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ST. LOUIS, Jan. 18, 2013 /CNW/ - Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG), today announced a leadership transition for its Canadian operations. Richard "Rick" A. Watson, who has served as country manager since 2008, will retire effective March 31, 2013. With this change, Karl Gerrand will join Bunge from Viterra, Inc., as managing director, Canada.
"During his 38-year career, Rick has helped Canada's oilseed industry grow from a small domestic business to a global powerhouse," said Soren Schroder, president and CEO, Bunge North America. "We appreciate the many contributions Rick made as he helped expand Bunge's business in Canada and we wish him all the best in retirement."
Gerrand joins Bunge from Viterra, Inc., where he worked for eight years, most recently as chief operating officer of global processing operations. He was responsible for 34 manufacturing facilities with 1200 employees around the world that crushed oilseeds and produced feed ingredients, milled wheat, durum and oats, and manufactured malt and pasta. Prior to joining Viterra, Gerrand also served as co-founder and president of Can-Oat Milling, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.
"We are pleased to have an experienced leader like Karl join the Bunge team," said Schroder. "With his track record of delivering strong results, Karl is the right choice to drive Bunge's growth plans for our Canadian operations."
Gerrand is active in industry associations, having served on the board of directors and on the executive committee of the North American Millers Association. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Manitoba.
About Bunge North America
Bunge North America (www.bungenorthamerica.com), the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG), is a vertically integrated food and feed ingredient company, supplying raw and processed agricultural commodities and specialized food ingredients to a wide range of customers in the livestock, poultry, food processor, foodservice and bakery industries. With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, Bunge North America and its subsidiaries operate grain elevators, oilseed processing plants, edible oil refineries and packaging facilities, and corn dry mills in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
About Bunge Limited
Bunge Limited (www.bunge.com, NYSE: BG) is a leading global agribusiness and food company operating in over 40 countries with approximately 35,000 employees. Bunge buys, sells, stores and transports oilseeds and grains to serve customers worldwide; processes oilseeds to make protein meal for animal feed and edible oil products for commercial customers and consumers; produces sugar and ethanol from sugarcane; mills wheat, corn and rice to make ingredients used by food companies; and sells fertilizer in South America. Founded in 1818, the company is headquartered in White Plains, New York.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather reflect our current expectations and projections about our future results, performance, prospects and opportunities. We have tried to identify these forward-looking statements by using words including "may," "will," "should," "could," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "intend," "estimate," "continue" and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. The following important factors, among others, could affect our business and financial performance: industry conditions, including fluctuations in supply, demand and prices for agricultural commodities and other raw materials and products used in our business; fluctuations in energy and freight costs and competitive developments in our industries; the effects of weather conditions and the outbreak of crop and animal disease on our business; global and regional agricultural, economic, financial and commodities market, political, social and health conditions; the outcome of pending regulatory and legal proceedings; our ability to complete, integrate and benefit from acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and strategic alliances; our ability to achieve the efficiencies, savings and other benefits anticipated from our cost reduction, margin improvement and other business optimization initiatives; changes in government policies, laws and regulations affecting our business, including agricultural and trade policies, tax regulations and biofuels legislation; and other factors affecting our business generally. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of this release, and except as otherwise required by federal securities law, we do not have any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
SOURCE: Bunge North America
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Installing Santa Fe shutters improve Energy Efficiency, Solar Properties and Sound Absorption.
Energy Efficiency
Research has proven that installing internal shutters can have a beneficial energy saving on your home with a 58% reduction on heat loss*. Santa Fe is committed to offer the finest products that offer lower energy usage by effectively capitalising and filtering the intensity of the sun. Shutters are very effective at blocking and absorbing solar heat, resulting in lower home heating bills.
*Data Source: Thermal performance of traditional windows. English Heritage and Glasgow Caledonian University.
The Solar Transmittance value details the amount of light allowed to flow into the room when a Santa Fe Shutter** is closed. The zero value indicates that when closed, no light can flow into the room; offering the ultimate in light control.
The Solar Reflections value details how much light is reflected from the Santa Fe Shutter**. When in a closed position the high value facilitates a high level of solar reflectance, perfect for controlling heat in the summer months.
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Santa Fe Shutters offer excellent sound absorption properties. Room acoustics are improved as the shutter panels absorb sounds within a room, whilst reducing the level of noise from sounds coming from outside the room.

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What are some must-read biographies and memoirs?
There are several must-read biographies and memoirs that offer captivating insights into the lives of remarkable individuals. Some popular choices include 'The Diary of a Young Girl' by Anne Frank, 'Becoming' by Michelle Obama, 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X', and 'Steve Jobs' by Walter Isaacson.
Are there any biographies and memoirs specifically focused on historical figures?
Yes, Ubuy offers a wide selection of biographies and memoirs that delve into the lives of historical figures. You can explore books such as 'Alexander Hamilton' by Ron Chernow, 'Churchill: A Biography' by Roy Jenkins, 'Catherine the Great' by Robert K. Massie, and 'Leonardo da Vinci' by Walter Isaacson.
Do you have biographies and memoirs from different fields like sports and business?
Absolutely! Ubuy offers biographies and memoirs from various fields, including sports and business. You can find books such as 'Open' by Andre Agassi, 'Shoe Dog' by Phil Knight, 'Elon Musk' by Ashlee Vance, and 'The Ride of a Lifetime' by Robert Iger, among many others.
Can I find biographies and memoirs of contemporary figures?
Yes, Ubuy provides a selection of biographies and memoirs featuring contemporary figures. Some notable options include 'Educated' by Tara Westover, 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' by Yuval Noah Harari, 'Becoming Steve Jobs' by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, and 'Born a Crime' by Trevor Noah.
Are there any biographies and memoirs written by international authors?
Definitely! Ubuy offers biographies and memoirs written by international authors, providing a global perspective on remarkable lives. Some noteworthy examples include 'Long Walk to Freedom' by Nelson Mandela, 'The Diary of Frida Kahlo' by Frida Kahlo, 'Infidel' by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and 'The Diary of Anne Frank'.
Are there any bestsellers in the category of biographies and memoirs?
Yes, Ubuy features numerous bestsellers within the category of biographies and memoirs. Some highly acclaimed titles include 'Unbroken' by Laura Hillenbrand, 'Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen, 'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls, and 'Hillbilly Elegy' by J.D. Vance.
Can I find biographies and memoirs suitable for young readers?
Certainly! Ubuy offers a selection of biographies and memoirs that cater to young readers. These books provide inspiring stories suitable for various age groups. Some popular choices include 'Hidden Figures: Young Readers' Edition' by Margot Lee Shetterly, 'I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World' by Malala Yousafzai, and 'Who Was Albert Einstein?' by Jess Brallier.
How can I choose the right biography or memoir for me?
To choose the right biography or memoir, consider your interests, preferences, and the figure or subject that intrigues you the most. You can explore reviews, author backgrounds, and book summaries to get a better understanding of the content and writing style. Additionally, reading sample chapters or excerpts can help you gauge if a particular book resonates with you.


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Free Fight
Michael DiSanto takes a look back at UFC 155 in the first part of his post-fight musings...
Styles make fights. That is an undeniable reality of combat sports. Yet, a great stylistic matchup doesn't guarantee a great fight. It only guarantees the possibility of a great fight. Two men must still make the affirmative decision to fight with passion and a bit of recklessness to get a potentially great fight to live up to the hype.
Jim Miller and Joe Lauzon had all the ingredients for a great fight. Both men are aggressive, confident fighters who love to get in there and mix it up. Both prefer to work for submissions, rather than playing it safe, once the fight goes to the ground. And both have extremely deep gas tanks.
Everyone expected the bout to be the fight of the night, which is why the lightweight bout was elevated to feature-bout status, second only to the heavyweight championship bout between Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez. I don't know if anyone expected the fight to be as great as it turned out to be.
Miller dished out a savage beating in the first round. He hammered Lauzon seemingly at will for the full five minutes. By the end of the round, Lauzon was left in a bloody heap looking a bit dazed and confused. I actually can't recall a fighter losing more blood than Lauzon did in the opening five minutes and still continuing to fight on.
The second and third rounds were great examples of the human spirit. Lauzon gave as good as he got for the most part, despite leaking fluid like a rusted-out clunker. Miller was completely exhausted and covered in his opponent's blood. Yet, he kept attacking. It was mixed martial arts at its finest.
This was one of those fights where there is a technical winner, but neither man was a loser. Not by a mile. Both raised their standing in the deep lightweight division, and I can't wait to tune in the next time each of those guys steps into the cage.
Costa Philippou is quietly putting together one heck of a middleweight resume. He is now perfect in his last five fights, including his impressive third-round stoppage win over top contender Tim Boetsch. It is impossible to ignore this guy anymore as a legitimate title contender. Granted, he hasn't shown much of a ground game yet. And his takedown defense still needs some work. But his standup is incredible.
Mark Munoz would be an interesting next test for him. Can he stop the "Filipino Wrecking Machine" from taking him down? A bout versus the winner of Brian Stann and Wanderlei Silva would be a fan-friendly affair that would really showcase the skills of the winner, since all three men matchup extremely well with each other stylistically. The same can be said for a bout versus the loser of the upcoming bout between elite middleweights Vitor Belfort and Michael Bisping.
Whatever is the case, guys in the middleweight division need to start paying attention to Philippou because it seems like he is here to stay.
I'll keep this one short and to the point. Yushin Okami is one of the best middleweights in the world. It takes one heck of a fighter to completely control Alan Belcher like he did on Saturday night. But that win won't do anything to move him closer to his ultimate goal of securing another shot at UFC gold. Why? No submission attempts, despite the fact that several presented themselves. No aggressive ground and pound, despite the fact that Okami was in the perfect position time and time again to really lay some wood on Belcher. And no love from the crowd, which voiced its displeasure at this conservative approach.
Okami earned the win, but he definitely laid an egg in the process. The kind of egg that likely stalled his ascent back up the 185-pound ranks, at least for now.
Derek Brunson should have been tailor made for Chris Leben to reestablish himself in the middleweight division. Brunson is an excellent wrestler, but he lacks the submission wizardry to tap a guy with Leben's ground game. And he certainly doesn't have the technique or pop to knock out a guy with arguably the sturdiest beard in the game.
Mix in the fact that Brunson also agreed to the fight on extremely short notice, so cardio was always going to be a major issue if the fight lasted beyond the first round. Lastly, it was Brunson's UFC debut, so an adrenalin dump was almost certain to happen, further sapping whatever limited cardio Brunson possessed.
This fight had Chris Leben highlight-reel knockout written all over it. Someone obviously forgot to send both fighters that memo prior to Saturday night. Instead of a spectacular Leben win, Brunson ground out a respectable yeoman-like decision by throwing just enough strikes to open the door for takedowns and then using his great wrestling skills to neutralize Leben on the ground.
Sure, it was a bit tiresome to watch. But people should not vilify Brunson for the outcome. The guy was exhausted after just a few minutes of competition, which was to be expected. Yet, he was able to scratch out a win.
That wouldn't have been possible, if Leben was at his best on Saturday night. The problem, of course, was the "Cat Smasher" (yeah, I prefer his old moniker, those who regularly read this column are well versed in that fact) was far from his best.
Leben looked like he was fighting in slow motion. The opportunities to land big punches abounded throughout the fight. Leben saw them, too. He just couldn't pull the trigger on his nuclear left hand. Instead, he repeatedly telegraphed that he was about to throw a bomb and then released a dud in the form of a slow arm punch.
I don't know why Leben was so sluggish and slow on Saturday night. Was it the 13-month absence from the cage following his 2011 suspension? That is certainly a good possibility. It is tough for anyone to stay out of action for that long. The pressure to perform and the lack of fight-speed muscle memory often combine for less than stellar results.
Or is Leben starting to physically break down after 20 fights in the UFC? The guy isn't old by modern-day athletic standards. But Leben is an extremely old 32. This guy has been in a ton of back-and-forth wars during his nearly eight-year UFC career. Those wars take a lot of tread off the tires. It's oftentimes tread that never comes back, either.
Hard living outside the cage certainly hasn't helped matters, either. Leben's personal demons are well chronicled, so there is no reason to rehash them here.
Leben has now lost three of his last four fights, and he didn't look even remotely good in any of those losses. Of course, he also defeated Wanderlei Silva during that stretch in what many probably view as a career-best performance for him. That is what confuses the issue.
Is the excess mileage starting to accumulate to the point where Leben is on the downside of his great career? Was Saturday just an off night due to inactivity or other factors? Will Leben get back to his old cat smashing ways the next time he steps into the Octagon?
I don't know. I wonder if Leben himself knows at this point.
Leonard Garcia came into his fight with Max Holloway having lost his last three fights and four of his last five. He continued his tough stretch on Saturday night, dropping an ultra-close split decision to young prospect Max Holloway.
Very few fighters receive another opportunity in the UFC after experiencing such a string of results. Instead, they are almost always sent packing to polish their game and build their confidence in mid-major shows. It then typically takes a fairly impressive run of wins before the fighter finds himself back in the Octagon.
Garcia, however, won't have to stride down that well travelled path before his next UFC fight, according to UFC President Dana White. Why? The answer to that is as obvious as the nose on your face, if you have had the pleasure of watching Garcia compete during his recent run of tough outcomes. This kid is as fun to watch as anyone in the sport, and this is the fight business, after all.
White, who grew up an avid boxing fan, has always had a special place in his heart for blood-and-guts warriors. He loved watching Arturo Gatti, who was truly just an above-average professional boxer, but was must-see TV because of his never-say-die, caution-to-the-wind style. Gatti never quit. He never played it safe in search of a win. And he always made sure fans received full value for spending their hard-earned dollars to watch him compete.
Garcia is definitely cut from that same cloth, so he will not be released from his contract, despite the four-fight losing streak. I'm guessing that makes the bitter taste of defeat just a little more tolerable right about now.


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Recorded in many spellings throughout Europe ranging from the English Cheese, Cheeseman, Chesman, and Chisman or Chismon, to Kasmann and Kaser (Germany), Caesman (Flanders), Casari and Casiero (Italy), and Casier and Chasier (France), this is an occupational surname for a cheesemaker. As such it is or was, one of the most imnportant of the early medieval surnames. The original derivation is from the pre 7th century Anglo- Saxon and Old English 'cese' meaning cheese, but ultimately from the Roman (Latin) 'caseus'.
Where the suffix 'man or mann' is used, this implies a status, in that the name holder was probably related to the original 'Cheese' or may have worked for him. There are more than fifty variations of the name spelling, another indication of the widespread occupational use in ancient times. Early examples of the name recordings include Arnold Chesere of Basel, Switzerland in 1246, William Le Chesman of Cambridge, England, in the year 1260, Brudel der Kesman of Salem in Germany in 1302, and Thomas Le Chusman of Sussex, England in 1327. Other recordings are those of Alice Chisman of Somerset also in 1327, Thomas Cheeseman of London, (1760 - 1835) the famous engraver, and Ernest Rewben Chismon on January 28th 1849 at St. Mary's, Lewisham, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Baldwin Le Chesemangere, which was dated 1189. This was in the "Pipe Rolls" of the county of Kent, England, during the reign of King Richard 1st. He was known as "The Lionheart", following his exploits in the Holy Land during the Crusades. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.© Copyright: Name Origin Research 1980 - 2024
Enjoy this name printed onto our colourful scroll, printed in Olde English script. An ideal gift.


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If you are using SQL Server 2000 still today my very first recommendation to you is to upgrade to SQL Server 2012. SQL Server 2000 is now 12 years old product and since then many new enhancements as well features which are relevant to current growth and progress in Informational Industry. Now is the time to catch up with the latest trends. Here is one more point for you to notice if this helps you consider to upgrade to the latest version. One can't upgrade directly from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2012. You need to first upgrade to either SQL Server 2005/2008/R2 and then further plan to upgrade to SQL Server 2012. There is no direct upgrade path for SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2012. I strongly believe this is the time to upgrade to the latest version.
Well, also there is a rule that to let something continue if it is not broken and working fine. If you are following that rule and still using SQL Server 2000 I strongly suggest that you upgrade your SQL Server 2000 SP4 and update it with latest Security updates.
Here are two important SQL Server Security Updates.
Security Update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB983811)
Security Update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB983812)
As we are talking about SQL Server 2000 let me ask you a quick question – how many of you are still using SQL Server 2000 or earlier version in a production system on at least one server?
Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)


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Taraweeh: 5th Night
In the Name of Almighty Allah Most Gracious, Most Merciful
This summary, of the fifth Tarawîh covers the entire sixth Juz.
One of the central themes of Sûrah Mâ'idah is that the laws of the Sharî'ah must be revered and upheld. In explaining this, the following injunctions have been highlighted:
- Hunting is prohibited after entering into the ihrâm.
- Halâl animals may be consumed only when they are slaughtered in Allâh's name. Carrion is Harâm, as is the flesh of:
- pigs,
- those animals that have been slaughtered in the name of any being besides Allâh,
- those animals that have been throttled,
- those that were beaten to death,
- those that fell to their deaths,
- those killed by collision, and
- those that died after being attacked by wild beasts.
- Allâh tells man that he should never attempt to foretell the future by means of omens and other means of divining because such acts are the practice of sinners. All good and evil are in Allâh's control. Allâh tells the Muslims that they should have firm faith in their Dîn of Islâm which Allâh has perfected, thereby completing His enormous bounty on them. Therefore, Muslims should uphold the sanctity of Islâmic injunctions and critically distinguish between the lawful and the unlawful. Muslims are enjoined to abstain from evil and to be grateful.
Sûrah Mâ'idah contains laws that relate to man's religious, civil, social and political life. This Sûrah contains detailed guidance about:
- The etiquette of the Hajj journey
- Revering the landmarks of Dîn
- The perimeters of Halâl and Harâm
- Marriage and interaction with the Ahlul Kitâb [Jews and Christians]
- The laws of Wudhu, Ghusl and Tayammum
- Dealing with rebellion
- The punishment for robbery and theft
- The prohibition of liquor and gambling
- The Kafâra [atonement] for breaking vows and
- The detailed laws concerning testimony
Allâh ordains that the hand of a male or female thief is to be cut off. The Muslims are also warned against taking the Jews and Christians as friends. Allâh makes it clear that the belief in the 'Trinity' constitutes kufr and that enmity and hatred for the Muslims have been entrenched into the hearts of the Kuffâr until Qiyâmah.
Allâh entreats Rasulullâh Sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, not to be grieved about the disbelief of the Kuffâr because he is not responsible for them. Sûrah Mâ'idah also states that Jannah is forbidden for the Mushrikîn and that oppressors will have none to aid them against Allâh. Allâh says that those people of the past who adhered to the divine religions of their times will attain salvation if they firmly believed in Allâh and in the Day of Qiyâmah.
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GFMD Mayors Mechanism – Position Paper for Roundtable 3
The GFMD Mayors Mechanism – co-steered by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the Mayors Migration Council (MMC), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – submits its Position Paper for Roundtable 3.
This paper has been prepared for the 2022 International Migration Review Forum (IMRF). It illustrates the contributions and progress of Local and Regional Governments (LRGs) toward the implementation objectives of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) under discussion at Roundtable 3 of the IMRF. It proposes recommendations to national governments and international organizations for joint action to advance future progress.


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Textus Receptus Bibles
Noah Webster's Bible 1833
10:1 | There was a certain man in Cesarea, called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, |
10:2 | A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. |
10:3 | He saw in a vision evidently, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius. |
10:4 | And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thy alms are come up for a memorial before God. |
10:5 | And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: |
10:6 | He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea-side: he will tell thee what thou oughtest to do. |
10:7 | And when the angel who spoke to Cornelius had departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; |
10:8 | And when he had declared all these things to them, he sent them to Joppa. |
10:9 | On the morrow, as they were going on their journey, and drew nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour: |
10:10 | And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, |
10:11 | And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: |
10:12 | In which were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping animals, and fowls of the air. |
10:13 | And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. |
10:14 | But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. |
10:15 | And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. |
10:16 | This was done thrice: and the vessel was received again into heaven. |
10:17 | Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and were standing before the gate, |
10:18 | And called, and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, lodged there. |
10:19 | While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek thee. |
10:20 | Arise therefore, and go down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. |
10:21 | Then Peter went down to the men who were sent to him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause for which ye have come? |
10:22 | And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee. |
10:23 | Then he called them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. |
10:24 | And on the morrow they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends. |
10:25 | And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshiped him. |
10:26 | But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up: I myself also am a man. |
10:27 | And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that had come together. |
10:28 | And he said to them, Ye know that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come to one of another nation; but God hath shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean. |
10:29 | Therefore I came to you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? |
10:30 | And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, |
10:31 | And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thy alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. |
10:32 | Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he lodgeth in the house of one Simon a tanner, by the sea-side: who, when he cometh, will speak to thee. |
10:33 | Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou hast come. Now therefore we are all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee from God. |
10:34 | Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, In truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: |
10:35 | But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. |
10:36 | The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) |
10:37 | That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; |
10:38 | That God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him. |
10:39 | And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree. |
10:40 | Him God raised the third day, and showed him openly; |
10:41 | Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. |
10:42 | And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who was ordained by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead. |
10:43 | To him give all the prophets testimony, that through his name whoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. |
10:44 | While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them who heard the word. |
10:45 | And they of the circumcision who believed, were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
10:46 | For they heard them speak in languages and magnify God. Then answered Peter, |
10:47 | Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we? |
10:48 | And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they requested him to tarry certain days. |
Noah Webster's Bible 1833
While Noah Webster, just a few years after producing his famous Dictionary of the English Language, produced his own modern translation of the English Bible in 1833; the public remained too loyal to the King James Version for Webster's version to have much impact.


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If you look to the far left, Miss Curtis is enjoying her meal at Pino with her boyfriend, fellow food blogger known as "The Fat Kid Inside", Erwann Heusaff. I may not have gotten much pictures of the interior, but I have a picture I took of Anne Curtis in my blog, bringing my Stalker status to Level:Expert.
I resisted the urge to approach Anne and tell her I truly believe we could be friends if she gave me a chance, as well as introducing myself to Erwann as "The Short Guy Outside", but I realized that if I get another restraining order, people are gonna start to ask questions, so I let them enjoy their meal in peace. (Anne, if you're reading this, I really do believe we cou-... never mind).
I was very fortunate that Chef Ed Bugia, the brains behind Pino's eclectic menu, took time to give us a little back story to the dish, just before we dug in (or in my case, right after I dug in.. You know how it goes, "He who hesitates.. umm.. gets the last serving...?" hehe)
The Pino-Ka Margarita
Portabello Inasal (P260)


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Friends Croatia
October 2010
On the occasion of World School Milk Day Animal Friends Croatia says: A
Glass of Milk A Glass Full of Suffering
With chains around their necks and holding banners, Animal Friends
activists will point to the suffering of calves and cows in the dairy
On Wednesday, September 29, 2010 on Ban Jelacic Square (Zagreb, Croatia) from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. representatives of the dairy industry will mark World School Milk Day with an advertising program. The targeted audience are first and foremost children of elementary schools, whom they want to encourage to a mandatory consumption of diary meals in schools and their homes. The special guest on the main square will be the cow Sara with her new calf, whose stress and nervousness Zagreb people could already see in previous years.
Animal Friends' activists with chains around their necks and banners will draw the people's attention to the distressed life of cows and calves and point to the unnatural and excessive consumption of animal milk.
The intensive campaigns of the Croatian diary industry are focused on the constant deception of consumers by showing cows and veal calves in pastoral living conditions, on green sunlit fields. They portray cow milk as the most perfect natural food which it really is but for calves. The consumption of milk of other species is completely unnatural, because mothers of other mammals species produce milk suitable for the offspring of their species before they switch to solid food. Humans are the only species which consumes milk of other species and the only species which consumes milk in adult age.
By crossing and genetic manipulations for the purpose of greater milk production, man turned a conscious living being into a machine for the tenfold production of milk than her youngster could normally drink. Normally a cow produces up to three litres of milk a day. Today more than 50 liters of milk a day can be milked out of cow.
Contrary to the deceptive marketing of the dairy industry, happy and healthy cows with untroubled calves do not produce milk. In order to produce milk, each year cows are raped so they can become pregnant by artificial insemination. After the calf is born, the strong motherly bond between the cow and her calf is soon cut. Separating the calf from the mother is extremely stressful for those emotional animals and it is followed by mutual sad and scared calling. In some cases, mother cows after the separation show symptoms of anxiety and mourning such as depression, apathy and denial of food.
Naturally the calf would be suckled by her/his own mother for six month, but after the intensive fattening with food replacement in the period of three to four months it ends up in the slaughterhouse and is used for deriving meat, rennet for the production of cheese and their skin for leather. Other youngsters are entering the fattening proces for the purpose of getting more weight. Their life ends in slaughter in the age of 12 to 20 months. Only 20-25% of calves remains in the production of milk.
Manipulated breeding for the hyperproduction of milk causes foot deformity, lameness, very high rates of chronic mastitis (painful inflammation of the udder) and osteoporosis as a consequence of complete depletion of calcium from the bones. In nature, cows can live up to 25 and more years. But, after being exploited in the dairy industry, exhausted cows at the age of two to six years are sent to slaughterhouses. During the slaughter, most cows and calves are stunned by the captive bolt pistol at the front of their heads and hung upside down by both of their hind legs. Their throats are slit while their hearts are still beating. Their bodies are used for various meat products, livestock feed, manure, and similar as well as in the leather industry.
Cow milk is a liquid meant to turn the calf into a cow. Precisely from that reason children are most sensitive to the dairy diet. Consumption of animal milk and diary products is connected with intolerance to lactose (milk sugar, which results in bloating, pain and abdominal cramps, diarrhea, nausea), allergic reactions, increased risk for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and malignant disease (cancer of the prostate, rectum, breast, leukemia...), asthma, juvenile diabetes, sinus congestion, ear infections, resistance to antibiotics... Drinking milk because of the abundance of animal proteins leads to the loss of calcium from bones and osteoporosis. Because of the favorable ratio of calcium and phosphorus, vegetable sources of calcium are much healthier (green leafy vegetables, legumes, dried fruits, seeds, soy products).
Instead of animal milk, Animal Friends invites children and adults to consume plant-based milk (soya, oat, rice), creams and yoghurts which, besides being healthier and of better taste, are not made out of suffering and exploitation of animals. Beside that, the production of plant-based milk is ten times cheaper than the production of cow's milk, which also is of general interest for the whole community.
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Characteristics of CdLS
Characteristics of CdLS
As with many other syndromes, individuals with CdLS strongly resemble one another. Typical facial features include thin eyebrows that meet in the middle, long eyelashes, a short upturned nose, and thin downturned lips.
Other characteristics include low birth weight (often under five pounds), slow growth, small stature, and small head size. Other features may include excessive body hair and small hands and feet. Common medical issues include gastro- esophageal reflux disease, heart defects, seizures, feeding difficulties, vision problems, and hearing loss. Limb differences, including missing arms, forearms or fingers, are seen in about 25 percent of individuals with CdLS. Behavioral and communication issues and developmental delays often exist.
Major Characteristics of CdLS
CdLS is not a "one size fits all" condition. An individual may have many of the following traits, or only a select few. Geneticists establish the diagnosis after evaluating all the criteria.
Birth Weight, Growth and Head Size
The average birth weight for children with CdLS is 5 lbs., 1 oz., but birth weights have been reported ranging from 1 lb., 2 oz. to 10 lbs. The average birth length is approximately 18 inches. Children with CdLS are often short and below average in weight when compared to others their age. Small head size (microcephaly) is a feature commonly associated with the syndrome.
Find more on growth, special have a look at our growth charts...
Developmental Delays
The vast majority of children diagnosed with CdLS are intellectually delayed, with the degree ranging from mild to severe. Learning disabilities and severe language delays are often present. Although intellectual delay is considered essential for diagnosis, there have been cases of people with CdLS who have borderline to normal intelligence.
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
It's estimated that 85 percent of people with CdLS experience some type of gastroesophageal reflux. The pain that can accompany GERD can make eating unpleasant and lead to a variety of behavioral problems.
Behavioral Issues
People with CdLS may exhibit a number of behavioral problems such as self-injury (head-banging, hand-biting, etc.), compulsive repetition, and/or autistic-like behaviors. Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have also been noted.
Secondary Characteristics of CdLS
Facial Features
Prominent facial features include thin eyebrows that often meet at the midline (synophrys), long eyelashes, short upturned nose, thin downturned lips, low-set ears, and high-arched palate or cleft palate.
Limb Differences
The following are common features in people with CdLS: small hands and feet, incurved fifth fingers (clinodactyl), partial joining of the second and third toes, proximally placed thumbs, and upper limb abnormalities, including missing fingers, hands or forearms.
Other System Abnormalities
Eye ailments such as blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelid), faulty or nonexistent tear ducts, ptosis (droopy lids), and extreme nearsightedness (myopia) can occur. Other medical concerns can include hearing loss, communication delays, feeding difficulties, seizures, heart defects, bowel abnormalities, undescended testes, and purplish discoloration of the skin (cutis marmorata).


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Goals. They're the things that motivate us to wake up a little early every morning and stay up a little late at night. They give us something to look forward to.
Do you have big goals? Do you get overwhelmed by the sheer size of them or wonder how you'll achieve them?
If so, here are five effective ways to achieve your big goals. (See also: But I Don't Want To! Secrets of Self-Motivation)
The very first thing you should do is to write down what you want to accomplish and why you want to accomplish it. How else can you get clarity on what you want to do?
After you write down your goals, put them in a place where you'll see them every single day. For example, your bathroom mirror. That way, you'll see them at least twice a day — when you wake up to get ready for the day and before you go to bed at night.
How does this help?
Looking at your goals every single day will keep them at the forefront of your mind. This, in turn, will motivate you to take action on them. You'll look for things to do that'll bring you closer to achieving your goals, and you'll look for ways to do better than the day before.
After you figure out what goals you want to achieve and have written them down, you've got to dedicate time to achieve them. For many of us, this is easier said than done. We all lead busy lives, often with a job to go to in the daytime and a family to take care of at night.
So how do you have time for your goals?
The answer to that question is this — you need to learn how to manage your time better.
One thing you can do is decide what you will give up so that you free up time to pursue your goals. This is where knowing why you want to accomplish a goal becomes important.
For instance, a big time-waster for many people is TV. Sure, we may need to unwind in front of the TV for a short while after a long day at work. But if you can get into the habit of cutting down on your time watching TV and thinking more and more about your goals, you'll give yourself the time to work on your worthwhile projects.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." – Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu
Did you know that if you improve just 1% everyday, in 71 days you'll be twice as good? Yep, it's true. And since I'm a nerd, here's the math behind it. Go ahead and plug this formula into Microsoft Excel: =(1*(1.01)^71)
The answer comes out to a little bit over 2.
How does this apply to your goals? Let's say you're trying to exercise more.
This means that if you start by walking one mile today, tomorrow you should walk just a little more than a mile. The day after that, you'll walk a little bit more. Keep this up, and little by little, in 71 days you'll have doubled your capacity, working up to two miles.
Remember — inch by inch, everything's a cinch.
Here's a harsh dose of reality — whenever you try to do something that others haven't been able to do, or something that's out of the ordinary, you'll most likely get criticism or a lack of support, or people will flat out tell you it's not possible.
If you hear this, you've got to do everything you can to ignore those voices.
Sure, you'll probably fail a few times and face setbacks on the way to achieving what you want to achieve. Don't get discouraged.
Many people remember Michael Jordan for the six championships that he won with the Chicago Bulls. But check out this quote that describes his journey to success: "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot — and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why....I succeed."
And here's another one from Thomas Edison: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
So here's the moral of the story: Have an unshakeable mindset. Find a way. Keep searching, and keep working.
Lastly, it's important to appreciate the journey you're on. Think of achieving your goals as a marathon.
Celebrating after you reach certain milestones will allow you to pause for awhile and reflect on your current success. Reflecting on your current success will then motivate you to keep pressing on to do even more, and to do it even better.
How do you stay on track toward reaching your goals?
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DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – Syrian forces killed at least five people on Friday when they fired at demonstrations calling for the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo, activists said.
The shootings occurred despite a three-week-old ceasefire agreement aimed at ending 14 months of bloodshed in Syria, part of a wider peace plan that international mediator Kofi Annan's spokesman said was still "on track".
The United States said on Thursday that a new international approach may be needed if the plan fails, accusing Assad of making "no effort" to implement it so far.
Annan is due to brief the Security Council next week.
Assad says he is fighting foreign-backed "terrorists" and his international friends, including in Moscow, point out that rebels too have staged attacks in breach of the ceasefire.
Three people were killed when security forces fired on a demonstration in the Kfar Souseh district of Damascus, and a teenager was shot dead in the poor neighbourhood of Tadamun, activists said.
Another person was shot dead in Aleppo, a day after security forces and students with knives attacked a university protest against Assad, killing at least four people in Syria's once relatively peaceful commercial hub and second city.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three people were killed overnight in Aleppo, and put the death toll in violence across the country over the last 24 hours at more than 20.
Small groups of United Nations observers have deployed across the country to assess compliance by Assad's forces and their rebel opponents with the April 12 ceasefire.
Their leader, Norwegian Major-General Robert Mood, has said they have had a "calming effect" in their areas of operation, adding that they cannot be expected to solve Syria's crisis, in which thousands have been killed since March last year.
Hundreds of people, including civilians, security forces and rebels, have been killed since the ceasefire was agreed.
Annan's six-point plan includes a ceasefire, deployment of observers and free access for journalists and humanitarian aid, leading to talks on an political solution.
"I would say that the Annan plan is on track and a crisis that has been going on for over a year is not going to be resolved in a day or a week," Fawzi said.
"There are signs on the ground of movement, albeit it's slow and small. There are also signs behind the scenes you don't see because this mediation effort by definition is conducted below the radar," Fawzi said.
Security was tight across the capital Damascus on Friday, with checkpoints and roadblocks throughout the city.
Roads leading to Midan – site of a suicide bombing last Friday which killed at least nine people – were cut off. Seven buses full of security were parked at one entrance to Midan.
Armed men in plain clothes also manned checkpoints while at one roundabout two soldiers sat behind sandbags manning a machine gun.
YouTube footage from Tadamun, which could not be independently verified, showed troops pointing automatic rifles at youths hurling rocks in the poor district on the southern edge of Damascus. Activists said 17-year old protester Mohammad Darwish was killed by army gunfire.
Mood, the chief U.N. observer, said in Homs on Thursday that his mission was steadily growing, with a total of 50 monitors in the country which would be doubled within weeks.
"We have reinforced our permanent teams in Hama and Deraa with an extra two monitors in each city," he said from the al-Safir hotel in Homs, where six monitors are based permanently.
Around 300 monitors will be deployed by the end of May.
Syria's uprising began in March 2011 with peaceful demonstrations inspired by a wave of Arab revolts against long-ruling autocratic leaders, but it has become increasingly militarised in response to Assad's violent crackdown.
The U.N. says more than 9,000 people have died in the crackdown, while the Syrian government says it has lost at least 2,600 of its forces to "foreign-backed terrorists".
Despite the turmoil, Syria plans to hold a parliamentary election on Monday under a new constitution which has allowed the creation of new political parities and formally ended decades of monopoly by Assad's ruling Baath Party.
Authorities say the election is part of a reform process, but the opposition dismisses it as a sham.


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50.7 Questioner: Thank you. Can you expand on the concept which is this: that it is necessary for an entity to, during incarnation in the physical as we call it, become polarized or interact properly with other entities and why this isn't possible in between incarnations when he is aware of what he wants to do, but why must he come into an incarnation and lose memory, conscious memory of what he wants to do and then act in a way that he hopes to act? Could you expand on that please?
Ra: I am Ra. Let us give the example of the man who sees all the poker hands. He then knows the game. It is but child's play to gamble, for it is no risk. The other hands are known. The possibilities are known and the hand will be played correctly but with no interest.
In time/space and in the true-color green density, the hands of all are open to the eye. The thoughts, the feelings, the troubles, all these may be seen. There is no deception and no desire for deception. Thus much may be accomplished in harmony but the mind/body/spirit gains little polarity from this interaction.
Let us re-examine this metaphor and multiply it into the longest poker game you can imagine, a lifetime. The cards are love, dislike, limitation, unhappiness, pleasure, etc. They are dealt and re-dealt and re-dealt continuously. You may, during this incarnation begin — and we stress begin — to know your own cards. You may begin to find the love within you. You may begin to balance your pleasure, your limitations, etc. However, your only indication of other-selves' cards is to look into the eyes.
You cannot remember your hand, their hands, perhaps even the rules of this game. This game can only be won by those who lose their cards in the melting influence of love; can only be won by those who lay their pleasures, their limitations, their all upon the table face up and say inwardly: "All, all of you players, each other-self, whatever your hand, I love you." This is the game: to know, to accept, to forgive, to balance, and to open the self in love. This cannot be done without the forgetting, for it would carry no weight in the life of the mind/body/spirit beingness totality.
8.1 Questioner: I have a question about [what] I call the advertising of the Confederation. It has to do with free will. There have been certain contacts allowed, as I understand, by the Council, but this is limited because of free will of those who are not oriented in such a way that they could maybe want contact. This material that we are doing now will be disseminated. Dissemination of this material will be dependent upon the wants of [a] relatively small number of people on the planet. Many people on the planet now want this material, but even though we disseminate it they will not be aware it is available. Is there any possibility of creating some effect which I would call advertising, or is this against the principle of free will?
Ra: I am Ra. Consider, if you will, the path your life-experience complex has taken. Consider the coincidences and odd circumstances by which one thing flowed to the next. Consider this well.
Each entity will receive the opportunity that each needs. This information source-beingness does not have uses in the life-experience complex of each of those among your peoples who seek. Thus the advertisement is general and not designed to indicate the searching out of any particular material, but only to suggest the noumenal* aspect of the illusion.
10.14 Questioner: For general development [of the] reader of this book, could you state some of the practices or exercises to perform to produce an acceleration toward the Law of One?
Ra: I am Ra.
Exercise One. This is the most nearly centered and usable within your illusion complex. The moment contains love. That is the lesson/goal of this illusion or density. The exercise is to consciously seek that love in awareness and understanding distortions. The first attempt is the cornerstone. Upon this choosing rests the remainder of the life-experience of an entity. The second seeking of love within the moment begins the addition. The third seeking powers the second, the fourth powering or doubling the third. As with the previous type of empowerment, there will be some loss of power due to flaws within the seeking in the distortion of insincerity. However, the conscious statement of self to self of the desire to seek love is so central an act of will that, as before, the loss of power due to this friction is inconsequential.
Exercise Two. The universe is one being. When a mind/body/spirit complex views another mind/body/spirit complex, see the Creator. This is an helpful exercise.
Exercise Three. Gaze within a mirror. See the Creator.
Exercise Four. Gaze at the creation which lies about the mind/body/spirit complex of each entity. See the Creator.
The foundation or prerequisite of these exercises is a predilection towards what may be called meditation, contemplation, or prayer. With this attitude, these exercises can be processed. Without it, the data will not sink down into the roots of the tree of mind, thus enabling and ennobling the body and touching the spirit.
4.20 Questioner: My objective is primarily to discover more of the Law of One, and [it would] be very helpful to discover techniques of healing. I am aware of your problem with respect to free will. Can you make… You cannot make suggestions, so I will ask you if you can state the Law of One and the laws of healing to me?
Ra: I am Ra. The Law of One, though beyond the limitations of name, as you call vibratory sound complexes, may be approximated by stating that all things are one, that there is no polarity, no right or wrong, no disharmony, but only identity. All is one, and that one is love/light, light/love, the Infinite Creator.
One of the primal distortions of the Law of One is that of healing. Healing occurs when a mind/body/spirit complex realizes, deep within itself, the Law of One; that is, that there is no disharmony, no imperfection; that all is complete and whole and perfect. Thus, the intelligent infinity within this mind/body/spirit complex re-forms the illusion of body, mind, or spirit to a form congruent with the Law of One. The healer acts as energizer or catalyst for this completely individual process.
One item which may be of interest is that a healer asking to learn must take the distortion understood as responsibility for that ask/receiving, thus healing. This is a[n] honor/duty which must be carefully considered in free will before the asking.
19.17 Questioner: Can you tell me what bias creates their momentum toward the chosen path of service to self?
Ra: I am Ra. We can speak only in metaphor. Some love the light. Some love the darkness. It is a matter of the unique and infinitely various Creator choosing and playing among its experiences as a child upon a picnic. Some enjoy the picnic and find the sun beautiful, the food delicious, the games refreshing, and glow with the joy of creation. Some find the night delicious, their picnic being pain, difficulty, sufferings of others, and the examination of the perversities of nature. These enjoy a different picnic.
All these experiences are available. It is free will of each entity which chooses the form of play, the form of pleasure.
8.11 Questioner: Wouldn't this type of craft totally solve, or come close to solving, a lot of the energy problems as far as transport goes? That we're used to transporting [inaudible]… transporting [inaudible].
Ra: I am Ra. The technology your peoples possess at this time is capable of resolving each and every limitation which plagues your social memory complex at this present nexus of experience. However, the concerns of some of your beings with distortions towards what you would call powerful energy cause these solutions to be withheld until the solutions are so needed that those with the distortion can then become further distorted in the direction of power.
48.10 Questioner: Could you tell me how the various bodies, red through violet, are linked to the energy center, centers, red through violet? Are they linked in some way?
Ra: I am Ra. This shall be the last full query of this working.
As we have noted, each of the true-color densities has the seven energy centers and each entity contains all this in potentiation. The activation, while in yellow ray, of violet-ray intelligent infinity is a passport to the next octave of experience. There are adepts who have penetrated many, many of the energy centers and several of the true colors. This must be done with utmost care while in the physical body for as we noted when speaking of the dangers of linking red/orange/yellow circuitry with true-color blue circuitry the potential for disarrangement of the mind/body/spirit complex is great. However, the entity who penetrates intelligent infinity is basically capable of walking the universe with unfettered tread.
Is there any brief query before we leave this instrument?
95.24 Questioner: From that statement I interpret the following meaning: That if the Experience of the Mind has sufficiently chosen the right-hand path, as total purity is approached in choosing of the right-hand path, then total imperviousness from the effect of the left-hand catalyst is also approached. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is exquisitely perceptive. The seeker which has purely chosen the service-to-others path shall certainly not have a variant apparent incarnational experience. There is no outward shelter in your illusion from the gusts, flurries, and blizzards of quick and cruel catalyst.
However, to the pure, all that is encountered speaks of the love and the light of the One Infinite Creator. The cruelest blow is seen with an ambiance of challenges offered and opportunities to come. Thusly, the great pitch of light is held high above such an one so that all interpretation may be seen to be protected by light.
52.2 Questioner: Thank you. I think that possibly I am on an important point here because it seems to me that the great work in evolution is the discipline of personality, and it seems that we have two types of moving around the universe, one stemming from disciplines of personality, and the other stemming from what you call the slingshot effect. I won't even get into the sub-light speeds because I don't consider that too important. And I only consider this material important with respect to the fact that we are investigating discipline of the personality.
Does the use of the slingshot effect for travel, is that a what you might call an intellectual or a left brain type of involvement of understanding rather than a right brain type?
Ra: I am Ra. Your perception on this point is extensive. You penetrate the outer teaching. We prefer not to utilize the terminology of right and left brain due to the inaccuracies of this terminology. Some functions are repetitive or redundant in both lobes, and further, to some entities the functions of the right and left are reversed. However, the heart of the query is worth some consideration.
The technology of which you, as a social complex, are so enamored at this time is but the birthing of the manipulation of the intelligent energy of the sub-Logos which, when carried much further, may evolve into technology capable of using the gravitic effects of which we spoke. We note that this term is not accurate but there is no closer term.
Therefore, the use of technology to manipulate that outside the self is far, far less of an aid to personal evolution than the disciplines of the mind/body/spirit complex resulting in the whole knowledge of the self in the microcosm and macrocosm.
To the disciplined entity, all things are open and free. The discipline which opens the universes opens also the gateways to evolution. The difference is that of choosing either to hitchhike to a place where beauty may be seen or to walk, step by step, independent and free in this independence to praise the strength to walk and the opportunity for the awareness of beauty.
The hitchhiker, instead, is distracted by conversation and the vagaries of the road and, dependent upon the whims of others, is concerned to make the appointment in time. The hitchhiker sees the same beauty but has not prepared itself for the establishment, in the roots of mind, of the experience.
65.12 Questioner: Then each of the Wanderers here acts as a function of the biases he has developed in any way he sees fit to communicate or simply be in his polarity to aid the total consciousness of the planet. Is there any, shall I say, more physical way that he aids in— what I mean is, do the vibrations somehow add, just as electrical polarity or charging a battery or something? Does that also aid the planet, just the physical presence of the Wanderers?
Ra: I am Ra. This is correct and the mechanism is precisely as you state. We intended this meaning in the second portion of our previous answer.
You may, at this time, note that as with any entities, each Wanderer has its unique abilities, biases, and specialties so that from each portion of each density represented among the Wanderers comes an array of pre-incarnative talents which then may be expressed upon this plane which you now experience so that each Wanderer, in offering itself before incarnation, has some special service to offer in addition to the doubling effect of planetary love and light and the basic function of serving as beacon or shepherd.
Thus there are those of fifth density whose abilities to express wisdom are great. There are fourth- and sixth-density Wanderers whose ability to serve as, shall we say, passive radiators or broadcasters of love and love/light are immense. There are many others whose talents brought into this density are quite varied.
Thus Wanderers have three basic functions once the forgetting is penetrated, the first two being basic, the tertiary one being unique to that particular mind/body/spirit complex.
We may note at this point while you ponder the possibility/probability vortices that although you have many, many items which cause distress and thus offer seeking and service opportunities, there is always one container in that store of peace, love, light, and joy. This vortex may be very small, but to turn one's back upon it is to forget the infinite possibilities of the present moment. Could your planet polarize towards harmony in one fine, strong moment of inspiration? Yes, my friends. It is not probable; but it is ever possible.
83.17 Questioner: Could you expand on what you mean by that interaction of polarized entities in piercing the veil?
Ra: I am Ra. We shall state two items of note. The first is the extreme potential for polarization in the relationship of two polarized entities which have embarked upon the service-to-others path or, in some few cases, the service-to-self path. Secondly, we would note that effect which we have learned to call the doubling effect. Those of like mind which together seek shall far more surely find.
84.7 Questioner: Thank you. I'm sure that we are getting into an area of problem with the first distortion here, and also with a difficulty in a bit of transient material here, but I have two questions from people that I'll ask, although I consider especially the first one to be of no lasting value. Andrija Puharich asks about coming physical changes, specifically this summer. Is there anything that we could relay to him about that?
Ra: I am Ra. We may confirm the good intention of the source of this entity's puzzles and suggest that it is a grand choice that each may make to, by desire, collect the details of the day or, by desire, to seek the keys to unknowing.
90.21 Questioner: Then what you are saying is that once the path is recognized, either the positive or the negative polarized entity can find hints along his path as to the efficiency of that path. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. That which you say is correct upon its own merits, but is not a repetition of our statement. Our suggestion was that within the experiential nexus of each entity within its second-density environment and within the roots of mind there were placed biases indicating to the watchful eye the more efficient of the two paths. Let us say, for want of a more precise adjective, that this Logos has a bias towards kindness.
102.11 Questioner: Now, is there— the two areas then that the instrument can look to for curing this problem… I understand that the yellow-ray blockage problem has completely repaired, shall I say. If this is not correct, could you make suggestions on that, please?
Ra: I am Ra. Each entity must, in order to completely unblock yellow ray, love all which are in relationship to it, with hope only of the other-selves' joy, peace, and comfort.
87.23 Questioner: In addition, why is the ratio of male to female orgasms so heavily loaded on the side of the male?
Ra: I am Ra. We refer now to the yellow-ray physical body or, if you will, body complex. At this level the distinction is unimportant. The male orgasm which motivates the sperm forward to meet its ovum is essential for the completion of the red-ray desire to propagate the species. The female orgasm is unnecessary. Again, as mind/body/spirit complexes begin to use the sexual energy transfer to learn, to serve, and to glorify the One Infinite Creator the function of the female orgasm becomes more clear.
97.9 Questioner: Possibly I didn't phrase that the way I meant to, which was: we already have determined the items that should be removed from the first four cards. The question was: have I missed anything that should be removed which were not of Ra's original intention in the last few sessions of determining what should be removed?
Ra: I am Ra. We shall repeat our opinion that there are several concepts which, in each image, are astrologically based. However, these concepts are not without merit within the concept complex intended by Ra, given the perception by the student of these concepts in an appropriate manner.
We wish not to form that which may be considered by any mind/body/spirit complex to be a complete and infallible series of images. There is a substantial point to be made in this regard. We have been, with the questioner's aid, investigating the concept complexes of the great architecture of the archetypical mind. To more clearly grasp the nature, the process, and the purpose of archetypes, Ra provided a series of concept complexes. In no way whatsoever should we, as humble messengers of the One Infinite Creator, wish to place before the consideration of any mind/body/spirit complex which seeks its evolution the palest tint of the idea that these images are anything but a resource for working in the area of the development of the faith and the will.
To put this into perspective we must gaze then at the stunning mystery of the One Infinite Creator. The archetypical mind does not resolve any paradox or bring all into unity. This is not the property of any resource which is of the third density. Therefore, may we ask the student to look up from inward working and behold the glory, the might, the majesty, the mystery, and the peace of oneness. Let no consideration of bird or beast, darkness or light, shape or shadow keep any which seeks from the central consideration of unity.
We are not messengers of the complex. We bring the message of unity. In this perspective only may we affirm the value to the seeker of adepthood of the grasping, articulating, and use of this resource of the deep mind exemplified by the concept complexes of the archetypes.
74.11 Questioner: Now, what I am trying to get at is how these disciplines affect the energy centers and the power, shall I say, of the white magician. Could you, will you tell me how that works?
Ra: I am Ra. The heart of the discipline of the personality is threefold. One, know yourself. Two, accept yourself. Three, become the Creator.
The third step is that step which, when accomplished, renders one the most humble servant of all, transparent in personality and completely able to know and accept other-selves. In relation to the pursuit of the magical working the continuing discipline of the personality involves the adept in knowing itself, accepting itself, and thus clearing the path towards the great indigo gateway to the Creator. To become the Creator is to become all that there is. There is then no personality in the sense with which the adept begins its learn/teaching. As the consciousness of the indigo ray becomes more crystalline, more work may be done; more may be expressed from intelligent infinity.
80.22 Questioner: Then by this contact also with intelligent energy can you give me an example of what this would be for both, for the contact with intelligent infinity and intelligent energy? Could you give me an example of what type of experience this would result in, if that's at all possible?
Ra: I am Ra. This shall be the last query of this working of full length. We have discussed the possibilities of contact with intelligent energy, for this energy is the energy of the Logos, and thus it is the energy which heals, builds, removes, destroys, and transforms all other-selves as well as the self.
The contact with intelligent infinity is most likely to produce an unspeakable joy in the entity experiencing such contact. If you wish to query in more detail upon this subject, we invite you to do so in another working. Is there a brief query before we close this working?
99.5 Questioner: Finally, of the preliminary questions, one from Jim stating, "For the last three weeks I have often been at the edge of anger and frustration, have had a nearly constant dull pain at my indigo-ray center, and have felt quite drained of energy. Would Ra comment on the source of these experiences and any thoughts or actions that might alleviate it?"
Ra: I am Ra. As in all distortions, the source is the limit of the viewpoint. We may, without serious infringement, suggest three courses of behavior which shall operate upon the distortion expressed.
Firstly, it would be well for the scribe to engage, if not daily then as nearly so as possible, in a solitary strenuous activity which brings this entity to the true physical weariness. Further, although any activity may suffice, an activity chosen for its intended service to the harmony of the group would be quite efficacious.
The second activity is some of your space/time and time/space taken by the entity, directly or as nearly so as possible to the strenuous activity, for solitary contemplation.
Thirdly, the enthusiastic pursuit of the balancing and silent meditations cannot be deleted from the list of helpful activities for this entity.
We may note that the great forte of the scribe is summed in the inadequate sound vibration complex, power. The flow of power, just as the flow of love or wisdom, is enabled not by the chary** conserver of its use but by the constant user. The physical manifestation of power being either constructive or destructive strenuous activity, the power-filled entity must needs exercise that manifestation. This entity experiences a distortion in the direction of an excess of stored energy. It is well to know the self and to guard and use those attributes which the self has provided for its learning and its service.
99.11 Questioner: Thank you. In closing I will just ask if there is anything that we can do to make the instrument more comfortable or improve the contact?
Ra: I am Ra. We note the relative discomfort of this group at this space/time and offer those previous statements made by Ra as possible aids to the regaining of the extraordinary harmony which this group has the capability of experiencing in a stable manner.
We find the addition of the swirling waters to be helpful. The appurtenances are conscientiously aligned.
We encourage the conscious strengthening of those invisible ribbands* which fly from the wrists of those who go forward to seek what you may call the Grail. All is well, my friends. We leave you in hopes that each may find true colors to fly in that great metaphysical quest and urge each to urge each other in love, praise, and thanksgiving.
I am Ra. We leave you in the love and light of the One Infinite Creator. Go forth rejoicing in the power and in the peace of the One Glorious Infinite Creator. Adonai.
104.26 Questioner: Prior to the veiling process there was, I am assuming, no archetypical plan for the evolutionary process. It was totally left up to the free will of the mind/body/spirits to evolve in any way that they desired. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. No.
I am Ra. We leave you in appreciation of the circumstances of the great illusion in which you now choose to play the pipe and timbrel* and move in rhythm. We are also players upon a stage. The stage changes. The acts ring down. The lights come up once again. And throughout the grand illusion and the following and the following there is the undergirding majesty of the One Infinite Creator. All is well. Nothing is lost. Go forth rejoicing in the love and the light, the peace and the power of the One Infinite Creator. I am Ra. Adonai.
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