the Jordan - Yahweh didn't have the greatest retirement plan.
So, with Secretary H. Clinton going to Israel to help broker a cease fire, what does Hamas do? They leave a bomb on a Tel Aviv bus, and in Gaza, after the bomb explodes, they distribute candy to children in celebration.


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WASHINGTON (AP) � India's new envoy to the United States says he wants to raise the "morale" of the India-U.S. relationship as the two nations look to mending ties damaged by the row over American treatment of an Indian diplomat who was arrested and strip-searched in New York.
"As you would say in the markets, the fundamentals are good, it's the sentiment that needs improving," Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told The Associated Press in an interview.
India and the United States are holding preliminary discussions to resolve differing interpretations of diplomatic immunity after the spat over Devyani Khobragade, who was expelled from the United States this month after she was indicted on accusations of exploiting her housekeeper.
The United States and India, the world's largest democracies, have forged closer economic and defense ties in the past decade, but relations took a tumble because of Indian outrage over the treatment of Khobragade, who was her nation's deputy consul general in New York. She was strip-searched after her Dec. 13 arrest, which U.S. marshals say is common practice for a suspect taken into custody, but was viewed in India as unnecessarily humiliating.
India unleashed a steady stream of retaliatory measures against U.S. diplomats, including restrictions at the American Center in New Delhi and revoking new ID cards for some diplomats. Key to the dispute was Washington and Delhi's differing interpretations of what type of immunity was due to Khobragade. U.S. officials argued that as a consular official, she was immune from prosecution for acts performed in the exercise of consular functions but did not have full diplomatic immunity.
Jaishankar said while that's the rule for foreign diplomats in the United States, he questioned whether Washington expects its diplomats abroad to be treated in kind. He said India has issued new identity cards for U.S. consular officials to specify that their diplomatic immunity does not cover "serious crimes" � referred to as "felonies" in the United States.
"There is an issue of what does the U.S. expect abroad and what does the U.S. give at home. I think there's a reconciliation there that needs to be done," the ambassador said.
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Striking the positive tone set in the past two weeks since Khobragade returned home, Jaishankar said he was looking to advance a bilateral relationship that has grown stronger in the past 10 to 15 years. Two-way trade has grown to $100 billion.
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Big U.S. companies have concerns over what they claim are unpredictable and unfair tax demands. Pharmaceutical companies complain over what they view as unfair competition from manufacturers of generic drugs. Foreign investors, such as Wal-Mart, have grumbled over local content requirements as they look to break into the untapped Indian market.
Jaishankar said India has responded to pressures to remain business-friendly and considers "corrections" where they are needed. But he noted that India has its own concerns, including over whether U.S. immigration reform proposals � currently mired in Congress � that he said could hurt the competitiveness of Indian service industries in the United States whose business is worth $40 billion.
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Smoke and Mirrors: European Parliament May Clear the Air on E-Cigarettes
The European Parliament is set to vote Tuesday on proposals to regulate electronic cigarettes as part of a new tobacco-control directive. This legislation -- directed toward minimizing smoking and access to minors in particular -- includes a provision to limit e-cigarettes by treating them like medications in terms of approval to bringing products to market.
Europe is hardly known for its success in minimizing smoking -- after all, the highest rates of smoking are all in Eastern Europe, but movement by Parliament will likely encourage the U.S. to also re-examine its own already controversial regulations over e-cigarettes.
Smokeless smoking?
E-cigarettes are small battery-powered cigarettes that vaporize a solution of nicotine, the compound in cigarettes known to activate the nucleus acumbens in the brain, a center that triggers the reward cascade and is essential in establishing addiction.
This dose of nicotine provides the hit that smokers crave, without the impurities and tobacco of traditional cigarettes that are known to cause most of the detrimental health effects of smoking.
In theory, e-cigarettes should provide a much healthier alternative to smokers unable to break the habit. In analogy, methadone is the "alternative" for heroin addicts, giving them a doctor-prescribed and highly regulated dose of maintenance-level opioid and controlling the detrimental behavioral and health effects of street heroin.
The big 3
Since the popularity of e-cigarettes has risen, leaders in the tobacco industry have been acquiring e-cigarette companies. If European regulations tighten on e-cigarettes, it could drive market share to tobacco; if these regulations do not pass, tobacco can reign supreme. For tobacco companies that already have their own e-cigarette divisions, movement will more likely cause shifting of dollars within the corporation rather than an outflow of revenue.
Lorillard , the third largest tobacco company in the U.S. with 14.5% market share of traditional cigarettes, has been a leader in the e-cigarette industry since their popularity arose. Known for cigarette brands Newport, Maverick, Kent, and True, Lorillard acquired Blu eCigs in April 2012 for $135 million, establishing it as a leader in the e-cigarette industry. Blu eCigs currently accounts for 37.2% of the e-cigarette market.
Lorillard has more at stake than the rest of the big 3 with Parliament's upcoming vote. The U.S.-based company acquired this past month UK e-cigarette brand SKYCIG for 30 million pounds with an additional 30 million pounds due in 2016 upon achieving certain criteria. The acquisition was to establish a significant European presence for Lorillard, but if legislation passes to limit e-cigarettes, this investment may have lower yield than hoped.
Reynolds American , the second largest tobacco brand with 23.5% of traditional cigarette market share, is known for cigarette brands Camel and Pall Mall. Reynolds has Vuse as its e-cigarette arm and revamped its product this summer, planning on expanding beyond its Colorado market to the rest of the country.
Arguing that it has superior technology in delivering consistent vapors, Reynolds has been focusing heavily on marketing, recently launching a TV marketing campaign for Vuse. Legislation in 1971 banned TV advertising for cigarettes, but has yet to apply that to e-cigarettes; Reynolds is capitalizing on that loophole before it is likely closed.
Philip Morris International and Altria Group , known for Marlboro, are the biggest of the big 3, with Altria responsible for the U.S. market and Philip Morris International being the spin-off from Altria that's responsible for the international market. Altria controls 47.3% of the market share of traditional cigarettes and is also the leader in smokeless tobacco products but was the last of the big 3 to roll out an e-cigarette. Altria recently launched its first e-cigarette, MarkTen, under its Numark subsidiary this past summer.
While the big 3 dominate the e-cigarette space, several companies are still formidable anklebiters. Privately owned Njoy may lead that category, owning 32% of the e-cigarette market share. The company recently raised $75 million, with high-profile investors including Sean Parker of Napster, Douglas Teitelbaum of Homewood Capital, and musician Bruno Mars.
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The e-cigarette industry is certainly a force to be reckoned with. E-cigarette sales are expected to double this year to between $1 billion to $1.7 billion. While tobacco sales are on the order of $80 billion, Bloomberg projects e-cigarette sales surpassing that of traditional cigarettes by 2047. At Reynolds, analysts have estimated that its traditional cigarettes will outsell its e-cigarettes only until 2021; the same analysts have estimated similar dates for Altria and Lorillard.
Anti-tobacco lobby groups are lobbying hard to restrict e-cigarettes; but for the time being, FDA regulation has been lax at best and scientific evidence is still in development over potential harms of e-cigarettes, crippling the government's ability to justify strict regulations. The FDA has also been considering restrictions on online sales of e-cigarettes in an attempt to minimize access by minors.
Currently the FDA states that the safety and efficacy of e-cigarettes "have not been studied," in terms of safety for intended use, inhalation dosages of nicotine and other chemicals with e-cigarettes use, and benefits of use. Some studies have scrutinized the safety of e-cigarettes after finding trace amounts of carcinogens, including formaldehyde, acrolein, and propylene glycol. Many criticisms of e-cigarettes revolve around the marketing of e-cigarettes as a way to taper smokers as the use of flavored e-cigarettes as a way of targeting kids; the FDA currently only regulates e-cigarettes marketed for therapeutic use.
By anecdote, several addiction specialists in my practice suggest electronic cigarettes to patients as an alternative to smoking and as a way to bridge to complete cessation. Patients report that it helps them maintain the social function of smoke breaks, as well as the comfort they associate with the physical act of smoking; many praise it as the only remedy successful to help them kick tobacco.
The movement within medical management of tobacco addiction mirror what analysts are saying about the e-cigarette industry -- that it is growing and quickly. Even with regulations constantly in flux, there appears to be a significant movement of proponents of e-cigarettes in medical practice. No physician would ever prescribe cigarettes, but several would suggest e-cigarettes - this general acceptance will likely make regulations more difficult and the e-cigarette industry more profitable.
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Apple generally refreshes products like the Xserve and Mac Pro on a different schedule than its MacBooks and iMacs. Given the recent Mac Pro refresh, however, it would seem that it's time for a server update. A refresh may indeed be around the corner—AppleInsider has pointed to references in a file distributed as part of the 10.5.7 beta that hint at a new Xserve model with Xeon processors based on Intel's "Nehalem" architecture.
10.5.7 test builds have been floating around for a while, but it took eagle-eyed readers digging through the strings to find the Xserve references. The first big hint is the new model identifier. Current Xserve models are identified as "Xserve2,1," but the AppleTyMCEDriver extension includes a reference to "Xserve3,1." These references are usually good indicators that new models are coming.
Extensions included with the 10.5.7 beta also hint at components that may be used for the new Xserve. They, of course, suggest that the server will use a Xeon processor with the "Nehalem" architecture. An error message in the extension references Nehalem, the "MacPro4,1" identifier (the new Nehalem Mac Pros), and "Xserve3,1," all in the same sentence. Another extension file mentions the Marvell Yukon 2 Ethernet controller, which isn't used on the current Xserve; this provides us with yet another hint about the new hardware, although exactly when it will arrive is still anyone's guess.


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|2008-07-06, 17:17
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Empire of Britannia of Code Geass
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|2008-07-06, 18:29
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|2008-07-06, 18:30
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We know all the states are still called what they are called now. Er.... Maybe its an alternate reality in which George Washington DECIDED to take the crown instead of refusing it. On the other hand, it just might be that during the Cold War, when Russia and America reigned supreme, a group did a coup'de tat which everyone joined in on, forming the Empire of Britannia.
|2008-07-06, 18:33
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I'm not sure it kind of reminds me of the France's absolute monarchy before democracy was instaured.
The King had absolute power even though he had ministers who would deal with everything he had the last word in everything.The nobles possess a fair share of land which grants them money and power over the lower classes (commoners)
|2008-07-06, 18:43
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the thing I find most interesting is the philosophy of Social darwinism. They preach rationalism to an extreme, and ironically enough, what Lelouch wants is to make their world, like ours. But their ideals MIGHT be a hint of where their universe split off from ours. As I said before, it could be from the formation of America. The phrase Britannia comes from the roman way of saying britain. Now calling yourself XYZ of Britannia isn't to weird so we can safely assume that the last name of Britannia was probably not the REAL last name, but how the royalty decided to call themselves. Continuing, for America to pick Britannia as a name... well it would have to be pretty early. I mean we did call everything New (british city). But since the map said we conquerred south america, could also be from the time we fought mexico but decided to go all the way.
|2008-07-06, 18:52
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You can the that this is definetly alternate reality because we still have Elizabeth the 2nd and they had Elizabeth the 3rd over a hundred years ago.
Also World War II never happened in the CG timeline so neither did the Cold War(Cold War wouldn't really make sense anyway because of the lack of Nuclear Weapons) Though World War I did happen.
EDIT: Also about your last post. America didn't decide to call themselves Brittannia. The American Revolution failed because Ben Franklin turned Traitor. Britain stayed in countol of the colonies until Ricardo Van Brittannia became the new Emporer after his Lover Elizabeth the 3rd's death and the rest as we say is history.
|2008-07-06, 19:38
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I got this information from Koshimizu's previous posts on the topic that I remember and he got it from the History lessons included in the Code Geass DVD Releases.
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The Imperial line of Britannia began when Julius Ceasers first invasion of the British Isles failed. This happened because of the various tribes banding together under the Celtic King Eowyn. Some time later the Duke of Britannia, Carl, was one of the possible fathers of Queen Elizabeth I's son Henry the IX. After his mother dies in 1603 Henry takes the throne and starts the Tudor Dynasty. (Which is interesting because the Tudor line ends in 1603 beginning in 1485)
The order of the noble hierachy is in order from highest to lowest position:
* Grand Duke
* Duke
* Marquess
* Margrave
* Earl
* Viscount
* Baron
* Knight , non-hereditary.
* Knight of Honor , non-hereditary.
The rest has already been stated. Washington's Rebellion failed and America eventually became Brittania because of Elizabeth's the 3rd exile. I am guessing the Brittania government system has some elected positions. However I believe that the Emperor would usually push for his children or the elite of society to gain these. There is a House of Nobles, it was shown in episode 4 going through Rolo's history, and that leads me to believe there is a House of Commons as well.
One thing I have always wonder was about local Goverment in the mainland. Do the nobles manage different states and act as the local mayors and governors?
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Transfer news: Paris St Germain winger Jeremy Menez wants summer move
Winger Jeremy Menez admits his time at Paris Saint Germain may be up, reigniting interest from Premier League giants.
Last Updated: 26/03/14 10:23am
The 26-year-old's current contract at the French champions is set to run out at the end of June, and the club's reluctance to offer a new deal has alerted some of Europe's top clubs.
Arsenal and Liverpool are amongst those credited with a previous interest in the Frenchman, who would be able to sign on a Bosman deal, while Juventus have also been linked.
Menez was on the verge of a transfer in the January window before promising to see out his current deal at Parc des Princes, but, after admitting that he feels "a little misunderstood" at the club, he appears to have set his sights on a move.
"I had back surgery last summer and, when I was fit again, the coach made his choice," he told Gazzetta dello Sport.
"(Former coach Carlo) Ancelotti was closer to his players - you felt important with him. Laurent Blanc has a different way of managing. I am a little misunderstood at PSG."
Menez has made just nine starts in all competitions for Blanc's side this term and, after spending three years with Roma before moving to the French capital in 2011, indicated he would be in favour of returning to Italy.
"I had a great time in Rome," he said. "I already speak the language. I know Serie A, I know everything about it. The adaptation would be easy.
"I am looking for a team that would make me rediscover the pleasure of playing football.
"As for my character, I've changed. The rebellious image is a thing of the past. I am 26 years old and have a family which makes me calm. I'm more mature, and I can prove it on the field."
The former Sochaux and Monaco man added: "Juve is a team that I really like - one of the best in Europe.
"It has a quality workforce, consisting solely of champions - including in my position. But competition does not scare me."


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