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- 1 References
- 2 Images
- 3 Canon, proposed canon and speculation
- 4 Luckmancy vs Luckamancy
- 5 Plot Summary from Wikipedia
- 6 Hippiemancy
- 7 Descriptive Table of Contents
- 8 Page Annotation
- 9 Fan Created Stuff
- 10 Actual Game
- 11 Analysis
- 12 Online Game
- 13 Juuni Kokki
- 14 New Main Page
- 15 Need something deleted
- 16 On dealing with spambots
- 17 Glossary
- 18 Things that could use some Retconjuration.
In trying to get the reflist template to work (aka, copy in the template code), I'm wondering if it's to do with this change to Common.css not having been done? Or am I missing something terribly simple? --OniExpress 04:31, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Using new-style references via <ref>, <references> and {{reflist}} requires Cite.php to be installed. Without it, your best bet is to convert the page to use the older Ref/Note system. Cheers! —RevenantTalk 12:01, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
- So far we have been using a simple workaround: <sup>[http://www.google.com]</sup> displays [1]. It might not look as good as Wikipedia references, but at least it is easy to do plus it does the numbering automatically. If somebody comes with a better idea it would be nice. Just keep it simple, please! :) -- Muzzafar 15:32, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
A question I wanted to pose. I was thinking that images in some of the wikis here would be nice; not so much that they are strictly necessary (it's horribly unlikely that someone would see a wiki here before the relevant entry in the comic itself), but it strikes me that they would be beneficial in a few places. But obviously it's not my or any of our art, and regardless that you maintain/gain the rights of anything entered here, I figured this was a question better asked before rather than after. Oh, and I honestly haven't even checked to see if file uploads are an activated feature here yet, but who fusses over the little details like that? :P --OniExpress 01:34, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Yeah Images are awesome and anything is fair game. I'm even going so far as to say I'm not going to question the use of copyrighted images we don't own until the owner objects to their use here, for now. That policy is subject to change. --Balder 06:32, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
- It looks like someone's going to have to enable uploading before we can add any image files. Henry 07:45, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
- Image files now enabled and tested. Working! --Balder 13:46, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks! =) Henry 01:33, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for that as well. :) They arn't necessary, and I didn't want to step on any toes with the matter. The Titans wiki made me think of it the most initially. I'll get some work done editing images down to proper proportions tomorrow afternoon. --OniExpress 00:54, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Canon, proposed canon and speculation
Hi Rob! Several questions here:
- You created a page for Croaking. Can we automatically consider the text that you wrote a Canon since it is the "Word of God"?
- You have written quite a lot of information on the GitP forums. I see it as pretty valuable for readers since it is the "Word of God", basically. I do not know about Rich's plans about the Erfworld forum on the GitP forums, but I assume there is a chance it might not last. Can we save your messages in some form in this Wiki, for example as Word of God article with references to the GitP forum posts? I guess it would make it possible to refer to it as to.. well, the Word of God. What do you think?
There is some information on this Wiki that is taken right from the comic (for example, magic disciplines in Magic). Would that be Speculation or Proposed Canon? Can unambiguous information with references to comic strips (like Caesar Borgata is Chief Warlord to Transylvito[2]) be considered Proposed Canon?
Thank you! -- Muzzafar 14:07, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
- UPD: Sorry, I have not read the rules well enough. I think Speculation and Proposed Canon are explained quite explicitly there. -- Muzzafar 18:27, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Rob, I'm not sure about what type(s) the Parson's plans article and related articles should be. They're unlikely to directly become canon, or proposed canon, but are mostly different from pure speculation, as the links can be fairly obvious but not completely spelled out by the comic/word of God. Thanks, Doran 00:56, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
- Hm, dunno. I guess they're another type of page, a list page? Balder 23:07, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Luckmancy vs Luckamancy
Hi Rob!
On one occasion this discipline of Magic is call Luckmancy (and apparently Luckmancers). On others it is LuckAmancy and Luckamancers. What is the right name? -- Muzzafar 08:01, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- Luckamancy is right. Much like "Vinny" is right and I know at least one "Vinnie" got through lettering. We'll need some help rounding up all bloopers.
Plot Summary from Wikipedia
Hi Rob!
I think I managed to copy the current article + 2 earlier versions of the plot summary from the Wikipedia. I copied the text to this article. In the next few days I (and whoever willing to help) will try to merge the three versions. I suppose we can then copy the plot summary to a separate page.
Please let know if we can provide any further assistance. -- Muzzafar 09:43, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
- Awesome Muzzafar, thanks for all your hard work! Balder 05:36, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
- It's my pleasure! I really appreciate your appreciation. :D
- I did my best to combine the three revisions of the plot summary and copied it over here.
- I guess we could also use your knol to further improve the plot summary, couldn't we? Please advise. -- Muzzafar 15:55, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
- Sure, though SteveMB wrote most of the knol. I should be doing more with that as well. We'll make it a priority after we launch and get the bugs out. But yes, I would like to see a very detailed plot summary, and eventually a wiki article annotating every page. There's enough to keep many people busy here for a long time! Balder 16:58, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Is the Fate Axis of Hippiemancy supposed to be 'Singamancy' or 'Signamancy'? It is shown as 'Signamancy' in the magic axis Klog[3]. -- Ichthus 17:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
- Signamancy. Like the Peace sign, man. Like the protest sign, man. Signs, signs, everywhere a sign. Far out. Balder 17:32, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Descriptive Table of Contents
I took the liberty to update the Descriptive Table of Contents. -- Muzzafar 17:50, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Page Annotation
Started Page Annotation project. I guess we need your contribution (in form of guidance and advice). -- Muzzafar 11:26, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Fan Created Stuff
Rob, could you please add a section to the main page concerning people adding fan-created pages. Someone added these ones, so for now I added [[Category:Fan Created]] it, and added "Fan " in front of the categories. --Doran 00:24, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
- As per discussion with the Balder, I've expanded on your work, Doran. There are now three classes of fan material, with catchy names. Fanon, Banon, and the intermediate 'forked up' fanon. Hope I got those more or less right, Rob; it's late so I may have jumbled something. --> ERK!|eyeBook me 04:48, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Actual Game
Let me preface this by saying that I know that the comic and the game are separate. You are aiming to tell a story and its a darn good one so far.
However, as an avid gamer and amateur game designer, I can't help but notice there's a very compelling and rather robust system behind the story. I also see that you're a game designer by trade. I was wondering... Are there were plans to take the Erfworld setting/system and turn it into an ACTUAL game? I know that I would buy it if it was. I'm certain others would as well.
Just curious.
- This wiki is going to be used to work out a final set of game mechanics and tables which is consistent with the comic, and internally logical as well. Then we can use that as the basis for several types of games, developed by third parties and/or fans, with my guidance. That's the theory, anyway. More direction on that coming in a little while. Balder 09:18, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Please can you edit the main page to add the Analysis category, thanks -- Doran 22:02, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Online Game
Dear Rob and Jamie,
I recently started work on a strategy game that can be played online with a web browser. For now, this is a hobby project that I'm doing in my spare time to play with my friends.. The basic concept is that it will be turn-based BUT asynchronous. A turn will last a day, and players can log on any time during the day to move their units and order production. In fact, they can log on many times, if they want to order units that still have some moves left. In fact, it could be that two sides are moving their units around in the same minute...
The game code is in early stages at this time: it can render a map, shows some unit stacks, you can move them around and claim cities for your side, but that's about it. There's a minimap that can scroll the screen and shows cities and unit stacks. There's no movement limit, no turns, can't manipulate stacks, yet, etc. On the bright side, it's done in pure javascript without plugins like Java or Flash. :)
You can take a look at the current work-in-progress here:
- http://apocalypse.rulez.org/~upi/CitiesOfApocalypse/Game.pl
- http://apocalypse.rulez.org/~upi/CitiesOfApocalypse/Game.pl?map=swamp
- http://apocalypse.rulez.org/~upi/CitiesOfApocalypse/Game.pl?map=desert
- http://apocalypse.rulez.org/~upi/CitiesOfApocalypse/Game.pl?map=winter
- http://apocalypse.rulez.org/~upi/CitiesOfApocalypse/Game.pl?map=large
(The terrain and unit graphics are from "Battle for Wesnoth"; the cities are from an older game which is why they look so out of place...)
As you can see, this is a world without any actual mechanics at this time. The question is: would you be interested in creating an online Erfworld game that your readers could play on the erfworld website? I think the emerging Erfworld mechanics are great, it would be cool to do this project with this setting. If you aren't interested, I will just make up my own rules for the game. :)
-- UPi 10:02, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
UPi, that's really fabulous looking! It's probably worth mentioning that it's going to be quite difficult to port to Internet Explorer, though, even IE8. IE doesn't support the canvas tag natively :-( It's possible to use it through an external library, but last I heard it's quite slow.
Good work on the game, though! I'm very impressed with things like the route planning, and it really does look just like Wesnoth, which is quite impressive in itself.
-- Angelbob 12:52, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't actually have time to work on anything like an Erfworld game, and won't until late into 2010 when the Book 2 script and other projects should be complete. Also, we ultimately want to work with a pro firm, and license Erfworld to them for a major commercial game. That definitely does not mean we don't want to see startup and fan and homebrew projects like this one. I just can't spare any mindshare to work on them personally. Very sorry!
-- Balder 06:36, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Juuni Kokki
On an unrelated note: have you seen (or read) "12 Kingdoms" ("Juuni Kokki")? The story shares some of the basic concepts of Erfworld: a person (Parson :) from our contemporary reality gets swept away from his (or, in Juuni Kokki's case, her) ordinary life into another world. This world is significantly different from our own, for example, people are not gestate in a woman's womb (in JK they grow like fruit on special trees).
Also, this person finds himself/herself in the situation that he/she must now command an entire kingdom. However, he/she must first learn the rules and the logic of the new world, with the help of his/her advisors, not all of which wish him/her well. It takes plenty of trial and error before the true nature of the world is understood and the new ruler often feels out of place. In the end, he/she realizes that he/she was even MORE out of place in what he/she thought was the "real world".
This context, of course, if a great storytelling tool, as the audience of the story is introduced to the world's quirks and concepts gradually, learning them along with the story's main character, often left to wonder if how he would behave and react in a situation like this.
-- UPi 10:04, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, never read/seen it. I may look it up, though. Sounds cool.
-- Balder 06:39, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
New Main Page
This is the very top section of the main page
This is info for new users
The featured content is displayed in here
This used to be the featured article, but has since
been re-purposed to be just a list of tasks.
Change this to reflect the latest update
{{Latest Update/page}} controls the image.
Change this to change the Improvement Drive
Change this to change the Did You Know section
Just a quick and dirty control panel I whipped up. It shows each template used and what they do. Main page links to main page, but it's really at User:Miment/Main. This time, I'm off for real! Miment
- This looks pretty brilliant, Miment. I'd like to see something like this implemented and soon. My only concerns are that the guiding philosophy and rules about fanon and stuff is clear to editors. And your choice of article raises the real problem of spoilers. Mentioning the volcano uncroaking on the main page of the wiki would definitely be uncool. How can we prevent that kind of thing? Thanks for your hard work on this. Balder 10:45, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
- I'll see what I can do about keeping the guidelines clear. Do you want all the info off the main page, or just like "purpose" and "Making Stuff Up"?
- As for spoilers in the featured article, that's gonna be a whole lot harder. Basically all the knowledge we have about Erfworld comes from happenings in the the story, so unless we only feature Fanon or rules/mechanics pages, spoilers are gonna leak through. Careful editing of the featured article section can keep out the big ones, like the volcano.
- Miment 18:25, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
- Maybe a prominently featured "New to Erfwiki? Start here" with a link to a page that contains most/all of the info that is on the current main page. Balder 20:21, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
For the "New to ErfWiki" part, I was thinking of adding a section like this under the topbox, in a template called {{rulesbox}}. The idea is that when you click on one of those links, the text below it changes with moving you off the main page. It would be collapsible too, so people who don't need it could get it out of their way. Unfortunately, that requires some custom CSS work and I don't have the permissions to do that.
So I went ahead and made {{rulesbox}} as a placeholder and put some text into it. I can change the text, make it stand out more, etc. But if you want it to be a nifty frame like above, you'd need to get ahold of your webguy and have him do it.
I didn't have time to fix the links or change the content on the main page prototype. I spent too much time figuring out that I couldn't make that frame >_> That and I gotta help get my place ready for a Halloween Party. Anyways, I probably won't be back on till Sunday or Monday.
- Hey, hey, main page got unlocked, so I took out as many spoilers from the Featured article as I could, pointed all the links to somewhere and put the page up. If you want to change anything, edit the appropriate section on the Main Page Control Panel I put at the top of this section. Be sure to drop me a line and tell me what you think!
Need something deleted
I accidentally loaded the image for LIAB 20 to LIAB Text 20. This is gonna cause some problems when the text updates get that far, so it needs to be deleted. I would've taken care of it myself, but I don't have the rights to.
I'll go ahead and send this off to Harkenell too.
On dealing with spambots
I noticed you banned a few IPs for spamming, so I went ahead and made a little category of other IP addresses that have spammed the wiki. Bans for them would be great too. http://www.erfworld.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Spammer
So glad to see this. - CIHN
Want to double check that the nameless user updating such things as Knight in the Glossary (29-30 Oct) was you. There are some things there that add to the known Canon and expand the Proposed Canon of multiple entries, and it would be nice to confirm these. - CIHN
- We were working on the glossary with a team. Did you put an asterisk by EVERY entry? Those were indicating the entries that would go in the book. :P
- Whoops. So can we take all that stuff to be canon?
- It's a work in progress, man. Chill on it until the book comes out. Then it's canon.
Things that could use some Retconjuration.
From early in the the series, 'Shmucker' was only spelled with one 'c'. I've noticed that in LIAB, it's often spelled 'schmucker'. It's not particularly significant, but I just figured I'd point it out. I trust the older spelling is still the correct one? It is in the Glossary that way after all.
Places where Shmucker is spelled with 2 c's
After going through all the LIAB pages, I've found the mistake in the following locations.
Miment 23:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
There's a bot which is ripping this wiki appart. Any chance of getting a hold of Harkell and seeing if there's some extra anti-spam programs he can install or setup? --Charles 22:02, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Ah! A possibly logged-in admin, perhaps on his way to play Sizemore. Do admins have edit rights to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist (EG: to blacklist the domains here), or will that have to await the Bureaucrat? Abb3w 02:14, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Can we get some admins who are on more frequently/more attentive to spam removal? Some kind of prevention would be nice, but presently I think it'd be easily managed with better admin presence. I come on daily and check for/tag new spam, so I'd be happy to actually have the ability to truly delete it and those accounts. --0beron 08 Feb 2012


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What do I want out of this post? Criticsim or affirmation. You choose. My bet's on getting more of the former than the latter, especially from the cookie-cutter Theravadins here (I am a Theravadin Buddhist--just not that kind). Maybe they'll surprise me, but I doubt it.
From: MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS, Chapter XXVII: Structure of Mind Based on that of Body (Haeckel and Bertrand Russell)Was the sudden cloudburst at the end of my last letter somewhat of a surprise, and more that somewhat of a shock? Cheer up! The worst is yet to come.
This is where clean thinking—a subject whose fringes I seem to remember having touched—wins the Gold Medal of the Royal Humane Society.
It is surely the wise course to accept the plain facts; to try to explain them away, or to excuse them, is certain to involve one in a maelstrom of sophistry; and when, despite these laudable efforts, the facts jump up and land a short jab to the point, one is even worse off than before.
This has to be said, because Sammasati is assuredly one of the most useful, as well as one of the most trustworthy and most manageable, weapons in the armoury of the Aspirant.
You stop me, obviously with a demand for a personal explanation. "How is it," you write, "that you reject with such immitigable scorn the very foundation-stones of Buddhism, and yet refer disciples enthusiastically to the technique of some of its subtlest super-structures?"
I laff.
It is the old, old story. When the Buddha was making experiments and recording the results, he was on safe ground: when he started to theorize, committing (incidentally) innumerable logical crimes in the process, he is no better a guesser than the Arahat next door, or for the matter of that, the Arahat's Lady Char.
So, if you don't mind, we will look a little into this matter of Sammasati: what is it when it's at home?
It may be no more than a personal fancy, but I think Allan Bennett's translation of the term, "Recollection," is as near as one can get in English. One can strain the meaning slightly to include Re-collection, to imply the ranging of one's facts, and the fitting of them into an organized structure. The term "sati" suggests an identification of Being with Knowledge—see The Soldier and the Hunchback: ! and ? (Equinox I, 1). So far as it applies to the Magical Memory, it lays stress on some such expedient, very much as is explained in Liber Thisarb (Magick, pp. 415 - 422).
But is it not a little strange that "The Abomination of Desolation should be set up in the Holy Place," as it were? Why should the whole-bearted search for Truth and Beauty disclose such hateful and such hideous elements as necessary components of the Absolute Perfection?
Never mind the why, for a moment; first let us be sure that it is so. Have we any grounds for expecting this to be the case?
We certainly have.
This is a case where "clean thinking" is most absolutely helpful. The truth is of exquisite texture; it blazons the escutcheon of the Unity of Nature in such delicate yet forceful colours that the Postulant may well come thereby to the Opening of the Trance of Wonder; yet religious theories and personal pernicketiness have erected against its impact the very stoutest of their hedgehogs of prejudice.
Who shall help us here? Not the sonorous Vedas, not the Upanishads, Not Apollonius, Plotinus, Ruysbroeck, Molinos; not any gleaner in the field of à priori; no, a mere devotee of natural history and biology: Ernst Haeckel.
Enormous, elephantine, his work's bulk is almost incredible; for us his one revolutionary discovery is pertinent to this matter of Sammasati and the revelations of one's inmost subtle structure.
He discovered, and he demonstrated, that the history of any animal throughout the course of its evolution is repeated in the stages of the individual. To put it crudely, the growth of a child from the fertilized ovum to the adult repeats the adventures of its species.
This doctrine is tremendously important, and I feel that I do not know how to emphasize it as it deserves. I want to be exceptionally accurate; yet the use of his meticulous scientific terms, with an armoury of quotations, would almost certainly result in your missing the point, "unable to see the wood for the trees."
Let me put it that the body is formed by the super-position of layers, each representing a stage in the history of the evolution of the species. The foetus displays essential characteristics of insect, reptile, mammal (or whatever they are) in the order in which these classes of animal appeared in the world's history.
Now I want to put forward a thesis—and as far as I know it is personal to myself, based on my work at Cefal—to the effect that the mind is constructed on precisely the same lines.
You will remember from my note on "Breaks" in meditation how one's gradual improvement in the practice results in the barring-out of certain classes of idea, by classes. The ready-to-hand, recent fugitive thoughts come first and first they go. Then the events of the previous day or so, and the preoccupations of the mind for that period. Next, one comes to the layer of reveries and other forms of wish-phanstasm; then cryptomnesia gets busy with incidents of childhood and the like; finally, there intrudes the class of "atmospherics," where one cannot trace the source of the interruption.
All these are matters of the conscious rational mind; and when I explored and classified these facts, in the very first months of my serious practice of Yoga, I had no suspicion that they were no more than the foam on a glass of champagne: nay, rather of
"black wine in jars of jade
Cooled all these months in hoarded snow,
Black wine with purple starlight in its bosom,
Oily and sweet as the soul of a brown maid
Brought from the forenoon's archipelago,
Her brows bound bright with many a scarlet blossom
Like the blood of the slain that flowered free
When we met the black men knee to knee."
How apt the verses are! How close are wine and snow to lust and slaughter!
I have been digressing, for all that; let us return to our goats!
The structure of the mind reveals its history as does the structure of the body.
(Capitals, please, or bang on something; that has got to sink in.)
Just as your body was at one stage the body of an ape, a fish, a frog (and all the rest of it) so did that animal at that stage possess a mind correlative.
Now then! In the course of that kind of initiation conferred by Sammasati, the layers are stripped off very much as happens in elementary meditation (Dharana) to the conscious mind.
(There is a way of acquiring a great deal of strange and unsuspected knowledge of these matters by the use of Sulphuric Ether, (C2H5)2O, according to a special technique. I wrote a paper on it once, 16 pp. 4{to}, and fearing that it might be lost had many copies made and distributed. Where is it? I must write you a letter one day.)
Accordingly, one finds oneself experiencing the thoughts, the feelings, the desires of a gorilla, a crocodile, a rat, a devil-fish, or what have you! One is no longer capable of human thoughts in the ordinary sense of the word; such would be wholly unintelligible.
I leave the rest to your imagination; doesn't it sound to you a little like some of the accounts of "The Dweller on the Threshold?"
From: Little Essays Toward TruthMEMORY.
Memory is of the very stuff of Consciousness itself. Consider that we can never know what is happening, but only what has just happened, even when most actively concentrated on what we call "the present."
Moreover, no impression short of Sammasamadhi can ever pretend to confer any coherent idea of the Self. That exists only in an order of Consciousness far deeper than direct perception, in a type of thought which is capable of combining the quintessence of countless impressions into one, as also of transforming this tabula rasa into a positive prehensile Ego. Whether this process be hallucinatory or no, it is surely memory which, more than any other function of the mind, determines its possibilities.
Now, whatever view we may take of the nature of the Self, it is clear that our limit of error will constantly diminish as the range of our observations is extended. To calculate the orbit of Neptune from a period of days when it is retrograde could lead to formidable fallacies. When memory is seriously weakened, the resulting state approximates to dementia. Memory is then, in a figure, the mortar of the architecture of the mind.
It seems impossible even to begin to discuss its nature as it is in itself; for it is not a Thing at all, but only a relation between impressions. We must be content to observe its virtues.
First of all is that already noted, its extent in time. Second is the faculty of selection.
It would be as undesirable as it is impossible for the memory to retain all impressions indiscriminately. Such memories are found only in lunatic asylums. The memory, whatever it may be, depends on cerebral metabolism; and it thrives on a proper harmony of exercise, repose, and economy just as does muscular strength.
Memory as such is practically worthless; it is like an abandoned library. Its data must be coordinated by judgment, and played upon by skill; it resembles a great Organ which requires an organist.
By classifying simple impressions, one obtains ideas of a higher order; the repetition of this process gives a structure to the mind which makes it a worthy instrument of thought. And this means enables one to retain, and to bring at will from their quiet resting-place, a thousandfold the number of facts which would overwhelm the untrained memory. One must model one's mind upon the arrangement of the ends of the nerve-fibres and the brain.
At will! Here is the great key to proper selection, that one should resolutely remember all facts that may be useful, and as resolutely forget all those impertinent, to the True Way of one's Star in Space. For so only can one economise the mnemonic faculty; and this is to say: no man can begin to train his memory duly until he is aware of his True Will.
There is then—as in all matters pertaining to the intellect—a vicious circle; for one can only become conscious of one's true Will by a judgment (of Samadhic intensity) upon all facts that it is possible to assimilate. The resolution of the antinomy is found ambulando: that is by the selective training above indicated.
A further complication of this whole question appears during the practice of Yoga, when, the sheaths being successively stripped from the mind, one begins to remember not only long-forgotten facts, but matters which do not refer to the incarnated Ego at all. The memory extends in time to infancy, to one's previous death, and so further to an unlimited series of experiences whose scope depends on the degree of one' progress. But, parallel with this intensification of the idea of the Ego, its expansion through the aeons, there arises (in consequence of the weakening of the Ahamkara, the Ego-making faculty) a tendency to remember thing which have happened not to "oneself," but to "other people" or beings.
Herein is one of the most irritating obstacles in the Path of the Wise; for the normal development of the memory in Time leads to a better understanding of the True Will of the individual (as he conceives of himself) so that he perceives an universe teleologically more rational as he progresses. To be compelled to assimilate the experiences of supposes "alien beings" is to become confused: the old hotchpot of Choronzon (Restriction be unto him in the name of BABALON!) gapes once more for the Adept, who possibly supposed himself already (in a sense) a Freeman of the City of the Pyramids.
But it is just this experience—in default of any other—which eventually insists on his undertaking to cross the Abyss: for the alternative to sheer insanity is seen to be the discovery of a General Formula comprehensive of Universal Experience without reference to the Ego (real or supposed) in any sense.
This paradox, like all others, should be a lesson of supreme value: this, that every difficulty is for our vantage, that every question is posed only in order to lead us to an answer involving a triumph infinitely more glorious than we could otherwise have conceived.
And meditation upon this whole matter may not unlikely bring us to this further vision of wonder: that the nature of things themselves is in reality but a function of Memory.


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Nov 8, 2012
It's a seasonal tradition many consumers could do without — unpacking winter garb only to discover some has been rendered holey.
The usual suspects for the damage, the two species of clothes moths that menace innocent garments worldwide. Experts say infestations become more or less common as natural fibers like wool, down and silk — the bugs' preferred snacks — go in and out of favor with manufacturers of clothing and home furnishings. "As long as we're using natural fibers, it'll be a problem," says Jason Dombroskie, coordinator of the Insect Diagnostic Lab at Cornell University. (Moths are less active in the cold, but if your home is heated, they can wreak havoc year-round.)
Oct 19, 2012
Will Housing 'Misery' Swing the Election?Posted By Quentin Fottrell
Investors and homeowners got mixed messages about the nation's housing market this morning, with the National Association of Realtors reporting that existing-home sales in September were down 1.7% from August's levels, while the median existing-home price was up 11.3% from the year-earlier level. That good-news-bad-news report increases the odds that the nation's housing struggles could be a major theme in the home stretch of the presidential campaign — especially since several "swing states" that could play a crucial role in the election have particularly weak property markets.
According to the "housing misery" index compiled by online real estate marketplace Trulia and updated this week, sunshine swing states — essentially, Florida and the West — are suffering more than most. Nevada and Florida have the highest scores on the misery index, at 70 and 58 respectively, thanks to an overall decline in house prices and rise in delinquencies and foreclosures in both states since President Barack Obama took office in 2008. "They are key battleground states in the election homestretch," says Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia. A third swing-state, Michigan, also ranks high on the misery index, with a score of 32.
Oct 16, 2012
For Appliances, Does Energy Efficiency Sell?Posted By Jen Wieczner
A new study suggests that energy-efficient products now dominate sales in some appliance and electronic categories—and lag in others. Whether or not people buy those products may in some cases have less to do with eco-friendliness and utility bill savings than with the products' secondary perks.
Energy Star is a program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy that identifies the most energy-efficient products on the market. Energy Star products account for close to 100% of the sales of some appliances like dishwashers and televisions, but they command relatively little of the markets for desktop computers and freezers, making up 17% and 21%, respectively, according to a new report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The report measured market penetration of Energy Star products in 2011.
Oct 12, 2012
Typical Twitter User: Has iPhone, Likes PurplePosted By Quentin Fottrell
She's American, 28, has 208 followers, loves her iPhone, talks endlessly about her family and fashion – and her favorite color is purple. She's also, according to new research, the average Twitter user.
This composite character was pieced together through an analysis of 36 million Twitter profiles by Beevolve, a social media marketing firm based in London — but it's more of weird science than an exact one. For instance, among Twitter's active followers, the mean number of followers is 208, but more than four-fifths of the micro-blogging site's members have fewer than 50. And, according to the survey, 25% of Twitter's 140 million accounts have never been used. (Though some 40% of users have not tweeted over the last month, they may log on just to read tweets by others, says Jim Prosser, a Twitter spokesman.) The average age of 28 was calculated by analyzing both user bios and tweets.
Oct 2, 2012
Presidential Debate Night: Booze, Snacks and PoliticsPosted By Charles Passy
Forget Super Bowl Sunday. For a number of businesses, the real profits may be in a completely different sort of showdown: Call it Presidential Debate Wednesday.
With President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney set to square off on Wednesday night in the first of three nationally televised debates, considerable attention is going to the potential political drama, particularly given this event's focus on hot-button domestic issues. And naturally, the struggling American economy is expected to top the list.
Oct 2, 2012
Are Big Thumbs Upping Ad Clicks?Posted By Quentin Fottrell
Facebook, Google and other tech companies have puzzled over how to make advertising work on mobile devices. But it turns out that tablet and smartphone users, when reading news sites, are more likely to click on ads than those using computers, a new survey suggests.
Consumers don't appear to be turned off by mobile ads, according to a survey of nearly 10,000 people by Pew Research Center and The Economist Group. Half of tablet and smartphone users notice ads when they're getting news on their mobile device. Of that amount, roughly 15% click on ads. "People notice ads on mobile devices and may be even more likely to click on them than they are to click on other digital ads," the report states. A recent Ad Age study, in stark contrast, found that less than 1% of people click on digital ads regardless of the viewing platform.
Sep 20, 2012
iPhone 5 May Devour Data PlansPosted By Quentin Fottrell
Apple didn't change the price of its iPhones with the latest upgrade, but analysts say owning one is about to get a lot more expensive.
The combination of a bigger screen, access to higher-speed LTE networks and the ability to use the FaceTime video chat app on a cellular connection mean the iPhone 5 — which goes on sale Friday — will likely gorge on more data than its predecessors.
Sep 18, 2012
Spend $700 at Apple Store or on Apple Stock?Posted By Quentin Fottrell
Back in February, when Apple's stock hit $500 – the same price as an iPad — we asked which was the better buy. Most experts said the company's stock was headed higher – and they were proved right.
Investors who bought a single share of Apple (AAPL) back then would have earned $200. An iPad purchased in February, meanwhile, is now worth around $400 on the resale market.
Sep 18, 2012
Many iPhone 5 Buyers Own a Damaged iPhone 4SPosted By Quentin Fottrell
Oscar Wilde said, "Each man kills the thing he loves." Many iPhone owners can relate.
Some 30% of iPhone users damaged their devices within the past 12 months, according to a study by gadget insurer Square Trade. The phones get far more scratched, soaked and abused than iPads, only 10% of which were damaged during the same time period, based on data from 2,000 customers. Perhaps part of the reason some 2 million new iPhone 5s were preordered in the first 24 hours is that many customers didn't have a choice: Their older models needed replacing.
Sep 12, 2012
Confessions of an Apple SheepPosted By Jeremy Olshan
Today millions of seemingly rational people fished a fully functional iPhone from their pockets and contemplated hurling the device out the window. I know, because I am one of them.
Like many, I committed to the iPhone 5 upgrade even before Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the new device with the usual burlesque slideshow presentation. It's not that I have any major complaints with my iPhone 4S — sure, it occasionally freezes up and the battery doesn't always make it through the day, but it's probably the best piece of technology I've ever owned. Nor do I think the thinner, faster, bigger-screened and brushed aluminum iPhone 5 will do a substantially better job of delivering email, locating restaurants, playing music, or distracting my four-year-olds at restaurants with unusually slow service. But I want it anyway.
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Euro Contagion Returns After Italian Elections
The euro fell and European stocks tumbled Tuesday. But most concerning is the return of euro-zone contagion, as the borrowing costs of Italy and other debtors start to rise again, says Dow Jones's Katie Martin.
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Traders in Melksham have welcomed the decision to move the town's weekly market back to the traditional Market Place.
The Tuesday market started six months ago in the Church Street car park, but with footfall declining Wiltshire Council are planning to move it somewhere more visible.
Tom Ince, of Wiltshire Council, said: "We are looking to move it back into the Market Place as a trial, hopefully from April 1, unless we get any objections from local residents or businesses.
"We struggled a bit with footfall where it is now, and we are hoping it will pick up in the new location.
"Our deadline is March 14 and I don't anticipate any objections, everyone has been very supportive to the idea."
Troy Catley, of Catley Chilled foods, has sold meat and dairy items in Melksham since the market started.
He said: "I think it will definitely increase footfall, a market should be in the market square, not tucked round the back."
Bradford on Avon-based butcher William Browne started The Old Spot Sausage Company three weeks ago.
He said: "The first two weeks here have been really good, I'm selling a lot of sausages."
He also sells at Calne market but said the Melksham market was best, adding: "I didn't even know Melksham had a market until I went on the Wiltshire Council market website."
If approved the Market Place car park will be closed to traffic once a week from 9am-3pm while the stalls are in place.


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Our second day in Bicol dawned bright and early. Despite and action-packed first day, or perhaps because of it, we were raring to go. On the agenda was exploring Albay, another of the six provinces in the Bicol region.
We started off with a couple of "official" visits to the governor of Albay and the mayor of Legaspi City (the capital of Albay). I will not go into political discussion here as this blog is essentially where I relax. I will say though that these two fellows where brimming with plans, especially when it came to tourism and environment. They were more than accommodating and we even got some homemade pili treats from the mayor (a funny and laidback guy that one).
Driving away from the mayor's house, we got a good view of the black sand beaches. The sand is made from the erosion of volcanic rock and is said to have healing qualities. True or not, I thought it was definitely a dramatic sight, although I know most of my peeps, being spoiled for choice with our gorgeous white sand beaches, would turn up their noses at black sand. Guys, don't panic…it's volcanic (not dirty)!
Next stop was Misibis, a new development on Cagraray Island just off the coast of Albay. Although it was an overcast day, we still enjoyed the windswept beaches and fantastic views of the Albay Gulf.
We headed back to Legaspi for lunch at the endearingly named Smalltalk Cafe. We installed ourselves in the cozy interior, ready to be fortified with a good meal…and more Bicol Express! Like the laing pizza at CWC, they also had their own contribution to fusion-y Bicolano dishes…laing pasta! I know, I know, but it was good! The laing was toned down a little so what you end up with is a lot creamier. The Bicol Express though was not as good as the one at Pepperland – but we still ate most of it, not wanting to let a Bicol Express moment pass us by.
After lunch we headed towards the Cagsawa Ruins, a famous Albay landmark from where you can get a picture perfect view of the ruined tower with Mayon Volcano in the background. We were unsure if we could make it because a super typhoon last December had devastated this area, dragging down volcanic rock and ashfall from the slopes of Mayon that pretty much buried and bulldozed everything in its path. A makeshift bridge has been set up over the rogue tributaries caused by the flood and landslides, but because it was raining when we went, we didn't know if it would be passable. The destruction was heart-wrenching. But I couldn't help but feel a poignant pride in my heart at the resiliency of the people as I saw, amid the black volcanic mess, a little girl renting out brightly colored umbrellas to tourists going to see the ruins. The stark contrast between the dark volcanic landscape and her cheery pink and blue umbrellas seemed a metaphor for so many things (both good and bad) in my country. Even as I type this I find myself a little bit weepy.
In any case, we were able to pass, and armed with that sweet little girl's umbrellas we made our way across the bridge to Cagsawa Ruins. It's always such a jolt when you see something for the first time before which you had only seen in pictures. And that's how it was for me at Cagsawa. The familiar tower seemed to have been already recorded in my mind that upon seeing it I had the feeling of visiting and old friend. But wait, something was different. I squinted my eyes at the vista and finally realized what it was. Mayon Volcano wasn't in the background.
Albay is home to many interesting sights, the pinnacle of which (no pun intended) is Mayon Volcano. An almost perfect cone, it is often (though not officially) referred to as a natural wonder of the world (also one of our most active volcanoes). I'm sure it would have been beyond impressive if only I had seen it! Mayon stayed under cloud cover our whole visit. They say that she never shows herself on your first visit – that was certainly the case for me. The most I got was a glimpse of a sliver of her perfect slope…sigh.
From Cagsawa Ruins we headed to Daraga, another municipality of Albay, to see Our Lady of the Gate Church with its gothic façade. The church at Daraga is the only one in the province built on a hill. To escape the wraths of the floods? Perhaps. Either way, sitting on a hill in its baroque splendor, it does make a pretty picture.
After this it was off to the market! And you can be sure I had been eagerly waiting for this stop. The Legaspi Satellite Market is chock-full of native finds…from all manners of pili products to fabulous bags that would retail for four times as much in a Manila mall…not to mention what it would go for overseas! We scoured the market and came away with a loads of things…not the least being the 2 kilos of fresh pili nuts (not processed) I have yet to experiment with! For processed pili nut goodies (very typical of the region and a must buy when you're there) we went to Albay Central Pilinut Candy. We were told that this is where the best quality processed pili products were made. Not only were they delicious, they also offered a wide variety of pili preparations – from the regular caramelized pili, to chocolate covered ones and pili encased in yema and all sorts of things that would give any sweet tooth a field day. Plus they have great packaging (perfect for gifts)!
Loaded with all our purchases, legs aching (but a good kind of ache) from the walking about, we settled in for dinner at Mr. Crab, a relatively new restaurant in Legaspi City owned by the same people who own our hotel. The specialty here is obvious, but despite the huge bowl of delectable sweet chili crabs, we still went for the Bicol Express and laing. Like a worn out recording, we went on and on about our love for Bicol Express and laing, scraping the plate clean and badgering the waiters for extra rice.
With a full stomach we dragged ourselves off to bed to rest up for our early flight back to Manila the next morning. We had been on the go and on our feet for most of the weekend but I wouldn't have had it any other way. K is the exact sort of person you want to be with on trips like this. Her love for travel and discovery, and willingness to go through discomfort for the sake of new experiences, plus her quick laugh and good humor, are everything you could want in a travel partner.
It may seem like we did a lot in Bicol but in truth this is the tip of the iceberg. There is still much in the region that we didn't see – the beautiful beach at Caramoan, the beaches of Camarines Norte, the whale sharks in Donsol, the Masbate rodeos, surfing in Catanduanes and Daet, plus all the islands in between. AND, let's not forget that we didn't actually see Mayon Volcano in its entirety. Oh well, more reason to return 🙂


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Driller fires back at ex-EPA regional administrator
Range Resources Corp. is firing back at the former U.S. EPA official who continues to accuse it of contaminating a drinking water well outside Fort Worth, Texas.
The company's top lawyer has sent a letter to Al Armendariz demanding that he stop saying the company's gas ended up in the water well of landowner Steve Lipsky.
"You have chosen to publicly make false comments about Range and we must insist that you cease from making further false and disparaging comments against Range," David Poole wrote in a Tuesday letter to Armendariz, who now works for the Sierra Club in Texas.
Armendariz did not return a message left on his phone seeking comment.
Range has demonstrated that it will go after those who cross it in the case. Range filed a $3 million countersuit against Lipsky, alleging he and a consultant conspired to persuade EPA to intervene. Range persuaded the judge to rule the two collaborated to produce a "deceptive video" about Lipsky's wells.
At the annual conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists in Lubbock, Texas, last week, Armendariz renewed his charge against Range and said it was his decision to drop the case earlier this year (EnergyWire, Oct. 22).
"I've not seen, and when I withdrew our enforcement action I didn't see, anything to the contrary," he said in response to a question about the case.
Armendariz brought the high-profile case in December 2010 as the Dallas-based director for EPA's Region 6, which includes Texas and surrounding states. He resigned about a month after the case was dropped in late March.
He charged that Range had allowed gas from its wells to leak into two homes in Parker County in the Fort Worth suburbs, violating the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). He ordered the Houston-based company to fix the problem and supply water to the families.
His emergency order also accused the state oil and gas officials at the Texas Railroad Commission of failing to protect their residents.
Range denied the accusations, and state oil and gas officials at the Texas Railroad Commission backed the company.
The case went to federal court, where the agency was represented by Justice Department lawyers. An element of the case went to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans.
In dropping the case, EPA and the Justice Department said government officials wanted to shift away from litigation to a "joint effort" involving more testing. As part of the settlement, Range agreed to do much of the testing it would have been required to do under the emergency order.
Weeks later, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) circulated a 2-year-old video of remarks Armendariz had made at a town hall meeting. In it, Armendariz compared his strategy of making examples of violators to Roman conquerors' strategy to "crucify" random villagers.
Armendariz apologized for the comments. He resigned within a week.
In Lubbock, Armendariz said more explicitly than he had previously that he made the decision to drop the case. But Poole said Armendariz's higher-ups in Washington chose to overrule him and withdraw his charge.
"We were very pleased that when the EPA Headquarters eventually reviewed this matter, they relied on facts and science, which directly [led] to the withdrawal of your order shortly before your resignation from EPA Region 6," Poole wrote.
There are also those who say it was not a decision on the merits, so much as legal strategy.
Some have linked the withdrawal to EPA's loss in the case Sackett v. EPA, in which the Supreme Court ruled property owners had the right to have administrative orders reviewed promptly by a judge. The ruling threw into question the way EPA has pursued enforcement cases for years, and the dismissal was viewed in some circles as a way for the agency to head off similar scrutiny of the SDWA.
"Because of Sackett, EPA withdrew its substantial endangerment order and negotiated a dismissal of the Range Resources SDWA case," Mark McPherson, of Texas-based McPherson Law Firm, said in a May conference call, according to Superfund Report. The American Law Institute-Continuing Legal Education call was titled, "EPA Enforcement Collides with APA Due Process: From Sackett to Range Resources."
Poole also cited two documents that he said cast doubt on Armendariz's assertions.
One of the documents, sent 19 days before Armendariz's order, is a note from a lab that evaluated samples from the well. The company's co-founder noted that it was essential to "evaluate the potential for other sources."
The other is an email from an EPA scientist, 10 days before the order, saying that although Range's gas and the gas in the water well were "similar," it was "not conclusive evidence because of the limited data set."
Range spokesman Matt Pitzarella said no follow-up tests were done.
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Fort Lauderdale, FL — Despite a struggling economy that has forced some companies to shut down some of their clubs, Diversified Health and Fitness keeps expanding.
The Fort Lauderdale, FL-based company took on another distressed fitness club franchise with its recent acquisition of 1-2-3 Fit, a Denver-based coed circuit fitness club created by Quiznos founders Rick Schaden and Brooksy Smith.
In the asset purchase, Diversified Health acquired 21 of the 1-2-3 Fit franchise contracts. The purchase included franchise agreements, FDD registrations, area developer agreements, manuals, trade names and other intellectual property.
In March, Diversified Health purchased Butterfly Life, a chain of women-only clubs. Both 1-2-3 Fit and Butterfly Life were featured last year in a Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro cover story about struggling franchisors and franchisees who had fallen into severe debt. Former 1-2-3 Fit franchisees accused the company of lying about its initial franchise costs as well as the exclusivity of its equipment.
1-2-3 Fit opened in 2005 with the backing of industry veteran Ray Wilson, who sold his share of the company two years later.
"I have every confidence that Diversified will bring support and health club expertise to our family of 1-2-3 Fit franchisees," Smith, 1-2-3 Fit's CEO, said in a company statement.
With the acquisition of 1-2-3 Fit, Diversified Health has 12 brands to its name and 249 clubs in its portfolio. Other brands include ShapeXpress, Liberty Fitness, Sedona and The Zoo.
"We are pleased to be taking in a strong chain developed by franchise industry experts," Diversified CEO Roger Wittenberns said in a statement. "The 1-2-3 Fit acquisitions will add yet another dimension to our portfolio and increase our share of the coed fitness market."


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Celebrating Tamil New Years with a traditional dessert - Semiya Payasam
Even though I live miles away from home, I still try and celebrate most festivals, just to stay in touch with the tradition. So this time when I found banana leaves (vazhai elai) in a Korean store, I was excited like a kid in a candy store. I was so happy that I can serve my complete tamil meal on a banana leaf for the first time.
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Tamil cuisine is known for its aromatic, flavourful and sometimes spicy food. Tamil cuisine is one of the oldest vegetarian culinary heritages in the world and on most auspicious days only vegetarian meals are prepared. Even among non-vegetarians, ceremonial feasts are always vegetarian. So for Tamil New years day, I stuck to a completely vegetarian menu.
Though stainless steel cutlery and crockery are used in urban homes, food is still served, on ceremonial occasions, in the traditional way - on a banana leaf, "vazhaillai", a freshly cut plantain leaf. It is very hygienic and also has medicinal values that have been proved for centuries. Serving always begins with salt and pickle being placed at the corners. The series of vegetable dishes and the crisp appalam, all of which go with the various rice courses, are placed on the top half of the leaf and the rice on the lower half.
The meal starts with the rice, which is generously doused with ghee. Sambhar, the highly spiced dal-based dish containing whatever appropriate vegetable there is in season, follows and this is succeeded by rasam.
After a final round of rice and curds, or buttermilk or both, a traditional meal concludes with a small banana, a few betel leaves and nuts.
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My menu for the day was rice, murungakai sambar(drumstick), tomato rasam, paruppu keerai masial(spinach dal), vazhaipoo vadai (banana flower vada), kathirikai podi poriyal (brinjal fry), urulaikizhangu masala (aloo masala), chow chow kootu (chayote squash curry), pavakkai (bitter gourd) fry, appalam (papad), thayir (curd), pickle and semiya payasam (vermicelli kheer). Here are a few pictures from that day. I will post the recipes soon. This is my entry to the RCI-Tamil cuisine event hosted by Lakshmik.
Payasam is made at most tamilian homes on special occasions. Be it a birthday, wedding anniversay, diwali, pongal or at homes like mine, just like that. Rice or Semiya (vermicelli) or jawarisi (sabudana) is usually added with milk, sugar and cardamom powder. I like mine not too thick and a little less sweet, cos then it tastes light and refreshing. This time I made my all time favorite semiya payasam.
Milk - 4 cups
Sugar - 3/4 cup (can be increased or decreased according to taste)
Vermicelli (semiya) - 1 cup
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Raisins - 1 tbsp
Broken cashew nuts - 1 tbsp
Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan and fry the raisins and cashwenuts till they turn golden brown. Remove and keep aside. Add 1 tbsp ghee to the same pan and fry the vermicelli till it turns golden brown. Remove and keep aside. Add milk to the pan and let it come to a boil. Add the fried vermicelli and let it cook for about 10-15min. Add sugar and cardamom powder and cook for 5 min. Finally add fried raisins and cashew nuts and remove from fire. It can be served both warm and chilled.


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