. . . how the hell did Scientologists read that Hubbard statement about EVERYONE going full exterior with perception and being able to maintain it ..... and not look around the org and say . . .
of the true believer mindset.
Well, for years I have been claiming that I could have written the OT VIII, OT IX, OT X (and above) levels and it would have helped the COS (Crimewave of Scientology) flourish and prosper to unprecedented magnitudes.
REFRESHER: The OT VII completion would have discovered that he has gone clear in the theta universe ("what a total validation!" they exuded in their videotaped success story). Then they would discover that they needed to go clear on the 6th dynamic.
It seems that BTs are far more plentiful than previously believed. The MEST universe will not easily surrender to the OTs postulates and intentions if the OT's 6th dynamic (MEST) still has BTs and Clusters. This then becomes the "WHY" and the "HIDDEN INFLUENCE" behind every single arc break, problem, scarcity, enturbulation and loss in the OT's life.
Whatever is wrong that year, month, week, day, hour or minute---it's being caused by degraded beings and suppressive beings embedded or (gasp!) lurking in the OTs existence within the physical universe. Money for example. Their money flows are stuck, despite the OT having cosmic levels of havingness. The OT, you see, no longer has any BTs or SPs (particularly bad BTs)---but the OT sure as hell might have those degraded/suppressive beings holding down their income by enturbulating the MEST lines upon which money flows.
The only impediment to solve when writing a new OT level is to trick a credulous Scientologist into having HUGE HUGE HUGE wins on it.
This is where OT VIII failed so miserably and unnecessarily.
OT VIII is stupid beyond belief. Whoever put that together (Ray Mittoff and David Miscavige?) should have taken a job at Walmart instead where their creative talents could have helped them string Christmas lights or stack pumpkins and other festive wins.
For a multibillion dollar cult, OT VIII was truly pathetic. It derailed the cult train that had been so successful for the decades previous.
Oh yeah, OT X.	MEST itself is only tiny tiny tiny BTs in molecules, atoms, et al. When MEST doesn't have any BTs, the sticky "crazy glue" of MEST is released and MEST becomes extremely easily to control with intention alone.
See how this could keep blinkless grinning idiots busy for a few more decades?
This would also align two otherwise irreconcilable contradictions in Scientology---equating being wealthy with being OT. Because any being CAN and SHOULD be wealthy if they have "taken responsibility" to clear out their MEST BTs/SPs. The wealth is "proof of concept" that their postulate/intentions are easily able to move MEST about in favorable ways, thus money flows quite easily to them!
Humbly tendered to OTkind, the work was free-wheeling, keep it so.
Oh yeah, OT X. MEST itself is only tiny tiny tiny BTs in molecules, atoms, et al. When MEST doesn't have any BTs, the sticky "crazy glue" of MEST is released and MEST becomes extremely easily to control with intention alone.
I got the idea that where this was all headed was the eventual realization that MEST actually IS theta, but at a much lower rate of vibration, or a much lower tone, to put it in scientologese. That the walls, the floor, the ceiling, your body, the sun, stars, the whole universe, was just thetans who were playing a role. Presumably at some point they were doing this as a game, but they got so into it they forgot (perhaps intentionally) and now are behaving as if they actually are MEST, a rock or a tree or the sun or whatever. Or maybe there are some very enlightened thetans who still know it's just a game and are doing it just for the fun of it and are laughing at us because we think the universe is real.
NB: I don't actually believe this, just thought this was what the "Final Cognition" might be. Just before you toddle off to the Funny Farm.
And to think just a few years ago I thought anyone talking like this on the interwebs was entheta! Ugh.
It took one helluva fucked up AO cycle to finally snap out of it, and I snapped out thank god!!
After I attested to clear, I had all the older timers than me asking what it felt like. I couldn't honestly say I was any different. They didn't want me giving my wins. Three Ls, same thing. Thought I was the big disappointment . Turns out Hubbardism is.
What was the L where you don't have to answer....I know someone who did one of them and said you just sit there. say nothing....?!
NB: I don't actually believe this, just thought this was what the "Final Cognition" might be.
Ergo, all MEST is reducible to space and its Dense DB Demographics!
Kind of like an org. Without the Degraded Beings there is nothing to "Keep Scientology Working" on!
Funny, I vaguely remember something like that but not sure. I certainly remember being startled by an assessment in L12 where the auditor used a sinister tone of voice for the thing, like "EVIL", when assessing the word evil. And combing out of the body all the "beams" that you were hit by people who beamed you. Ugh. Stably exterior from L12, not a chance. I tried, even said yes I was in order to go on.
I heard that too! The auditing was so lightning quick, your meat body could not reply in time.
Its the electrodes with the fancy S design of brass on them that makes the big difference with the 8 Super Quantum.
Actually when i used the new meter i could feel tingling in my hands when holding the cans. That was seriously worrying i bet the voltage was increased..
Whenever the brain endorphin, dopamine, and/or serotonin effects from auditing wears off.
There is no such thing as "Clear" or "OT".
I just remembered the ED would tell the reges and recruiters to quickly close public when they were "High" from their auditing. A lot of public would pay up or sign contracts while the endorphins where coursing through their brains, only to regret it later.
That's a terrific quote. Intriguing, for sure.
You know me, I don't go in for all the past life stuff, but animal behavior and how it relates to humans and spirit is right up my alley.
I like to keep things simple, and humans and animals have far more in common than most people are willing to admit. You won't find many Christians promoting the fact that Genesis describes how God first offered various animals to Adam as mates, which Adam refused. Was it sense of humor on God's part? Was sense of humor even created yet? Or was the more obvious true, that God regarded Adam as an animal, but Adam turned out to be a separate species of animal and otherwise, there was no real difference?
I've dealt extensively with mildly to severely autistic children and adults. I see it as a bit of a brain glitch, an ability to mirror (sometimes scarily well), but without the inherent/automatic social comprehension that goes with it. The more severe the autism, the less and less a person can comprehend or even care about others' feelings or actions. Some autistic persons realize the effect on others afterward. They're just comprehending the cues too late. Others can't comprehend (or care) about others at all. There's a bit difference in scale.
Among other things, those that can't comprehend or empathize with others also blame them for their feelings and assign their feelings to them. They feel hate and a desire to destroy, but they will say that YOU feel that way toward them. Then they will act out in such a hateful, nasty way that you lose patience and feel angry and then wonder - or even believe - that the feelings they assigned to you might actually be true?
Think animals. If some beast is in pain and aggressively attacks you, it could be for anything. You moved your hand too fast, you stepped over a line, you turned your back, whatever. The beast comes at you and you bristle up, get ready to defend, or you run away. If you get ready to defend, the beast claims "you caused it to attack," or "you acted hateful and aggressive toward it." If you run away, then you did something wrong and had something to hide. In the beast's world, it's always you that is wrong. There's never a thought about its own feelings or actions or why. They automatically change the sequence in which things happen, too. The other person is always to blame, always started it, blah blah.
There's lots of people like that. Whether severe autism or some other malady, they assign their own feelings and actions to others.
My Mum was a psychopaedic nurse back in the late 60s and early 70s. She worked in a hospital in New Zealand where kids who were intellectually handicapped (as it was termed then) that were in the care of the state. Those kids were kept in their own type of hospital system, mostly because there was nothing else out there for them.
These hospitals have since been dismantled and I am no longer up to date enough to know what has evolved since.
She used to talk of the kids who were "so bright, they burned out". I now realise she meant certain autistic kids which were to us, was a term we never heard of. We met some of them and many Down's Syndrome kids along with some pretty seriously disabled kids. Made us feel pretty lucky we weren't one of them. But many of them were lovely people, especially the Down's ones, or Mongoloids as we used to know them as back then.
A good friend of mine in later years used to run a respite hostel for these kids whose parents would leave them in care for a week or to or so whilst the rest of the family had a break and/or went away on holidays. Many of these kids would forget who their family was after a time and it was a pretty devastating experience for their parents.
Anyway, many parents never came back for their kids again and left them in state care from there. There was no judgement involved, just that they realised the sacrifice they had been making had not been healthy on the rest of the family and really had to make some decisions based on the welfare of the rest of the family. A tragedy in many ways, I guess, many of us are really quite lucky we don't have those choices to make.
The thing to remember I would think is that many of those kids were happy in their own little world without us trying to show them what else was going on out there or what they could maybe have been.
Sorry, don't know where this post is going, just thought it would be of interest to some.
Yeh, I saw some of the grown kids that were raised in state care in Australia, but nowadays, they are mostly in not-for-profit places with specialties in everything from cerebral palsy to muscular dystrophy or whatever. I met some of the parents, too.
The kids (now mostly grown) were severely limited either physically or mentally or both and I've worked at some of those places. The grown kids were institutionalized, but comfortable, even happy in their environments. They rarely formed bonds with care workers. Most parents didn't come and see them at all, but that didn't seem to matter to them. They had everything they needed and went on frequent outings, too.
Those parents that did visit regularly went through a great deal of pain and literally sacrificed their lives and marriages for those children, and yet, they weren't a whole lot better off than if they hadn't. It was very sad. I felt badly for those parents. Objectively, I wondered if their sacrifices were really worth it, but love has no price, ya know? Still - honestly, the ones who saw the parents regularly weren't much better off, anyway. These disabled folks were taken care of very well.
At one time I had a very good friend who had cerebral palsy. He appreciated the fact that from day one I spoke to him as though he was a person with perfectly intact cognitive faculties, which of course he was. It always pained me when people addressed him as though he were a moron or a four-year-old child simply because he was physically uncoordinated and had a speech defect.
When I was growing up in the 60s, you never really saw these kids in public, being kept in institutions.
So I guess I was lucky in a way that I got to see the other side of life where we were fortunate enough to be relatively normal.
My friend that I mentioned above once said we as a species seem to only have a 40% chance of arriving into this world as a physically and mentally normal person, yet we do pretty well despite the odds.
I remember one kid she had. A sole parent had a boy who was 17 who was completely allergic to protein. A very rare condition, I never knew what it was. I think there were only 2 people in the world known to have it. His entire diet was only about 4 things he could drink. This was the first time mum was to take a break for 2 weeks. The boy had the face of a 17 year old, but had the body of a 6 month old baby. He had a few other things wrong with him as well. Mum took her 2 week break and took him back. The last we heard anything of them.
One of the big reasons why those parents gave up their kids was after their vacation away from them, they realised the impact on the other members of the family. It really depended upon the level of severity of their conditions.
As you said though, for many of those children it made little difference where they were living. In many cases they did not recognise their family when they came back, which would have been pretty tough to deal with. Those who had a reasonable degree of function had a better chance of being kept in the family.
As I said, no judgements here, every family is different with what they can deal with.
May sound crazy but by the time I finished my class IV training and my grades I was so electrically hypersensitive that I dreaded being under high voltage lines as it made my skin feel like it was moving in all different directions at the same time with a buzzed up feeling that wouldn't go away till a while after I got away from the power lines.


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UConn Basketball And Hockey Will Not Play Games In Hartford This Season
With the XL Center inactive, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin suggests renovations.
By Mike Massaro	• Published October 8, 2020 • Updated on October 8, 2020 at 5:55 pm
UConn basketball will not play games in Hartford for the first time in decades.
The school has confirmed all basketball and hockey games previously scheduled to be played at the XL Center, will be moved to the university's Storrs campus.
"Our teams love competing in downtown Hartford but the conditions brought about by COVID-19 have made that impractical," said Director of Athletics David Benedict.
Both men's and women's basketball will play at Gampel Pavillion. Hockey will play at Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum.
Students at UConn's Hartford Campus are disappointed but said if they're allowed to attend games, they're willing to travel.
"All we can do is support them and watch," said UConn student Jessica Zacharias. "I don't mind taking the commute to Storrs to watch some of the games."
Earlier this year UConn announced the cancellation of its football season. That created a void at East Hartford's Rentschler Field. Thursday's news leaves another hole in the Hartford sports landscape.
"I don't think it's a particularly surprising decision," said Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin. "It's an indoor arena and indoor environment."
With the decision, the XL Center will continue to be closed with no new events scheduled for the foreseeable future.
"Even though Phase 3 allows 50%, there are still indoor caps on total attendance which is far below the levels necessary to make an event economical," said Mike Freimuth, executive director of the Capital Region Development Authority.
Freimuth also said it is unclear if the AHL will operate the Wolfpack in the XL Center this year. All other events have been postponed to at least late spring or early summer.
With the arena being dormant, Bronin said it's a good time to renovate.
"To me the path is clear and it's time to move forward and we should use this opportunity, while the facility is largely dark, to get as much work done as possible," said Bronin.
Not everyone agrees. Gil Fried leads the University of New Haven's sports management program. He said the XL Center needs to be renovated but suggests it's a risk doing so without contractual assurances the investment will attract new tenants or events.
"If we can't get anybody to put money where their mouth is to move to Hartford and to pay to play in Hartford, then it's not worth it for us to invest in," said Fried.
Bronin though is adamant. He said the options for the building are to spend hundreds of millions tearing it down and prepping for new development, make a modest investment to become a competitive modern arena, or something less desirable.
"I guess the third option is, you let it deteriorate and become a rusting shell of concrete and steel in the middle of your capital city," Bronin said.
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See the highlights from the 1st International Conference on Sacroiliac Joint Surgery as we prepare for the 2nd conference on 16-17 September in Hamburg, Germany.
Sacroiliac Medical Expert Group (SIMEG) e.V., based in the Cologne area/Germany announce their 2nd annual meeting on September 16th/17th in Hamburg, Germany. Due to the fact that more and more companies introduce new surgical techniques and medical devices for treating the SIJ there is a great risk that too many patients with SIJ problems will be operated for no reason. Although implant systems are FDA and CE certified, can spinal implant test protocols be applied at all? Shouldn't special protocols be developed for these systems and how can we compare them clinically? These simple questions show that the quest for the 'gold standard' has just started.
We are proud to welcome 25 internationally well acknowledged experts to guide us through this convention. Dedicated to serious research all discussions – though controversial – aim to find a consensus for the most important questions: pain generators, indication, clinical studies, patient work up, postoperative treatment, healing challenges.
Leading suppliers of SIJ fusion systems will present their technology and share their clinical results, complication and revision challenges to a dedicated international audience of more than 100 surgeons, researchers and physiotherapists.
Finally we are happy to announce the confirmation of the Medical Association of Hamburg/Germany to award the conference with 20 CME credits. This is more than we expected and acknowledges the importance of this topic and the outstanding scientific concept of this meeting! Don't miss it!


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Cat Grandpa Story Funds Year for Shelter
By Elizabeth Morey
75-year-old Terry Lauerman of De Pere, WI, is an elderly man who volunteers at Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His "job" is to brush cats, but what he really ends up doing most of the time is taking cat naps with them. They seem to enjoy this sort of attention just as much as the brushing, and Safe Haven owner Elizabeth Mae Feldhausen appreciates his work, whether he's asleep or awake. She even posted photos of him napping with the cats on Facebook as a way of thanking him, and the post quickly went viral.
Since then, thousands of people have been reaching out to thank Terry, exclaim over the cuteness of the whole situation, and donate funds and supplies to the shelter. The exact total hasn't been announced yet, but it's enough, according to Elizabeth, to fund an entire year of operations at Safe Haven.
Photo: Facebook/Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary Inc.
"We did make more than our operating costs for last year," she says. "Depending on the condition of the cats we take in, it could cover our costs for a year, or it could cover about 50 cats' surgeries."
The Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary is a non-profit that takes in animals with disabilities and health conditions, many of whom require surgeries ranging from about $500 to $1,000.
And the donations continue to roll in. Elizabeth says she's still in awe of the recent events at the animal sanctuary, although Terry doesn't seem to fully understand his new fame.
"I guess I'm still just shocked," she says. "I never thought my post would get this reaction. All the people who work here are making jokes about it. Like, 'Well, if we knew all we had to do was fall asleep, the last two years would've been a breeze.'"
Elizabeth and everyone else at the sanctuary couldn't be more appreciative of Terry's contribution, but this lovable old man doesn't want all the credit for himself. Instead, he's modestly turning people's focus back toward the cats and trying to get other members of the shelter team the recognition they deserve for the work they do every day to make the operation a success. "Make sure they know it's not just me!" he says.
So, in that spirit, we've got a couple of people to introduce you to. The first is Nicholas Hopp, the web developer who kept the sanctuary's website from crashing during the upheaval of the Cat Grandpa's newfound fame.
"For a small nonprofit, we sure got a lot of traffic these last few days," Elizabeth posted on September 21st. "We couldn't have done this without him. When he saw our post go viral, he immediately got on the phone to call and say 'How can I help?!' What a guy!"
Ryan Keenan is another amazing human being who helps things run smoothly at the shelter. He works as the animal care manager and is credited for saving the shelter (and a homeless woman) during a severe winter storm in April of 2018.
Photo: Facebook/Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary
Safe Haven posted this during the storm:
"Ryan has spent this ENTIRE weekend (Friday night – Monday) taking care of 30 cats while the rest of us are stranded by the storm. On top of that, he's been bringing Diesel and Brownie home with him, because they need round-the-clock care! I just checked in to see how things were going. He said a homeless woman knocked on the door and asked for food. She's currently shoveling our sidewalks for $15, and Ryan's cooking a pizza in the toaster oven for her before she heads to the shelter. 😭 We are SO lucky to have him as our animal care manager! The world needs more people like Ryan 🙌🏼 On top of being a manager for us, he runs his own shop and event space next door – Glass Art and Supply, LLC. We ended up with an awesome neighbor. 😻❤🐾 — feeling grateful."
The last volunteer we'd like to introduce you to is a woman named Paula. Terry says if he's the Cat Grandpa, then she's the Cat Grandma…so you're definitely going to want to meet her.
This older woman spends lots of time at the shelter, fawning over all the kitties, and she knows each of them by name. She's known around the sanctuary as the "Safe Haven Complaint Department," because all the cats tell her their complaints so she can take care of them better. When she's not petting cats, she spends time knitting blankets for them and making jewelry to sell to raise funds for them.
Check out the video below to see Paula the Cat Grandma in action!
"We have truly come across the best people!" Elizabeth writes. "Paula knocked on the door one day to ask if she could help us sweep, and a year later she's still here every single day."
Thank you to all the volunteers who have worked so hard to save so many animals in need! And thank you, Terry, for your focus on giving back to the shelter cats and giving recognition where it's deserved. You've all made such a substantial impact, not only on these pets but on the world!
Share this story to show your support for these amazing volunteers and to help someone else see how much good is left in the world!
Read The Original Story Of Terry's Naps With Shelter Cats: Click "Next" below!
Elizabeth Morey graduated summa cum laude from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI, where she dual majored in English Literature and Spanish with minors in Writing and Business Administration. She was a member of the school's Insignis Honors Society and the president of the literary honors society Lambda Iota Tau.
Some of Elizabeth's special interests include Spanish and English linguistics, modern grammar and spelling, and journalism. She has been writing professionally for more than five years and specializes in health topics such as breast cancer, autism, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease. Apart from her work at GreaterGood, she has also written art and culture articles for the Grand Rapids Magazine.
Elizabeth has lived in the beautiful Great Lakes State for most of her life but also loves to travel. She currently resides a short drive away from the dazzling shores of Lake Michigan with her beloved husband.
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Open Farm Days is a two-day agricultural celebration in August where farms and businesses across Alberta open their doors to the public.
A commonality throughout Open Farm Days host locations is passion, and this farm did not disappoint. The Jungle Farm is filled with authentic family fun that has old and new farm favorites waiting around each corner. We were amazed at the amount of things to do at the farm and the quality of each experience. From their vast u-pick filled with new arrays of fresh produce each season to the giant play area, 8-acre corn maze and unique festivals this farm is a must-visit during Spring, Summer and Fall.
When we drove up to the farm, located 20 minutes south of Red Deer, we saw a picturesque red barn surrounded by quilted crops and rows on rows of fresh produce with families busy picking baskets full. We were greeted with open arms by Karen, a Jungle Farms staff who was excited to show us all the farm had to offer. It was evident right away that the staff at The Jungle Farm take pride in the farm and want visitors young and old to get the most out of their visit. Whether you have limited mobility and need a ride around their property on a golf cart or want to learn about how to pick a new vegetable – the staff are there to help.
The first thing Karen did was give us a tour of the crops – pointing out the squash, berry and vegetable fields. One important thing Karen emphasized was the seasonality of the farm's produce. She says that because grocery stores carry produce grown out of country – lots of people do not have an understanding when certain produce is ripe for harvesting locally. Karen said that this is one of the reasons Open Farm Days is a wonderful event. It gives people the chance to see firsthand what local really means for Albertans. As Albertans, we all know weather can change frequently – this is particularly true in Central Alberta and directly affects agricultural communities like The Jungle Farm. Educating visitors about produce seasonality, the dependency on the elements, the growing process, and where food comes from is an important part of the farm's philosophy. The Jungle Farm offers field trips during the Spring and Fall and sees over 1,500 school children. They also welcome preschool groups weekly – where the lesson grows with every visit. Karen says it's neat to see the kids actively develop their understanding of how food grows and build positive community relationships with the farm and its staff over the weeks.
Karen then took us to their one-of-a-kind play area that children and adults are bound to enjoy. This limitless green space features four unique wooden play structures, a gnome forest, a hay bale maze, a massive pumpkin cannon, farm animals, ample running room and their awe-inspiring Strawberry Mountain equipped with a 60-foot slide (yes, you read that right – and it's every child's dream). These are just a few of the available activities, and they are constantly adding new ones to enhance the farm experience. The play area is open to visiting field trip groups throughout the summer and to the public on weekends from September 3rd to October 30th, 2016. Next on the tour was their 8-acre corn maze. Though we didn't have the chance to get lost in the ten-foot tall corn, Karen explained to us that they have the corn maze open for the fall. Something that we thought was extremely neat about the corn maze is the Full Moon Maze events that they will hold on the evenings of September 16th and October 15th. The Farm will open the maze to the daring public so they can explore the maze by flashlight and moonlight!
On the topic of events, The Jungle Farm has an amazing amount of special events throughout their three harvesting seasons. In July they hold their Strawberry Festival with a sweet celebration featuring live music, wagon rides and a chance to make your own jam. This August saw a Feast to Field event with a dinner of smoked beef and Innisfail Growers vegetables, as well as a Progressive Dinner where The Jungle Farm was one of three stops around Central Alberta. September 17th, you can head out to the Farm for their Sauerkraut Festival and enjoy fresh, unprocessed sauerkraut! You can also join them for their Family Fall Festival on October 1st and their Extreme Power Tool Pumpkin Carving event on October 29th and 30th.
As we went on to our last stop of our tour, Karen mentioned that there are ways that customers are able to utilize the farm beyond the u-pick and events. They provide the surrounding area – even all the way to Calgary, the chance to indulge in every delicious morsel of produce through their Vegetable Box Program. This allows customers to receive a box of locally grown, seasonal fruits and vegetables as well as recipes and preserves weekly! Another service that the farm offers is the opportunity for customers to pre-plant their summer flowers using the Farm's greenhouse as a safe-haven from spring frost. The staff at The Jungle Farm make sure to take care of your pre-planted baskets so that once summer has arrived they are flourishing and ready to be taken home.
We ended our tour with a stop at their General Store, the hub of the farm. This classic red barn was filled with local trinkets and mouthwatering goodies – such as their famously delectable homemade strawberry shortcake! Of course, you could buy pre-picked produce that was grown on The Jungle Farm, but what was interesting and extremely nice to see was that The Jungle Farm's General Store also had a variety of other local Innisfail Growers products as well as other products from Central Alberta. From jams to jewellery, the General Store has a wonderful array of local goods that show just how much they truly believed in supporting local businesses and agriculture.
Heading out to Alberta Open Farm Days at The Jungle Farm was a fun way to get closer to the produce we eat while enjoying a family day together and supporting a wonderful Central Alberta business.


Ancho BBQ Sauce… or is it Chutney?
It's kind of a chutney, kind of a móle, kind of a ketchup…don't let the label inhibit you. It's tasty and it goes well with warm things, that's the most important thing to remember. Anchos are dried Poblano peppers. They generally have only the mildest of heat, but exhibit a rich depth that is almost sweet and even fruit-like. Scott and I sometimes use them puréed in chocolate cakes as a secret ingredient to give a bit of warmth but without overpowering the experience.
How do you describe cardamom? Such an curious flavor, 'A hint of camphor, eucalyptus, and lemon', it is one spice that does not hide—like dill, saffron and caraway you really must intend to add this flavor, it will not go quietly. But that's okay, because there's no need to be quiet when you taste like cardamom. Originating in southern India, it's a key ingredient of garam masala and is used in many Indian dishes both sweet and savory, even in coffee.
Another Faroe Island dinner delight. All I had was a blog photo from a dinner at the Faroe Islands restaurant KOKS and the deducing began. Regardless of what their version actually was, these niblets may have been my favorite part of the dinner—this and the celeriac purée. Fortunately there were extra burned leeks for snacking as we cleaned up the feast and sipped our sherry and aquavit. It takes a zen approach in separating these leek layers intact…ease…don't rush….


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A mennyország a vallási-teológiai nyelvben az Istentől remélt és beteljesült üdvösség, az üdvözült embernek juttatott örök boldogság helye, ahol Isten, az angyalok, a szentek stb. élnek. A keresztény és a zsidó vallás szerint Isten és angyalai transzcendens lakhelye. A látomások, meditációk, különféle vallási nézetek és művészi alkotások számtalan formában mutatták be a mennyország elképzelését.

Rövid neve: menny, egyéb nevei: mennyek országa, Isten országa, Dzsanna stb. Egyéb megnevezései: beteljesedés, örök boldogság (hona), a szentek öröksége, hazája stb. Az ábrahámi vallások alapján az ember halála, illetve a végítélet után mindenkiről eldől, hogy a mennybe kerül-e vagy a pokolba, a Sátán birodalmába.

A katolikus modernista teológiában a mennyország pusztán egy metafora.

Judaizmus
A mennyről alkotott bibliai elgondolás olyan kozmológiára korlátozódik, amely szerint létezik egy föld fölötti birodalom vagy térség, ahol Isten és közvetítői laknak. A Biblia alapján Isten a mennyből tekint le és szólal meg; amikor az emberekhez látogat el, a mennyből száll alá és oda tér vissza. Ezt a képi elgondolást azonban mítosztalanítja is azzal, amikor arról beszél, hogy Istent sem a föld, sem az ég, sőt "az egeknek egei sem" fogadhatják magukba.

Az Ószövetség többször is kifejezi azt a reményt, hogy Isten oltalmában az ember túléli a halált, ennek kapcsán mennyországról nem beszél. Ez azért van, mert a katolikus teológia szerint a vallásos zsidók és a jámbor pogányok a pokol tornácán várakoztak, amíg Jézus alászállott hozzájuk, és megnyitotta előttük a mennyek kapuját.

Az Isten emanációival számoló kabbala különböző mennyek összetett rendszerét dolgozta ki.

Újszövetség
Jézus több szentírási helyen beszél a mennyek országáról. Atyám házában sok hely van, ha nem így volna, megmondtam volna nektek. Azért megyek el, hogy helyet készítsek nektek. Ha aztán elmegyek, és helyet készítek nektek, újra eljövök, és magammal viszlek benneteket, hogy ti is ott legyetek, ahol én vagyok. (Jn 14:2-3) Pál apostol: A mi hazánk azonban a mennyben van. Onnan várjuk az Üdvözítőt is, Urunkat, Jézus Krisztust. (Fil 3:20) A Jelenések könyve szerint a történelem végén a földi Mennyország ideje köszönt be, a régi Menny és föld elmúlván, ez lesz az Új Jeruzsálem.

Kereszténység
A mennyország Isten és angyalai lakhelyének számít, s az idők végén, az utolsó ítélet után az összes megváltott is a mennyben nyeri el jutalmát. Az Újszövetség alapján a hívőknek arra kell törekedniük, ami ott fönn van; ott van a "hazájuk".

A bibliai szövegekben a mennyel – mint az örök boldogság színhelyével – azonos jelentésben szerepelhet a paradicsom kifejezés.
Az Éden mindig alapvető mintának számított; a paradicsom ugyan elveszett, de visszanyerhető.

A "mennyei Jeruzsálem" a jelenések könyve alapján az égből száll alá, és Isten eszkatologikus lakhelye lesz az átalakult Földön (→ új Föld), a megváltott emberek közösségében.

Katolicizmus
A római katolikus egyház tanítása szerint ide kerülnek még – a tisztítótűz után – azok a lelkek is, amelyek a megszentelő kegyelem állapotában haltak meg, azaz haláluk pillanatában nem terhelte őket súlyos, ún. halálos bűn, illetve megbánták az/oka/t). A katolikusok hite szerint Istennel és az angyalokkal együtt a mennyben laknak a szentek is, hisz ők már biztosan üdvözültek.

A hagyományuk szerint a mennyország kapujának kulcsait Szent Péter őrzi, a lelkeket pedig Szent Mihály viszi a mennybe.

Iszlám
A mennyet jelölő arab kifejezések a dzsanna (جنّة = kert) és a firdausz (فردوس = paradicsom).

A Korán korai szúrái igen érzékletesen írják le a mennyország gyönyöreit és a pokolban elszenvedendő büntetéseket. Néhány hittudós szerint allegorikusan kell értelmeznünk a Koránban és a hadíszokban szereplő leírásokat.

A túlvilág

A túlvilág jelentése, a vallási érzések és hovatartozástól független vélemények a halálon túli létezésre. Az embereknek általában határozott elgondolásaik vannak a túlvilágról. A materialisták szerint semmi sincs utána. Az ilyen jellegű beszámolókról az a véleményük, hogy mivel visszajött a halálközeli élményben részesült, ezért nem mondható, hogy az van a halál után amit látott, tapasztalt. A valláshoz közel állók általában hisznek abban, hogy van valamilyen további élet, akár reinkarnáció, akár csak elhunyt rokonaik további létezésében bíznak.

A mennyország létezése

Emberek, akiknek halálközeli élményük volt, néha megdöbbentő dolgokról számolnak be.
 Egy nebraskai protestáns lelkész fia részletesen leírta dédanyját, akit soha sem látott, és a Bibliában szereplő személyeket is. A dédapja személyleírása is pontosan illett rá.

A Yale Egyetem szerzőpárosa, Colleen McDannell amerikai és Bernhard Lang német történész könyvükben az elmúlt négyezer év legjelentősebb vallás- és művészettörténeti személyiségeinek álláspontját mutatják be a túlvilági lét kérdéseiről, Jézustól Aquinói Szent Tamáson át Swedenborgig és a huszadik századi apokaliptikus gondolkodókig.

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Gary was born on June 26, 1950 and passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019.
Gary was a resident of Waukesha, Wisconsin at the time of passing.
He received his Bachelors degree in Education and his Masters degree in Safety Administration both from UW-Whitewater.
Visitation will take place on Sunday, March 31 from 1:00 p.m. until the 4:00 p.m. memorial service at Randle-Dable-Brisk Funeral Home, 1110 S. Grand Ave. Waukesha.
Gary had a special place in my heart, since I grew to know him personally, having worked with him in the office for five years. He had a unique way of saying things and everlasting curiosity. He was quite intelligent with the ability to recognize professional achievements and always give those employees that recognition. May God bless him and keep him close.
I am sorry to hear of Gary's death. When we worked together, he was always cheerful and helpful.
Gary will be truly missed along with his story's he loved to tell. Gary was a kind man and great friend to be blessed with, His kindness was genuine and thoughtfulness was amazing. My deepest sympathy to Ruth Ann and Family.


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One of the greenest projects ever undertaken in Singapore replaces natural landscape by 122%
Sustainable design has become highly valued as environmental consciousness increases across the globe. In Singapore, Jem™, a multifaceted lifestyle hub located in the Jurong Lake District, pushes the boundary of the landscape replacement strategy. The result of the project, designed by SAA Architects and developed by Lend Lease, is a pleasant and beneficial working environment that increases the productivity of the workforce.
Jurong Gateway has been identified as one of the three regional centres under Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority's decentralisation strategy to establish commercial hubs outside the city centre and to provide jobs closer to homes. Sitting in the heart of Jurong Gateway, Jem™ will be a catalyst for the rejuvenation of Jurong East.
Jem™ is the third largest suburban mixed-use development in Singapore and comprises a mall and office tower of 19,124 square metres. A development of this size could have an enormous urban impact on the surrounding community. Through the provision of skyrise greenery and landscaped areas within the development, Jem™ is the first project in Singapore to replace more greenery than that actually lost to the building's footprint, adding more than 22% to what originally existed on the site.
Through vertical green urbanism, the lush environment which has been created for Jurong's workforce and shoppers, is divided into four key zones of greenery; Active Laneways, Cascading Skypark, Sky Terraces and Sky Sanctuary, which are incorporated into the 17-storey mixed-use development. These features make it poised to become a modern and enticing focal point for the residents and working population in the west of the city.
Twenty percent of the total landscape replacement area is provided through landscaped Active Laneways located between levels 1 and 4. Plants and greenery have been carefully selected with the aim of maximizing the number of native species whilst encouraging bio-diversity in the different areas.
The Cascading Skypark spreads across three floors, levels 5 to 7, and serves as the building's ecological and communal heart. This includes children's play spaces, meeting areas, quiet reflection zones, a cafe and an area focusing on bio-diversity and education, which provides a variety of passive and active recreational spaces that the community can enjoy.
Landscaped Sky Terraces on the office building provide external shading, minimizing heat gain and maximizing opportunities for external views to the surrounding environment. The greenery here thus engages and influences the urban environment, adding value to the city and making it a better place in which to live, work and play.
The Sky Sanctuary perched at the top of the office tower, provides office tenants with a panoramic view of the Jurong Lake District, a variety of landscaped and practical functional areas that occupants can enjoy.
Architects create lush environment
Emphasizing the need for sustainable design, Mr. Yeo Siew Haip, Managing Director of SAA Architects, said, "In recent years, the world has been facing increasing environmental challenges and there is an opportunity for the construction industry to make serious changes. As professionals, architects have a social and ethical responsibility to our environment, but more fundamental than that, it is ultimately a form of self-preservation."
Established in 1970, and guided by the principle that "People are the core of design", SAA Architects are committed to creating architectural designs that enrich the city and peoples' lives. A hallmark feature of their work is placing human welfare at heart of projects and enhancing the experience of end users. The design is exemplified through an elevated pedestrian network that provides a linkway from Jem™ to transportation infrastructure and adjacent developments such as Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
Coupled with the green design, this seamless connection is a winning formula that helped with attracting a strong mix of international and local tenants. This includes Swedish clothing giant H&M and Japanese casual-wear label Uniqlo, in addition to household names such as Robinsons, FairPrice Xtra and Courts. Also occupying the offices are the Ministry of National Development, the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority and the Building and Construction Authority under a single long-term lease.
SAA continues to push the envelope of sustainable design, through special features such as highly efficient air-conditioning systems, regenerative lifts and the extensive use of LED lighting. Jem™ is expected to minimise energy consumption equivalent to that which is generated by about 2,400 HDB apartments annually. The project will also reduce water consumption to the volume of about 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools (or approximately 250,000 cubic metres) per annum.
In a nod to its sustainable roots, Jem™ is the first mixed-use development to achieve the Singapore Building Construction Authority (BCA) Green Mark Platinum Award based on the version 4 sustainability criteria. This is the highest accolade for green building certification in Singapore, for integrating various energy-efficient and environment-friendly features and practices.
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We've now dropped down to just a couple of us playing bf3 on a wednesday evening, so its not really worth starting up.
Got me thinking about how great older games were, and to tell the truth they weren't, good maybe, but perhaps not great.
The difference between a great game and a good game is who you play with.
and we would get about 10 -15 people turn up on typical guild nights. There were no quests, just monster killing and building/decorating houses.
We made our own quests, dungeon crawls, tournaments up, and it was fun. We had about 18 months - 2 years.
That guild moved on to SWG for a while but ultimately although flash the gameplay was bland, so I dont think the guild held together 6 months.
At that time I started playing Unreal T, and ended up on a server run by a bunch of FnG loons. Magnolia asked me to join and I did.
How many years of great nights did we have at UT? I don't know but eventually the number of people dropped down to just a few die hards.
carry forward to another game.
and back again - I want to step down. So anyway I missed the hayday of FnG in guildwars.
I did play many other Online games though, I joined some guilds but I never felt comfortable with them, not really friends just people i played with.
As such I might of stuck out a game for 6 months, but when I got to the end levels, I got bored of and moved on.
UT nights had given way though SAS to COD4 with FnG and we played COD4 for 2 -3 years? until the numbers playing dropped below sustainability.
I think for a FPS you need 4 people playing for it to be fun on teamspeak, otherwise its just not.
We had a shot at BF3, which I still think was a pretty good game, had some good numbers playing for a few months then numbers dropped < 4. so BF3 is dead.
I know people are all looking forward to GW2 - but the dissing given to the BETA by Lily and Spinx make me think again.
Well sounds like you need a new game Hanno - we are playing Aion at the moment, and we are having fun with that. It wont be to everyones liking, but it is free to play and you get a massive amount of game for your zero pounds. In fact you get as much game as people who pay, the only difference is a few functions and cool downs that are reduced for instances. The main things you dont get are the ability to offer trade with someone, use the trade broker (auction house) except to pay the upgrade to full game access with ingame money (pretty cool) and slightly restricted chat functions - and that's it.
So if you fancy having a look, we are usually around - except from thursday onwards for about a week from next week, as we have visitors staying.
As far as Guild Wars 2 is concerned, I think we have been the only ones who were underwhelmed, so please don't judge it based on our view.
Oh Hanno - now you've made me feel really, REALLY bad.
Seriously, don't take any notice of me and my moans about GW2 - it was just that it took SOOOO long to come out, and the anticipation was too much. For some reason I expected it to be just like the old GW, but with better graphics, new skills and a brand new baddie to kill at the end of the story.
Yasmin came out with a brilliant theory about it all, and personally, I think she's hit the nail on the head. Her idea is that for the first period of development, it happened as we all wanted it to, then some bright spark threw a spanner in the works, all the previous work was shelved and the developers set off in a new direction. This meant that even though we'd been waiting four or five years what we actually GOT was a rush job - it certainly looks that way to me.
Having said that, I think Spinksy and I were the only ones who didn't enjoy it, and of course, being born in Yorkshire (me) and having a touch of Scotland (Spinksy!), having paid for it, we will play it.
So the bottom line is try it, don't be put off by the minority!
I liked GW2, though it was hugely confusing a lot of the times and some work still needs to be done, but don't forget it only beta's we have seen so far. I never expected a GW clone i guess that helped .
If you looking for something to do..get aion ..
Problem is, Im not sure I want a new game or not , with everything else going on at the moment not sure I can get too addicted.
the area (while being in a fair amount of danger).
This mechanism seemed to work well.
P.S. imho, really far too soon to decide whether or not you like GW 2, as Rampy said.
Still very beta, will be changing a lot (for the better, hopefully).
I cant say anything about GW2 i have not bought it yet.
For now i stay with AION ,i have also like you tried a bunch off games.
Did not got that felling for any of them.
But yes i think the most of us miss the days of a full UT server.
The GW2 beta I loved a few niggles with the game no tutorial for anything, red dots gone from the mini map and the "U" map is gone.
No just like most I'd recommend Aion.
F2P, PvPvE type of game play and although the free accounts are limited you can purchase the upgrade in-game (for about 10mil at the moment) but making that money is easier if you already have the upgrade to give you access to the trade-broker.
Level wise again don't worry, Lily and Sphinx have characters of all levels, Krall is minimum of 35, Rampys about 35-40 and I've got 1 character of 34 and the rest are all below level 15. So playing catch up is not an issue.
Having the experience of other games will mean you'll fit right into this one if you decide to pick it up.
It is PvPvE, you dont have to do the pvp side but with rifting running you can and will get jumped, but every other week there is a home defence buff so makes it safer for you. (Dont have to worry about that until 20 though) Endgame is majority PvP.
Max lvl is 55 it will be 60 when 3.0 releases gonna be awhile for that through Gameforge.
Goldpacks will enable you to get 8 char slots, use of broker and all chat functions, these last for 30 days but stack.
Once the 30 days is over you still have all the character slots.
Level wise it doesnt really matter as the higher levels can come and mentor you, which is fun but can be annoying when they destroy everything in the area with a few swings/spells etc.
If any of you decide to play there is 2 factions, we have Elyos on Perento Server and Asmodians on Spatalos Server.
You will find us on Perento most of the time.
Edit 1: You dont have to spend alot of time playing the quest are generally go here, go there kill this X amount of times so you can be half way through a quest and need to go and you just pick up form where you left off. Although grouping is fun you can do pretty much all of it by yourself apart form group quests (it really does mean you need a group) and most Instances.
Edit 2: http://na.aiononline.com/home as it has been ran longer by NCSoft the information about the actual game is alot better here.
On topic though GW2 didnt impress me that much, i will play it but doubt it will become main game. Cant say I miss the old days be that games that where played or people that they were played with. It is nice to play with the same ppl and i still do the friendships that are made will always be what made playing some of the games worthwhile but sometimes you have to realise it will never be the same again, once it is accepted then you can adjust, move forward and emjoy everything to its fullest.
She thinks its far better than tv, maybe its an grundge soap opera, or a new version of South Park.
Oh dear ..... ooooops - and I bet all the 'new and interesting' words were mine! I forget that Erin can hear me squawking away at the world in general and asmoes in particular. Note to self: Must be more careful in future. If necessary, MUTE MIKE!
Just a word to the wise, Hanno, keep a careful watch on Erin re the chat. There are some decidedly unpleasant people about, and things can get rather heated sometimes. I think Aion is worse than anything I've seen before - probably due to the large number of pvpers - I know it was the same in Guild Wars in the pvp zones, but as we didn't go in for pvp, it wasn't quite as visible.
... and of course, if anyone kills Lily - well, all hell breaks loose!
so that should be okay, plus i doubt she will be playing with out me there anyway.


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At the largest conference on coding and cryptography the following theorem needed a proof or a counterexample: Suppose you are given a set of words of equal length; each word consisting of 0's, 1's and/or *'s. Furthermore suppose the pattern of *'s is different for all words in the set. By this we mean: if you replace all 0's and 1's by say $ you obtain different words.
The claim is: if you replace the *'s by 0's and 1's in all possible ways, then you obtain a set that is at least as big as the set you started with.
Notice that the set in the latter example does not satisfy the condidtion mentioned above, so it does not provide a counterexample.
Compute the number of words obtained by replacing the *'s by 0's and 1's.
The words will not be longer than 15 symbols.
The input is a text-file that presents a sequence of sets. Each set is described as follows. The first line gives two integers: the length of the words and the number of the words. Then follow the words, each on a separate line. The end of the sequence of sets is indicated by a set with wordlength 0 and number of words equal to 0.
The output is a textfile that contains one line for each set. if the pattern of *'s is different for all the words in this set this line should contain YES (in uppercase), followed by a space and the number of obtained words, otherwise it should contain NO (uppercase) only.


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Q: The unification algorithm in Prolog I'm trying to program the unification algorithm in Prolog to verify if two expressions can unify by returning boolean True/False:
EDIT.
I found this implementation usefull:
from: http://kti.mff.cuni.cz/~bartak/prolog/data_struct.html
unify(A,B):-
   atomic(A),atomic(B),A=B.
unify(A,B):-
   var(A),A=B.            % without occurs check
unify(A,B):-
   nonvar(A),var(B),A=B.  % without occurs check
unify(A,B):-
   compound(A),compound(B),
   A=..[F|ArgsA],B=..[F|ArgsB],
   unify_args(ArgsA,ArgsB).

unify_args([A|TA],[B|TB]):-
   unify(A,B),
   unify_args(TA,TB).
unify_args([],[]).```

A: Here is a partial implementation of something like the Martelli and Montanari unification algorithm described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_(computer_science)#A_unification_algorithm. The comments for each part refer to the corresponding rewrite rule from the algorithm. Note that there is no need for an explicit conflict rule, we can just fail if no other rule applies.
% assuming a universe with function symbols g/2, p/2, q/2

% identical terms unify (delete rule)
unify(X, Y) :-
    X == Y,
    !.

% a variable unifies with anything (eliminate rule)
unify(X, Y) :-
    var(X),
    !,
    X = Y.

% an equation Term = Variable can be solved as Variable = Term (swap rule)
unify(X, Y) :-
    var(Y),
    !,
    unify(Y, X).

% given equal function symbols, unify the arguments (decompose rule)
unify(g(A, B), g(X, Y)) :-
    unify(A, X),
    unify(B, Y).
unify(p(A, B), p(X, Y)) :-
    unify(A, X),
    unify(B, Y).
unify(q(A, B), q(X, Y)) :-
    unify(A, X),
    unify(B, Y).

Examples:
?- unify(q(Y,g(a,b)), p(g(X,X),Y)).
false.

?- unify(q(Y,g(a,b)), q(g(X,X),Y)).
false.

?- unify(q(Y,g(a,a)), q(g(X,X),Y)).
Y = g(a, a),
X = a.

One or two things remain for you to do:

*

*Generalize the decompose rule to deal with arbitrary terms. You might find the =.. operator useful. For example:
  ?- Term = r(a, b, c), Term =.. FunctorAndArgs, [Functor | Args] = FunctorAndArgs.
  Term = r(a, b, c),
  FunctorAndArgs = [r, a, b, c],
  Functor = r,
  Args = [a, b, c].

You will need to check if two terms have the same functor and the same number of arguments, and whether all corresponding pairs of arguments unify.

*Find out if your professor would like you to implement the occurs check, and if yes, implement it.

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Sept. 11 is responsible for overwhelming GOP support for Israel—not Sheldon Adelson
|The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.9.2015 7:03 PM
Jason Zengerle, writing in New York Magazine, argues:
On issue after issue—from military aid to settlement policy—the GOP now offers Israel unconditional and unquestioning support. … The person most responsible for this development is the multibillionaire casino magnate and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson.
No, putting aside the question of whether GOP support for Israel is truly "unconditional and unquestioning," the person most responsible for making support for Israel a core Republican issue is Osama bin Laden, with a supporting role played by Yasser Arafat. Gallup polls from the past 25 years show that Republicans were already leaning somewhat more in favor of Israel in early 2001 than were Democrats; 53 percent of Republicans favored Israel over the Palestinians, compared with 35 percent of Democrats. This reflected the increasingly strong influence of pro-Israel evangelicals and national security hawks in the Republican Party on the one hand, and the hostility or ambivalence of what was once known as the "McGovernite" wing of the Democratic Party on the other.
But the difference in partisan attitudes accelerated after 9/11. Relative support for Israel unsurprisingly went up among both Democrats and Republicans. 9/11 made Americans more sensitive to Israel's terrorism-related security concerns, and Arafat's decision to continue and accelerate the terrorist Second Intifada, replete with bus, cafe and synagogue bombings, was hardly likely to endear the Palestinian cause to Americans after 9/11.
But these factors had a greater influence on Republican opinion than on Democratic opinion. Democratic support for Israel never made it much past 50 percent, and has stalled there, while the upward trajectory among Republicans has been more dramatic, settling at an average of around 80 percent. I'd wager, moreover, that a far higher percentage of Republicans are enthusiastic supporters of Israel. Rank-and-file conservatives, in particular (and as Zengerle acknowledges) have made support for Israel a core element of conservative ideology.
In short, you have a Republican Party in which 80 percent of the grass-roots membership supports Israel, and a significant percentage of that 80 percent consider it a litmus-test issue. Meanwhile, the current Democratic administration has engaged in open rhetorical warfare against an Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, whom Democrats tend to loathe and Republicans tend to admire. Under those circumstances, while it's plausible that a candidate might modify his pro-Israel rhetoric in subtle ways to appeal to big donors like Adelson, or avoid giving a prominent campaign role to an adviser whom big donors don't like, it's really not possible given grassroots Republican opinion to imagine any scenario other than the GOP, and all its major presidential candidates, offering Israel strong support. The idea that instead this is a result of the $100 million or so that Sheldon Adelson spends on politics every four years, out of the many billions spent overall, is silly—sufficiently silly, in fact, that Zengerle can't help but note in passing the factors mentioned above, while still sticking to his Adelson-centric hypothesis.
Actually, it's worse than silly; it's pernicious. Rather than engage is reasoned political analysis based on a rather obvious reading of the polling data, Zengerle chose to promote conspiratorial notions of wealthy billionaires buying American politics.
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Coming off a landslide victory over a mismatched challenger, county executive-elect Pat Ryan has about six weeks before he officially occupies the corner suite in the county office building. But he won't wait that long.
Bright and early Thursday morning Ryan has an appointment with acting county exec Adele Reiter for some serious OJT. If anybody can act as a mentor to the newly-minted executive, it's Reiter. She served ten years under former executive Mike Hein as chief of staff and has been running the show since he departed in February.
Ryan, in an interview from his Gardiner home, says he plans to "look back and forward, mostly forward" in a "deep dive" into county government. He could be in for some nasty surprises.
But let's not leave the special election just yet.
Ryan's victory over Hayes was one for the books. True, he had a huge advantage in fundraising and enrollment, a seasoned team from last year's congressional primary, and a good head start. Altogether, it produced a nearly 74-26 margin. This was an avalanche. The turnout might whet the appetite of Republican hopefuls, less so the steamroller campaign Ryan put on.
Ryan wasn't happy with the dismal turnout (my characterization). Despite a vigorous get-out-the-vote effort, only about 14 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. "I'd like to see 100 percent," he said. Fifteen percent in primaries is the norm, upwards of 60 percent in general elections.
But all statistics are relative. Ryan won by some 7,600 votes (11,729 to 4,084 in unofficial returns), compared to Hein's 4,500-vote margin in 2015 where more than twice as many people voted. Voters avoided this special election more from timing and confusion.
Because deadlines for primaries expired last month, we'll have another Ryan-Hayes mismatch in November. That is, unless Hayes declares for another office, dies, or moves out of state, according to the board of elections. A Republican committee on vacancies could name a fill-in.
Returns in what I like to call the "hometown matchup" (in this case, Gardiner)) might give Hayes pause, however. According to unofficial returns, Ryan, who moved into Gardiner only in January of 2017, trounced Hayes, a former town supervisor, by a margin of 556 to 222. With a better than average 20 percent turnout, 72 percent of Gardineers voted for the new guy. (Gardiner is, of course, heavily Democrat, but let's not get too far into the weeds.)
It has been a most interesting and exciting year for young Ryan; he turned 37 a few weeks ago. From out of nowhere, almost, he's elected county exec until at least the end of the year, at least, because he'll probably win a full four-year term in November. On the homefront, Ryan and wife Rebecca are expecting their first (as yet unnamed) child (a boy) on Aug. 1.
I suggested they call the little fellow Mike, in appreciation of the extraordinary, totally unexpected opportunity Hein gave him last winter. There's already a Mike in the family, he advised.
And with that, it was back to the business at hand.
Footnotes – Like the election itself, turnout at Ryan's victory party at Keegan Ales in Kingston on Tuesday night was underwhelming. I didn't stay all night but noticed only a few county legislators. Ryan says getting together with legislators will be one of his top priorities….
Hein texted congratulations a couple of times but didn't attend the party. It was Ryan's night, after all.
The usual gaggle of county department heads that usually populated Hein events, no doubt on orders from headquarters, was noticeably absent. Ryan doesn't seem in head-rolling mode, but there will be haircuts.
Keegan's monthly trivia contest was being held as Democrats trooped in for the victory party. There's probably a joke there but can't think of one.
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