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12-Hour Tomatoes
I have made these tomatoes for more than a decade now, but it wasn't until my sister's homegrown Maine wedding, where I made hundreds of them for the appetizer table, that I realized how perfect a technique this is for putting up local tomatoes in the peak season. The low heat of the oven turns the tomatoes almost jammy, concentrating the flavor beautifully, which makes them perfect as a topping for bruschetta, pasta, or pizza. They also can be served on an antipasti platter with mixed olives, cheese, pickles, and/or smoked fish. I call them 12-hour tomatoes, but the amount of time it takes depends greatly on the size and juiciness of the tomatoes. So for the least fuss, don't mix varieties or sizes in one batch, but feel free to multiply this recipe as you wish. Left in the oven long enough, the tomatoes will start to become a little chewy around the edges, which make a nice counterpoint to the moisture inside. Try other spices instead of the cumin: regular paprika, smoked Spanish paprika (pimenton), and cinnamon also work well with the tomatoes, or you can stick with just salt and pepper for the purest tomato flavor.
- 4 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 8 large (3- to 4-inch) tomatoes, stemmed (but not cored) and cut in half vertically
- Kosher or sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for storing
Preheat the oven to 200° F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
Place a small, dry skillet over medium heat. Add the seeds and toast, shaking the pan occasionally, until they are fragrant but not browned, 2 to 4 minutes. Immediately transfer them to a heatproof bowl to stop the cooking; let cool completely, and then grind.
Place the tomatoes, cut side up, on the prepared baking sheet. Season the cut side with salt and pepper to taste, then drizzle with oil. Sprinkle evenly with the ground cumin.
Bake for 10 to 14 hours (the time will vary, depending on the size and variety of tomato), until the tomatoes have collapsed and shriveled to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick; they should still be moist inside but can be slightly crisp and browned at the edges.
Cool completely. To store, pack the tomatoes in an airtight container, cover them with olive oil, and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks. For longer storage, use a thermometer to make sure your refrigerator is under 38°, then pack them tightly into sterilized jars, cover them with olive oil, and refrigerate for up to 3 months. Or pack them into freezer-safe plastic bags, remove as much air as possible from the bags, and freeze for up to 6 months. Defrost an entire bag at a time; once defrosted, cover tomatoes with olive oil and store in the fridge.
Smoked Trout, Green Apple,
and Gouda Sandwich
Some of my favorite sandwiches need very little prep work, just the right combination of top-notch ingredients. This is one of them. Dark bread, smoky fish, tart apple, and complex Gouda make magic together. All you have to do is slice, spread, cut, eat, and smile.
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 2 slices pumpernickel bread
- 2 ounces smoked trout, flaked with a fork
- 1 ounce aged Gouda cheese, cut into thin slices or crumbled
- 1/2 small to medium Granny Smith apple, cored and cut into 1/4-inch slices
- A few leaves baby arugula or baby spinach
- Freshly ground black pepper
To assemble the sandwich, spread the mayonnaise on one side of both pieces of bread. Mound the trout on one of the bread slices, then top with the Gouda, the apple, and the arugula. Season with pepper. Top with the other slice of bread, cut in half, and eat.
Duck Breast Tacos
with Plum Salsa
MAKES 3 or 4 TACOS
You know you've got a taco problem when you make a duck breast recipe from a destined-to-be-classic Chinese cookbook and think, "Wouldn't these be good in tortillas?" Yes, that's what happened to me when I tried Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's simple baked duck breasts from Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking. I served them for a Chinese dinner that night, but pretty soon I was playing around with a riff on five-spice powder, combining Asian and Mexican ingredients and rubbing them into the breasts before using Lo's baking technique. A sweet, sour, and spicy plum salsa was just the thing to cut through and complement the deep flavors of the rich duck.
- 1 whole star anise
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano (preferably Mexican)
- 1/2 teaspoon Szechuan peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ancho or other chile
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt, plus more to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 boneless, skin-on duck breast halves (6 to 8 ounces each)
- 3 or 4 corn tortillas
- 1/2 jalapeno chile, stemmed and seeded (seeds reserved)
- 1 barely ripe black or red plum, pitted and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 small shallot lobe, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon lightly packed fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
- 3 large fresh mint leaves, chopped
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
Using a spice grinder (such as a coffee grinder reserved for spices), grind the star anise, dried oregano, and Szechuan peppercorns to a fine powder. Dump into a small bowl and stir in the ground ancho, salt, and cinnamon.
Pat dry the duck breasts with a paper towel. Use a sharp knife to cut through just the skin and fat, without piercing the meat, in 1-inch intervals, then repeat the cuts at a 90° angle to make a crosshatch pattern all across the skin. Sprinkle the spice mixture all over the duck breasts. Pack in heavy-duty resealable plastic bags, squeezing as much air out as possible, and refrigerate for several hours or as long as 24 hours.
Preheat the oven to 450°F.
In a small roasting pan lined with aluminum foil, roast the duck breasts skin side up for 10 minutes. Increase the heat to 550°F and turn the breasts skin side down. Roast until much of the fat has rendered and the skin is browned and crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate, pour off the extra duck fat from the pan and reserve for another use. Let the duck breasts rest for at least 10 minutes. (If desired, wrap one of the duck breasts in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for up to 1 week for a later meal.)
Warm the tortillas and wrap them in aluminum foil to keep warm.
Meanwhile, make the salsa. Finely chop the jalapeno. In a small mixing bowl, combine the jalape§o with the plum, shallot, cilantro, mint, lime juice, oil, and a generous sprinkling of salt. Taste, add more salt if necessary; if you want more heat, add some of the reserved jalapeno seeds.
Lay the tortillas out on a plate. Cut the duck breast crosswise into 1/2-inch slices, place a couple of slices on each tortilla, top each with the plum salsa, and eat.
Note: I call for two duck breasts here, because it's difficult to make much less of this spice rub, but you can save one of the breasts for another day and another use (such as sliced cold on a salad).
Cappuccino Tapioca
with Cardamom Brulee
There's really nothing quite like tapioca pudding to take me back to childhood, when I would eat those plastic cups of the store-bought variety. Of course, homemade is so much better, and it's really not difficult to make. It just requires a little patience and some stirring. I like to make a few cups at a time, eat one (or, okay, two or three). Then, before things get really out of control, I portion the rest into 1/2-cup ramekins and store them in the freezer. To take it over the top, I sprinkle just a touch of one of my favorite aromatic spices, cardamom, on top, along with some sugar, and torch the top to get that crackly bruleed effect.
- 3 cups milk, preferably low-fat
- 1/3 cup small pearl tapioca
- 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
- 2 egg yolks, whisked to combine
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
Pour 1 cup of the milk into a heavy saucepan. Add the tapioca and let soak for at least 30 minutes.
Pour the remaining 2 cups of milk into a mixing bowl or glass measuring cup, sprinkle the espresso powder over, let it sit for a minute or two, and then stir to dissolve.
Whisk the espresso-milk mixture into the tapioca mixture, along with the egg yolks, salt, and 1/3 cup of the sugar. Over medium heat, slowly bring the mixture just barely to a boil, stirring constantly; it will take 10 to 15 minutes. Reduce the heat until the mixture is barely simmering, and continue cooking the tapioca, stirring occasionally, until the beads swell up and become almost translucent and the custard thickens, another 15 to 20 minutes.
Remove from the heat and let it cool. Spoon the pudding into 6 individual 1/2-cup ramekins and wrap each in plastic wrap, pressing the plastic directly onto the surface of the pudding to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate until chilled. It will keep it the refrigerator for several days or in the freezer for up to 2 months.
When you are ready to eat, unwrap one of the ramekins of pudding (thaw it first if frozen), and sprinkle the top with 1 teaspoon of the remaining sugar and a pinch of cardamom. Use a small culinary blowtorch to caramelize the sugar on top, keeping the torch moving so you deeply brown but don't blacken the sugar, then eat.


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The game is slated to tip-off at 8 p.m. CT asthe second part of the doubleheader with Wisconsin at Indiana.
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The 2013 SuperTuesday series averaged a 1.2 US household rating – marking thehighest-rated college basketball weeknight series on ESPN last season.
Coming off a perfect9-0 home SEC campaign in 2012-13 under head coach Mike Anderson, including a73-60 win over Kentucky, Arkansas finished 20th nationally and thirdin the SEC in home attendance at 13,750 fans per game. The unbeaten SEC homerecord was the third in program history, but Arkansas' first since 1998. Itmarked the 20th straight year at Bud Walton Arena that theRazorbacks have ranked in the top 30 in attendance, including the 12thtime in the top 20.
Arkansas welcomesback 12 players from last year's 19-win season, highlighted by six players thatreached double figures in at least one game over February and March. TheRazorbacks ushered in the 18th-ranked recruiting class, according toESPN.com, adding a pair of top 50 big men in freshmen Bobby Portis Jr. andMoses Kingsley. Additionally, Houston transfer Alandise Harris is also eligibleafter sitting out the 2012-13 season.
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Nike launches five-minute cartoon ahead of the World Cup
Nike has released a five-minute animation featuring cartoons of some of the biggest names in football as part of its 'Risk Everything' campaign.
The film, called "the last game", was created by Wieden & Kennedy Portland, and tells the tale of a world where footballers have been replaced by passionless clones.
After top players like Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic – who are all voiced by actors – are reduced to fishing and selling copies of their autobiographies to make ends meet, Brazil's Ronaldo gathers the players to take on the clones in a winner-takes-all match.
The ad was written by Alberto Ponte, art directed by Ryan O'Rourke and directed by Jon Saunders through Passion.
The five-minute film was released online yesterday and is supported by trailers that will run on TV. The first trailer for the spot will run in the UK on 12 June.
The film is part of Nike's marketing around the 2014 Fifa World Cup, which begins on Thursday (12 June). Nike is not an official sponsor of the World Cup, unlike its rival Adidas.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues will hold its tenth public meeting on August 1-2, 2012.
The Commission will continue its work in the following areas:
Genomics and Privacy:
Since January 2011 the Commission has been following the pressing problems raised by the emergence of whole genome sequencing as an addition to clinical care and genetic research. The Commission's genomics project seeks to outline many of the key issues surrounding how to reconcile an individual's need for privacy, consent, and respect with the need for gathering data from many individuals to advance discoveries to benefit the common good.
At this meeting the Commission will hear from speakers on a range of topics related to the privacy of and access to genomic data. For example, Latanya Sweeney, Ph.D. of Harvard University and Sonia Suter, M.S., J.D. of George Washington University will discuss how technology is changing views of genomic privacy; and Ken Chahine, Ph.D., J.D. of Ancestry, DNA and Laura Lyman Rodriguez, Ph.D. of the National Human Genome Research Institute will present on the protection of private and public genomic databases.
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Medical Countermeasures for Children:
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This is a high-tech wedge console, which the company is offering as an option with most of its home theater collections.
It's not just a place to stash your Milk Duds, either. There is a little storage spot in there, but also a ton of entertainment options, including an iPad docking station, an SD card slot, a USB port, an auxiliary input jack and a drop-down table with cup holders. It also has two speakers and support for Bluetooth technology, so you can stream music right to the console from your tablet or smartphone.
Use the console to charge your portable, add new accessories to your home theater setup, or just check out some video and photos stored on your iPhone.
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Many Europeans use platform beds without box springs. Do you hear them complaining? I don't use a box spring, and I don't miss it. It's a princess/pea thing. If you need 17 layers, OK. If you only need one, don't buy a box spring, unless you don't like platforms and can't think of anything better to put your mattress on.


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The "we can't wait to find out what we are having" and the "we love the surprise". I am 100% in the club of finding out as soon as I can. I guess it has to do with my terrifying pregnancies and all that we have been through. I want to know the child I am carrying as well as I can in the womb for however many days they are there. But I can totally respect the brave few who welcome the unknown. Tomorrow I am going to a baby shower for a mom who has one girl and one boy. They decided this time would be a surprise. So fun! It is a diaper shower and I just couldn't bring myself to just wrapping up a pack of Swaddlers and calling it a day. She needs something fun to keep them in, right? I found myself struggling with what fabric to pick. Almost all of my stash is either very girly or very boy. The few fun retro kid prints I have won't work. The type of diaper clutch I make calls for an all-over, not directional print. My sweet husband who indulges my craft questions suggested I use a Hawaiian print. BRILLIANT! I had some red hibiscus left over from another project just waiting to be used. What do you think? Is it neutral enough? Would you carry it around for a baby boy? I don't have boys so I am a bit clueless. Maybe she will have a girl and all of this wondering will be pointless.
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Julie!!! I have two boys!! My "diaper" bag/ extra clothes..wipes galore/ anti bact/ bandaides/ wallet/ cell/ graham crackers(and their crumbs) and sippies... IS a Blue hawaiiany(you know what i mean)pattern....it has been well worn.. but we use it all the time.. and YES i would use it in red.. red goes with a lot of other colors too.. you would be surprised.. it is mostly our accent color in our home.. a little splash here and there... so a fun bag i think is a great idea for your mommy to be..again!! (we waited too... and it IS so exciting) Have a fun day helping her celebrate!!ReplyDelete
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On World Refugee Day, 20th June, the External Voices team went along to the Fairplay for Refugees Football Tournament to ask organisers, spectators and participants: "Why is this important to you?". Here are some of the responses:
Football is played everywhere from professional stadiums to schoolyards, from slums to posh suburbia, and enjoyed by young and old alike. Football is the world's most popular sport, yet as millions gather to enjoy the World Cup, countless children across the world will not have the time to watch a single game - they'll be hard at work. That chocolate you so like, that cigarette billowing smoke next to you, those new edition shoes you see on children's feet…all might be the fruit of tiny hands' labour.
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"Foreign workers struggle in Malaysia". This was one of the headlines from Al Jazeera used on April 12 in order to draw attention to "millions of undocumented foreign workers" currently living in the Southeast Asian state. It is a matter of people hailing from most notably, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal. It is about a mass of people with different backgrounds and life stories meeting with the shared hope of finding better living conditions, jobs and the possibility to help their families back home. The professional situation in which these migrants – a large percentage of whom pay "more than $1,000 to come in to the country" – find themselves in is very often unstable, with a salary unable to guarantee their subsistence. According to Al Jazeera, the situation for some of them is "so bad that Nepal's ambassador fears many of the unemployed men in Malaysia's capital will turn to crime to survive.
The bailout program will be over in May 2014 when Portugal prepares for a possible interim financing program or the recovery of full debt sovereignty after IMF leaves the country. For the past few months articles in some of the most prestigious economic newspapers classified Portugal as "the champion of austerity", "the new dragon of the South" and another couple of fancy titles that will keep the "markets" (as if these were autonomous) happy, with the country reorganizing its finances and increasing its exports. Yet, is the country actually doing better?


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Let's Talk about Food: Ground Rules for Civil Dialogue
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2009 was the year that issues like local food, sustainable food systems, and agriculture reform went mainstream, and we expect this national conversation to intensify in 2010. Unfortunately, much of the time it looks less like dialogue and more like, as LA Times food editor Russ Parsons writes, "two armed camps deeply suspicious of one another shouting past each other." How can "hard-line aggies" and "know-nothing urbanites" create meaningful discussion and change?
Parsons suggests some ground rules, or fundamental principles, that all sides should agree on in order to move forward with constructive dialogue. Among them are:
• Agriculture is business
• Food is not just a culinary abstraction
• Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good
• Quality is more expensive than quantity
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• Civil dialogues about food can lead to understanding and change
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"Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good" ...So true!
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if johnlock ever does happen i hope people are ready with scholarly articles on heteronormativity and the persistent invisibility of queer experience through the western cultural gaze
why is it so laughable to assume that sherlock leaving john's wedding early, sherlock restarting his heart out of fear for john's safety, john being sherlock's pressure point, could possibly mean that sherlock is in love? queering this text isn't an effort or a strain, there is no additional analysis required. it's done. it's in front of me. it's the ending of casablanca. i don't understand how anybody is missing it
would these critics be confused if john and sherlock were to one day kiss on screen? are they so blind right now that they would assume it to be joke if it were to really happen? would they call it an absurd twist clearly meant to pander a very specific group of fans? would they make up excuses as to why they didn't even consider a queer relationship a possibility between two men who clearly mean more to each other than anyone else?
i'm gonna sound so dramatic right now, but the fact that no mainstream media outlets were able to pickup on the queer subtext and even actual text in the sign of three makes me feel like canonical johnlock isn't just something that would be meaningful to a few people, but it's something that would be hugely important in changing the way media is read by the mainstream at large and eventually in changing the way people perceive the world around them. if queer subtext is still unseen to the majority when it's so blatant for people who live it, if we are still this invisible, then subtext isn't doing shit for us. this is a hugely popular show with a global audience, they have the chance to make a genuine difference here and they better fucking take it
tjlc not being real isn't even a possibility for me anymore i'm fuming it is the only answer this show is going to be a revolution and it's going to change the entire media landscape that's the only thing i can tell myself right now
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- Sid Tafler
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What does cave art mean to you?
Stone Age art has fascinated people around the world since some of the first discoveries of cave paintings in France and Spain in the 19th century.
The recent Werner Herzog film "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," showcasing the spectacular panels of lions and horses at Chauvet, brought new attention to Paleolithic art.
If you haven't gazed into the deep past recently, do a web search for Lascaux, Chauvet or Altamira cave.
What do these arts forms mean to you?
Do you find them beautiful, primitive, artistically inspired, or something less?
Are these drawings art for art sake, an attempt by Paleolithic people to reproduce the world they experienced?
Or do they have some deep cosmic or spiritual significance?
Why did these people of 15,000 to 30,000 years ago often create these works in places that were difficult to access?
Were they trying to communicate with each other, access worlds beyond their own, or engage in hunting magic?
Or were they just enjoying themselves scratching and drawing on cave walls?
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May 9 2012: I have never seen anything more beautiful...
Here is my favourite link
http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/fr/00.xml ,
some helpful tech niceties and soundtrack doesn't hurt, it's quite good, actually.
Thanks, Sid for this conversation !
May 10 2012: What I find so exciting about these works is that they allow access to the minds of people of so long ago.
Sometimes it's hard to grasp the idea of deep past of 20,000 or 30,000 years ago.
Even a few centuries is the distant past for many of us.
Any assumptions about the way those people thought or why they created these works much be approached with humility.
I agree, Lascaux is one of the finest galleries of all time.
I have had the privilege of seeing two painted caves in France and have read many books on the subject. One I would recommend is The Nature of Paleolithic Art Dale Guthrie.
May 10 2012: Thank you for responding !
I know about the book you've recommended and have found some more, currently available in the net. But I've shifted reading them for 'not now' later time, as if I am afraid to ruin the feeling...I have a very strange emotional relationship with these paintings...
I can't yet explain.
The words that come to mind in attempt to describe what I feel seem adequate, but sound pathetic, really. Humility is just the starting point :)
I think, this art is an expression of a kind of not-yet-divided consciousness into 'me' and 'not me' and when you watch it you get somehow involved.
Do you feel anything like that ?
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Ten Ton Hammer recently met with legendary comic book artist, writer, publisher, and DC Universe Executive Creative Director Jim Lee and Game Director Chris Cao. DCUO's dynamic duo addresses questions ranging from the size, scope, and origin of the DC Universe in DCUO, to the potential for a Green Lantern expansion, to whether DCUO owes more to console action games or traditional MMORPGs, and much, much more!
"I asked Chris to explain a little more about what he meant by betraying your mentor and where that would leave players. As is probably obvious, betraying your mentor is for villains only. "I don't think it would be a satisfying villain experience if all the way along Joker is trying to throw you into the frying pan all of the time - 'Hey, why don't you go blow up the GCPD?' - and you don't get some payback at some point. I mean, he's not a mentor in any classic sense, he isn't concerned about your safety. I don't want to spoil the details, but betraying him is a natural evolution of the story you've been living out with him."
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In recent star news, R. KELLY reveals that romantic film, "The Notebook," made him realize that his marriage to ANDREA KELLY had died.
We know the tax evading R. Kelly divorced his former back up dancer wife, Andrea Kelly, three years ago. What we didn't know is what made the R&B artist so sure that it was the right decision.
And apparently, the tear-jerking Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams flick had a lot to do with it!
Kelly revealed in his new memoir "Soulacoaster" that he didn't feel his 12-year-long marriage was anything like the heart-wrenching love featured in the film.
He explained in his book:
"As the film credits started to roll, I couldn't move. I burst into tears. People walking past me patted me on the back, trying to console me. 'The Notebook' was beautiful, and I was crying because its hero and heroine had died together."
Kelly continued:
"But I was also crying because I remembered a Valentine's Day — when a helicopter dropped a rainfall of roses — that had come and gone … My marriage had died. And there was nothing I could do to bring it back."
Quite shocking, considering that the film usually inspires its viewers to become absolute suckers for love… and not to run away from it.
Surely Kelly had other reasons…
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Analysing 135 annotated Tape Measure Proteins found thirteen clusters and four singletons, suggesting that at least 17 mycobacteriophages had infected M. abscessus during its evolution. The evolutionary history of phages differed from that of their mycobacterial hosts. In particular, 33 phage-related proteins have been horizontally transferred within M. abscessus genomes. They comprise of an integrase, specific mycobacteriophage proteins, hypothetical proteins and DNA replication and metabolism proteins. Gene exchanges, loss and gains which occurred in M. abscessus genomes have been driven by several mycobacteriophages. Conclusions: This analysis of phage-mycobacterium co-evolution suggests that mycobacteriophages are playing a key-role in the on-going diversification of M. abscessus.ReviewersThis article was reviewed by Eric Bapteste, Patrick Forterre and Eugene Koonin. http://www.biologydirect.com/content/9/1/19 Mohamed Sassi Philippe Gouret Olivier Chabrol Pierre Pontarotti Michel Drancourt Biology Direct 2014, null:19 2014-09-15T00:00:00Z doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-19 /content/figures/1745-6150-9-19-toc.gif Biology Direct 1745-6150 ${item.volume} 19 2014-09-15T00:00:00Z XML Parallel universes of Black Six biology Creation of lethal and synthetic lethal mutations in an experimental organism is a cornerstone of genetic dissection of gene function, and is related to the concept of an essential gene. Common inbred mouse strains carry background mutations, which can act as genetic modifiers, interfering with the assignment of gene essentiality. The inbred strain C57BL/6J, commonly known as "Black Six", stands out, as it carries a spontaneous homozygous deletion in the nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase (Nnt) gene [GenBank: AH009385.2], resulting in impairment of steroidogenic mitochondria of the adrenal gland, and a multitude of indirect modifier effects, coming from alteration of glucocorticoid-regulated processes. Over time, the popular strain has been used, by means of gene targeting technology, to assign "essential" and "redundant" qualifiers to numerous genes, thus creating an internally consistent "parallel universe" of knowledge. It is unrealistic to suggest phasing-out of this strain, given the scope of shared resources built around it, however, continuing on the road of "strain-unawareness" will result in profound waste of effort, particularly where translational research is concerned. The review analyzes the historical roots of this phenomenon and proposes that building of "parallel universes" should be urgently made visible to a critical reader by obligatory use of unambiguous and persistent tags in publications and databases, such as hypertext links, pointing to a vendor's strain description web page, or to a digital object identifier (d.o.i.) of the original publication, so that any research done exclusively in C57BL/6J, could be easily identified.ReviewersThis article was reviewed by Dr. Neil Smalheiser and Dr. Miguel Andrade-Navarro. http://www.biologydirect.com/content/9/1/18 Alexander Kraev Biology Direct 2014, null:18 2014-07-19T00:00:00Z doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-18 An internally consistent parallel universe of knowledge, "Black Six Biology", has emerged as a result of a pleiotropic mutation in the popular inbred mouse strain C57BL/6J. /content/figures/1745-6150-9-18-toc.gif Biology Direct 1745-6150 ${item.volume} 18 2014-07-19T00:00:00Z XML Translational selection in human: more pronounced in housekeeping genes Background: Translational selection is a ubiquitous and significant mechanism to regulate protein expression in prokaryotes and unicellular eukaryotes. Recent evidence has shown that translational selection is weakly operative in highly expressed genes in human and other vertebrates. However, it remains unclear whether translational selection acts differentially on human genes depending on their expression patterns. Results: Here we report that human housekeeping (HK) genes that are strictly defined as genes that are expressed ubiquitously and consistently in most or all tissues, are under stronger translational selection. Conclusions: These observations clearly show that translational selection is also closely associated with expression pattern. Our results suggest that human HK genes are more efficiently and/or accurately translated into proteins, which will inevitably open up a new understanding of HK genes and the regulation of gene expression.ReviewersThis article was reviewed by Yuan Yuan, Baylor College of Medicine; Han Liang, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (nominated by Dr Laura Landweber) Eugene Koonin, NCBI, NLM, NIH, United States of America Sandor Pongor, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy. http://www.biologydirect.com/content/9/1/17 Lina Ma Peng Cui Jiang Zhu Zhihua Zhang Zhang Zhang Biology Direct 2014, null:17 2014-07-10T00:00:00Z doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-17 Translational selection does exist in human, but acts differentially on human genes, which is more pronounced in  housekeeping genes that are expressed ubiquitously and consistently in most or all tissues. /content/figures/1745-6150-9-17-toc.gif Biology Direct 1745-6150 ${item.volume} 17 2014-07-10T00:00:00Z XML Impairment of translation in neurons as a putative causative factor for autism Background: A dramatic increase in the prevalence of autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) has been observed over the last two decades in USA, Europe and Asia. Given the accumulating data on the possible role of translation in the etiology of ASD, we analyzed potential effects of rare synonymous substitutions associated with ASD on mRNA stability, splicing enhancers and silencers, and codon usage.Presentation of the hypothesisWe hypothesize that subtle impairment of translation, resulting in dosage imbalance of neuron-specific proteins, contributes to the etiology of ASD synergistically with environmental neurotoxins.Testing the hypothesisA statistically significant shift from optimal to suboptimal codons caused by rare synonymous substitutions associated with ASD was detected whereas no effect on other analyzed characteristics of transcripts was identified. This result suggests that the impact of rare codons on the translation of genes involved in neuron development, even if slight in magnitude, could contribute to the pathogenesis of ASD in the presence of an aggressive chemical background. This hypothesis could be tested by further analysis of ASD-associated mutations, direct biochemical characterization of their effects, and assessment of in vivo effects on animal models.Implications of the hypothesisIt seems likely that the synergistic action of environmental hazards with genetic variations that in themselves have limited or no deleterious effects but are potentiated by the environmental factors is a general principle that underlies the alarming increase in the ASD prevalence.ReviewersThis article was reviewed by Andrey Rzhetsky, Neil R. Smalheiser, and Shamil R. Sunyaev. http://www.biologydirect.com/content/9/1/16 Eugenia Poliakov Eugene Koonin Igor Rogozin Biology Direct 2014, null:16 2014-07-10T00:00:00Z doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-16 Silent mutations associated with autism cause a significant shift from optimal to suboptimal codons. /content/figures/1745-6150-9-16-toc.gif Biology Direct 1745-6150 ${item.volume} 16 2014-07-10T00:00:00Z XML Exploring the stability of long intergenic non-coding RNA in K562 cells by comparative studies of RNA-Seq datasets Background: The stability of long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) that possess tissue/cell-specific expression, might be closely related to their physiological functions. However, the mechanism associated with stability of lincRNA remains elusive. In this study, we try to study the stability of lincRNA in K562 cells, an important model cell, through comparing two K562 transcriptomes which are obtained from ENCODE Consortium and our sequenced RNA-Seq dataset (PH) respectively. Results: By lincRNAs analysis pipeline, 1804 high-confidence lincRNAs involving 1564 annotated lincRNAs and 240 putative novel lincRNAs were identified in PH, and 1587 high-confidence lincRNAs including 1429 annotated lincRNAs and 158 putative novel lincRNAs in ENCODE. There are 1009 unique lincRNAs in PH, 792 unique lincRNAs were in ENCODE, and 795 overlapping lincRNAs in both datasets. The analysis of differences in minimum free energy distribution and lincRNA half-life showed that a large proportion of overlapping lincRNAs were more stable than the unique lincRNAs. Most lincRNAs were more unstable than protein-coding RNAs through comparing their minimum free energy. Conclusions: Identification of overlapping and unique lincRNAs can be helpful to classify the stability of lincRNAs. Our results suggest that overlapping lincRNAs (relatively stable linRNAs) and unique lincRNAs (relatively unstable lincRNAs) might be involved in different cellular processes.ReviewersThis article has been reviewed by Prof. Oliviero Carugo, Dr. Alistair Forrest and Prof. Manju Bansal. http://www.biologydirect.com/content/9/1/15 Lei Wang Dequan Zhou Jing Tu Yan Wang Zuhong Lu Biology Direct 2014, null:15 2014-07-05T00:00:00Z doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-15 Long intergenic non-coding RNA with different stability might be involved in various cellular processes.  /content/figures/1745-6150-9-15-toc.gif Biology Direct 1745-6150 ${item.volume} 15 2014-07-05T00:00:00Z XML Midichlorians - the biomeme hypothesis: is there a microbial component to religious rituals? Background: Cutting edge research of human microbiome diversity has led to the development of the microbiome-gut-brain axis concept, based on the idea that gut microbes may have an impact on the behavior of their human hosts. Many examples of behavior-altering parasites are known to affect members of the animal kingdom. Some prominent examples include Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (fungi), Toxoplasma gondii (protista), Wolbachia (bacteria), Glyptapanteles sp. (arthropoda), Spinochordodes tellinii (nematomorpha) and Dicrocoelium dendriticum (flat worm). These organisms belong to a very diverse set of taxonomic groups suggesting that the phenomena of parasitic host control might be more common in nature than currently established and possibly overlooked in humans.Presentation of the hypothesisSome microorganisms would gain an evolutionary advantage by encouraging human hosts to perform certain rituals that favor microbial transmission. We hypothesize that certain aspects of religious behavior observed in the human society could be influenced by microbial host control and that the transmission of some religious rituals could be regarded as the simultaneous transmission of both ideas (memes) and parasitic organisms.Testing the hypothesisWe predict that next-generation microbiome sequencing of samples obtained from gut or brain tissues of control subjects and subjects with a history of voluntary active participation in certain religious rituals that promote microbial transmission will lead to the discovery of microbes, whose presence has a consistent and positive association with religious behavior. Our hypothesis also predicts a decline of participation in religious rituals in societies with improved sanitation.Implications of the hypothesisIf proven true, our hypothesis may provide insights on the origin and pervasiveness of certain religious practices and provide an alternative explanation for recently published positive associations between parasite-stress and religiosity. The discovery of novel microorganisms that affect host behavior may improve our understanding of neurobiology and neurochemistry, while the diversity of such organisms may be of interest to evolutionary biologists and religious scholars.ReviewersThis article was reviewed by Prof. Dan Graur, Dr. Rob Knight and Dr. Eugene Koonin http://www.biologydirect.com/content/9/1/14 Alexander Panchin Alexander Tuzhikov Yuri Panchin Biology Direct 2014, null:14 2014-07-02T00:00:00Z doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-14 The diversity of parasites that control host behavior suggests that this phenomenon could be underestimated in humans: it is hypothesized that microorganisms could contribute to the spreading of some rituals. /content/figures/1745-6150-9-14-toc.gif Biology Direct 1745-6150 ${item.volume} 14 2014-07-02T00:00:00Z XML Pseudo-chaotic oscillations in CRISPR-virus coevolution predicted by bifurcation analysis Background: The CRISPR-Cas systems of adaptive antivirus immunity are present in most archaea and many bacteria, and provide resistance to specific viruses or plasmids by inserting fragments of foreign DNA into the host genome and then utilizing transcripts of these spacers to inactivate the cognate foreign genome. The recent development of powerful genome engineering tools on the basis of CRISPR-Cas has sharply increased the interest in the diversity and evolution of these systems. Comparative genomic data indicate that during evolution of prokaryotes CRISPR-Cas loci are lost and acquired via horizontal gene transfer at high rates. Mathematical modeling and initial experimental studies of CRISPR-carrying microbes and viruses reveal complex coevolutionary dynamics. Results: We performed a bifurcation analysis of models of coevolution of viruses and microbial host that possess CRISPR-Cas hereditary adaptive immunity systems. The analyzed Malthusian and logistic models display complex, and in particular, quasi-chaotic oscillation regimes that have not been previously observed experimentally or in agent-based models of the CRISPR-mediated immunity. The key factors for the appearance of the quasi-chaotic oscillations are the non-linear dependence of the host immunity on the virus load and the partitioning of the hosts into the immune and susceptible populations, so that the system consists of three components. Conclusions: Bifurcation analysis of CRISPR-host coevolution model predicts complex regimes including quasi-chaotic oscillations. The quasi-chaotic regimes of virus-host coevolution are likely to be biologically relevant given the evolutionary instability of the CRISPR-Cas loci revealed by comparative genomics. The results of this analysis might have implications beyond the CRISPR-Cas systems, i.e. could describe the behavior of any adaptive immunity system with a heritable component, be it genetic or epigenetic. These predictions are experimentally testable.Reviewers' reportsThis manuscript was reviewed by Sandor Pongor, Sergei Maslov and Marek Kimmel. For the complete reports, go to the Reviewers' Reports section. http://www.biologydirect.com/content/9/1/13 Faina Berezovskaya Yuri Wolf Eugene Koonin Georgy Karev Biology Direct 2014, null:13 2014-07-02T00:00:00Z doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-13 /content/figures/1745-6150-9-13-toc.gif Biology Direct 1745-6150 ${item.volume} 13 2014-07-02T00:00:00Z XML Selecting biologically informative genes in co-expression networks with a centrality score Background: Measures of node centrality in biological networks are useful to detect genes with critical functional roles. In gene co-expression networks, highly connected genes (i.e., candidate hubs) have been associated with key disease-related pathways. Although different approaches to estimating gene centrality are available, their potential biological relevance in gene co-expression networks deserves further investigation. Moreover, standard measures of gene centrality focus on binary interaction networks, which may not always be suitable in the context of co-expression networks. Here, I also investigate a method that identifies potential biologically meaningful genes based on a weighted connectivity score and indicators of statistical relevance. Results: The method enables a characterization of the strength and diversity of co-expression associations in the network. It outperformed standard centrality measures by highlighting more biologically informative genes in different gene co-expression networks and biological research domains. As part of the illustration of the gene selection potential of this approach, I present an application case in zebrafish heart regeneration. The proposed technique predicted genes that are significantly implicated in cellular processes required for tissue regeneration after injury. Conclusions: A method for selecting biologically informative genes from gene co-expression networks is provided, together with free open software.ReviewersThis article was reviewed by Anthony Almudevar, Maciej M Kańduła (nominated by David P Kreil) and Christine Wells. http://www.biologydirect.com/content/9/1/12 Francisco Azuaje Biology Direct 2014, null:12 2014-06-19T00:00:00Z doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-12 A biologically meaningful and user-friendly method for identifying candidate hubs in gene co-expression networks. /content/figures/1745-6150-9-12-toc.gif Biology Direct 1745-6150 ${item.volume} 12 2014-06-19T00:00:00Z XML The Rodin-Ohno hypothesis that two enzyme superfamilies descended from one ancestral gene: an unlikely scenario for the origins of translation that will not be dismissed Background: Because amino acid activation is rate-limiting for uncatalyzed protein synthesis, it is a key puzzle in understanding the origin of the genetic code. Two unrelated classes (I and II) of contemporary aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRS) now translate the code. Observing that codons for the most highly conserved, Class I catalytic peptides, when read in the reverse direction, are very nearly anticodons for Class II defining catalytic peptides, Rodin and Ohno proposed that the two superfamilies descended from opposite strands of the same ancestral gene. This unusual hypothesis languished for a decade, perhaps because it appeared to be unfalsifiable. Results: The proposed sense/antisense alignment makes important predictions. Fragments that align in antiparallel orientations, and contain the respective active sites, should catalyze the same two reactions catalyzed by contemporary synthetases. Recent experiments confirmed that prediction. Invariant cores from both classes, called Urzymes after Ur = primitive, authentic, plus enzyme and representing ~20% of the contemporary structures, can be expressed and exhibit high, proportionate rate accelerations for both amino-acid activation and tRNA acylation. A major fraction (60%) of the catalytic rate acceleration by contemporary synthetases resides in segments that align sense/antisense. Bioinformatic evidence for sense/antisense ancestry extends to codons specifying the invariant secondary and tertiary structures outside the active sites of the two synthetase classes. Peptides from a designed, 46-residue gene constrained by Rosetta to encode Class I and II ATP binding sites with fully complementary sequences both accelerate amino acid activation by ATP ~400 fold. Conclusions: Biochemical and bioinformatic results substantially enhance the posterior probability that ancestors of the two synthetase classes arose from opposite strands of the same ancestral gene. The remarkable acceleration by short peptides of the rate-limiting step in uncatalyzed protein synthesis, together with the synergy of synthetase Urzymes and their cognate tRNAs, introduce a new paradigm for the origin of protein catalysts, emphasize the potential relevance of an operational RNA code embedded in the tRNA acceptor stems, and challenge the RNA-World hypothesis.ReviewersThis article was reviewed by Dr. Paul Schimmel (nominated by Laura Landweber), Dr. Eugene Koonin and Professor David Ardell. http://www.biologydirect.com/content/9/1/11 Charles Carter Li Li Violetta Weinreb Martha Collier Katiria Gonzalez-Rivera Mariel Jimenez-Rodriguez Ozgün Erdogan Brian Kuhlman Xavier Ambroggio Tishan Williams S Chandrasekharan Biology Direct 2014, null:11 2014-06-14T00:00:00Z doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-11 Verified biochemical and bioinformatic predictions confirm that the two aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase classes (I and II) that now translate the genetic code arose on opposite strands of the same ancestral gene. /content/figures/1745-6150-9-11-toc.gif Biology Direct 1745-6150 ${item.volume} 11 2014-06-14T00:00:00Z XML Profiling the orphan enzymes The emergence of Next Generation Sequencing generates an incredible amount of sequence and great potential for new enzyme discovery. Despite this huge amount of data and the profusion of bioinformatic methods for function prediction, a large part of known enzyme activities is still lacking an associated protein sequence. These particular activities are called "orphan enzymes". The present review proposes an update of previous surveys on orphan enzymes by mining the current content of public databases. While the percentage of orphan enzyme activities has decreased from 38% to 22% in ten years, there are still more than 1,000 orphans among the 5,000 entries of the Enzyme Commission (EC) classification. Taking into account all the reactions present in metabolic databases, this proportion dramatically increases to reach nearly 50% of orphans and many of them are not associated to a known pathway. We extended our survey to "local orphan enzymes" that are activities which have no representative sequence in a given clade, but have at least one in organisms belonging to other clades. We observe an important bias in Archaea and find that in general more than 30% of the EC activities have incomplete sequence information in at least one superkingdom. To estimate if candidate proteins for local orphans could be retrieved by homology search, we applied a simple strategy based on the PRIAM software and noticed that candidates may be proposed for an important fraction of local orphan enzymes. Finally, by studying relation between protein domains and catalyzed activities, it appears that newly discovered enzymes are mostly associated with already known enzyme domains. Thus, the exploration of the promiscuity and the multifunctional aspect of known enzyme families may solve part of the orphan enzyme issue. We conclude this review with a presentation of recent initiatives in finding proteins for orphan enzymes and in extending the enzyme world by the discovery of new activities.ReviewersThis article was reviewed by Michael Galperin, Daniel Haft and Daniel Kahn. http://www.biologydirect.com/content/9/1/10 Maria Sorokina Mark Stam Claudine Médigue Olivier Lespinet David Vallenet Biology Direct 2014, null:10 2014-06-06T00:00:00Z doi:10.1186/1745-6150-9-10 Bringing up to date the orphan enzyme problem, more than 30% of activities are still lacking sequence information in databases. /content/figures/1745-6150-9-10-toc.gif Biology Direct 1745-6150 ${item.volume} 10 2014-06-06T00:00:00Z XML


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Wedged in a prison I entered of my own free will, I look around my cell and wonder, in a largely-ignored corner of my mind, why I consistently do this to myself. As the walls close in, reducing my available options with every passing day, I stubbornly refuse to look up. An oubliette's opening is always at the top, the way you came in the only means of escape. Surrounded by the bones of all my previous failures, I keep my eyes fixed on the floor. "I can make my own way out," I growl through aching, grinding teeth. "I can do this myself." The words belie the reality; I'm here, again, because I spoke without thinking, again, leapt before I looked, again. Now I sit here muttering, "I meant to do that," which nobody ever believes, not even me. The inevitable approaches, openly, with no stealth or camouflage, calmly making its inexorable way towards me. I watch, mutely, as I always have before.


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Face-shaped pendants were spread throughout the entire Mediterranean Sea region by the Phoenicians from the 6th century B.C. The beads were made using what is known as the "sand-core technique". The faces were constructed around a core using miniscule threads and pieces of glass. The large eyes are remarkable, and lead one to believe that the beads were amulets that served to ward off the evil eye.
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Jonathan Kerr practices comprehensive family medicine in his hometown of Belleville, Ontario. He is also the President of the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP), representing 12,000 family doctors in the province. The OCFP works to improve the health of Ontarians by promoting excellence in family medicine through education, leadership, research, and advocacy.
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The article below was written by me some time back. Since then, a book has come out that does a far better job than anything I could ever say to reveal the truth about this guru.
The book is called "Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness" and was written by Gail Tredwell, formerly called Gayatri – the woman who for 20 years served as Amma's closest personal attendant and chief female disciple.
In the book, Tredwell recounts her personal experience in the ashram, where she admits she was complicit in covering up all sorts of ashram secrets, in a misguided attempt to protect the guru's misdeeds from public view (believing, as all guru cultists do, that the guru is God in human form and therefore exempt from human standards of right and wrong).
Tredwell's riveting book recounts stories of donations intended for charity being converted into gold jewelry and hidden under the garments of Amma's sanyasis (monks) as they passed through customs – then the gold being passed to Amma's family to make them fabulously rich. Tredwell tells of being beaten, clawed, and bitten by Amma, who would succumb to fits of rage over small mistakes made by her attendants. Tredwell speaks of her discovery that, while claiming to be a lifelong celibate, Amma secretly had ongoing sexual affairs with several of her closest swamis (monks who have taken lifelong vows of celibacy). And she speaks of being raped herself, repeatedly, by one of these same swamis, and names him.
Tredwell was extensively quoted in an August 2012 "Rolling Stone" article on Amma regarding some of these allegations, although the book (and the worst of the allegations) only recently came out (now, in November, 2013, which is when I write this). "Rolling Stone" was able to corroborate the claim of physical abuse by Amma through the testimony of another one of Amma's female attendants, who would not reveal her name except to the magazine.
Now, whether Tredwell's searing expose makes a difference in bringing down this false spiritual empire depends very much on other victims boldly stepping forward and sharing their own stories. But the disciples are afraid of this guru, who, her biography alleges, has beings in the unseen who will retaliate against anyone who speaks out about the Divine Mother. This superstition makes it difficult for members struggling to break free from the cult to find the courage to speak the truth. Insiders report there is also genuine physical danger, for anyone living in India who speaks out.
If you who are reading this essay were or are one of Amma's inner circle, I encourage you to do the right thing. Surely it is wrong to remain silent when thousands of trusting and innocent people not only give money to this organization, thinking it goes to help the poor and suffering, and – worse – trust their spiritual life to the guidance of a charlatan, often abandoning jobs, family, and loved ones and moving to India to live a life of poverty in Amma's shadow … and more victims are drawn into her cult every day. Not to speak out about what you know is to be complicit.
When Sai Baba's misdeeds became public, it wasn't because of one disciple breaking the silence. It happened when multiple disciples came forward with their stories. It is easy to write off one whistleblower's account as the remarks of a crazy person, or of a liar with a vendetta. But when multiple people step forward and attest to the same thing, that's when the truth cannot be denied.
It happened with Sai Baba, and it happened with the Catholic Church regarding a great number of its priests. If only one victim of a priest's assault had ever came forward, the allegation of rape would probably not have been believed. But when many people stepped forward, the verdict went down in the court of public opinion that sexual abuse by Catholic priests (SOME Catholic priests) is a reality.
If you know something, please do the right thing. Other people's lives and happiness hang in the balance. The press will be giving interviews to Gail in the near future. If you have an experience to share, write to me at firstname.lastname@example.com, and I will contact Gail with your email address, and she can take it from there. The media will be asking for names of people who can confirm Gail's allegations.
"Holy Hell" can be purchased through Amazon via this link. What follows below is the original article I wrote about Amma for this website, in 2008.
What do stuffed dolls have to do with enlightenment? Lots, if you're into the cult of Amma, known also as Ammachi, Mata Amritanandamayi, and "the hugging saint."
Amma's devotees talk to dolls made in her image that are sold on Amma retreats. They tell the doll their problems, seek its comfort, and listen in their minds for its advice. Amma calls the devotees her children, and clucks syllables like baby talk into their ear in her trademark ritual of lining people up, watching them kneel before her, then embracing them.
She tells them she is their mother and that she hears their prayers. She says she'd no more charge them for her darshan (i.e., being in her presence) than a mother would charge an infant for breast milk. Yet insiders have estimated Amma rakes in upwards of 3 million dollars in a 7-week tour, through donations and sales of items like her toothbrush, fragments of a garment she has sat on, Amma dolls, Amma posters, and books by devotees extolling her divinity.
Devotees believe Amma is a living incarnation of the being they consider the supreme God: Kali in Hindu religion, who is depicted in Indian art wearing a necklace of bloody human skulls and a girdle of severed arms but who somehow translates to devotees as a loving maternal figure. Amma events consist of childlike lectures on Hindu doctrines, Amma blessing water which devotees then drink, hymn singing, worship ceremonies, and the hugs. At some events, Amma wears a two-foot-high sparkling crown.
Amma marries people on stage, gives babies their first taste of solid food, tells couples to break up or to stay together, and ordains some of the faithful to abandon their family and live as monks in her ashram. Amma teaches that love is all we need, and it is her divine love that will save us.
In Seattle a couple of months ago, she predicted nuclear war and that no child younger than 5 will live to adulthood after the year 2012. After spreading fear and despair through such prophecies, she announced that only meditation and self-effacing acts of charity can possibly mitigate the sentence for humanity. "Meditation" means mantra/obeisance meditation to the divine mother. Self-effacing charity means donations to her organization and service to her cause.
At public sessions, devotees chant hymns to Amma that grow in volume and frenetic intensity, gesticulating in unison with their arms in the shape of an arc, from their midsection up and out towards Amma, who sits on a dais in front of them. The words of the chant are "Aum Parashaktyai Namah." That translates to "I bow down/ pay homage to the Supreme Mother of the Universe." The arm gesture is body language for surrendering one's soul to Kali in the form Amma, her living embodiment.
I am one of the moderators of the Ex-Amma Forum, a place where people who've left the Amma cult come together to help each other heal from their ordeal. The group is open to ex-followers, questioning devotees, concerned family and friends of devotees, and people seeking more information. I became involved with the forum when I watched a close friend of mine grow farther and farther away from the person he once was, the deeper he sank into Amma's hypnotic embrace. On the forum, I've read hundreds of first-person accounts of what people experience with Amma, the side of her no one wants to talk about.
I've seen an email from her former joint-secretary alleging she cooks the books, that the money she gathers for charity doesn't go to the charities she claims. I've read accounts by her former monks of the unexplained wealth of Amma's family, how her charity hospitals won't take the very poor because the poor don't have money enough for treatment. I've read about"suicides" and unexplained deaths of ashram devotees. So many dead bodies have appeared in the waters outside the ashram that The Indian Express, New Delhi's daily newspaper, printed an account of local citizens demanding a police investigation into the matter.
I've read of alleged organ selling and newspaper reports of beatings. I saw a video of Amma performing a puja (worship ceremony) to a portrait of Sai Baba, the guru who gives penis massages to his favorite boy disciples. I read a letter from a former Amma monk alleging he was told by an Indian holy man not to share what he knows about Amma if he values his safety.
Amma's website sells pujas performed on behalf of the paying devotee for prices ranging from $30 to $250. We read there an explanation of what happens in Kali puja, which is performed "on Amma's birthstar":
"The puja is offered to a lamp representing the Goddess… The puja starts with a worship of the Guru… The central aspect of the puja is the symbolic offering of the five elements of creation to God. Our body is composed from these five elements… The puja symbolizes the surrender of the devotee to God… Each element is represented by a material symbol, such as flowers, or fire… These are offered at the foot of the lighted lamp. The desire of the devotee to offer his or her surrender is effected by these symbolic offerings. During the entire puja the temple resonates with the continuous chanting of the holy names of Kali." (emphasis mine)
Amma's PR is impeccable. She presents as "the hugging saint," a portrait of sweetness and universal love, and the media promotes her unquestioningly as such. There has never been an investigation into her movement, the dead bodies, where the money goes, or what is really happening in her hospitals and orphanages in India.
In July, 2005, the United Nations awarded Amma with "Special U.N. Consultative Status," according to her website. She is one of 25 core leaders in the United Nations Parliament of World Religions. Her website contains over a dozen pages extolling the humanitarian work of the U.N. One page compares the U.N.'s "Millenium Goals" with Amma's goals, which are word-for-word identical. (Click here to view both documents.)
The ashram is among 30 Indian NGO's to receive formal U.N. affiliation, according to Amma's website. "This will provide opportunities for joint collaboration" between the U.N. and her organization, it goes on to state. Amma's website openly extols the U.N. for its advances toward global government:
"The United Nations has been in the forefront of tackling problems as they take on an international dimension, providing the legal framework for regulating the use of the oceans, protecting the environment, regulating migrant labor, curbing drug trafficking and combating terrorism, to mention a few. This work continues today, with the United Nations providing input into the trend towards a greater centrality of international law ingoverning interaction across a wide spectrum of issues." (emphasis mine)
Pulling all this together, what are we seeing here? Amma is a globalist, working intimately with the U.N. to bring about its agenda. That agenda is world regulation and control – a wolf that hides in the sheep's clothing of humanitarian ideals. The U.N.'s aim is a global Orweillian state held in place by a world bank, a centrally controlled media, a world "peace-keeping unit" (world army), technological surveillance, and control of the world's water, food, and other life-essential resources.
As one of the 25 core leaders in the U.N.'s religion parliament, Amma supports and promotes these "Big Brother" goals. For anyone wondering if the efforts by the global elite to create a New World Order have a spiritual component, Amma provides ample evidence.
My earlier articles in the "Blowing the Whistle on Enlightenment" series explain the real meaning of the kind of surrender that Amma and other Indian gurus promote among their followers. It is surrender of the personal self to the gods, whom Amma calls "the Lord." Amma's hugs, her relics, her blessed water and food, are ways of infusing her energy signature into the minds and bodies of those who visit her, be they devotees or unsuspecting guests. Not only her energy signature but, I submit, the energy signature of the astral entities who work through her, who call themselves gods, and who feed on the psyches of mankind.
Amma's energy transfer helps devotees entrain with her vibration and meld their minds and souls with "the godhead." In other words, it helps them become assimilated, or possessed by the same "cosmic" forces that possess and work through Amma. Gurus call such a change in consciousness "attaining enlightenment" or "liberation." It's a state of "ego death," where one no longer functions as an independent individual but as a receptacle of "the Supreme Consciousness." Translation: as a tentacle of the astral entities who live off human worship and suffering.
What makes Amma both so successful and so sinister is the loving image she hides behind. The media uses it to promote her far and wide. If it seems remarkable that no investigative reporting has been done, that no one from the mainstream media has questioned Amma's PR, the mystery evaporates when we recall who the mainstream media is run by these days.
Large corporations have bought and own our press and television, and dictate the "news" that journalists are permitted to report. Behind those corporations, as behind our governments, lurk the privileged aristocracy, who control both news and world events by means of puppets who do their bidding. Our world leaders, the mainstream media, and "the saint" Amma work in tandem. That's why the media and world leaders sing her praises.
Why do I single out Amma among the dozens of gurus I could write about? Because she is so popular, and so unquestioned. Even that guru-busting website, Guruphiliac, seems to miss the shadiness of Amma, voting her the "least bad" of the gurus. But Amma is one of the worst. Powerful and successful, she ropes in new recruits by the thousands on her yearly worldwide tours. Amma's movement claims that the "saint" has hugged over 26-million people – people who often return as devotees, worshipping her godhood and donating to her coffers.
Amma's brand of religion is a return to the infantile. She makes babies of grown men and women, giving them dolls to babble to and telling them she's their mother. While speaking fine words about "the God within each of us," her actions teach something different. Allowing people to pray to you, kneel to you, and worship you as God Incarnate is not the behavior of someone who wants people to recognize themselves as magnificent, powerful expressions of God.
Amma's disciples get their power from hugs, dolls, mantra obeisance, and the group euphoria of retreats, not from the core of their own being. They're conditioned to believe that their inner self is less than the glorious entity before them. They're told, in fact, that their unique, individual personhood is nothing but a self-serving "ego" – flawed, proud, and devious, something to be destroyed before they can be happy. Every time they bow down to Amma and "the gods" who work through her, Amma's devotees shut the door more tightly on the divinity within themselves.
It's a tragedy, but we can stop it: by spreading this information far and wide. When enough people know the other side of Amma, her crown and power will topple. Just as the global government she promotes will crash down about itself when the public sees through the fairy tales.
"The emperor has no clothes." Pass it on. Once the message ripples through the crowd, the game will be up, and the illusion will be over.
Bronte Baxter
© Bronte Baxter 2008
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How might the world be different today, if the First World War never happened?
I've given this question some thought recently. I thought about the questionable – but all too human – causes for WWI. Then I thought about the Middle East, and how the Allies divided it after WWI (and how the resulting conflicts continue today). And then I thought about WWI being one of the causes of WWII, and how scores of towns & cities in England, France, Germany, Japan and elsewhere were decimated. And then there was the formation of Israel in 1948.
Think of the changes in international relations, peace, politics, economics, trade & foreign policy, terrorism, poverty, and the rise of hopelessness in parts of the world. I'm almost overwhelmed by the number of answers there must be to my question (in addition to the things that will never be known). I just hope there is value in asking it.
And then I thought I would pose it to the TED Community.
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Oct 8 2012: the reprocussions are unknowable. Europe would be much more populated, nuclear weapons may not have been created, etc.
It is truly mind boggling the amount of changes that could occur if one simple thing changed.
For example at work it was shortly before coffee so I thought 'maybe I should go now' 'na' and worked still, but if that no would have been a yes there is a high probability of me and maybe another person dying that day.
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