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Picking my talents 2 of 2.
This time, I work the holy tree, from the bottom up. Again, stream of consciouness (sorta) so lots and lots of words. Which means I'm inserting this break – click if you want to follow me up the holy tree and into a final review.
I've discussed the bottom tier before, so without further ado: Healing focus 2/2 and Improved Renew 3/3. Holy Spec tempts, and when I do my review I may try to pick up some of it. But I plan with sustained reliability in mind. And "counting" on criticals is bad for that model as those tend to be overheals — unless I can boost my crits to a realistically high level like, oh, around 40%. Which is doable if I build and gear that way. But for that, the negative consequence is that half the time the heal is too low. Decisions, decisions – I choose reliability.
Second tier. Spell warding and divine fury. Sigh. When in an instance, the mobs most likely to aggro on me are the spellcasters. It's simple, really. Unless my tank and killteam have prioritized the casters high (my recommendation but not common), the tank's not usually close enough to threaten them – on the pull, they stop short so they can cast at range. Which means that there's nothing balancing my healing threat. Which means…. ouch. Divine fury, on the other hand, is useful for 'only' one spell as a healpriest. It will reduce my cast time for Greater Heal by half a second – an eternity in an instance. (It's also a prerequisite for searing light, which since I'm not going for damage is immaterial to me.) I know the team with which I'm going to be working, however, and casters are very choice tidbits for them. So for now, only five in Divine Fury.
Tier three… I know priests who love all these talents. I'm not one, though I admit they're tempting. There's Holy Nova – a sucky damage spell, a poor excuse of a healspell, it offers two advantages: zero threat, and it's the only AoE available to a priest. These are not insignificant, but for my use they're poor trades for the talents. Then there's Blessed Recovery. Three points here and I get a nifty benefit — if hit by a crit (nonspell), I self-heal 25% of the damage. That can be a lifesaver. If, that is, I get hit by a crit. Non-crits won't help. In PVP crits are frequent. In PVE they're a lot less common. Maybe… Finally, there is Inspiration. max of three points, and it cues off MY critical heals. After a critical heal, the target gets 25% increase in armor for 15 seconds. The issue is, well, see my discussion about Holy Spec. Actually, if I decide to go with this it pairs nicely with Holy Spec.
Since this is Stream of Consciousness again, I'm cheating. There are some considerations a bit higher. Just… I have to put five points here or below to go on, so that's fifteen of 38 to this point.
And so tier 4. Holy Reach, Searing Light, and Improved Healing. I've already dismissed Searing Light for this build – it's purely offensive. Holy reach… I'll rarely use Holy Fire and Smite – if I did, the extra 20% to range would be extremely useful. I already dismissed Holy Nova, and Circle of Healing is out of reach. So this affects one and only one spell – Prayer of Healing (and not Prayer of Mending). PoH is popular with some priests – an AoE spell with quite good return on mana (provided it's healing more than a couple of players). Oh, it's also about the best spell priests have in terms of Heals per Second (Hps) — if you've gotta have a lot now it's better than flash heal. However, it's a nasty bite of threat, and you're still healing group instead of the tank. In my eyes, its only applicable in Boss AoE situations, and in that case the extra 6 yards just isn't worth the two talent points.
But this tier includes improved healing. 15% reduction (with three points) to the mana cost of my two main healing spells — flash heal and greater heal. (I'm not good enough to effectively intertwine heal in the middle of that, but it pays that one as well.) For a priest, the 5 second waltz is all about mana management. And improving mana efficiency of the most frequently used spells is a big winner. Three points.
hmmm. I've got five points unspent from the third tier, and two more unspent from here. I begin to see an opportunity. But let's go on, knowing I've spent 20 altogether at this point.
Tier five. The heartbreaker tier of the holy tree. Let me gaze longingly on all three of my choices: Healing Prayers; Spirit of Redemption; and Spiritual Guidance. The only – ONLY – saving grace is that the first two only eat three points maximum. sigh.
Healing Prayers. Remember why I chose Improved Healing? Mana efficiency. This one's also about mana efficiency. The downside is that it's only applicable to two spells – prayer of healing and prayer of mending. The first I've already mentioned somewhat disparagingly, though this helps a lot. But the second is another mainstay – the frisbee of healing. I'm not going into it in depth. The frisbee is mana efficient already – pretty good even if it only heals one person – and with renew is a spell that gets thrown out constantly. The fact that threat from it goes to the recipient instead of the caster is a bonus (here, tank, have some more threat). A 20% reduction in mana makes it nicer – 800 points healed for 312 mana. Gear applies, but it doesn't crit. Two points max, 10% per bump.
Spirit of Redemption, aka Improved Death. The ultimate "Oh Crap" button. If you die, you get 15 seconds during which you can cast any spell not on cooldown for zero mana cost. The naysayers will tell you it tempts your party to let you die. Me, I know that the party is going to work really hard not to see the angel of life. In 15 seconds I can toss a renew and a frisbee and spam a small handful of prayers of healing (who cares about threat in THIS case – and it may be the only reason for reconsidering the increased range). This one's getting picked regardless.
And, of course, spiritual guidance. Up to 25% of your spirit gets applies as +spellpower to damage and healing. That's on top of the bonus from Improved Divine Spirit — 35% for me if I take it all. But all means I cut points higher up the tree.
I've spent one for sure, I've got four more to spend here – maybe more. Let's go on, knowing 25 are down and I've 13 more to go.
Tier six is a lot easier on my nerves. Surge of light is an excellent choice for attackers, and worthless for healers. Spiritual Healing is the reverse. Five points (tentatively) to add 10% to ALL my healing spells. 30 down, 8 to go.
Tier seven has three choices: Holy Concentration; Lightwell; and Blessed Resilience.
Let's eliminate Blessed Resilience first. Oh, it's another great talent. If you're critically hit, there's a 60% chance you'll be immune to more critical hits for 6 seconds. In PVP this is a big deal. And if/when I get higher in Kara and beyond, well, rumor says some of the bosses there are big critical hitters as well – in which case I may revisit all the crit-reduction talents. But for where I am right now, no thank you.
Then there's Holy Concentration. With three talent points there's a six percent chance of entering a limited clearcasting state. Clearcasting, as you may recall, means the next spell is free. The limit here is that it only applies for the next Flash, Binding, or Greater Heal. 6% – less than most any crit I can get. It's… tempting. Provided I don't sacrifice an improvement in sustained reliability.
In fact, the only spell I know I'm going to grab at this level is the one other healers scoff at. I love Lightwell (aka lolwell). Effective use requires training of your group. So, as it happens, does the frisbee. If your group has spaced correctly – casters outside 20 yards, melee inside – the frisbee stays in the melee. This balances the frisbee by being for the casters/ranged fighters. Sure, it's a bandage. And it does a bit less than a heavy netherweave. But it does it faster (a bit), and they can move while it's bandaging. Just not take damage – don't use it while debuffed with a DoT. Fire, and forget for three minutes. Oh — one more thing that'll make the other healers examine this again. In the upcoming patch (whenever it gets here) Lightwell gets bonuses from healing. I don't know which 'timing' will apply – the 1.5 cast or the 6 second channeling – nor even if it's going to get the AoE (for the multiple charges) effect. At worst it's about 15% of bonus healing applied. At best… 170% (channeling). Yum. I'm betting somewhere in the middle, say 42% from cast time. Which with 1000+ bonus healing (gear and talents) makes those bandages a LOT more useful as they push 3K healing apiece.
35 down (though some are unassigned), 3 to go. Is it worth putting 3 points into the only talent on the next tier? (snicker) yes. In fact the missing two to cap it has me looking back at Disc – do I REALLY need IDS? (Yes, sigh). Improvements in Sustained Reliability for the win. +12% to the healing bonuses for Greater Heal, and +6% for flash and binding heal. hmmm, let's clarify this. Greater Heal, as a 3 second (base) cast-time spell, has a coefficient of 85.7% to healing bonuses. So if my healing bonus is +1000 (not hard as a level 70 dedicated healer) my GH gets 857 additional points. This makes the bonus 97.7% or 977 points. The extra two points I'm sacrificing would add another 8% or 80 points in this example.
Let's re-examine. I've got potentially 11 talent points uncommitted – let's go commit them, running back down the tree.
3/5 points in Empowered Healing
1 Point Lightwell. 0/3 Holy Concentration, 0/3 Blessed Resilience.
5/5 Spiritual Healing, 0/2 Surge of Light.
5/5 Spiritual Guidance, 1/1 Spirit of Redemption, 2/2 Healing Prayers. whoops, there went some of the buffer. But 21 left for below is enough to support up here, so let's continue.
3/3 Improved Healing, 0/2 Searing Light, 0/2 Holy Reach — I've got 18 to place of which 17 need to be here or below. And joy of joys – I am solid in my sustained, so I can look to crits. (Good thing as what's left are all 'occasional brilliance' talents.)
The three "open" spots are Holy Spec, Inspiration, and Blessed Recovery. I'm going to grab 3/3 in blessed recovery because on consideration I'm beginning to feel a bit like a glass cannon. If a crit doesn't kill me it'll leave me very, very weak, and this will help. That leaves me with five. I'm going to put 3 in Inspiration, and I have a choice. I can put one each in Holy Concentration AND Holy Spec, or I can put both in Holy Spec. (Seriously, none of the other talents left tempt me.) As I generally despise putting one point in a talent unless there are two or less, I'll go with both in Holy Spec. So to finish the downward trip:
0/1 Holy Nova, 3/3 Blessed Recovery, 3/3 Inspiration
0/5 Spell Warding, 5/5 Divine Fury
2/2 Healing Focus, 3/3 Improved Renew, 2/5 Holy Spec (Increasing crit chance by 2%)
That's a lot of words, so let me give you a picture. Click here to see the template displayed.
Is it "the best"? Bah, humbug. There are other, potentially better choices out there even staying 23/38/0. Add in more Disc or some shadow and… What it is, is the template that results from choices I made based on my playing style and my preferences.
If you take anything away, take away the DISCUSSION. Not what I chose, but the fact I pondered the use, weighed pros and cons, and decided from there. You are not me.
Have fun, or don't do it.
10 Responses to "Picking my talents 2 of 2."
I think i agree with most of your choices, although as a bear tank, let me tell you just how much i love 3/3 Inspiration procs: …well, a lot. One more armor upgrade and i'll be hitting the raid boss armor-based damage mitigation cap when i get an Inspiration. That's about all i have to say about healing specs.
I'm agonizing over my shadow build again, though. This is what i have so far, but i REALLY want to get a full 5/5 in Shadow Power if i can. One of my guildmates is a shadow priest who has 0/3 in Meditation, and he says that his gear has very little spirit on it. Would you advise trying to maintain 3/3 Meditation or dropping it in favor of maxing mp5 effects? What can i do about Shadow Power?
You get critted by a boss beyond kara, it will oneshot you. Most kara bosses will as well.
OUr bear tank has about 72% anyway, so inspiration would be overkill tbh. But it still rocks for warrior / pala
Do you find that you have a good selection of shadow priestly type gear with spirit on it, to make Meditation worth bothering with? My priest is at level 42 now, not seeing that gear yet.
I'd really encourage you to try out Holy Concentration. Keep in mind, when it goes off you can grab at least 1 tick out side of the 5 second rule — and sometimes much more: after you cast you first free greater heal, use inner focus for a second one. If you immediately cast a third heal, you'll get 1-2 ticks of mana regen; if you space this out over more time, you can get 10-20 seconds of mana regen while still healing. This is a mainstay of mine for 5-10 minute boss fights.
Secondly, I'd urge you to reconsider Spell Warding – it is really quite useful. More and more, the only things which do "survivable" amounts of damage to me are just spells. Contrawise, blessed recovery is really a very minor heal.
Thirdly, although I highly value inspiration, I believe the marginal value of the +2% crit from holy specialization is pretty low. If you run the numbers, going from 6% to 8% doesn't increase the inspiration uptime all that much. Again, I think spell warding is a far better choice.
My raiding build: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/priest/talents.html?504200013050012000000230550030300150530030000000000000000000000
Keep up the interesting posts!
I'd recommend reconsidering 2/2 imp fort, with moving one point from silent resolve. If you're still planning on using a paladin tank, they are excellent at keeping agro on more than one mob. I quite regularly heal a pally tank in heroics who is not even particularly well geared, and even with a mage spamming AE he doesn't lose agro, meaning silent resolve doesn't matter as much as the potential benefit from imp fort.
I also firmly believe holy concentration is the best 3 talent points you can spend as a holy priest, especially prior to getting Earing of Soulful Meditation so you can sync the procs with inner focus for even more oo5sr regen. Also, if you consider how much benefit you get from healing prayers, the 4% chance of a free gheal is more beneficial than 80 odd mana cost less on a spell you can only cast once every 10 seconds.
I'd also personally prefer spell warding over blessed recovery, since a crit from anything heroic or higher is likely to one-shot you anyways.
Lessee, stream of consciousness replies, this should be fun.
I have points in the inspiration/crit build because the armor is happy-making….but in truth, because I needed to put points somewhere useful. I wouldn't call it something that's a "necessary" point, not by a long-shot. But I preferred to buff my healing over buffing my survivability.
I second your thoughts on Divine Fury. It's almost a necessary talent, which is dumb since it only affects a single spell. But my group also prioritizes casters, and I don't get hit much, and certainly not for long (my tank is awesome)
Your notes on the next tier pretty much mirror mine…which is why I have inspiration. =]
lolwell is one I'll try out…after the patch. So I can't comment on it, other than to say that the AVERAGE player will never use it correctly. If you've surrounded yourself by good players, go for it.
I would recommend revisiting the Holy Reach – it allows frisbee to be cast from farther away, and it also means that a group heal on certain bosses that do AOE damage and have your group spaced is actually likely to hit people.
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Women & Stroke: A Deadly Combination
Stroke is often thought of as an old man's disease. But more women than men die from it, and many factors (birth control pills, hormone therapy and pregnancy) put us at risk. Learn the key facts to protect yourself.
Women & Stroke
It was 7:30 on a November evening four years ago, and Kimberly Dunne had just finished her 12-hour shift as an emergency room nurse at St. Mary's Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. It had been a grueling day in the ER, and she just wanted to get home to her husband, Jerry, and their daughters, Kiera, now 8, and Erin, 6.
As she started the seven-minute drive home, she shifted uncomfortably in her seat. Her left leg had fallen asleep. She shook it and stomped her foot, but the tingling persisted. Then she reached for the left turn signal. She couldn't seem to put her hand on it. Kim started to panic. Her experience told her this was a stroke symptom. I'm too young! I'm only 31. I can't be having a stroke!
She grabbed her phone with her right hand and hit speed-dial.
"Jerry! I'm having a problem," she whimpered. Except that it came out all garbled.
"Kim?" Jerry asked. "Honey? Have you been drinking?"
She cried harder. She knew exactly where she was, but she was unable to tell him. By the time she miraculously pulled into her driveway, her left side was completely paralyzed. Jerry opened the car door, moved her to the passenger seat, bundled the girls into the car, and raced back to St. Mary's.
Not Just a Man's Disease
Stroke is like a heart attack that strikes the brain. But with stroke, an artery in or leading to the head, rather than the chest, bursts or gets blocked. This deprives the brain of blood and oxygen, and cells begin to die. Body functions controlled by the part of the brain that's dying, like vision, coordination, and speech, are disrupted.
With both heart disease and stroke, fatty deposits and high blood pressure are the culprits that harm the arteries, explains Louise McCullough, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of stroke research and education at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. Not surprisingly, stroke's biggest risk factors are the very things that can also lead to heart attacks, like obesity, smoking, and excessive use of alcohol. About 700,000 Americans experience strokes each year, making stroke the number one cause of disability and the number three killer after heart disease and all cancers combined. Stroke risk doubles every decade after 55, and two-thirds of strokes occur in people over 65.
It's wrong to think of stroke as something that happens only to old men. Women are more likely than men to experience strokes, to have more complications from them, and to die after suffering one. And it's not just older women. "Women in their 30s and 40s are frequently too young to have strokes as a result of what we think of as 'traditional risk factors,'" explains Emil Matarese, M.D., spokesperson for the American Stroke Association's Power to End Stroke program and director of the St. Mary's Stroke Center, where Kim Dunne was treated. "Instead, otherwise healthy young women have strokes because of less commonly known problems that go undetected until they have their first brain attack." Here, a closer look at these obscured, but ever-present, risk factors.
Risk One: Migraines
About 18 million American women get migraines. But it's the 20% of migraines that come with aura—the visual disturbances that warn of impending headaches—that seem to be associated with an increased stroke risk. One recent study found that among women who get migraines with aura, those who smoke and take oral contraceptives have seven times the risk for stroke. That lethal combination is what's thought to have contributed to Kim's stroke. She's since given up cigarettes and gone off the pill—smart moves for any woman who gets migraines, even those without aura (since one French study found that suffering from migraines without aura can still triple stroke risk).
Risk Two: Blood Clotting Disorder
If a person's blood is in a "hypercoagulable state," which basically means that it clots more than it should, she is at risk of having a stroke. "This type of blood can result in either blockages in brain arteries or clots that form in the heart but then flick off and lodge in the brain," explains Dr. Matarese.
You may be prone to this disorder if you've had more than one miscarriage, you or a close relative has had a blood clot in a leg or the lungs, or you regularly suffer from migraines with aura. A simple blood test that looks for specific antibodies that cause abnormal clotting can confirm this condition, which can be managed with blood-thinning medications.
Risk Three: Pregnancy History
Although women's stroke rate is highest during the six weeks around the delivery of a baby, personal pregnancy experience can impact stroke risk long after the baby is born. Research conducted by Cheryl Bushnell, M.D., associate professor of neurology at Wake Forest University Health Sciences in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has revealed that women who developed pre-eclampsia (a form of high blood pressure) or gestational diabetes during their pregnancies are twice as likely to have a stroke by age 40 as women whose pregnancies were uncomplicated. This may be because of damage done to the blood vessels during pregnancy.
Risk Four: Hormone Therapy
Women dealing with menopause symptoms often rely on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to relieve hot flashes, vaginal dryness, mood swings, insomnia, and vanishing libido. But one reason the hormone trials of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI)—which studied HRT's effect on cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and breast and colorectal cancers—were halted early was the higher incidence of stroke among women undergoing HRT. Among those taking estrogen and progestin, there was a 41% increase in strokes; and for women taking only estrogen, strokes increased 39%. However, because the average age of the women in WHI was 63, there's some thought that starting HRT earlier in menopause may be less risky, says JoAnn Manson, M.D., a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a WHI principal investigator. If you're beginning to deal with signs of menopause, the current thinking is that you can use hormone therapy just to control symptoms and then get off it, says Dr. McCullough. "But if you have an increased risk for stroke because of other risk factors, be cautious." And for symptoms that persist past menopause, like vaginal dryness, topical estrogen creams are considered safe because they contain less estrogen than hormone pills.
Time Lost Is Brain Lost
Six years ago, when Venita (an events manager in Atlanta who goes by her first name only) boarded a plane for a visit with her daughter, her vision was blurred and her right side was so weak and tingly she needed help with her suitcase. She chalked it up to fatigue and stress.
The next morning she woke up with a colossal headache. She took some aspirin and went back to bed. When she woke up again her right side was paralyzed.
Although African-American women have nearly twice the stroke risk as white women, it never occurred to Venita, then 46, that she was having one. Rather than call 911, she waited for her daughter to come home from work to take her to the hospital.
"Stroke is the quintessential medical emergency. The earlier I see people, the better chance I have to help them," says Lewis Morgenstern, M.D., director of the stroke program at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor. A UCLA study found that for every 12 minutes treatment is delayed, a pea-size part of the brain dies. With untreated strokes, the dead area can be as large as one and a half Ping-Pong balls.
It was a few months before Venita could walk again, two years before she was able to fully return to work, and she still has problems with tunnel vision and her short-term memory.
Reduce Your Risk
To lower your odds of having a stroke, you need to do the same things that safeguard your heart: lower your cholesterol, quit smoking, exercise daily, and eat sensibly so you maintain a healthy weight. In addition, keep an eye on your blood pressure. For every 10-point increase in your top number, you nearly double your stroke risk, says Dr. McCullough. Heart disease and stroke are closely linked. Work to reduce your risk of one, and you automatically lower your chances of suffering from the other.
You May Be Having a Stroke If You Have...
- Trouble speaking
- Blurry vision
- Dizziness or you fall, faint, or feel disoriented
- A severe headache
- Face, chest, neck, or limb pain
- Sudden hiccups
- Weakness or nausea
- Trouble catching your breath
- A racing heart
- A droopy eyelid or asymmetrical pupils
What Kind of Stroke Is It?
Ischemic stroke. More than 80% of strokes are ischemic, which means they are caused by a blockage in an artery that is in or leading to the brain. They are often treated with clot-busting drugs like tPA.
Hemorrhagic stroke. These occur when a blood vessel leaks or bursts, causing bleeding in or around the brain. Surgery is often done to repair the damage.
Silent stroke. These strokes have no symptoms. You may not know you've had one. Their damage shows up on CT scans or MRIs.
Transient ischemic attack. Known as a TIA or "mini stroke," one occurs when blood flow to the brain is reduced, though not fully blocked, causing mild stroke-like symptoms that often pass within a few minutes. TIAs can impair brain function and signal a bigger stroke to come: After one or more TIAs, stroke risk is almost 10 times higher.
Artery dissection. Roughly 20% of strokes in people under 45 result from artery dissection, in which the lining of an artery in the neck tears and closes off the blood vessel. Many things cause dissection, including trauma from an accident, weakness in blood vessels, even mild injury such as twisting or overextending your neck.
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- Fight for Peace: The Story of Anti-War Movements in America, by Ted Gottfried - Check out the efforts of Americans throughout history to take a stand for peace both at home and globally.
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- Katie.com: my story by Katherine Tarbox - This is Katie's true story of how she was manipulated over the Internet and molested and how she fought back by prosecuting under the Communications Decency Act.
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polarityparadox wrote:This is a thread for links about spin and maybe some light to the debate and I hope and am sure will grow over time. It is a good question, a healthy question and in a spirit of open minded exploration is good science. This thread is not to prove anyone right or wrong. We all have free will to make up our own minds.
I would say that the vortex is longitudinal and so is spin. I would say that the spiral galaxy and the sub atomic particles are intrinsic spin/vortex longitudinal forms. These forms self express both implicitely and explicitely through all scale domains of the universe. Nature has taught me that. It is my lesson from Tesla I have learned from Meyl. I thank Stefan R for that insight. I thank the EU for bringing electric spin (currents) to the world of cosmology.
Hopefully members can provide links to pertainent insights they might like to share on the subject. Cheers and cool bananas.
Hey forum,
This man's synthesis of various scientist's info in regard to the quantum realm (and its associated spin qualities) is quite well done and though-provoking:
The pictures he has to illuminate his discussions are very educational and will open your eyes to the whole embedded-ness that JL has talked about so much. Keep in mind you may completely disagree with his spiritual context for all this study but the info speaks for itself and you can check out all the work of the individual scientist's on your own...
Take a look, these are quotes from three different consecutive chapters from his series of free on-line books.
http://www.divinecosmos.com/index.php?o ... &Itemid=36BASICS OF AETHERIC QUANTUM MECHANICS
Dr. Kozyrev's experiments give us a radically different view of matter, and its interaction and connection with the surrounding environment, than that which is taught in the scientific mainstream.
Therefore, a new model of quantum mechanics is required to account for matter being able to subtly increase and decrease in its weight, based on its interaction with a non-electromagnetic, fluidlike energy source.
The more esoteric questions related to how torsion fields connect with consciousness and spirituality shall be relegated to later chapters; at this point, our main concern is to establish a working system of physics that explains exactly what matter is. If nothing else, Kozyrev's findings show us that we still do not have an adequate model to answer that question.
Thankfully, many adept thinkers are tackling the problems with quantum physics and have come up with aether-based models that answer these nagging questions, which have been almost completely ignored in the Western mainstream scientific community.
These pioneers would include Dr. Milo Wolff, Dr. Vladimir Ginzburg, Dr. Volodymyr Krasnoholovets, Charles Cagle, "Smart 1234," Dr. John Nordberg, Lt. Col. Tom Bearden, Dr. Henry Myers, Dr. Harold Aspden, Dr. R.B. Duncan, Buckminster Fuller, Dr. Oliver Crane and many more.
Each of these sources contain different pieces of "the puzzle", however we feel that the work of Rod Johnson is needed for all remaining paradoxes to be completely accounted for – and it shall be introduced in Chapter Four. Although it is certainly possible for future authors to present a complete, unified model, we will just cover enough interesting highlights here to show that such a model can and does indeed exist.
http://www.divinecosmos.com/index.php?o ... &Itemid=36PLATONIC SOLIDS AND "SYMMETRY" IN PHYSICS
The mystery and significance of the Platonic Solids has not been completely lost to modern science, as these forms fit all the necessary criteria for creating "symmetry" in physics in many different ways.
For this reason, they are often seen in theories that deal with multi-dimensionality, where many "planes" need to intersect in symmetrical ways so that they can be rotated in a number of ways and always remain in the same positions relative to each other. These multi-dimensional theories include "group theory," also known as "gauge theory," which consistently features various Platonic models for "infolded" hyperdimensional space.
These same "modular functions" are considered to be the most advanced mathematical tools available for the study and understanding of "higher dimensions," and the "Superstring" theory is entirely built off of them.
In short, the Platonic Solids are already known to be the master key to unlock the world of "higher dimensions." Remember that we have only briefly mentioned the above points, as they have been well-addressed in our previous volumes, and the key is symmetry.
When we keep in mind the symmetrical quality of the Solids as we have indicated, Dr. Wolff's words from Chapter 5 entitled On the Importance of Living in Three Dimensions should make good sense to us:
Pg. 71 – As your advisor in exploration, I can tell you, "Whenever you see a situation of symmetry in a physical problem, stop and think! Because you will nearly always find an easier way to solve the problem by using the symmetry property." This is one of the rewards of playing around with symmetry. The ideas are neat…
In mathematics and geometry, there is a need to be precise; so there symmetry is defined to mean that a function or a geometric figure remains the same, despite: 1) a rotation of coordinates, 2) movement along an axis, or 3) an interchange of variables.
In physical science, which is our main concern, the existence of a symmetry usually means that a law of Nature does not change, despite: 1) a rotation of coordinates in space, 2) movement along an axis through space, 3) changing the past into the future such that t becomes –t, 4) an interchange of two coordinates such as exchanging x with y, z with –z, etc. or, 5) the change of any given variable. [emphasis added]
The Platonic Solids have the greatest geometric symmetry of any shapes in existence, though Dr. Wolff does not call them by name here. In the next excerpt from Dr. Aspden, he refers to the Platonic Solid forms in the aether as "fluid crystals," and explains how they can have an effect similar to a solid, even while they are appearing in a fluidlike medium:
…19th century physicists were puzzled by the aether because it exhibits some properties telling us it is a fluid and some telling us it is a solid. That was the perception from a time when little if anything was known about 'fluid crystals'.
The displays in many pocket calculators use electrical signals and rely on the properties of a substance that, like the aether, exhibits properties characteristic of both the liquid state and the solid state as a function of electric field disturbances. [emphasis added]
This gives us a "solid" explanation for why Tesla said that the aether "behaves as a liquid for matter, and as a solid for light and heat. The Platonic Solids actually do act as if they were structural frameworks within the aether, organizing the energy flows into specific patterns.
Hence, the Platonic Solids are the simple geometric forms of "crystallized music" that will naturally form themselves in the aether when it pulsates. Another important point to remember is that as the hierarchy of Platonic Solids "grow" into each other, the movement will always occur along spiral pathways, predominantly rooted in the classic "phi" ratio.
Torsion waves have been seen to follow the "phi" pattern as well, which shall be more fully explored when we discuss the under-appreciated "pyramid power" phenomenon and the "cavity structural effect" pioneered by Dr. Victor Grebennikov in Chapter Nine.
http://www.divinecosmos.com/index.php?o ... &Itemid=36We have indeed seen the evidence to suggest that the atom is an aether-vortex with spherical symmetry and a central axis, thus forming a spherical torus.
The Biefield-Brown effect proves that the grand solution to the mystery of "charge polarity" is that aetheric energy is flowing through the electron clouds into the nucleus.
Dr. Ginzburg made a few simple and acceptable adjustments to relativity equations and produced a model that perfectly explains the behaviors of matter observed by Kozyrev in the laboratory, wherein it sheds energy and mass as it is accelerated towards the speed of light.
Through the conventional crystal molecule formations of the tetrahedron, cube and octahedron, and especially with the introduction of microclusters, icosahedral and dodecahedral quasi-crystals and the phenomenon of Bose-Einstein condensates, we now see the importance of Platonic Solids in the quantum realm.
We can no longer deny that these forces exist, as we now have irrefutable physical evidence. These new findings also reveal that we no longer need to think of atoms as individual units, but rather as harmonic aether vortexes that can merge together into greater levels of unity and coherence, such as in quasi-crystals.
And with this data in place, we now have a valid solution for all the "loose ends" of the puzzle by introducing the work of Rod Johnson.
What we ultimately see in Johnson's model is the following:
* There are no "hard" particles, only groupings of energy.
* Every quantum measurement can be explained geometrically, as a form of structured, intersecting energy fields.
* Atoms are actually counter-rotating energy forms in the shape of the Platonic Solids, specifically rooted in the counter-rotation of the octahedron and tetrahedron, each vibrational / pulsational shape corresponding to a different major density of aether.
* All levels of density or dimensions in the entire Universe are structured from these two primary levels of aether, which are continually interacting with each other.
Significantly, an increasing number of advanced theorists have already been striving towards a "particle mesh" model of physics, based on the Superstring theory, where all matter in the Universe is somehow an element of an interconnected geometric matrix.
However, since conventional scientists have not yet visualized Platonic Solids that are nested within each other, sharing a common axis and capable of counter-rotating, they have missed the picture for the quantum realm.
Again, in this chapter we will try to keep things simple by presenting an overview of Johnson's model for "what's going on" in the quantum level first, and then discuss the scientific evidence to prove it afterwards.
We begin our outline of the core principles of the model with a pencil-shaded illustration of the interlaced tetrahedron, which we created to show very clearly what it looks like as a three-dimensional sculpture.
It is important that we have a good visual image of this structure before we try to imagine an octahedron that fits inside of it.
We can clearly see that there are two tetrahedrons in the image, one with the tip pointing upwards and another with the tip pointing downwards. Also remember that it fits perfectly inside a sphere:
Figure 4.1 – The interlaced tetrahedron.
With this structure in mind, consider the following points of the model:
* The tetrahedron and octahedron are counter-rotating within each other at the quantum level.
* Both have spherical symmetry around a shared center.
* The tetrahedron and octahedron represent two primary levels of aether density that must exist in the Universe, which we shall refer to as A1 and A2.
* The octahedral field fits perfectly in the center of the tetrahedral field, and is therefore smaller in diameter, as we can see in the next diagram:
Figure 4.2 – The octahedron ® and its fit inside the interlaced tetrahedron (L).
Figure 4.2 shows us the octahedron inside of the interlaced tetrahedron, which in turn is inside the cube. It is quite confusing at first to try to imagine the octahedron being a free agent that can counter-rotate inside the interlaced tetrahedron.
Indeed, in this form, the two geometries are completely balanced and integrated. However, the most important part of Johnson's physics is to see that the octahedron is "detached," acting separately from the tetrahedral field, by rotating in the opposite direction.
There are only eight possible "phase" positions that the two geometries can fit into before they again reach the harmony that we see above.
In order to have a phase position, the two geometries must have some degree of direct contact with each other, such as line to line or point to point. This is graphically illustrated in the next "phase" diagram:
Figure 4.3 – The eight "phase positions" created by the
counter-rotating octahedron and tetrahedron.
What we see in this diagram are two basic waves: the smaller wave that fits in each of the four main circles, representing the rotation of the octahedron, and the larger wave outside the main circle boundaries as the counter-rotation of the tetrahedron.
This diagram is by far the easiest way to show how and where the tetrahedron and octahedron will connect, and it is based on the science of "phase physics," which was first pioneered by Kenneth Geddes Wilson as a means of mapping out large-scale geometric relationships as wave motions.
Each of the eight "phase positions" represents a different element, and this is shown in the next figure:
Figure 4.4 – The eight "phase positions" as they relate to basic crystal structures
formed by the elements.
So, to continue:
* The tetrahedron and octahedron are both under high pressure – the tetrahedron is pushing in towards the octahedron, much as the negative electron clouds press in towards the nucleus.
* This pressure can only be released when either a node or line on one of the solids crosses a node or line on the other solid, opening up a gateway for the energy to flow.
The easiest way to visualize such a "gateway" opening would be if you cut out a hole in a piece of cardboard, and then turned on a hair dryer and held the nozzle flat against the cardboard, then sliding it towards the hole.
Until the nozzle actually reached the hole, the air has nowhere to go, and the engine will quickly run hard and overheat; but once the nozzle reaches the hole, the air has somewhere to go and the pressure is released, with the engine then relaxing.
Inside the atom, via the Biefield-Brown effect, the pressure in the electron clouds is always trying to rush towards the nucleus, and unless the counter-rotating geometries connect, that pressure is blocked.
In this sense, the lines and nodes in the geometric forms could be seen as the "holes" that are "popped" in the nested spherical fields, which will allow the in-streaming pressure to flow through.
This solves one "pressure" problem, but we must also remember the pressure that is created by the counter-rotating forces of the tetrahedron and octahedron.
(These are the geometries that form in the "field bubbles" of what we shall now call aether 1 (A1) and aether 2 (A2) respectively. Ancient traditions often referred to A1 and A2 as "positive and negative force.")
Until the greatest number of "holes" have lined up between both geometries at the octave point of geometric balance, the full amount of outside pressure cannot flow towards the center.
So, when the two forms "lock" together in valence periods that are not at the "octave" point, the counter-rotation of A1 and A2 is not fully balanced, causing additional pressure and lack of symmetry. A1 and A2 will then remain "stuck" in that unbalanced position if they are undisturbed by outside energy.
I was kinda clear that the term mythology applies to modern cosmology and the standard model and the classical mess. I therefore made the comparison and the distinction very clear. It was in the cloak of satire I made the pun. I hope everyone reads exactly what I wrote. I was very clear. It was based on EU beliefs and our conversation on your writing style. I hope you see the clear and valid comparisons as well as satire distinctions. I hope Dave Talbott approves. I am sure you do if he does.
I know you cannot read every post, so you may not have read what I explained. I leave it open to both of you. The thread is actually a place to post comparative analysis of wholistic TOE's and to rebuttal any wholistic TOE. The pun being that maybe we have Nature not speaking english, like pictorgliphs, but also truth in that language. TOE's by nature are comparative and hopefully a way out of the classical mess. I kinda like the entire satire approach.
This thread is a place for Plasmatic to bash APM if he so choses or anyone else and any TOE. It is therefore the one exception to my new forum structure I will at least follow. Non Linear stands alone. Linear is a free for all. There is also a linear thread on gyroscopic spin. I expect to see plasmatic at least chime in on that thread as he raised many valid objections and clearly there is knowledge to be learned in that one domain.
I have a place and a system that fixes everything. It has threads for all various outlets while organizing them around unifying principles. We know that indeed it is more important to be both teacher and student. The forum and members to be of any use must play both roles in a constructive manner. I have based this system on Structure and Function of Non Linear and Linear forms and the human condition. It mirrors Nature and should therefore carry with it implicit and explicit order.
This allows the Non Linear TOEs to be brutalized and put to rest here and here alone. It also allows for the comparison of the common symmetry of these similar yet slightly varying attempts to clean up the classical mess from their individual sources. That would allow members to have a go at both angles and avenues and also keep the forum and threads, short, concise and functional based on the structure of linear and non linear forms. We need one thread to gather Non Linear Symmetry and to debate Stand Alone non linear wholistic threads as they do need some debate. This is that place.
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This post from "the problem with spin" deserves its own place here as it is a response to this thread in its own right. A comparative analysis of TOEs. It is here you can take apart or build up any TOE on the forum or the internet.
Wonderful post from our new member Polarityparadox that builds up comparative TOEs into a better TOE, exactly one of the two vehicles for this thread. So good in fact it warrents its own Non Linear Thread as it is a very comprehensive TOE as it is based on comparative TOE analysis, and I expect we will see one soon.
Remember Non Linear threads stand alone due to their nature and the human nature, so let it be the creation of the member as he found it and the authors that presented it.
This is the one exception to that Non Linear rule. We can bash the Non Linear here all you want including this one, or build them up as comparative analysis allows. Thanks so much.
Mention has been made of Tesla, with reference to a KNOWING, many others have reported this KNOWING, Walter russell and TT Brown amongst them.
I have experienced a similer occurance, obviously not to any tremendous levels that the afor mentioned giants have, but never the less a sudden input occured.
By back tracking to exactly where I was stood at the time, and by working out the lattice structure and what travels along it, I hope I am better placed to offer an explanation.
I consider that the lattice and its content are akin to an information highway, where all knowledge of all time, past , now and future is available if the receiver is able to modulate to its frequencies.
When I read your posts or Jungelord's I make myself go into three dimensional "seeing" to relate to it in the best way possible. I have come to see the more your mind begins to encompass, the more you enter into a type of seeing that is mapping the various functions onto a 3-d nodal type of "matrix". To me this results as a function of combining the bodymind with the brainmind. Then when you spool down into "lower", more details oriented, intellectual, linear, cause and effects thinking, the 3-d effect is even not so useful. You have to be willing to see the discrete, intellectual chunks (even whole systems)(illusionary particles) as simply being a type of extrusion of the divine, higher topological processes. I find it actually awe-inspiring that our minds are so designed that we can encompass greater and greater processes, due to the elegance of holographic, fractal modelling.
StefanR wrote:Type-II Superconductors and Vortices
It has been known that when a magnetic field is applied to some superconductors, so-called "Type-II Supercondutors", a quantized magnetic flux penetrates into the matter. This flux suppresses the superconductivity locally, and the current flows round the flux line. This is called the "Vortex".
Bound States around a Vortex
Around the vortex, the superconductivity, namely, the superconducting pair potential is suppressed, and this potential works as if it is a kind of quantum well. Quasiparticles are bounded in the vortex. There exist excitations at the vortex. Then, the vortex has been traditionally considered to be a Core of the Normal State. This normal-core picture of the vortex is, however, correct only for "dirty" superconductors, which heavily contain impurities or defects.
Hess's Success of STM observation of Vortices
In 1989, Hess et al. first succeeded in observing the bound states, namely, local density of states (LDOS), around a vortex with Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 214 (1989)]. They revealed true electronic structure of the vortex in a clean type-II superconductor, 2H-NbSe2. An existence of a striking zero-bias peak at the vortex center was found by Hess et al.
Splitting of the Zero-bias peak
Motivated by Hess's successful experiment, several theoretical works were done. A theoretical group of Shore, Huang, Dorsey, and Sethna predicted that the zero-bias peak should split into two, if STM spectra are taken at some distance from the vortex center along a radial line [Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 3089 (1989)]. The splitting indicates that the bounded quasiparticle around a vortex has a dispersion relation between its angular momentum and energy. The theoretical prediction was actually confirmed by later experiments by Hess. The zero-bias peak and its splitting along a radial line show that the vortex has rich internal electronic structure. The naive normal-core picture of vortices does break down in clean type-II superconductors.
Star-shaped Local Density of States
Hess's beautiful STM experiments further revealed very exciting properties of vortices. They found that the LDOS around the vortex is shaped like a "star" at a fixed energy and its orientation is dependent on the energy, that is, the sixfold star shape rotates as the bias voltage varies [Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2711 (1990)]. Soon after this observation, Gygi and Schlueter proposed an explanation for this rotation of the star-shaped LDOS [Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1820 (1990)]. On the basis of a sixfold perturbation, they explained that the lower and higher energy stars are interpreted as bonding or antibonding states. However, while they explained certain aspects of the observation, some features of the star-shaped LDOS observed in later STM experiments could not be sufficiently understood by this perturbation scheme.
Mysteries of the Star-shaped LDOS
According to precise STM experiments by Hess, a 'ray' of the star splits into a pair of nearly parallel rays at the intermediate energy [a corresponding theoretical result (see below) is shown in the above image of this page, the middle one]. In spectral evolutions along radial lines which cross the vortex center, the zero-bias peak doesn't split into two, but into three or more ones. Also the peaks vary with the angle of the direction in which the spectral evolution is taken. These experimental findings have not been able to be sufficiently explained for a long time.
Gap Anisotropy ?!
We (Hayashi, Ichioka, and Machida) attempted to understand these experimental findings on the basis of the following effects: (1) an anisotropy of superconducting gap; (2) the vortex lattice; and (3) an anisotropic Fermi surface (or an anisotropy of the underlying crystal lattice). Using the quasiclassical theory of superconductivity, we calculated the LDOS around a vortex for each case. Then, we tentatively concluded that the item (1), anisotropic gap effect, is the most probable. The above images of this page are those obtained in the case of an anisotropic s-wave gap. It was shown that the complicated structure of peaks in the STM spectra can be explained in terms of quasiparticle trajectories (see the reference #3 below). We also predicted the existence of extra peaks in spectral evolutions, which is characteristic of the gap anisotropy.
Gap or Crystal Lattice ?
There, however, remains an uncertainty. Our recent calculation showed that the crystal lattice effect on the vortex bound states, which Gygi and Schlueter originally considered, also reproduces qualitatively the detail of the STM results, if non-perturbation method is adopted. Further investigation and comparison are now in progress. If the above predicted extra peaks are observed in future STM, it will be an evidence of the gap anisotropy.
Future problems...
The low-temperature STM experiments have successfully revealed the rich internal electronic structure of individual vortices in a clean type-II superconductor, 2H-NbSe2. Future STM experiments on various superconductors are greatly expected. On the other hand, it has been found by STM that the vortex in clean type-II superconductors has richer electronic structure than a traditional "normal core" does. It might be appropriate that the vortex is called the Superconducting Vortex rather than the Normal-state Vortex Core. (We recommend an interesting paper by Rainer, Sauls, and Waxman [Phys. Rev. B 54, 10094 (1996)]. Especially their Introduction is appropriate.) It is expected to investigate effects of the superconducting vortex on various physical phenomena such as the Thermal conductivity and Nuclear spin-Lattice relaxation..
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junglelord wrote:How do you feel about the Wilbert Smith 6 dimensions of construct?
This seemed to jump out at me from your understanding of man being a six construct being. Something I have read many times.
I spent years Rolfing in my profession of Orthopedic Therapy, I see your a Homeopath...very cool. My first introduction to Homopathic care was from a new graduate when I was in the clincal practice for one year. Her triple combination for my swelling (twisted knee) blew me away with its effectiness and speed of effectiness. Really was nice to have her as a referal for my patients.
I am still chewing on your post. It would be nice if you could make a Non Linear Thread on his work. That means we would leave it as you construct it so it stands alone. We could debate it at length here.
Two Manifestations of Charge
The two types of charge recognized in the Aether Physics Model are the electrostatic charge and the electromagnetic charge. In modern physics only one type of charge is quantified. As a result of the two types of charges, we have successfully developed the electron binding energy equation, which accurately predicts the 1s orbital electron binding energies for all the atomic elements. Our white paper, "A New Foundation for Physics," explains the two types of charge in greater detail. A synopsis is given on this page.
Also, in modern physics charge has only one dimension. In the Aether Physics Model charge is distributed (charge squared).
The electrostatic charge is the same as elementary charge, except that it is represented as e2 instead of just e. The value of electrostatic charge in the APM is:
Strong nuclear charge is the product of angular momentum of a subatomic particle and the conductance of the Aether.
Strong charge, (or electromagnetic charge) is written as eemax2 for the electron, epmax2 for the proton and enmax2 for the neutron. Unlike the electrostatic charge, which is the same for both the electron and proton, the strong charge is different for each onn (subatomic particle) and is directly proportional to the onn's mass.
The angular momentum of an electron is represented as Planck's constant:
The conductance of the Aether is:
The proportion of electrostatic charge to strong charge is equal to 8p times the fine structure of the onn.
The significance of this proportion is that it represents the "weak nuclear force" of the particle. Each particle has its own "weak nuclear force".
Equations 1.6 through 1.8 represent the unified charge equations for each onn. Taken together these equations are the basis for a mathematically correct Unified Force Theory. Electrostatic charge has one spin and is spherical, while electromagnetic charge has half spin and has steradian geometry.
The unified charge equations dictate a general geometry for the subatomic particles.
Figure 1 Subatomic Particle Geometry
The above graphic illustrates the two charges as they are related to each other and shows the proportion of their surfaces.
Electrostatic charge has the geometry of a sphere (small sphere in center of Figure 1) while the strong charge has the geometry of a toroid. Since strong charge belongs to the half spin subatomic particle, strong charge must multiply by two to be equal in spin to one spin electrostatic charge. And since electrostatic charge has a solid angle of one (spherical) electromagnetic charge must multiply by 4p to be equal in geometry. This is the meaning of the 8p geometrical constant, which also occurs in Einstein's simplified field equation for General Relativity.
The proportion of the electrostatic charge sphere (small sphere in center) to the electromagnetic charge sphere (large gray sphere) is alpha, the Fine Structure constant. The fine structure constant is the proportion of the one spin electrostatic sphere to the equivalent strong charge one spin sphere.
Fine Structure of the Proton and Neutron
From equation (1.6) the fine structure of the proton and neutron can also be determined. First the equation is solved for alpha:
Substituting epmax2 for eemax2 we get the values for the fine structure of the proton (p) and neutron (n).
The neutron has a fine structure constant just as the proton and electron do even though the charge is neutral. The point is, even though the charge is neutral, it still has an electrostatic charge based on a proton that has bound to an electron. Whether the charge is positive, negative or neutral does not change the nature of the electrostatic charge.
Strong Nuclear Force
The mechanics of strong charge can be carried over to the proton and neutron.
Planck's constant is the angular momentum of an electron. Similar constants can be derived for the neutron and proton. In the case of the proton the angular momentum is:
where hp is equal to the angular momentum of the proton, mp is the mass of the proton, c is the speed of light and is the Compton wavelength. Similarly, the angular momentum of the neutron is:
where hn denotes the angular momentum of the neutron and mn is the mass of the neutron. The values of these angular momenta are:
The reader will note that the above values for proton and neutron angular momentum differ from the values given by NIST (interestingly, NIST has subsequently deleted values of the proton and neutron angular momenta from their web site). This is one of a few units the Aether Physics Model disagrees with the Standard Model over.
The rationale for using the above units for proton and neutron angular momentum is that the Aether appears to have just one quantum length and just one quantum frequency. The masses of the proton and neutron as given by NIST are not disputed.
When calculating the maximum charge for the proton and neutron in terms of elementary charge as in equation (1.5) we obtain the following values:
epmax = (1.18)
enmax = (1.19)
Both (1.18) and (1.19) result in the relative value of the "strong nuclear force" compared to the elementary charge. In 1994, Robert Mills published "Space Time and Quanta - an introduction to contemporary physics" in which he suggests the strong nuclear force is an electromagnetic force. Equations (1.18) and (1.19) offer evidence to support his theory. A brief overview of this theory can be found at PHYSICS MYSTERIES EXPLAINED PART III.
All of the above concepts concerning charge are explained in greater detail and with more visual aids in our book, "Secrets of the Aether."
Notice the "quantum leap" that occurs in the fibonacci sequence: 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233. If you divide the 12th number 144 by the 13th number 233 you get 1.618, a beautiful symbol of creation's striving to attain to the golden perfection of truth. This elegantly close resonance with the golden mean only occurs at the 12th "spiral" of material manifestation merging into the 13th…..here, now, in this nexus moment of no-time. The floodgates of various spiritual disciplines were opened around 1912 as principles from many esoteric disciplines were laid bare at this time. In fact, map out the 100 years from 1912 to 2012: a massive nexus point….in and of itself, or so I think. (midpoint was the very rare 7 planet alignment in aquarius, 1962)
12 mineral salts in the body – to be found upon burning the corpse – thus the bio-12 tissue salts
12 constitutions – sulph., lyc., calc. c., puls., phos., sil., nat. m., ars., sep., nux. v., staph., lach.
12 constellations (bound by the hidden 13th – the Dragon or Ophiucus the controller of the serpent, or Delphinus of Capricorn?)
12 stones of fire – on the breast plate of the Levite priests – the secret 13th being the red ruby of wisdom (laser)
12 steps (in the wet method) in alchemy to create the philosopher's stone
12 equidistant dodecahedral power points on the planet – Bermuda triangle is just one of them
12 petals of the heart chakra
12 Greek/Roman/Egyptian/Sumerian gods
12 tribes nations everywhere: one being Israel (the 13th tribe are the Levites)
12 mo(o)nths of the year – the lunar year having 13
12 disciples (Jesus, Krishna, Mithras the 13th)
It just so happens that a sphere is perfectly enclosed by another 12 surrounding it
12 cranial nerves
12 primal chinese meridian systems
12 hours in a day, 12 2160 year "days" in a great year of 25,920 years
12 quantum transitional metals – gold, silver, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, platinum, iridium, osmium, copper, cobalt, nickel, and mercury
13 archimedian solids
and so on……….
there is a nugget of gold here if we only knew how to catch a grasp of it...
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Rhino poaching toll in South Africa reaches new high
Rhino poaching statistics released today by the South African government reveal that a record 668 rhinos were killed across the country in 2012
- Date January 10, 2013
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Washington, DC, Jan 10, 2013 – Rhino poaching statistics released today by the South African government reveal that a record 668 rhinos were killed across the country in 2012, an increase of nearly 50% from the 448 rhinos lost to poachers in 2011, and a staggering 5000% increase since 2007, when the number poached was 13. An additional five rhinos have been killed since the beginning of this year.
A majority of the rhino deaths, 425, occurred in Kruger National Park, South Africa's premier safari destination. Poaching incidents in Kruger rose sharply from 252 in 2011.
"I did not want to believe the 2012 numbers," said Matthew Lewis, WWF's African species expert. "This new high in South Africa for the number of rhinos poached within the last decade is horrific. Poachers are stepping up their game and we must do the same. We need to increase protection for rangers on the frontlines and curb the demand for rhino horn in consumer countries to stop this heinous wildlife crime. I do not want to imagine a world in which rhinos no longer exist in the wild."
A recent TRAFFIC report found that rhino horns are mistakenly believed to have medicinal properties and are seen as highly desirable status symbols in some Asian countries, notably Vietnam. The increased value of rhino horn has enticed well-organized, well-financed and highly-mobile criminal groups to become involved in rhino poaching.
"Vietnam must curtail the nation's rhino horn habit, which is fueling a poaching crisis in South Africa," said Sabri Zain, TRAFFIC's Director of Advocacy. "Rhinos are being illegally killed, their horns hacked off and the animals left to bleed to death, all for the frivolous use of their horns as a hangover cure."
In December, Vietnam and South Africa signed an agreement aimed at bolstering law enforcement and tackling illegal wildlife trade including rhino horn trafficking. The agreement paves the way for improved intelligence information sharing and joint efforts by the two nations to crack down on the criminal syndicates behind the smuggling networks.
"While we commend South Africa and Vietnam for signing a Memorandum of Understanding regarding biodiversity conservation, we now need to see a joint Rhino Plan of Action being implemented, leading to more of these rhino horn seizures," said Dr Jo Shaw, WWF-SA's Rhino Coordinator. "There is also an urgent need to work closely with countries which are transit routes for illicit rhino horn, specifically Mozambique."
Both Mozambique and Vietnam have been given failing grades by WWF's Wildlife Crime Scorecard for failing to enforce laws meant to protect rhinos. The study also outlines important actions needed by South Africa, such as ensuring those arrested for rhino crimes are prosecuted and punished.
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"We are thrilled to bring this proven national model to schools in our home region and look forward to engaging the time and talent of Celanese employees to make a difference with our community," Celanese Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Rohr.
Through a commitment to improving the quality of life for people around the world, the Celanese Foundation is supporting City Year to improve the educational outcomes for students. The Celanese Foundation is sponsoring a local City Year AmeriCorps team in Dallas to make an impact for students by investing their time, resources and talent. The Celanese Foundation will leverage the expertise of its employees to support leadership and professional development for City Year AmeriCorps members through mentorship and high-impact service projects to help transform schools. The Celanese Foundation also played a key role in engaging local public and private stakeholders to help bring City Year to Dallas.


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Legends among us
One of the sad things about being a legend in a local area, even for a star with a national reputation, is that often those who are nearby don't know what you've done. That may be true for someone like the truly legendary Barbara Lynn, an amazing woman in her own right who has toured with many big stars in her storied professional career.
Coming from Beaumont and Southeast Texas may make it even more difficult to be recognized when the area is ripe with musical fruit; more than 65 area artists have hit the big time with No. 1 records, chart toppers and musical feats. Check out the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur if you want to be amazed.
Lynn, one of those local legends, will receive well-deserved honors Sunday, Jan. 15, as she celebrates her 70th birthday. Performances by Jack Edery and Ultrasuede and the Dean James Band with special guests Jimmy Simmons, Ashlynn Ivy, the Lisa Marshall Band, Bachelor Wise and more will honor Lynn at The Gig at 234 Crockett St. in downtown Beaumont.
What everyone is really hoping for, along with hearing all of the performers on stage, is that Lynn will break out her guitar, play it left-handed as she does, and rock the house. She is a female instrumentalist extraordinaire (and one of the first females guitarists to hit the charts). She often wrote her own material and simply loves making the music.
Defining her brand of music is not always an easy task because it straddles the line quite nicely between blues and true southern R&B. Her No. 1 hit, "You'll Lose A Good Thing," a self-penned ballad from 1962, was recorded in New Orleans and bears the imprint of soulful jazz that might have come from the streets around the French Quarter. This song became a national hit, reaching popular music's Top Ten charts and becoming a No. 1 single on R&B charts.
Lynn was born Barbara Lynn Ozen in Beaumont on Jan. 16, 1942, and soon took up piano. Inspired by Elvis Presley, she effortlessly switched over to guitar and formed her own band in junior high school, Bobbie Lynn and the Idols. Her musical role models at the time included Guitar Slim and Jimmy Reed, among others. Female pop singers such as Brenda Lee, "Little Miss Dynamite," and Connie Francis were among her influences. Winning a few talent shows and playing some teen dances, she found she wanted more. Lynn started working local clubs and juke joints, risking her school career if discovered because she was still under age. Singer Joe Barry saw her perform live and, impressed, recommended her to his friend, producer/impresario Huey P. Meaux, aka "the Crazy Cajun."
Her first album was released in 1962 and featured 10 of her original songs among the 12 tracks. She added songs, "You're Gonna Need Me" and "Oh, Baby, We've Got A Good Thing Going" to her accomplishments. The latter song was recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1965. In 1966, Lynn switched over to Meaux's Tribe label and cut "You Left the Water Running," which became something of an R&B standard. Otis Redding later covered this tune. In 1967, Lynn chose to sign with Atlantic and had another R&B hit with "This Is the Thanks I Get." In 1972, she scored one more hit for Atlantic, "Until Then, I'll Suffer," but by this time in her life, her children needed a mom She, for the most part, retired from the music industry although she did agree to play some tour dates.
Lynn decided to return to her first love in the mid-1980s and toured Japan for the first time in 1984. She later cut a live album there titled "You Don't Have to Go," which eventually was issued in the U.S. by Ichiban. Even though many do not know her name, she has managed over the years to retain a cult-like following among true connoisseurs of American soul and blues in several different pockets of this vast world. She toured internationally in the '90s and in 1994, Bullseye Blues issued her first full-fledged studio album in over two decades, "So Good." "Until Then, I'll Suffer" was recorded again in 1996 and Lynn caught the attention of executives at the respected blues label, Antone's. In 2000, she cut "Hot Night Tonight," which featured a couple of songs by her son Bachelor Wise.
Her attributes are truly legendary, and she's hung with the big boys in a field once dominated totally by male musicians. Her 70th birthday party on Crockett Street should be memorable and worthy of a legend in her own time. And just maybe, she'll give us a present, too, by picking up that old guitar.
Doors open at 6 p.m., and advance tickets can be purchased by calling (409) 833-7999 or (409) 454-8496. There will be $10 tickets available at the door. Sponsors for this event are Kinsel Ford and Attaboy Pest Control.


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Let $H$ be a Hilbert space, and let $A_t$ be a family of unbounded positive (self-adjoint) operators on $H$ parametrized by $\mathbb t\in R_{\ge 0}$. Consider the ordinary differential equation $$ \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\frac{d}{dt} E_t = -A_tE_t \quad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad(1) $$ that defines the ordered exponential of the family $A_t$.
If $A_t=A$ is independ of $t$, then the solution of the ODE is the usual exponential $E_t=e^{-tA}$.
Note that the above operators $E_t$ are bounded.
I suspect that, if I put appropriate hypotheses on $A_t$, (such as having a common dense domain, depending continuously on $t$, whatever that might mean, etc.) the solution of (1) will also be bounded. Intuitively, it's kind of clear: $$ E_t = \lim_{N\to\infty} \Big(e^{-\frac t N A_t} \cdot e^{-\frac t N A_{t(1-1 /N)}} \cdot e^{-\frac t N A_{t(1-2 /N)}}\cdots \cdot e^{-\frac t N A_{t(3 /N)}} \cdot e^{-\frac t N A_{t(2 /N)}} \cdot e^{-\frac t N A_{t(1 /N)}}\Big) $$ and each little exponential in the above product has norm $\le 1$.
Q: Which properties should I impose on the family $A_t$ in order for the solution of (1) to be well defined and bounded?


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Introducing the "I LOVE LUCY PROJECT" and a couple Motherhood classes with Linda Eyre (and me too)
Well, I have a few items of business to discuss. They may not seem related, but hear me out:
First off, my parents are coming to visit this week, and man alive, are we ever excited about it over here. (There's nothing like a good visit from your parents to pull you out of "wit's end.")
While my Mom's here we are going to be teaching a couple classes...really, really fun ones based around stuff we talk about in our book like family mission statements, how to be your
version of the "best Mom," having the "big talk" with your kids, and how to find balance amidst the chaos (hmmm...sounds like I better go to this class...). One will be on
Wednesday, December 2nd at 10-11
Blissful Living Studios
for the phone number and sign up info.). The other class will be at
Poppy's Home Decor
Thursday, December 3rd
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for the phone number and more info. on that one. We'll be covering different things at each one, so come to both if you want!
Let me tell you, my Mom is the best speaker...I can't wait to bask in her words of motherhood wisdom and get inspired (and I'm excited to share a few things from my small bag of tricks too). Really, I love this stuff. I sometimes daydream about having my Mom's job of traveling the world talking about Motherhood when my kids are all grown up. I'd be in Heaven.
But I digress...man I do that a lot.
Ok, so some more items of business about
(this is the part you have to hear me out to figure out how it's all related):
The holiday season is fast approaching, and if you're like me, you're starting to think about good gifts to give people (and even if you're different from me...very, very different, and you have all your Christmas gifts bought, wrapped, and ready to go, maybe you could still use an extra idea to slip in there).
Christmas always makes my heart search for a need out there to contribute to...some good cause to help out. I love the whole hoopla of the season...Santa and the lights and the decorations, but I always yearn for something to help me feel the true meaning of the season a little more profoundly. It's great to buy gifts for everyone I love, but I love having an extra "cause."
I have a child who has made me realize how incredibly amazing science is. I can't believe that they can do research to fix eyes that don't work, or eyes that are losing their "seeing abilities." And we're hoping with all our hearts that by the time Lucy needs help, they'll have some answers for us. So we want to give them money. Because in order to do their job, they need funding.
My Mom and I have written a book. A book we hope has and will continue to enlighten mothers to help them embrace the "light in the trenches" of Motherhood. (Yes, I need to go flip through it for some inspiration myself....)
I have an amazing Mother. She is so on-board trying to be such a supporting partner in Lucy's issues. I think she has secured a spot as the vice president of the "I Love Lucy Club" without even submitting her name for nomination. Together we have decided to donate ALL of our proceeds from our book to
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Foundation for Blind Children
, and other organizations working effortlessly to help people like Lucy. We have affectionately named this little endeavor the "I LOVE LUCY PROJECT." If you want more details, read
We have figured out a deal with our publisher to make our book more accessible to more people. They have agreed that if you buy the book online you will automatically get 20% off. This benefits everyone involved since you get the book (or some amazing mother in your world will receive it from you as a gift), and children struggling with blindness will be benefited all over the place.
So, this is how all these tangents are inter-related:
You can buy our book, receive 20% off, keep it and treasure it up or buy a few to give away,
make a difference to a very good cause all at the same time!!
See how great that is?
So, take a minute to get re-acquainted with the buttons on my sidebar where you can donate money directly to the causes if you want, or you can go straight to our publisher's site (by clicking on the book icon), and order the book there, being assured that you are donating to a great cause (and that you're getting a great deal).
Ok, so this is the other tangent on this post:
We're hoping people can help us get the word out about the "I Love Lucy Project." If there's anyone out there who may be willing to help by posting
on their blogs to spread the word out like wild fire, we'd really, really appreciate it
(that link is to a new blog we've created for this project...you could copy and paste the info. into yours)
I totally feel like a salesman here, and I really don't mean to. My Mother and I are SO not into the "promotion" thing, and of course, will be getting no financial profit from this project. But so many people have asked how to help Lucy, and so many people need Christmas gifts, and so many people losing vision need help...especially, at least in
heart, this girl right here:
As her Mother I will do anything I can to help find ways to fight the blindness that lurks on her horizon. And sometimes you just have to fight for your kids. Right now, this is my fight.
I Love Lucy Project
my cause


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How would you like to keep your boy toy locked in hard and tight, literally? This metal chastity cock cage will make him understand that he and his cock belong to just you. To use you simply place the cock through the cage. Then open one of the cock rings and secure it behind the ball sack as shown in image. Then secure the chastity cage to the cock ring with a padlock or wire so he is under your control.
The metal cage has a shiny, elegant look. The cage has an inside length of 3" and an inside diameter of 1.5". The ring is 1.5" inside diameter.


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Marlins' Double-A outfield to feature touted prospects
JUPITER, Fla. -- Double-A Jacksonville promises to feature one of the best outfields in Minor League Baseball.
The Marlins' decision to reassign Christian Yelich to Minor League camp on Friday makes an already impressive Suns' outfield even better.
The only issue facing Miami's Double-A affiliate's outfield is health. Center fielder Jake Marisnick and right fielder Marcell Ozuna are each nursing broken left hands.
Marisnick fractured a bone in his hand when he was hit by a pitch on March 6 in a Grapefruit League game against St. Louis. The initial diagnosis is the 21-year-old would be out about a month, making it questionable if he will be ready for Opening Day. On Wednesday, the Suns' outfield took another hit when Ozuna suffered a fracture in his hand after colliding with the outfield wall.
Ozuna is expected to miss about a month, meaning he may be ready closer to late April or early May.
Yelich will play left field and center field at Jacksonville.
"I knew this was going to happen," Yelich said of being sent out. "It was a matter of when. It will be good to go down and be with the team I'm going to be with."