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Chaps 3>7: Monkey runs amok
JW Chapters 3 & 4: Spiritual training incomplete, Monkey is arrogant.
Monkey returns to his kingdom and destroys the Monster King of Havoc who has taken over his kingdom in his absence. Fearful of another invasion he then begins training and organizing his monkeys to be an army. Not having any real weapons he uses his powers to steal all the weapons from a neighboring kingdom. Not having a proper weapon for himself he goes to the Dragon King and demands a weapon worthy of his powers. The Dragon King gives him weapon after weapon, which Monkey rejects as too light. Even though the Dragon King says he has nothing else Monkey refuses to leave. The Dragon King finally remembers a heavy iron rod that was stuck in the water to measure the height of the River. This is acceptable to Monkey, who then demands a marital outfit to go with it. The King says he has nothing of the sort, but again Monkey refuses to leave until he gets something. Worried by Monkey's obnoxious behavior combined with his martial powers the Dragon King calls his brothers, who are able to supply Monkey with his outfit. At first his Brothers want to fight Monkey, but the Dragon King assures them that this will do no good because of Monkey's abilities. They then decide to file a grievance with the Emperor of Heaven.
Monkey then forms an alliance with other kings in the area. They all get drunk and Monkey passes out. Two agents of the Underworld, where people go when they die, come to seize Monkey, saying it is his time. Still drunk Monkey accompanies them but then sobers up when confronted with what is happening. Death is calling him. He demands to see the Death register and then erases his name along with many other monkeys. The Kings of the Underworld sensing his martial prowess let him go unharmed but also file a grievance with Heaven.
Two elements of note: First Monkey's aborted training produced an excellent martial artist but not a good person. In the martial tradition there were and are countless bullies who fall into this category. Indeed much martial literature focuses entirely on martial prowess with not even a nod to helping out those in distress or any kind of social responsibility. They cultivate jing-chi without the shên. Despite their prowess the Fire consumes them rapidly. It is necessary to cultivate mind as well as body to be light and subtle enough to pass through the Flames.
Master Ni was completely aware of this. While cultivating our physical skills he was continually eroding out personal ego. Indeed his Tai Chi and Sword classes were merely a front for spiritual training. At one point he said that as you cultivate the Tao that two demons grow along with it. One is in the head and the other is in the crotch. The demon in the crotch leads the person to dissipate his vital energies in sexual exploits. The demon in the head leads to the excesses of pride. Monkey was overwhelmed by the second of the two. Instead of humbly concealing his powers until they were needed, he arrogantly demanded what he wanted because he could. This dangerous aspect of incomplete training is a recurring theme throughout the Journey. Regularly those who have studied for a short while with a Master threaten the Quest.
Second Journey presents a permeable vision of Heaven, Hell and Earth. Mortals can pass from one to the other. Further these supernatural worlds are organized into a giant bureaucracy with the Jade Emperor at the top. This reflects the Chinese imperial system. All the rulers of the different realms are subservient to the Jade Emperor, the ruler of Heaven, and apply to him with petitions for assistance in keeping and restoring order in the realm. However just like the head of any organization the Jade Emperor is not all powerful like the transcendent Biblical God of the West but instead is in charge of making decisions employing all the magnificent resources that he has available to him as ruler of the Universe. Reiterating the supernatural world of the Chinese is patterned after their political system rather than being otherworldly as are the Western conceptions of Heaven and Hell.
JW Chapters 5 & 6: Mind without Intent is Dangerous
Presented with petitions from both the Dragon Kings and from the Kings of the Underworld complaining of Monkey's rude and disruptive behavior, the Jade Emperor asks for advice. Some suggest that they simply send an army to subdue Monkey. However Venus the planet suggests that they give him a position in Heaven to neutralize and tame his powers. The Jade Emperor agrees and invites Monkey to become the Imperial Horse Keeper. Honored Monkey takes the position and does a good job at it, even enjoying the work. But then some of the other divine inhabitants, when questioned by Monkey as to the status of the position, reveal to him that it is the lowest position in Heaven, but that he can work his way up with persistence.
Although he has enjoyed his work, Monkey is furious and feels insulted. Having only cultivated his physical powers with no real spiritual development Monkey is attached to his idea of status, not realizing that it is just another mental construct. In a huff Monkey left Heaven to return to his kingdom. After hearing from Monkey how he was showed such disrespect a demon suggests that he call himself 'The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven'. Monkey immediately has a banner made proclaiming his new title.
The Pride of Mind is unequaled. Monkey's wisdom and compassion for the mortal creatures of this realm was almost nonexistent. So call himself a Sage was ludicrous. Further to refer to himself as Equal to Heaven was an insult to the entire supernatural order. This is the normal condition of unbridled Mind, thinking himself superior to all with his logic faculties, when instead he is quite ignorant of the subtleties of Being. Mind is meant to be the Servant of Being rather than the Master. This also reflects the arrogance of the scientific community with all their precise equations, when the rest of us exist between the cracks.
In the meantime the Jade Emperor has decided to send some of his best warriors to subdue Monkey before he causes more trouble. But Monkey soundly defeats them. Because of his superior martial abilities Venus suggests that Monkey be given a meaningless position in Heaven with the title he has given himself - again to neutralize his great powers and prevent him from causing more mischief. Again Monkey is pleased with himself and his position.
However after a few more years the Jade Emperor decides to give Monkey a position guarding the Peaches of Immortality to give him something to do to channel his boundless energies. Monkey sees the luscious peaches and immediately begins eating them. When the Empress' Maidens come to gather some peaches for the Grand Festival of Heavenly Peaches they discover that the best fruit have already been eaten. Simultaneously Monkey finds that he has not been invited to this festival because his position has only a name with no status and no salary. Again he is furious because Mind has confused concepts for reality. Like most humans everywhere his happiness and peace is disturbed by ideas, not actual conditions.
Monkey then uses his powers to disguise himself as a god so that he can go to the festival, even though he wasn't invited. Once there he can't restrain himself, gorging himself on the food and getting drunk on the wine. After this orgy of consumption he realizes that he is going to get in big trouble. He steals some more wine and fights his way out of Heaven, returning home to his kingdom.
When he receives petitions from multiple sources complaining about Monkey's disgraceful behavior, the Jade Emperor sends his entire force down to capture Monkey. As he is consuming the heavenly wine with his friends, his minions come to warn him of the arrival of the heavenly forces. Unperturbed Monkey responds, "Nothing should interrupt the glow from a good glass of wine." His subjects return again with more warnings. Monkey again says, "Don't bother me when I'm enjoying my wine." The third time they say that the heavenly forces are breaking down the doors. Monkey responds angrily, "Have they no breeding, interrupting my drinking like this? Now I'm mad."
Monkey enters into battle, defeats everything that Heaven throws at him. The unfocused Mind is a powerful opponent. At last Kuan-yin, the Buddhist Bodhisattva, arrives and sends one of her disciples down to subdue Monkey. The two are about equal but then the heavenly armies defeat the Monkey's army. Discouraged Monkey retreats and goes through multiple transformations to avoid capture. Lao Tzu, the original Taoist Immortal, then arrives at the battleground to throw a net over Monkey to prevent his escape. Monkey is captured at last through the combined powers of Buddhism and Taoism. It is not easy to subdue the mischievous Monkey-mind. "The impish monkey in rebellion disturbs heaven and earth." But now …
"Fraud and impudence, now punished by the Law:
Heroics grand will fade in the briefest of time." JW I, p165
JW Chapter 7: Buddha Tames the Monkey-Mind
Now that Heaven has Monkey they don't know what to do with him. Agitated by his mental illusions he challenged heaven and the underworld, but became an Immortal in the process after eating the Peaches of Immortality. Lao Tzu says that he will reduce Monkey to just his pure essence by cooking him in his brazier of the eight trigrams of Yin Yang theory. This doesn't work at all. Even after cooking him for hours Monkey escapes, knocking over the brazier with its coals, toughened and unharmed. The Yin Yang theory while applying to many things is not comprehensive. It can't contain the immensity of the mind in its constructs. Science while powerful can't explain everything, nor will it ever.
More powerful than ever Monkey goes on a rampage, wanting to conquer heaven itself and proclaim himself ruler. We can see that the pursuit of power is also associated with Monkey. Mind combined with Body without Spirit to provide guidance. He rampages recklessly, creating great disturbances for any who are unfortunate enough to get in his path. Unfortunately this destructive category of human being include many of our leaders, who wreak havoc on our planet through their unbalanced behavior. Well-developed military - Body, and well developed intellect with scientific technology - Mind, but no spiritual intent to channel and guide this irresponsible power.
Monkey causes such disruptions that Buddha is called in to help. Monkey appeals to Buddha saying that he deserves to be ruler of all because he is so powerful. The countries with the most powerful armies feel that they deserve to be in charge because of their earthly power, not realizing how limited their vision is. Buddha responds: "If you can leave my realm I will bow to you as ruler of Heaven and Earth." Monkey immediately dashes off to the furthest corner of the Universe, where he finds five pillars. He urinates on the pillars and signs one of the pillars saying 'Monkey was here.' He speeds back to the Buddha ready to claim his prize. The Buddha holds up his hand and says, "Take a whiff." It smells of monkey urine. Monkey hasn't even escaped Buddha's hand. Buddha then turns over his hand with Monkey underneath. Buddha's hand turns into a mountain, with Monkey locked underneath to keep him out of trouble for the time being. Monkey has finally submitted.
"From the Brazier of 8 Trigrams the Great Sage escapes.
Beneath the Five Phases Mountain the Monkey of the Mind is stilled." JW I, p166
Summarizing: the beginning section of Journey began with Monkey attaining marvelous powers, including immortality, through self-cultivation. But his training was incomplete. Monkey as sense, or the discriminating mind, has no sense of moral or social responsibility because he has not become focused behind true intent, true earth. Hence he is motivated by pride and anger, with no real sense of purpose behind his desire to become ruler of heaven. Monkey because of intense purification has great powers and the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood. Unfortunately because these powers have not been yoked to true intent, they are used irresponsibly and wreak havoc upon Heaven above, the Underworld below, and the Earth in-between. However Lao Tzu with his alchemical practices aren't enough to subdue the Mind. It takes Buddha Tathataga, to tame Monkey. He pins him under the 5 phases mountain, where he remains for 500 years. Without a real sense of direction, true intent, the discriminating mind is useless, if not dangerous. The down side of being an academic is the tendency to subjugate true intent to the accumulation of information in the pursuit of pride of knowledge.
We need Monkey to vanquish evil
The subjugation of Mind is the yogic side of Buddhism. But this is just a stage, not the destination. Although Monkey, the discriminating mind, is pinned beneath the mountain, this is not good or balanced. The world doesn't get to have his great powers of seeing through falsehood and fighting for justice. Although pride and anger are neutralized when the monkey mind is imprisoned, desire runs rampant with nothing to control it. Without true sense to control desire, true intent is corrupted by desire, false mercury. Without an engaged and subdued Mind, desire leads the individual through existence, dissipating his energy, leading to a premature death. This becomes the normal course of life. Only through Monkey can we 'steal a march on heaven[i]' and reverse the natural order of things.
[i]We've mentioned the phrase 'stealing a march on Heaven' a few times, but what does it mean?
When two armies are fighting, each hopes to seize the strategic advantage. This could be anything from positioning. i.e. seizing the higher ground, to a surprise attack. To achieve this advantage one of the armies marches all night or takes a surprising but excruciating route. This is known as 'stealing a march' to gain an advantage which could mean the difference between victory or defeat.
A weaker army must use this techniques to avoid destruction. An attacking army might use this technique to surprise a well defended opponent. There are many celebrated examples of this throughout military history. Hannibal takes his elephants over the Alps. Bohemond sneaks into a Middle Eastern city at night to open the gates allowing the Crusaders to conquer the city and eventually the region. During World War II an American General inspires his troops to take a forced march over a perilous course to surprise the Japanese and turn the course of the war Southeast Asia.
So stealing a march has to do with a supreme effort to change the normal course of events. In like manner stealing a march on heaven has to do with a superhuman effort to change one's life course towards their normal fate. Perhaps an individual is fated to die anonymously without acclaim. If this same person can steal a march on heaven he can escape this fate and achieve his Destiny. My author hopes that his persistently superhuman effort to write me might allow him to attain Immortal status.
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summer .... what to do?
Hi ya'll!
Sooo... this is summer ey?
I'm trying to keep calm, not being stressed by not being stressed by anything. But that stresses me out..
So, instead of relaxing I try to keep myself occupied. But it turned out that I can only do so much before I reach a point of forced relaxation.
I'm planning for the tour... but I can't sit and practice every hour every day..
I'm planning for the Sunday services, but it's the same thing there..
I'm looking forward to go to work, planning in my head how successful I will be... but I can't do that forever without end.
I'm planning for several events and happenings for the next year…but I can't make anything more happen right now..
I'm trying to relax, laying around, enjoying the sun... But I get bored after a while...
I do have a sickness... it's called the "life-is-to-short" disease.
"Life-is-to-short" hits you when your life turns upside down and what seem to be many years ahead of you turn into gratitude for each day you wake up. I know it is important to relax…to allow your self to not do anything… I know that the spiritual life will benefit from that… I know my soul needs it… but it is like a flame, or a thirst that cannot be satisfied. I need to live. I need to make the most out of my life. Why should I just lie around when I could actually do something?
I need to find my answer to this question. It seems like I can't accept other peoples good advice.. I need to find my way.
What if you know that you need to practice and develop the "you" time cut of from everything, but your mind and body scream "Go on, do more stuff, don't waste your life!"…
I know I'm not wasting my life… I know the time when I can't do anything is good for me.. but why can't I accept it?
A person at my school said: Thomas, you are always on the run, always have something to do, somewhere to be. How do you keep up?
I know it's not a waste to sit down and relax… But it is so boring.. and I can't help it but it seems to me that it is not the best way I can spend my time in life..
My dream and goal and motivation this summer is to find the way to combine "life-is-to-short" with "keep-calm-you-are-just-fine". I want to be able to control this part of me. To control when to turn on all my 100% and just do the great job that I know I always do, and control so that I can slow down with a good conscience.
I want to spend more time with God, with my bible. Understand more, and shut my own thoughts and conclusions off for a while and let God have His ways.
Finally, I'm looking forward to august like a child longs for Christmas day. So many good things in my life right now, and the silver ring on my right hand reminds me every day of what joy I have experienced the last semester and what joy this next semester will bring.
Because after all… I'm a very lucky and happy man :)


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If I can explain, the measurements were of a dead person, all muscles would have been fully relaxed, he would have been shorter than when he was alive, let's say by at least 1 inch, that would make him ^ 6 foot tall.
Next, when alive he wore decent shoes, that would add say another 1 inch to his apparent height. That would make him around 6'1" tall.
Now consider what happens to us all if we make an effort to stretch to our full height, we can pick up another 1 inch approximately. This makes our man 6'2" in height
Now let's look at the question of his wedge shaped toes, these toes occur in a few people, ballet dancers and maybe horse riders as has been often discussed. They also occur in people who have a particular condition known as 'toe walking' there is a medical term but I am not sure that it would help that much. Two things happen when people walk on their toes or more precisely, on the balls of their feet. Firstly, they have highly developed calf muscles and secondly they appear to be taller.
Following this logic, then the Somerton Man in real life could have stood at 6'2" or even 6'3" in height.
So, what does that mean in this case? One thing it means is that as Clive and I and Misca and Byron plus others carry out our searches, we come across various forms that include height measurements, very often a search on the same person can have two or even 3 different results. One benefit for those who research is that we could now extend our search to include people up to 6'3" in height.
The Soviet AgentThere is one other thing, here is an image of a clipping from a book, The Atom Spies:
|This image taken in 1941
These pics have been added following a comment from Pete Bowes, they show, in my view, a man with sharp features,


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Caring, AKA "giving a crap": Why it's the most interesting & hopeful thing about our global connectedness.
Impoverished Ethiopians search a city trash dump site for food and items that they can sell or barter in the capital city of Addis Ababa. Picture credit: Zoriah © zoriah/www.zoriah.com
* Our ability to care, for each other and for our planet, and to scale that up beyond anything we've known before, is going to be the game changer in almost every aspect of life. Without it, we are truly screwed and should feel very depressed indeed.
* There's growing interest in opening up new ways of looking at our world, at how humans might live together in it, and what the possibilities might be for finding meaning and purpose.
* Millions of folk seem to be recognising a desire for something more than just superficial, selfish, increasingly comfortable and consumption driven lives that many seem to have embraced and found wanting.
* A deeper, more meaningful life can grow and flourish when we nurture our care for others, our kindness, love, and compassion.
* This is in line with the findings of researchers like Dr. Martin Seligman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a founder of the "positive psychology" movement. He describes the ultimate state of human happiness as "knowing your highest strengths and deploying them in the service of something larger than you are".
* Caring for others and our world is definitely "larger than you are"!
Picture credit: Tibchris A less fortunate person waking up to a beautiful morning in San Francisco.
* I'm been blown away by the number, and calibre, of caring people I've found since I started connecting online last spring. Without these digital technology enabled communities, it's unlikely our paths would have crossed.
* Social networks, the social web, help us scale up our caring. Now we can connect in meaningful ways and be part of all kinds of things that are much bigger than ourselves. And through shared values, projects, ideas, information and resources, we can join our caring forces, build momentum, and make a positive difference in so many new ways, and improved old ways.
Picture credit: Wonderlane Begging in Bangladesh - a child caring for a child in poverty.
* Caring, AKA "giving a crap", is the factor that will make all the difference in our world.
* People who care make things happen. They are arsed. They get up when they've been pushed over. They press on. They find a way to do what needs to be done.
* We can't do much on our own, no matter how much we care, since we as individuals are "not scale-able".
* We need other people. Caring, world-changing, amazing people. They are "out there". We need to find them. Team up. Support them. I need their help to live a meaningful and useful life. I want to help them too.
* Those people are YOU.
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Hwy 12 fatality hit and run suspect arrested
By George Garza
Last week, on Thursday, Vidor Police arrested, a man they believe may have been the driver in a fatal pedestrian hit and run collision that occurred on Highway 12 three weeks ago. As previously reported in The Vidor Vidorian, forty-nine year-old Kevin McClure of Orange County, Texas was arrested in Oak Acres Mobile Home Park on Osteen off North Tram Road and charged with felony failure to stop and render aid with serious injury or death. If McClure is tried and convicted of this charge it holds a penalty of two to twenty years in the State Penitentiary.
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Today I am officially the mom of a 2,5 year old. WOW! I can't believe we'll be starting looking at preschools after the summer. I miss my little baby, but this is also a very fun age! We talk, we play and we laugh so much. She's a real commedian and she brings so much joy to our lives. I decided to to another update to look back on the last couple of months and see how she's doing. So here we go!
Height & Weight
We haven't had a any check-ups lately, so I have no idea what her exact weight and height is at the moment. I am guess she's about 34 inches tall and about 24 - 25 pounds. I don't this she has grown so much over the last 6 months. She still wears size 4+ nappies, shoe size 7 and fits into 24 month clothing.
Her speech has developed so much over the last couple of months. She's always been a pretty good talker, but we do notice an increase in difficulty in the words she uses. She suprises us constantly with new words and sentences like 'Can you get me my musical instruments?' and 'I am such a commedian!' She also suprised us with the fact that she can now count beyond ten. We didn't even start practicing with that yet. The potty is also becoming more and more interesting. She uses the potty a couple of times a day now for peepies and poopies. But she isn't fully potty trained yet. We'll probably start taking it up a notch during the summer vacation. We'll see how it goes, there is no rush. She is also refining her motorskills and her visual perceptual skills. She loves puzzles and she's getting pretty good at making them. She now makes puzzles consisting of 12 - 16 pieces.
Likes & Dislikes
We experienced a heat wave recently. and that meant we had to take the pool out for some refreshment. Charlotte loved it! If it would have been up to her she would have spend the entire week in that pool. I let her pick out a toy for in the pool and she picked an inflatable crocodile. They have been BFF's since day one! It's been great! Besides that Charlotte has become completly obsessed with books. She takes them everywhere and we are not allowed to leave the house without taking atleast one of them with us. She even sleeps with 5 books in her bed at night. That can't be comfortable, but she refuses to go to sleep without them. She also loves singing, dancing and often takes out my yoga mat for the downward facing dog. She's also getting more and more into movies. Her favorite movie is Disney's Frozen. She dislikes being told no and she's awfully scared of mascots at amusement parks. Which should be fun considering the fact that we're going to Disneyland in a couple of weeks, haha!
Well that was it for today. I hope you all have a lovely weekend!


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Having young children, we're always very conscious of what we say around them. We offer opportunities for them to talk and they have total freedom to ask any questions they want. We try to keep their day-to-day lives as normal as possible – homework, chores, lessons, etc. We don't want them to worry or spend their days being anxious, we want them to live life and experience their childhood without fear of what might happen, what if… WE don't even know, so how would you explain that uncertainty to a child?
They are pretty typical kids and siblings. They resist doing homework. They have messy rooms and leave their stuff all over the house. They pester us to watch TV. They use their imaginations and create music, art, and cool dance moves. They fight and bicker about pretty much anything. They look out for each other and sneak in acts of love and kindness. They get silly and loud. They like to cuddle and read together. They throw fits when they can't find the 'right' pants to wear on a cold morning. Pretty normal kid stuff.
But they've still seen their mom have seizures and be taken away in an ambulance. They've still seen their mom in the hospital with ~35 stitches in her scalp. They've seen their mom suffer through chemo and radiation, unable (or unwilling) to get out of bed some days. They know I have brain cancer and that it's serious, though we've avoided discussing the ultimate risk of death. They've seen me going to Stanford for frequent appointments and taking a handful of medicine twice each day. They have gotten a little too comfortable with my memory loss and have learned to play it in their favor – well, at least the tween has tried.
While they lead pretty 'normal' lives, we can see the trauma and anxiety come through from time to time. If I pause in the middle of a sentence, I get a rapid, 'Mom, are you ok?' If I cough while I'm reading a story, I get a 'Mom, are you ok?' If I get lost in a thought, I get a close look-over and a 'Mom, are you ok?' My daughter often double checks that I've taken my medicine (after 2 alarms and text reminder have already occurred.) Occasionally, my son will tell me 'that I'm going to live a very long time' in our bedtime cuddling. I catch the hidden glances in my direction any time they sense something is out of the ordinary.
Unfortunately, a few people have made comments like 'everyone with cancer dies', which WE know is not true. Those who make these comments don't think of the impact those four words can have since I'm not THEIR mom and they've not experienced what our kids have lived through in the last year. But to our 6 and 10-year-old it's a scary thing to hear. It makes the fearful 'what if' come to their minds and we have to spend a few days talking them down from the fear and anxiety – to get them back to spending more of their time just being kids.
The brain cancer is perhaps a little harder for them to grasp, because it's less visible. But the seizures are VERY real and VERY visible and VERY scary. Being able to talk about it helps, but sometimes it's easier if you can write it down. This blog has been great therapy for me, and since my daughter also loves to write, I asked her if she'd like to write something about what it's like to have a mom with brain cancer. She immediately said 'yes.' This is what she wrote:
It is sort of scary to have a mom who can have a seizure, but knowing what to do and that we have neighbors that will help makes it a lot less scary. It is annoying that we have to walk a lot of places, like soccer practice and home from school. I am still a little scared when I hear a siren. Now she has a special medicine or as I like to call it 'miracle medicine'.
That 'miracle medicine' is Ativan. I got a prescription after my last seizure, which was a status epilepticus. I'm supposed to take it if I seize in an attempt to avoid another life threatening episode. We can only hope that the secondary seizure medicine I now take will work, and that potential emergency doesn't happen.
A fire truck and ambulance came into the neighborhood last night after bed time. She called out for me and I had to reassure her that I was fine and they weren't coming for me.
I feel like we're doing a pretty good job of keeping our kids' lives on track and 'normal.' We don't coddle them or excuse any bad behavior, but it's important to remember that they feel anxious and have experienced trauma too. Sometimes a little more patience and an extra hug are needed. Then they need to go finish their homework and clean their rooms, just like any other kid.


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This is the first in a (hopefully) long set of posts about our summer trip to Tanzania.
I can't remember why we settled on Tanzania as our destination, but now that we're back and have the memories and photos from our journey, I'm very happy that we picked it. It's a beautiful country all right, with the lakes of the south, the great rift valley, the Ngorongoro crater, Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti plain and the beaches and coral of Zanzibar. The animals are plentiful and you can see and photograph just about any African animal on your list except for kangaroos (inside joke with our guide). But, Tanzania is special to me because of its people. The people certainly aren't the richest in the world by monetary standards, but they live in peace and seem genuinely happy to see you. There are well over 100 tribes who live in harmony and share a common language (Swahili) thanks to their first Prime Minister. It sometimes gives me great pleasure to search Google news for items on Tanzania because usually there is very little to report. People go about their daily lives, tourists come and go and the news media is blissfully free of murders, terrorist attacks and reports of piracy. The scenery and abundant animals are the icing on the cake.
We embarked on our journey on the eve of Canada Day and flew to Dar es Salaam via Amsterdam. To make this journey, one must ride in two large aluminum tubes for about 16 hours with a stopover in Schipol airport. Make sure you bag one of the lovely reclining chairs in the terminal so you can nap in between flights. There are people who get off at Kilimanjaro with their backpacks full and their eyes set on climbing the mountain. We were more interested in seeing the wildlife and the people, so we gave Kili a pass and landed at Dar. By the time we bought our visas and cleared customs, it was close to midnight and we were very happy to see our beds in the downtown hotel, especially since we were heading back out early the next morning.
Before I resume my narrative, let me tell you a little about the travellers. There are four of us who often travel together. Rick and Deb are wonderful friends and travelling companions. Rick is a mining engineer who has found a career as an environmental consultant. He knows dirt. If you have land that has troublesome soil pollution, Rick will be happy to charge you a lot of money to advise you. Usually his advice means putting the troublesome dirt into a dump truck and making it somemone else's problem. You can't vaporize dirt! Deb is a world-renowned child psychologist and expert on bullying. Usually we manage to time our adventures around one of Deb's conferences and she was going to be speaking in Zambia after our trip. My wife, Trish, is an associate dean of a college in Toronto. In her job, she gets to deal with hiring teachers, mapping out strategy for her department and advising young adults who are usually under achieving and looking for help. Trish keeps a box of Kleenex and a bag of candy nearby to comfort them - she is a very kind person. I'm the narrator and I'm also a consultant. I advise people on how to design large computer systems. In my spare time, I like to take photographs. Lots of photographs!
We were up before dawn and heading back out to the airport. Dar airport is has a dual personality. On one side, there is the International airport with proper air bridges for the big international jets. On the other side, there is the domestic terminal, a throwback to the 50's with a bustling waiting room and small prop planes coming and going. We flew out with a handful of others in a Cessna Caravan turbo prop that seats 12. This plane, as we were to find out, is the workhorse of Tanzania. The domestic fleet is probably half Caravans and half everything else under the sun. The Caravan is a super plane - it's comfortable and fast and can land on the many gravel landing strips that dot the country.
If you look at a map of Tanzania, you can see that our destination, Selous National Park, is not all that far from Dar es Salaam. Why, you might ask, didn't we drive or take a bus? The answer is simple. Tanzanian roads are a disaster. Almost none of the roads are paved outside of the cities and the surfaces are a dusty, bumpy mixture of sand and gravel that make even short journeys take all day. A 40 minute flight to Selous beats a 10 hour sojourn over back-breaking rutted backroads.
As we left Dar, we flew over the remains of plantations and eventually reached green bush land. Soon, we caught sight of lakes in the distance and the pilot dropped down so that we can see wildlife. We spotted our first giraffes and wildebeests and then we realized that we are on our final approach. The animals were hanging out in the woods right beside the air strip. Our lives were hanging on the zebras, giraffes and elephants staying put in the trees and not deciding to cross the runway while we happened to be using it.
Fortunately we made it down safely and were met by our guide and driver in an open Toyota Land Cruiser. Our guide, Emmanuel, is a handsome young lad who has an encyclopedic knowledge of the birds and animals and can spot an elephant miles away. We made our way slowly to our destination, Lake Manze Camp, catching sight of our first African animals. We were saucer-eyed as we spotted herds of impala, zebra, wildebeest, giraffes and even elephants and lions. Here's a photo of a male impala...
We reached our tented camp and were delighted with the reception. Our host and camp director, Richard, turned out to be an ex-Buddist monk who discovered an affinity for guiding and is now managing Lake Manze camp. He gave us a very nice welcome and gave us a tour of the central eating area and then ushered us to our tents, accompanied by our Masai warrior guards. We were a little non-plussed that we needed guards, but later found out why. Our tents turned out to be very comfortable, with a large sleeping area, wooden bed, stone patio for reading and a toilet and shower with running water (cold and hot!).
Lake Manze camp is a little off the beaten track. Many people come to Tanzania and climb Kili or tour the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro crater, but few venture south to Selous and it is their loss. Selous has several advantages that make it a "must do": it isn't crowded, the park rules allow you to venture off-road and there are wonderful water safaris that let you get close to the crocs, hippos and the birds.
The elephants are very plentiful in Lake Manze camp and they tend to get very close and personal. On our first night, we had a splendid meal under the stars. Richard sat at the head of a very large table and all the camp guests enjoyed each others' company seated at the big table. After dinner, Rick and I went to the bar for a nightcap while Trish and Deb went back to the tents with the requisite Masai guards. While they were getting ready for bed in their tents, the ladies heard a huge crash just outside Deb's tent. She looked out of the window and saw an elephant walking right by the tent. Deb and Trish had visions of elephants trampling down the tents, but they seemed to be content to mill about eating the undergrowth. When Rick and I got back to our tents, we were greeted by quite a story!
One of our fellow guests turned out to be a very accomplished professional photographer, Donald Miralle. Donald is now independant, but used to work for Getty. He does a lot of sports photography and was in Tanzania on assignment for National Geographic where he would be photographing a medical mission. Technically, he was on holiday during his stay at Selous, but he worked as hard as anyone I've seen. He photographed from morning to night and was often in the next boat to us on the river. He had wonderful equipment: three Canon bodies and several nice lenses including a huge 400mm f2.8 bazooka that looked like it took two people to carry.
We had many great safaris during our three days at Selous. The river cruises were absolutely fabulous. We usually started around 4 in the afternoon and went up and down the river in the little tin boat with our guide Elton until the sun set. The sun would get low on the horizon and the light turned a golden colour. We saw hundreds of crocodiles lurking on the side of the river. As we motored by, the crocs would startle and launch themselves into the water until all we could see were their eyes. We also saw many pods of hippos lazing in the river. The hippos didn't like being disturbed and one of them would usually charge our boat as we stopped to watch them. The guide would watch for bubbles approaching our boat and would move off before the hippo could approach. Hippos are very aggressive and kill more humans than any other African animal. Occasionally we would see other animals in the mud flats beside the river including water buffalo and elephants. At one point, we were just leaving the dock and heading down into the main estuary when a pair of elephants decided to cross the river right in front of us.
The highlight of the Selous river safari was the bird life. You can see every type of stork and heron imaginable and lovely bee catchers and Kingfishers.
Occasionally, you can also see a sea eagle sitting majestically on a palm tree stump lit up by the golden light of the sunset.
Elton's favorite trick was to run the boat down a bank where there were thousands of bee catcher nests burrowed into the mud. As the boat went down the row of nests, the birds all flew out by the thousands. When we had passed, the birds returned to their nests and many would strike a pose on the branches over the mud bank with their vivid plumage lit up by the sun.
Our jeep safaris were just as good. On one occasion, our guide Emmanuel spotted buzzards in a tree in the distance. In most northern parks, you would have to find a road near the tree, but we just struck off the road and travelled overland towards the buzzards. When we got close, we spotted a trio of lionesses who had recently killed a wildebeest. One of the lions was having a lovely nap with its paw in the air. The other two were chowing down on the carcass while the buzzards looked on. After watching the feast for a half hour we moved on. We came by the scene later the next day and all that was left of the wildebeest was its skeleton.
On another safari, we were driving towards a pride of lions who were dozing under a tree. Our driver pointed the jeep at the tree and started to drive towards it. Unfortunately, there was a muddy stream in the way and we got stuck in the stream before we could approach the lions. There was another Lake Manze jeep in the vicinity and they were able to pull us to safety, but we had to get out of the jeep to lighten the load. It was a strange feeling standing there with lions in the distance.
Here's Don Miralle, professional photographer and amateur tow truck driver helping to get us out of the mire. The lions are lying under the trees visible in the background.
In Selous, you can also do a walking safari. Early in the morning, we headed out with our guide and a guard who was carrying an automatic rifle. Clearly, they were taking our safety very seriously this time! We had a pleasant hike in the bush and saw a very large family of elephants as well as giraffes and baboons. Here is our walking safari guard.
After Selous, it was time to make our way to Arusha and the north. Our pilot had arrived the night before and we had a pleasant dinner with him. He was a very young man, originally from South Africa, who was very keen to start his career as a pilot. Early the next morning, we drove out to the air strip with him and were a little taken aback when we spotted our ride for the morning. It was a very small airplane, a Cessna 206 that seated 6. The airplane was sitting at the end of the landing strip and the wheels were covered in thorns to stop the animals from eating the tires! The take-off was very loud, but the flight was very smooth in the still morning air and we had an excellent view of the Selous lake country as we turned towards Dar.


text: In 6th grade science we learn about all kinds of things. We start with weather and climate, from how our earth heats to climate change we learn how our earth is changing over time. Next we learn about plate tectonics, why they are shifting and how they are causing volcanoes and earthquakes. From there we move in to researching the sun-earth-moon system. Finally we end the year with exploring planetary systems. We will go over moon phases, eclipses, constellations, planets and rockets. We will take a blast from the past and even explore Pluto. Sixth grade science is all about hands on actions. We will be diving in and getting our hands dirty all along the way!


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Businessman Daniel Mckorley has urged the Akufo-Addo-led government not to pay lip service to private sector development unlike its predecessor whose economic policies he observed, 'lacked common sense'
Picking an example of poor economic decision-making by the Mahama-led government, CEO at McDan Shipping Company Daniel McKorley pointed to the Komenda Sugar Factory revamped last May.
President John Mahama who inaugurated the factory said it has a manufacturing appetite capable of producing 1,250 tonnes of sugar daily. He said the $35-million factory, set up through an Indian government facility will create 7,000 direct and indirect jobs.
"You don't expect to put up a tomato factory where there is no dam or there is no irrigation running through 12 months…you cannot tell me that you build a sugar factory in your common sense where there is no sugar," he expressed frustration.
He explained that it was not the government's responsibility to build a sugar factory when it can create the environment for the private sector to get in there.
"Most of the contracts and businesses that government is involving itself is unnecessary. Why should government borrow money through private individuals to build a sugar factory which is not working?"
The Exim Bank of India loan which was used in building the factory has an interest of 1.75 percent with a five-year moratorium. The loan repayment will begin in the sixth year while the Ghana government is providing a counterpart funding of $1.26 million.
The Loan has an interest of 1.75 percent, with a five-year moratorium. Repayment starts in the sixth year. – See more at: http://thebftonline.com/business/agribusiness/19202/komenda-factory-requires-225000mt-of-sugar-cane.html#sthash.tiwWYOPQ.dpuf
"That factory is a white elephant. It will never work", the vocal CEO said on Joy FM Super Morning Show Wednesday.
The factory closed down in July 2016 after the sugar cane season petered off.
The shut down fuelled criticism from the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the commissioning of the project was for propaganda value rather than sound economic judgement.
The Trade Ministry, however, explained that the raw material -sugarcane- has entered its lean season hence the need to close down the revamped factory for maintenance. The Ministry said the company will resumed operations by November.
"You think if it was a private man's money that factory will be a white elephant? Just do your investigation, that factory will never work. I tell you," he said emphatically.
Photo: President John Mahama as he commissioned the factory first built in 1967
Daniel McKorley said despite the talk of promoting private sector development, the previous government did not allow the private sector to lead.
Chief Executive of Yamson and Associates, Dr. Ishmael Yamson agreed with his colleague CEO, pointing out that the government put the cart before the horse in the business model of the Komenda Sugar factory.
He said the first thing the government should have done was to make sure the irrigation system works as an investment in the infrastructure that can invite the private sector.
"But if the govt is borrowing money to go and put up the factory, what money does it have to go and build the irrigation system…it didn't make sense," he said.
Comparing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) business plan while in government to what he has seen as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) business plan for the private sector, the McDan Shipping CEO is confident that the new government is on the right track.
He said after studying the NPP's one-district, one-factory policy which he described as "a fantastic document", he added that "it is nothing complicated" to achieve "…the interesting part for me is that it will be privately driven."
Mr McKorley, a passionate believer in the private sector, said he is interested in taking advantage of the plan, challenging the NPP government to muster "the political will to execute it and leave it in the hands of the private sector".
"We need to move the private sector forward…it is about time we stop playing politics with Ghana and get serious with business,, " he said.
According to a Busines and Financial Times report, the project contractor in the construction of the Komenda Sugar factory, Nitin Wagh has said more work needs to be done to ensure that good quality sugarcane is available for processing.
"The sugarcane farmers within the Komenda enclave don't have the modern techniques, no irrigation, and no fertiliser programme. What they are doing is that whatever crop comes at the end of the year they harvest it. You cannot do that for many years," he said.
"In India, when you plant the sugarcane, which takes one year to mature, it is harvested for two years and fresh seedlings are planted. But here in Ghana, the root is there for 38 or 40 years. That means farmers don't know about it.
"So today, the sugarcane in the Komenda area will give you just 4 or 5 percent of sugar. So if you crush 1,250 tonnes, you will get about 50 tonnes," Mr. Wagh noted.
The Ghana sugar industry was started in the First Republic and consisted of two factories at Asutsuare and Komenda which began operations in 1967.
The two factories had their own plantations and also bought cane from farmers. Development of the plantations and factories -which were supplied, erected and financed by Poland (Asutsuare) and Czechoslovakia (Komenda) – was badly-planned, executed and managed.
Water for the factory and housing at Komenda was provided by a 24-mile canal from the River Pra. The canal was intended to provide sugar estates with irrigation through a sprinkler system.
The Komenda Sugar Factory later went under private care, but this wasn't enough to sustain it.


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An ambitious attempt to create an aesthetically pleasing photograph everyday for a year. Documenting commonplace life can be mundane, so inspiration will be essential to find beauty in the ordinary. by Julie Grace


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Our good friend and fellow rider Ricardo (Chamo) was involved in a very serious motorcycle accident on May 21/2018 while in Deals Gap and still remains in hospital.
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As I've mentioned previously, Canada is a equal (25%) partner in the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project. The TMT is the world's most ambitious optical telescope project and we can expect the first science images from the telescope in about 2015.
The TMT Project publishes monthly electronic "Newscasts" which cover various aspects of the project. The August issue covers a range of topics including science, technical and management. One article describes how the Project is undergoing a huge cost estimating exercise. The goal is to come up with an accurate cost estimate for the telescope and to have this estimate reviewed by experts later this year.
This issue contains an excellent article by Dr. Tim Davidge of Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (HIA) in Victoria on studying stars in the Andromeda Galaxy with adaptive optics powered imaging camera on TMT. TMT will have four times the resolution of the Hubble Space telescope and will be able to image stars that are much fainter.
The cover of TIME Magazine declares "How the Stars Were Born" and the accompanying article features TMT Board member Richard Ellis. TMT will greatly enhance our understanding how stars, and galaxies, are born.
This issue of the TMT Newscast includes a Q&A with Dr. David Crampton who is the Instruments Group Leader for TMT and is also the Head of Instrumentation at HIA.
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Party of principle?
Yesterday the Libertarian Party nominated Bob Barr for president. Barr was chosen on the sixth ballot over Dr. Mary Ruwart, my first choice. I think the LP is making a mistake; the Libertarian nominee can't win the election, so it's more important for him (or her!) to be a principled and passionate advocate for liberty than to be a compromising waffler with a questionable past. When in Congress, Barr was one of the most determined drug warriors and an opponent of same-sex marriage and abortion rights. He also voted for the USA PATRIOT Act and the Iraq war. It was only after the LP helped to get him out of Congress that he changed his mind and became more consistently libertarian. I admire that, but I'd have preferred someone like Ruwart, who has always been principled and is an excellent speaker and author. She also has a Ph.D. in biophysics and is a loud opponent of government intervention in the drug industry. Barr's only advantages over Ruwart are name recognition and perhaps fundraising ability.
It's also a shame that Wayne Allyn Root, another former Republican (with unfortunate initials!), got the VP nod over Steve Kubby, a long-time cancer patient who has controlled his symptoms with marijuana and has been persecuted by the federal government for it. It's hard to believe that the LP could nominate two people less consistently libertarian than Republican hopeful Ron Paul, who's still my candidate until he officially drops out.
At least we Libertarians fund our own convention and this year's vote was fairly tight and exciting. I think it's so stupid that DNC chair Howard Dean declared that Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama must drop out of the race well before the convention. He basically admitted that the convention itself is completely meaningless. So why are we taxpayers helping to pay for it? (The convention may cost more than $100 million.)
Besides, I very much doubt that the fight between Obama and Clinton will significantly hurt the eventual nominee. They may be using campaign funds against each other, but once the nominee is decided almost all supporters of each will surely prefer the other to McCain.
Speaking of McCain, today I finished reading Trail Fever, an account of the fight for the 1996 Republican nomination by the author of Moneyball. Most of the Republicans featured in the book seem like typical politicians, unprincipled and opportunistic, but McCain comes off as a true independent and genuinely good guy. He now seems less independent than he used to be, though, and forced to choose among him and Obama and Barr, I think I'd go with Barr.