text:
Legal Status
This site displays a prototype of a "Web 2.0" version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official electronic version on GPO's govinfo.gov.
The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal Register documents. Each document posted on the site includes a link to the corresponding official PDF file on govinfo.gov. This prototype edition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov will remain an unofficial informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (ACFR) issues a regulation granting it official legal status. For complete information about, and access to, our official publications and services, go to About the Federal Register on NARA's archives.gov.
The OFR/GPO partnership is committed to presenting accurate and reliable regulatory information on FederalRegister.gov with the objective of establishing the XML-based Federal Register as an ACFR-sanctioned publication in the future. While every effort has been made to ensure that the material on FederalRegister.gov is accurately displayed, consistent with the official SGML-based PDF version on govinfo.gov, those relying on it for legal research should verify their results against an official edition of the Federal Register. Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML rendition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov does not provide legal notice to the public or judicial notice to the courts.
Document Details
Document Statistics
Published Document
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act"),[1] and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,[2] notice is hereby given that on February 15, 2008, NYSE Arca, Inc. ("NYSE Arca" or "Exchange"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared substantially by NYSE Arca. NYSE Arca has designated the proposed rule change as one constituting a non-controversial rule change under Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act [3] and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder,[4] which renders the proposal effective upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change
NYSE Arca is proposing to amend its rules in order to extend its SizeQuote Mechanism pilot program ("Pilot Program"),[5] for a one-year period ending February 15, 2009. The text of the proposed rule change is available at http://www.nyse.com, NYSE Arca, and the Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, NYSE Arca included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. NYSE Arca has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of this proposal is to extend, for a one year period, the Exchange's SizeQuote Pilot Program. The Pilot Program was initially established when the Exchange filed SR-PCX-2005-35.[6] The Pilot Program was subsequently extended,[7] and was set to expire on February 15, 2008.
The Exchange has represented that at the completion of the Pilot Program, NYSE Arca would provide to the Commission a report summarizing the effectiveness of the SizeQuote program. While the Exchange believes that the SizeQuote Mechanism can be an effective tool for Floor Brokers to use while executing large size orders in open outcry, the mechanism has not been used frequently enough to supply sufficient evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pilot Program. In order to allow for additional time to compile sufficient evidence as to the effectiveness of the Pilot Program, NYSE Arca proposes to extend the Pilot Program for an additional one-year period ending February 15, 2009.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act,[8] in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5),[9] in particular, in that it is designed to facilitate transactions in securities, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, and to protect investors and the public interest.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. Start Printed Page 12493
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received from Members, Participants, or Others
The Exchange has neither solicited nor received written comments on the proposed rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i) Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative for 30 days from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act [10] and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.[11]
At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission may summarily abrogate such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
NYSE Arca has requested that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay to allow NYSE Arca to continue the existing Pilot Program without interruption. The Commission believes that waiver of the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest because it will allow the Pilot Program to continue uninterrupted for an additional year and allow the Exchange more time to assess the effectiveness of the Pilot Program. Accordingly, the Commission designates the proposal as operative upon filing with the Commission.[12]
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
- Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
- Send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include File Number SR-NYSEArca-2008-21 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
- Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, Station Place, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2008-21. This file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for inspection and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of NYSE Arca. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2008-21 and should be submitted on or before March 28, 2008.Start Signature
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.[13]
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
1. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).Back to Citation
2. 17 CFR 240.19b-4.Back to Citation
3. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).Back to Citation
4. 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).Back to Citation
5. See NYSE Arca Rule 6.47(f).Back to Citation
6. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51576 (April 19, 2005), 70 FR 21488 (April 26, 2005).Back to Citation
7. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 53315 (February 15, 2006), 71 FR 9406 (February 23, 2006) (SR-PCX-2006-09); Securities Exchange Act Release No. 55312 (February 16, 2007), 72 FR 8827 (February 27, 2007) (SR-NYSEArca-2007-16).Back to Citation
9. 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).Back to Citation
10. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).Back to Citation
11. 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). Rule 19b-4(f)(6) also requires the self-regulatory organization to give the Commission notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along with a brief description and text of the proposed rule change, at least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission. The Commission has determined to grant the Exchange's request to waive the five day pre-filing notice requirement.Back to Citation
12. For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay of this proposal, the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).Back to Citation
13. 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).Back to Citation
[FR Doc. E8-4512 Filed 3-6-08; 8:45 am]


text:
- 4 beds
- 2.5 baths
- $330,900 price
- 319639 mls id
- Half Baths: 1
- Year Built: 2019
- Status: Active
Wonderful 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom new construction home in Abundance Pointe! The beautiful kitchen features stone counter tops, stainless appliances, and a 5 burner gas cook top. Also features a tankless hot water system, floored attic for additional storage, Hardie board on soffits, eggshell paint in decorator colors, and a professionally landscaped fully sodded lawn. This home was built with all the attention to detail! Call for your private showing today!
- Site Link
- Property SubType Single Family Detached
Related Listings
21 Pictures
New Construction in the newest Flowood Gated neighborhood just off Lakeland Dr. 4 Bedrooms 2 baths! Open designed floor plan with features such as tongue and groove wood and shiplap. Wonderful Brandon Schools, Restaurants, and Activities. Get involved now to help choose your finishes and colors!...
4 beds, 2 baths, $299,900
Listing Agent: Brad Burleson
Courtesy of: UList Realty
40 Pictures
Better than new...Welcome home to this beautiful 4 bedroom, 3 full baths, open split plan with in exclusive Kensington! Formal entry and dining, living room with gorgeous pine floors and gas log fireplace. HUGE kitchen with stainless steel appliances, farmhouse sink, gas cooktop, large island,...
4 beds, 3 baths, $305,000
Listing Agent: Stephanie Remore
Courtesy of: Keller Williams
27 Pictures
Beautiful 4/2 Split Floor plan in the highly desirable neighborhood of Abundance Pointe. This house has gorgeous custom features throughout. It's on a corner lot, in a culdesac and has a great yard and large covered back patio for relaxing. Come see for yourself!
4 beds, 2 baths, $315,000
Listing Agent: Maggi Craft
Courtesy of: Three Rivers Real Estate
1 Pictures
Brand New Home!! This one has 4BD, 3BA, Open Floor Plan, Foyer with Brick Wall, Split Plan, Laundry connected to Master Closet, Covered Patio, and So Much More. Come Take a Look Today!!
316 BRISTLECONE CT Flowood, MS
4 beds, 3 baths, $318,900
Listing Agent: Lee Garland
Courtesy of: RE/MAX Alliance
Courtesy of: Keller Williams
Office Phone: 6019779411
Listing Agent: Stephanie Remore
Updated: 30th March, 2020 6:33 AM.
180 GRACE DR Flowood, MS

subset: commoncrawl


text:
APSC Recruitment 2018.
APSC Recruitment 2018, The Assam Public Service Commission invites Application from Indian citizens as defined in Articles 5-8 of the onstitution of India for filling up 50 (fifty) nos. posts of Forest Rangers in the Assam Forest Service under Environment & Forests Deptt., Assam.
Last Date: 04/04/2018.
Post Details:
Name of Post: Forest Ranger
No. of Post: 50 Posts
Pay Scale: Pay Band 3 (PB-3), 22000 to 87000 and Grade Pay 10300
Qualification: Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Science or Engineering.
Age Limit: 21 to 43 years as on 1 Jan 2018
Application Fee: Original Treasury Receipt for 250 (₹150 for SC/ ST/ OBC/ MOBC candidates) as Application fee showing the name of the post and deptt. and also full Head of Account " Non tax Revenue, OTHER NON TAX REVENUE 0051 PSC, 105 STATE PSC Application fee receipt of Assam Public Service Commission"
Selection Process: Candidates will be selected on the basis of written examination and Interview.
How to Apply: Eligible candidates may send/submit their application in prescribed format (attached below) to Deputy Secretary, Assam Public Service Commission Jawaharnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 on or before 04 Apr 2018, along with following:
i. Original Treasury Receipt.
ii. 2 (two) copies of recent passport size photograph duly signed by the candidate.
iii. Certificate of age issued by respective Boards in HSLC or equivalent examination (self-attested copy).
iv. Certificates and Marksheets of all educational qualification from HSLC onwards (self-attested copies).
v. Caste certificate for candidates belonging to SC/STP/STH/OBC/MOBC from the appropriate authorities (self-attested copy).
vi. Experience certificate (where necessary) indicating the period of Service/ experience with the date.
For official notification please Click Here.


text:
Verizon has long been considered a front-runner to buy Yahoo's core web businesses. The key distinction from social websites like MySpace is that digital worlds provide you with an avatar – your illustration of yourself within the online world. Congratulations to the courses of 2018 & 2020 on your admittance to Vermont Tech. Following a sports model, FIRST® Tech Challenge groups (10+ members) design, build, program, and function robots of their very own design to play a floor game in an alliance format. Through Tech Data Agency's resellerCONNECT program, we help answer providers generate leads that flip into sales. Offer answer providers a palms-on experience at Tech Data's Clearwater campus.
FIRST® Tech Challenge teams (10+ members) are challenged to design, construct, program, and operate robots to play a floor recreation in an alliance format. With greater than six million social media followers the web site is a dreamland for tech lovers. For 2016, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Vermont Tech within the North region: #24 Regional College, #8 Top Public Schools, and #19 Best College for Veterans. It provides information on a wide range of technological merchandise including laptop, cellular, pictures, security, tech culture, tech industry, web, Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Use Google search to seek out the appropriate information throughout all of your inner websites.
Earning an associate degree or technical certificates from Ivy Tech Community College can prepare you for a career in immediately's quick-paced, enterprise & public providers workplace. Louisiana Tech is ranked #1 in Louisiana and in the prime 25 in the nation for offering its graduates with the perfect return on their investments (ROI) in their school educations, in keeping with AdvisorOne. Develop group sites with necessary content material from initiatives, the latest gross sales supplies or details about the firm picnic. Tech Data Agency, our in-house, full-cycle advertising providers group, helps place your options, services, events, promotions. I had incredible academics who confirmed me the magic of science and know-how by letting me do it myself. Premier Tech is among the largest manufacturers of versatile packaging equipment on the planet.
What our clients seem to like the most about Moore Tech Solutions is that they can speak to us. We don't try to converse to them in technical jargon, as an alternative we listen to their needs and supply sound expertise based enterprise solutions.
The constructive affect of the FIRST Tech Challenge on contributors is gratifying and properly documented. Tech Data is proud to be acknowledged in the community as a frontrunner in the promotion and apply of diversity and inclusion. With the BuiltWith eCommerce reviews we were able to shortly and simply determine which sites were good fits with our widget. That's seen the rise of sites which let individuals vote tales up, or which information tales (and the way) bloggers are speaking about (at memoerandum).The biggest is Digg, which overtook Slashdot earlier this yr. Oftentimes, mother and father and neighborhood members do not necessarily perceive the worth or the aim of how academics are integrating tech into their classrooms.


text:
COVID-19 Update - Expected Shipping Delays
Experience the combination of pedal and power!
The combination of the Overdrive with add on motor unit will offer recreational paddlers and anglers the ultimate all day paddle, pedal and power experience. This package comes with a Lure II with Overdrive Pedal and Motordrive included. All accessories required for Overdrive use are factory installed. This includes, two seat adjusters, 8 Ball steering system, and our Beaver Tail Rudder.
*Battery Not Included*


text:
1 in 2 Australians are overweight.
Irrespective of your height and weight or build, if your waistline is getting bigger then you are at risk .
Risks of what? Hypertension, Stroke, Diabetes, Depression and importantly for us Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.
For men your waistline should be less than 94cm, for women less than 80cm.
To be honest you don't really need a tape measure. You can tell by your clothes, if they are getting tight then that is a good indication that your waistline is expanding.


text:
In this post my goal is to draw some parallels between the videos we've watched and discussions we've had, while throwing in my own two cents about what it all means to me and my personal experience as a feminist.
Today in class we watched a video called 'This is What a Feminist Looks Like'. I really enjoyed it and so thought I'd add another photo to the collection:
This is What a Feminist Looks Like
The word feminist is very strong and highly stigmatized. I had this to say in my Gender and Leisure class with Diana Parry last semester:
It feels very satisfying to be verified in my opinion that a feminist and a humanist are the same thing. I'd never heard anyone refer to feminism as such, until today. An act of the collective consciousness at work in the universe.The film 'My Feminism' rocked me (Personal communication, Gender and Leisure, January 18, 2010). Upon reflection, I've associated myself with the term feminist for close to 17 years. I've wrestled with it throughout, finding out the hard way how the rest of society reacts. Not nice. Just the word, never mind the woman (or man) associated with it is enough to shut people down. They purse their lips tight, you realize you've ventured into the same conversation realm as religion or abortion and it's over. Through either silence or verbal'disagreement', it's over. For me most times the word doesn't even have to be spoken. All my audience needs to see is a flash of a hairy leg, or a glimpse at underarm hair; all I have to do is be me, to talk as I think, to say what I mean, and it's clearly evident that I am a (Lesbian? That MUST be it…look at her…) HUMANIST. I'm not convinced that they're not the same thing, the feminist and the humanist, and I'm not convinced that they're both found to be nonthreatening to the patriarchic trained citizens of our society, either. Unless, of course, you're a fellow humanist; then you know exactly what I'm talking about. And even if you're not shut down quite as quickly as those of us who do not bow to the pressure of the razor, you may have found yourself in an embarrassingly awkward moment of silence when (creating awareness, advocating,taboo-busting, challenging stereotypes, praying, grieving, celebrating) on behalf of women around the world with someone who 'didn't know' and 'can't believe' that women were (paid, able, forced, told, capable, skilled, dreaming)of doing that! And we are as amazed at their ignorance as they are of our awareness and depth.
We also spoke about men as feminists and if they're willing to acknowledge themselves as one. There wasn't much of a consensus. However, on Tuesday we watched a video that inspired me immensely because it was written by a young man and it was certainly hard core feminism at work. I strongly encourage you to watch the link. Thank you Adriel Luis and the student who brought it to our attention, S.
So, my thinking is that if it's the label that's turning you off, you should either change it (ie. humanist) or drop it and instead really focus on the underlying context of the words:
Feminism: Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes; the movement organized around this belief.
Humanism: A system of thought that rejects religious beliefs and centers on humans and their values, capacities, and worth; concern with the interests, needs, and welfare of humans
This is essentially what it all boils down to and who's going to be ashamed at adopting that as an overall outlook? However, I do challenge you to wear the label of feminist fiercely...it's very liberating and empowering, the first video I mentioned had this to say:
That really hit home for me. Feminism as an act of gratitude. Wow. And I am so very grateful."Acknowledging you're a feminist is an act of gratitude for the people who went before you and who fought for the rights you're now enjoying"
And so I say THANK YOU from the very bottom of my heart for the feminist trailblazers that went before me and had the courage to fight for all that I am capable of achieving in the here and now. Thank you for debunking the patriarchal systems that are at work all around me. Thank you for believing in my worth as a unique human being. Thank you for making the personal political. Thank you for your amazing influence that has me absolutely convinced that every interaction I have with another human being needs to be honoured and intentional. Thank you for advocating for respect and equality on my behalf.
With so much Love & Gratitude I am overwhelmed by it all,


text:
Handspun hand dyed 100% angora yarn, 2 -ply yarn.
as pictured from left to right on picture.
skein #1: natural blue angora plied with a lilac tencel thread, bulky thick N thin, 88 yards
skein #2: 100% angora hand dyed lilac , 2ply, bulky thick N thin, 38 yards
skein #3: 100% angora hand dyed dark emerald green , 2 ply, D.K. weight, 50 yards
skein #4: 100% angora hand dyed dark emerald green , 2 ply, D.K. weight, 48 yards
skein #5: 100% angora hand dyed dark emerald green , 2 ply, D.K. weight, 50 yards
***This yarn is hand spun from fiber that is between 3 1/2 – 6 inch in staple length.
***The fiber for my angora yarns comes from my own pet bunnies cared for by me personally every day. I have years of experience in caring for angora bunnies. When you purchase my yarns you are helping to preserve these amazing creatures for future generations. Many thanks for your support.
****All patterns are free with purchase of yarn and require the following:
Hat: 80-100 yd. worsted weight recommended Depending on size 21″ to 23″ in circumference
knitted mitts: 100 yd. worsted weight
knitted scarf: 100 yd. d.k. or worsted weight
crochet scarf: 150 yd. d.k. or worsted weight
I also offer 100, 50 or 25 yard skeins on all natural color angora and all yarn weights: worsted, sports, bulky, heavy worsted, fingering. Free shipping in USA with purchase over $75.


text:
Representing SGP was Daniel Buckley from UNDP, who presented SGP's approach to working and engaging with youth with 4 case studies highlighted in the publication: Ghana, Barbados, Morocco and China. Through SGP's support, the Bright Generation Community Foundation in Ghana is training youth how to produce and manufacture bamboo bikes to tackle climate change by promoting sustainable transport alternative; while also providing opportunities to disadvantaged youth. The project provided technical training on bamboo planting and harvesting and bamboo bike manufacturing. As a result, 10 youth now have full time jobs and manage 244 acres of a bamboo plantation and a nursery to produce seedlings. Bamboo bikes are environmentally friendly and low-energy alternative to steel frames, in addition, bamboo is good for carbon sequestration and oxygen production as well as native forest stabilization. This SGP project won several awards, including the Samsung Generations for Peace Award.
Another featured project involved student volunteers in Beijing, who lowered energy consumption in residents of the Wangjing Community. Fifteen volunteers from eight universities working in partnership with the All China Environment Federation analyzed energy consumption habits of 10,000 households by canvassing in the community to teach energy saving techniques and record household consumption rates. After one year the students had effectively reached out to around 30,000 residents and achieved noticeable reductions in power consumption as well as observable changes to energy-use habits and preference for more energy-efficient products and appliances. The efforts led to the publication of "The Studies on the Incentives of Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction in Communities in Beijing" in the China Environment Daily. The work has further been received by several government ministries and commissions for review.
To learn more about these successes and many others, read the report here.
Further information from the Bonn Climate Change Conference can be found here.


text:
When the Roman Catholic Church suffers any misfortune, and people have the nerve or freedom to say "it is God's will," I can only, in mind, be reminded of the films of the 1980's and 1990's that greatly question what the Papal powers and their relationship to the crown meant to the indigenous peoples they colonized in terms of a force of enslavement that profited Europe while equally failing to build a stable society in South America. I'm reminded as much of this as I am Sinead O'Connor tearing up pictures of the pope. The people of France may be troubled by damage to their landmark and less-than-troubled about the continued legacy of neoconglomerate ignored child slavery in its former colonist strongholds in Africa — but I am indigenous and someone whose family line's rebellion against patriarchy made her a reluctant crypto-Jew in a combinant Catholic-Lutheran pattern that dominates South Chicago and its suburbs–and can't remain silent.
This is why, today, instead of viewing something more contemporary, I was compelled to watch the 1986 Palme D'or Winner that inspired a good measure of my tastes and desires in storytelling: THE MISSION.
Roland Joffe and Robert Bolt take on a hefty historical narrative in this film which transcends our current senses of post-colonialism. It's arguable that this film (though it is situated among other narratives that manage to break the mold of hegemonic storytelling of its period) is one of the first that supports the popular exposure of an industrial complex built by entities willing to exploit those most vulnerable to provide the labor that supplies a world of commanding countries with commodities that will not grow in their soils with little benefit to countries of origin.
Examining the politics of a pro-slavery Portugal attempting to take on free-born Spanish colonized indigenous tribes taught to do skilled labor as field slaves are laid bare in a breathtakingly composed epic shot on location in Colombia starring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, and Ray McAnally are more complicated in 2019 than one might suppose. Considering the U.S.'s own political implications with undocumented workers since the Eisenhower administration and the problematic landscape this has caused vis a vis American Military Action and Food and Factory Production, its message is enduring.
The notion that Pontiffs, Heads of State, and Tribal/Labor Leaders must always be at odds is deeply ingrained in our culture down to the systems that seed our identities — in Law, Religion, and Culture. The misfortune that is a society that develops on the exploitation of the indigenous rather than cooperation with them is palpable in the sweeping scenes that cinematographer Chris Menges composes and Jim Clarkintersperses to music written by
Ennio Morricone.
If only the hope of Reagan's aspiration to the field of Humanities and President George W. Bush's desire for programs to create amnesty and documentation were fully realized — we might know a situation better than the current one we can only properly call "The Great American Auschwitz." Hundreds of thousands of people with indigenous ancestry are displaced from their countries of origin to feed the monster called "La Bestia," while the Trump Administration posits they should be placed in the very Blue Dot cities that could not possibly abuse workers that are not marginalized to the same degree — and absolutely no one thinks of their integration seriously enough — as two administrations have built detainment camps and internment tent cities to contain the displaced.
It is refreshing to view anything at all dealing with this sense of politic — in the classic humanist storytelling arc the "profitable" World Epic has replaced in recent times. I will return to reviewing films from Dallas International Film Fest tomorrow after a sanity break.
I have found the substance I seek by traveling back in time to a more humanist period. I feel revived. Perhaps the systems of art and film production might additionally be so upon inspection.
My language may seem strong, in retrospect to some, I suppose, but I don't mince words when it comes to what Eisenhower warned us about vis-a-vis the military industrial complex and the complex relationship Neo-Liberal policies have with world governments in terms of "worker supply." It's not far from AUSCHWITZ if you're getting raped with no paycheck and living in a dirt dugout while state police look to detain and deport you if you don't end up shot by Border Patrol. It's no different in Africa, or any place this terrifying institution that molded any truth about what Early Christianity might have been as a Jewish Reform Movement to its image has touched.
Update: Walt Disney Corporation has offered to donate a large portion of funds necessary to repair damage at Notre Dame, which is its prerogative–but few are willing to actually untangle Cote D'Ivorie.


text:
. Please
April 01, 2020, 02:36:33 PM
The Forum dedicated to Arunachala and Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi
General topics
Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
« previous
next »
Topic: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (Read 599009 times)
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #630 on:
March 21, 2014, 04:50:05 AM »
The pleasure you get from ephemeral things is actually pain.
The one who does not want sense objects is already free.
Satguru Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #631 on:
March 21, 2014, 05:02:14 AM »
Whatever acts one considers as meritorious, and dear to one's heart,
must also be renounced.
One must be prepared to take a step on the path that turns inward.
These are the conditions for becoming a beneficiary of the legacy.
Whatever is remembered is destined to be forgotten.
Whatever is forgettable is other than the Self.
These things, remembering and forgetting, only take place in Consciousness.
You are without these.
Satguru Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #632 on:
March 24, 2014, 08:31:29 PM »
Q: Is there no such thing as the Guru's grace?
M: His grace is constant and universal. It is not given to one and denied to another.
Q: How does it affect me personally?
M: It is by The Guru's grace that your mind is engaged in search for truth and it is by his grace that you will find it. It works unwaringly towards your ultimate good. And it is for all.
Q: Some disciples are ready, mature, and some are not. Must not the Guru exercise choice and make decisions?
M: The Guru knows the Ultimate and relentlessly propels the disciple towards it. The disciple is full of obstacles, which he himself must overcome. The Guru is not very much concerned with the superficialities of the disciple's life. It is like gravitation The fruit must fall -- when no longer held back.
Q: If the disciple does not know the goal, how can he make out the obstacles?
M: The goal is shown by the Guru, obstacles are discovered by the disciple. The Guru has no preferences, but those who have obstacles to overcome seem to be lagging behind.
In reality the disciple is not different from the Guru. He is the same dimensionless centre of perception and love in action. It is only his imagination and self-identification with the imagined, that encloses him and converts him into a person. The Guru is concerned little with the person. His attention is on the inner watcher. It is the task of the watcher to understand and thereby eliminate the person. While there is grace on one side, there must be dedication to the task on the other.
Q: But the person does not want to be eliminated.
M: The person is merely the result of a misunderstanding. In reality, there is no such thing. Feelings, thoughts and actions race before the watcher in endless succession, leaving traces in the brain and creating an illusion of continuity. A reflection of the watcher in the mind creates the sense of 'I' and the person acquires an apparently independent existence. In reality there is no person, only the watcher identifying himself with the 'I' and the 'mine'. The teacher tells the watcher: you are not this, there is nothing of yours in this, except the little point of 'I am', which is the bridge between the watcher and his dream. ?I am this, I am that' is dream, while pure 'I am' has the stamp of reality on it. You have tasted so many things -- all came to naught. Only the sense 'I am' persisted -- unchanged. Stay with the changeless among the changeful, until you are able to go beyond.
Q: When will it happen?
M: It will happen as soon as you remove the obstacles.
Q: Which obstacles?
M: Desire for the false and fear of the true. You, as the person, imagine that the Guru is interested in you as a person. Not at all. To him you are a nuisance and a hindrance to be done away with. He actually aims at your elimination as a factor in consciousness.
Q: If I am eliminated, what will remain?
M: Nothing will remain, all will remain. The sense of identity will remain, but no longer identification with a particular body. Being -- awareness -- love will shine in full splendour. Liberation is never of the person, it is always from the person.
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #633 on:
March 31, 2014, 11:07:13 PM »
*What is Born Must Die*
*Questioner:* What is this sense of separate existence?
*Maharaj:* It is a reflection in a separate body of the one reality. In this
reflection the unlimited and the limited are confused and taken to be
the same. To undo this confusion is the purpose of Yoga.
*Questioner:* Does no death undo this confusion?
*Maharaj:* In death only the body dies. Life does not, consciousness
does not, reality does not. And the life is never so alive as after death.
*Questioner:* But does one get reborn?
*Maharaj:* What was born must die. Only the unborn is deathless.
Find what is it that never sleeps and never wakes, and whose pale
reflection is our sense of ?I?.
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #634 on:
April 07, 2014, 10:22:52 PM »
If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling. Even the idea of being man or woman, or even human should be discarded. The ocean of life contains all, not only humans. So, first of all abandon all self-identification, stop thinking of yourself as such-and-such or so-and-so, this or that. Abandon all self-concern, worry not about your welfare, material or spiritual, abandon every desire, gross or subtle, stop thinking of achievement of any kind. You are complete here and now, you need absolutely nothing.
Only the dead can die, not the living. That which is alive in you is immortal.
In reality there is only the source, dark in itself, making everything shine. Unperceived, it causes perception. Unfelt, it causes feeling. Unthinkable, it causes thought. Non-being, it gives birth to being. It is the immovable background of motion. Once you are there, you are at home everywhere.
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #635 on:
April 30, 2014, 11:52:40 PM »
"The all-pervading, omnipresent Brahman is as it is,
only 'I' am not.
I am not, and in that egoless state everything is unqualified Brahman."
Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #636 on:
May 12, 2014, 01:14:05 AM »
Q: If I use my will to control the mind, it only strengthens the ego.
M: Of course. When you fight, you invite a fight. But when you do not resist, you meet with no
resistance. When you refuse to play the game, you are out of it.
Q: How long will it take me to get free of the mind?
M: It may take a thousand years, but really no time is required. All you need is to be in dead
earnest. Here the will is the deed. If you are sincere, you have it. After all, it is a matter of attitude.
Nothing stops you from being a jnani here and now, except fear. You are afraid of being impersonal,
of impersonal being. It is all quite simple. Turn away from your desires and fears and from the
thoughts they create and you are at once in your natural state.
Q: No question of reconditioning, changing, or eliminating the mind?
M: Absolutely none. Leave your mind alone, that is all. Don't go along with it. After all, there is no
such thing as mind apart from thoughts which come and go obeying their own laws, not yours. They
dominate you only because you are interested in them. It is exactly as Christ said 'Resist not evil'.
By resisting evil you merely strengthen it.
Q: Yes, I see now. All I have to do is to deny existence to evil. Then it fades away. But does it not
boil down to some kind of auto-suggestion?
M: The auto-suggestion is in full swing now, when you think yourself to be a person, caught
between good and evil. What I am asking you to do is to put an end to it, to wake up and see things
as they are.
About your stay in Switzerland with that strange friend of yours: what did you gain in his company?
Q: Nothing absolutely. His experience did not affect me at all. One thing I have understood: there
is nothing to search for. Wherever I may go, nothing waits for me at the end of the journey.
Discovery is not the result of transportation.
M: Yes, you are quite apart from anything that can be gained or lost.
Q: Do you call it vairagya, relinquishment, renunciation?
M: There is nothing to renounce. Enough if you stop acquiring. To give you must have, and to have
you must take. Better don't take. It is simpler than to practice renunciation, which leads to a
dangerous form of 'spiritual' pride.All this weighing, selecting, choosing, exchanging -- it is all shopping in some 'spiritual' market.
What is your business there? What deal are you out to strike? When you are not out for business,
what is the use of this endless anxiety of choice? Restlessness takes you nowhere. Something
prevents you from seeing that there is nothing you need. Find it out and see its falseness. It is like
having swallowed some poison and suffering from unquenchable craving for water. Instead of
drinking beyond all measure, why not eliminate the poison and be free of this burning thirst?
Q: I shall have to eliminate the ego!
M: The sense 'I am a person in time and space' is the poison. In a way, time itself is the poison. In
time all things come to an end and new are born, to be devoured in their turn. Do not identify
yourself with time, do not ask anxiously: 'what next, what next?' Step out of time and see it devour
the world. Say: 'Well, it is in the nature of time to put an end to everything. Let it be. It does not
concern me. I am not combustible, nor do I need to collect fuel'.
Q: Can the witness be without the things to witness?
M: There is always something to witness. If not a thing, then its absence. Witnessing is natural and
no problem. The problem is excessive interest, leading to self-identification. Whatever you are
engrossed in you take to be real.
Q: Is the 'I am' real or unreal? Is the 'I am' the witness? Is the witness real or unreal?
M: What is pure, unalloyed, unattached, is real. What is tainted, mixed up, dependent and transient
is unreal. Do not be misled by words -- one word may convey several and even contradictory
meanings. The 'I am? that pursues the pleasant and shuns the unpleasant is false; the 'I am' that
sees pleasure and pain as inseparable sees rightly. The witness that is enmeshed in what he
perceives is the person; the witness who stands aloof, unmoved and untouched, is the watch-tower
of the real, the point at which awareness, inherent in the unmanifested, contacts the manifested.
There can be no universe without the witness, there can be no witness without the universe.
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #637 on:
May 13, 2014, 03:10:07 AM »
Questioner: Before one can realise one's true nature need not one be a person? Does not the ego
have its value?
Maharaj: The person is of little use. It is deeply involved in its own affairs and is completely ignorant
of its true being. Unless the witnessing consciousness begins to play on the person and it becomes
the object of observation rather than the subject, realisation is not feasible. It is the witness that
makes realisation desirable and attainable.
Q: There comes a point in a person's life when it becomes the witness.
M: Oh, no. The person by itself will not become the witness. It is like expecting a cold candle to
start burning in the course of time. The person can stay in the darkness of ignorance forever, unless
the flame of awareness touches it.
Q: Who lights the candle?
M: The Guru. His words, his presence. In India it is very often the mantra. Once the candle is
lighted, the flame will consume the candle.
Q: Why is the mantra so effective?
M: Constant repetition of the mantra is something the person does not do for one's own sake. The
beneficiary is not the person. Just like the candle which does not increase by burning.
Q: Can the person become aware of itself by itself?
M: Yes, it happens sometimes as a result of much suffering The Guru wants to save you the
endless pain. Such is his grace. Even when there is no discoverable outer Guru, there is always the
sadguru, the inner Guru, who directs and helps from within. The words 'outer' and 'inner' are relative
to the body only; in reality all is one, the outer being merely a projection of the inner. Awareness
comes as if from a higher dimension.
Q: Before the spark is lit and after, what is the difference?
M: Before the spark is lit there is no witness to perceive the difference. The person may be
conscious, but is not aware of being conscious. It is completely identified with what it thinks and
feels and experiences. The darkness that is in it is of its own creation. When the darkness is
questioned, it dissolves. The desire to question is planted by the Guru. In other words, the
difference between the person and the witness is as between not knowing and knowing oneself.
The world seen in consciousness is to be of the nature of consciousness, when there is harmony
(sattva); but when activity and passivity (rajas and tamas) appear, they obscure and distort and you
see the false as real.
Q: What can the person do to prepare itself for the coming of the Guru.
M: The very desire to be ready means that the Guru had come and the flame is lighted. It may be a
stray word, or a page in a book; the Guru's grace works mysteriously.
Q: Is there no such thing as self-preparation? We hear so much about yoga sadhana?
M: It is not the person that is doing sadhana. The person is in unrest and resistance to the very
end. It is the witness that works on the person, on the totality of its illusions, past, present and future
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #638 on:
May 15, 2014, 04:49:47 AM »
M: Reality is immovable and yet in constant movement. It is like a mighty river -- it flows and yet it is there -- eternally. What flows is not the river with its bed and banks, but its water, so does the sattva guna, the universal harmony, play its games against tamas and rajas, the forces of darkness and despair. In sattva there is always change and progress, in rajas there is change and regress, while tamas stands for chaos. The three Gunas play eternally against each other -- it is a fact and there can be no quarrel with a fact.
Q: Must I always go dull with tamas and desperate with rajas? What about sattva?
M: Sattva is the radiance of your real nature. You can always find it beyond the mind and its many worlds. But if you want a world, you must accept the three gunas as inseparable -- matter -- energy -- life -- one in essence, distinct in appearance. They mix and flow -- in consciousness. In time and space there is eternal flow, birth and death again, advance, retreat, another advance, again retreat -- apparently without a beginning and without end; reality being timeless, changeless, bodyless, mindless awareness is bliss.
Q: I understand that, according to you, everything is a state of consciousness. The world is full of things -- a grain of sand is a thing, a planet is a thing. How are they related to consciousness?
M: Where consciousness does not reach, matter begins. A thing is a form of being which we have not understood. It does not change -- it is always the same -- it appears to be there on its own -- something strange and alien. Of course it is in the chit, consciousness, but appears to be outside because of its apparent changelessness. The foundation of things is in memory -- without memory there would be no recognition. Creation -- reflection -- rejection: Brahma -- Vishnu -- Shiva: this is the eternal process. All things are governed by it.
Q: Is there no escape?
M: I am doing nothing else, but showing the escape. Understand that the One includes the Three and that you are the One, and you shall be free of the world process.
Q: What happens then to my consciousness?
M: After the stage of creation, comes the stage of examination and reflection and, finally, the stage of abandonment and forgetting. The consciousness remains, but in a latent, quiet state.
Q: Does the state of identity remain?
M: The state of identity is inherent in reality and never fades. But identity is neither the transient
personality (vyakti), nor the karma-bound individuality (vyakta). It is what remains when all self-identification is given up as false -- pure consciousness, the sense of being all there is, or could be. Consciousness is pure in the beginning and pure in the end; in between it gets contaminated by imagination which is at the root of creation. At all times consciousness remains the same. To know it as it is, is realisation and timeless peace.
Q: Is the sense 'I am' real or unreal?
M: Both. It is unreal when we say: 'I am this, I am that'. It is real when we mean 'I am not this, nor that'.
The knower comes and goes with the known, and is transient; but that which knows that it does not know, which is free of memory and anticipation, is timeless.
Q: Is 'I am' itself the witness, or are they separate?
M: Without one the other cannot be. Yet they are not one. It is like the flower and its colour. Without flower -- no colours; without colour -- the flower remains unseen. Beyond is the light which on contact with the flower creates the colour. realise that your true nature is that of pure light only, and both the perceived and the perceiver come and go together. That which makes both possible, and yet is neither, is your real being, which means not being a 'this' or 'that', but pure awareness of being and not-being. When awareness is turned on itself, the feeling is of not knowing. When it is turned outward, the knowables come into being. To say: 'I know myself' is a contradiction in terms for what is 'known' cannot be 'myself'.
Q: If the self is for ever the unknown, what then is realised in self-realisation?
M: To know that the known cannot be me nor mine, is liberation enough. Freedom from self-identification with a set of memories and habits, the state of wonder at the infinite reaches of the being, its inexhaustible creativity and total transcendence, the absolute fearlessness born from the realisation of the illusoriness and transiency of every mode of consciousness -- flow from a deep and inexhaustible source. To know the source as source and appearance as appearance, and oneself as the source only is self-realisation.
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #639 on:
June 02, 2014, 10:11:48 PM »
"Know that surely all powers are a hindrance
in the way to attaining unity with Me."
"In the Absolute Reality, there is no 'other,'
nor is there any doubt or any alternatives."
Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #640 on:
June 04, 2014, 04:13:37 AM »
"All paths lead to unreality.
Paths are creations within the scope of knowledge.
Therefore, paths and movements cannot transport you into Reality,
because their function is to enmesh you within the dimension of knowledge,
while the Reality prevails prior to it."
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #641 on:
June 14, 2014, 04:14:12 AM »
Questioner: I am very much attached to my family and possessions. How can I conquer this
Maharaj: This attachment is born along with the sense of 'me' and 'mine'. Find the true meaning of
these words and you will be free of all bondage. You have a mind which is spread in time. One after
another all things happen to you and the memory remains. There is nothing wrong in it. The
problem arises only when the memory of past pains and pleasures -- which are essential to all
organic life -- remains as a reflex, dominating behaviour. This reflex takes the shape of 'I' and uses
the body and the mind for its purposes, which are invariably in search for pleasure or flight from
pain. When you recognise the 'I' as it is, a bundle of desires and fears, and the sense of 'mine', as
embracing all things and people needed for the purpose of avoiding pain and securing pleasure,
you will see that the 'I' and the 'mine' are false ideas, having no foundation in reality. Created by the
mind, they rule their creator as long as it takes them to be true; when questioned, they dissolve.
The 'I' and 'mine', having no existence in themselves, need a support which they find in the body.
The body becomes their point of reference. When you talk of 'my' husband and 'my' children, you
mean the body's husband and the body's children. Give up the idea of being the body and face the
question: Who am l? At once a process will be set in motion which will bring back reality, or, rather,
will take the mind to reality. Only, you must not be afraid.
Q: What am I to be afraid of?
M: For reality to be, the ideas of 'me' and 'mine' must go. They will go if you let them. Then your
normal natural state reappears, in which you are neither the body nor the mind, neither the 'me? nor
the 'mine', but in a different state of being altogether. It is pure awareness of being, without being
this or that, without any self-identification with anything in particular, or in general. In that pure light
of consciousness there is nothing, not even the idea of nothing. There is only light.
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #642 on:
June 27, 2014, 10:06:11 PM »
"Work neither for yourself nor for others, but for the work's own sake.
A thing worth doing is its own purpose and meaning.
Make nothing a means to something else."
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #643 on:
June 30, 2014, 02:38:48 AM »
Questioner: Do you experience the three states of waking, dreaming and sleeping just as we do, or
Maharaj: All the three states are sleep to me. My waking state is beyond them. As I look at you, you
all seem asleep, dreaming up words of your own. I am aware, for I imagine nothing. It is not
samadhi which is but a kind of sleep. It is just a state unaffected by the mind, free from the past and
future. In your case it is distorted by desire and fear, by memories and hopes; in mine it is as it is --
normal. To be a person is to be asleep.
Q: Between the body and pure awareness stands the ?inner organ?, antahkarana, the ?subtle body?,
the ?mental body?, whatever the name. Just as a whirling mirror converts sunlight into a manifold
pattern of streaks and colours, so does the subtle body convert the simple light of the shining Self
into a diversified world. Thus I have understood your teaching. What I cannot grasp is how did this
subtle body arise in the first instance?
M: It is created with the emergence of the ?I am? idea. The two are one.
Q: How did the ?I am? appear?
M: In your world everything must have a beginning and an end. If it does not, you call it eternal. In my view there is no such thing as beginning or end -- these are all related to time. Timeless being is
entirely in the now.
Q: The antahkarana, or the ?subtle body?, is it real or unreal?
M: It is momentary. Real when present, unreal when over.
Q: What kind of reality? Is it momentary?
M: Call it empirical, or actual, or factual. It is the reality of immediate experience, here and now,
which cannot be denied. You can question the description and the meaning, but not the event itself.
Being and non-being alternate and their reality is momentary. The Immutable Reality lies beyond
space and time. Realise the momentariness of being and non-being and be free from both.
Q: Things may be transient, yet they are very much with us, in endless repetition.
M: Desires are strong. It is desire that causes repetition. There is no recurrence where desire is not.
Q: What about fear?
M: Desire is of the past, fear is of the future. The memory of past suffering and the fear of its
recurrence make one anxious about the future.
Q: There is also fear of the unknown.
M: Who has not suffered is not afraid.
Q: We are condemned to fear?
M: Until we can look at fear and accept it as the shadow of personal existence, as persons we are
bound to be afraid. Abandon all personal equations and you shall be free from fear. It is not difficult.
Desirelessness comes on its own when desire is recognised as false. You need not struggle with
desire. Ultimately, it is an urge to happiness, which is natural as long as there is sorrow. Only see
that there is no happiness in what you desire.
Hero Member
Posts: 6559
Love,always love and only love
Re: Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Reply #644 on:
August 13, 2014, 05:38:42 AM »
Questioner: You say that whatever you see is yourself. You also admit that you see the world as
we see it. Here is today's newspaper with All the horrors going on. Since the world is yourself, how
can you explain such misbehaviour?
Maharaj: Which world do you have in mind?
Q: Our common world, in which we live.
M: Are you sure we live in the same world? I do not mean nature, the sea and the land, plants and
animals. They are not the problem, nor the endless space, the infinite time, the inexhaustible power.
Do not be misled by my eating and smoking, reading and talking. My mind is not here, my life is not
here. Your world, of desires and their fulfilments, of fears and their escapes, is definitely not my
world. I do not even perceive it, except through what you tell me about it. It is your private dream
world and my only reaction to it is to ask you to stop dreaming.
Q: Surely, wars and revolutions are not dreams. Sick mothers and starving children are not
dreams. Wealth, ill-gotten and misused, is not a dream.
M: What else?
Q: A dream cannot be shared.
M: Nor can the waking state. All the three states -- of waking, dreaming and sleeping -- are subjective, personal, intimate.
They all happen to and are contained within the little bubble in
consciousness, called 'I'. The real world lies beyond the self.
Q: Self or no self, facts are real.
M: Of course facts are real! I live among them. But you live with fancies, not with facts. Facts never
clash, while your life and world are full of contradictions. Contradiction is the mark of the false; the
real never contradicts itself.
For instance, you complain that people are abjectly poor. Yet you do not share your riches with
them. You mind the war next door, but you hardly give it a thought when it is in some far off country.
The shifting fortunes of your ego determine your values; 'I think', 'I want', 'I must' are made into
Q: Nevertheless, the evil is real.
M: Not more real than you are. Evil is in the wrong approach to problems created by
misunderstanding and misuse. It is a vicious circle.
Q: Can the circle be broken?
M: A false circle need not be broken. It is enough to see it as it is -- non-existent.
Q: But, real enough to make us submit to and inflict indignities and atrocities.
M: Insanity is universal. Sanity is rare. Yet there is hope, because the moment we perceive our
insanity, we are on the way to sanity. This is the function of the Guru -- to make us see the
madness of our daily living. Life makes you conscious, but the teacher makes you aware.
Q: Sir, you are neither the first nor the last. Since immemorial times people were breaking into
reality. Yet how little it affected our lives! The Ramas and the Krishnas, the Buddhas and the Christs
have come and gone and we are as we were; wallowing in sweat and tears. What have the great
ones done, whose lives we witnessed? What have you done, Sir, to alleviate the world's thrall?
M: You alone can undo the evil you have created. Your own callous selfishness is at the root of it.
Put first your own house in order and you will see that your work is done.
Q: The men of wisdom and of love, who came before us, did set themselves right, often at a
tremendous cost. What was the outcome? A shooting star, however bright, does not make the night
less dark.
M: To judge them and their work you must become one of them. A frog in a well knows nothing
about the birds in the sky.
Q: Do you mean to say that between good and evil there is no wall?M: There is no wall,
because there is no good and no evil. In every concrete situation there is only
the necessary and the unnecessary. The needful is right, the needless is wrong.
Q: Who decides?
M: The situation decides. Every situation is a challenge which demands the right response. When
the response is right, the challenge is met and the problem ceases. If the response is wrong, the
challenge is not met and the problem remains unsolved. Your unsolved problems -- that is what
constitutes your karma. Solve them rightly and be free.
Q: You seem to drive me always back into myself. Is there no objective solution to the world's
M: The world problems were created by numberless people like you, each full of his own desires
and fears. Who can free you of your past, personal and social, except yourself? And how will you do
it unless you see the urgent need of your being first free of cravings born of illusion? How can you
truly help, as long as you need help yourself?
Q: In what way did the ancient sages help? In what way do you help? A few individuals profit, no
doubt; your guidance and example may mean a lot to them; but in what way do you affect humanity,
the totality of life and consciousness? You say that you are the world and the world is you; what
impact have you made on it?
M: What kind of Impact do you expect?
Q: Man is stupid, selfish, cruel.
M: Man is also wise, affectionate and kind.
Q: Why does not goodness prevail?
M: It does -- in my real world. In my world even what you call evil is the servant of the good and
therefore necessary. It is like boils and fevers that clear the body of impurities. Disease is painful,
even dangerous, but if dealt with rightly, it heals.
« previous
next »
The Forum dedicated to Arunachala and Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi
General topics
Quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Simple Machines


text:
Meyer, Michael and Jennifer, "The Myth of German efficiency."
Newsweek, 7/30/90, Vol. 116 Issue 5
p36, 1p
A few costs of the Teutonic ethic: meddling neighbors, sodden pedestrians and wooden tomatoes
Time and efficiency: the diptych of German virtue. It's a cliche. Just as the mere word manana brands Latins as slow and unreliable, jokes ask how many Poles or Irish it takes to change a light bulb. Globe-trotting sophisticates know that dinner at eight means nine in Madrid and half past in London. Here in Germany you can be the last guest if you show up at five after. Social promptness is only one of a host of traits that have given Germans a reputation for efficiency unrivaled since Alexander the Great made short work of the world before his 33rd birthday.
Is it deserved? Even as the Teutonic industrial machine rolls along like a supercharged BMW, there are signs that German efficiency is not all it's cracked up to be. Yes, West Germany is Europe's economic dynamo, boasting the highest per capita productivity in the world. Yes, German planes and trains leave (more or less) on time, and the streets are clean. "The Germans are not perfect," says John Meyer, an American business consultant in Dusseldorf "But when it comes to efficiency, they come closer than anyone else."
But let us remember: efficiency, taken to an extreme, can become inefficiency. Anyone living in Germany quickly learns the drawbacks of excessive perfectionism. Take the helpful telephone operators at the West German Bundespost. They will routinely disconnect your call if it exceeds the time deemed necessary to efficiently conclude your business. Frustrating? You bet, but less so than the hassle of getting a phone in the first place. That can take six weeks (three months if "street work" is required). Nor is the technician who installs your line the man who plugs your phone into the wall. That five-second operation requires yet another appointment—and another long wait. Don't do it yourself; you will be fined.
Rules and regulations encumber German society. "The price of efficiency is bureaucracy," says Stephanie Wahl, a sociologist in Bonn. "We Germans like to be told how to do everything." That may be an understatement. In Germany, there are laws against squeezing the tomatoes at the grocery store, laws telling you when to clip your hedge, laws on how to hang your window curtains. When you move in Germany, you must register with the police. You should also register your TV. Roving vans cruise German streets, equipped with antennas that pick up waves from whatever electronic appliances you might have. They know how many radios, TVs or telephones you have—and tax you accordingly. But watch out. A foreigner with a new baby recently found herself in an endless wrangle with the German government, which was convinced that the signals picked up from her baby monitor were transmissions from an unregistered (and therefore illegal) cordless telephone.
Few advanced countries make the mundane tasks of life so...inefficient. A simple money transfer takes two weeks. Trains and planes are canceled without notice on holidays. Grocery stores close during the lunch hour, on weekends and before most people get off work. And don't dare mow the lawn on Sundays, a statutory day of rest. Violations might elicit a note from the neighbors, pushed under the gate, reminding you of the regulation . . . and the likely interest of the police.
Germans argue, not without merit, that such restrictions make you think before you do. The theory is that if you make a careful list and budget your time, you are automatically more efficient. So be resourceful. Slip in for doorknobs or diapers on the way to interviews with heads of state.
Traffic jams: Being so efficient, Germans have oodles of free time. Come weekends, they all climb into their cars and drive on the same autobahns to the same spots to relax in the same cafes. That produces the world's biggest traffic jams on the world's most efficient highways. You also see this in L.A. But in Germany, the breakdowns have a different cause: a love of institutional behavior. The German Bundespost regulates everything from selection of television programs to what size envelope you must use to mail your mother's birthday card. There aren't a lot of choices—but then, at bottom the Germans don't really like choices.
How do you calculate the costs of over-regimentation? Manfred Bauer, an executive of Prudential Bache in Munich, suggests one answer. "No one disputes the Germans' flair for organization and management," he says. "But they are less skilled as innovators." German-made ovens are wonders of industrial design—yet hardly a manufacturer in the country has childproofed them by moving the controls from the front of the stove to the top. There is a more serious side to the question, summed up in the word Gehorsamkeit. It means dutiful obedience, with the faintest allusion to lemminglike behavior.
Today, as Germany sweeps toward unity, people fear that things are happening too fast, too efficiently. But there is little resistance, no public outcry. It's hard not to respect a people who can stand calmly in the rain, waiting for the light to cross a street on which no traffic passes. But sometimes you feel like a friend who recently took a vacation in Italy. "God, it was wonderful," she said. "Everybody was driving the wrong way down one-way streets."


text:
We all know that drinking water is an
essential part of life and extremely important for good health. After all we are made up of 65% water. Drinking more water can help you lose
weight and stay younger. So which water is better for you. Do you trust the water
that comes straight out of your tap? Or do you spend your hard-earned money and
buy the bottle kind. Now you're really confused aren't you? Well let's clear that confusion right up. So what is the difference between bottled water tap water and alkaline water? We took the liberty of testing the pH levels of some of the most popular bottled water on the market today. What we found was quite surprising. Here's something you might not know. Our blood has a pH level of 7.35. According to the pH scale this is slightly more
alkaline. In order to achieve optimal health you must constantly flood your
body with alkalinity. To encourage disease and sickness just adopt an acid
lifestyle. Now for the purpose of saving you time
and testing your patience the following videos have been doubled in speed to
prevent you from switching off prematurely Our first contestant was actually one of my favorites before conducting this test.
With its convenient drinking nozzle it has been the choice of many water
connoisseurs. We simply pour three drops of iodine
give the test tube a little shake and as you can see we are greeted with a lovely
shade of yellow representing fairly acidic water. Did you know that too much acidity in
the body is one of the leading causes of arthritis and joint pain? Now there's
something to think about next time you guzzle down a bottle of pump. Our next contender is without a doubt the most popular bottled water on the market
today. A trademark of coca-cola it dominates the $544 million dollar per year industry. Mount Franklin's website states that
they only fill their bottles with natural spring water. But according to
our research spring water is meant to have a pH level of 7 and above. Mount
Franklin however is far from that. But we will give them 10 points for clever
marketing. The next on our list is a generic brand created by the Coles supermarket chain. At around ninety five cents for a 600ml bottle it's
an absolute bargain for the conservative spender. They claim the water comes from
a natural spring in Albury New South Wales. But as you'll soon see our iodine test
tells us a very different story. This so-called spring water registered
about a 5 on the pH scale which falls in the acidic range. Here's something you might not know. Cancer cells thrive in an acidic environment. Neutralize the acid and you take away their only source of food. Give them the last three bottles of water and you give them reason to live. Our next competitor is Fiji water. The
company's website claims that their water is drawn from an artesian aquifer
located at the very edge of a primitive rain-forest hundreds of miles away from
the nearest continent. Now unlike the last three bottles of water that we
tested, this particular brand might just be telling us the truth. Our test shows that this bottled water
is at a pH level of 7.5 which is slightly alkaline and beneficial for consumption. Our last bottle of water comes all the way from the French Alps. Deriving from the summit of an aquifers zone water from rain and melting snow
slowly infiltrate down through layers of glacial sand at a rate of one to two
centimeters per day. A journey of 15 years during which this
water will become purified and laden with minerals. Now I've always found that
Evian is by far the best tasting bottled water on the market. With a pH level of
around 7.8, it's definitely the clear winner of our bottled water test. And now for the truth about tap water. Although it's free and cost effective the
chemicals used to treat it could be very harmful to your health and the health of
your family. In order to make this water safe enough to drink, it is treated with
chemicals like chlorine which is used to kill pathogens and bacteria. But what you
might not know is that chlorine does not kill algae. When chlorine and algae are
combined trihalomethane gasses are released. Now according to the Harvard
Public School of Health these gases have been linked to miscarriages in women,
prostate, rectal, colon and bladder cancers. This is just one of the many
harmful chemicals used to treat tap water and it's not surprising for pH
level indicates an acidic state. So the next time you give your child a glass of
tap, water consider the harm you could be doing to their health. For our final test we would like to
introduce you to the Alphion water alkalizer and ionizer. So how does this machine turn chemically contaminated tap water
into crystal-clear alkaline ionized water. About 40 years ago Russian
scientists ran ordinary water through magnetically charged plates and devised
the simple method of separating water into two streams. One alkaline and one
acidic. A process called ionization. This amazing water is like no other.
Containing millions of age fighting antioxidants in every glass. It super
hydrates the body. Supplies important calcium and oxygen and most importantly
helps eliminate toxins and waste. The filter simply attaches to your tap and
by pushing a small lever on the side, it only allows the alkaline water to pass
through. As you can see from this test the Alphion
filter produces alkaline water with a pH level of 10. If you would like more information on how you can purchase machine and change your health for good, Please visit our site at bettermankind.com (This website no longer exists) We wish you and your family good health and thank you for watching.


text:
Notary Pro Canada is Tunney's Pasture / Parkdale's top-rated Ontario Notary Public and Commissioner of Oaths service.
Address: 193 Huron Avenue North, Unit 1 (Click for Google Maps). Just south of the Tunney's Pasture OC Transpo station in the heart of Wellington West / Parkdale, with flexible evening and weekend business hours, we are ready to serve your notary service needs.
Notary Public: Mr. Robbie Moses, J.D., Ontario Lawyer, Notary & Commissioner
Languages: English
Hours: Open evenings and weekends. Fast, affordable appointments. Easy online appointment booking. 5-star service.
Click. Stamp. Done. Part of the Notary Pro Canada Network.
Prices: First notarized document or Certified True Copy is $30 (including HST). Each additional document is $20. Last Will & Testament, Powers of Attorney or Divorce/Separation Agreements are $60.
Services: Whether you need an invitation letter, travel consent form, certified true copy or court documents notarized, we offer fast and friendly notary public and commissioner services every weekday.
Payment Types: We accept exact cash, debit (tap only) and credit (tap & chip), as well as Apple Pay and Android Pay.
193 Huron Avenue North, Unit 1, Ottawa
Or Call
Hours of Operation
(By appointment only)
|6:00 pm–8:30 pm
|6:00 pm–8:30 pm
|6:00 pm–8:30 pm
|6:00 pm–8:30 pm
|6:00 pm–8:30 pm
|9:00 am–5:00 pm
|12:15 pm–6:00 pm
Click here for driving directions
Can't find an appointment time at this location? Call us or click here to view times at all other locations.


text:
Promotional Items, Corporate Apparel, Imprinted Pens, & more.
Bic® Round Stic® Ice is a lightweight and long lasting pen. This custom printed Bic® Round Stic® Ice has a frosted barrel and trim with multiple colors to choose from. This promotional Bic® Stic Ice has a ventilated cap design and comes in a medium ballpoint black ink with the BIC® Easy-Glide System Ink Technology option for an additional charge of $0.05. Price does include 1 color imprint on barrel in full color.
© 2018 Promo Managers LLC. All Rights Reserved. | Sitemap | About Us


text:
A Christmas letter to Father Christmas shows the anti-German sentiment common in New Zealand around the time of the First World War.
During the war, many people started to think of different countries as being either on "our" side or on "their" side. Even German people who had lived in New Zealand for many years were sometimes treated with suspicion. Some Germans were accused of being spies and were imprisoned on Matiu (Somes Island) or Motuihe Island. The note at the bottom of Edna's Christmas letter that says 'don't bring German things' shows just how strongly people felt.
New Zealand had a positive relationship with countries not on the opposing side. It went into the war because it was part of the British Empire, and the battles where New Zealanders fought alongside Australian troops built a military connection that still impacts our culture and politics.
The connection between New Zealand and other societies in the Pacific changed during the war. Soldiers from Niue and the Cook Islands, both administered by New Zealand at the time, served in the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Western Samoa, then known as German Samoa, was captured by New Zealand on behalf of the British Crown, and New Zealand then controlled Samoa until 1962. Although there was tragic conflict between the local Samoans and the New Zealand authorities at the time, the relationship between Western Samoa and New Zealand is now very strong and positive.
New Zealand now works with other countries to build ongoing peace and security through organisations like the United Nations.
Key questions
- What can we observe?
- What do we already know?
- How might people view this letter in different ways?
Possible discussion questions
- What can you see in this letter? What does it tell you about Edna? How old do you think she was when she wrote it?
- What does Edna mean by "German things"? Why does Edna not want them?
- Can you think of some other German things that people might have avoided?
- Who do we have special relationships with? As a family? As a community?
- Why are these relationships important? How do we show that they are special?
- What countries do you think New Zealand has a special relationship with? How might we show these relationships?
- How might friendships with other countries help us?
- Do you have friends in other countries or parts of New Zealand? How do you stay friends with them? What are things that make it difficult to stay friends with people who live far away?


text: Home About ANZCA Council, committees and representatives Elections Committees Our college Strategic Plan 2018-2022 Our fellows and trainees Our staff History and Heritage Oral histories Geoffrey Kaye Museum Perioperative medicine Gender equity Environmental Sustainability Our awards Contact us Training Application and registration Frequently asked questions WBA Relaunch 2019 2013 training program Courses Recording training Provisional fellowship training Scholar role training Forms Examinations EMAC Course ANZCA Educators Program Fellowship Rotations and training sites Supervisory roles Fees Specialist Training Program Diving and hyperbaric medicine Fellows Benefits of fellowship Get involved with your college Continuing professional development COVID-19 and CPD Access CPD portfolio Breakdown of CPD activities Emergency response activities Handbook and resources CPD portfolio features Requirements by type of practice CPD standard and policies Frequently asked questions CPD media Joining the ANZCA and FPM CPD program AHPRA audit information Qualified Privilege and Protected Quality Assurance Activities Safety and quality Safety alerts Safety and quality committees and portfolios Publications and resources Incident reporting (webAIRS) Special interest groups New fellows Retirement Fellowship directory Community development Pay subscriptions Return to anaesthesia practice (fellows) Fellowship surveys Patients What is anaesthesia? Types of anaesthesia What to expect Different procedures Frequently asked questions Information sheets Useful links Find your anaesthetist Events Event calendar ANZCA annual scientific meetings ANZCA education events National Anaesthesia Day National Anaesthesia Day 2019 National Anaesthesia Day 2018 Future events Submit an event Communications Advocacy Submissions ANZCA Bulletin ANZCA E-Newsletter Training E-Newsletter Synapse E-Newsletter To advertise Annual reports Booklets and brochures Media Research ANZCA Research Foundation About the Foundation Research we support Corporate support The Patrons Program How you can help ANZCA Clinical Trials Network Clinical trials Pilot studies and grants Resources and support Strategic research workshop Research co-ordinators Contact How to apply Research Repository Resources Library Library guides Borrowing E-books Journals Databases Request a literature search Request an article Patient information Learning Professional documents Corporate policies Guidelines and Standards Regulations College publications Doctors' health and wellbeing Doctors' Support Program Bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment Doctors' health advisory services Doctors' Health and Wellbeing Framework Anaesthesia job vacancies Acronyms Quick links Log in Help Contact Us Search for: Faculty of Pain MedicineSafety alertsLibraryDoctors welfareSpecialist international medical graduatesCPD online portfolioTraining portfolio systemNetworks Login Search Patients What is anaesthesia? Types of anaesthesia What to expect Different procedures Frequently asked questions Information sheets Useful links Find your anaesthetist Smoking and anaesthesia Questions Does smoking have an impact on patients having anaesthesia? Back to all questions Does smoking have an impact on anaesthesia? Smoking not only has harmful effects on general health but can also increase the risk when having anaesthesia and surgery. Smoking is associated with heart disease, peripheral vascular (blood vessel) disease and multiple types of cancer, including lung, throat, and oesophagus (food tube) and bladder cancer. It can also cause emphysema and chronic bronchitis. ANZCA recognises that tobacco smoking is addictive and can damage both the health of smokers and those passively exposed to tobacco smoke. The College supports all measures to decrease tobacco consumption and involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke including passive smoking. Nicotine increases the heart rate, heart pumping, blood pressure, and blood vessel narrowing. Some of these adverse effects may improve after 12 to 24 hours of abstinence. Smokers have an increased production of mucous, which can clog up the airways. They also have increased sensitivity of the airways, which makes the airways more prone to narrowing during anaesthetic. This airway narrowing impedes delivery of oxygen and can be life threatening. This improves one month after smoking is stopped with further improvements up to six months. Smokers have a decreased ability to carry oxygen in the blood, however ceasing smoking for more than 12 hours greatly improves the ability of the blood to carry oxygen. There is also evidence of increased respiratory complications during and after general anaesthesia in children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. Surgical wound complication rates are higher in smokers, particularly following plastic and reconstructive surgery, bone surgery, bowel surgery and microsurgery. Smoking has adverse effects on the blood flow to tissues that may impair wound healing. Smoking should not be permitted within 12 hours of surgery. To top - Back to all questions Print this


text:
Hard Durable Gardening Gloves (Garden Genie)
These Gardening Gloves are high quality gloves which are designed for digging, planting and raking. These gloves are durable and able to be cleaned quite easily with a rinse.
Credit to: Fast Deals
Shipping Information:
Safe and Guaranteed Checkout
Shipping to USA/FRA/UK/AUS/BEL/ESP: allow up to 1.5-3 weeks maximum for shipping
Shipping to other than USA/FRA/UK/AUS/BEL/ESP: Please allow up to 3-5 weeks of shipping
Standard Flat Rate Shipping: $5
Expedited Shipping: $30 (7-10 business days)
Due to high amount of orders, please allow up to 2-4 business days for processing
Click Add to Cart Today to add this product to the basket! We would like to thank you for Showing us interest in our products
CarttoBasket Team


text:
About Us
Walking Tour
Mardi Gras
Our Future
Snap Shots
Here's What's Happening in CSE
Thank you for visiting the Church Street East Historic District Neighborhood Association website. Church Street East was established by ordinance of the Mobile City Commission in 1962 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Church Street East is Mobile's oldest Historic District and a neighborhood that comes alive! While visiting our website we invite you to take a
Walking Tour
through our Historic District for a survey of our historical buildings. Visit our
Home Owners
for resources we find helpful in navigating the unique requirements of living in a Historic District. Celebrate Mobile's biggest party on our
Mardi Gras
Learn more about changes being considered to our Downtown living on
Our Future
page and spot your neighbors on the
Snap Shots
We hope that you enjoy our website and come back often!
Church Street East
Neighborhood Association
2019 Church Street East
Trash Pick Up Schedule
P.O. Box 741 Mobile, Alabama 36601
Jeffery A. Morrow. 2020.
Made in Downtown Mobile Alabama. Powered by Intuit.
Another Phyliss Production
Report Web Errors
About Us
Walking Tour
Mardi Gras
Our Future
Snap Shots
Church Street East Yard of the Month
The Backes Residence
Eslava Street
Yard of the Month recognizes those homeowners who have made substantial commitments in time, expense or both to the improvement of their residence for the betterment of all.
Church Street East
Thanks You
for your hard work and dedication!
To Sign Up for
Each residence is limited to approximately 2 cubic yards (3 ft. x 3ft. X 6 ft.).
City Ordinances Prohibit: The placement of trash at curbside more than 48 hours prior to the scheduled day of collection.
Fine and court costs: $406.00
LoDa Artwalk
March 13th 2020
6-9 pm
Dauphin Street
Feb. 10, 24th
March 9, 23rd
April 6, 20th
May 4, 18th
June 1, 15, 29th
Church Street East is part of the Government Street Collaborative.
The Collaborative is a grass roots campaign that aims to promote and protect Government Street with the goal of encouraging good city planning and private investment which builds upon the principles laid out in the Map for Mobile. The Collaborative works to promote a culture within city government that demonstrates ethical behavior, careful and accurate representation of work to the public, and a spirit of cooperation.
Cordish Companies has been selected as the developer to redevelop the 22 acre Mobile Civic Center site.
For the latest information, please click
Mobile Civic Center Redevelopment
CSE Neighborhood Association Meeting
Tuesday March 10th 6pm
Malaga Inn
St. Patrick's Day
March 17, 2020
Danielle's Birthday
March 17, 2020


text:
Evolution Sucks is the 3rd episode in Season 7 of Beavis and Butt-Head. It is overall the 163rd episode.
The guys are at Highland High School and Mr. Van Driessen is telling the students about evolution. Butt-Head thinks they could evolve into dudes who can score. Then Butt-Head has a day dream where he's a caveman and two cave women are in love with him. Next shows that Beavis also as a caveman and he's trying to make fire, which impress all the cave women. Butt-Head grabs a club and hits Beavis which makes all the women go back to Butt-Head. In retaliation, Beavis grabs a rock and throws it on Butt-Head, they get in a fight, and destroy their rock couch. Exhausted from their epic battle, the boys witness two dinosaurs getting frisky, which appears to give them an idea. Butt-Head takes a woman into his cave to score, and so does Beavis. When the day dream is over the bell has rung, Butt-Head tells Beavis that since their ancestors scored, that means they're going to score.
- Beavis
- Butt-head
- Mr. Van Driessen
Music VideosEdit
- Snoop Doggy Dog "Gin and Juice" Doggystyle, Death Row/ Interscope/ The Atlantic Group.


text:
Related Content
- Daily Word Quiz: irascible
- Analogy of the Day: Today's Analogy
- Spelling Bee: Today's Spelling Bee
- Frequently Misspelled Words
- Frequently Mispronounced Words
- Easily Confused Words
- Writing & Language
A forgery of the nine books of this "author" was printed at Bremen in 1837 The "original" was said to have been discovered in the convent of St. Maria de Merinhâo by Colonel Pereira, a Portuguese; but it was soon discovered (1) that no such convent existed, (2) that there was no colonel in the Portuguese service of the name, and (3) that the paper of the MS. displayed the water-mark of an Osnabrück paper-mill. (See Richard Of Cirencester.)
Related Content


text:
Although familial relationships are supposed to be ones of love and respect, Alice Walker, in her novel The Color Purple, portrays an ironic relationship of defiance and trust between Celie and Harpo.
Harpo seems to regard himself as superior to Celie, even though she is his stepmother. He specifically asks her "How come you stubborn?" as if the beatings are a result of a flaw of hers. His accusatory tone creates a space of defiance between them. He lacks respect and appreciation for her character, instead choosing to see her the way his father does. However, this defiance is directly juxtaposed with the shift in conversation to Harpo's plan to marry. He confides in Celie, saying "I love somebody" and telling her about the girl he likes, a sudden show of trust and interest. This sudden contrast, influenced by Harpo's trust and openness, highlights the complexity of their relationship and the perception Harpo has of his stepmother. He does not hold much respect for her, but reveres her enough to talk about his personal life and interests with her. Even his father lacks this such emotional investment in Celie, rarely confiding and conversing with her. The irony of Harpo's attitude toward Celie, and women, forms a convoluted relationship of reliance, trust, and defiance.
Walker's portrayal of familial relationships throughout the novel illustrates the influential power of cultural surroundings on human perception. Harpo adopts his father's opinion of Celie, willfully accepting his father's explanation of "she my wife," and choosing to see her stubbornness and little else. This way, society's predisposed denouncement of women is carried through generations. However, even systemic cultural values cannot drown out the individual as Harpo is more open with Celie than Mr. is. Harpo respects her enough to converse with her, and even seek Celie's assurance of his plans.


text:
BERKELEY – The annual reorganization meeting for the township council featured new picks to lead the governing body, but also welcomed Michael Charles Roth to a promotion to police lieutenant.
Roth has served as a sergeant since 2011, and in his new role will be in charge of the overnight patrols, said Police Chief Karin DiMichele.
He and his twin brother and younger siblings are longtime Berkeley residents, and his father and several siblings have worked for the township or in police work. He has served as Class 1 and Class 2 officer for places such as Seaside Park and Seaside Heights, before joining Berkeley as a patrolman in 1998. His training includes Ocean County Strike Force, work in narcotics operations and investigations, before his promotion to sergeant. He now resides with his family in Ortley Beach.
He was sworn in at the January 4 meeting surrounded by family and colleagues as well as the township council and mayor.
The reorganization meeting also chose Councilwoman Sophia Gingrich as council presidents – her first time in the role – and chose Councilman L. Thomas Grosse, Jr. to serve as vice president.
Outgoing council president John Bacchione thanked his fellow council members and the clerk's office and administration for their assistance in 2016 and said he looked forward to working with the new council leadership for the year. Bacchione will also serve as the council member to the planning board, as a Class III member.
Mayor Carmen Amato said nearly all the annual appointments, save for some subcommittee volunteer positions, remain the same year over year, as the council confirmed the appointments for township attorney, engineer and other professionals.