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Oh lately. Where should I start. Miserable maybe. Tired. When it rains it pours, and we're in a definite storm, but I keep thinking that God never gives us more than we can handle. He apparently thinks we can handle more then I thought.
This is the second time we've all been sick since Christmas and then Daddy got his wisdom teeth taken out Friday too, and then Saturday Addison got a cough. It all went down hill from there.
Daddy, however, was quite interesting. There was definitely a lot of blood with taking wisdom teeth out. His swelling is finally starting to go down and he can start to eat again. Good news right? He was really starting to miss his morning Cinnamon Crunch.
A fun thing though, on a happier note, Lily has started talking. I was wondering when she was going to start trying to sound out words. She's always been a grunter and seemed to really enjoy talking to us that way because it wasn't really frustrating for her. Probably because we could understand all her grunts.
There's not just certain words she say it's anything. She tries to say them all. Slaughters most of them but she tries. Her little baby voice is just too cute. Her favorites are Peppa, Hi, and Bye. She will say hi all day long.
Here's some photo's to recap what we've been up to. I'm actually still sitting on the couch. Addison is finally up and doing some school work again, daddy is now on the couch with Lily but managed to start a load of dishes. We're slowly getting back to normal.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Oh Lately
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Monday, December 30, 2013
New Years Resolutions
Every year I try and think of things that I need to change or things that I would like to try, but most of the time I never get around to them. Maybe because I've never really made a list to stick to. This year I'm doing it! I'm so excited to start this new year and maybe it can inspire some change because there's a lot of exciting things to come in 2014!
-Make more time for myself and get a relaxed feeling more often
-Learn to draw illustrated people
-Journal more
-Find a new book to fall in love with
-Open myself up to love and understanding
-Get my patience back
-Start singing in the car again to bring back those old feelings. When Russell and I had our very first date I sang like an idiot really loud in the car, and I can remember how much fun we had. He says it was one of those things that drew us together. I've lost it over the years. Even if I'm crap at it, I want to do i again ;)
-Become pregnant with baby #3 ;)
-Stick to a schedule (make one first)
-Stick to workout "losing weight" plan
-Eat healthier (give up my beloved Pepsi)
-Learn to have fun again
-Try and do something special for my family at least once a week
-Finish all collage classes with an A- or better :)
-Have my wife fall in love with me all over again.
For Addison
-Give her more one on one play time
-Do art more often. She loves to paint
-Go on a mommy/daughter date to go get some cookies
-Show her more often how much I love her
For Lily
-Always be there when she needs me. Even if I'm in the middle of something. Drop everything to just hold her.
-Teach her body parts. She's got the belly button and nose down pretty good!
-Go out exploring
-Take a mini vacation somewhere, often
-Spend a night watching movies, playing, and LAUGHING. We could always use more laughter.
-Always remember to communicate
-Work as a team to get things done
-Stick to a family budget (and do the 52 Week Money Challenge)
-Stick to a family budget (and do the 52 Week Money Challenge)
-Spend quality time together. Like 100% attention on whatever we're doing at the time.
Happy New Year!
Goodness... Happy 2014!!
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
2013 Christmas Recap
Family Christmas', sleigh rides, snow storms, skiing, and lots of hot chocolate and warm fires filling our living room. This holiday season has been amazing! I can definitely say that I am ready to just lounge around now and get some things done off my to do list and spend the rest of winter having some fun and getting things all ready for the New Year!
I hope everyone had a great holiday and are now ready to start 2014! I know I am... we have big plans for the new year! ;)
See you next week for some New Years Resolutions!
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Cookies For Santa
Last week we made cookies for Santa. They were gone within a couple days. Santa just couldn't wait until Christmas...
Sugar Cookie Recipe
from ::HERE::
1 1/2 Cups Butter softened
2 Cups White Sugar
4 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
5 Cups All Purpose Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
In a large bowl mix together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt. Start kneading until dough forms.
Merry Christmas Eve Everyone!
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Friday, December 20, 2013
all i want for christmas
Time with my family,
Time to breath,
Cookies to make Santa
and cookies to share together,
Never ending bath nights
and messes in the kitchen,
Piece of mind,
A little sanity,
a handful of Rolo's
and a cup of 8 o'clock coffee.
This holiday we are living simply and enjoying the time we get to spend together.
We've decorated our home with loads of Christmas lights, Snow Village, and sparkly ornaments!
And Elfie has made his way into our home for the second year now and causing all sorts of trouble around here! We've been quite busy keeping up with his shenanigans! ;)
A little sanity,
a handful of Rolo's
and a cup of 8 o'clock coffee.
This holiday we are living simply and enjoying the time we get to spend together.
We've decorated our home with loads of Christmas lights, Snow Village, and sparkly ornaments!
And Elfie has made his way into our home for the second year now and causing all sorts of trouble around here! We've been quite busy keeping up with his shenanigans! ;)
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
An Inspiring Christmas
I love the Holiday season and everywhere I turn there is something pretty and sparkly! I have compiled a list of what is inspiring me this year and things I would love to add to my own home!
If you're interested you can follow my Christmas Pinterest board //HERE// ;)
Happy Holidays!
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August 21, 2013
News Release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – As survivors of Alaska's 2013 Spring Floods continue the process of rebuilding their lives and property, there is an issue many could face: "substantial damage," as defined by the National Flood Insurance Program.It's common to think substantially damaged merely describes a structure that has sustained a large amount of damage by a flood or any other source such as fire, tornado or earthquake.
August 19, 2013
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Yukon River 2013 flood survivors who had disaster-related damages have until midnight Aug. 26, 2013, to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "Registering with FEMA is essential, even if survivors have already registered with the State," said State Coordinating Officer Bryan Fisher.
August 9, 2013
News Release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Disasters frequently bring out the best in people but sometimes the worst. When fraud occurs, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has a responsibility to take action.People who intentionally defraud the federal government are taking money away from those who truly need disaster assistance. FEMA must ensure that taxpayer dollars go only to people who incurred legitimate losses. This may include prosecuting anyone who makes a fraudulent claim.
August 5, 2013
News Release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The State/Federal Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) in Galena and Fairbanks will close August 9 and transition to weekly visits to Galena and Fairbanks by FEMA caseworkers to meet the disaster-assistance needs of survivors of the 2013 Spring Floods.Both Disaster Recovery Centers will cease operations at noon Friday, Aug. 9, 2013.Until then, the centers will continue to provide face-to-face help from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
August 2, 2013
Q: What kinds of assistance are available?A: Disaster assistance may include awards to help pay for:
August 1, 2013
Survivors of the spring 2013 flooding in Galena, Alaska, don't have addresses.That is, they have post office boxes, but not street addresses.And a street address, the physical location of a damaged property, is what the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has to have for the disaster assistance process to proceed.After a survivor registers with FEMA, an inspector visits the property and determines the extent of damage.But first, the inspector needs to know where the property is located.
July 31, 2013
News Release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Disaster assistance applicants referred to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) who do not complete and submit the companion SBA disaster assistance loan application may be jeopardizing eligibility for other types of assistance.In addition to businesses, homeowners, renters, and private, nonprofit organizations may be eligible for low interest home repair loans. The loans can be used to cover the costs of repair or replacement of damaged real estate, personal property and business assets not covered by insurance or other aid.
July 29, 2013
Flood water is a nasty, destructive element. For the survivors of the 2013 Spring Flood in Alaska, flood waters from the Yukon River carried off or contaminated a lot of items essential for everyday life. Alaskan volunteer organizations are working together with community volunteers to get these essential items to the flood survivors that need them.
July 26, 2013
There are several job openings in Alaska for local hires to assist with recovery efforts after this spring's flooding. Job seekers can view the openings by going to alexsys.labor.state.ak.us, choosing "Find a Job," selecting "Anywhere in Alaska," and searching for the keyword FEMA. You must register with the Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development to apply. If you are already registered with ALEXsys, you can search for these positions by employer.The positions are as follows:
July 26, 2013
News Release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Alaska's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management urge Alaska residents affected by the 2013 Spring Floods to be alert for potential fraud and to keep these points in mind:

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Property DescriptionThe Upper Saddle River Historical Society was organized in 1977 to collect, preserve and distribute the history of the Upper Saddle River area. The Society is also responsible for the management and restoration of the Hopper-Goetschius House Museum. The Museum is open for tours every Sun. during July & August from 2 pm - 4 pm or by appointment. For group or individual tours contact Pat Geary at 201-327-8644.
From 17 North, Use Lake St. exit - Upper Saddle River, go East just over one mile, Museum is on the corner of East Saddle River road and Lake St. From the Garden State Parkway, going North, exit 172 Montvale, turn left and continue West on Grand Avenue which turns into Lake Street, Museum at the intersection of East Saddle River Road and Lake St. (about one mile from the GSP) Coming South on the GSP, there is no westbound exit at Exit 172, so you have to continue South to the service center island, make a U-turn, proceed North and follow the directions above.


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Here we present the detailed explanation of our Theory of Creation in terms of the Involution.
There are two movements in the process of creation: that of involution of consciousness from an omnipresent Reality* to a universe of forms, and an evolution from matter in creation forward.
The process by which the Energy of creation emerged from a timeless, spaceless, ineffable, immutable Reality, is the Involution. In that process the Reality extended itself to Being/Existence (Sat), Consciousness (that generated a Force) - Chit; and Delight (Ananda)-- self enjoyment in existing and being conscious. Through the action of a fourth dimension, Supermind (i.e. Truth Consciousness), the Force (Chit) of Sat-Chit-Ananda was divided into Knowledge and Will, eventually formulating as an invisible Energy that would become the source of creation. Through its own willful self-absorption of consciousness, the universe would begin as Inconscient material existence.
(*The Reality is also referred to as Brahman in the East and The Absolute in the West.)
Why Creation?
What then was the purpose of creation? Why did a universe of forms emerge from a Divine Source? It was for the purpose of Delight.
Purpose of Creation is Delight
-The Reality sought to extend its Delight of Being to objects. That is the reason for creation. The Absolute created the universe for the purpose of Delight. That delight occurs in the created universe when humans discover that which they did not know, their higher nature, including the spirit, which is the Divine. At that moment humans fulfill the purpose for which the Absolute emanated and created the universe, the cosmos in the first place.
-The Absolute hides its aspect in the creation so that the universe, humanity will discover it. Discovery of that which is hidden creates the greatest delight. In our evolution we discover that which was fully hidden, which we did not formerly know, creating the greatest intensity of experience and realization of Delight.
-Delight of Being (i.e. the Spirit) moving to Delight of Becoming (i.e. in time, in life) is the root reason of creation. (Paraphrase of Sri Aurobindo)
-The universe was created because of the urge of the Absolute to become myriad variations of Itself; to create the greatest multiplicity and diversity of its divine attributes in the forms of creation so that the greatest delight can be known by the forms of creation.
Additional thoughts
Sub Processes
of Self-Conception, Self-Limitation, and Self-Absorption
-There are three essential processes that enabled the universe to emerge from a Divine source; self-conception, self-limitation, and self-absorption.
-The process of self-conception means that the Absolute had a concept of what it wished to create, in essence, a "plan."
-The process of self-limitation means that the Absolute intended to limit itself in terms of consciousness in creation to create distinct forms.
-The process of self-absorption is the way that the Absolute hid its consciousness, causing the forms of force in the universe to emerge as inconscient matter, and later ignorant, divided beings.
Self-Absorption and Delight
-Why would the reality mask its consciousness in creation, creating an unconscious universe, including the emergence of divided, ignorant living beings?
-Life began as inconscient matter so that when those forms discovered its higher nature, it would have the Joy of self-discovery.
-For Man it means that when he comes about in the evolution, he will come to experience Delight of Being when he discovers his higher nature, including the Spirit. That will enable him to experience the same Joy as the Infinite consciousness out of which a universe of forms came to be.
-Man thus fulfills the intention of the Reality, Brahman, Absolute.
-The more full and complete the hiding of Himself/Spirit, then the greater the intensity of discovery in the cosmos through man of the Spirit, and thus Delight. [If we were to correlate these processes to the individual human perhaps we could say that the greater I focus myself on my chosen path or direction, the greater the delight in the discovery of success and higher consciousness along the way.]
-To make self-absorption (i.e. the complete hiding of Himself on the road to creation) possible, the Absolute limits its possibilities to act, which is an act of self-limitation, whose conception is an act of self-conception.
-The act of hiding (self-Absorption) requires the processes that enable division and duality that extend as such divisions as subjectivity and objectivity, time and timelessness, Ignorance and Knowledge, etc.
in the Many from the One
In order to begin the process of creating the universe, the Absolute, the Omnipresent Reality, needed/needs to extend itself from its status of the One to a status of the Many in creation. A theory of creation can be viewed as both how the One became the Many, and the nature of the One and the Many. (From that perspective a theory of personal evolution can be said to include how the individuals in the universe learn to see the unity of the One and the Many.)
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The Absolute
-There is an ultimate conception of existence, Brahman, the Absolute. It exists in the Unmanifest and in the Manifest universe.
-Brahman, the Absolute, the Reality was there before a universe of forms existed; before the Manifest emerged from the Unmanifest.
-Brahman in its Unmanifest state developed several aspects to enable a Manifest universe of forms of force. These are Existence, Conscious-Force, and Delight (Sat-chit-ananda)
Emergence of Existence,
Consciousness Force, Delight from the Absolute
-How then did the Reality through Sat-Chit-Ananda extend itself to manifest a universe of forms?
-(See diagram above) The Absolute began to manifest a universe by dividing itself into three consecutive aspects: (1) Existence (also called Being, which is experienced as Spirit or Truth), (2) Conscious-Force, and (3) Delight. (In the East Existence (i.e. Being) is called "Sat"; Consciousness-Force is "Chit"; and Delight is "Ananda"; i.e. Sat-Chit-Ananda. We can also refer to it as "E,C-F,D.")
Emergence of Existence
-The Absolute's first extension is Existence (E). It is pure existence, eternal, infinite, indefinable; not affected by the succession of time, not involved in the extensions of space; beyond form, quantity and quality. It is immutable, inexhaustible and unexpended, not acting though containing all this action, not energy, but pure existence. (It is the Stability behind the infinite energy that pours into space and time.)
-The objective state of this Existence, this Pure Existent, this Being is Truth; and the subjective experience of it by humans is Being, which is Spirit. So we can say that Existence indicates that the Absolute now exists, and that its objective status is Truth and its subjective status is what we know as Being or Spirit.
Emergence of
The next stage in the involution is that Existence (the Being/Spirit) extends to become Consciousness-Force. That is, the Existent/Being is conscious of Its own existence, and that Self-consciousness has become a Force. (It is a conscious-force that becomes a will and intention that formulate into an essential energy out of which forms of the original Force will take shape in the evolution -- from matter to animated life to mind and above.)
Emergence of Delight
In the third extension, the Existence/Being as a result of becoming conscious (Consciousness-Force) Delights in that consciousness. That then is the Absolute's third aspect and extension of Delight.
Summary of Triple Extension
of Absolute
The Absolute has now extended itself to Existence (Being), Consciousness-Force, and Delight in the involution, on the way to manifesting a universe where it will extend its own Delight to the forms of creation.
How to Create Forms?
But how to create forms, even distinct forms, i.e. a universe, i.e. the Many from the One which is now Existence (Being), Consciousness-Force, and Delight (E,C-F,D)?
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PART 1. The Emergence of Energy which Becomes the Substance of Creation
E,C-F,D (i.e.
Sat-Chit-Ananda) Extends to Supermind to Enable the Creation of the Universe
(See diagram above) The Absolute extended itself through its Self-Conception to Existence, Consciousness-Force, Delight (Sat-Chit-Ananda). Now in order to enable the process of form creation there is a further extension to a fourth entity that will enable the development of energy that will be the basis for the distinct forms in the universe. This entity is called "Supermind;" i.e. Truth Consciousness. Supermind will first draw out the distinctiveness of each of E,C-F,D, while retaining their essential unity. It will then enable E,C-F,D -- particularly Consciousness-Force (C-F) -- to become the manifest universe.
Plane of Mind as Deputy of
Supermind Divides the Conscious Force Enabling Energy & Distinct Forms
(See diagram above) Supermind (Truth Consciousness) will not create the universe directly. It will need a mechanism that can enable division that creates separate objects. As a result Supermind creates the plane of Mind. The plane of mind as deputy of Supermind begins this process by splitting the Consciousness-Force, enabling the emergence of two new entities, Knowledge and Will. Knowledge then acts on, i.e. provides the Knowledge to the Will, which releases Energy from the Will, which in essence enables the plane of Life from which all forms in creation will emanate. The plane of Mind then withdraws. When that Knowledge is absorbed into Will, and the Knowledge dissipates, the plane of Life dissipates, and there emerges the plane of Matter. (Life in the universe begins when the energy at rest begins to move, and through a process of disaggragation coagulates and fuses into forms of matter.) At the point at which the energy is formulating into forms of matter, the involution is ending and the evolution is beginning
How Supermind Enabled
the Universe
[more detailed explanation]
To begin the process of creating the universe, the Absolute, the Original Principle, the Omnipresent Reality has the Real Idea of creation. It's conception is to create a manifest universe for the purpose of extending its own Delight into infinite multiplicity of forms. By creating a manifest universe of infinite variation of forms, infinite discovery is made potential through those forms. When they (i.e. us) discover the spirit in ourselves, in life, we experience the joy of the discovery, the Delight of Being, the very reason the Absolute wished for a universe of forms from out of itself. Our delight of Being would then matches and even exceeds the delight of the Creator.
To that Goal the Absolute divides or extends itself into three aspects of itself in preparation for the creation -- as Existence, as Consciousness, and as Delight (i.e. Sat-chit-ananda). The Absolute further extends itself to further enable a manifest creation and universe it wishes to bring about. To that end it extends another plane, the plane of Truth Consciousness, or Supermind. Supermind coordinates the rendering of the Absolute, expressed as Real Ideas, into a created universe. Supermind is thus the great ordering mechanism and instrument of creation. It has the supreme Vision and Unity of Understanding of all of all attributes and will of the Supreme from "above" to order the creation in its potential of multiplicity as a universe "below." Supermind is both a Knowledge and a Power. It has the Knowledge of the Real Ideas and the intent of the Absolute to render a universe, and it has the Power to carry it out.
To that end
Supermind creates the planes of (Cosmic) Mind to begin the process of
objectifying the spirit of the Absolute into a manifestation, a
universe. Creation must express the Timeless in the plane of Time in
order to exist; i.e. to objectify itself, which requires division.
To that end Supermind created the plane of (Cosmic) Mind to divide the
Consciousness-Force. When the Consciousness-Force is split by Mind, as agent of Supermind, Knowledge and Will are created. When the
Knowledge is exhausted in the Will, the plane of Life emerges, initially
as Energy at rest. When energy moves, then the energy coagulates and
then forms distinct elements of matter. The distinct forms are thus the
divisions required if there is to be objectification out of the
Absolute. This is what Supermind has enabled. Up to the point where
energy is about to move is, in essence, the Involution.
When the energy moves, the Evolution begins as this energy coagulates into the forms of creation -- beginning initially as matter (which then evolves as animus of life and mind in the universe). All forms in the universe are forms of energy. This energy is in essence the Force of Consciousness-Force, separated from its Knowledge & Consciousness.
Supermind is then the ordering extension of the Absolute that enabled the Force to be divided from the Consciousness-Force to form energy which moved and coagulated into forms.
PART 2. Supermind Creates Forms from Real Ideas that It Comprehends and Apprehends
In addition to enabling the Energy (out of Conscious Force), which becomes the substance of creation, there is also a process by which Supermind creates distinct forms and forces in a particular way. It is done through the rendering of Its own Real Ideas in Space and Time through the creation of subject, object, method of eight essential determining aspects.
What are cosmic determinants? There is an ultimate intention of the Absolute in its movement towards creation. This intention are the ultimate Determinants of existence in the cosmos. These determinants derive from sat-Chit-Ananda, i.e. from Existence (E), Conscious-Force (C), Delight (D).
There are eight determinants. Three come from Existence (i.e. Sat; E of E-CF-D) -- (1) Impersonal Spirit, (2) Witness Spirit, and (3) Creator. Two come from Consciousness Force (i.e. Chit, CF of E-CF-D) -- (4) Knowledge and (5) Will. Three come from Delight (i.e. Ananda; D of E-CF-D) -- (6) Beauty, (7) Love, and (8) Delight/Joy from Delight. All existence in creation reflects one or more of these eight. Supermind is the power that enabled the deployment of these eight into creation.
All existence in the universe reflects various combinations of any of these eight in the form of subject, object, method of the action. E.g. the expression in the universe of the determinant Love (which comes from Ananda/Delight) takes the form of Lover (the subject), Loved/the Beloved (the object), Loving (the action that the subject is relating to the object).
Now we will discuss how the Real Ideas, expressing through the cosmic determinants are rendered into real forces and powers in the universe through the action of the plane of Supermind.
and Apprehending Supermind
-If Supermind is able to divide to create forms out of its Being, what is its mechanism of doing so? Supermind renders the Conscious-Force into forms of force of creation through two powers; its comprehending and its apprehending power.
Comprehending Supermind
-Comprehending Supermind enables differentiation in potential of each of the eight cosmic determinants (witness, love, knowledge, etc.) into three aspect -- of subject (that which is viewing), object (the object of what which is being viewed), and experience (the viewing itself). E.g. the determinant of "love" formulates into the subject who is doing the loving (the lover), the object of that love (the beloved), which occurs through the experience and act of loving. Again, this differentiation is established (through Real-Ideas) as potential only.
Analogy: When I am thinking, I am the subject, thinking about an object through a method. Thus the process is Subject (me doing the thinking), Object (what I am thinking about; in this case how to explain Creation), and Method (thinking). Supermind rendered each of the essential eight cosmic determinants into Subject, Object, and Method. e.g. Lover, Beloved, Loving.
Without this
triplet movement, there would be nothing to life. It would be a static
zero. It is the rendering of the undifferentiated into the
differentiated object to the subject through a method that life has any
substance. Imagine if I could not think because I had nothing to think
about, or something to think about without something thinking about it,
etc. supermind renders the undifferentiated into the triune power of
object, subject, method. without it nothing would happen in life.
Apprehending Supermind
-While Comprehending Supermind imagines the Real Ideas via the cosmic determinants rendered in their triplicity in creation, Apprehending Supermind moves it to manifestation; i.e. make the imagined real.
Supermind then establishes distinct individual centres of consciousness for each of the eight determinants (witness, love, knowledge, delight, beauty, etc.), and draws out the three aspect of subject, object, experience in creation for each in space and time.
Comprehending Supermind is analogous to a person imagining all of the things he can be (e.g. husband, father, businessperson, etc.), whereas Apprehending Supermind is analogous to actually becoming them.
Rendering Real Ideas and Cosmic Determinants in the Creation Process
Let's go back and consider how Supermind the Creator relates to the Real Ideas and the Cosmic Determents in the creation process.
Supermind is Truth Consciousness. It knows the integral truth of all contained in Satchitananda. Supermind has contained in it Real Ideas, which is in essence the Truth Knowledge; which is also the intended ways that the Divine wishes to deploy the energy of the Conscious Force into living realities in the universe. Those Real Ideas are the determinants, the "cosmic genetic code" source knowledge and intention of the Creator. It is the various way that the Divine wishes to create a universe out of the Conscious Force. Real Ideas are infinite, but we can recognize eight aspects and general determinants in creation that all existence manifests out of and are indicators of -- self, witness, creator, love, knowledge, delight, beauty, and others.
There thus will be eight essential aspects of creation -- the cosmic determinants -- which life will consist of through their triune form. Everything in life will be a rendering of these essential Real Idea.
In a practical way we can say that the eight determinants will actually form into ~12 spiritual aspects, which include Oneness, Peace, Knowledge, Power, Love, Beauty, Delight, Infinity and Eternity. Everything in life are these in potential, including us.
Our Evolution and Our Making Real Ideas Real in Creation -- All forms and forces in the universe are manifestations of Real Ideas of Supermind through the cosmic determinant/spiritual aspects deployed in space and time through the differentiation of subject-object-method. All forms of force and energy in the universe will have behind it these powers, even if they are involved and hidden. The coming to the surface is the intention of creation, meaning that we become the method by which the Real Ideas, the cosmic determinants/spiritual aspects become real in creation. It is our spiritual destiny to bring these involved, hidden aspects in our being to the surface so they can manifest in their fullness. It is the method of our spiritual and supramental evolution and transformation.
Essay: How the One Became the Many; and Space and Time Emerged
From time immemorial, individuals have asked themselves how this world came to be, and what was the process that enabled it to happen. Here is one perspective:
To begin with, there was/is an infinite, divine Source of all things; a timeless, spaceless, immutable, ineffable Being. We can think of it as the "One," since there were not yet distinct forces and forms in a manifest universe. I.e. there was not yet a �Many.� Due to some inner compulsion, the One extended Itself to become the Many, which is in essence the distinct, unique forces and forms that will become the basis of Creation.
How then did the Many emerge from the One; i.e. the Creation from the Creator?
In the Source/Infinite consciousness are Real Ideas, which are possibilities It seeks to render as living realities; i.e. cosmic determinants that the Spirit seeks to make real in creation. Among them are spiritual aspects or qualities, including Oneness, Knowledge, Creativity, Beauty, Love, and Delight. There are also variations, combination, and subsets of these that the Divine seeks in its extension from the One to then Many.
Then how were/are the Real Ideas made real in the cosmos as unique forces and forms?
The Truth Consciousness, which Sri Aurobindo calls "Supermind" rendered through its own Comprehending capacity images of those Real Ideas. Or to put it another way, Comprehending Supermind imagined and envisioned distinct forces and forms that would embody these cosmic ideas and determinants.
At this point however, these imaginations have not been rendered real; as they are only a conception of separate formations. (We can compare this to the writer who has established characters, values and meaning, and plot in his mind, but has not yet committed them to paper.) However, through Supermind�s Apprehending capacity these envisioned formations are rendered real as distinct entries in an emerging cosmos. I.e. Oneness, Knowledge, Creativity, Beauty, Love, Delight, et al become distinct forces and forms at the unseen universal plane.
How then did these imagined forms become real?
To become separate, distinct objects, Apprehending Supermind divided each of the previously envisioned attributes of Knowledge, Oneness, Creativity, Love, Delight, etc. and their infinite variations into triplicities in the form of subject - subject/object experience - object. E.g. the distinct possibility of the spiritual aspect of "Knowledge" is rendered into Knower � Knowing � Known. E.g., as a knowing being one knows that which is known. (Or to put it in words of our own experience. I as knower am knowing what is known.) Similarly, there is the triplicity of the lover (the subject) loving (experience) the beloved (object). And so forth for the myriad of cosmic determinates/spiritual qualities of the Infinite Divine. In essence, the One reality has now divided itself in various ways so that each subject can experience itself as object, thereby becoming the Many.
It should be noted that at this point there is no physical universe. Before that can come about, there needs to be a foundation for it's occurrence; which is in essence what we know of as space and time. Though the Infinite Source is beyond space and time -- it is spaceless and timeless -- a potential universe requires these as underpinning. How does that happen?
When the triplicities of the cosmic determinates are established through Supermind's comprehending action, which is, in essence, how the spiritual aspects/determinants are made real as distinct forces and forms, space and time are created.
But why does this happen? To answer that we need to know more about the nature of space and time.
Sri Aurobindo and Sri Karmayogi tell us that space is created at the point where a form is able, from its own unique vantage point, to perceive other forces and forms. Space then is perceived as a sense of extension from one form's perspective to another's.
Then there is time, which can be thought of as an outgrowth of space. Time is created at the point where a form perceives one form, then another one, etc. in sequence, which generates the sense of movement in extension. The perception of movement in the extension of space is what we call time.
Withthe triplicities of subject � functioning � object occurring though the comprehending action of the Truth Consciousness, distinct forces and forms take shape. Though these are initially at the idea of force, power and knowledge, they eventually begin to take on properties of substance through the creation and dispersion of an essential Energy. As forms take on properties of substance, they more readily perceive other forms, creating the sense of extension which is space, as well as the sense of movement within the extension, which is time.
In essence, this is the process by which the One extends Itself and is rendered into the Many. The process begins with the rendering of Real Ideas/Cosmic Determinants of the Source Being into forces and forms as triplicities of subject, experience, object, through the comprehending and apprehending action of Truth Consciousness. This becomes the basis of space and time, as well as the further involution of the cosmos that will culminate in the material-based universe that we live in.
Supermind as Creator, and Instrument of Sat
In the end we can say that through these processes Supermind -- through its Comprehending and then its Apprehending capacities is The Creator; the creator of all things in the universe.
(The source of that creation is the Intent of the Divine Being of Sat (of SatChitAnanda). Supermind is carrying out the Intent of Sat (Existence).
All of the planes that emerge from energy -- i.e. matter, animated life forms, and the mentality they possess originate in the process by which Real Ideas are rendered as cosmic determinants/spiritual aspects in their triplicity of subject, object, method in space and time through the organizational power of supermind.
-The table below sums up this process.
Renders Real Ideas, Determinants
Comprehending Supermind
Apprehending Supermind
-Renders Eight Cosmic Determinants
Supermind Renders Possibilities
While Maintaining Its Essential Unity
-Imagine an individual who perceive all of the things he can become in life -- e.g. lover, father, husband, worker, worker, etc. Then he becomes those things by making real the objects of his vision and intent. He is still a person overall with an individuality, but he is also each of the others things. Likewise Supermind has a vision of the essential things it wishes to render in creation (via its Real Ideas), yet they are each unified into a Oneness. At this point, everything is unique and yet One with one another. (In life, i.e. non supramental consciousness, things are unique, but are not One with one another, hence the cause of seperative divided, pain-filled nature.)
-In the plane of Supermind all things imagined and created are in a state of essential unity. I.e. each item imagined and created is one with all other items. It has that essential power of diversity held together in an essential unity. Life for us in the universe is nearly the opposite. We are not in unity with others. The various part of our nature -- physical, vital, and mental -- are not in unity with one another. Our knowledge is limited and separated from other knowledge, and therefore truth, causing us to live in an essential Ignorance. If we rise in consciousness to Supermind, we will experience that unity in our being and with life.
The Involution is Not One
Time, but Continuous
The Involution -- i.e. the Process of Creation -- is not a one time thing, but is continually occurring.
Process of Creation Similar
to How We Create in Life
The process by which the universe emerged from Conscious Force through the action of Supermind is similar or analogous to the process by which all things are created in life, including how we as individuals create in life.
See Article on the Process of Creation of the Individual
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The One and the Many
The Absolute as a result of creation is now both the One and the Many. Brahman (which is another name for the Absolute) is now both the One and the Many. It is E,C-F,D (Sat-Chit-Ananda) and the manifest universe. [They are also more than this since they are integrally related and One. In our minds we can comprehend the One or the Many, but not their integral relatedness and oneness. For us to perceive this we have to rise in consciousness above mind to see their Integral Wholeness and Relatedness.]
Oneness Lost in Mind
Regained in our Evolution
It should be noted that in Supermind it has the complete Knowledge of the perfect unity and Oneness of E,C-F,D (Sat-Chit-Ananda), even as it creates the plane of Mind in which this Oneness of being is broken down and lost in the objects of matter which it will enable; i.e. the knowledge of Oneness is lost. But as we humans emerge and evolve in creation, and discover our higher nature and spirit in our lives, we recover the lost Oneness, and in this discovery we have the Delight of being for which the Absolute extended itself to a created universe.
When individuals rise in the evolution to have the supra-mental, i.e. above mind unitarian consciousness we see the perfect relationship between the One and the Many. Currently humans live at the lower planes of Matter in our bodies, Life/Vital, and Mind where we do not perceive the Spirit. We do not perceive the relationship between our existence in matter and the One from which all came. When we rise to the Supramental consciousness we perceive the unity of the One and the Many. In all life activities we perceive the relationship between each particular and the whole, between the objects in the universe and the spirit, between our actions and the Divine Will.)
The Absolute is Greater than the
One and the Many
The whole is the indivisible One (Self-Conscious Being), the parts are the Many. Both are partial truths. The Absolute is the infinite potential which is greater than either the whole or the parts but contains and exceeds both, since it also includes that which is beyond manifestation. (MSS) [They are also more than this since they are integrally related and One. In our minds we can comprehend the One or the Many, but not their integral relatedness and oneness. For us to perceive this we have to rise in consciousness above mind to see their Integral Wholeness and Relatedness.]
Additional thoughts
In the process of creation, as a result of the Absolute following a process of self-conception, self-limitation, and self-absorption, the Existence (of E, C-F-D) above inverts to Non-Existence in creation, and then will evolve back in the evolution through the dualities of life and death on its way back to Existence; Consciousness above inverts into Inconscience in the creation, which will evolve back in the evolution through the dualities of Truth and Falsehood, and Knowledge and Error until it reaches Consciousness; and Delight above inverts into Insensibility in the creation and journeys back in the evolution through Pleasure and Pain back to Delight. These dualities will be the basis for (and the opportunities and methods out of) the Problems of life.
|Greater Contradictions Between Above and Below
|Existence (Being)
|How Greater Reflect as Lesser Contradictions in the Below
|Life and Death
Truth and Falsehood
(and knowledge & error)
|Pleasure and Pain
|The resolutions of the greater contradictions between the Above and the Below, as well as the lesser contradictions in the Below that reflect the greater contradictions occur through the workings of Nature, or better, faster through our invocation of Spirit in life.
Why would the Absolute create such Problems? To enable the greatest Delight in the future created universe the Absolute followed a process of self-absorption to negate all of its Divine attributes, so that we in creation could have the greatest intensity in their rediscovery. Also, through the dualities that emerge there can be the greatest quantity and quality of forms that can be vehicles for the discovery of the Delight.
Energy Emerges from Splitting of Consciousness,
and the Emergence of Matter from Energy
As a result of the splitting of the Consciousness-Force, Energy is created in the involution. As that Energy gathers, moves, and formulates matter emerges. (The splitting of the Consciousness-Force created Knowledge and Will. The Knowledge acting on the Will releases the plane of Life and Energy. When Knowledge is completely absorbed and evaporated into the Will, the Energy dissipates and turns into Matter. Matter has no Knowledge or Consciousness and is thus Inconscient.)
of Energy is Energy at Rest 1
The origin of the energy is energy at rest, energy held in silent, motionless potential. The origin of all energy is Being/Existence.
of Energy is Energy at Rest 2
The Absolute manifests as Being/Existence, which at this stage has not yet become Consciousness-Force. Therefore all energy is held in potential. When Being/Existence expresses itself as Consciousness-Force, through the power of Supermind it manifests as energy and forms. Therefore, the foundation, basis and origin of all energy is energy at rest held in potential. (MSS)
Consciousness Leads to Subjectivity and Objectivity; Force to Energy and Form
Being [Existence] manifests itself as the universe through an act of Self-conception which is at once Consciousness (knowledge) and Force (will). The consciousness gives rise to subjectivity and objectivity. The Force gives rise to all energy and form, including material energy and form. All forms (physical, vital, mental and supramental) are nothing but formations of force. (MSS)
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The Hippy Gourmet makes Spinach Chutney
In this PBS 3-minute recipe segment, host Bruce Brennan (aka The Hippy Gourmet) - creates a mouth watering, vegetarian delight!
|250 Gram
|Jalapeno chile
|Sesame seed
|2 Tablespoon
|Mustard seed
|1 Tablespoon
|4 Tablespoon (skinless)
|Vegetable oil
|1 Teaspoon
|Curry powder
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Cumin powder
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
1. Wash and chop the spinach.
1. In a steamer, steam the spinach for 10 minutes.
2. Roast the jalapeno Chile on direct flame, wash the black residue. Split and remove the seeds.
3. In a pre-heated frying pan, roast the sesame seeds until it turns slightly golden. Transfer to a small bowl.
4. In the same frying pan, roast peanuts. Transfer to a bowl.
5. In the same frying pan, roast mustard seeds when it starts popping, add oil, curry powder, cumin powder and saute for 15 seconds.
6. In a food processor, place, spinach, jalapeno, sesame seeds, peanuts, mustard seeds and blend.
7. Serve with your favorite snack or main course.
Recipe Summary
Difficulty Level:Easy
Preparation Time:15 Minutes
Cook Time:10 Minutes
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Chef Gourmet is showing us a spinach chutney recipe, which is in Indian style or with a touch of Indian Spices. So those out there who like to get started with Indian cuisine, it's a great break through. It definitely looks gourmet with all the toasted seeds going it them. He is not an Indian but is able to create a successful dish at the end which would go well with any main dish.
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Technology Illuminates Language of Ancient Scrolls
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Professors discuss importance of Dead Sea Scrolls
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Professors gave numerous answers to the question "Why are the Dead Sea Scrolls important?"
Professors of Biblical studies, archaeology and chemistry gave members of the Brandeis community numerous answers to the question "Why are the Dead Sea Scrolls important?" at the April 23 kickoff of a five-month educational collaboration between the university and the Museum of Science, Boston.
The collaboration, which will provide a variety of learning opportunities for students and the Greater Boston community, centers on the Dead Sea Scrolls: Life in Ancient Times, an exhibition that opens at the Museum May 19 and continues through mid-October. The exhibit was created by the Israel Antiquities Authority from the collections of the Israeli National Treasures.
Marc Brettler, PhD, the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies, told the audience in Rapaporte Treasure Hall that the scrolls are important because they help people distinguish Biblical Israel from ancient Israel and because, before their discovery, little was known about the late Second Temple era and the first century of Christianity.
"The Dead Sea Scrolls are important missing links," said Brettler, who is chair of the Dead Sea Scrolls committee at Brandeis.
"They help us understand how the Bible became the Bible and demonstrate how little Hebrew script has changed over the past 2,000 years."
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Michael J. Henchman, PhD, said Brandeis has been at the forefront of inquiry into the scrolls since the University's founding and stressed the importance of science to those explorations. Modern analytical techniques were essential to proving the scrolls' authenticity and restoring to readability text obscured over the ages.
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies Andrew Koh, PhD, agreed that recently-developed technologies dramatically assist archaeology and other fields. "When people invented scanning electron microscopy, I guarantee you they weren't thinking of studying pottery," Koh said.
Students presented items from Brandeis' collection of classical artifacts to introduce displays that they are preparing for the Mandel Humanities Center and Faber Library, both located on the Brandeis campus. Others described rituals surrounding food in the area where the scrolls were found.
Provost Steve A.N. Goldstein '78, PhD, opened the kickoff event with thanks to Brandeis Board of Trustees Chairman Malcolm L. Sherman, a former chairman of the museum board, who brought the two institutions together for the collaboration.


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Each year, more than two million vulnerable and older adults are victims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Research has shown that older adults who are abused, neglected and exploited are three times more likely to die within ten years than those who are not. According to national statistics, elder abuse is grossly under reported because vulnerable and older adults who are being abused find it very difficult to tell anyone due to shame and fear. Elder Abuse affects men and women of all ethnic backgrounds and social status; it occurs in private residences and in facilities.
In 2014 there were almost 23,000 reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of vulnerable and older adults made to North Carolina's 100 county departments of social services. Reports are made not only by doctors and other professionals but by family members and concerned citizens in our communities. Anyone who suspects that a vulnerable or older adult is in need of protection is required by North Carolina General Statute (GS 108A-102) to report this information to the department of social services in the county where the adult resides.
May 8, 2015 through June 22, 2015 is Vulnerable Adult and Elder Abuse Awareness Month in North Carolina. This timeframe ties the awareness period to both the Mothers Day and Fathers Day holidays, in the hopes of reinforcing the spirit of respecting and valuing, not just parents, but all elders.
We all have a responsibility to support the safety, welfare, and dignity of North Carolinas vulnerable and older adults. We urge all citizens to work together to help protect adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. It is imperative that North Carolinians refuse to tolerate the indignity of Elder Abuse.
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It's her party, and she'll invite him (or not) if she wants to… newly single Selena Gomez revealed her plans for her 21st birthday this summer, and it sounds like the perfectly-themed bash for ex Justin Bieber to attend — that's IF he's on the guest list.
"I'm gonna have a big party," she told Ryan Seacrest. "I wanted to do like a hip-hop theme," she said of the bash that's going to end up at her house. While all her close friends have already received save-the-dates, I'm wondering if JB got his. Do you think she put one in the mail for him or should he go ahead and RSVP for something else that evening?
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The current population of Sampson County is 64,287 with the median age of 38. Sampson County's median household income is $38,137, and the average household net worth is $312,732. 24% of Sampson County's population are long term residents having lived in their homes for more than 5 years, while 16% of Sampson County's population have moved in the last year.
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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Sampson County by age group. In Sampson County, the male-to-female ratio is 31,528:32,759, which is 1% higher than the ratio of North Carolina, which is 4,806,033:5,064,249. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. North Carolina, has 20% more property crime than the national average, and has 4% less personal crime than the national average
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Sampson County that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Sampson County, 70% of people are married and 30% of people are single. The percent of people married is 3% lower than the ratio of North Carolina, which is 73%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of Sampson County income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Sampson County is $38,137, which is 18% lower than that of North Carolina ($46,237). Income data for Sampson County is sourced from census, 2015.
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I was very interested in Timothy Noakes's "central governor" idea of protective fatigue discussed in the article "Running on empty" (20 March, p 42). It seems to fit with some of my experiences of steady exercise.
However, it doesn't seem to square with the condition of sudden exhaustion well known to cyclists (especially myself as a rather unfit example) as "bonking", in which the victim suddenly, and with little or no prior fatigue, feels completely drained of energy, shaky and almost unable to continue. I'm no physiologist, but I believe this is a hypoglycaemic state, as taking in plenty of glucose and water brings about rapid recovery.
What interests me is that there seems to be no protective fatigue prior to the onset of exhaustion here. I wonder how this would fit with the ideas discussed.
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DescriptionOff the beaten path just 7 miles west of Flathead Lake, this park is shaded by Douglas fir and western larch. Lake Mary Ronan provides a quiet opportunity for relaxing, camping, and fishing from either a boat or the parks boat dock. A hiking trail leads into the surrounding area which abound with wildflowers and wildlife.
This park has plenty of camping opportunities with 25 campsite and one group camping area, 18 campsites and the group area are reservable and all other sites available on a first come, first served basis.
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Computer science
Michał Kaczmarczyk and Cezary Dubnicki
"Reducing fragmentation impact with forward knowledge in backup systems with deduplication"
To appear in SYSTOR '15 Proceedings of the 8th International Systems and Storage Conference
Piotr Skowron, Marek Tomasz Biskup, Łukasz Heldt, and Cezary Dubnicki
"Fuzzy adaptive control for heterogeneous tasks in high-performance storage systems"
Published in SYSTOR '13 Proceedings of the 6th International Systems and Storage Conference
P. Strzelczak, E. Adamczyk, U. Herman-Izycka,J. Sakowicz,
L. Slusarczyk,J. Wrona and C. Dubnicki
"Concurrent Deletion in a Distributed Content-Addressable Storage System with Global Deduplication".
11th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '13)
Michał Kaczmarczyk, Marcin Barczyński, Wojciech Kilian, Cezary Dubnicki.
"Reducing Impact of Data Fragmentation Caused By In-Line Deduplication".
The 5th Annual International Systems and Storage Conference
SYSTOR '12, 4-6 June 2012, Haifa, Israel
Bartłomiej Romański, Łukasz Heldt, Wojciech Kilian, Krzysztof Lichota, and Cezary Dubnicki.
"Anchor-driven subchunk deduplication".
The 4th Annual International Systems and Storage Conference
SYSTOR '11, May 30-June 1, 2011, Haifa, Israel
E. Kruus, C. Ungureanu, and C.Dubnicki
"Bimodal Content Defined Chunking for Backup Streams"
The 8th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '10), San Jose, California, USA, February 2010
C. Ungureanu, A. Aranya, S.Gokhale, S. Rago,Atkin, A. Bohra, C. Dubnicki, G. Calkowski
"HydraFS: A High-Throughput File System for the HYDRAstor Content-Addressable Storage System"
The 8th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '10), San Jose, California, USA, February 2010.
D. R. Kowalski, M. Strojnowski
"On the Communication Surplus Incurred by Faulty Processors"
The 21st International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC '07), Lemesos, Cyprus, September 2007.
D. R. Bobbarjung, S. Jagannathan, and C. Dubnicki
"Improving Duplicate Elimination in Storage Systems"
ACM Transactions on Storage (TOS), Volume 2, Issue 4, November 2006.
E. Pinheiro, R. Bianchini, and C. Dubnicki.
"Exploiting Redundancy to Conserve Energy in Storage Systems"
The Joint International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (SIGMETRICS '06), Saint-Malo, France, June 2006.
Y. Zhou, A. Bilas, S. Jagannathan, D. Xinidis, C. Dubnicki, and K. Li
"VI-Attached Database Storage"
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2005.
C. Dubnicki, C. Ungureanu, and W. Kilian
"FPN: A Distributed Hash Table for Commercial Applications"
The 13th IEEE International Symposium on High performance Distributed Computing (HPDC '04), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June 2004.
M. Kacprzak, A. Lomuscio, T. Lasica, W. Penczek, M. Szreter
"Verifying Multi-agent Systems via Unbounded Model Checking"
The 3rd NASA Workshop on Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems (FAABS'04), Washington, USA, April 2004.
Y. Zhou, K. Li, A. Bilas, S. Jagannathan, C. Dubnicki, and J. Philbin
"Experiences with VI Communication for Database Storage"
The 29th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA'02) Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
A. Lomuscio, T. Lasica, W Penczek.
"Bounded Model Checking for Interpreted Systems: Preliminary Experimental Results"
The 2nd NASA Workshop on Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems (FAABS'02), Greenbelt, MD, USA, October 2002.
M.T. Biskup, W. Plandowski
"Guaranteed Synchronization of Huffman Codes with Known Position of Decoder"
The 18-th IEEE Data Compression Conference (DCC'09),
Snowbird, Utah, USA, March 2009.
C. Dubnicki, L. Gryz, L. Heldt, M. Kaczmarczyk, W. Kilian, P. Strzelczak, J, Szczepkowski,C. Ungureanu, and M. Welnicki
"HYDRAstor: a Scalable Secondary Storage"
The 7th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '09), San Francisco, California, USA, February 2009.
R. Bachwani, L. Gryz, R. Bianchini, and C. Dubnicki
"Quantifying and Improving the Reliability of Distributed Storage Systems"
The 27th IEEE International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS '08), Naples, Italy, October 2008.
M. T. Biskup
"A Word that Does not Appear in Encoded Message as a Resynchronization Marker"
The IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW 2008),
Porto, Portugal, May 2008.
M. T. Biskup
"Guaranteed Synchronization of Huffman Codes"
The 18-th IEEE Data Compression Conference (DCC'08),
Snowbird, Utah, USA, March 2008.
M. T. Biskup
"Shortest Synchronizing Strings for Huffman Codes"
In E. Ochmanski and J. Tyszkiewicz, editors, MFCS, volume 5162 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, 2008, pp.120-131.
A. Majczyna, M. Nalezyty, M. Biskup, G. Wrochna, M. Sokolowski, K.
Nawrocki, K. Malek, L. Mankiewicz and L.W. Piotrowski,
"The catalog of short periods stars from the 'Pi of the Sky' data",
New Astronomy 13, 2008, pp. 414-417.
M. Biskup, K. Malek, L. Mankiewicz, L. W. Piotrowski, M. Sokolowski, G. Wrochna, and A. F. Zarnecki,
"Providing on-line access to the Pi of the Sky data"
Proc. SPIE 6937, 693705, 2007.
Y.E.M. van der Burgt, I.M. Taban, M. Konijnenburg, M. Biskup, M.C. Duursma, R.M.A. Heeren, A. Roempp, R.V. van Nieuwpoort and H.E. Bal
"Parallel Processing of Large Datasets from NanoLC-FTICR-MS Measurements"
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2007, pp. 152-161.
M. Ballintijn, M. Biskup, R. Brun, P. Canal, D.
Feichtinger, G.Ganis, G. Kickinger, A. Peters and F.
"Parallel interactive data analysis with PROOF"
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 559, 2006, pp. 13-16.
M. T. Biskup
"Parallel software applications in high-energy physics"
The Inverted CERN School of Computing 2005 and 2006 editions, editor: L. Teodorescu, CERN, Genva, Switzerland, 7 March 2008.


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Some opinions are better than others. It's probably well worth listening to the individuals bearing this emblem, at least when it comes to getting good advice about which games to play and which games not to play. But when it comes to topics like cooking, religion, politics, stuff like that, you're still probably better off arguing with your parents or just keep all your feelings all bottled up inside.
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Texans agree to terms with free-agent LB Cato June
Former Buc to compete for starting job; team to sign LB Davis
By John McClain | April 4, 2009
Photo By DARRON CUMMINGS/APCato June spent the last two seasons in Tampa Bay after playing the first four years of his career in Indianapolis.
The Texans have agreed to a contract with free agent outside linebacker Cato June. He will sign a one-year contract worth $1.5 million, including a $500,000 signing bonus. The deal could be worth as much as $2 million.
The Texans also have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with free agent middle linebacker Buster Davis, who played at Indianapolis last season.
June, who came to Houston early this week to meet with the Texans, spent the last two seasons with Tampa Bay before being released in February.
June, 29, is 6-0, 227. He'll compete with Xavier Adibi for the starting job on the weak side. June had 63 tackles, including 49 unassisted, for the Buccaneers last season.
June, who grew up in Washington D.C. and played at Michigan, spent his first four seasons with Indianapolis before signing with Tampa Bay as a free agent. With the Colts, he started on their Super Bowl XLI-winning team. He also was voted to the Pro Bowl one time.


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AFTER the schools turn out in downtown Tokyo, it's a common sight to see a gaggle of girls in their uniforms looking at a mobile phone and giggling. Later, as darkness gathers on the packed train back to the suburbs, office workers sit head-down, tapping obsessively on the buttons of their phones.
These are just a few of the many people addicted to i-mode, Japan's latest technofad and the country's answer to WAP phones. And what a fad it is: i-mode was only launched in February 1999, but by August this year it had signed up 10 million people. Demand has been so fierce that DoCoMo, the company that runs i-mode, had to stop advertising the service because it couldn't keep up. Its overloaded computer system kept crashing.
DoCoMo is still signing on people at a rate of a million a month. It reckons on having 14 million subscribers by ...
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In my first post, I suggested we needed definitions of quality, engagement, and partnership. I offered my thoughts on these three issues and left a "tentative conclusion" saying we probably ought to decide whether we as a group want to deal with the three "topics" together, or separately.
The posts from the other bloggers do both and so I have decided it's best to follow my own train and offer a short list of where I see the field still stuck for answers.
I have no idea whether or how this will clarify or motivate collaborative thinking among us (a disparate group with very different agendas), but here goes…
In random order, here are some of the issues that have stymied us for decades:
1. Without committed classroom teachers and specialist arts educators as well as principals and their assistants, we (arts organizations, artists, consultants, et al) have no solid validity as partners in the arts as education.
2. Without the district's or state's education office heavily engaged, represented and fiscally invested, we have no chance, whatsoever, to build a growing and sustained constituency for the arts as education.
3. Without strong leadership and some attempt at unity and dialogue among the schools and the arts and cultural organization, we will continue to face the rather vast chasm between them as "them" and "us.
4. It is critical for us to work together to reach out beyond the normal "barriers" and make allies with those organizations that deal with cradle to the grave issues so we can break out of our boxes and paint a bigger picture of our new directions.
5. The hope that "models" from the "pockets of excellence" in the field will emerge and conveniently help us "scale up" to country-wide stature has never worked; arts education does not scale up, and we must learn how to take the good and difficult lessons learned from our long experience and weave them together into a quilts of adaptable possibilities.
6. We must not shy away from the words "arts education" and substitute other "fad" language that ends up stuffing the "arts" and their contribution to general education under the pillow. We must somehow unite our overall goals and objectives without pandering to the latest flashy talk.
7. Finally, instead of shrinking back, worrying or complaining about all the challenges we have endured and still face, it is way past time for all of us to take a leadership stance, in our towns, cities, states, and school districts. I believe we can make efforts to bring people together to wrestle with these challenges and find a few strands that can perhaps grow into some kind of unity of thought, action, and valuable outcome.
I still hold to the banner from my JDR3rd Fund days: "all the arts for all the kids K–12" and now colleges, post-collegiates, seniors, and so on. We need national, state, local, and individual leadership, now!
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|calendar>>May 12. 2014 Juche 103
High-yielding Fruit Tree Planting Brisk in DPRK
| Pyongyang, May 12 (KCNA) -- A campaign for planting high-yielding fruit trees in spring was launched in the DPRK.
According to data available, dwarf apple, pear, plum, peach, apricot and other fruit trees have been planted in several thousand hectares of areas throughout the country.
The Kosan Fruit Farm created a new orchard of several hundred hectares through the campaign.
Fruit farms in Pukchong County planted hundreds of thousands of apple, pear and peach trees, with provision of 100 tons of quality compost, while those in Pyongyang and Kusong cities and Hwangju, Jangyon and Samchon counties respectively created tens of hectares of orchards.
In another development, co-op farms across the country have stepped up the works to replace the existing fruit trees with high-yielding ones and properly combine early-ripening fruit species with long-season ones.
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The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries Recap of Season 3, Episode 7, "Ghost World": Visions of the Past
Newsflash! Mason Lockwood is not alive. Turns out, Tyler's hot uncle is still very much the ghost Damon Salvatore turned him into. But that doesn't mean that whole business of Mason kicking Damon's tight little butt last week wasn't real. It was. Apparently the spell Bonnie used to send Vicki home went a wee bit wrong, creating a loophole other ghosts can use to make not-so-friendly visits.
This explains why "Ghost World" opens with Damon chained to a chair in his living room. He's sitting next to a window. His daywalker ring has been removed, and from the looks of the rays slipping through the curtain, Uncle May's about to serve his revenge sunny-side up.
"It hurts, doesn't it?" Mason asks, when our vampire comes to. But Damon doesn't respond to him. Instead, D starts talking to Stefan, who is not at all shocked to find his big bro in bondage. They exchange witticisms and Stefan loosens Damon's chains then leaves the room. A second later Mason yanks open the curtains to give our boy a little tan. Damon's skin bubbles and sizzles. He howls in pain. Stefan does not come back to help. Bad, bad Stefan.
Over in the heart of Mystic Falls, the townsfolk are decorating the square for yet another founders' event. While they help string up lights, Bonnie and Caroline chat about the Jeremy situation. He's still seeing his dead ex Anna. And Caroline's peeved that Bon-Bon won't do any (magic) thing about it.
While the dead werewolf and the vampire are working out their deal, Elena is busy catching Jeremy kissing Anna. Jer's living girlfriend, Bonnie, is doing what she oh-so-often does: sitting in a circle of candles chanting. In the middle of her incantation, Bonnie's Gram Sheila materializes in front of her and holds her hands. Sheila confirms that Bonnie has royally screwed things up. But, she says, it's not her fault. Some other dead magic mama seized the opportunity when Bonnie sent Vicki back to kick the door open. Now the only way to close it is to find and destroy the necklace that belongs to the Original Witch.
So Bonnie and Caroline move again. This time they head to the Salvatore manse to find the necklace. They don't find it and they peer pressure Jeremy into accusing Anna of stealing it. The dead vamp says she didn't. But she did. And, she will return it just in time.
But before that time comes, Lexi locks Stefan up in the same Founder's dungeon where Caroline's father imprisoned her. Then Lex brings Elena in on the process she calls "Ripper Detox 101: A Crash Course." To get Good Stefan back they will have to starve the blood out of him. Normally this would take forever, but Lexi has some sort of Rapid Detox power. The dead vamp stares into Stefan's eyes for a second then he starts wrinkling and writhing in pain.
Lexi's look takes years of blood lust away in a few minutes. Sad thing is: This is only the beginning. In order to cure him, Lexi says Elena will have to "make him see past the blood." And the only way to do that is to torture the cute out of Stefan on a daily basis. To kickstart the process, Lexi stabs her BFF in the shoulder.
By this time it's dark out and everyone is in the town square waiting for the festival to begin. This includes the ghosts of the Tomb Vampires. As you can imagine, once again, a Mystic Falls Founders function becomes a slaughterfest. When the festival lights go on, people see the body of the head of the history department crucified on a tree.
Next the tomb vampire ghosts go after Mayer Lockwood, crashing her car. Bonnie and Caroline drive by just in time for Blondie to vamp up and protect her werewolf boyfriend's mother.
While Caroline fights, Bonnie drives back to the magic place where she will meet Jeremy, who will give her the necklace.
Back under the old Lockwood mansion, Damon can't enter the super secret dungeon, so Mason ghosts ahead. Right when Mason finds something, Jer hands the necklace to Bonnie, she tosses it into the fire, and fine Uncle Mason disappears.
But it's not a sad ending for everyone. Back in town, right before the spell wears off, Anna finds her mother. They hug and disappear. Lexi leaves Elena with a few wise words and Sheila has time to pep talk her granddaughter.
After all the ghosts go poof, Elena basically tells Stefan to get his act together because "I won't love a ghost for the rest of my life." Then she leaves him locked in the dungeon. Cold!
Damon calls Alaric to help with the super secret dungeon. After he enters, 'Ric sees what Mason saw: a wall filled with some sort of hieroglyphs that he doesn't understand. But we're guessing the Original Vampires know just what they mean. And, once again, we're left hanging until next week.
As if on cue, a freshly-healed Damon drives up and tells them that Bonnie's spell may have opened the door for other ghosts to come back. Being the go-getters that they are, Bonnie and Caroline jump into action, trying to figure out how to fix the Vicki Escape Clause. As they walk away, Bonnie drops her bag and her Grimoire magics open to a very specific page. "Please tell me that's a recipe for witch cookies," Caroline says. Of course it's not. It's a spell that will let people see the ghosts that are stalking them. Bonnie reads it and immediately takes Car back to the old church dungeon where the 100 witches died and where she resurrected Jeremy.
Speaking of Jer, he's seeing Anna non-stop now. In fact, she's secretly sitting next to him when Elena tries to convince him to her contact Stefan's dead BFF, Lexi. According to Stefan's journals, whenever he fell off the bandwagon, Lexi was the one to put him back on. So Elena figures the dead vamp will still be willing to help a girl out.
Jeremy tries to explain to Elena that it's not that simple, that there's no party line on the other side. Alaric suggests they leave the dead alone. But, you know Elena. She only hears what she wants and she wants Stefan. Right on cue, the Ripper Stef shows up to taunt her. When he walks away, Lexi appears behind him. Back to save his sobriety once again, she announces, "You're off the rails, big time." Then she smashes his head into a car.
Meanwhile, at the Mystic Grill, Damon's trying to solicit Alaric's help with his ghost problem — as if he didn't break the history teacher's neck just a couple of weeks ago. Alaric's not having it. But then Mason appears next to Damon, takes a shot of whiskey, and smashes the glass on Damon's head. After a shot or two, Mason tells them that he's willing to put his beef aside if Damon will help Tyler escape Klaus. In exchange for Damon's help, Mason offers to lead him to something that can kill an original vamp.
Of course the elder Salvatore agrees and he meets Mason in the dungeon of the old Salvatore mansion. There they break down a wall and walk through a long dark corridor to yet another, much older hidden dungeon. At one point, a booby trap Founders set eons ago skewers Damon. Mason helps cut him free because, he says, "I don't need revenge Damon. I need redemption." Dang that's deep.


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First we find the Monad [Spirit] on the monadic plane [second from the top out of seven]. It is a Solar Spark and is found on one of the seven rays and reflects the three aspects- will, love wisdom and active intelligence- of the Deity.
The Soul, [Solar Angel, or Ego], is the vehicle of the Monad. It is in itself a triplicity, as is all in nature, and reflects the three aspects of Divinity on the mental plane [fifth from the top]. The Solar Angel, who embodies the real man, and is his expression on the mental plane, is literally his divine ancestor, the "Watcher" who, through long cycles of incarnation has poured Himself out in sacrifice in order that man might BE.
The personality is that man in incarnation and is in itself a triplicity; the physical body, the emotional body, and the mental body.
All the fruits or experiences of the personality get accumulated in the Soul who is the mediator between Monad and personality or Spirit and matter.
To achieve alignment with the soul the personality have to fuse the three divine aspects [the etheric body, the astral body, and the mental body], into one whole. When he has achieved this, he passes through a process of reorientation. This reveals to him the whole of humanity and later still, on the path of initiation, that whole of which humanity itself is only an expression.
The individual begins to serve humanity consciously through the medium of his integrated personality and he knows himself to be part of a greater whole. He starts to work with the Plan. We can say that the conflict between the soul ray and the personality ray starts, and the war is on between two focussed aspects of energy. The control by the soul is the final phase, leading to the death and destruction of the personality. The personality is then completely identified with the soul.
The Group
When the personality and the soul are integrated, it will evoke the consciousness of the whole. When this is accomplished, group consciousness is added to self-consciousness. This is the second great step on the way to God consciousness. On the level of the soul, there is no my soul and your soul, we are One. The personality then realises his path forward is not alone, but in a group.
As a group, we get an increase of the total consciousness of the group, the stimulation of the units in the group and the group magnetism producing increased healing as blending effects upon allied groups. The individual and the group unit, will slowly learn to subordinate the personal good and pleasure, to group conditions and group requirements. Each person in a group has to learn to work in a close mental and spiritual cooperation with all the others. Each has to pour forth love on all and learn to subordinate his own personal growth to the group requirement.
This group endeavour will call forth from the Hierarchy a responsive magnetic impulse which will bring together, through the medium of the group, the overshadowing beneficent forces. Light and inspiration and spiritual revelation can be released in such a flood of power that it will work definite changes in the human consciousness. It will open men's eyes to the basic realities.
The development of the self-consciousness, and of the uniquely separative individual, has been the right and desired technique in the past. The development of group consciousness, through the activity of the New Group of World Servers, is to be the right and desired technique of the future.
The NGWS believe in an inner world government and in an evolutionary Plan. They are steadily cultivating an international spirit of good will, and to this they consecrate every effort. They also seek to teach the fact that the many national, religious, and social experiments are only modes of expansion, ways of growth, and needed lessons. These ideals are leading to international order, religious understanding, unity, peace and plenty. They are all in line with the Plan. [The good and the bad]
The attention of the hierarchy is not centred upon the individual, but just so far as he is occupied with matters, which concern group good.
The consciousness of humanity as a whole must be expanded so that it can be developed from the germ of self-consciousness and be brought up to that of complete group consciousness and identification as occurs when the individual soul takes the final initiation. The ascending energy of the human kingdom must be brought into close rapport with the descending energy of spirit that another great expression of Deity may emerge, through man, into manifestation.
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