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To purchase the book from Amazon, click here.
I have a limited number of copies and you can purchase one directly from me, at a discount, and signed if you wish, on a first come basis.
If you don't live nearby, you can still get a signed copy, for the same low price plus shipping. Contact me, or click the "Buy Now" button to the left.
If you are a retailer or librarian, the book is available through most book distributors and the CreateSpace Expanded Distribution Channel.
Those Others takes place in the Spring of 1965, and since this is the 45th anniversary year for Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March and the first gay rights picket in Washington DC, events which play a role in the book, I decided to release the title early so that people might have it to read as they commemorate the events.
Those Others is based in part on a series of newspaper articles from the Washington Post in 1965.
This article was on the front page of section E on Sunday, January 31, 1965.
Here are the articles that appeared over the five day period.
The book not only tells the story of how a young man's perception of himself might have been influenced by these articles, but with the inclusion of reprints of the articles reveals that with gay equality, in spite of the tremendous gains made over the last five decades, we still must fight the same battles and misconceptions that were were present in 1965.
Michael also learns about equality from Civil Rights leaders as he becomes a part of that movement. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bayard Rustin and Viola Liuzzo provide insights that help him develop a different view of himself.
The articles from the Washington Post, hidden among the archives of the paper for decades, and King's speech at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March, are included as part of the book.

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A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug.
Programmers are scrambling to overhaul the open-source Linux kernel's virtual memory system. Meanwhile, Microsoft is expected to publicly introduce the necessary changes to its Windows operating system in an upcoming Patch Tuesday: these changes were seeded to beta testers running fast-ring Windows Insider builds in November and December.
Crucially, these updates to both Linux and Windows will incur a performance hit on Intel products. The effects are still being benchmarked, however we're looking at a ballpark figure of five to 30 per cent slow down, depending on the task and the processor model. More recent Intel chips have features - such as PCID - to reduce the performance hit.
That's one hell of a bug.
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The thing is similar results have been achieved in the past using different techniques with hardily anyone blinking an eye.
For instance:
Incidentally this paper from 2016 recommends the exact same (slow) countermeasures that the linux kernel and others are now implementing, so if merely getting this meta information was such a big deal on it's own, then why didn't they act sooner when ASLR weaknesses first started being published?
I believe/assume the answer to this lies in the possibility that someone actually managed to breach a kernel boundary to either read or write memory without proper access. I don't know if this is true, but IMHO it would explain the urgency we're seeing.
We'll have to wait and see, but as long as we're speculating, here's mine Assuming that the speculative engine doesn't check page permissions for rights before executing speculative branches (as some sources have mentioned), then I wonder if maybe intel is leaking protected memory by a side channel attack on indirect jumps?
Pseudo code example:
// 4GB filled with nothing but "ret" opcodes
memset(dummy, 0xC3, 1<<32);
// ignore the page faults...
sigaction (SIGSEGV, IGNORE);
long best_clocks=~0;
long best_x;
long clocks;
"mov eax, [FORBIDDEN_MEMORY_ADDRESS]"
"call [$dummy+eax]");
for(long long x=0; x<0x100000000ULL; x+=CACHE_WIDTH) {
clocks = cpuclocks();
char ignore = dummy[x];
clocks = cpuclocks() - clocks;
if (best_clocks>clocks) {
best_clocks = clocks;
best_x = x;
printf("The value at %lx is near %ld!\n", FORBIDDEN_MEMORY_ADDRESS, best_x);
Bear in mind this is just a very rough idea, but the theory is that if the branch predictor speculatively follows the branch, then page corresponding to the hidden kernel value should get loaded into cache. The call will inevitably trigger a fault, which is expected, but the state of the cache will not get reverted and will therefor leak information about the value in kernel memory. Scanning the dummy memory under clock analysis should reveals which pages are in cache. Different variations of this idea could provide more information.
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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. We had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.Even while I protest the assembly-line production of our food, our songs, our language, and eventually our souls, I know that it was a rare home that baked good bread in the old days. Mother's cooking was with rare exceptions poor, that good unpasteurized milk touched only by flies and bits of manure crawled with bacteria, the healthy old-time life was riddled with aches, sudden death from unknown causes, and that sweet local speech I mourn was the child of illiteracy and ignorance. It is the nature of a man as he grows older, a small bridge in time, to protest against change, particularly change for the better.
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Usual diets often demand a lot of limitations and strict nutrition plan, which sometimes looks nothing more than starvation. The idea of balanced nutrition is not about food reduction and recession, it is all about good selection and sticking to the plan of specified nutrition. The ketogenic diet is one of the most popular weight loss method, which includes a nutrition that minimizes carbohydrate intake in order to induce your body to use your fats as the source of it. Usual menu for such diet considers daily intake of some specified non-carbohydrate meals, usually 5-6 meals, during the working week, and taking meals that include carbohydrates over the weekend. There are also some supplements that can be included into keto diet, such as Pruvitt Keto OS which is great for those who wish to get desired results in short terms.
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If you are just passing Oberbilker Markt via one of the main roads, you might not be aware that hiding behind all those fancy office buildings, there's a park.
In the rectangle created by Kölner Str., Werdener Str. and Moskauer Str., surrounded by modern buildings, there is a park. You won't notice it if you drive past, but there are several tiny access roads and entrances that allow you to enter this rather geometrical designed green space. The park is rather narrow and long with a boulevard around it and an artificial lake in the middle.
The areal used to be an industrial site, but production ended in the 1970ies and starting in the 1990ies, new offices and business buildings were constructed, with this curious patch of green right in the middle. People spend their lunch breaks there, play soccer, go running or just hang out in the sunshine when the weather is nice.
The park is certainly not the first choice for nature-lovers, it does have a rather artificial and constructed vibe to it (but then it is still relatively new anyway), but it's great if you need a break from urban exploring and there's also loads of interesting architecture surrounding it that's just waiting for you and your camera.
To get there, take a tube to "Moskauer Straße" and you're right there. If you get out at "Oberbilker Markt", there is a passage way right on the corner Kölner Str./Werdener Str.
More information:
http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtgruen/park/ihz_park.shtml (German only, sorry!)
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Wednesday, 14 January 2015
What's On Your Workdesk, Wednesday?
Mid week again, and so we play WOYWW (#293) - off to travel the globe and visit the homes and desks of many talented crafty people....thanks to our host Julia who has all the details on her blog here.
My fist pic is of my desk looking mighty nice, just waiting for my return from 4 weeks away visiting our family. So glad I tidied before we left - fresh desk for a new year of fun.
And here it is this afternoon as I completed my first card (here). My soft roller there on the right on the clear plastic packing I use as a palette when I'm playing with distress inks. Large jar of ribbon spools and the brushes, stamps and clear stamp blocks all scattered across the desk. In the middle back there is another card I've pieced together just waiting for me to decide if needs any tweeking.
I'm off now to post and visit some desks, thanks to all you kind friends who dropped in last week and left comments. Cheers and have a wonderful week Robyn
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That is the neatest desk on WOYWW today and look very nice, sadly none of our desks last long in that stateReplyDelete
Bridget #1
I'm enjoying another twinnie fun day here so am just grabbing 5 mins to visit my fav blogs. I think jars of ribbons are following me around today 😃ReplyDelete
Annie x #26
Waiting for more estate agents today - so a very quiet desk! x JoReplyDelete
A very nice and tidy desk!! I like 'em that way too!ReplyDelete
Happy Crafting!
Jeannie #17
My goodness your space looks so tidy. Even after you did a project it looks 200% better then mine..lol Happy WOYWW Shel#56ReplyDelete
Wow, your space is fantastic - I love it. Your card is beautiful - I had a closer look and I love the watercolour technique you used on the flowers - they look so delicate and pretty like that - beautiful work. Thanks for dropping by my desk earlier, I hope you have a great week,ReplyDelete
Diana #41
OH Robyn, I could work in your craft room. You have SO much storage, and wonderfully arranged, too. I'm a neat freak, so your craft area really spoke to me!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for visiting while I slept. Happy WOYWW from #2.
Robyn I love the little drawer unit thing you've got on your desk. Looks so useful! xReplyDelete
Hi Robyn,ReplyDelete
What a nice space you have! One day I will have a designated craft room. I can't wait for the day! tee hee Your desk will be ready to go when you return from your holiday.
You asked about casting on 648 stitches. I put markers every 50 stitches so that's how I kept track. I also counted twice, sometimes thrice to make sure the markers were in the right spot. I'm also knitting on the edge as I'm not sure if I'll have enough yarn to finish the project! The yarn is cotton and was hand dyed by a friend of mine. I instantly fell in love with it and bought it from her!
Thank you for visiting me already!
Happy WOYWW
Peace, Kay (12)
Thanks for visiting - your desk looks far too neat - hope you get to play & make a happy mess now you are back from your travels ! Ali #20ReplyDelete
I'm glad you got back safe and sound...hope you had a grand time with your family! Your desk looks like it's happy to have you back!!ReplyDelete
Hugs, LLJ 29 xx
Well, what a great welcome home...and how inviting! I didn't reqlise you'd been away for four weeks..it flew by for me, so it must have for you too!ReplyDelete
What a nice, inviting space to play in Robyn. Lovely to return to a clean, tidy space.So inviting!Hope you enjoyed your time away!ReplyDelete
Judy x
oh my gosh that lid for your brayer is brilliant :) ~Stacy #85ReplyDelete
What a lovely tidy desk!!!! Have fun messing it up!ReplyDelete
Jackie 18
Wow...your desk looked amazing and it was just waiting patiently for your return. Glad to see you're back into it.ReplyDelete
ah lovely crafty spot to play in.. love it Robyn beaut big windows too :DReplyDelete
love your card very nice work! wish I would finish one and not start another till then have too many on the go but an idea hits and want to start it before I forget it and if write or pin it usually dont do either! :D
I use my ink blocks for palette, ad press onto pad, but perhaps these were re-inkers.
Thanks so much for popping over and for sharing ~ happy belated WOYWW!
Shaz in Oz.x #44
{Shaz in Oz – Calligraphy Cards blog}
Some say a messy desk is inspiring, but I find that a tidy, cleaned up desk is evenly inspiring! You made a nice start into the New Year, making that card. Happy woyww, hug from Holland, Marit #50ReplyDelete
A super neat desk and work area Robyn. Anne x #37ReplyDelete
You have a super craft space Robyn, lots of light too.ReplyDelete
I smiled at seeing the brayer (thinking of my pastry roller!). Your card looks lovely. I love that particular color.
Thanks for your visit and your kind comment,
Have a great week,
Ooh, that is tidy - and then that is pretty with the card on it. Glad you have had some time away with family over Christmas. I hope you still had nice weather wherever you were - just imagining that you have nice weather in your corner of Australia.ReplyDelete
Hugs, Neet 3 xx
Your room is so tidy and we have a wide shot of the room too, just a bit more of your space to see. I think your card is perfect the way it is, no tweeting required.ReplyDelete
Hugs Eliza & Yoda
Thank you for taking the time to comment, all encouragement and inspiration is very welcome. May your day be a happy and extra special one, cheers Robyn


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Dr. Saxena, Joined by Shalane Flanagan, Discusses Benefits of the G-Trainer
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MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Alter-G, Inc., developers of the G-Trainer anti-gravity treadmill, today announced that Dr. Amol Saxena, podiatrist to elite athletes, including Olympians, joined by noted professional runner Shalane Flanagan, will be giving a presentation at the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) about the benefits of using a G-Trainer for injury prevention and training through injury recovery. The event will take place on November 3, 2007 from 2pm to 4pm.
Dr. Saxena is a noted Podiatrist with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Sports Medicine Department and serves as a member of the U.S. Track and Field Sports Medicine medical staff who has worked with leading athletes including Gezahenge Abera, Shalane Flanagan, Stacy Dragila, Daniel Lincoln, Adam and Kara Goucher, and many others. He has long been a supporter of Alter-G and of using the G-Trainer. Saxena has prescribed the G-Trainer for elite athlete patients to continue training during injury recovery periods including Achilles surgery. In addition to Saxena's patients, professional football, basketball, and other sports organizations are also using the G-Trainer to help train during injury recovery and exercising athletes with chronic injury issues and those at high risk for future injuries, as well as a regular part of their training and conditioning routines.
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Fur fashion comes back on trend. In today's blog post I want to share with you an awesome street style compilation of fur coats to try now. I am going to show you faux and real fur creations that can be worn on a daily basis. Thanks to modern brands and fashion designers we have lots of beautiful creations to choose from, starting with length, shape to colors and cuts. Indeed, retailers offer us so many styles that we simply get lost in, as we don't know what to buy. No worries my dear readers, as I am here to help you out and know what is hot out there.
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Trier, Germany
Trier (Germany)
February 18th 8 pm
Maybe Logic
Café Exakt / "House of Excellence"
in Trier/Germany.
Free admission.
Contact Wolf-Andreas for more information or to volunteer assistance and ideas.
Beloved philosopher, writer, teacher, student, friend, father, widower and thinker, Robert Anton Wilson passed away on January 11th 2007 at the age of 74.
On February 18th, friends, fans and family will gather and remember him.
Trier (Germany)
February 18th 8 pm
Maybe Logic
Café Exakt / "House of Excellence"
in Trier/Germany.
Free admission.
Contact Wolf-Andreas for more information or to volunteer assistance and ideas.
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RAWwake - Robert Anton Wilson remembered in London
Come and celebrate the lives and ideas of Robert Anton Wilson at the
Sunday 6:30pm at Corbet Place, Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
The evening will start with an exclusive screening of Maybe Logic - the
Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson, followed by the "Random Disco" - the
most eclectic mix of music you're likely to hear, including some of Bob's
album with the Golden Horde.
Tickets £7 (or £5 with a flyer), proceeds going to Amnesty International.
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The crunch is on, yo!
I'm a bit envious about some of the parties y'all have planned. Original comic art? Too cool!
6 days left.
I've done some hardcore leafletting. Some emails to local fringe publications. Today I have to follow up with boingboing and RU Serious, to name a couple. If we all promote at once, we should get some nifty coverage.
Where have you all found coverage? Publishers love to know that the publishers in other cities found the event worth covering.
The move that crept up on me (or rather ambushed me from a corner 6 weeks away) has a LOT of my time tied up, but I work best under pressure and I can feel the wheels beginnning to take hold in my brain and productivity will soon follow.
Now is the time to talk about webcasting.
I'd like to set up a video chat station. What do y'all think? Something like yahoo video chat or somesuch should be perfectly adequate if each party can get their hands on a laptop, webcam and internet connection.
Let's get that lasagne off the ground!!!
Keep in touch!
Also, please take pictures of your events.
In a couple weeks this will be a memorial blog.
send me your articles, pictures, posters and updates on the events worldwide.
Also: I've been told that RAW requested that any donations in his honour be directed to Amnesty International. Sounds like a good cause to me. I've added a link to the links section.
Visit our links. Each one has provided inspiration, support and promotion to this and we wouldn't be the community we've become without them.
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Mark Says:
Hi. I just sent a bunch of pictures from the ILL! comic to Christina Pearson, and BOY am I happy! She sent me a nice email, and all!
Anyone interested, I'm willing to send copies of these for use in other remembrances. Checked with the Todds at Rip Off Press, and the short version of why the comic failed is Marvel killed it (note that THEY took over the Illuminati...)
Contact Bryan Steele for more information. 249-343-6707
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Acrilliq says:
A PARTY! I have an event venue booked in the UK here in Stourbridge, (A skate park)
Just getting the sound system, budget, line up, projector, posters, Pasta and sauce together - yeah i'm busy with this! "MULTIMEDIA RAW CELEBRATION 1-9pm, ticket price TBA.
Premier of Maybe Logic music video, and DVD give away. Plus bands The Maybes & Da'Blues, and DJs -Fly (Maybe Logic, Garaj Mahal)Kev (Super ape)Andy B (Jazzatronic) - Ramparts(situated opposite the Crystal Leisure Centre on the ground floor under the multi-storey car park in Bell Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands.) YOU'RE ALL WELCOME.
Come join my surprise band - the maybes! Bring an instrument, join in - Jam, dance, celebrate...
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Nonprophet says:
February 18th London RAWmorial
Bring a 99p frozen lasagne so they shall know thee.
Amongst our illuminous number will be Ken Campbell - who staged the six hour Illuminatus Production at the National Theatre and is the narrator of the Illuminatus audio books
Kicking off at 1:23pm but we will hand out mobile numbers so people
can join at any time.
Anybody interested please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
1) Start at the Atlantis Bookshop on Museum Street off Bloomsbury square - Uncle Al's
favourite and one of the only known stockist of RAW's works. Here also
works a genuine top of the cauldron wiccan who worked with RAW in the
2) A five minute walk to the big Irish pub opposite the United Grand
Lodge Temple the global Citadel of FreeMasonary - here we will raise a
glass or two of porter and Jameson's to Simon Moon and Sigismundo
3) A ten minute walk down to Blackfriars Bridge - the mystical death
place of the Hanged Man Gods Banker Calvi - here we will toast Eris,
conspiracy and all who flail in her
4) A walk past the NT to salute RAWs 1970's production of Illuminatus
- here we toast the Artist known as RAW
5) We stop at a place equidistant between the Phallic Big Ben and the
Omphala London Eye - here we toast - well I suppose its the masculine
and feminine principle but lets be honest its a big willy and an
enormous Ladies front bottom
Other possible RAWthematic places -
- The Royal Society - we could leave a metal stone from the sky outside
- Chelsea Town Hall - where Jimmy wed Norah
- The British Library : notes from Joyce's work and other such writers
(also has
the worlds oldest book - a proto Internet n'est pas?
Following on from this - (and for those who can't make the daytime event)
The evening gig will begin at around 5:30 taking place in Shoreditch.
We will be showing the DVD Maybe Logic and folloing it with a random disco - all proceeds will begoing to Amnesty international as per Uncle Bob's request
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February 18th 4-6 pm
Maybe Logic
Brittania Centre,
1661 Napier St (adjacent to Commercial Drive)
Learning Resource Centre, below the library.
Contact Bryan for more information or to volunteer assistance and ideas.
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Well, traffic has slowed down since our day of being Boing'ed. I spent a work week on this blog, taking breaks to take my children to and from school but essentially ignoring all the housework and missing out on a fair amount of video game and barbie bonding with my wee'uns.
Fortunately, I'm not as cool as I used to be and they aren't too heartbroken.
But you didn't come here to read about my kids.
New York City was able to come back to us with a place and time, so now all they need for a kickass event is a guest list. Where's all those New Yorkers who contacted me last week? C'mon out of the woodwork, drop Kristian a line and get this party rolling.
I finally received a call back from Fred Newman, not sure when he called, but there was a message on my answering machine giving the thumbs up on the open mic. Unfortunately, there was no mention of the musician. I'll have to call him back.
The webmaster at Discordian.com has requested a phone conference. It took me a couple days to get my phone number to her due to a crazy weekend (some wild n' crazy, but that too is an entirely different blog). Hopefully we'll connect soon and my burning curiosity will be sated.
Still no word from booksellers, but it's time to shift the promotion wagon into overdrive. Less than 3 weeks to go!
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Caleb says:
another dead genius.
I am interested in heretically gathering the like-minded in the otherwise culturally-barren phoenix valley. Try him here in the comments or email me! and I'll pass word along.
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NYC update:
i talked to the people at the Slipper Room and they said we are welcome to gather at their place on February 17th.
I've heard they have a DVD projector, so perhaps we could even play some RAW vids while drinking and toasting.
I doubt they'd appreciate the flinging of lasagnas, but perhaps we could make everyone a pope instead ?
let me know if you want to come so i can make sure things get organized well.
Contact Kristian at his website
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Maurice wrote me to say that he'd just heard about this blog and had already held an event in Los Angeles.
I've decided to post the event details here as an inspiration and source of activity ideas for other memorials.
Maurice says:
i had a small memorial here in Los Angeles last
Riders of the Divine Yeehah Memorial, Celebration and
Lasagna Throw for Robert Anton Wilson!
Calling all Riders,
A good man and influence left his body yesterday
morning and I'd like to have a little celebration for
Hot dogs on the house ! All who attend must bring
drink and a lasagna to throw at the end of the
evening. (see below)
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
7:00-10:00PM plus
5319 Packard St. >> Los Angeles, CA 90019
R.S.V.P. essential - please do through
7:00-8:00PM - Hot dogs and drinks
8:00-10:00PM - 5 minute readings/performance of
personal prose, recollections of RAW. If you would
like to participate in this please let me know.
Passages from his books can also be read.
10:00 - plus - Lasagna Throw.
Many asked if there was going to be a food fight. I
informed all that instead we would be hurtling lasagna
into the night sky. This was the high point of the
evening ; )
Here is suggestion for open mic - limit everyone who
speaks to five minutes, please!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rev. Raven Winker says:
I cannot make the trip, but if anyone wants to do a synchronized meme-orial here in Atl, I'm surely game. Contact me through my blogger profile and we can set it up.
Hail Eris!
Praise Bob!
Perhaps Rev Winker can connect with the other Atl group?
Jack Henry says:
To have wings or a teleporter indeed, really really wish I could be there.
If anyone is organising their own event in the U.K. please let me know!
The Purple GooRoo says:
I may just have to have my own memorial on the 18th of February...or if anyone is hosting a gathering near Oxford, UK, lemme know!
Donnacha Delong says:
I'm hoping to organise something big(ish) in London - please get in touch if you want to be involved.
Wal says:
Is there anybody in Germany who likes to organize with me a RAW Meme-Orial in Trier or Koblenz on February, 18th? Please write me
I keep hearing people asking about NYC events, but nothing in the making. C'mon NYC Wilsonites, Discordians, Erisians and Blumenkinder!
Kristian Stout says:
I would go to something in NYC. anyone organizing one please let me know.
you can get me through here if you are organizing anything.
christ. seen says:
ny seers check out happy ending lounge you can make a party for free just pay for the alc. check them out -contact them they are very open.
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Rev. Clarry says:
Hi there, I was hoping to get some people together to organize an event in Europe (being quite lazy, I was going for something in Brussels, but anywhere in Europe would be okay for me).
Anyone interested, please leave a comment at the blog or email Rev Clarry
Christina says:
Give me some ideas, I'm going to explore the possibility of an awake here in Colorado... I haven't heard/seen anything from Denver, so I'm assuming they are sucking the big one again. (ed note: are you going to take that lying down, Denver? Set up your own event before your reputation sets in!)
Christina didn't give me permission to publish her email, so email me! and I'll pass the word along to her if you have suggestions for her or would like to volunteer to help out.
Jack Babalon says his theatre company is hoping to organize an "open mic memorial" in Atlanta.
DrJon is taking suggestions for a location for a Brisbane memorial. If you have a suggestion for him, or would like to volunteer your assistance email me and I'll pass word along.
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Well, we've been linked to by Boing Boing and have received our first communication from someone else planning a celebration. How exciting!
In addition, we have listed ourselves (yes, it IS the royal we...I keep thinking at some point this will become more of a group effort) in Technorati.
I have heard rumours of events in Washington, Brisbane and London. Time will tell if these events come off the ground.
I have written to the bookshops again with the new date. I have already heard back from Pages books in Toronto, who unfortunately have an author series happening in January and February which will be keeping them too busy to man a table. Alas!
I have had an open mic suggested to me as well as an acoustic guy n' his guitar act who has been suggested as an appropriate entertainer for the event. I would be happy to have the guitarist/singer, though I'm a titch leery of an open mic. I think it's a splendid plan, I just can't be sure it'll be received well by all bar staff and patrons.
I have some surprises planned for the event as well.
My laundry goes neglected...
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Bryan Says:
On the day RAW died, I decided to host an event in Vancouver!
I now have a team of folks working on putting this together. We intend to show Maybe Logic in a large auditorium in east Vancouver BC. Most likely the Brittania Center On commercial drive.
We will syndicate it with others on feburary 18th
I know of others I have been working on promotional material with doing this in other cities.
I encourage everyone to similar events all around the world!
We can maybe have all cities listed on the RAW blog, boing boing, and promoted throughout local media and guerilla postering campaigns.
I'm working with local writers and columnists to spread the message.
Praise BOB!
all inquiries related to helping or pooling resources can be directed to email@example.com
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Join Together at the Robert Anton Wilson Cosmic Meme-Orial
& Lasagna Levitation Celebration!
Hail Eris! All Hail Bob!
Celebrate the life, work and continued multi-dimensionality of Robert Anton Wilson by joining us in a giant, jammin' Translation Celebration and 8th Circuit Soiree!
. Reconnect with old friends. Make new, like-minded friends. Share ideas. Exchange email addresses. (It's like the Internet, only in person.)
. Be a part of Bob's Raucous Processionary Send-Off as his ashes sail out of the cove and rejoin his beloved's in the Pacific!
. Watch continuous video clips of RAW from "Maybe Logic" documentary and from his numerous Trajectories videos.
. Expand your mind (and your tummy) with hors d'ourvres, soft drinks, and a cash bar.
. Expand your neighbors' minds by sharing remembrances and anecdotes at the open mic! (Brevity and levity are appreciated!)
. Mingle, nosh, remember, appreciate, celebrate!
. And above all, Keep the Lasagna Flying!
Where: The Cocoanut Grove, on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, CA: www.cocoanutgrovesantacruz.com
When: Sunday, February 18, 2007
Time: 1 - 6 PM
Tickets: $23 each
Limited number available! To purchase tickets, or for additional
information: www.impermanentpress.com/pages2/raw-tix.html
Q: How can I help kick out the jams?
A: Contribute to the media presentation. Forward photos of Bob or other creative visual remembrances that relate to RAW and his work. Your images will be included in a projected media presentation for all to enjoy. Please email your .jpegs (300-600 dpi) to email@example.com no later than February 11th. Please consider contributing even if you can't be there in person.
Q: Is it always sunny in California?
A: Not in February, Chester. It's winter, and it can get DANG cold at the ocean. If you plan to play outside, dress for CHILLY weather and you will be fine and toasty.
Q: I'm coming from a long way away. Can I crash at your place?
A: Umm... not really. Click here to search for lodging in Santa Cruz County: www.santacruzcounty.travel
Q: I'm sorry...I spaced. Where did you say this was again?
A: The Cocoanut Grove is a famous ballroom attached to the Santa Cruz, CA, Beach Boardwalk (which is celebrating its centennial this year). Boardwalk arcades and amusement park rides (including the Giant Dipper, regularly voted one of America's Top 10 Rollercoasters) are open from 11am to 6pm Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the President's Day Holiday! All Hail Thomas Jefferson! Impeach Bush!
Q: So what is there to do before/after the ceremony?
A: If you've never communed with the redwoods, visit Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, just minutes up the road! Or enjoy one of Santa Cruz's fine restaurants (Bob loved the Golden Buddha in Soquel, for instance). Click here to search for more activities in Santa Cruz.
**Feel free to repost this announcement without changes**
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Pantheacon Community Ritual/RAW Memorial
Please join us for an informal gathering and ritual to honor and remember the changes (births, marriages, deaths, etc.) that have happened during the year. This year's ritual is dedicated to the memory of Robert Anton Wilson and will celebrate and remember his life. If you would like to help with the ritual please email email@example.com
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Saturday (February 17th) night is Discordian.com's annual PantheaCon Discordian ritual. We'd planned a Papal Inauguration to formally install everyone as Pope, and we feel that this is now more important than ever. We will also honor RAW's memory and works in full Discordian style (uh, what that means I'm still a little unsure, but I'll have it figured out - got any ideas? email me). Here's the official description:
Discordian.com's Papal Inauguration & RAW Memorial
Every man, woman and child (and everyone else) is a Pope! And yet... how many Papal Inaugurations have you attended? Too few! Come learn what it means to commune with your pineal gland and get a shot at that Papal infallibility you so deserve. Help put the fun back in funeral, as we honor our departed mentor.
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It has been brought to my attention that there was a miscommunication as to dates for The San Francisco Memorial Service.
As our Toronto Wake was designed to coincide, Please note that it has also been rescheduled to the 18th of February. The poster shown here is the updated version. Update your calendars accordingly!
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So first I learned that the date I'd set for the wake was incorrect. Yikes! I had interpreted February 07 as Feb 7th...in fact the memorial is now set for February 18th.
Time to backtrack.
So far, I had not lined up any booksellers: Out of two responses, Toronto's The Beguiling hadn't any stock and Toronto's Bakka Books was busy that night. I will be sending new emails to each shop in hopes that the extra 11 days might make a difference. As well, I will be sending emails to the remaining 5 shops I contacted with new requests. Hopefully they will be responsive this time. I may have to go in in person.
Fortunately, I had not yet managed to get flyers printed. Between my own illness and a few days of moving related scrambling, the print flyers had been put on hold. At least I won't have to replace flyers.
All it took to move the wake itself was a ten minute call to Fred Newman of Imperial Pub and the date was moved. The extra 11 days will be quite handy!
Today was spent updating the blog and updating my previous web networking groups of the change. Tomorrow, flyers will be printed and they will be distributed this weekend.
I contacted RAW's family to request some guidance for where to send any donations received. So far, I have no received a response.
Tomorrow also I will be looking into finding a few folks who might like to say a few words or participate in making this event as ridiculously discordant as a group of Toronto Erisians can manage.
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The date of the wake was set for me, the same date as the memorial service seemed most appropriate.
Armed with the date, I asked around about venues large enough to accomodate lots of people, without needing to commit to a certain minimum. I found my location in the Imperial Library Pub, a book lined room run by a local book lover.
Things I had to clear with him:
Bringing in an effigy: Not that I had any intention of it being anything graphic or disturbing, but he did want to make sure that it wouldn't be. I also promised him that while it was an effigy, there was no intention to burn or otherwise cause mess or trouble pertaining to its presence.
Video facilities: After discussion, we found that he had a screen with DVD player. I was hoping he'd have a projector I could hook up to my laptop, to save me extensive editing duties, lacking that, I'll have to piece the files together and burn them to DVD.
Book Sellers table: I haven't yet lined up a book seller, but it's in my plan to arrange to have RAW's books for sale at the event. I had to clear with him permissions to invite someone in to do that.
Audio tools: For announcements, etc.
Once the venue was booked, it was time to build the flyer. The flyer I built has separate layers for the text and the images, so it's easy to adapt for any information. I built it in Adobe Illustrator and saved several versions: One for web, one for print and the original layered file.
I am distributing print and web versions to anyone who asks, and will be printing the print file and flyering in a few places starting this weekend.
Which brings us to promotion.
Obviously this site is part of the promotions.
Other ideas include contacting the philosophy departments at local colleges and universities, postering student halls, bars with clientele I think would be interested as well as respectfully contacting web groups and print publications.
I'll update after I speak with booksellers and as the process continues.
Ewige Blumenkraft!
23 Skidoo!
Everything is Under Control
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I wanted to sing this song, at work today. If I ever get to meet her, I will hold her hand and thank her for making music. So good music.
This song is perfect for this day. For many reasons. A new day, indeed.
Listen and enjoy :) Happy Weekend!
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I am not sorry that I purchased them - given the price, but these could have been so much better (like all of the e-Adventure sets). I could pretty much put the same knocks unto most of the e-Adventure tiles.
1) They are not square. This is a very bit hit against these tiles. Because they are not square you cannot easily rotate them to change a setup. I cannot stress how important this knock is against the e-Adventure tiles. These tiles are 6x9 - so you can do 3x2 tiles rotated, but this makes mixing and matching a nightmare.
2) No layering. PDFs have a wonderful layering capability that give easy access to a larger number of tiles simply by turning on and off different layers. Sure, they accomplish the same thing by including a decent number of tiles, but it is not like this set contains that many tiles.
For this specific set.
A) There are some nice tiles here. They transition well from other green fielded sets of the e-Adventure set.
EXCELLENT! Well done! Great job! I wet my pants I was so happy!
This are good quality and useful for my game. I don't like them as much as the wilderness set I have. There is too much matching up with these. No all tiles go well together. Still the best buy out there in my opinion. If you need tilles to make a swamp get these.
SKG's earlier Swamps product consisted basically of very small (on the order of 4x7 squares, at most, on a 6x9 square grid) islands poking up out of swampy water. Swamp Shoreline reverses that theme; here, land predominates as it gives way to water. As with all SKG e-Adventure Tiles, the concept is good and the execution is great. The set features 20 tiles (four of them are marked as "bonus tiles," though I'm not sure why, since they're right there in the PDF), and one additional bonus tile can be downloaded from the SKG web site. This set would make a great addition to any SKG tile library.


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Salad dressings are generally made by mixing two ingredients that don't want to mix, such as oil and vinegar. This is called an emulsion and is accomplished by some enthusiastic shaking or whisking until the dressing is smooth.
Basic Vinaigrette
Instead of a recipe, vinaigrette is a simple ratio of oil to vinegar. Once you know your desired ratio, you can make as much or as little as you need. A French vinaigrette typically has a ratio of 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar; for a lighter taste, try a 2 to 1 ratio or even equal parts oil and vinegar. With less oil, the vinaigrette will be a bit tangier and less viscous.
Best Oils for Salad Dressing
The oil you use affects the flavor of your vinaigrette significantly.
Best Vinegars for Salad Dressing
Vinegar adds acidity and balance to the dressing. Purchase a few types and use them interchangeably or even combine them to taste. You can also replace all or part of the vinegar with wine or fruit juice such as lemon juice.
Salad Dressing Seasonings
While vinaigrette needs only a pinch of salt and cracked black pepper to finish it off, you can bump up the taste with additional ingredients.
How to Mix a Vinaigrette
Choose from these two methods to combine the oil and vinegar:
Tip: To thicken the vinaigrette quickly, add an ice cube to the glass jar with the ingredients and shake. Discard the ice cube once the vinaigrette is well mixed.
How to Store Homemade Salad Dressing
Most vinaigrettes can be stored, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Before serving, bring the vinaigrette to room temperature and shake. Oils tend to thicken and get cloudy when cold but clear up and become a normal consistency as they come to room temperature.
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I've prepared a plugin that hooks Girder into the xAP universe. Currently the backend has been written, we can receive and send messages. I have begun work on the parsing side of things and at the moment we have a first implementation of the xAP BSC 'event' and 'info' events. These are directly translated to Girder Events. We will expand this as needed. Support for your favourite device is easily added. Let me know if there is any interest for this.
For the un-initiated xAP is described more here:
edit: Note if you want to run multi xap application on one computer you must run a separate xap-hub. (As per xAP spec)


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Article By David Armstrong for The Wall Street Journal
For the 23 million U.S. women who get mammograms each year, there is an increasingly urgent question: digital or film?
Interest is growing in the digital version of the breast-cancer screening test, driven in part by a study last fall in the New England Journal of Medicine that said digital was better for some women. The findings quickly became a marketing tool for makers of digital-mammography machines and hospitals that have them. Sales of the machines have been rising, with one major manufacturer citing digital equipment as the driving force behind record second-quarter revenue.
But some hospitals and doctors are concerned that the advantages of digital are being overestimated and may be causing women to delay getting a mammogram until digital machines arrive in their area. Still only about 11% of the 8,800 U.S. mammography facilities are estimated to have digital.
The advice from doctors: Don't wait, especially if you are in one of the groups for whom digital has no demonstrated advantages. The study found that digital was better at detecting cancer only for premenopausal women, those under 50 years old, or those who have dense breasts. The majority of women who get mammograms are over 50, and looking at the 40,000 women in the study as a whole, the new technology was found to be no better than film overall.
Past research on the use of digital-mammography machines, which were first approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration in 2000, showed no overall benefit compared with film, though the studies may have been too small to identify benefits in subgroups.
"One thing that concerns radiologists is that women will think film isn't good," says Kathleen Brant, chairwoman of the breast imaging and intervention division at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "Our position is it is best to have a mammogram of any kind rather than no mammogram."
Dr. Brant says a lot more women are asking their doctors about digital. At the Mayo Clinic, which has both kinds of machines, women who fall into one of the categories shown to benefit from digital are generally referred for a digital exam, she says. But most women still receive film mammograms at the facility.
The Michigan Cancer Consortium — a network of hospitals, insurers and private and public health groups — issued a position paper on digital mammography last month in response to the large number of questions it was getting from patients and hospitals. The consortium advised that "although digital mammography can detect cancers that might be missed by film mammography," that isn't true for all women. The organization recommended that when both types of screening are available, the decision be tailored to each woman.
The FDA may soon make it easier for digital-mammography makers to bring new machines to the market. An advisory committee voted last week to put digital-mammography machines in a class where manufacturers must prove only that their equipment is substantially similar to products already on the market. Currently, manufacturers often have to conduct costly clinical trials testing safety and efficacy before gaining approval for the machines. The committee action still needs agency approval.
For hospitals and physicians, there is another reason to favor digital mammography. The insurance reimbursement for digital screening is much higher. The national average for Medicare reimbursement (which many insurance companies base their own rates on) is $85.65 for film mammography and $135.29 for digital. For years, mammography has been a money loser for many hospitals. While the digital machines are as much as four times as expensive to purchase, over time the higher reimbursement rates could produce more-profitable returns.
Many breast-cancer specialists believe it is only a matter of time before digital mammography is the standard screening tool. That is largely because all of radiology is going digital, from magnetic-resonance-imaging scanners to CT machines. One major maker of digital-mammography equipment, Hologic Inc. holx +1.14% of Bedford, Mass., last month reported a 46% increase in revenue for the second-quarter compared with the year prior, citing strong sales of its digital-mammography equipment. Other big makers of the digital equipment include Siemens AG si -0.28% and General Electric Co. ge -0.07%
Both digital and film mammograms take X-ray images of the breast. The traditional method uses film to capture and display the image. Digital mammography is filmless, and captures the X-ray as an electronic image. The images themselves are similar, but one potential advantage of digital is that it allows radiologists more leeway to magnify or enhance the image. Some radiology centers say digital equipment delivers less radiation. But most experts note that the level of radiation in film mammography is already extremely low.
Digital images are also easier to store, and can be quickly shared among specialists at different locations. Storing large numbers of film images of mammograms can be expensive. As a result, "ultimately the cost will be less" with digital, says Max Wicha, the director of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The issue of whether digital mammograms are actually better for detecting cancer than traditional film X-rays remains a matter of debate. An editorial accompanying the New England Journal of Medicine study concluded the "advantage offered by digital mammography appears to be limited to a minority of women who undergo screening, since most women who get a mammogram are over 50 and post-menopausal."
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government appointed panel of health experts, recommends women over 40 undergo a mammogram at least every other year. The task force found the screening benefit was greatest for women aged 50 to 69. A spokeswoman says the task force is scheduled to release an update of its breast-cancer screening recommendations next year.
The American College of Radiology has no position on digital vs. film, and officials there say it is more important that women get at least some form of mammography regularly.
The New England journal study, which was funded by the National Cancer Institute, didn't look at whether or not digital screening resulted in fewer women dying from cancer, notes Mark Ebell, a physician and researcher at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., who is an expert on evidence-based medicine. "The benefit may be so small that is not cost-effective," he says. The study researchers say they are now conducting a cost-effectiveness analysis of the digital technology.
Dr. Ebell worries the higher cost of digital mammography will make the screening unaffordable for women without health insurance.
"There is no reason to get any more of these [digital] units because they haven't been shown to have a benefit for the overall population," says Carolina Hinestrosa, an executive vice president for National Breast Cancer Coalition, a nonprofit group in Washington that lobbies for more federal funding of breast-cancer research. "From a public-health standpoint, we don't think it is a wise thing to do."


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Food Force is a single-player game about global hunger and the complex multi-stage process of getting food relief to needy areas.
Developed by the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) for a relatively modest price of $350,000, Food Force had been downloaded and played by an estimated 4 million players by 2006. An impressive 1 million players had played it within the first 6 weeks of its release. Through this game, the WFP hoped to generate interest among children in the so-called developed countries about global hunger.
This non-violent video game, specifically designed for children aged 8 to 13, has been so highly successful, in part, because it incorporates key features of successful, commercial video games. Six action-packed missions must be completed in a specified amount of time and are scored – with room on the game's web site for players to post their top scores. The quality of the game itself is a major factor in its popularity. With full-motion video cutaways, 3-D graphics, and a narrative story in which the player is cast as the hero figure, this game looks like many modern commercial games.
Despite the adoption of features common to the action game genre, Food Force still is a game with a message. Through the game, the player is introduced to the various aspects – and difficulties – of food aid operations. The player must pilot air craft, negotiate with rebels, rebuild food production infrastructure, design optimum ration packets, and decide what assistance offered by various countries will actually help in the effort. Through playing the various missions, players come to understand that food aid is a complex, multi-stage process.
Sections of the supporting web site can aid educators who want to integrate the game into their curriculum, with links to related educational sites. The game is a free download from the associated web site and is available for both PC and Macintosh computers.
Food Force
Food Force is a single-player game about global hunger and the complex multi-stage process of getting food relief to needy areas.


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The Road Beyond Mobius Arch
The Alabama Hills are a range of hills and rock formations near the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada in the Owens Valley, west of Lone Pine. Mobius Arch is one of the notable rock formations in this area. I liked this framed view with the dirt road and the glowing Sierras visible in the background.
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Peep Kanye West "Blood On The Leaves (Live On The VMAs)" Video, the latest visual from Kanye West. It dropped on Sunday, August 25th, 2013. Kanye West's future brightens with every new release, and Kanye West "Blood On The Leaves (Live On The VMAs)" Video certainly isn't an exception. It's a fitting addition to a solid catalogue that Kanye West has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're excited to hear more.Kanye performs his track "Blood On The Leaves" from "Yeezus" on the 2013 MTV VMAs.
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I'll be back to bloging here in a bit. Since you last visited, I've had a fun journey working further on Workflow, Azure and now I've landed in the SQL team working on Hadoop, in particular, the developer story.
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BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Larks, a singing group from the Summit Junior League, performed their annual concert at Runnells Specialized Hospital on Thursday, April 24 to celebrate and share their voices to a room full of patients.
"I am so impressed with people from the community who come in and share their talent. When you see the faces of the patients, you know how much they enjoy it. I'm thankful to all of the groups that come in, especially the Larks that came in today," said Union County Freeholder Vernell Wright.
The Larks, under the direction of William Houpt, visit Runnells every year to serenade and entertain with a medley of "oldies", show tunes and patriotic numbers. The singers engage with the patients bringing back memories of yesteryear and spark.
"It's the singing touching their hearts, it wakes them up. They remember songs they used to know. Singing gets through where speech has left them," said Larks singer Loretta Smith.
Relating to music, even when they relate to nothing else. The patients remember songs and like to sing along. "It was music -- somehow it draws them out," said a caregiver at Runnells.
"Music is the universal language," said Tish Isack, Director Professional and Support Services at Runnells.


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Real Happiness is Lasting Happiness Part Two
Inner Quest Our Search for Happiness...begins
What am I? Why am I here? Do I have a specific purpose?
In asking the question, What makes people happy?" we generally find we've already started to ask such questions as "What am I?" "Why am I here?" "Do I have a specific purpose?"
With me, no answers came; not at first. Then, gradually, over the years, they did. "You were born to make people happy." That was in 1987. Then, much later: "Life is about making friends, and becoming friends with old enemies, and acquiring the qualities that allow this."
Here is the first part of a message I received via automatic writing in February 2002.
"Nothing is gained by feeling sorry for yourself, Tom. My plans for you are your plans for you. This you must fully comprehend. This you must understand. I am you.
Aura colors are significant. Here the aura colors are bright and rosy, for the most part.
The way to happiness? - Go within. Going within is is the only way to find it
Going Within. Here I present the first half of Chapter One.
Want to come on a fantastic voyage? Want to journey into the heart of your own self? Want to truly comprehend your own being with greater understanding than you ever have before? Then come aboard. Sail with me as we explore these internal worlds within our own selves. It'll be a trip you're likely to remember- always.
Forty years ago, in 1968, this old ex-sailor embarked on an 'internal' voyage. I didn't sail out over the sea. I went below it. Like a nuclear submarine, I dived deep, going below the surface of normal, everyday things. This internal Odyssey took me within my 'self.' My own awareness penetrated my physical body- then into various layers of myemotions and my mind. This was a psychic trip. I dived beyond the the usual internal self-talk phenomenon, into silence. And from silence came the answers I sought. They continue to come.
Real Happiness is Lasting Happiness - "You still identify with your lower self."
"Your plans to make yourself into the highest conception of what you can be, and to carry forth with the work which will emanate from such a desire, are not lost on the Divine Intelligence, the upper part of what you are. You still indentify with your lower self. This is an intelligent way of considering your place in the world. But it is restrictive. You are a creator of your own destiny. No one else does this for you. You know the theory of it from what you've read. You have not yet practised becoming what you are- God. You must resist the thoughts of a God outside of yourself. Think of yourself as a creator and you will then create that which you desire for yourself and for others."
Visit the Esoteric Worlds of Psychic Phenomena
Yes, my voyage of discovery took me into the esoteric worlds of psychic phenomena. It also brought me to serious meditation, a technique called Vipassana. The journey started innocuously: a lot of New Age reading, a pen and paper, then a typewriter; that was the 'automatic writing' part of it. At forty-nine, it led to a yoga-mat, blanket and a cushion. But earlier on, it very quickly began to reveal a dimension unknown to so many of us, although a dimension contained within us all. Or, to be more accurate, it led to many, perhaps infinite, dimensions normally beyond our ken. For me, it opened up new frontiers. Such practices can do the same for you. Who knows, it might bring you real happiness, even lasting happiness.
Aura colors - another great example
We are forever "putting another brick in the wall."
In this book it is my intention to reveal these dimensions, better, to describe them that you might access them yourself. Whether you choose to access them is, of course, up to you. If you do, you will never be able to go back. You will have rent a fabric which cannot be re-stitched You will have opened something up. As in the popular 1970s Pink Floyd song, we are forever putting "another brick in the wall." Once you start this voyage of self-discovery you'll be knocking a hole in that wall. The light of a greater truth will begin to shine through it. More and more bricks will fall away. It has been said, "Once a mind has been stretched to take in something new, it can never return to its former shape." So with this book, the seriously spiritually-minded will gain a lot of useful information. What you do with it, is up to you.
In going within, there are many ports to embark upon your voyage of self-discovery
Okay. Let us begin with some explanation into what and who we are. It is safer to have at least some insight into these theoretical aspects of ourselves prior to our actually experiencing the phenomena.
There are many ports for embarkation on this voyage of self-discovery. Some that are mentioned may already be familiar to you: others, entirely new. In this book I shall detail my departure points, and list the directions I took in order to catch the most favourable winds. The destination is still afar off. Or maybe it is as close as the next breath. Enlightenment is like that. In this sort of journey we can never be sure. I've charted my progress to date. You, dear reader, are free to examine the course-lines drawn thereon.
Real Happiness is Lasting Happiness: Fore-warned is fore-armed in dealing with psychic phenomena
One departure point into this voyage of self-discovery is as near as your own hands. I say, hands rather than the singular hand because by the use of one's non-dominant hand, as well as the hand one normally uses to hold a pen, the adventure can more easily begin. I didn't do it that way. I hadn't heard of that non-dominant hand technique. Hence when I "Let go forward" and hoisted sail, progress was slow. It involved me in a number of dangerous manoeuvres. There were shoals everywhere. For example, I found myself in contact with 'lower-level' entities who thought they would have fun at my expense; teasing me with concepts which were obviously outrageous and inconsistent with common sense. They had their laughs, I'm sure. The same thing could happen to you. Fore-warned is for fore-armed.
But to set to.
Most of us think in words - but are you the thought?
Most of us think in words. We're verbal thinkers. Words rattle around in our heads as two-sided conversations. The conversations are seemingly ceaseless. We argue within ourselves. In many instances it is as if there are two separate entities in our heads. There is a commentator. There is a listener. There is self-talk for and against. There is evaluation. There is praise. There is reaction and criticism. On rare instances, both of these entities can give way to silence- and to someone or some thing which we know to be greater than our normal, day-to-day self. But for the most part it seems that there are two of us.
Aura colors surround the entire body, not just the head
It seems there are two of us in the one body
What makes people happy? Part of it is finding out what we are not.
Well, there are two of us. Yet there are not. Neither are there three. There are countless entities, countless parts of our 'self.' Yet there really is only One. Yes, I placed that capital "S" in there for a reason.
But what of these countless selves? We hear of the ego, and the id of Doctor Sigmund Freud. We hear of sub-personalities and split-personalities. We hear of the great Collective Subconscious of Carl Gustav Jung. On top of this we're told that we're all made up of three parts, not two. We're a trimvirate: body, mind and spirit. The Freudian duo becomes a trio: ego, id and super-ego. Jung's Collective Subconscious becomes a myriad entities. Our personal self is linked to every other personal self, both the living and dead. We're connected, at depth, to all the humankind that has ever been Yes, body, mind and spirit.
The Mind - a field of infinite depth. Spirit is something else again
After five thousand years of introspection and scientific research we're still finding out about the physical body. The mind is even more complex; a vast, nebulous field- a field of infinite depth- some of it being interspersed with what the Buddhists call, samskaras: our hang-ups, traumas, phobias and fears.
And the spirit?... perhaps only God truly knows about the spirit.
We human beings are multi-dimensional
We human beings are multi-dimensional. We do indeed have a body, mind and spirit. Yet there are no sharp boundaries or schisms between the three. Rather they meld or blend one into another. It becomes even more complicated. We have bodies within bodies within bodies. At the grossest, least-subtle level we have that part of us that we can see with our eyes, touch with our hands, and hear when we breath hard. This is our physical body. We're all aware of it. Many of us think that this is all there is of us; that this is the real us...except, of course, for that intangible aspect, so difficult to pin down- our mind.
This is where the cocept of the halo around a saint's head comes from
Real Happiness is Lasting Happiness: Our Brain is not our mind
Oh, and our mind is not our brain. Neither is mind a precipitate of the brain. But it- our consciousness- does operate through the brain, in this physical world of ours. If you can think of the physical brain as being a stupendously complex electro-chemical switchboard, you'll perhaps get an idea of its use to us within the earth-plane in which our physical bodies live and move and have our being.
But I said we are multi-dimensional, so let us press on.
The bio-plasmic body has been known about for over sixty years
the past sixty years or so, Russian scientists have identified what they call the bio-plasmic body. This is a force-field, similar to the magnetic field we find around a magnet. All living things have it. Of course, the Russians were not the original discoverers. This force-field-body has been known to occultists by a number of names for thousands of years. A common term for it is the etheric body. There is often a lot of confusion and mislabelling, for the word etheric can lend itself to other higher and subtler aspects of our soul: the so-called astral body, for example. But to get back to real happiness is lasting happiness.
Chakra points and the human aura. Haloes are real
The bio-plasmic or etheric body is a force-field which holds the physical parts of us together. It can be sensed with instruments, and radiates lines of force similar to a magnet. These lines or channels have been plotted, and are called 'chi' or 'ki' by people such as acupuncturists. There is a whole, complex network of these lines interwoven in and around us. Also, the subtle centres known as the chakras, those points spaced along the central nervous system of spine and brain, can be sensed, or observed, apparently, by certain types of psychically-gifted people. They are able to see the radiations. Another term for these psychically seen radiations is the human aura. We often see this depicted in religious pictures of Jesus or saints as a yellow halo around the head, although the aura actually surrounds and interpentitrates the whole body from head to feet. It is, of course, particularly noticeable around the head.
Note the color of each centre, also the accupuncture points situated along the various chi lines
The human energy spectrum
There are, according to Hindu mythology, seven major chakra points. Each of these seven represents a level or depth-of-subtlety. The grossest, and that pertaining to the physical body is known as the root chakra. The root chakra has the lowestvibrational frequency and the longest wavelength. Without going into the names and locations of these chakras, their qualities and the like (that would be a book in itself) the human being can be said to contain a broad spectrum of overlapping body 'densities' each one within the other. They interpenetrate. They begin at one end, the gross physical body end of this frequency gamut, and become subtler and subtler as they proceed. This human-frequency spectrum has an upper and lower limit, it seems. In this sense, we can be compared with a rainbow. Seven colours are contained within the rainbow's white-light spectrum: seven levels are contained with the human beings' spectrum.
Real Happiness is Lasting Happiness: Don't let the terminolgy confuse you. Words are only labels
Occultists have given these levels names or labels. The labels vary from one school of thought to another. This is confusing in itself. We shall call them as follows (in accordance with those names chosen by George Meek in his 1980 publication, After We Die- What Then?) Here they are :
the physical body,
the etheric body,
the lower-astral body (also known as the emotional body)
the intermediate-astral body,
the higher astral body.
And interpenetrating these, at even subtler levels :
the mental-causal,
the celestial.
You'll note that the word 'body' is not mentioned with these last two. That will be further explained.
We live on several levels at the same time
We already live in each of these levels. Yes, right now. We straddle the lot. In a very general way we have a physical body held together by an etheric magnetic field, which contains within it our emotions (held within our lower-astral bodies) and our thoughts (held within our intermediate and higher astral bodies) When it comes to our intuititive processes and to our creativity the situation becomes even more nebulous. It seems, the subtler our upwards bodily progression, the less and less personal to us, as ego entities, these bodies become. They lose their personal significance. They're no longer deemed important. Our personal concepts of what and who we are are, in this physical world, are largely determined by the contents of the lower bodies. We sense with our physical body. We feel and experience our emotions with our lower-astral or emotional body. We immerse ourselves in 'compulsive thought' which draws us into identifying with our lower and intermediate mind-bodies. It is this identification process which causes us not only to be human, but to bring along with it all of our human travails.
Our Search for Happiness...How are you doing?...
Here we come to the end of the first half of Chapter One in my book, Inner Quest - Our Search for Happiness, Body, Mind, and Spirit.
If you've enjoyed what is written here and would like more, then let me know, eh? This is just one segment of a whole volume.
Be happy.
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New Hampshire's Fish and Game Commission has a new chairman
NEWBURY, N.H. (AP) � New Hampshire's Fish and Game Commission has a new chairman.
The Executive Council recently confirmed Republican Gov. Chris Sununu's nomination of Eric Stohl, of Columbia, for the Coos County seat formerly held by Ted Tichy, of Milan.
Stohl, a former Republican state representative and retired lieutenant with the state Fish and Game Department, is listed as chairman.
The Valley News reports Tichy, an 18-year commission member, filed reappointment papers before his term expired in June. Sununu spokesman Benjamin Vihstadt said as with any aspect of state government, it's important to include a variety of viewpoints.
Tichy disagreed with Sununu's decision to reject the commission's plan to build a public boat access on Lake Sunapee. A commission letter in August said the project's delay was due to "a few wealthy individuals" who have ownership on the shores of Sunapee.
Information from: Lebanon Valley News, http://www.vnews.com