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SAPS has been up and running for some time now (since July 2006), and has been garnering a great amount of support in the skeptical and (oddly) paranormal communities.
The most important thing to remember about SAPS is that our goal is not to spread unbelief, but to offer alternate ways of thinking about paranormal events. This does not mean that your own paranormal experience didn't happen, or that you are deluded or ignorant or stupid. It merely means that there has never been concrete evidence of the paranormal, yet there are individuals who will represent their findings as absolute truth. Why do we believe them? That is the most important question SAPS asks. When we trust in another person to help us decide the amount of truth in something, we take power away from ourselves. We do not ask that you believe what we have to say, just that you consider the possibility. Being open-minded does not mean believing in fantastic occurences. Being open-minded means constantly accepting that you may be wrong. When other avenues of thought are ignored or immediately refuted, we may lose sight of the truth.
This will probably seem overly dramatic to many, but it is of dire importance that we continue the search for truth rather than accepting someone else's word. Our world should still have the ability to change without destroying our belief structures. If we find out that something is false, we should be able to accept it and move on, not cling to it.
Welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy your stay. Be sure to check back frequently as the site is updated all the time.
SAPS in the Media
Articles, interviews, and more...
- Published Reports
- Alison interviewed on the Skepticality Podcast
- Alison interviewed by Richard Saunders (mp3 download) on The Skeptic Tank Podcast.
- eSkeptic Article
- Alison Interviewed (mp3 download) by "Darkness on the Edge of Town"
- SAPS Promo for the Skeptic Tank Podcast
SAPS Members
Alison Smith, SAPS Founder: Alison Smith
is the Founder of Skeptical Analysis of the Paranormal Society. She is a former
private investigator, and is currently employed as a Research Assistant with the
James Randi Educational Foundation. Her articles on the paranormal and ghost hunting
have been featured in eSkeptic, Skeptic Report, and the newsletter of the Secular
Student Alliance. She has lectured on the paranormal at Dragon*Con, meetings of
the DFW Ghost Hunters, and is scheduled to appear at The Amaz!ng Meeting 5.5. Interviews
with Alison have been featured on Darkness on the Edge of Town radio show, the Skepticality
Podcast, and the TANK Podcast. She currently attends the University of Texas at
Arlington. E-mail Alison at email@example.com
Jeff, Research/Webmaster: Jeff
has chased giant millipedes on Machu Picchu, encountered sharks in the Bermuda Triangle, witnessed UFOs in the woods of New Hampshire, captured orb weavers in the Everglades, looked for ghosts on the Boston Harbor Islands, and explored abandoned mines in Utah. He currently lives in Vermont, and works for the James Randi Educational Foundation. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Devon, Research/Website: Devon is fascinated by mathematics,
engineering, science, the paranormal, and pretty much anything else you can mention.
He is a software engineer, and spends his spare time involved in SAPS and other
skeptical groups.
Blake, Video Analysis: Blake
is a critical thinker with a passionate interest in the mysteries of the Universe.
He is a programmer, poet, artist, gamer and writer. He is currently working on a
book about UFOs, skepticism and a cross-country road trips. Blake goes by "Doctor
Atlantis" on the Skepticality and Skeptics Guide to the Universe boards.
John, Research/Equipment Specialist:
John became interested in SAPS after seeing the show "Ghost Hunters". He has been
invaluable in investigations, especially ones related to ghosthunting and helped
to purchase the equipment to make the debunkations possible. John also researches
locations and helps with the technical side of debunkation.
John C. Research Specialist:
John C. hasn't had much experience with the paranormal, but as a Journalism major
he has had experience with research and media writing. He has recently completed
his first novel, and has turned his writing expertise to SAPS.
Mary, Demonstration Specialist:
Mary, our resident paranormal believer, has been invaluable in expressing beliefs
in opposition of SAPS. As a Sociology major, she also analyzes interpersonal relationships
and the development of belief. Most SAPS members are open-minded skeptics. Mary
brings balance to the group as an open-minded believer.
Christina, Demonstration
Specialist: Christina is part of the SAPS support team and accompanies
the group on investigations and demonstrations. She recently graduated with a Bachelor's
Degree in Criminal Justice and uses her experience to discuss the repercussions
of falsified evidence and fraud.
E-mail Christina at email@example.com
Richard, Photographer: Richard, a Fort-Worth-area
photographer, has contributed images to SAPS and accompanies the group on demonstrations.
His knowledge of photography has been helpful in analyzing supposed "paranormal"
photographs. Visit Richard at http://www.rlnimages.com
C. M. "Cat" Hall, Statistical
Analysis: C. M. "Cat" Hall, has held both technical and non-technical
positions with several government agencies—including the Department of Defense
and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Now retired from public service and politics,
she is currently a professional photographer. By the time you read this, Ms. Hall
will also be a card-carrying member of the JREF. E-mail Cat at
Michael LaPointe, Research/Article
Specialist: Michael, an avowed yet open-minded skeptic and occasionally
cautious believer. has a lifelong interest in all things paranormal and their effect
on the general public. A private investigator by trade and a writer by nature, Michael
believes that anyone who claims to be a paranormal investigator has an absolute
responsibility to report their findings in a clear, concise, and honest manner.


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Arsene Wenger has claimed that Cesc Fabregas would have preferred to join Arsenal Over Chelsea, but believes the Blues agreed a deal in early 2014.
Fabregas will face his former club for the first time since returning to the Premier League when Arsenal travel to Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Having made an impressive start to life as a Chelsea star, attention has turned to why Wenger opted against re-signing his former captain.
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Fabregas eventually joined Chelsea in a £27 million deal, but it is well known that Arsenal had a first option clause to sign him. However, Wenger did not deem Fabregas as a necessary addition
Having come through the youth system to captain the Gunners, Fabregas may have opted to join Arsenal over the Blues if given the chance. The Arsenal manager is certain Fabregas would have done.
Asked if Fabregas preferred a move to the Emirates Stadium, Wenger told reporters: "Certainly, yes. I don't want to make a big story of that because you have to accept that."
Early talks
Barcelona reportedly agreed to let Fabregas go at the end of the season and speculation was intense going into the World Cup. The deal was eventually confirmed on the eve of the competition, but Wenger believes a deal was agreed long before.
The Arsenal boss also admits he was told about Fabregas' move to Chelsea and still chose against signing him. That was down to the signing of Mesut Ozil, who joined from Real Madrid in 2013.
Wenger said: "I personally believe that deal was done a long time ago, early 2014, and all the other speculation is just made up.
"I didn't speak to him directly. I was informed that he might go to Chelsea. Everybody has the freedom to go where he wants. When he left [for Barcelona] we bought [Mesut] Özil. We were not in need of offensive players.
With Fabregas set to face his former club for the first time, and while wearing the shirt of a direct rival, attention turns to how his presence will be received by travelling fans. Traditionally, fans would have no hesitation in booing the player, but Wenger has warned Arsenal fans to respect the former star.
Wenger admits he holds no grudge against Fabregas and has urged Arsenal fans to do the same.
He said: "Cesc Fàbregas, when he looks back at his career, he will find that Arsenal and myself had a very positive influence on his career.
"I have no personal animosity against Fàbregas. He is a person I love and a player I love. [He deserves a] respectful welcome. Everybody respects Cesc here and I want him to get the welcome he deserves."
Arsenal will return to the site where their season arguably unravelled last season. The Gunners conceded no less than six goals against their title rivals and Wenger is confident of dishing out some revenge.
He added: "It was not a bad day, it was a horrendous day. We never forget that day and we have an opportunity to put it right."


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The aim is to recruit high level scientists of any nationality in Grenoble, and in addition to their salary, to provide them funding to employ Ph. D. students and Post-Docs and to buy some equipment for their hosting laboratory.
Two types of proposals are eligible:
Donald Martin
This project utilizes the natural ion-selectivity of cell membranes in a biologically-inspired approach to developing novel nano electrochemical energy sources. It will allow harvesting of energy from a living organism to provide a permanent energy supply to micro- or nano-systems designed to perform diagnostic or therapeutic actions.
Joaquin Fernandez
Joaquin Fernandez-Rossier is Professor at the University of Alicante. The aim of the project is to understand the spin relaxation dynamics of the single Mn atom, to establish laser pulse protocols to control the Mn spin in a chosen quantum state, and to study how far the exchange interaction of the Mn atom to carriers can be increased.
Leonid Glazman
Prof. Leonid Glazman is a leading theorist in the field of quantum coherent phenomena in mesoscopic and nanoscopic systems.
The research developed is focused on superconducting and quantum-coherent devices and coherent spin evolution and spin structure factors in low-dimensional and nano-scale systems .
Michael Roukes
Michael Roukes is one of the best specialists worldwide on NEMS, and hosting him in Grenoble will contribute to create strong dynamics on that topic. This project takes place in the general framework of a ongoing collaboration between LETI and CALTECH to explore the opportunities of Very Large Scale Integration of such components with industry-like foundry processes, enabling the transition from nanocraft to real nanotechnology.
H.S. Philip Wong
Pr Philip Wong is internationally renowned for his work on novel concepts of devices for integration in a CMOS compatible platform. The objectives of the project are the development of simulation tools for quantum transport in core/shell heterostructures accounting for surface roughness and localized Coulomb defects, and of transport parameter extraction methodologies for efficient characterization of Si nanowires with diameters and gate lengths in the 10nm range.
Vaclav Holy
Professor Holy is an internationally renowned specialist of X-ray scattering on nanostructures. He will work with the network groups that are using X ray lines at ESRF to set experiments and data acquisition methods well adapted to the study of nanostrutures.
Vincent Bayot
Vincent Bayot is a specialist of thermodynamics and quantum transport in two dimensional electron systems and semiconductor nanostructures made of GaAs/AlGaAs or InGaAs/InAlAs heterostructures or of Silicon-on-insulator (SOI). The project is focused on Imaging and controlling coherent and ballistic transport in semiconductor devices and on coherent and spin-dependent transport at very low-temperature.
Mair Chshiev
Mairbek Chshiev is a specialist of the theory of spin-dependent electronic transport phenomena in nanostructures. His is developing a group that strengthens theoretical research activities among Grenoble Laboratories to help clarify fundamental transport mechanisms necessary for developments of future spintronic devices.
Tetiana Aksenova
Tetiana Aksenova is a leading expert in the field of machine learning and real time signal processing. Its project is the development of online system for brain signal decoding providing self-paced adaptative Movement Related Brain Computer Interface, a non-muscular channel to send the command to the external world using the measures of the brain functions.
Alexander Zaslavsky
Alexander Zaslavsky conducts research on devices that could supplement the current silicon transistor-based microelectronics technology. The project is to pursue quantum tunneling-based nanodevices compatible with the semiconductor-on-insulator platform that can outperform standard end-of-the-roadmap transistors
Leonardo Fonseca
Leonardo Fonseca is an expert in theory and modeling of nanostructures. The program is to perform first principle simulations of low (SiO2) and high permittivity (HfO2) oxides on graphene focusing on interface issues, as well as quantum transport calculations of ultra-thin transistor channels using graphene on insulator model structures. The aim is to provide a clear understanding of such devices behavior at the atomic level.
Marcelo Franca Santos
Marcelo Franca Santos is a theoretician specialized in quantum optics and cavity QED. The aim of the project is modeling the emission and absorption properties of the model system provided by a single QD coupled to a solid state cavity It will contribute to develop the interface between the quantum optics and the solid state physics communities.
John R. Kirtkey
John R. Kirtley, one of the world's leading experts on Josephson junction devices and superconductivity, will join this project aimed at the study of the physical properties of high quality superconducting films and their integration into quantum nano-devices. Epitaxial superconducting films will be grown by MBE and characterized at the nanoscale at room temperature as well as at very low temperature. The epitaxial trilayers will be patterned into phase qubits. Novel nanoSQUID microscopy techniques will be employed to image the high quality circuits.
Normand Mousseau
The core of this project is the true integration of Professor Normand Mousseau from the Université de Montréal into a local organization regrouping both physicists and computer scientists belonging to all the 4 institutions in Grenoble, CNRS, CEA, INPG and UJF, and working on condensed matter and nanostructures. Through the study of three prototype systems motivated by the experimental community, multiscale simulations are expected to advance our fundamental understanding of the key issues governing the formation and stability of semiconducting quantum dots, silicon nanowires and graphene sheets.
Yong Zhang
Yong Zhang is an expert in both optical spectroscopy and electronic structure computation, and is involved in optoelectronic applications of materials (e.g.,solar cell, solid state lighting, thermoelectrics).
The goal of the project is to validate and combine new ideas for solar cells along three axis: 1/Type II band alignment at the interfaces, 2/1D architecture, using arrays of II-VI wires, 3/Direct band gap II-VI semiconductors. It will be done by exploring a new class of photovoltaic cells, based on core/shell nanowires architecture with type II band alignment such as ZnO/CdTe and ZnTe/CdSe.
Max Hofheinz
The new expertise in microwave quantum optics and dynamical Coulomb blockade brought by Max HOFHEINZ is at the core of this project that will include the development of various specific devices and circuits - based on his experience with superconducting quantum circuits (phase qubits and microwave resonators).
Yoshio Nishi
Yoshio NISHI and his team at Stanford have a strong expertise in the field of MOS devices and technology and have made recent breakthroughs in the technology of Ge channel NMOS devices. The know-how of Prof. Nishi regarding Ge material, Metallic source and drains MOSFET will strongly benefit to the local community and will allow making significant progress in terms of technological and scientific aspects.
Harold Baranger
Harold BARANGER has a track record of making connections between theorists working with computational techniques and those making analytic progress. He will bring specific expertise in several computational and theoretical areas: path-integral quantum Monte Carlo simulation, molecular electronics using DFT combined with one-body Green function and in particular one of the first applications to spintronics.
David Graves
He is a specialist in the field of Dynamic Molecular Simulations (MDS) applied to plasma-surface interactions. The aim of this project is to determine under which conditions graphene layers can be etched without being damaged. This project could provide a technology for obtaining the very high quality samples required for the fundamental study of the properties of graphene, as well as the possibility of engraving large wafers for industrial applications.
Jian Min Zuo
At University of Illinois, Prof. Jian Min ZUO has dedicated the past 8 years on the development of electron Coherent Diffractive Imaging (CDI) for structure characterization of nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes. This project on semiconductor, oxide nanowires, and organic nanostructures provides a further opportunity to broaden the application of electron CDI and to improve this technique with comparison with synchrotron.
Val Zwiller
His project in the field of quantum optics and plasmonics concerns the production of indistinguishable photon sources and the development of unique photon detectors based on superconducting wires. The objective of this Chair (2/3 of the time over 3 years) is to benefit in Grenoble all the knowledge and techniques developed by the Val ZWILLER team at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience in Delft.
Ralf Richter
Coming from the San Sebastian CIC in the Spanish Basque Country, Ralf RICHTER is an expert in the design and characterization of multifunctional biomimetic surfaces. With the equipment of Grenoble, he will develop his scientific approach to establish a model to elucidate the mode of operation of a particular family of polysaccharides - glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). The challenge is important because GAGs direct cell migration at the heart of the mechanisms: physiological (development and regeneration of tissues, immune response …) or pathological (cancers …).
Dillon Fong
Graduated from Harvard University, Dillon FONG is an expert in surface physics and crystal growth - in particular ultra-thin layers of oxides - at the National Laboratory of Argonne (APS). Dillon and his collaborators will develop a growth chamber in Grenoble dedicated to vapor deposition (MOCVD and ALD). It will be installed later on the SIRIUS light line of the SOLEIL synchrotron - for in-situ studies by X-ray diffraction.
Jean-Louis Barrat
Teacher researcher in materials physics, Jean-Louis BARRAT is a specialist in complex fluids. With his team, they are looking to equation and numerically study the universal aspects of the rheology of complex fluids and glasses.
Sergey Frolov
Sergey is an experimentalist in the field of condensed matter physics. He studies the electrical properties of objects of nanometric size. In 2012, Sergey joined the University of Pittsburgh as an assistant professor where he set up a laboratory for low-temperature quantum transports.
Iouli Nazarov
Theoretician, Youli wants to better understand the nano particles at low concentration. He studies the methods for the active control of the population of the latter. Its ultimate objective is to confront these methods
Experimentation, whose results can revolutionize nano superconducting devices.
David Ceperley
Coming from the University of Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, David CEPERLEY is a theoretical physicist. He is an expert in the development and application of quantum Monte Carlo methods for the accurate calculation of the ground state and spectral properties of increasing complexity models.
Eric Colinet
Specialist in signal analysis obtained by NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems), Eric COLINET brings its skills here with multi-sensor NEMS using gas chromatography. He has worked in the field of control theory, signal processing and design of integrated circuits for NEMS. Eric COLINET co-founded APIX (Analytical Pixels Technology) in December 2011, where he is now R & D Director
William Bailey
Associate Professor of Materials Science, Physics and Applied Mathematics, William BAILEY is a specialist in the deposit and properties of ultra-thin magnetic films. he is specialized in the examination of new magnetic properties for applications in the emerging spintronics domain (electronics domain in which the electron spin is precisely manipulated). He is particularly interested in the design of low energy loss magnetic materials for their use in the computer field.
Amy Wagoner
Expert in biomaterials, Amy WAGONER JOHNSON's work sets the scientific basis for the design of synthetic bone substitute materials and systems that could eventually replace bone grafts - currently harvested from patients themselves or from donors
Jukka Pekola
Within this project, Jukka Pekola, Professor at Aalto University in Helsinki, will work with severalexperimental and theoretical groups in Grenoble. The key scientific topics are all related to the field of quantum nano-electronics, with an emphasis put on thermal transport in quantum dots and temperature fluctuations in mesoscopic devices, as well as electron pumping in Si-quantum dots and quantum trajectories in qubits.
Michel Barsoum
Prof. Michel W. Barsoum is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University. He is an internationally recognized leader in the area of MAX phases and more recently the 2D solids labeled MXenes derived from the MAX phases. Most recently he also discovered a new micromechanism – ripplocation - in the deformation of layered solids. With over 350 refereed publications and a h index > 65, his work has been highly and widely cited. He is a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Society of Engineering Sciences, fellow of the American Ceramic Soc. and the World Academy of Ceramics.
Paul Nealey
Paul NEALEY is a professor at the University of Chicago, creator of "The Institute for Molecular Engineering", a pioneer in direct self-assembly of copolymers, a strategic strategy for nanoelectronics.
Thierry Livache
Thierry Livache (CSO Aryballe Technologies), chair of excellence 2017 of the Nanosciences Fondation wants to develop new optical, integrated sensors dedicated to odor analysis. (programme SiPhoSens, silicon photonic olfactory sensor). The innovative olfactive sensors of Aryballe come from recent uptodate technologies, achieving the necessary compromise to fit the aimed performance, the accurate reliability, and the cost. These second generation devices yield an objective description of an odor, able to be transfered from one site to another, to be compared and quantified. The odor identification is more and more requested, to perform quality control of the manufactured products or raw materials. The present standard being the human nose, it is of great importance to establish new and shared benchmarks objectively against which future olfactive analysis can be set.
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When Arthur Tisler, an investigator in the Houston PD's Intelligence Division, is found with a bullet in his head, everyone hopes it's suicide. If so, the case can be quietly closed. If Tisler's death is connected to his investigations - this could turn into the biggest scandal in department history.
The investigating captain, Marcus Graver, can't rely on the "inside," so he hires an independent, a woman who has spent most of her career in the CIA's Far East operations. Her surveillance leads to a legendary deep-cover agent of the Mossad - one of the richest and most ruthless criminals in the world. Graver could be out of his league. . .


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Virus sample - (Mar/23/2014 )
If I have to detect virus from sample. Which is most suitable sample so that I can detect as many mixed infections as possible? Is blood sample (Serum/plasma) is more representative or liver? Thanks.
Are you meaning mixed infection with two or more sorts of viruses or mixed viral and bacterial infection?
Mixed viral infection. Actaully I want to know which sample is more reperesentative of any viral infection?
Can plasma or serum sample sotred at 4 oC for a week or two be used for virus isolation. Can Psot mortem tissue sample (week or so) be used for virus isolation?
Well, the answers to these depend on the virus and the detection methods - the most reliable method of detecting infections is to look at the antibodies raised by the host - so blood is the ideal answer here. However if you want to detect the virus directly, the PCR or something similar is what you need to do, though I don't know of any system that will detect more than about 5-10 different viruses at once - you have the added problem that some viruses are RNA based and some DNA...
For direct detection storage is important, like it is for any experiment, so keeping the samples under ideal conditions is best. However, the other key determinant is, once again, detection method, some are more robust than others.


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Maybe it's one of the secrets that the alchemists never wrote about plainly... LOL
Maybe it's one of the secrets that the alchemists never wrote about plainly... LOL
Apparently then the shaman drinks it, and you can drink the shamans piss, then someone drinks that persons piss and it works 5 people down the line.
Possible canidate for the mysterious Soma, and possible candidate as "the Stone" that formed all major religions.
So yes GW is interesting...
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Dont let the delusion of reality confuse you regarding the reality of the illusion.
Before you start drinking each others urine on this forum or in a local bdsm club there are other alternatives to Soma.
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Considering what Ayahuasca tastes like I can, after having done that, drink someones piss with ease. More important is my life long obsession with the Amanita... my home is littered with them (and they are as common where I live, in the wil, as trees). Also they are part of the indigenous Sami people culture (the locals where I live). So even if Soma was something else, my theory is that GW stems from Amanita work.
Dont let the delusion of reality confuse you regarding the reality of the illusion.
Given this theory in relation to Mushrooms and etc, which produce deeper states of consciousness, it seems likely that they assist the body in producing Soma rather than the mushroom being Soma itself. I think this assisted production of Soma would account for the inherent healing qualities in the mushroom and other entheogens.
To relate it to Golden Water, when the shaman drinks the en-urinated mushroom, he's also taking in the consciousness of the animal, and those who drink from the shaman's urine would then also take in the shaman's consciousness.
Interesting stuff.
Art is Nature in the flask; Nature is a vial thing.
"Once upon a time the Buddhas all met together on the top of Mount Meru, to deliberate upon the means of procuring the water of life, Dutsi, which lies concealed at the bottom of the deep ocean. In their benevolence, they intended, as soon as they obtained the water of life, to distribute it amongst the human race as a powerful antidote against the strong poison Hala, which the evil demons, at this period, had been using with such mischievous effect against mankind.
In order to procure the antidote they determined to churn the ocean with the mountain Meru, and so cause the water of life to rise to the surface of the sea. This they did, and delivered the water of life to Vajrapani, with orders to secure it safely until a future meeting, when they would impart it to living beings. But the monster Rahu, a Lhamayin, happened to hear of this precious discovery, and having carefully watched Vajrapani's movements, seized an opportunity, in the absence of the latter, to drink the water of life; not satisfied with this act, he even voided his water deliberately into the vessel. He then hurried away as fast as possible, and had already proceeded a great distance, when Vajrapani came home, and having perceived the theft, instantly set out in pursuit of the culprit.
In the course of his flight Rahu had passed the sun and moon, whom he menaced with vengeance, should they venture to betray him to Vajrapani. His searches proving fruitless, Vajrapani betook himself to the sun, and asked him about Rahu. But the sun replied evasively, saying that he had certainly seen somebody passing a long time ago, but had paid no particular attention as to who it was. The moon, on the other hand, returned a candid answer, only requesting that Vajrapani would not repeat it before Rahu. Upon this information Rahu was shortly afterwards overtaken, when he got such a terrible blow from Vajrapani's scepter [i.e. vajra] that, besides receiving many wounds, his body was split in two parts, the lower part of the body with the legs being entirely blown off.
The Buddhas once more held a meeting, in which they deliberated upon the best means of disposing of Rahu's uriine. To pour it out would have been most dangerous to human beings, as it contained a large quantity of the poison Hala hala; they therefore determined that Vajrapani should drink it, in just punishment for the carelessness through which the water of life was lost. Accordingly he was forced to do so, when his fair, yellow complexion was changed by the effects of this potion into a dark one. Vajrapani conceived, from his transfiguration, a most violent rage against all evil demons, and in particular against Rahu, who, notwithstanding his deadly wounds, was prevented from dying by the water of life. This powerful water, however, dropped from his wounds and fell all over the world, numerous medicinal herbs springing up on the spots where it touched the soil.
A severe punishment was also inflicted upon Rahu by the Buddhas themselves; they made a horrible monster of him, replaced his legs by the tail of a dragon, formed nine different heads from his broken one, the principal wounds were made into an enormous throat, and the lesser ones into so many eyes. Rahu, who had ever distinguished himself from his fellow-beings by his wickedness - in their earliest youth even the other gods had to suffer from his malignity - became, after this transformation, more dreadful than he was before.
His rage was turned especially towards the sun and the moon, who had betrayed him. He is constantly trying to devour them, particularly the moon, who displayed the most hostile disposition towards him. He overshadows them whilst trying to devour them, and thus causes eclipses; but owing to Vajrapani's unceasing vigilance, he cannot succeed in destroying them."
Then Ripley, who is believed to work on urine and blood. And after that a multitude of alchemists.
Idon't have the source for China and India. Unfortunately.
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"I want to transmute everywhere" ~ The Spirit of Alchemy.
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Ali Puli:
ICH:The salt of Nature is found everywhere, and in everything. From all substances however, it is not easily to be obtained, nor is it sufficiently powerful for all purposes. For the often mentioned Masterpiece of the Philosophers, it is as good as for many things. But it is necessary to choose the best that can be found in Nature … When the Artificer knows how to extract from the world, its inner central force or Salt of Nature, and also knows where to find an abundance of the Salt of Nature united to the astral focal seat in anything … then the truth of Nature is resident in him, and with this illumination he can perceive Nature throughout. If anyone should come to know the Little World properly, then nothing of the Greater World would remain unknown to him … I say to you, my disciples in the study of Nature, if you do not find the thing for which you are seeking, in your own self, much less will you find it outside your self. Understand the glorious strength resident in your own selves. Why trouble to inquire from another? In Man … there are things more glorious than are to be found elsewhere in the whole world. Should anyone desire to become a Master, he will not find a better material for his achievement anywhere than in himself … from an eager heart, moved by my own experience, I will cry out to my beloved fellow men: "Oh! Man, know thyself!" In you resides the Treasure of all Treasures … which by men of experience and intelligence, is named the Great Wonder of the World. It is in reality a burning water, a liquid fire, more potent than all fire, air, earth, or water. In its crude state it dissolves and absorbs solid gold. It reduces it into a fatty blackish or blackish-grey earth, and a thick, slimy, salt water; without fire, or acid, and without any violent reaction, which no other thing in the world can accomplish. Nothing is excluded from it … the Wise Men of old sought for and found it.
… it is a Spiritual Water, a True Spirit, the Spirit of Life itself … This is the Foundation Stone, in truth, which is rejected by the careless ignorance of the Builders … Friends, I have shown you The Way, and now I will add with more sufficiency: The World containing the highest and most immediate element of the Wise Men for the achievement of the Masterpiece is Man himself … The Ore is the best and also the worst. The most precious, is a most turbid water. These are like Earth and Water, yet neither one nor the other is any good by itself. From these two, a Son, or a Seed, emerges, and from the three bodies [principles], there is formed the Spirit and Soul in Man … If the Artificer could find this … he could then separate the pure from the impure. He could make, without fire and without any extraneous matter, a Virgin Earth, without odour and without colour. He could divide and secure from it: Sal Centrale, Vitriolum Microcosmi, the Venus of the Sages; Sal Astrale; Mercurium Microcosmi, and Lunam Philosophicam [and produce the Philosophers' Stone]. Once purified, he could produce a Son, better than his parents …
While those 2 excerpts don't directly name GW, they are very clear that "Man" is the best source from which to prepare the virgin earth/central salt. However, according to this school, the human "mine" may not be seen as exclusive (since it is found "everywhere"), but it may be the best one.Who should now think that the true living magnet for this noble pearl and the universal Mercury comes from a living human being; really, this great wisdom would be called a fool's folly by stupid men.


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We recycle everything we can, some things you wouldn't expect. It's good for all of us.
Materials we give away for reuse – set out at curb – boxes, pallets. Materials to recycling organizations such as furniture, etc. or recycle old or unused items on Craigslist or eBay
Paper – Our paper recycling dumpster sits outside our front gate where our neighbors can also use it. Together, we fill it every couple of weeks.
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5 Things About New Mets Manager Mickey Callaway
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Mets have hired Cleveland Indians pitching coach Mickey Callaway to be their new manager. He will be formally introduced at a news conference at 4 p.m. Monday.
Here are five things about the 42-year-old coach:
1. He pitched parts of five seasons in the major leagues. From 1999-2004, Callaway played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Anaheim Angels and Texas Rangers. While his career stats — 4-11 with a 6.27 ERA — will impress hardly anyone, he did win a World Series ring with the Angels in 2002.
2. After suffering an elbow injury while playing in Korea in 2007, Callaway stepped in to serve as the interim head coach of Texas A&M International University in '08.
(Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images)
3. Callaway has been coaching in the Indians' organization since 2010 and with the major league club the past five seasons. The year before he was promoted to Indians pitching coach, the team had the worst ERA in the American League (4.79). Since he took over in 2013, they have a league-best 3.65 ERA. In 2014, one of his pitchers, Corey Kluber, won the Cy Young Award.
4. He was the Gatorade Tennessee high school baseball player of the year in 1992 and could dunk a basketball as a 5-foot-10-inch freshman at Germantown High School in Tennessee. "Just a special athlete," his former coach, Phil Clark, told The Memphis Commercial-Appeal last month.
5. Callaway is married (wife Anna) with two daughters, Catherine and Madeline.


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For my birthday, I got a box of pears and apples from Harry & David from my in-laws. Of course, as I always do when we get pears, I have to make the comment that there's nothing I like better than a nice pear. And, as she always does, Ms. Kaz rolled her eyes.
Last week, at 4 1/2 months, we started The Boy on solids. Rice cereal. Yummy.
Needless to say, he didn't really take to it. He didn't soundly reject it, either. But he wasn't encouraged to learn how to eat either. Oh, he eats now, but it is mostly just sucking. He still doesn't quite grasp chewing and swallowing.
We figured this week, with mushed up pears, he'd try a little harder. Pears are sweet. Kids like sweet stuff (like the valentine's sugar cookie from Mrs. Field's my daughter devoured last night). This morning, with his first spoonfuls of pear, he seemed somewhat interested. But he still didn't get the chew and swallow method of eating.
Then he got his thumb in his mouth. I think he was surprised his thumb suddenly tasted to good! So sweet! He totally went to town on his thumb. So, the rest of breakfast went that way. Sneak in a spoonful, thumb goes in mouth, pear gets sucked down.
Oh, well. He's not even 5 months yet. He'll get it eventually.
While we're on the topic of eating.. a few weeks ago, my daughter ate a few pieces of asparagus from my leftovers, and it left her asking for more. A few days later, she mentioned that she liked "the pointy end" of asparagus. So, I suggested to Ms. Kaz we get some asparagus. She bought some, and last night we had a risotto with beans and asparagus sauteed with garlic.
Our daughter ate an ungodly amount of asparagus. Which is good! But a little scary how much she ate.


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Monday, November 04, 2013
Who is Afraid of the Humanities?
Here are the slides of a talk I gave at Harvard on October 17th, 2013. Thanks to Paolo Savoia and Steven Shaping for having organized the whole event!
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2 comments:
- Noah said...
Any chance a recording of the talk will be available?
- November 05, 2013 10:59 AM
- CCA said...
remarkable and delightful presentation. Where is the paper?
- November 05, 2013 5:19 PM
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Black parents give birth to a white baby...
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One of the problems facing Book of Mormon archaeology is the fact that the civilizations of the Maya, Aztec and other pre-Columbian cultures were at their zenith many years after the extermination of the Nephites. If we are focusing on the archaeological ruins of these civilizations, they don't seem to fit Book of Mormon history. But I contend that they were not related to the Nephite history, nor were they the work of true Lamanites. It is my opinion that the early Formative Period or Olmec Era ruins were built by the Jaredite peoples of the Book of Ether, but the later ruins (Maya, etc.) were built by Jaredite remnants (see section on Jaredite remnants below) and others, who followed the Jaredite tradition. I will called these people neo-Jaredites.
A neo-Jaredite will be defined as any of those heterogenous groups of people, following the terminal Jaredite wars (about 300 B.C.) who admired, conserved and followed the ancient Jaredite traditions. These traditions are of course the decadent practices characteristic of the terminal Jaredite era at the time of Ether and Coriantumr. These traditions were apparently readily available, whether in writing or by word of mouth, to any who wanted to learn them. The term neo-Jaredite would include Jaredite remnants, their descendants, any Nephites, Mulekites, Lamanites who allied themselves with them, and possibly others such as Asiatics who may have come by boat or across the Bering Strait. The neo-Jaredite traditions included such things as the rites and practices of secret societies, Jaredite architecture, language and writing, measurement of time and calendaring, idolatrous Jaredite religion, naturistic shamanism, the use of jade as a cultural and religious object, human sacrifice, blood oaths and offerings and monarchial forms of government. A major motivation for the continuance of these traditions may have been the involvement of these individuals or groups in the rites and practices of the ancient secret societies (such as the Gadianton Robbers).
These ceremonies were of ancient date and had been passed down from the time of Cain. They included oaths (2), blood offerings, secret signs, execution of those who violated these oaths by beheading, gaining power and wealth through assassination, worshiping the god of the underworld (in caves, cenotes, etc.), etc. The oaths involved swearing by heaven and earth and by ones own head (3Ne.12:33-36; Ether 8:13-14), and were likely sealed by blood. These were the groups termed Robbers in the Book of Mormon (Hel. 2:10; 6:20; 7:4; Morm. 8:9, etc.). They successfully recruited others by flattering them with vanities, encouraging them to become part of their "elite" group, bribing them with their ill gotten gain, or appealing to their greed and lust for power. They felt that their works were good; and ... of ancient date and they [had] been handed down to [them] from the ancients. (3Ne.3:9).
Once in power, the vain leaders of these societies would memorialize themselves by creating monuments (stelae) extolling their achievements and immortalizing their genealogy. When another more powerful would gain ascendancy, he would deface or destroy the former strong mans memorials, and build more elaborate structures superimposed over the former ones.
For much of their history they existed as numerous competing groups, city states, or small nations, engaging in tribal warfare to gain power over their neighbors thereby plundering their wealth, obtaining slaves for their public work projects, and victims for their sacrificial rites. The pattern appears to be very Asiatic following the earlier Jaredite tradition (3). Occasionally one or the other group would gain supremacy and establish a ruling line, with their feudal subjects supporting them through tribute and conscripted labor. Their influence extended from Northern Mexico to Nicaragua, but was centered in Central and Southern Mexico and Guatemala. Their elaborate ceremonial centers were built to centralize power, legitimize their right to rule, facilitate the collection of tribute and coalesce the population. The religious purposes were probably secondary. I contend that in a nutshell this explains the origin and history of the Maya, Aztec and other such groups.
The history of the Aztec (or Mexica as they called themselves) as outlined in the Codex Mendoza (4) is a prime example of this pattern. This codex is a pictoral history of the Aztec nation compiled at the request of the Spanish crown shortly after the conquest. It was written and interpreted by native scribes who were supervised by Spanish friars. In this history the ruling line is established through force of arms, many surrounding communities are subjugated year by year, tribute and manpower are exacted, and those rebelling or opposing the conquerors are punished and often executed. There are even royal assasinations reminiscent of Jaredite history. The only thing not mentioned is the existence of secret societies, but one would hardily expect the native historians to reveal such things.
Jaredite Remnants
Jaredite Remnants. The existence of what I term neo-Jaredites depends on the survival of Jaredite remnants following Coriantumr's war of extinction. Were there in fact Jaredite survivors? At first this does not seem obvious from a reading of Ether for we read that Ether prophesied to "Coriantumr that, if he would repent, and all his household, the Lord would give unto him his kingdom and spare the peopleOtherwise they should be destroyed, and all his household save it were himself. And he should only live to see the fulfilling of the prophecies which had been spoken concerning another people receiving the land for their inheritance; and Coriantumr should receive a burial by them; and every soul should be destroyed save it were Coriantumr." (Ether 13:21.) This prophecy by Ether would not seem to leave any room for Jaredite survivors.
But consider what Hugh Nibley has to say about the subject. "What does the Book of Mormon mean by 'destroyed'? The word is to be taken, as are so many other key words in the book, in its primary and original sense: 'to unbuild; to separate violently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure.' To destroy is to wreck the structure, not to annihilate the parts. Thus in 1 Nephi 17:31 we read of Israel in Moses' day that, 'According to his word he did destroy them; and according to his word he did lead them,' bringing them together after they had been 'destroyed,' i.e., scattered, and needed a leader. 'As one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews,' according to 2 Nephi 25:9, 'even so they have been destroyed from generation to generation according to their iniquities.' A complete slaughter of any one generation would of course be the end of their history altogether, but that is not what 'destroyed' means. Of the Jews at Jerusalem Nephi says (1 Nephi 17:43), 'I know that the day must shortly come that they must be destroyed, save only a few.' Later, 'after the Messiah hath arisen from the dead . . . behold, Jerusalem shall be destroyed again' (2 Nephi 25:14). In these two cases what actually happened was that the Jews were all scattered 'save a few only' that remained in the land. The Israelites upon entering the Promised Land, we are told, drove out 'the children of the land, yea, unto the scattering them to destruction' (1 Nephi 17:32). Here it is plainly stated that the destruction of the Canaanites was their scatteringas is known to have been the case. Likewise of the Nephites: 'and after thy seed shall be destroyed, and dwindle in unbelief, and also the seed of thy brethren, behold these things shall be hid up' (1 Nephi 13:35), where both Nephites and Lamanites dwindle in unbelief after they have been destroyed."
"So when we read that the Jaredites 'were destroyed by the hand of the Lord upon the face of this north country' in the very first verse of Ether, we are to understand that the nation was smashed and dispersed, but not that the catastrophic final battle was necessarily the whole story. The first thing that occurs to King Mosiah [actually King Limhi] on the discovery of the twenty-four gold plates was, 'perhaps they will give us a knowledge of the remnants of the people who have been destroyed, from whence this record came' (Mosiah 8:12), showing that whether anyone survived or not, for Mosiah [Limhi] at least it was perfectly possible for remnants of a people to exist after that people had been 'destroyed.' But did not Ether prophesy that 'every soul should be destroyed save it were only Coriantumr?' (Ether 13:21). Every soul of what? Specifically of 'his kingdom . . . and all his household.' Ether himself, hiding out in a cave, was not included in the number, and neither were other inhabitants of the continentNephites, Lamanites, and Mulekites that were actually living here at the time of the Jaredite destruction. Neither were renegade Jaredites, wandering far and wide beyond the confines of the kingdom. That there were such renegades will appear from a number of things." (Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert/The World of the Jaredites/There Were Jaredites, 1988], p. 239. [He goes into great detail on this topic in p. 238-254])
Again in An Approach to the Book of Mormon (p. 370) Nibley refers to what he believes would have been numerous Jaredite remnants. (This is the Melchizedek Priesthood manual for the year 1957 published by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.)
John L. Sorenson, in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, suggests that "it is plausible that several remote groups also could have survived to meld unnoticed by historians into the successor Mulekite and Lamanite populations." (Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1-4 vols., edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan, 1992), p. 192.)
Sorenson again comments It is a safe presumption, however, that some groups existing at the time when the armies referred to in Ether 15 were destroyed simply refused to participate in the suicidal madness of Coriantumr and Shiz. They would have ensured their own survival by staying home and minding their meek business in this or that corner of the land. Such minor peoples might hardly even have noted the distant slaughter of the dynasts, so absorbed would they have been in their local affairs. The likelihood is that more than a few such groups continued past the time of the 'final destruction' of the armies at the hill Ramah, and some could well have been living in the land southward as Nephi and Laman built up their small colonies. (When Lehi's Party Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Others There? John L. Sorenson, FARMS Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 1992), 6.)
John A. Tvedtnes on Jaredite remnants: " I have long believed that some Jaredites survived the last great battles of their civilization and that it was the civilization itself that was destroyed, not every single Jaredite. This is evidenced mostly by the existence of Jaredite names in the Nephite population. Ether reported only what he saw; he could not have been everywhere. Some would cite Ether's prophecy in Ether 13:21 as evidence that all the Jaredites except Coriantumr were to be destroyed. However, a careful reading of that verse indicates that it was all of Coriantumr's 'household' that was to be destroyed. We cannot know for sure how many Jaredites may have escaped to other places before or during the last great war. It is not impossible in the scenario painted by Sorenson that some of the people with whom the Lamanites intermarried were Jaredites. This brings us to the question of indigenous peoples with whom the Lamanites may have joined. [We might suppose] that such outsiders would have been mentioned in the Book of Mormon. But since that book was a clan record, it may have deliberately left out mention of peoples not originating in Jerusalem, with the sole exception of the Jaredites, who left a written record that came into the hands of King Mosiah."
"There are, in fact, some possible references to outsiders in the Book of Mormon. For example, we never learn the real origin of the Amalekites, unless they are the same as the Amlicites. I have noted elsewhere that the antichrist Sherem (Jacob 7) may have been an outsider. Jacob wrote of him, "there came a man among the people of Nephi" (Jacob 7:1). Does this mean that he was not a Nephite? Jacob further notes "that he had a perfect knowledge of the language of the people" (Jacob 7:4). Don't all native speakers? This would have been remarkable only if the man were not a Nephite." (John A. Tvedtnes. Review of John C. Kunich, "Multiply Exceedingly: Book of Mormon Population Sizes." In FARMS Review of Books. Vol. 6:1. 1994.)
(2) "The story of the rise and career of any great conqueror is a long catalog of terrible oaths taken and broken. The most solemn of these oaths are sealed by the drinking of blood, as when "the King of the Commains . . . caused the [Emperor of Constantinople] and their people . . . to be blooded, and each drank alternately of the other's blood." The study of the oldest annals of Asia conducts us, as does the study of the oldest languages, into a world of oaths and covenants. And why should this be so? The explanation is simple, for the purpose of the oath is to bindthe Egyptian word for "oath," to give one example, is simply ankh, originally a "knot." In a world of vast open spaces and limited population, where wandering nomads may take independence for themselves by hunting beasts or driving cattle over limitless grasslands, how can men be bound to any spot or leader? They must be tied by oaths, because there is no other way of holding them. Of course every effort was made to render the oath as binding, that is, as terrible, as possible, and of course such oaths were broken whenever convenient. The ease with which men of the steppes can pass from one camp to another has always kept their kings in a state of suspicious alert, so that Asiatic monarchy is at all times enveloped in a stiflingand very Jareditishatmosphere of suspicion and intrigue."
Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert/The World of the Jaredites/There Were Jaredites, edited by John W. Welch with Darrell L. Matthews and Stephen R. Callister [Salt Lake City and Provo: Deseret Book Co., Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988], 201.)
(3) Hugh Nibley comments on the Asiatic model for Jaredite culture, which was not only valid for the Book of Ether era, but for the Neo-Jaredite era as well. "The basic fact is spacevast expanses of grassland, woods, and mountains, where hunters and herdsmen have ranged since time immemorial, trespassing on each other's territory, raiding each other's settlements, stealing each other's cattle, grimly escaping and pursuing each other by turns. ... The result is chronic chaos, a condition which has been a standing challenge to the genius and ambition of men with a talent for leadership. Periodically the Great Man appears in Asia to unite his own jangling tribesmen in fanatical devotion to himself, subdue his neighbors one after another, and finally by crushing a great coalition bring all resistance to an end, and at last bring "peace and order" to the world. The endless expanse of the steppes and the lack of any natural boundaries call for statesmanship in the grand manner, both the concept and techniques of empire being in fact of Asiatic origin. For a time one mind nearly succeeds in ruling the world, but a quick reckoning comes when the Great Man dies. In a wild scramble for the throne among his ambitious relatives the world-empire promptly collapses: Space, the force that produced the super-state, now destroys it by allowing disgruntled and scheming heirs and pretenders to go off by themselves to distant regions and found new states with the hope in time of absorbing all the others and restoring world dominion. The chaos of the steppes is not the primitive disorder of small savage tribes accidentally colliding from time to time in their wanderings. It is rather, and always has been, a shrewd game of chess, played by men of boundless ambition and formidable intellect with mighty armies at their disposal."
"Now to return to the Jaredites. Their whole history is the tale of a fierce and unrelenting struggle for power. The book of Ether is a typical ancient chronicle, a military and political history relieved by casual references to the wealth and splendor of kings. You will note that the whole structure of Jaredite history hangs on a succession of strong men, most of them rather terrible figures. Few annals of equal terseness and brevity are freighted with an equal burden of wickedness. The pages of Ether are dark with intrigue and violence, strictly of the Asiatic brand. When a rival for the kingdom is bested, he goes off by himself in the wilderness and bides his time while gathering an "army of outcasts." This is done by "drawing off" men to himself through lavish bestowal of gifts and bribes. The forces thus won are retained by the taking of terrible oaths. When the aspirant to the throne finally becomes strong enough to dispose of his rivals by assassination, revolution, or a pitched battle, the former bandit and outlaw becomes king and has to deal in turn with a new crop of rebels and pretenders. It is exactly as if one were reading Arabshah's grim and depressing Life of Timur, the biography of a typical Asiatic conqueror, with its dark allusions to the supernatural and especially to the works of the devil. It is a strange, savage picture of nightmare politics that the book of Ether paints, but it is historically a profoundly true picture."
Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert/The World of the Jaredites/There Were Jaredites, edited by John W. Welch with Darrell L. Matthews and Stephen R. Callister [Salt Lake City and Provo: Deseret Book Co., Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988], 197.)
(4) The Essential Codex Mendoza by Frances Berdan and Patricia Rieff Anawalt. Univ. of Calif. Press. 1997.


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"We just took the resources that were available to us and applied it to Earth Day," he explains. "Downtown Rochester already has huge festivals like Fire and Ice and Art and Apples. It's a great spring location with trails and waterways close by. Now enough people are interested in Earth Day and getting out there to celebrate spring."
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Batdorf notes, "The people who founded and run this festival still are business people, and we feel a healthy environment is good for business. There are more jobs in alternative energy [than in nonrenewables]. Being earth-friendly is good for business, obviously for tourism and the quality of life of the community, but also if it's a place where people want to live and both people and businesses care about the environment, it winds up being a good place to do business too."
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Prokaryotes are simple unicellular organisms in which the genetic material is not enclosed in a cell nucleus. They are considered to be the first forms of life on earth. The actual word comes from the Greek language, where pro = before and karyo = cell.
General Structure of Prokaryocytes
- small cells (1-5 μm);
- hereditary material (DNA) is not enclosed within nuclear membrane;
- no histones (specific basic proteins) bound to their DNA;
- no membrane bound organelles (eg mitochondria, chloroplasts);
- no distinct nucleus, no chromosomes, no centrioles, no microtubules;
- prokaryotes are divided into 2 domains: Bacteria and Archaea.
Archea are very similar to bacteria (in size, shape, absence of membrane bound organelles). Until 1990, they were considered an unusual group of bacteria and named archaebacteria. They were given their own domain since they have gone through an independent evolution and have many differences in their biochemistry from other forms of life. Archaea reproduce asexually and divide by binary fission, fragmentation, or budding; in contrast to bacteria archaea do not form spores. Initially, archaea were seen as extremophiles that lived in harsh environments, such as hot springs and salt lakes, but they have since been isolated from various habitats including soils, oceans, and marshlands. One example are the methanogenic archaea that inhabit the gut of humans and ruminants, where they are present in vast numbers and aid in the digestion of food.
Archaea are important in technology; methanogens are used to produce biogas and as part of sewage treatment, and enzymes from extremophile archaea that can resist high temperatures and organic solvents are exploited in biotechnology.
Archaea share certain features of their genome with both Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes. Firstly their DNA is double stranded and circular, which closely resembles that of Prokaryotes, however this DNA is associated with histones and organised into chromatin (a typical feature of Eukaryotic DNA). Archaea don't possess introns in their genes but the genes that are responsible for RNA, DNA and protein synthesis are all similar to those found in Eukaryotes. These diverse range of features show why archaea should be considered a separate domain of life from Eukaryotes or Prokaryotes.
- Functions:
- Bacteria are responsible for decaying and recycling organic material in the soil (producing fossil fuels) & sewage deposits.
- Some bacteria are parasitic, causing disease to host. Bacterial diseases of man can spread in a variety of ways including direct contact, contamination of food & water, eg Tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis)
- Some have symbiotic relationship with host eg helping digestion
- Bacteria are also used by humans in several ways: food production eg cheese, alcohol, yogurt; detergents (especially preferred those which withstand high temperatures); use in research, especially in genetics; and in making antibiotics


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Just got my favorite autograph professionally framed (it only took me 23 years), so I figured I'd put up a report here about the day I met William Hickey, aka Uncle Lewis ("Christmas Vacation"), Don Corrado Prizzi ("Prizzi's Honor"), Dr. Finkelstein ("The Nightmare Before Christmas"), Carlton Blanchard (the TV show "Wings"), Arthur ("Forget Paris"), and, most importantly (and, hence, my username here), Billy Sparrow ("My Blue Heaven").
It was Labor Day Weekend 1993 and I was riding in the car with my mom. I was reading that week's newspaper, and when I came to the Dining and Entertainment section I saw a headshot of William Hickey, who in the years prior had pulled off the amazing feat of having small but crucial parts in both "My Blue Heaven" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," then (and now) among my all-time favorite movies. A lot of people would say being nominated for an Oscar for "Prizzi's Honor" was his top acting achievement. But I am not a lot of people. To me, being Billy Sparrow and Uncle Lewis was untoppable.
As I read the article accompanying the headshot, I discovered Mr. Hickey would be doing a play in Woodstock that weekend, which was not all that far from our summer rental. So...
"Mom, mom! We have to go!"
And so we went.
But this was in the pre-GPS, pre-Google Maps days, so there was that little matter of figuring out where exactly it was we were going. My mom seemed to have a vague idea of where the Byrdcliffe Theater was (Did we look at an actual map? Did she just know? I can't recall), so we set out that Saturday night to go to Woodstock. We made the turn onto Upper Byrdcliffe Road and began looking for the theater. And kept looking. And kept looking. And kept looking, until there started to be not that much to look at at all.
The road just kept going up. We figured the "Cliffe" part would indicate we'd be going high up, but not quite this high. Eventually, we reached a point where my mom finally had to say, "If we don't find it soon, we're gonna just have to turn around." I'm sure I took that well.
But soon after she said that, we went around a curve and--boom!--there it was!, We had arrived. And just before showtime.
The one-man play Mr. Hickey was in was called "Spared," and it was a monologue by a guy who was contemplating killing himself and recounting all the times he had tried to do so in the past but failed, and all the terrors of his life that had brought him to such despair. You know, fun stuff for a Saturday night.
Anyway, the play ended and I decided to wait by the front door so I could get Mr. Hickey to sign an index card for me (I had recently started collecting autographs in NYC, so an index card and a Sharpie were never too far away). We were waiting there for a while, and soon just about everyone had cleared out. Then a woman came over to my mom and I and asked us if we were waiting for Mr. Hickey. I told her I was and that I just wanted his autograph, and she said, "Would you like to come back to his dressing room?"
Um, yeah.
So, there we were, me, my mom, this woman (who, to the best of my recollection, was either the director or the producer), maybe five or six other people, and William Hickey, just sitting in a chair and telling stories, inches away from my face. I didn't say much of anything. I was just enjoying listening to him tell stories about his dog and the Tim Burton movie he had just finished working on ("The Nightmare Before Christmas"). And then it was decided that Mr. Hickey needed to go, so I realized now was the time to say something to him. So, I finally got up the nerve to tell him how much I liked him, and how I especially loved him in "My Blue Heaven." And I explained to him there was one scene in particular, when all the guys in the Witness Protection Program are gathered for dinner, that, for reasons I could not quite explain, was my favorite. In that scene, one of the guys picks up a roll, tears it apart, and says, "What the frig is this?" And Billy Sparrow (Mr. Hickey's character) responds, in that incredible, glorious croak, "A popover." Hey, I told you I don't know why that thrilled me. It just did. The way he said it. The best.
I babbled some sort of version of all that to Mr. Hickey and he smiled and then signed my index card. He'd signed the other autographs for people "Love love love! Bill Hickey," but I got what surely must be the only known "Popover Popover Popover! Love, Bill Hickey" autograph in the world. He passed away a few years after, so I feel very lucky to have had the chance to meet him, and I'm glad to finally have the piece (with a screenshot from the scene in "My Blue Heaven") preserved.
My favorite autograph: William Hickey (9/4/93)
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Senior Researcher/Study Consultant for the Educational Demand and Needs Assessment Study (International Position)
Democratic Republic of East Timor
Second Chance Education Project
Grant Nos: P116520
Expressions of Interest
The Democratic Republic of East Timor has received financing administered by the World Bank towards the cost of the Second Chance Education Project (SCEP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consultant services regarding: Senior Researcher/Study Consultant for the Educational Demand and Needs Assessment Study (International Position).
A key function of the consultant will be:
Conduct a systematic and comprehensive needs assessment regarding NEP implementation
An assessment about the current demand for NEP throughout the country (rural and urban areas) and forecasting (demand).
A special focus of these assessments in relation to the Community Learning Centers beneficiaries.
A special focus on the supply side to assess the existing suppliers/providers/facilities that can support the implementation of recurrent education activities.
Connect local level program interventions with national level policy-making processes by identifying potential for NEP improvement and scale-up.
Expected outputs
Inception Report
Data Collection Progress Report
Draft Study Report
Final Study Report
Dissemination of the Study Findings
Timeframe and activities
The timeline includes the main phases and key activities of the Study process – the entire process will take 5 months from the date of contract signing. Timeline in the table below is indicative and the consultant is responsible for developing a more comprehensive and detailed work plan as part of the inception report, adapted to the specific methodology and resources.
Demand and Needs Education Assessment Study timeline
Study Phase Activity Actor Approximate Timeframe
Preparation, Inception and Methodology Documentation Review
Assist NDRE in the recruitment of enumerators and preparations for data collection
Draft Inception report Submission
Development of study instruments and tools Study Consultant
Study Consultant
Study Consultant
Study Consultant
1st till 3rd week
(Start early January 2015)
Inception report review and approval Study Consultant, NDRE and WB SCEP Task Team 4th week
Training of District Consultants enumerators and NDRE district and Subdistrict officers, community facilitators and other MoE Staff participating in the data collection Study Consultant with the NDRE 5th and 6th weeks
Data Collection, Cleaning & Data Entry Conduction of Interviews, focus groups, surveys, others, Data management and supervision, Data quality review, Data cleaning dan Data Entry Study Consultant, District Consultant/Enumerators, District and Subdistrict officers and other NDRE staff 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th weeks
Data Analysis Data analysis Study Consultant 14th, 15th and 16th weeks
Report Writing Submission of zero draft Study Consultant 17th week
Internal Review, Comments and revision WB SCEP Tast Team and NDRE 18th and 19th weeks
Revision and Finalization Revision, approval and submission of final report Study Consultant and NDRE 20th week
(by May, 31, 2015)
Dissemination of the Report Share and disseminate the main findings Study Consultant and NDRE 21th week
The assignment is planned for 5 person-months and expected to commence in January 2015.
The Ministry of Education of the Democratic Republic of East Timor now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services for this position. Firms are not invited to propose individual consultants. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (CV, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills, etc.).
Qualification requirements are:
• Graduate Degree in sociology, statistic or education. Master Degree or Ph.D. is an added value.
• Minimum of six years of work experience with mixed qualitative and quantitative analyses tools and instruments, using different up-to-date software to support data analyses;
• Minimum of three years of experience in conducting/coordinating needs assessment and demand studies/research, working with teams and providing training for data collection. Experiences related to formal and/or recurrent education programs is an added value;
• Experience working in Timor-Leste or in other developing and post-conflict contexts is an added value;
• Experience of working closely with government institutions;
• Proficiency in Portuguese or English. Ability to understand and speak Tetum is an added value;
• Ability to set priorities and deliver results in a short period of time, focused, and flexible with excellent communication skills;
The successful candidate shall be offered a standard remuneration package according to rates for this level of specialization.
Interested eligible consultants may obtain further information and a copy of the Terms of Reference from the Management Strengthening Project at the address given below or visit Ministry's website at: http://www.moe.gov.tl/
The email subject heading must be: Senior Researcher/Study Consultant for the Educational Demand and Needs Assessment Study.
A consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants by World Bank Borrowers (January 2011).
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 09:00 to 17:00 hours of local time.
The Expression of Interest together with your latest curriculum vitae must be delivered to the email address given below by 5th December 2014.
Attn: Mr. Danino da Cunha
National Director of Procurement
Ministry of Education
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Vila Verde, Dili
Tel: +670 3311035
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