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For those of us who are destined to awaken the kundalini energy within their central vertical power current, the experience of kundalini risen offers a sure course to protect ourselves from the curses and evil spells of black magicians.
- REVERSE KUNDALINI [Black Magicker, Bespeller – Voodoo Man, Regal Hex, Lazarus, Witchy Woman Hater]
- Life Choices That May Create the Phenomenon of 'Reverse Kundalini'
- Effect of Reverse Kundalini on the Higher Mental Body and the Lower Mental Body of a Person
- Broadcasting of Malspeak as Nightmarish Dreams While Sleeping
- Effects of Reverse Kundalini: Antisocial Thought Forms, Astral Stories, and 'Acting Out'
- Reverse Kundalini Syndrome
- Fractal Dissemination of Reverse Kundalini by the Black Magician
- Black Tantra (Group Male Homosexual Experience) as a Means to Create the Reverse Kundalini Experience
- Is the Indian Debate About the Householder and the Celibate Lifestyle an Euphemism to Do with Heterosexual or Homosexual Sacred Sexuality as a Path to Enlightenment?
- Might Followers of Indigenous Creeds and Shamanism Worldwide Contribute to Noospheric Energies of People Experiencing Reverse Kundalini?
- Macumba: Infliction of Harm on Others
- Comments: Getting Round Black Magic Curses and Spells
- Candomblé: Spirit Possession That May Lead to Homosexuality
- Comments: Links Between Spirit Possession, Homosexuality, and Reverse Kundalini
- Haitian Vodou: Spirit Possession / Vampirism
- Comments
- My Mind to Your Mind
- The Human 'Horse' or 'Donkey'
- Egoic Terror and the Dreaded Mind Wipe
- Fugue State While Demonically Possessed
- Vampirism (Catastrophic Energy Drain) Through Spirit Possession.
- Comments
- Practitioners of Indigenous Creeds May Experience Reverse Kundalini
- Macumba: Infliction of Harm on Others
- 'Bucking the Tide' of Reverse Kundalini Energies
- Life Choices That May Create the Phenomenon of 'Kundalini Risen'
- Effect of Kundalini Risen on the Higher Mental Body and the Lower Mental Body of a Person
- Stories by Alice: The Spontaneous Experience of Kundalini Risen
- Sidebar: "Shogun," Anjin San and the Zen Moment
- The Gentle Technique of Kundalini Risen as Taught by Yogi Bhajan
- The 'Locks' and 'Pranayam' That Cause the Kundalini to Rise
- Effects of Kundalini Risen: Magnetic Attraction, Happiness, Spiritual Wisdom, Luck in Life
- Kundalini Risen Deters the Predations of the Dark
- The Physical and Subtle Bodies of a Person
- Reverse Kundalini Affects the Physical Body and the Seven 'Personal' Subtle Bodies
- Deleterious Effects on Others of the Sleeping Thought Forms of a Person Experiencing Reverse Kundalini
- Black Magic Spells and Curses by the Black Magician Consciously Projecting Reverse Kundalini Thought Forms Towards Other People
- Black Tantra as a Group Method to Experience Reverse Kundalini
- Black Tantra as a Putative Cause of Astral Gang Attacks on Single Women
- Alice's Perilous Tales: Twenty Years Spent in Learning How to Counter Psychic Predations of Raiding Groups of Astral Men in Los Angeles
- Jackass Love Curse
- "Bow Down to Me" 3-Part Football Play
- Standing on the Floor Above the Mark
- 'Slam Dunk' in Switzerland
- Immediate Shielding Effect of Kundalini Risen
- Kundalini Risen Affects the Subtle Body Termed the 'Body of Light', Which 'Trumps' the Subtle Bodies Affected by Reverse Kundalini
- More on the Physical and Subtle Bodies of a Person
- My Experience with an Easy Kundalini Set: Untoward Psychic Phenomena Fled Away When the Set Was First Practiced
- Invocation of God's Presence
- Basic Spinal Energy Series
- Optional Add-ons
- The Yoga Set in Written Form
Dear Ones,
After searching for years for the answer to the question: How may I protect myself against astral rape, against astral vampirism, and against the astral 'pass-through' or 'flow-through' that dilutes the purity of the central vertical power current, I have finally come up with an explanation for these phenomena, and a solution that can be utilized by most people who are in good health.
Insofar as I know, the conclusions I reach herein are novel and unique to occult researchers worldwide. These conclusions are based partly on my psychic experiences and partly on my physical experiences of kundalini in its many aspects. Here is what I found out …
THE LOWER MENTAL BODY AND THE HIGHER MENTAL BODY top
The portions of the human mind within the energy field of the torso are two: the subconscious mind or 'gut brain' or Lower Mental Body in the lower torso, and the conscious mind or Higher Mental Body in the brain.
BHAKTI OR HEART-CENTERED YOGA OF DEVOTION top
These two minds, the Lower Mental Body and the Higher Mental Body, can be united and harmonized through meditation on the heart chakra. That meditation is termed 'bhakti yoga' or devotion to God, and is often expressed through contemplating or song in praise of God. It is meditation on the heart, and following the heart as a moment-to-moment event in daily life, that causes the experience of 'one mind', or 'single mindedness'. That is the ability to clearly express one's intent through consistent action in life.
THE 'KUNDALINI' OR 'CENTRAL VERTICAL POWER CURRENT' top
The human energy field … the electromagnetic field or 'aura' … is shaped like a torus; more or less like an apple with a hollow core. The hollow core of the human torus is called the 'kundalini' or 'central vertical power current'.
The kundalini can exist in a human being in several different states …
- In many people the kundalini is stagnant, not moving up or down.
- In some people the kundalini 'shilly-shallies' in a jittering up-and-down motion. It may do so bit by bit, all day long, or only occasionally, say, once a day or once a month.
- In some people the kundalini flows downward, from the crown of the head to the bottom of the torso. This downward energy is termed 'reverse kundalini' flow.
- And in some people the kundalini flows upward, from the bottom of the torso to the crown of the head. This upward energy is termed 'kundalini risen'.
STAGNANT KUNDALINI top
The kundalini is stagnant in many people who lead normal lives, and have an interest in worldly things rather than an inclination towards the spiritual realms.
My intuitive feeling is that the kundalini may become more stagnant than the norm through the use of morphine, heroin, or opioids. The occult texts indicate, for instance, that the use of drugs can cause a 'woodenness' in the connections between the physical body and the subtle bodies. That 'woodenness' may cause stagnation … lack of fluidity and lack of malleability in the central vertical power current as well.
There is a black magic device that is used to black magicians to bring the consciousness of a person with kundalini risen back to the normal state of stagnant kundalini. This is the Jackass Love Curse, particularly with regard to bespelling a person to be sexually attracted to an animal ..
Link: "How to Lift the Dire Karma of the Jackass Love Curse," by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 15 June 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-9qX ..
That spell causes the person's gut brain to overcome the higher consciousness of the brain. In other words, the desires of the lower triangle become the ruling force in a person's life. The lower triangle is a relatively sluggish fire of life, that burns steadily, flares up predictably from time to time, and continues to sustain the animal desire to survive until the wick of our life flickers out.
In that state the cast down yogi may remain after devastation by the machinations of the black magician's Jackass Love Curse, unless he or she attain a greater understanding of the workings of the kundalini energy, and of those reliable ways once more to awaken it.
SHILLY-SHALLYING KUNDALINI top
Intuition tells me that a jittery kundalini represents a weakened auric state. I feel that the weakened human electromagnetic field is the cause of the psychic phenomena I term 'psychic rape', 'astral vampirism', and astral 'pass-through' or 'flow-through' that contaminates the energy of the central vertical power current.
It could be that use of marijuana contributes to restless sleep, and restless dreams. These may exacerbate the shilly-shallying kundalini in some people.
My feeling is that the shilly-shallying kundalini occurs when a person is about to begin experiencing either reverse kundalini or kundalini risen; or, having experienced the one or the other, needs to decide which he or she prefers, and to take action accordingly.
REVERSE KUNDALINI top
Life Choices That May Create the Phenomenon of 'Reverse Kundalini'
There are several life choices, I have read, that are thought to create the phenomenon of 'reverse kundalini'. One is the practice of receptive rectal intercourse, as this practice, in time, may injure the rectal tissue, and cause the person to develop a liking for masochism, with attendant deleterious karmic consequences. For more on this, see …
Link: "Can People Who Practice Rectal Intercourse Attain Enlightenment?" by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 20 June 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-iQn ..
I have read that the practice of donor rectal intercourse, because it is said sometimes to inflict pain, may cause a person to develop a liking for sadism, with attendant deleterious karmic consequences.
Another life choice that may contribute to the phenomenon of 'reverse kundalini' is the use of the drugs cocaine and methamphetamine, among other 'hard' recreational drugs.
Effect of Reverse Kundalini on the Higher Mental Body and the Lower Mental Body of a Person
The effect of reverse kundalini on the portions of the human mind within the energy field of the torso are this: The energy of the Higher Mental Body, or conscious mind, in the brain, flows down into the energy of the Lower Mental Body, the subconscious mind or 'gut brain' in the lower torso. There the Higher Mental Body encounters the energies of sadism or masochism, which manifest as 'malware' or 'malspeak' in the psychic plane.
This wounding of the Higher Mental Body through Lower Mental Body malware infection might cause mental filter errors during waking life. In other words, it might distort the cognitive capacity of the Higher Mental Body.
Broadcasting of Malspeak as Nightmarish Dreams While Sleeping
When the person with reverse kundalini is asleep, the malware or malspeak in his or her gut brain might, I feel, broadcast as nightmarish dreams through the Subconscious Thought Cloud of the World.
Effects of Reverse Kundalini: Antisocial Thought Forms, Astral Stories, and 'Acting Out'
There is a constellation of antisocial thought forms and astral stories sometimes associated with reverse kundalini, including violent felonies such as armed robbery; home invasions; rape of men, women, and children; child trafficking; murder of men, women and children; genital mutilation; human or 'blood' sacrifice; cannibalism; entity attachment; demonic possession; and the type of Satan worship that is action-oriented rather than bookishly inclined.
Reverse Kundalini Syndrome. It seems possible these thoughts and astral stories may sometimes manifest on the physical plane as 'acting out' of these antisocial behaviors, although, I feel, far less frequently than these energies manifest in the dreamtime realm. To my mind these form a 'Reverse Kundalini Syndrome' of antisocial behavior.
Fractal Dissemination of Reverse Kundalini by the Black Magician
Intuitively I feel that the black magician who exhibits reverse kundalini energy flow can fractally disseminate that energy array to other people through the astral plane. This fractal dissemination might occur, I feel, when the black magician is asleep, through subconscious expression of malspeak into the noosphere.
Fractal dissemination of the malspeak could, I feel, also occur through the black magician's visualization of his astral form entering the rectum of another person, feet first, so that his lower astral torso ends up in the other person's head, and his head ends up in the other person's rectum.
In that way the other person's brain might become infected with the black magician's Lower Mental Body malspeak, and the other person's gut brain might be overcome by the black magician's Higher Mental Body. There is an animation of this black magic fractal dissemination technique here …
Link: "Alice's Perilous Tales: Uber Mind Control," drawings by Alice B. Clagett, drawn and published on 24 August 2019 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-e4a … COMMENT: See the image of the man standing on his head at the top of the animation.
Black Tantra (Group Male Homosexual Experience) as a Means to Create the Reverse Kundalini Experience
Intuitively I feel that the male-to-male partnered group yoga practice termed 'black tantra' might be practiced in the world today, perhaps in the Hindu religion; possibly as a misdirection of the occult powers of the Kabbalah in Judaism; possibly amongst some monastics in the Buddhist religion; and also in men-only Satanic or Christian esoteric cults here in America, so as to 'force bloom' the experience of reverse kundalini, which may be flying under false colors as the enlightenment experience, when in actually, it seems to me, it is an expression of black magic or sorcery.
For more on this, please see my blog categories: Black tantra … and … Black magician – black magicker – subtle sorcerer – thuggee – drukpa (dugpa) – red hat – mantrik – brujo ..
Is the Indian Debate About the Householder and the Celibate Lifestyle an Euphemism to Do with Heterosexual or Homosexual Sacred Sexuality as a Path to Enlightenment?
I feel it might be that the practice of black tantra as a secret ritual may be behind the very long Indian yogic debate as to whether the householder life … such as that in the Sikh religion … or the celibate life (perhaps an euphemism for rectal intercourse amongst men) is the better path to enlightenment.
Might Followers of Indigenous Creeds and Shamanism Worldwide Contribute to Noospheric Energies of People Experiencing Reverse Kundalini?
Indigenous creeds such as Santeria, Candomble, Umbanda, Macumba, and tribal-voodoo are practiced by about 100 million people worldwide. I feel that the black magic aspects of these creeds may contribute to the noospheric energies of reverse kundalini.
Macumba: Infliction of Harm on Others. I think this because, according to Wikipedia, some indigenous creeds use their faiths to inflict harm on others.
For instance, I read: "Some practitioners purport to use Macumba to inflict harm, financial failure, illness, death, etc. on other people for various reasons." –from Link: "Macumba," in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macumba … CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments: Getting Round Black Magic Curses and Spells. Infliction of harm through curses and spells is a feature of black magic. Through psychic research (rather than book reading) I have gleaned quite a lot about this aspect of black magic, and ways to get round it and keep safe. See my blog category: Healing astral intent to harm ..
Candomblé: Spirit Possession That May Lead to Homosexuality. In Candomblé, there is a ritual of possession of a man by a spirit, in the sense that a woman is 'taken' by a man, and this may sometimes lead a man, it is thought, from heterosexuality to homosexuality …
"Candomblé focuses on the worship of the orishas or orixás.[16] Practitioners varyingly define these orishas as "African sprits," "energies", or "forces of nature", … and they are often conceived as being ancestral figures …
"Within Candomblé, it is regarded as a privilege to be possessed by an orisha…. As it entails being "mounted, being possessed is regarded as being a symbolically female role…. For this reason, many heterosexual men refuse initiation into Candomblé; some believe that involvement in these rites can turn a man homosexual." –from Link: "Candomblé," in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9 … CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments: Links Between Spirit Possession, Homosexuality, and Reverse Kundalini. That the fear of converting from heterosexuality to homosexuality because of spirit possession exists in Latin America aligns with the discussion of black tantra (M2M group tantra) as a black magic practice arousing reverse kundalini (see above). It adds the further aspect of spirit possession, which I have found to be true through psychic observation. For more on this, see my blog category: Obsession – possession – entity attachment – exorcism ..
Haitian Vodou: Spirit Possession / Vampirism. Haitian Vodou also practices spirit possession. "Vodou practitioners believe that during this process, the lwa [spirit] enters the head of the possessed individual and displaces their gwo bon anj (consciousness)…. This displacement is believed to generate the trembling and convulsions that the chwal [possessed person, 'horse'] undergoes as they become possessed; …
Maya Deren described a look of "anguish, ordeal and blind terror" on the faces of those as they became possessed…. Because their consciousness has been removed from their head during the possession,
Vodouists believe that the chwal will have no memory of what occurs during the incident…. The length of the possession varies, often lasting a few hours but in some instances several days…. It may end with the chwal collapsing in a semi-conscious state….
The possessed individual is typically left physically exhausted by the experience…." –from Link: "Haitian Vodou," in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou#Spirit_possession … CC BY-SA 3.0 [Paragraphing is mine. –AC]
Comments. I see in this description of Haitian Vodou several parallels to my psychic research over the last 20 years.
My Mind to Your Mind. For instance, there is the thought that the possessing spirit enters the head of the possessed person. For more on this, search this term in my blog: My mind to your mind
The Human 'Horse' or 'Donkey'. That Haitian Vodou terms the possessed person a chwal ('horse', someone who is 'ridden' by a possessing entity) aligns with my psychic intel regarding a man who became a 'donkey' …
Link: "Donkey Song," a Story and Songs by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 6 February 2018; published on 7 February 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-8j6 ..
As well, it is in alignment with my intuitive rendition of techniques used by black magicians to degrade the Souls of people so as to 'lord it over them'. These three techniques are described here …
Link: "A Short-Sighted Demon Elimination Technique," by Alice B. Clagett, Written and published on 31 October 2015; republished on 20 March 2018; revised on 29 July 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-4fQ … See the section: How Demons Are Tied Down to an Unwilling Human Being Through Black Magic
For more on the techniques used in voodoo to make a man into a 'donkey', see my blog category: Voodoo ..
Egoic Terror and the Dreaded Mind Wipe. The anguish of the possessed described by Maya Deren I can relate to because of several encounters I had over the years with a Los Angeles black magic cult that practices a mind control technique they term the 'mind wipe'. For more on that technique, see my blog category: The dreaded mind wipe ..
The first time I experienced this invasion of my Higher Mental Body, and swiping of its contents, which were replaced by the unfortunate mental processes of whatever did the wiping, I can recall being overcome by an feeling termed 'egoic terror'.
That feeling has to do with over-identification of Soul Awareness with the Higher Mental Body … as if our experience of incarnation had to do only with the thoughts in our brain. Looked at in a positive way, though, the first experience of being 'mind wiped' led me to an understanding that it is my Soul Awareness that reflects my true nature, and that this Awareness will stand me in good stead at the moment of death, when both the body and the brain that housed my mental field will no longer be available to me. Thus the second experience of 'mind wipe' was much less traumatic to me. And the third attempt, described here, was a 'fizzle' from the standpoint of the expectations of the black magicians lying in wait for me …
Link: "Amazing Astral Stories: The Darkest Hours . The Last Demon in LA," by Alice B. Clagett, happened on 1 July 2016; narrated and filmed on 20 July 2016; published on 22 July 2016; revised … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-5T8 ..
Fugue State While Demonically Possessed. That Vodouists believe the possessed person will have no memory of the time interval in which he or she is possessed aligns with psychic intel I got while in Durango, Colorado, in years past. That intel had to do with a person who lapsed into a fugue state, committed acts of atrocity, and then snapped out of it, maybe with inexplicable blood stains on his white shirt. For more on that, see my blog category: Fugue state – dissociative fugue ..
Vampirism (Catastrophic Energy Drain) Through Spirit Possession. That the possessed person is left physically exhausted by the possessing entity is in alignment with a psychic experience I had about 10 years ago, to do with vampirism (catastrophic drain of my vital force) through visualization of rectal intercourse by a black magician who was at an unknown distance from me on the physical plane.
In the ensuing years I have heard, on the psychic plane, that black magicians in Los Angeles have afflicted other Angelenos with vampirism through use of similar visualizations. For more on this, see my blog category: Vampires ..
I take it that this experience of catastrophic energy drain may have to do with juxtaposition of the 'reverse kundalini' of the black magician's astral body with the astral form or physical body of a victim whose kundalini is not reversed. As to whether a possessing entity enters the fray, my best guess would be: Sometimes yes, and sometimes no.
Practitioners of Indigenous Creeds May Experience Reverse Kundalini. Although I have no hands-on experience with indigenous creeds, I take those sorts of practices I take to be expressions of black magic; I found through my psychic experiences that black magic is linked to the experience of reverse kundalini, and so I feel that there may be indigenous creeds whose spiritual energies flow along together with those of people who experience reverse kundalini.
I feel the same about shamanic practices. I read online there are 8 million or 9 million people worldwide practicing shamanism. I know that shamanism is considered 'up and coming' by many here in America, and that I am swimming against the stream in this regard. My feeling is, though, that insofar as shamanism has to do with curses and spells, it is in alignment, to some extent, with the energies of the person experiencing reverse kundalini.
In 'bucking the tide' of reverse kundalini energies worldwide, the person aspiring to the state of kundalini risen must take into account the antipathetic effect of the noospheric energies of black magic practiced by indigenous creeds and by followers of shamanism worldwide.
'Bucking the Tide' of Reverse Kundalini Energies
In this regard, it is good for the kundalini risen aspirant not to fasten on any one group as the source of the antagonistic 'reverse kundalini' energies encountered in the psychic or physical realms, for these energies are ever present in the noosphere, among groups that practice both homosexual and heterosexual intercourse, and amongst people of many religions.
I found in Wikipedia today verification of my clair intuition that people of faiths not intentionally aligned with reverse kundalini may, 'under cover', as it were, also engage in reverse kundalini practices. Here is what I read …
"Many practitioners continue to practice their traditional religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.) but also practice Macumba, often in violation of the tenets of their official religious affiliations but which their social environment appears to quietly accept." –from Link: "Macumba," in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macumba … CC BY-SA 3.0
Here in the United States in recent years, I sense a rising tide of Christians who also practice Satanism … the one on Sunday morning, and the other the night before. This secret is buried so deep that I am unable to find statistics about it online. I feel, though, that the numbers may come to light in a few more years' time.
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Life Choices That May Create the Phenomenon of 'Kundalini Risen'
Life choices through which kundalini risen may occur include a spiritual outlook on life, a pure diet, healthy exercise, a steady sleep routine, and avoidance of alcohol and recreational drugs. Sexual expression to do with kundalini risen is set forth as celibacy (the single life) if unmarried, and chastity (which is to say, fidelity to one's spouse in matters of sexual expression) if married.
Effect of Kundalini Risen on the Higher Mental Body and the Lower Mental Body of a Person
The effect of kundalini risen on the portions of the human mind within the energy field of the torso are this: The energy of the Lower Mental Body, the subconscious mind or 'gut brain' in the lower torso, rises to the Higher Mental Body, or conscious mind, in the brain. As this upward flow occurs, the personal chakras (the chakras within the human torso) are purified of malware and malspeak. In time, as the purifying energy expands outward into the human energetic 'torus', the entire aura becomes radiantly pure, free of imperfections, and capable of acting as an impenetrable shield against the forces of the Dark.
Stories by Alice: The Spontaneous Experience of Kundalini Risen
Kundalini may rise spontaneously, but in my experience, the spontaneous experience of kundalini arisen is sporadic and unpredictable. I recall such an instance at the very beginning of my kundalini risen experience, in the second half of the 1970s.
In those years, information about kundalini risen was very hard to come across. The few sentences I had found about it were not practical instruction; rather, they seemed to me to be intentionally enigmatic and secretive. The closest I could find by way of practical instruction was an instruction to 'hold the breath out'.
I recall one day sitting in the doorway of the tool shed where I worked in San Diego, California. It was an idyllic workplace, though rough and unfinished, where I had my spinet piano, a pallet, shelves for this and that, and a view through the back window of the wild and wide Manzanita Canyon. I recall I wrote this poem about that place …
Link: "God's Garden," a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written on 17 March 2018; published on 26 March 2018 … https://wp.me/p7sZF7-6dw ..
But I digress. To continue with my first experience of kundalini rising: I sat down on the doorsill of the tool shed, feet planted on the dirt of the backyard. I determined to hold my breath out until I experienced kundalini rising. I wanted with all my heart to know what it was all about. Perhaps you, dear reader, have had a similar yearning?
What followed was a profound but fleeting experience of spiritual awakening, which I described in this poem …
Link: "The Serpent Yawned," a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written in the mid-1970s; published on 15 February 2019 … https://wp.me/p7sZF7-6s8 ..
Sidebar: "Shogun," Anjin San and the Zen Moment
In 1980, when I saw the television miniseries "Shogun," when I noticed the reaction of Angin San (actor Richard Chamberlain) after he was prevented from committing Seppuku as a matter of honor, I was reminded of my own reaction to my first experience of kundalini risen …
Video: "Richard Chamberlain A Matter of Honor," by RoundTop 1000, 12 May 2015 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v360GXLXlEo ..
That is not to say that I feel one should attempt seppuku, or for that matter, any near death experience. On the contrary, slow and easy practice of Kundalini Yoga wins the day, and assures many long years of experience of kundalini risen.
The Gentle Technique of Kundalini Risen as Taught by Yogi Bhajan
It is the uncomfortable nature of the preliminary experience I had in using the 'do-or-die' 'holding the breath out' technique, and the evanescent nature of the results, that impel me to suggest to those so aspiring the much gentler technique of kundalini yoga, and in particular, that method taught by my own teacher, the late Yogi Bhajan, who founded the Healthy, Happy, Holy organization …
Link: "Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization (3HO)" … https://www.3ho.org/ ..
For about 10 years in the 1980s I practiced this technique daily. In recent years, due to the predations of black magicians described elsewhere in this blog, I took up the practice again. Although I am much older now and must adjust my practice accordingly, I still find kundalini yoga to be a practice through which kundalini risen may be experienced as a habit of life.
The 'Locks' and 'Pranayam' That Cause the Kundalini to Rise
This form of yoga uses the yogic 'locks' or 'bandhas' of yoga, together with a tempered type of yogic breathing (or 'pranayam') in which the breath is held in or out.
The locks and the pranayam combined are the method through which the kundalini energy is ferried upward from the basal chakra, through the heart chakra, to the crown chakra at the top of the head. They are like the locks in the Panama Canal that carry boats from the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean to the high "Gatun Lake' in the Isthmus of Panama.
Effects of Kundalini Risen: Magnetic Attraction, Happiness, Spiritual Wisdom, Luck in Life
The experience of kundalini risen makes a person magnetically attractive, happy, spiritual in orientation, and 'lucky in life'. The dreamtime experience becomes pleasant and appealing; sleep becomes restful as well.
Kundalini Risen Deters the Predations of the Dark
For a person with kundalini risen, there are no nightmarish astral events, no psychic experiences of being preyed upon, no visits by negative astral entities or inimical human astral forms. One's home becomes one's fortress, as the home and the people in it are protected by the aura of the person with kundalini risen, and the pleasant higher dimensional beings that rejoice in that human energy.
WHICH IS MORE POWERFUL: REVERSE KUNDALINI OR KUNDALINI RISEN? top
The Physical and Subtle Bodies of a Person
My teachings offer that each person has six 'subpersonal' subtle bodies, then the physical body, seven 'personal' subtle bodies, and five 'transpersonal' subtle bodies. It is likely that many more rarified transpersonal subtle bodies will become evident to us as the Ascension process unfolds, but for now, I speak only of the first five transpersonal subtle bodies.
The question arises, which of these bodies … the one physical and the many subtle bodies … are affected by the experience of reverse kundalini, and which are affected by the experience of kundalini risen.
Reverse Kundalini Affects the Physical Body and the Seven 'Personal' Subtle Bodies
As nearly as I can tell, from psychic input over the last 20 years, the psychic powers awakened through the experience of reverse kundalini affect the physical body and the seven 'personal' subtle bodies only.
Deleterious Effects on Others of the Sleeping Thought Forms of a Person Experiencing Reverse Kundalini
On the astral plane, because of the sadistic or masochistic waves of energy sent forth into the noosphere by the reverse kundalini person while sleeping, there may be deleterious effects on the physical and personal subtle bodies of other people as well.
Black Magic Spells and Curses by the Black Magician Consciously Projecting Reverse Kundalini Thought Forms Towards Other People
When the reverse kundalini person is a 'black magician' (which is to say, a reverse kundalini person who consciously uses his psychic powers to cause harm to other people), then the black magic spells and curses of the black magician may cause intentional harm to other people.
Black Tantra as a Group Method to Experience Reverse Kundalini
When men engage in group black tantra (whether this involves the act of rectal intercourse in a physical sense or else implication of the act through visualization of another man's upended buttocks in a group context) it seems to me it would be natural for a psychic bond to form amongst the men in the group.
Black Tantra as a Putative Cause of Astral Gang Attacks on Single Women
I feel it may be that such a psychic bond amongst men practicing group black tantra may account for the attachment of six to 15 attacking, male, astral forms that I have experienced in the last 20 years. These are very poor odds for a woman to face, on the psychic plane; her chance of physical survival is dim.
Alice's Perilous Tales: Twenty Years Spent in Learning How to Counter Psychic Predations of Raiding Groups of Astral Men in Los Angeles
Oddly (for a long time, even speechlessly) on the psychic plane, I have found five or six such groups here in Los Angeles that depend … whether consciously or unconsciously … for their survival upon the death of women who have been lured, in ways traditional to each group, to become 'marks' or 'targets' for the psychic predations of these raiding groups of astral men.
Jackass Love Curse. One of these is the 'jackass love curse' of which I have written priorly …
Link: "How to Lift the Dire Karma of the Jackass Love Curse," by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 15 June 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-9qX ..
"Bow Down to Me" 3-Part Football Play. Another is the "Bow Down to Me" 3-Part Football Play …
Link: "Schadenfreude and the "Bow Down to Me" 3-Part Football Play," by Alice B. Clagett, published on 13 November 2013; revised and republished on 5 June 2017 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-7ia ..
Standing on the Floor Above the Mark. Another has to do with one spiritual adept standing … either astrally or physically … on a floor above the floor on which I, the 'mark' is standing or sleeping. The thought in that, I feel, is that the spiritual adept is 'higher than' the mark, and thus able to exert the power of mind control over them.
This image or act of 'standing above' another person is, I feel, related to the above-mentioned 'bow down to me' spell, and both are related to the feral drive for the male leader of an animal pack to lord it over other members of the pact, whether male or female, by the act of donor rectal intercourse. For more on one-upmanship, please see my blog category: One-upmanship – rectal intercourse – colonoscopy ..
'Slam Dunk' in Switzerland. I have also experienced, in one such Southern California group, movement from psychic warfare against women to a 'slam dunk' on the physical plane. I recall offering a small check a few times while visiting the premises. It seemed to me likely that, because of the small donations, the man in charge of the group must have taken me for a 'mark'. The next time I went there, and with out preliminary conversation, he showed me the photo of a man in one of the group's spiritual pamphlets, and said (I paraphrase): This is my friend. Isn't he good looking? Here is his phone number in Switzerland. You could fly out and meet him.
As both of these men were strangers to me, I found this encounter odd in the extreme. In mulling over the details, I arrived at a very dark tale, perhaps practiced successfully many times. to do with murder of women in Switzerland and transfer of their property to a Swiss bank account.
Then later, on walking those grounds, I arrived at psychic confirmation, in a manner of speaking. After meditating, I walked back towards my car. On the way, at a distance of perhaps 20 paces, I saw a man walking towards the office there. The man looked like the man in the book. As he walked past, he said telepathically: I would rather mate with a sow than you!
This remark I took to indicate the depth of his hatred of intercourse with women. From that I deduced his homosexual orientation, and placed that group on one of a growing list of Los Angeles area reverse kundalini groups.
Immediate Shielding Effect of Kundalini Risen
Although I have experienced insistent black magic incursions such as 'astral gang bang' and 'psychic heart attack' and for the last two decades, nevertheless the minute I begin to experience kundalini risen, the incursions cease.
Kundalini Risen Affects the Subtle Body Termed the 'Body of Light', Which 'Trumps' the Subtle Bodies Affected by Reverse Kundalini
From this I began to envision that the experience of kundalini risen must proceed from a subtle body superior to those affected by reverse kundalini. It has come to me now that the subtle body most affected by kundalini risen is the first of the transpersonal subtle bodies, the Soul Bridge, the Causal Template, to which I usually refer as the body of Light.
Through inference I arrived at the conclusion that the experience of kundalini risen 'trumps' the experience of reverse kundalini. The experience of kundalini risen, I feel, creates an auric shield that strongly rebuffs every black magic spell or curse, whether by a lone black magician or a group of them attacking in concert.
More on the Physical and Subtle Bodies of a Person
For more on the physical and subtle bodies of a person, according to my teachings, see …
Link: "Our Bodies, Both Physical and Subtle – Our Chakras – and Our Four Minds," by Alice B. Clagett, published on 13 July 2019 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-dBU … Search for the section: SUMMARY: SUBTLE BODIES, BRIDGES, AND CHAKRAS GROUPED BY MENTAL BODY OR MIND
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My Experience with an Easy Kundalini Set: Untoward Psychic Phenomena Fled Away When the Set Was First Practiced
In recent months, I have taken to doing a short, unstressful kundalini yoga spiritual practice a few times a week. The first time I practiced it, all adverse psychic phenomena fled away. For a few weeks, they would return and attempt entry into my energy field while I was sleeping, especially if I napped in the afternoons, and when I slept on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
When these unpleasant psychic or astral experiences occurred, I found that by getting up and doing a short version of the below yoga set, I could forestall more occurrences that night.
Thus I suggest practicing the yoga late in the afternoon on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, and also during times of incoming, Earth-directed coronal mass ejections, so as to help still the astral airs during those more noospherically dynamic times.
I have found a yoga set that can be practiced by most healthy people, upon favorable doctor's advice. I suggest starting off very simply, with no more than a minute in each pose. I also suggest not doing any exercise that is physically uncomfortable.
Invocation of God's Presence
It is vitally important, in doing kundalini yoga, to invoke God's name before practicing the yoga. One may use any Godly invocation. I like the one I learned while first practicing kundalini yoga; that is the Adi Mantra, "Ong Namo, Guru Dev Namo" …
Video: "Kundalini Yoga Tune In: Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo," by Kooshoo, 4 February 2014 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b3uFK01-u4 ..
It is very important not to invoke the name of Satan, but rather the name of God. The name of Satan is associated with the experience of reverse kundalini, which is the opposite of the effect you are about the achieve: that of kundalini risen. Also, do not invoke the name of Shiva or Kali, as those names are, in part, associated with destruction, or tearing down, of the material form.
Of course, all things are God, but the attribute of God best conveyed through the invocation is that of God the Creator, of Brahma, of Source or of the primal God, or of Jesus Christ, or Lord Krishna, according to one's religious convictions. The wise choice to invoke one of these attributes of God indicates a person's willingness to experience kundalini risen.
Basic Spinal Energy Series
Next is the 3HO "Basic Spinal Energy Series," which takes about half an hour …
Link: "Kundalini Yoga Basic Spinal Energy Series" by M.S.S. Gurucharan Singh Khalsa… http://www.pinklotus.org/KY%20PDF/-%20KY%20kriya%20Basic%20Spinal%20Energy%20Series.pdf … CREDIT: From the book "Kundalini Yoga / Sadhana Guidelines: Exercise & Meditation Manual," by M.S.S. Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, December 1976, published by Kundalini Research Institute, copyright 1974-1978, pp. 45-46 … also available on video …
Video: "Basic Spinal Energy Series," by Catherine Scherwenka, 1 January 2017 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvquogX54O8 ..
The above video also has the closing 'layout' … relaxation while lying on the back … in it. I suggest a 10-minute 'layout' at the end of the set, if time avails, rather than the fewer minutes in the video.
I note the video also has the traditional wakeup exercises in it, and the closing chant, which I feel to be very important.
Optional Add-ons
I usually add, before the closing chant, an optional three-minute meditation to tranquilize the mind …
Link: Healthy Happy Holy Organization (3HO) … https://www.3ho.org/ … Search the term: Meditation to Tranquilize the Mind … COMMENT: This meditation was originally taught by Yogi Bhajan on 28 February 1979.
Then at the very end I usually sing the "Longtime Sunshine" song …
Video: "Snatam Kaur – Long Time Sun," by Sikh Mantras, 8 November 2019 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ5v_118NUc ..
The Yoga Set in Written Form
As you become more used to the yoga set, it might be helpful to print out this explanation and images of the exercises in the set …
Link: "Basic Spinal Energy Series," by 3HO Organization … https://www.3ho.org/ … Search for the term: Basic Spinal Energy Series ..
In love, light and joy,
Alice B. Clagett
I Am of the Stars
Written and published on 25 July 2020; revised on 20 May 2022
Previously titled: Kundalini Yoga to Protect Against Psychic Rape and Astral Vampirism
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Link: "Catastrophic Childhood Experiences – Compendium: Black Magicker," by Alice B. Clagett, published on 12 August 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-jtG ..
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CANBERRA, Australia – A British teenage backpacker drank contact lens fluid and his own urine to survive three days lost in Australian Outback scrubland in oppressive summer heat, his mother said Saturday.
Claire Derry reached the bedside of her 18-year-old son, Sam Derry-Woodhead, on Saturday at Longreach Hospital in northeast Australia, where he is recovering from dehydration.
"He's an incredibly lucky man and we're incredibly lucky that people kept looking as long as they did," Derry told the Daily Mail.
She said she feared the worst while flying from London's Heathrow Airport to Longreach until she was told during a stopover in the east coast city of Brisbane that searchers in a helicopter had winched her son to safety on Friday.
"He'd survived on fluid from contact lenses and his own urine," Derry told Ten Network TV. He was sunburned and had lost 33 pounds, she said.
Derry-Woodhead, who's from Richmond upon Thames, outside London, became lost in scrubland while jogging Tuesday near Upshot Station, a cattle ranch 55 miles from Longreach.
He had been working at the ranch for less than two weeks as a novice cowboy known in Australia as a jackaroo.
Temperatures reached 104 Fahrenheit as around 50 searchers scoured the rugged terrain over three days. Two searchers received medical treatment for heat stroke.
Alex Wright, who was part of the crew that rescued Derry-Woodhead, said they were lucky to spot him through the trees 4 miles from where he became lost.
"We just happened to see him as he was crossing a clearing," Wright told Ten. "He's been dehydrated. Everything about him, all of his features, looked very sunken."
George Thomson, another rescue crew member, said Derry-Woodhead thanked them after being winched aboard the helicopter and asked for a popsicle.

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text: Flores island, Indonesia. Once the Portugese ruled here, hence the names for 'flowers'. Flores does its name justice and you'll find people gardens often decorated with beautiful colourful flowers. Lebuanbajo is where many jump onto trips to Komodo, but not many venture into Flores. If only they knew what they're missing out on! In between volcanos, traditional villages, hot springs etc, you're treated with amazing views of an island that is so green, and has such a variety of vegetation, it even blew the minds of some biologists I met. The locals are very friendly and in for a small chat, always starting with 'hello mister', regardless if you're a woman or a man. I do hope to one day return to this amazing island and explore more of it.Read More


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This C list host who is a former C list reality star who has A list name recognition because she had an A+ list boyfriend has been calling paps to take photos of her with various products in hopes one of the companies will want to pay her to endorse them. Apparently the rich guy she thought was going to work out didn't. He went with someone much younger.


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The relationships we choose can have ramifications for our home ownership.
"If you are living as a couple but because of circumstance only one of you pays the mortgage, the rules are all over the map as to whether you have the same rights as a married couple upon separation," says Christine van Cauwenberghe, an estate planning specialist with Investors Group in Winnipeg.
Regardless of who pays the mortgage, it is important to get legal advice on how to set up the ownership or title of your home.
"We tell clients entering into common-law relationships to enter into some sort of cohabitation agreement... as to how the assets are going to be shared," Ms. Cauwenberghe says.
"Generally, title to the property is what determines who is the owner, not who pays," says Ray Leclair, real estate lawyer and vice-president of Title Plus at Law Pro in Toronto.
"It is very dependent upon the individual facts," he adds. That is true whether you are married or in a common-law relationship, and no matter how property ownership is set up.
"When you buy a property... you can put it as joint tenants or tenants in common," Mr. Leclair says. "Joint tenancy is the common way for married couples who will be taking title. They are equal owners of the property and the survivor is automatically the owner."
If the title is registered as tenants in common, unless otherwise stated, a couple is presumed to have an equal share of the property, Mr Leclair says. However, he cautions, there have been successful claims on property based upon constructive trust and unjust enrichment.
"The constructive trust [case] was where the common-law spouse... was in a relationship for 25 years. They split up. He was the [sole] title owner. She didn't accept that, so she went to court and established that she had a constructive trust that he held the property in trust for both of them," Mr. Leclair says. "The unjust enrichment [case] is where two people get together, one owns but the other puts a lot of money into renovations. It would be unjust to let [only the title owner profit from the proceeds of the sale of the home]."
Mr. Leclair says marriage affects the status of the home.
"Married spouses have equal right to possession," Mr. Leclair says. "There's a restriction upon the title 'spouse'... transferring, mortgaging, doing anything with the property without the written consent of the other spouse."
Ms. Cauwenberghe says cohabitation agreements can be useful for dividing property up to a point.
"In the courts once you've entered into a 'family joint venture'... raising children together, one person is moving so the other person can take a job... we're going to get closer to the 50-50 division no matter who is making the payments," Ms. Cauwenberghe says. "You're making decisions as a couple."


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Vegan Coconut Macadamia Nut Brittle
If pirates ate brittle (and you know they did) this Vegan Coconut Macadamia Nut Brittle would be the flavor and this is how they'd describe it:
Yaaar ya kitchen dwellin' landlubber! Coconut, caramelized sugar and macadamia nuts be tied together with a splash o' rum t' make this t' brittle o' t' pirate seas, matey! So whip up a batch and hand 'er over before ya be plank walkin'!
They might also marvel in the fact that this vegan brittle recipe uses coconut milk, coconut oil and shredded coconut for maximum coconut flavor, except it would be hard to hear yowled in that thick pirate accent.
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Vegan Coconut Macadamia Nut Brittle Recipe2 cups sugar
¼ cup coconut milk
¼ cup amber agave syrup
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup unrefined coconut oil
1 ¼ cups macadamia nuts, unsalted and chopped into quarters
¼ cup shredded coconut, unsweetened
1 Tablespoon spiced rum (optional)
1) Toast the coconut and macadamia nutsHeat your oven to 300F (149C). Spread the coconut and macadamia nuts evenly on a baking sheet and put it in the oven for 20 minutes to toast them. Remove the coconut and macadamia nuts from the baking sheet. Cover the baking sheet with a sheet of parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and place it back in the oven. Turn the oven off. It's important that this baking sheet is warm so the brittle spreads easily on the baking sheet before it solidifies.
Learn more about toasting coconut and nuts.
2) Prepare to caramelize your sugar mixtureIn a medium, heavy duty saucepan, add the sugar, coconut milk, agave syrup, salt and stir it together with clean fingers. Fill a large bowl, that's bigger than your saucepan, with ice water. This bowl of ice water serves two purposes: if you get burned by hot syrup you can dip your hand in the ice water. It will also be used to cool the hot saucepan after your caramel reaches 325F (163C). Bring the sugar mixture to a boil on high heat, covered, then remove cover. Stir in the coconut oil and reduce heat to a simmer. Do not stir the mixture because natural convection currents will do the stirring for you.
Learn more about the sugar caramelization stages.
3) Caramelize the sugar mixture to perfectionInsert a candy thermometer and bring the mixture up to 300F (149C). Reduce heat to medium. After 300F (149C) the temperature will rise rapidly. Once the mixture reaches 325F (163C), remove it from heat and dip the saucepan into the ice water for about 10 seconds to stop the caramelization process.
4) Stir in the nuts and coconut, spread, cool and break the vegan brittleStir in the macadamia nuts and shredded coconut with a wooden spoon. Stir in the rum until well incorporated. Pour the mixture onto the baking sheet and spread it with a spatula until it's ¼ inch thick. Allow the mixture to cool completely before breaking the brittle into small pieces. This recipe makes one roughly 12 inch round of Vegan Coconut Macadamia Nut Brittle.
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Every year I go through the same process: 1) avidly open my Lego Holiday Catalog, 2) plan how to obtain the $37,495 needed to get all the models I want, 3) weep in desperation.
But fear not, Lego lovers and lovers of Lego lovers. You don't have to spend a fortune to get some Lego fun this holidays. Here's a list of gifts from $2 to $260 that will make you or your gifted one very happy, straight from the 65-foot-high Lego Cathedrals that hold 19 billion pieces a year.
And if you don't have a single penny, you can always re-watch our awesome exclusive Lego videos, like How Lego Builds the Minifigs and Inside the Lego Factory.
1. Lego Classic Logo Fridge Magnet
This is my favorite company logo in the world and the only one that is actually on my fridge. Just looking at it invokes the warmest childhood memories and it just looks great. To me, it means happiness, family and injured feet. Now it also means "there's cold pizza and mustard containers behind this door."
Also, everyone loves fridge magnets. Double-like for $2. [Lego]
2. Lego Red Brick Keychain
When my second (ex)wife gave me my marching orders at the Madrid airport, she grabbed my hand, opened it, put my Lego Darth Vader minifig keychain without the London's house keys on it, and said "It's not going to work out" as she turned around to get into airport security never to look back. Lovely drama queen she is.
I thought about tossing it away thinking that it would always remind me of the saddest moment of my life, but I ultimately decided to keep it—as a reminder of the saddest of my life and to never repeat the same mistakes again.
But nothing is forever, and one day I got rid of it after it broke. I decided to return to basics. It doesn't get more basic than this eight-stud red brick keychain, perhaps the fundamental molecule in the Lego universe. $5 [Lego]
3. Lego Duplo Deluxe Brick Set
Here's my theory about education: it's never too early to start enjoying Lego. If you have sons or daughters, nephews or nieces, or friends' kids from 1 1/2 to 5-year-old, you can give buy them the best toy they will ever have. There's no doubt about it: it will make them smarter and more creative. They will be thankful forever. This Duplo Deluxe Brick Set is the perfect Lego virus inoculation. $50 [Lego]
4. Lego Life of George
If you have an iPhone or an iPad 2, you will love Lego Life of George. It's very simple: time yourself as you try to match the models that George finds on his trips. Then make a photo of the model and your iPhone would tell you how good you are. And it's for two players too. I've played Life of George quite a bit and it's really fun. I highly recommend this one. $30 [Lego]
5. Lego Volkswagen T1 Camper Van
I'm not including the Volkswagen T1 Camper because it's an intricate model with dozens of amazing details or because of its historic significance as a design icon.
I'm including it because it's the cutest Lego model I've seen in a very long time. Like the included t-shirt says: Make Lego, Not War. Also, I'm including it because Brian Lam should buy one. $120 [Lego]
6. Lego Shuttle Expedition
Lego. Space. LEGO! SPACE! LEGO IN SPACE! That's enough for me to buy the Lego Shuttle Expedition, even while the 17.5" tall model—with a 10-inch wingspan—is obviously not built to minifig scale. That's an old dream of mine: build a shuttle to minifig scale. It would be huge, yes, probably as big as the giant space shuttle in the 750,000-piece Lego Kennedy Space Center.
Until that improbable event arrives, I would play with the 1,024 pieces in this set. Bonus: the astronauts have the classic iconic minifig faces, none of that expressions nonsense. $100 [Lego]
7. Lego Maersk Train
I'm starting to become obsessed with Lego trains. I was never interested in them until now, which is weird, because I have loved both model trains and Lego since I was a little kid. I even had the Lego Monorail when I was a kid, but then I forgot about how incredible rich and complex the Lego train models are.
There's something about Lego bricks that match the design nature of trains. This Lego Maersk train is a great example of this, one that may end below my Xmas tree this year. The details are great. By the way, Lego has now flexible train tracks, which are very smart and perfect to build large circuits for your trains. $120 [Lego]
8. Lego Master Builder Academy Kits
This has been one of the greatest discoveries of this year and a must-have for serious Lego fans, kids and adults. I have been subscribed for a few months now, and the Lego Master Builder Academy Kits are great. Each of them come with all the pieces you need and extremely detailed books showing all the advanced techniques used by the most experienced Lego builders. It's really fascinating and a requirement for those who want to take their Lego skills to the top level. With this knowledge you would be able to pull models like Mike Psiaki's beautiful X-Wing. $30 (Lesson 1) and $70 (Lessons 2 to 6) [Lego and Lego]
9. Lego Technic Mobile Crane
Another thing that I used to love when I was a kid were those Caterpillar models made of iron, plastic and rubber. They looked so shiny and yellow. This Lego Tecnic Mobile Crane reminds of those, except it's a lot more fun because I get to build this. It has 1,289 pieces and fully working mechanisms everywhere. And it has that look that is screaming "get away from her, you bitch!" $100 [Lego]
10. Lego Star Wars Imperial Shuttle
The Lego Imperial Shuttle is my favorite Lego model of 2011. By far. I can also route my love for it to my childhood, when I built my own Imperial Shuttle at approximately of the same size. Obviously, it didn't look as good. And obviously, I have to deal with my Peter Pan complex.
The 28-inch tall Lego Imperial Shuttle has 2,503 pieces, five minifigures that can be posed inside—including Vader and Luke—and folding wings. $260 [Lego]
Still haven't found the right present? Don't worry, we're here all month with a new gift guide every day—right up until the last minute. To see 'em all, head on over to #GiftGuide.
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LOS ANGELES — A strange glow in space has provided fresh evidence that all the gold on Earth was forged from ancient collisions of dead stars, researchers reported Wednesday.
Astronomers have long known that fusion reactions in the cores of stars create lighter elements such as carbon and oxygen, but such reactions can't produce heavier elements like gold.
Instead, it was long thought that gold was created in a type of stellar explosion known as a supernova. But that doesn't fully explain the amount of the precious metal in the solar system.
About a decade ago, a team from Europe using supercomputers suggested that gold, platinum and other heavy metals could be formed when two exotic stars — neutron stars — crash and merge. Neutron stars are essentially stellar relics — collapsed cores of massive stars.
Now telescopes have detected such an explosion, and the observation bolsters the notion that gold in our jewelry was made in such rare and violent collisions long before the birth of the solar system about 4½ billion years ago.
People "walk around with a little tiny piece of the universe," said lead researcher Edo Berger of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
NASA's Swift telescope last month observed a gamma-ray burst that resulted from the crash of dead stars. The burst, in a distant galaxy, was some 3.9 billion light-years away. Each light-year is about 6 trillion miles.
The burst lasted only a fraction of a second. Using ground telescopes and the Hubble Space Telescope, Berger's team noticed an odd glow that lasted for days. Infrared light in the glow could be evidence that heavy elements like gold had spewed out of the cosmic crash, the researchers said.
The new work, which will appear in a future issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters, suggests gold was produced in a similar fashion in the Milky Way. It doesn't delve into how Earth was sprinkled with riches, but previous studies have suggested that a meteor shower may have delivered gold and other precious metals to the planet.
If the new study's interpretation is correct, "this would be truly very exciting news," said Stockholm University astrophysicist Stephan Rosswog, who led the earlier supercomputing effort but didn't have a role in the latest study.
More observations of gamma-ray bursts are needed, but it's looking more likely that mergers of neutron stars are "a major cauldron in which elements like gold are forged," Rosswog said.
Such flashes are thought to occur in the Milky Way about once every 100,000 years. Berger said it's unlikely another will happen in our galaxy in our lifetime. But satellites can often detect such eruptions in distant galaxies about once a month.


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Award-winning photographer
Drago is proud to announce its new project: an anthology, curated by Paolo Falcone, of Letizia Battaglia's extraordinary photographic work, from 1971 to 2016. Letizia Battaglia (Palermo, 1935) is a Sicilian photographer and photojournalist. In 2007 she received the Lifetime Achievement award from the prestigious Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh). Although her photos document a wide spectrum of Sicilian life, she is best known for her work on the Mafia.
Sicilian blood and Sicilian beauty
Mario Puzo wrote a book, and Coppola made a film about the Mafia, but only Letizia Battaglia told the real story; the plain, harsh story. She told Vice that her mission was "to document everything that acted as testimony against the Mafia." Over the years, Battaglia took some 600,000 images whilst documenting the ferocious internal war of the Mafia, and its assault on civil society. Battaglia sometimes found herself at the scene of four or five different murders in a single day. In a recent interview with CNN, Battaglia claimed that her "archives are full of blood" interspersed with images that capture the "immense beauty" of Sicily.
Iconic black and white photographs
A large selection of her iconic black and white images are presented in the catalogue, guiding the reader along a journey into one of post-war Italy's darkest periods. Drawing from Battaglia's personal archive the book also includes more recent projects. It offers a unique approach to her genre-defining photography (often linked to that of American 'crime' photographer Weegee) and a chance to reflect on the role of photography as an individual and collective means for taking action, bearing witness, providing evidence and documenting history.
The Daily Beast wrote that her pictures capture "Mafia judges and police officers, many dead in their cars with blood so fresh it glimmers like water." Yet some present daily Sicilian life with "young girls playing on the cobbled streets and wealthy women in fur collars sipping champagne."
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When Senators Barack Obama and John McCain meet Friday in Oxford, Miss., for the first of their three scheduled debates, the TV and radio audience is likely to set a record for such an event. Nearly 40 million Americans watched some, or all, of each political convention and there is no reason for diminished interest in these debates. In fact, the Oct. 2 exchange between vice presidential nominees Sarah Palin and Joe Biden might outdraw McCain and Obama.
The Obama camp is treating Friday like a boxing match. Obama and his advisers have set up a "debate camp" in the Tampa Bay area to sharpen his skills. McCain has not said whether he has a similar training regime, but in a telephone interview Sunday, McCain told me he sees himself as the "underdog" in the face of what he regards as Obama's "extremely talented" speaking and debating skills. McCain added, "I do not have his eloquence, but I certainly believe I have more substance."
McCain's challenge is to expose Obama as naive in his approach to the evils that confront us without appearing condescending. America very much likes the idea of a person of color becoming president, if for no other reason than to serve as partial propitiation for our individual and collective sins against blacks. McCain's job is to project a view that he, too, favors the idea of a black president, just not Obama.
Obama negotiators persuaded the debate commission to choose foreign policy as the first debate topic; apparently thinking it could hang the unpopular President Bush and the Iraq War around McCain's neck. McCain negotiators agreed to the topic switch.
McCain must sell the idea that this war is not limited to a single state, or even two states, but is worldwide, ideological, religious, viral and dangerous. Proponents of radical Islam cannot be negotiated with because there is nothing we have that they want, except our heads. McCain should pound Obama on his immature promise to sit down with the world's dictators and talk to them. Even Hillary Clinton properly ridiculed that notion during the primaries. McCain could sound bite Obama to political death just on Clinton's critique's of him, though that can cut both ways, as much was said against McCain by his Republican challengers.
There may be no bigger nut case on the international scene than Mahmoud ("there are no homosexuals in Iran") Ahmadinejad, who has brought his crackpot opinions to the United Nations this week. Would McCain take military action without congressional approval to destroy any nuclear weapons Iran develops? His answer is both forceful and cautious: "I would make sure every option is explored before I would explore military action (and) I would make sure that if I contemplated that action, I would be in consultation with the leaders of Congress." He said he thinks, "It's very clear that if the Iranians acquire nuclear weapons, it's not only a threat to the state of Israel, but it's also incredibly destabilizing to every (state) in the region."
There is a difference between consultation and seeking authorization for war, as the Constitution mandates, and Obama might score points by pointing that out, though McCain's rejoinder might be that given the toxic polarization in Washington it is less likely he could count on a Democratic Congress to make an apolitical decision.
What about his running mate, who has been stingy with interviews and other media exposure since her selection, is she getting a crash course in foreign policy prior to the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate? McCain laughs and then expresses confidence in "Sarah": "Joe Biden is very experienced and very knowledgeable. The difference is in their worldviews. Joe Biden wanted to divide Iraq into three different countries, clearly an unworkable solution. Joe Biden thinks it's patriotic to raise people's taxes. That's different from my definition and Sarah's definition of patriotism. I think Sarah will more than hold her own because she has the right grounding ideals and worldview. She also understands far better than Joe Biden one of our outstanding national security challenges and that is energy."
The New York Times reported Sunday that the Obama camp is looking for ways to make McCain angry. That could backfire, especially if he gets angry for the right reason (as Reagan did in New Hampshire in 1980. "I paid for this microphone.").
In Friday's debate, I'm going with McCain on substance; Obama on eloquence and I hope that many of those who have virtually worshipped Obama will see the real light.


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3 FTSE 100 Shares Going Ex-Dividend Next Week
LONDON -- With Easter approaching, it's a short week this week, so we'll take an early look at companies going ex-dividend after the long weekend. Whether you want to buy in time to be eligible for a company's dividend payment or you're looking for a bargain share price when the time has passed, it pays to know your target dates.
The FTSE 100 is currently offering an average dividend yield of about 3.1%, so that provides something of a benchmark against which to evaluate individual company payments. Here are three of those companies going ex-dividend in the week commencing April 1:
RSA Insurance
RSA Insurance Group has its full-year ex-dividend date on the traditional Wednesday, April 3, and those on the company's share register when the market opens that day will be eligible to receive a final dividend payment of 3.9 pence per share. The payout was slashed by a third from the same period last year, with Aviva similarly cutting its dividend.
But last year's total of 7.3 pence per share still represents a yield of 6.2% on today's share price of 118 pence -- albeit a price that slumped after the cut was announced.
Standard Life
On the same day, Standard Life will go ex-dividend -- in this case, relating to a final dividend of 9.8 pence per share. Unlike RSA, Standard Life lifted its full-year payment to 14.7 pence per share, though the yield is lower, amounting to a more modest 4%.
For the year to December 2013, current forecasts suggest a total dividend of 15.7 pence per share from Standard Life, which would provide yield of 4.2% on the current share price of 372 pence.
Moving away from the insurance sector, Pearson also has its final ex-dividend date on Wednesday. Again, it's a final dividend, this time amounting to 30 pence per share. The publisher of the Financial Times and owner of Penguin Books enjoyed a 5% rise in sales for the year to December 2012, enabling it to lift its total dividend for the year to 45 pence -- that's a yield of 3.8% at today's share price of 1,179 pence.
And even though earnings are forecast to fall slightly for this year, there's a rise in the dividend to 47 pence currently being forecast, taking the yield to 4% for December 2013.
Dividends like these can add nicely to your investment returns -- they can be spent or reinvested, according to your needs. Whether you're investing for income or growth, good old cash is always welcome. And that's why I recommend the brand-new Fool report "The Motley Fool's Top Income Share For 2013," in which our top analysts identify a share they believe will provide handsome dividend income for years to come. But it will only be available for a limited period, so click here to get your copy today.
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 16, 2001
Remarks by the President at "People for Pete" Dinner in Honor of Senator Pete Domenici
Sheraton Old Town Hotel
Albuquerque, New Mexico
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you all very much. Be seated, please. Thank you all very much for that warm New Mexican welcome. Gosh, we've had a great day in Albuquerque -- haven't we, Pete. We've had a great day. It's really fun to travel with such a decent man around your important city. I'm really glad I came. No better way to end it than to urge the good folks of New Mexico to send this good man back to the United States Senate. (Applause.)
I appreciate Congresswoman Heather Wilson for being here. We need to send her back, too, by the way. (Applause.) She's plenty capable. So is my friend, Joe Skeen. I'm honored that Joe came up and worked today with us, as well. (Applause.) I want to thank your Lt. Governor and all the state officials who joined us today. I particularly want to thank Bill Kelleher and John Dendahl for their leadership of our party.
I want to thank my friend, Ken -- where are you, Kenny? Thank you so much for your leadership on this event, and thank you for your friendship. You've done a great job. (Applause.) Cheryl Smith, Rick Alvarez, I want to thank you all for setting up this event. And I want to thank each and every one of you for contributing to Pete's reelection. It's really important that you've done so.
Like you, I can't believe anybody would dare run against him. (Laughter.) But somebody might be foolish enough to. In which case, we need to send the message that when you get a good, decent man representing an important state, send him back in Washington, keep him in Washington. (Applause.)
The thing I've learned about Pete Domenici, he's a man of great passion. He's a passionate person. He's passionate about subjects that are dear to his heart. He's a national leader, along with his beautiful wife, in mental health. It's an important issue. (Applause.) And by the way, we both married pretty darn well. (Laughter.) I'm sorry my wife isn't here. She's holding down the fort in Crawford, Texas. I like to tell people that I love my new address, but I also love my home. It's important never to forget where you came from. I came from Texas. I will serve my time in Washington and I'll return back to Texas. (Applause.)
Pete's passionate on research. He's passionate about research in New Mexican laboratories. Trust me. (Laughter.) He's been to the Oval Office a lot. (Laughter.) By the way, it's important to have a senator who can come into the Oval Office representing your state. You want a senator who will have the President return his phone calls. (Applause.)
He talks about making sure New Mexico stays on the leading edge of important research. And you've got a President who's listening to him, by the way. (Applause.) Pete is passionate about the budget. He's brought fiscal sanity to Washington, D.C. You see, the tendency in Washington is to want to overspend. Sometimes people forget up there, they're not spending the government's money, they're spending the people's money. And Pete is a fiscal watchdog for the taxpayers' money. (Applause.)
Pete is passionate about his family. It's important to have a person in Washington, D.C. who loves his family. As a matter of fact, there's nothing more important for America than family. Pete personifies family. Pete loves the people of New Mexico. He's passionate about the people of New Mexico, like he's passionate about the state of New Mexico. It's important to have a passionate American representing your state.
But he's also more than that. He's a man of enormous dignity and integrity. And this nation needs more leaders that set good examples for our young, like Pete Domenici. (Applause.)
I've got a selfish reason for getting him back up there. I need his help. (Laughter.) We're working on some important agenda items for the American people and we're making good progress. But there is more to do.
You know, when I went up to Washington, I was a little disturbed at the tone that was taking place. I can remember sitting in Austin, Texas, being perplexed and disturbed by the rancor and the bitterness that seemed to have constantly gripped our Nation's Capital. And I made a determined effort to go change the tone. We can disagree in Washington, but we should do so in a respectful way. We need to respect each other more. We need to hold up the American people more than we hold up our own political parties, it seems like to me, to get some things done. And we're making good progress. (Applause.)
One of the areas where we're making good progress is the budget -- it is to say to the American people through our budget, we're going to be responsible with your money. As Pete mentioned, we've inherited some problems. But what the heck, I like to solve problems. That's my job. And one of the problems we inherited was an economy that was sputtering along and slowing down. And one way to make sure that we kick-start our economy is to give people their money back. And so we campaigned on, argued for, and I had the honor of signing in the White House the largest tax reduction in a generation. (Applause.)
It was necessary. And it's the right thing to do. You'll hear them screaming up in Washington, oh, we're running out of money. Well, that's because they want to spend every single dime that ever gets up there. You'll hear people say, well, the surplus is going away because of the tax cut. No, folks, the economy is slowing down, which means we have less projected money. And that's why we needed tax relief. Money back to people are going to help kick-start this economy.
And I want to remind you of something. We still have the largest surplus -- second largest surplus in the nation's history. And we're still paying down more debt than ever paid down before in our nation's history. (Applause.) And the tax relief plan was eminently fair.
See, it used to be up there in Washington they'd say, well, we're going to pick and choose the winners and losers when it came to tax relief. You get tax relief, you don't get tax relief. The attitude of Senator Domenici and myself and the members of the congressional delegation who are here said, if we're going to have tax relief, let's provide tax relief for everybody who pays taxes. And that's the fair way to do it. It's a responsible, fair tax program. (Applause.)
We also sent a clear message to small business owners and farmers and ranchers when we said, we need to get rid of the death tax. The death tax is unfair to people who have built up a business. The death tax is unfair to the small business owner who wants to leave a business to a son or a daughter. The death tax is unfair because we're taxing entrepreneurs and producers twice in America. The tax code not only reduced all rates and provided tax rebates, it also got rid of the onerous death tax, which is going to make the code more fair and more responsible.
Now, we're going to have a fight over the budget coming up. And fortunately, we've got a good man named Domenici who is going help fight off the big spenders. (Applause.) They will push for more money here, and they'll push for more money there. But I want to remind you, the growth in the budget that Pete passed out of the Senate, and was concurred by both the Senate and the House, provides responsible growth in our budget. And I can assure, Mr. Chairman -- or I wish would be Mr. Chairman -- (laughter) -- should be Mr. Chairman, and will be Mr. Chairman after next 2002 -- (applause) -- and I want the members of Congress to hear that once we set a budget we're going to stick by it. And if not, I'm going to use the veto pen of the President of the United States to keep fiscal sanity in Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
Today we had the pleasure of going to an elementary school, the first day of school. Gosh, it was exhilarating to shake hands with the 1st graders and the 2nd graders that were just showing up. Their mothers and dads were thrilled to get them back in school, it seemed like. (Laughter.) The teachers were great. They were all excited. And my message to the folks assembled there was this: that education is a domestic priority of mine. I know it's one of Pete's, as well. It's so important we get it right in America that every child gets educated.
We passed a good bill out of the House and a good bill out of the Senate. And I hope they don't play politics with it. They need to get the conference committee, get the bill resolved and get it on my desk. And let me explain to you some of the principles involved in the education bill.
First, it trusts the local folks to run the schools. I strongly believe in local control of our schools. I believe we need to pass more power and flexibility and authority out of Washington to the folks in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Applause.) The bill does that.
There's some wonderful programs in the bill. One of them is a reading initiative that my wife is all involved in and I'm passionate about. I'll never forget the phrase of Phyllis Hunter in Houston, Texas. She stood up in front of a large crowd of people and she said, you know, Governor -- and I was governor then -- she said, Governor, reading is the new civil right. I believe that. I believe reading is a civil right. I believe when you can learn to read, then you can learn, and then you can access the American Dream.
The sad thing is too many of our children can't read. And I intend to do something about it. Not only have we targeted money for diagnostic tools to make sure we determine whether or not young children have got problems that we correct, early, before it's too late; we've got teacher training money, we've got intervention money. But the core of the education bill is accountability. The core of the education bill says that if you receive any taxpayer's money, you must measure. You must show us whether or not children are reading and writing and adding and subtracting. (Applause.)
Now, I know there's a lot of -- oh, you hear all kinds of arguments about whether or not that should take place. Some will say, well, you can't measure because it means there's too much government. My attitude about that is, is that if we're spending taxpayers' money it seems like we want to know whether or not it's working. It seems like it makes sense to ask the question, what are the results. And there's no more important place to ask, what are the results, than whether or not the children of the United States can read or write or add and subtract.
And then there are those who say, on the accountability system, it is racist to test. Folks, I'm going to tell you as plainly as I can, it's racist not to test, because guess who gets left behind in a system where there's no accountability. (Applause.) It is so easy to quit on a child whose parents do not speak English as a first language. It's so easy to walk into a classroom full of the so-called hard to educate and say, let's don't test, let's just move people through.
We cannot have a system that doesn't hold each child is precious. And so the cornerstone of reform coming out of Washington, D.C. is more money, focused money, but as well, the demand for strong accountability, so that we can praise the teachers and principals and superintendents who are getting it right, but as importantly, blow the whistle on failure when we find children trapped in schools that won't teach and won't change. There are no second-rate children in America and no second-rate dreams. (Applause.)
Pete mentioned we're making progress in bringing some sanity to America when it comes to an energy policy. This country has drifted along without an energy policy. And we laid out a good, constructive plan. It's a plan that says we can do a better job of conserving our resources. And the federal government is beginning to take a role. We're making sure that we purchase vampire defeating devises. A vampire is a devise like a charger for a telephone. When you plug it into a wall and your phone may not be in there, but the charger is, it still eats a lot of electricity -- or more than it should.
Some entrepreneurs came along and invented a devise that uses seven times less energy. So we're going to start using those devises to set the example that we can do a better job of using technology to save.
But California is the state that's got the best conservation record in the country. And yet, they ran out of energy. (Laughter.) Now, one of the things they're doing is they're building 12 more power plants. And that's great, and our government has helped them, we've expedited the permitting of the plants. Those plants are going to require natural gas to power them. And we've got to get the gas from somewhere. And so, on the one hand, we need better conservation. On the other hand, we need more exploration for the resources. I'd like us to be less dependent on foreign sources of energy. I think it's going to make our foreign policy a lot more -- (applause.)
Washington has been struggling with what they call patients' bill of rights for the last couple of sessions. I made up my mind we're going to get a good patients' bill of rights out of the Congress, one that heralds the relationship between patient and doctor, but one that doesn't encourage frivolous and junk lawsuits that will cause people to lose their health insurance.
We got a good bill out of the House, a not so good bill out of the Senate. And I'm hopeful we can get -- finally get a good patients' bill of rights to begin meaningful reform of our health care system in America. (Applause.)
The Vice President and I spent a lot of time in the campaign -- and by the way, he's doing great. And what a heck of a selection I made. (Applause.) As he likes to put it, who said those three electoral votes in Wyoming don't matter? (Laughter.) What really matters, he's a steady hand. He's capable. We said we're going to make sure that our military remains strong and ready. (Applause.)
In one of my trips overseas, I went to Kosovo and I signed another pay raise for the troops. It's important to make sure those who wear the uniform are well-paid, well-housed and well-treated. We're doing a much better job in America of treating our folks right. (Applause.)
We've got big budget increases in defense. But I also want you to know that ours is an administration that believes in vision, that there's got to be a plan. So I've asked Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to develop a strategic vision for what our military ought to look like today and what it ought to look like tomorrow to keep the peace; how we can remain strong and ready this moment; and as importantly, how we can use technologies to devise a military that will be harder to find, more lethal when it moves, easier to move, and that will incorporate the new technologies so that we don't waste taxpayers' money when it comes to building the weapons systems of the future.
One of the things that you probably read about is that I believe that, as we go into the 21st century, we need to have new strategic relations with some of our old enemies. I had some fascinating meetings with Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia. I told him in plain terms -- I said, Mr. President, you don't have anything to fear from the United States. We're a peaceful nation. We don't view you as our enemy.
The true threats facing the United States are threats from terrorist nations, nations that they call rogue nations, nations that are developing weapons of mass destruction that may be pointed at us, may be pointed at our friends, the Israelis, or other allies we have, to hold us hostage, conduct international blackmail. It's the true threat, Mr. Putin. And therefore, we need to get rid of those ancient treaties, codified during a time when we hated each other, so that America can develop the technologies and defenses necessary to protect ourselves and our allies from the true threats of the 21st century.
The ABM Treaty is out-moded, out-dated. It codified a hateful relationship that no longer exists. We need to move beyond the days of the Cold War and free this great freedom-loving people to provide protections for freedom-loving people from all around the world by getting rid of the ABM Treaty once and for all. (Applause.)
We have told our friends and allies around the world we will consult with them, and we will. And I told Mr. Putin, come along with us. It's a chance to set up a new strategic relationship. And we'll see how it goes. I think we're making pretty good progress. My point to you is that we'll remain strong when it comes to our military, and wise when it comes to our planning, and ready when it comes to the true threats that face the American people as we head into the 21st century. (Applause.)
And, finally, I had a fantastic meeting today with members of the faith community here in New Mexico. Bishop, thank you for being here today, sir. And I want to thank Pete for inviting folks to come and to hear me discuss the philosophy behind a faith-based/community-based initiative.
We're moving beyond the old welfare paradigm in America. I gave a speech at Notre Dame and talked about the fact that another Texas President gave a graduation speech and talked about a welfare help plan, and that was Lyndon Johnson, and the Great Society began. And then there was welfare reform signed by my predecessor that said, people must be independent in America, and you've got to work. And it had some successes, it really did. A lot of folks went from welfare to work. But there's still more work to do. There's a lot of people in our society who hurt; a lot of people who really have no hope.
Gosh, I remember one of the times I was at a juvenile justice facility in Texas, and I was talking about the American Dream. A little fellow who had been incarcerated said, what does that mean, what is an American Dream. He doesn't understand dreaming. He doesn't understand setting goals.
There's a lot of hopelessness, a lot of addiction, a lot of people lost. And we've got to do something about it in America. We're too good a people to allow that to continue. But what government cannot do is change hearts. Government can't inspire. We're good for law, we can spend money. But money isn't the only answer. In many cases, the lost soul needs somebody to say, I love you -- or to put your arm around you and say, America is meant for you. We need mentors all across America saying to young children whose parents may be in prison, for example, I care about you; I want you to understand somebody cares.
And so one of the most important initiatives that we're discussing in Washington is how do we unleash the great passion and compassion of America. How do we unleash those who have heard the call to love a neighbor like they'd like to be loved themselves; those not inspired by government, necessarily, but inspired by a higher calling. The people of faith who live in every neighborhood across America must not be feared by our government, but energized and welcomed when it comes to healing those lost souls. (Applause.)
It's a powerful initiative because it taps the great strength of America. And the great strength of America lies in the hearts and souls of our citizenry.
I can't tell you what an honor it is to represent the people of this country. My dream is for us to be a more responsible nation -- a nation when the moms and dads of the world understand their most important job is not their day job, but the job of loving the children they happen to have brought into this world, and love them with all their hearts and all their souls. (Applause.)
But a responsible nation also requires corporate America to be responsible; it requires all of us to be responsible to shepherd our resources well. And as importantly, it requires all of us to ask the question, if we see a neighbor in need, shall we not -- shall we make sure we don't cross to the other side of the road? Shouldn't we as a responsible citizen help a neighbor, and not expect government to do so? Shouldn't we find out areas where we can help somebody who's crying out for help? And the answer is, in this country, absolutely. But responsible societies begin with responsible leaders.
And that's why I'm so proud to support Pete Domenici for the United States Senate again. He understands responsibility. He lives it every single day. And my hope is that the good people of New Mexico don't make a terrible error. My hope is the good people of New Mexico send this good man back to Washington, D.C. with a resounding victory.
Thank you all for having me. (Applause.)


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Come one, Come all to our favorite activity at Hinkle Park! Eat the best food on the Mountain at our Community Center Fund Raiser! Memorial Day Bar-B-Q, Monday, May 27th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at Hinkle Park, 148 Hinkle Community Rd. Lookout. Mtn. GA 30750.
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For directions and questions please call John or Barb at 706-820-1177. What's on the menu: Bar-B-Q Dinner Plate - $7.00 includes meat (pork or beef), bread, slaw, baked beans and a pickle. Bar-B-Q Sandwich plate - $4.00 includes meat bread potato chips and pickle.Pork or Beef by the pound - $8.50 a pound. Soft drinks and Tea - $.75 Desserts - $.50.


text: If you have the "power button doesn't work" problem, try holding the button down for either 6 or 10 seconds (depending on the bios), and you'll find it will power off then. It comes about because the bios has APM (advanced power management) enabled, and the linux kernel you are using has APM support compiled in, and is "hooking" into the BIOS's features for "soft-power-down". The idea behind this is that when you press the power button the hook does a "init 0", and allows the OS to shut itself down first, before powering down the CPU etc. either disable APM in the bios, or in the kernel (or better still both). I mean when working with high-performance clusters you don't want the nodes to "go to sleep"...reduce clock speed of cpu, spin down it's HDD's, turn off its (probably nonexistant) display device, etc etc. You want MAXIMUM response from nodes, irrespective of how much juice they suck from the power piont. :-) David. Greg Lindahl wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 10:26:39PM -0400, David Vos wrote: > > > Hmmm. I've seen Windows do that to enough computers I doubt the problem > > is the power supply. Although to make Linux hang like that is usually a > > hardware problem. > > If it weren't for the "power button doesn't work", which I haven't > seen before, I'd certainly agree that it's likely a random hardware > problem. You've seen Windows hang machines to the point where the > power button doesn't do anything? I never have. But then again I don't > use Windows much. > > -- g > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf Well I've seen once or twice on my Linux desktop, it starts out with the keyboard and mouse not working. Then when I press the power botton, the keyboard resets (led's flash) and then nothing... But I doubt it is a hardware problem 'cause then it should have happend more often (?) ------- Arnold _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20010605/44066903/attachment.html>