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Spiritual Discussions
Jesus and Krishna
By Tirisilex, April 19, 2008 in Spiritual Discussions
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AATHREYA aarbeekay - Dr.BalaKrishna Murthy Ramaraju
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AATHREYA - FOUR SACRED EVENTS OF VAISAAKHAM -
Kali Yug 5109 - 02 - 07 ; 2008 - 05 - 11 , Sunday ( Bhaanu Vaaram )
Chaandra Maana , Sarvadhaari Parivatsara , Vaisaakha Maasam ,
Suddha Sapthami aka BHAANU SAPTHAMI , Pushyami Nakshathram ;
PUSHYA - ARKA VRUDDHI YOGAM .
I. BHAANU SAPTHAMI ; II.PUSHYA - ARKA YOGAM ;
III. GANGOTPATTHI ; IV . MOTHER ' S DAY .
I.Sapthami is The Day of Sun. Sapthami occuring on a Sunday as on
May 11 , 2008 is Bhaanu Sapthami , doubly beneficial.
" AADITHYAM , KAASHYAPEYAM , MAHODYUTHIM , THAMORIM ,
SARVA PAAPAGHNAM , PRANATHOSMI DIVAAKARAM ,
DINAKARAM , BHAANUM."
II.On 11 th May 2008 , Sunday ,Moon is in Pushya Nakshathram , hence
Pushya - Arka Yogam , which according to Vedic Jyothish Pandits is
Very Auspicious for One and All . It is VRUDDHI YOGAM .
III. Vaisaakha Suddha Sapthami is The Day that Bhageeratha , a descendent
of Sagara Chakravarthi brought Pavithra Paavana Ganga Maa to Earth.
IV. MOTHER'S DAY : - Ammala Kanna Amma , Muguru Ammala Moolapu Amma =
Aadi Paraa Shakthi - Mother Of All Mothers , Original Mother of Three Mothers -
Paarvathi , Lakshmi and Saraswathi.
Three Mothers Savithru Mandalam - Gaayathri , Saraswathi and Saavithri.
Kaushalya , Sumithra , Kaikeyi - Mothers of Raama and His brothers.- Sabari
VakuLa Devi - Foster Mother of Baalaaji.
Saptha Maathrukas - Seven Mothers of SubrahmaNya.
Devaki and Yashoda - Mothers of Lord Krishna
Our Mothers : Birth Mother ; Grandmother , Mother-in-law , Guru Pathni
ANTHROPOLOGICAL MOTHER : " LUCY " and her Seven Daughters -
Modern Scientific Mothers Of Humanity.
OM SARVA MAATHRUBHYO NAMAHA OM
aathreya - ramaraju , bala krishna murthy of guntur ( gartha puri )
I really appreciate that you make postings describing Divine Personalities, but I often have trouble seeing how they work into these conversations.
guliaditya 0
"This is the position of sādhu. He is not disturbed. Titikṣavaḥ. In all circumstances, he is tolerant. That is sādhu. Sādhu does not become disturbed. Titikṣavaḥ. At the same time, kāruṇikāḥ. He is himself disturbed, but he is merciful to others. Just like Jesus Christ. He is being crucified, and still he is merciful:
"Father, these people do not know what they are doing. Please excuse them." This is sādhu. He is personally being disturbed by the demons, but still, he is merciful to the general people. They are suffering for want of Krishna consciousness. So even up to the point of death, he is trying to preach Krishna consciousness. "Let the people be benefited. Eh, what is this material body? Even if I am killed, I am not killed. This body is killed, that's all." This is sādhu. Titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ. In one side he is tolerant, and other side, merciful.
What you wanted to prove from your reply???
Pls clarify.
Pranaam
suchandra 1
It speaks for itself, no further explanations required, why you always want to to drag things on the level of mundane discussion? Those who can't grasp the meaning, why bother?
Where I have drag the issue???
I never indulge in any debate.U can read all my posts.
After reading Bhagavatam, Gita, Ramayan, & divine charitra of Bhaktas, I have drawn the conclusion that Sreeman Narayan is the supreme personality & he alone should be worshipped.Any philosophy which deviates from it, I don't accept it.Hence there is no question of debate on my part.
But if anyone challenges it then it needs to be defended also.
Anyway thanks for your reply.
Beggar 0
... I have drawn the conclusion that Sreeman Narayan is the supreme personality & he alone should be worshipped...
Then why is your avatar picture, a picture of Sri Sri Radha Krsna? I never heard of Sri Narayana playing a flute?
CC Madhya 23.84-85: "'Above Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa has four specific transcendental qualities — His wonderful pastimes, an abundance of wonderful associates who are very dear to Him [like the gopīs], His wonderful beauty and the wonderful vibration of His flute. Lord Kṛṣṇa is more exalted than ordinary living beings and demigods like Lord Śiva. He is even more exalted than His personal expansion Nārāyaṇa. In all, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has sixty-four transcendental qualities in full.'
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I had a major realization last night.. I know it may not seem like much to others but I finaly see the truth in Jesus in relation to Krishna. For a long time I loathed Christianty because when I was a believer what the Christians taught me really screwed me up. Last night I was thinking about Buddha and Krishna and Kabbalah and their similarities.. and Galatians 5: 16-25 and how it's very similar to Bhagavad Gita chapter 16. and Kabbalahs view on Satan. (Not the accepted Christian View of a Evil being trying to rip people into Hell)
I saw how Todays Christians dont understand real Jesus's truth.. How the Bible isn't Infallible and I can point out major mistakes in it's teachings that are accepted today. And I realized Jesus is in union with Krishna. I'm so happy.. I dont have the rising doubt that being a Krishna Devotee is going to send me to Hell because of what Todays Christians preach. And that is a BIG thing..
I am pleased the truth is unfolding for you Tirisilex.
The truth wears many faces
I am pleased the truth is unfolding for you
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Because Krishna and Sriman NArAyaNa are one?
What do you mean by 'that you can hardly deny'? We don't know who wrote it and when. It could've been written by anyone. We don't know if it was a direct disciple of Jesus or not.
Once again, I don't really care if he was Vaishnava or not. I like his teachings. They're interesting and teach good morals. I don't see any problem with me following his teachings and being a worshipper of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna.
If, by your own admission, there's so much confusion regarding Jesus and his 'teaching,' whatever that may be, wouldn't it be in your best interest to chuck the whole thing, and instead retain your focus on the gita, bhAgavatam, and the rest? Something to think about, eh?
I appreciate your concern & at the same time surprised also.
I don't see there is any difference between Lord Narayana & Lord Krishna. It is Lord Narayana who takes all the avtaars.
esha vai bhagavân sâkshâd
âdyo nârâyanah pumân
mohayan mâyayâ lokam
gûdhas' carati vrishnishu(SB 1.9.18)
This S'rî Krishna is no other than the inconceivable, original Personality of Godhead. He is the first Nârâyana, the supreme enjoyer. But He is moving amongst the descendants of King Vrishni just like one of us and He is bewildering us with His self-created energy.
Hence if I worship Lord Narayan or Lord Krishna, how does it matter????
Dark Warrior 0
Again, not even a Gaudiya Vaishnava differentiates Vishnu and Krishna. They are one and the same. The Gaudiyas believe that Vishnu is an avatar of Krishna, whereas the other sects believe that Krishna is an avatar of Vishnu.
Many Hare Krishna members unfortunately confuse this philosophy. The idea that Krishna and Vishnu are not equal is even against Gaudiya Vaishnava theology.
Nobody can accept that the Lord only has 64 qualities. He has infinite qualities (Neti Neti, ie, Not just this, Not just that, says the Upanishads).
I think this 64 attributes list was put forward by Jiva Goswami (not sure). If so, he must have meant that these 64 qualities were the most significant ones and not that Sri Krishna had ONLY 64 qualities.
Many Hare Krishna members unfortunately confuse this philosophy. The idea that Krishna and Vishnu are not equal is even against Gaudiya Vaishnava theology...
Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja:
Krsna has two types of expansions in this connection. One is called svamsa and the other vibhinamsa. The svamsa expansions are His plenary portions or portions of His plenary portions; and the vibhinamsa expansions are His infinitesimal parts and parcels, the living entities. In tattva-vicara (the consideration of philosophical truth) His plenary incarnations are one with Him, but by rasa-vicara (the consideration of transcendental mellows, humors or relationships) they are different. Sri Krsna is the source of all incarnations and all others are His incarnations or manifestations.
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Well, the Gospel of Phillip doesn't include Jesus' words in it (or hardly any of them, it's been a while since I've read it). I don't see why I have to chuck out good teachings. They're good teachings whether he was real or not. I like the character of Jesus. I don't see why people have to insult it. Whether real or ficticious, he has some very wise teachings attributed to him.
They're one and the same, so I really don't understand the problem either. Even if one does believe that Lord Krishna is divinity in it's highest form, and one of his forms is Narayana, then I still don't see a problem. There are many people that only meditate on the form of Lord Chaitanya or the form of Lord Rama, and they're just as progressed in love of Krishna (through these forms) as anyone else.
Srila Narayana Maharaja
ONE POINTED BHAKTI
ananyas cintayanto mam ye janah paryupasate
tesam nityabhiyuktanam yoga ksemam vahamy aham
'Ananyas cintaya' Na-anya. You know what ananya means?
Govinda Bhakata Prabhu: One pointed; exclusive; no diversion.
Srila Narayana Maharaja: Sarva dharman parityajya, mam ekam. What does 'mam ekam' mean?
Syamarani dasi: Only to me.
Srila Narayana Maharaja: Then what is the meaning of ananya? It has also been said, 'api cet su duracaro bhayate mam ananya bhakti'. What is the meaning of ananya here? Prabhu?
Vraja Vallabha Prabhu: Exclusive.
Srila Narayana Maharaja: What is meaning of exclusive?
Govinda Bhakata Prabhu: Only to Krishna.
Prema Prayojana Prabhu: Excluding everything except for one.
Srila Narayana Maharaja: If it is Radha and Krishna who we are serving, is it ananya or not? Who are you worshiping? Krishna or Radhika? If you are worshiping both, it will not be ananya.
Syamarani dasi: Sakti, saktimatayo aveda (there is no difference between the energy and the energetic, Radha and Krishna).
Srila Narayana Maharaja: But even so, they come as Krishna and Radhika. They are always two.
Syamarani dasi: So just serve Radhika.
Srila Narayana Maharaja: Yes, then it will be ananya. And our relation with Krishna is to please Radhika. She is our worshipful deity, our isvari. What does isvari means?
Syamarani dasi: Worshipful deity.
Srila Narayana Maharaja: Our Deity is Radhika. I am an eternal maidservant of Radhika. My relation to Krishna is not direct. Krishna is the beloved of Radhika; so to please Radhika, I am serving Krishna under Her guidance. In this way it is ananya - in our line of disciplic succession.
But, if you are worshiping Sriman Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda, there will be four; and in that case there is no ananya. How can we reconcile this? Mahaprabhu is Krishna Himself, and He has come to give Krishna-prema to this world. He is therefore like guru. If anyone is worshiping guru, and also Mahaprabhu, or Radhika, or Radha-Krishna conjugal, this is not even 'two'. It is still one. I am under the guidance of gurudeva, and I am serving Srimati Radhika with Her beloved.
Here Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the guru. Consider Him 'saci-sunum nandisvara-pati-sutatve guru-varam'. Although He is Krishna Himself, taking the dhuti (luster) and the inner mood of Sri Radhika, He has descended to this world to give Krishna-prema. He is like a guru. He is the guru of Srila Sanatana Gosvami, and the guru of Srila Rupa Gosvami in Prayaga. He also empowered and inspired Sri Raya Ramananda. So we should consider Caitanya Mahaprabhu as guru. Then there is no duality - only one. Saksad-dharitvena samasta-sastrair. Guru is non-different from Krishna.
I've never read this before, but I'm really glad I'm a Radharani-Bhakta right about now I have a picture of Her alone in the forest that I always chant in front of, and I always wondered if Sri Krishna was okay with me concentrating on only Her form, and I guess He is Thank you Beggar Prabhu for this beautiful post.
The religions should also understand that presently they're all under attack and like cry for help (see article below) from Christians in Iraq, things are not very different anywhere else. War against Christianity, war against Hinduism, war against the Hare Krishnas...Since any war has one loser and one winner time to wake up and do the needful.
The War Against Christianity
Hussein Al-Alak – April 25, 2008
There is a war against Iraq's Christians taking place, at the behest of two allegedly Christ-loving regimes and one supposed Islamic government, with one commonality being their need to hide behind the walls of Jericho to carry out the persecution of men, women and children.
How else can any one describe the systematic ethnic cleansing of Iraq's Christians, who were born and raised in the land between two rivers, the land which gave birth to the founder of the three major religions and whose lineage of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is now the land which being destroyed at the hands of "god fearing" heathens.
It has been five years and still silence is the golden fleece for Britain and America. They have chosen to ignore the murders - the beheadings, the attacks, the forced displacement and increases in taxation upon the Christians for refusing to convert, the intimidation by militias upon women for not wearing a headscarf .
Most Christians in Iraq are Chaldeans, members of an Eastern Rite denomination that recognizes the pope's authority. Other sizable denominations include the Assyrian Catholic Church, which traces its roots to the 1st century. Iraqi Christians are also affiliated with the Church of the East, the Anglican Church and other Protestant faiths. Pope Benedict XVI and President Bush said that in a meeting last week they discussed the "precarious state" of Christian communities in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.
The Bishop of Mosul reported in 2006 that a "fourteen year old boy was crucified in Al Basra" and how members of the US/UK trained Iraqi Police forces, have assaulted "civilian passers-by with anti-Christian and racist slurs" - grotesque acts which apparently Britain takes seriously within its own borders, when addressing "institutional racism" in the police force and cases relating to honour killings against its own civilians.
But how the West has turned the other cheek, when Paulos Iskandar the Syriac-Orhtodox priest was beheaded in October 2006, and how they failed to act when reports emerged from Iraqi newspaper Azzaman, when they reported that US troops were taking over churches and using them for military purposes, with over fifty percent of Iraq's Christians having believed to have already fled.
In March this year, Paulos Faraj Rahho, archbishop of Mosul's Chaldean community, was found dead after being abducted. This month, Youssef Adel, an Assyrian Orthodox priest, was fatally shot in a drive-by attack in Karrada, one of Baghdad's safest neighbourhoods and home to Abdal's Holy Catholic Assyrian Church
Let's not forget the looting of churches, the bomb attacks carried out against congregations. Let's remember the priests, decons and other members of the Christian Church who have become the victims of sectarian kidnappings, and how militias have taken their hatred of a multi-national society and left their victims' heads on the doorsteps of God's holy "house".
The Western response has been typically quiet, and in an effort to be emphasise its multi-cultural credentials, the Socialist Worker reported how the, "highlight" of one Stop the War Coalition demonstration in "Red" Ken Livingston's London was Sheikh Zagani, foreign affairs spokesperson for Moqtada al-Sadr, who under the noses of New Labour, MI5, MI6 and the Foreign Office announced to 100,000 non-Burkha-wearing British people that, "We are the voice of humanity," but failed to mention the murders of Christians, Palestinians, Shiite, Sunni, the destruction of ancient sites, the collapse of the health service, the murder of academics, and growing illiteracy.
Asia News has also reported that the Iranian-backed Mehdi Army death squads, have been threatening women into the forced wearing of the "veil", with IRIN reporting how the Mehdi have also been responsible for the "hunting" down of women for "religious reasons or because they had criticised the militants" or, as one resident put it, "They accuse them [the women victims] of different things such as prostitution, or of being informants for Iraqi and US forces, or of not wearing a headscarf or for wearing Western clothes,"
Al-Sadr's forces have also been responsible for the murders of homosexuals, which they claim to be "sexual perverts", along with having murdered members of Iraq's Palestinians community. Unlike the Mehdi Army, which was brought to Iraq in 2003, the Palestinian community has been resident in the country since the creation of the state of Israel.
It is perhaps hardly surprising that the US and UK should fail to act upon the plight of the Christians, when most people in "liberated" Britain don't even know that under Saddam Hussain, the various religions were celebrated and not persecuted, and that many in the US still think that Saddam was behind the 9/11 twin towers attack.
At present, Iraq's Christians are one of the few communities left which do not have their own army to protect themselves, something that maybe the Christian community should consider as being essential, if only to assist and save the lives of religious minorities against slaughter in present-day Iraq.
Hussein Al-Alak is Chairman of the Iraq Solidarity Campaign.
Malati dasi 0
from Beggar's post: Srila Narayana Maharaja: Our Deity is Radhika. I am an eternal maidservant of Radhika. My relation to Krishna is not direct. Krishna is the beloved of Radhika; so to please Radhika, I am serving Krishna under Her guidance. In this way it is ananya - in our line of disciplic succession.
That's beautiful, beggar. That is the core of Gaudiya Vaishnavism as profounded by our foundational acharyas. And that is why Gvs are called ekantic bhaktas-- being one pointed in devotion.
Radhe Radhe
Mainly philosophical differences exist. I don't think these are significant, as long as one understands that Narayana is non-different from Krishna. Eka Bhakti to Krishna is quite admirable, as long as this fact is understood. The Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya has a long and illustrious list of Krishna bhaktas, no doubt about that.
I have no intentions of arguing over this. Just stop considering Narayana as 'inferior' to Krishna. Trust me, the Sri Vaishnava alvars had moods of conjugal love towards Lord Rama. Periyalvar had motherly feelings for Trivikrama, Rama, Narasimha and Krishna.
Sri Nammalvar, in His divine bhakti, becomes two persons. One is Parankusa Nayaki, the lover of Lord Rama. The other is the mother of Parankusa Nayaki. Read this particular exercept from the Divya Prabandham:
She (Nammalvar in nayika bhavam) disagrees with me when I found fault with You. She calls You, "You who bear the shower of arrows on Your broad beautiful chest, just for your sweetheart! ". She appears to be in an emotional transformation to the personality of Sita, since she appeals to You : "You did so much then ; Crossed the sea, fought the hundreds of rAkshasAs, obliterated Lanka ....all this for me. Now, you can quickly come on Your favourite Garuda, raising the Garuda-banner aloft, as You are always used to when Your devotees seek Your help". Saying so, she heaves a very warm sigh; her inflammed passion is an easy incendiary to nearby greens. And she sheds tears to exhaust the rest of her pangs. Ans she folds her hands in supplication - she who deserves it from You - which justly merits Your coming here immedietly with an anjali for making amend for the delay. Please do so.
Here, Nammalvar as the mother, laments about how her daughter (who is Nammalvar as well in conjugal mood) is hopelessly infatuated with Sri Rama!! Truly, this is a mood that highlights the greatness of this acharya. There are also several philosophical meanings in this, but I will skip those.
An example of Periyalvar's motherly love to Narasimha - He is afraid that Narasimha may be feeling a bit weak during His battle with Hiryanakasipu. Because according to Periyalvar, Lord Narasimha was only just born, and hence, He was a baby who had to fight Hiranyakasipu on His first day!! So Periyalvar starts crying over baby Narasimha.
I think the Prabandham is sufficient proof that all avatars of the Lord possess the desirable trait of accessibility.
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By Dr. A.D. Srirangapriya Ramanujadasan
<!--start section-->"We find great shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Ramanujacharya because his lotus feet are the strongest fort to combat the Mayavadi philosophy." (Srila Prabhupada letter, November 22, 1974)
Srila Prabhupada is the foremost modern representative of the Madhva-Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya (lineage). Sri Ramanujacharya (1017-1137) was from the Sri Vaishnava sampradaya. Why then does Srila Prabhupada revere Sri Ramanujacharya? Moreover, in the Age of Quarrel, what does Srila Prabhupada's attitude towards Sri Ramanujacharya teach us about unity and etiquette?
First, although Srila Prabhupada was not a theological post-modernist who taught "anything goes," he was not sectarian. He affirmed that God is the Supreme Person and we are his eternal servants. He appreciated such sentiments, whether expressed in Judaic, Christian, Islamic, or even existential terms
No doubt there are some differences between the Sri Vaishnava and Madhva-Gaudiya sampradayas. Sri Vaishnavas believe Sriman Narayana to be the Supreme Person and the root of all incarnations; Madhva-Gaudiyas hold Sri Krishna to be Supreme, with Sriman Narayana and others as his incarnations
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.3.28
ete cāḿśa-kalāḥ puḿsaḥ
kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam
indrāri-vyākulaḿ lokaḿ
mṛḍayanti yuge yuge
ete — all these; ca — and; aḿśa — plenary portions; kalāḥ — portions of the plenary portions; puḿsaḥ — of the Supreme; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; tu — but; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; svayam — in person; indra-ari — the enemies of Indra; vyākulam — disturbed; lokam — all the planets; mṛḍayanti — gives protection; yuge yuge — in different ages.
All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists.
PURPORT
In this particular stanza Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, is distinguished from other incarnations. He is counted amongst the avatāras (incarnations) because out of His causeless mercy the Lord descends from His transcendental abode. Avatāra means "one who descends." All the incarnations of the Lord, including the Lord Himself, descend on the different planets of the material world as also in different species of life to fulfill particular missions. Sometimes He comes Himself, and sometimes His different plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions, or His differentiated portions directly or indirectly empowered by Him, descend on this material world to execute certain specific functions. Originally the Lord is full of all opulences, all prowess, all fame, all beauty, all knowledge and all renunciation. When they are partly manifested through the plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions, it should be noted that certain manifestations of His different powers are required for those particular functions. When in the room small electric bulbs are displayed, it does not mean that the electric powerhouse is limited by the small bulbs. The same powerhouse can supply power to operate large-scale industrial dynamos with greater volts. Similarly, the incarnations of the Lord display limited powers because so much power is needed at that particular time.
For example, Lord Paraśurāma and Lord Nṛsiḿha displayed unusual opulence by killing the disobedient kṣatriyas twenty-one times and killing the greatly powerful atheist Hiraṇyakaśipu. Hiraṇyakaśipu was so powerful that even the demigods in other planets would tremble simply by the unfavorable raising of his eyebrow. The demigods in the higher level of material existence many, many times excel the most well-to-do human beings, in duration of life, beauty, wealth, paraphernalia, and in all other respects. Still they were afraid of Hiraṇyakaśipu. Thus we can simply imagine how powerful Hiraṇyakaśipu was in this material world. But even Hiraṇyakaśipu was cut into small pieces by the nails of Lord Nṛsiḿha. This means that anyone materially powerful cannot stand the strength of the Lord's nails. Similarly, Jāmadagnya displayed the Lord's power to kill all the disobedient kings powerfully situated in their respective states. The Lord's empowered incarnation Nārada and plenary incarnation Varāha, as well as indirectly empowered Lord Buddha, created faith in the mass of people. The incarnations of Rāma and Dhanvantari displayed His fame, and Balarāma, Mohinī and Vāmana exhibited His beauty. Dattātreya, Matsya, Kumāra and Kapila exhibited His transcendental knowledge. Nara and Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣis exhibited His renunciation. So all the different incarnations of the Lord indirectly or directly manifested different features, but Lord Kṛṣṇa, the primeval Lord, exhibited the complete features of Godhead, and thus it is confirmed that He is the source of all other incarnations. And the most extraordinary feature exhibited by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa was His internal energetic manifestation of His pastimes with the cowherd girls. His pastimes with the gopīs are all displays of transcendental existence, bliss and knowledge, although these are manifested apparently as sex love. The specific attraction of His pastimes with the gopīs should never be misunderstood. The Bhāgavatam relates these transcendental pastimes in the Tenth Canto. And in order to reach the position to understand the transcendental nature of Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes with the gopīs, the Bhāgavatam promotes the student gradually in nine other cantos.
According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī's statement, in accordance with authoritative sources, Lord Kṛṣṇa is the source of all other incarnations. It is not that Lord Kṛṣṇa has any source of incarnation. All the symptoms of the Supreme Truth in full are present in the person of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and in the Bhagavad-gītā the Lord emphatically declares that there is no truth greater than or equal to Himself. In this stanza the word svayam is particularly mentioned to confirm that Lord Kṛṣṇa has no other source than Himself. Although in other places the incarnations are described as bhagavān because of their specific functions, nowhere are they declared to be the Supreme Personality. In this stanza the word svayam signifies the supremacy as the summum bonum.
The summum bonum Kṛṣṇa is one without a second. He Himself has expanded Himself in various parts, portions and particles as svayaḿ-rūpa, svayam-prakāśa, tad-ekātmā, prābhava, vaibhava, vilāsa, avatāra, āveśa, and jīvas, all provided with innumerable energies just suitable to the respective persons and personalities. Learned scholars in transcendental subjects have carefully analyzed the summum bonum Kṛṣṇa to have sixty-four principal attributes. All the expansions or categories of the Lord possess only some percentages of these attributes. But Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the possessor of the attributes cent percent. And His personal expansions such as svayam-prakāśa, tad-ekātmā up to the categories of the avatāras who are all viṣṇu-tattva, possess up to ninety-three percent of these transcendental attributes. Lord Śiva, who is neither avatāra nor āveśa nor in between them, possesses almost eighty-four percent of the attributes. But the jīvas, or the individual living beings in different statuses of life, possess up to the limit of seventy-eight percent of the attributes. In the conditioned state of material existence, the living being possesses these attributes in very minute quantity, varying in terms of the pious life of the living being. The most perfect of living beings is Brahmā, the supreme administrator of one universe. He possesses seventy-eight percent of the attributes in full. All other demigods have the same attributes in less quantity, whereas human beings possess the attributes in very minute quantity. The standard of perfection for a human being is to develop the attributes up to seventy-eight percent in full. The living being can never possess attributes like Śiva, Viṣṇu or Lord Kṛṣṇa. A living being can become godly by developing the seventy-eight-percent transcendental attributes in fullness, but he can never become a God like Śiva, Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa. He can become a Brahmā in due course. The godly living beings who are all residents of the planets in the spiritual sky are eternal associates of God in different spiritual planets called Hari-dhāma and Maheśa-dhāma. The abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa above all spiritual planets is called Kṛṣṇaloka or Goloka Vṛndāvana, and the perfected living being, by developing seventy-eight percent of the above attributes in fullness, can enter the planet of Kṛṣṇaloka after leaving the present material body.
We have a different meaning for that verse:
'Krishnas tu Bhagavan Swayam', does not mean other avatars are 'plenary portions'. We learn from Upanishads and Vedas that Narayana is Brahman. We do not accept a difference between 'Bhagavan' and 'Brahman', because Brahman is simply Bhagavan...He has all auspicious attributes.
So, 'Krishnas tu Bhagavan Svayam' means - 'Krishna is verily that Bhagavan Himself'. Who is that Bhagavan? It is Vishnu. So it means, 'Krishna is verily that Vishnu/Narayana Himself'.
Understand that the 'amsa' word does not pertain to Narayana, because Krishna is being hailed as Narayana Himself (svayam bhagavan) in this verse. In the previous two verses, sutar says that the number of incarnations of Sriman Narayana (Hari) are innumerable like thousands of rivulets flowing from a river & goes on to say that Rishis & devas (demigods),Manus & Prajapatis are all amsas of Lord Hari.
So, here, to clear things up, Sutar says, 'All others (Rishis, Manus, etc.) are merely amsas, but Krishna is svayam Bhagavan, ie, Svayam Narayana'. Note that the amsas do NOT include avatars like Rama or Narasimha.
Compared to other avatars, Sri Krishna exhibited all attributes openly. Lord Rama chose to hide them, for instance. But if you say Rama did not play the flute, I could say that Krishna did not fight with bow and arrow, or that Krishna did not have just one wife (like Rama), etc. Its elementary - all avatars of the Lord, except the Shaktyavesa, are purna and have all attributes.
Don't bring up the bit about sectarianism again.
There's no doubt that a Bhakta gets Moksha, no matter what Sampradaya he belongs to. Therfore, I have always respected all acharyas, as they were great bhagavatas (Sri Madhva, Sri Nimbarka, Sri Chaitanya, etc.). The philosophy, however, is another matter. I do not agree with Acintya Bheda Abheda, Dvaita, Shuddhadvaita, etc.
But these differences are insignificant. One can read devotional literature of other sampradayas without needlessly involving oneself in debates. Sri Hari is the leader for all Vaishnavas, and hence, we can be united in that aspect.


How great to have a holiday weekend. We had Mexican food for dinner on Friday.
On Sunday I went to Samridh's birthday party. It was awesome. It was at Three Bears Acres. I was disappointed he didn't open the gifts at the party because I wanted to show him the firetruck I picked out for him. Sunday night we went to a cookout at a neighbor's house.
Tomorrow I start in the Pre-K room at school. I'll have Ms. Christin. Alden had her. She's great.


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Massimiliano Ferretti (* 22. Juni 1966 in Rom) ist ein ehemaliger italienischer Wasserballspieler. Er war Olympiasieger 1992, Europameister 1993 und Weltmeister 1994 und gewann zweimal bei Mittelmeerspielen. Außerdem erhielt er eine Silbermedaille bei Weltmeisterschaften und zwei Bronzemedaillen bei Europameisterschaften.

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1985 bei der Europameisterschaft in Sofia belegten die Italiener den vierten Platz hinter den Mannschaften aus der Sowjetunion, aus Jugoslawien und aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Seine erste internationale Medaille gewann Ferretti bei der Weltmeisterschaft 1986 in Madrid. Die italienische Mannschaft belegte in der Hauptrunde den zweiten Platz hinter den Jugoslawen. Nach einem 10:9-Sieg im Halbfinale gegen das Team aus den Vereinigten Staaten trafen die Italiener im Finale erneut auf die Jugoslawen und verloren nach der vierten Verlängerung mit 11:12. Ferretti warf im Finale ein Tor. Im August 1987 siegte die Mannschaft aus der Sowjetunion bei der Europameisterschaft in Straßburg. Hinter den Jugoslawen erkämpften die Italiener die Bronzemedaille. Im September 1987 folgte für die Italiener der Sieg bei den Mittelmeerspielen. Ebenfalls 1987 gewann Ferretti mit der italienischen Mannschaft bei der Universiade. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1988 in Seoul erreichten die Italiener nach der Vorrunde nur die Platzierungsrunde für die Plätze 5 bis 8 und belegten schließlich den siebten Rang. Ferretti erzielte in sieben Spielen zwölf Tore.

1989 unterlagen die Italiener im Halbfinale der Europameisterschaft in Bonn den Jugoslawen mit 7:8. Im Spiel um Bronze bezwangen sie die Mannschaft aus der Sowjetunion in der Verlängerung mit 12:11. Im Januar 1991 belegten die Italiener den sechsten Platz bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Perth. Bei der Europameisterschaft in Athen siegten die Jugoslawen vor den Spaniern und der Mannschaft aus der Sowjetunion, die Italiener erreichten den vierten Platz. 1992 beim Olympischen Wasserballturnier belegten die Italiener in der Vorrunde den zweiten Platz hinter den Spaniern, wobei der direkte Vergleich mit 9:9 endete. Nach einem 9:8 im Halbfinale über das Vereinte Team aus der Gemeinschaft Unabhängiger Staaten trafen die Italiener im Finale wieder auf die Spanier und gewannen mit 9:8. Ferretti war in sieben Spielen dabei und erzielte 14 Tore, davon vier im Finale. In den nächsten zwei Jahren folgte eine Siegesserie der italienischen Mannschaft. Im Juni 1993 siegten die Italiener bei den Mittelmeerspielen. Im August folgte der Gewinn der Europameisterschaft in Sheffield. Nach einem 10:9-Sieg über Spanien im Halbfinale bezwangen die Italiener im Finale die Ungarn mit 11:9. Den Abschluss der internationalen Karriere von Massimiliano Ferretti sollte die Weltmeisterschaft 1994 in Rom bilden. Die Italiener bezwangen im Halbfinale die Kroaten mit 8:5, im Finale gelang den Italienern ein 10:5-Sieg gegen die Spanier. Ferretti warf in seinem letzten großen Turnier noch einmal sechs Tore, davon eins im Finale.

Ferretti spielte auf Vereinsebene unter anderem für Rari Nantes Azerano und für Rari Nantes Savona. Den letzten seiner vier italienischen Meistertitel gewann er 2002 mit Pro Recco. Nach seiner Karriere war Ferretti als Trainer tätig.

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Thank you for applying for the state policy director position with State Health Care Now. We appreciate your interest in our organization and your commitment to sensible health care policy reform.
We received more than 200 applications for the position, and the hiring process has been a very competitive one. Although we were impressed with your qualifications, we have decided not to move your application forward. However, we greatly appreciate your interest in working with us and wish you the best of luck with your job search.
This sample is to a candidate who did have an in-person interview.
Thanks so much for talking with Tracy and me last week about our state policy director position. We really enjoyed the meeting, especially hearing about your work with United Way, and we were impressed with your qualifications.
We've had a very competitive pool and have had to make hard decisions, and unfortunately I won't be able to advance you into the next round of interviews. I have no doubt, though, that you'll be a real asset to an organization in the right position, and I wish you the best of luck with your job search.


Is there any standard for naming RS-485 tty devices/device aliases in Linux?
I know, that there are some standards in tty naming.
There is ttyUSBx for USB to serial converters, ttySx for RS-232, ttyAMAx on ARM devices, but I can't find anything about conventions in RS-485 port naming.
I'm preparing linux distribution for custom ARM-based machine and I want to name things properly.
The question is: are there any conventions in tty device naming for RS-485 serial ports?
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What is the TTY major number of your Unix?
/dev/tty* serial devices are in group "root" for a second before they are switchted to group "dialout". How to make them start out in "dialout"?


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Free Sky TV and remote recording comes to Nokia mobiles | What Hi-Fi?
After the success of the Sky Mobile TV app on Apple's iPhone, a Sky Mobile application can now be found in Nokia's Ovi Store.
Free of charge, the app will allow you to watch live Sky TV on your phone, keep up to date with the latest news and sports headlines and remote record your favourite programmes.
If you're an N97, N97 mini, 5800 XpressMusic or 5530 owner, then you can get it now, while Nokia promises the version for the 5230 and X6 will be on offer soon.


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Also a seasoned writer, he has worked on tracks for the likes of Destra Garcia, Claudette Peters, Allison Hinds, Tian Winter, and Damian Marvay as a member of the creative collective, "The Seventh Wing." The result of this extensive track record and the dabbling in different genres like soca, reggae, pop, and trap is a well-curated, multi-genre sound. Listen to I-Bari's first full-length LP "Nobody Special," and his latest single "WOOB (When Outside Open Back)" today, available on all major digital media streaming platforms
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The developmental program that commits a hematopoietic stem cell to the B lymphocyte lineage employs transcriptional regulators to enable the assembly of an antigen receptor complex with a useful specificity and with signalling competence. Once a naive IgM+ B cell is generated, it must correctly integrate signals from the antigen receptor with those from cytokine receptors and co-receptors delivering T cell help. The B cell responds through the regulated expression of genes that implement specific cell expansion and differentiation, secretion of high levels of high-affinity antibody, and generation of long-term memory. The transcriptional regulators highlighted in this chapter are those for which genetic evidence of function in IgM+ B cells in vivo has been provided, often in the form of mutant mice generated by conventional or conditional gene targeting. A critical developmental step is the maturation of bone marrow emigrant "transitional" B cells into the mature, long-lived cells of the periphery, and a number of the transcription factors discussed here impact on this process, yielding B cells with poor mitogenic responses in vitro. For mature B cells, it is clear that not only the nature, but the duration and amplitude of an activating signal are major determinants of the transcription factor activities enlisted, and so the ultimate outcome. The current challenge is the identification of the target genes that are activated to implement the correct response, so that we may more precisely and safely manipulate B cell behavior to predictably and positively influence humoral immune responses.


DENVER, Colo. -- Americans spent more than $60 billion on pet services in the last year, breaking previous spending records.
The services leading the way are training, boarding and grooming, which all saw a spike.
"I'm not surprised," said Alicia Wheeler, groomer and manager at U-Shampooch Dog Wash and Grooming. "We stay very busy, and it seems like everybody has dogs, seems like it's kind of a booming thing."
The increase is fueled by both millennials and older baby boomers. Pets are living longer and their owners are, too. Statistics show older pet owners are not replacing pets at the same rate they have in the past.
"A lot of people will have us wash, just because it gets more difficult for them," said Wheeler.
At Quality Paws Natural Pet Store, the owner is seeing the same trend in retail sales.
"It's been proven that having dogs and cats help you live longer, because it creates the bond between you two and is healthier for both sides of the relationship," said Danielle Jarock, the store's owner.
She says customers are looking to buy more whole foods, free of harmful fillers, to keep their furry friends healthy.
"The thinking is, if you spend a little bit more on pet food now, you'll spend a little bit less on vet care later," said Jarock. "And, you'll have a pet that lives longer."
Service sales totals are predicted to break yet another record this year with an estimated six percent jump compared to 2015.


Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you (or just couldn't think of anyone else likely to do it).
1 - I kindof really like things like this.
2 - The only two drinks I really like are water and I'm picky about my water.And chocolate milk sometimes. I do drink hot chocolate, but not very often. I don't like juices and the carbonation in soda hurts my face.
3 – I love my TV shows. I love a lot of them. My top faves being Scrubs (I am so gloriously happy it's back) Pushing Daisies (I'm crushed they're killing it) The Office, 30 Rock, My Name is Earl, Heroes (which at times can be a bit too gory for me) and Chuck.Tivo Rocks.
4 – I love odd-ball artists (singers) like Bright Eyes (listen to First Day of my life) Robert Pattinson, Cary Brothers, Aqualung, and Alexia Murdoch. I love that kind of music despite the sometimes off-tune, mumbling singing styles.
5 – I'm proud of my blogs and my growing technical abilities.
6 – At the start of this school year, I made the goal to make my senior year my best (academic) year. And I'm really proud of myself because I feel like, so far, I've done that. My grades have been good, and I've enjoyed all of my classes and teachers and been able to learn a lot.
7 – I can't wait to graduate. I love my teachers, but I don't feel like I have any close friends in High School. All of my really close friends and three or more years older than I am…. And I'm really done with the immature drama.
8 – My only fear about graduating is having to graduate seminary. I love seminary. I love all of my teachers and all of the great lessons I've learned there. And yes, I look forward to institute, but…. For some reason, in my head I view it as just a breading ground for hopeful singles. And I'm all for that. Many of you know how badly I want to get married. But if a breading ground is all it is, then I worry it will loose the spiritual factor of seminary…..
9 – I really want to get married.
11- I love writing (actual hand writing) letters. I think computers are ruining that. Soon, in the future journals and notes will all be on computers. That will be so lame for our future generations to read. Yes, our stories may be great, but hand written things, to me are just so much more heartfelt and real….
12 – I am a dedicated (ok, I have been slacking a bit lately) journaler. I have notebooks full and I am still filling more.
13 – I would love to one day to have my own sandwich shop/ bakery.
14 – I kind of wish Megan hadn't cut her hair.
15 – When I was very little, my dad took me to the Mount Timpanogos temple open house. Ever since then, that has been the temple I have loved and will get married in. On Wednesday, for young womens, we went to the Draper temple open house. I was nervous I would be torn between the two temples. I didn't want to have to have that sort of inner battle. And it was a very spiritual experience and a very beautiful temple, but thankfully, I'm not at all torn.
16 – I wonder if any one will actually read this…..
17 – I love avocados.
18 – I enjoy cooking and I look forward to doing it in my own home, but I have no doubt that on some days I'll get sick of it.
19 – Megan and I have been considering teaching Kenpo Karate out of our house. We're both black belts.
20 – I was I think 15 when I got my black belt. We did a physical test and then a private test, and then an open one where we just show off all of our best stuff. I had a lot of spectators. Brook and Jon came (Brook was my babysitter when we lived in PG – like extended family) a guy I knew named Steve came, I think he's like two years older then me. And my BF Kyla came. She brought a huge poster that she had made that said Go Adria. It was awesome. My best form (a long series of movements put together, almost like a dance where you take you people out) was a double nun chuck form. I had two nun chucks, one in each hand spinning. My instructor called it my masterpiece and said I was the best at it out of any of the pervious kids to receive a black belt. If I find the video of me doing it, I'll post it.
21 – I love love love ice cream. It's really my only big "weakness".
22 – Lately, I haven't been able to eat fast foody things. It makes me really sick. But I guess that's good.
23 – I really really miss my grandpa. I knew I would miss him a lot even before he moved in with us. One day, while looking through my creative writing notebook, where I have poems and crots (a random writing – like a random chapter from a larger story) and story outlines, I found a crot I had wrote on 10/29/08 talking about how much I would miss Grandpa when he passed…..
24 – This is way too long. I'm sorry.
25 – I apologize a lot. I have a lot of things I feel I am sorry for.
I loved reading this! It was fun to learn more about you. I think you should teach karate, I have wanted my kids to learn. And Institute is awesome! It is a hunting ground sometimes but the teachers are the best! I loved all the classes I took.


I've been hearing for years that Muddy and Bridge are great DPS peaks, so when I heard Linda and her long-time friend Eve were headed that way I sort of invited myself. We drove the scenic route from Bishop through Death Valley, easily reaching the trailhead in half a day.
The excellent BLM web page describing Bridge Mtn vanished in 2010 (let me know if you can find the new URL). I won't try to give a blow-by-blow climbing description because that's been done before! All photos are courtesy of Eve Laeger, route lines added by Steve Eckert.
The passenger car 'trailhead' is waypoint WILLOW, where the pavement ends. It's 19 miles from here to the summit and back, according to the BLM. You'll need a good 4WD to get to what the map calls Red Rock Summit (and the BLM calls Rocky Gap). They say you need a permit to camp here, but I'm guessing they don't patrol very often and we wished we had done the 4WD part the night before.
There are a few use trails but the main trail is well maintained and has reasonable signs at first. Refer to the purple line on the hiking map below - I didn't take any waypoints so I'm not sure this is exactly right, but it's close enough. (If anyone has a better route line, please send it to me and I'll update this map.) You're in the trees until you drop east from the ridge out onto the Sandstone Bluffs. That's where it gets good!
Gary Craig adds: "On my most recent ascent, I noticed that the 'official' trail had been re-routed around the west and south sides of point 2201, where you start dropping down the ridge to the east. There was still evidence of the older trail, which makes a more direct route across the NE side of 2201, but the rangers had definitely been at work trying to hide the older route with brush and rocks and such. Your map corresponds closely to this older route... perhaps you just chose to go that way, or perhaps the trail has been re-routed again."
I should mention that the map shows Bridge Mtn in a very different place than we all climb. We climb to waypoint BRIDGE, but the USGS and the topo maps label waypoint BRIDGM, which is lower and way east. We're actually climbing the high point of what the map labels as "Sandstone Bluffs", not Bridge Mtn.
Once on the sandstone, look for black painted lines. We missed most of them on the way in, thinking they were lichens or something. There are some rock ducks, but the painted lines are better clues. You'll do some 3rd class moves getting down to a big saddle, and you'll need to route-find a bit, but keep looking back at the incredible views and the time will fly.
From the saddle you go up what is often called a 100' vertical crack. It's not vertical, and you don't have to climb the crack. I got out of the crack and went up the right (south) side where the painted lines indicated I should, but coming down I stayed entirely out of the crack on moderate friction that frequently had good holds. We didn't use a rope here, and I don't see why anyone would.
See below for a detailed map of our hiking route with GPS Waypoints.
Above the crack the route goes left to the coolest part of this peak: You actually pass through a bridge or arch (waypoint BRARCH) and climb a 'pothole' wall next to a huge leaning (fallen) tree. Friction on this wall is good but if you blow it you'll end up in the water. Linda wanted a belay on the way down, and Eve tied off to the top of the fallen tree. If you pass by the arch on the left and keep going, you can visit another, deeper, pothole before coming back through the arch to finish the climb.
Gary Craig adds: "I'm surprised you climbed the slabs next to the dead tree behind the bridge. It is pretty easy to get up on top of the bridge itself, walk across it (right to left, as you initially approach it), and make your way around to above the tree. Fun, and easier than the friction slab! "
Above the arch you can go look down at the larger pothole, or turn right to go up and across to the last saddle... next to an improbable large patch of dirt with good sized trees that would make an EXCELLENT campsite if only you had water. There seem to be two summit routes from here: One goes more or less straight to the summit, very steep with meager holds. The other is far safer, traversing far to the left on a defect that creates a not-really-level ledge system. The ledges keep going until the slope to the peak (on your right) is a low-angle scramble.
It's worth spending some time on the summit. Good views of Vegas, minor potholes, acres of slick rock (bare sandstone), and in our case some gathering clouds that ended up not doing anything. The rock is very unique, the views down into side canyons (like Pine Creek) are stunning, there are little lakes perched in sandstone depressions, and above all the climbing is interesting and at times challenging. Even if you sight-see this shouldn't be a long day. Enjoy yourself!


These Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette is part of the My Clean Kitchen – 7 Day Eat Clean Challenge. Click here to learn more.
I don't know about you but I am a salad addict. Is that even possible? Well if it is, I am one. They are a fast, easy, and delicious way to eat your vegetables. Oh and did I mention they were delicious.
Salads…Delicious…are you crazy? It's rabbit food! You might be tuning out right now…but hear me out. I am not talking about boring iceberg lettuce salads with some bottled white nondescript dressing on them. No. I am talking about beautiful, flavorful, zesty salads. Ones with delicious homemade dressings. Salads that are so full of color and flavor they are pleasing to both the eyes and the pallet! Am I getting too poetic for you? Sorry. I just can't help myself sometimes… I am a total food lover nerd.
Mix together all the ingredients into a bowl.
Serve in 4 equal portions.
Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the vinaigrette.


I love working on pitches. It's one of the few times where the idea is always king—and budgets be damned! Here we were answering a RFP for Neutrogena's digital account. We were tasked with two things: 1) positioning the brand's makeup remover and Deep Clean gentle scrub products ahead of a global skincare trend and 2) updating their overall look to attract the coveted 16-24 female target. That led us to focus on women, their best friend, and how they bring the best out of one another.
As the design lead, my goal was not to abandon the look that the brand was known for: clean, classic, with uses of white and splashes of water. What I wanted to do was help the brand be more approachable for the younger target, so I used a modern font for headlines, more saturated colors, fun geometric patterns, and playful "in the moment" photography.
In the end, we didn't win the pitch, but we produced some great work and thinking.


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Visit the "cradle of Colorado."
The Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area (SdCNHA) is a part of the San Luis Valley located in beautiful southern Colorado. The Heritage Area embraces 3,000 square miles within the counties of Alamosa, Conejos, and Costilla. This area is rich with heritage and considered the "Cradle of Colorado" with the oldest church, Colorado's first town, historic trains, many historical sites, and agricultural riches. The heritage area not only offers significant historical sites, but beautiful mountain scenery surrounding the valley offers many outdoor recreational activities and holds many attractions.
Visitors enjoy outdoor activities such as all-terrain vehicle and 4-wheeling, hiking, fishing, bicycling, climbing, floating, hunting, watching wildlife, sightseeing, picnicking, skiing, snowboarding, ice climbing, sledding, and snow tubing.
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26th Primary School Panayias Tricherousa is a public educational organization under the Cypriot educational authority. It has 460 students and 36 teachers. In the heart of a multicultural city have Cypriot students and students from other countries and other cultures. It has refugees (due to Turkish invasion in 1974), immigrants, and pupils with educational problems or disabilities. Classes are mixed ability.
Our school is located in the center of Limassol which is at the south coast of Cyprus. A town with rapid development especially after the Turkish invasion in 1974, that brought thousands of refugees. It is a town with many tourists visiting it all year round. This issue in combination with the hundreds of immigrants that are seeking for a better life gives the town a unique characteristic. Financial growth of the last decades was the reason for many Europeans and Russians to live here. Limassol became a modern city with its advantages and disadvantages. The modern trends and modern way of living had an impact on family type, cohesion and social networks. In that sense, many children come from modern families carrying their particularities and their trend of individualism and loss of solidarity and social cohesion.
Our school aims to enhance and apply such practices of individualization in order to create new bonds; greater networks and inclusion thus give students appropriate skills and the potential to handle daily challenges in modern society. Therefore, this project will help our teachers to be trained in a way to deal with inclusion and cohesion in society for peace, tolerance and wellbeing.
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Audincthun est une commune française située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais en région Hauts-de-France.

Ses habitants sont appelés les Audincthunois.

La commune fait partie de la communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer qui regroupe  communes et compte  en .

Géographie

Localisation

Le territoire de la commune est limitrophe de ceux de neuf communes :

Hydrographie

Le ruisseau de Wandonne, un cours d'eau naturel non navigable de , prend sa source dans la commune et se jette dans le ruisseau de la rivièrette au niveau de la commune de Mencas.

Climat

Le climat qui caractérise la commune est qualifié, en 2010, de « climat océanique altéré de type 4 », selon la typologie des climats en France qui compte alors huit grands types de climats en métropole.

Les sept principales variables caractérisant la commune sont présentées dans l'encadré ci-après.

Milieux naturels et biodiversité
L'inventaire des zones naturelles d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF) a pour objectif de réaliser une couverture des zones les plus intéressantes sur le plan écologique, essentiellement dans la perspective d'améliorer la connaissance du patrimoine naturel national et de fournir aux différents décideurs un outil d'aide à la prise en compte de l'environnement dans l'aménagement du territoire.

Le territoire communal comprend une ZNIEFF de  : la Haute Lys et ses végétations alluviales en amont de Thérouanne. D'une altitude variant de 38 à  et d'une superficie de , ce site correspond au fond de vallée et à quelques versants, depuis les sources jusqu'à la commune de Thérouanne.

et une ZNIEFF de  : la haute vallée de la Lys et ses versants en amont de Thérouanne. L'entité paysagère de la haute vallée de la Lys et ses versants s'étire sur une vingtaine de kilomètres du Nord au Sud pour moins de dix d'Est en Ouest dans le Haut Artois.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Audincthun est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Saint-Omer, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (95 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (95,1 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
terres arables (59,4 %), prairies (28,1 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (7,5 %), zones urbanisées (3,1 %), forêts (1,8 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Toponymie
Le nom de la localité est attesté sous les formes Odingatun (1016), Obtinghetun (1119), Odingetun et Odigentia (1139), Ordingentun (1157), Odinctun (1193), Odinghetum (1207), Odinghetun (1268), Dodinguetun (1301), Audinghetin (), Audhenthun (1474), Audenthun-lez-Fauquemberghe (1518), Audentun (1528), Audingthun (1559), Audhenthun-lez-Saint-Omer (1679), Audunthun (1720), Audunthun (1762), Audincthun (1793), Audincthum ou Rosolle (), Audincthan puis Audincthun (depuis 1801).

Ernest Nègre donne comme origine toponymique l'anthroponyme germanique Aldingus suivi du saxon -tūn « lieu clos, ferme, village », donnant la « ferme d'Aldingus ». Cette explication est incompatible avec les formes les plus anciennes et la forme néerlandaise actuelle qui implique un anthroponyme basé sur l'élément Od- (vieux saxon ôd « propriété », voir aussi Odon et Otto), d'où l'hypothèse du nom de personne germanique Odo (plutôt saxon Oda dans ce cas). Il est suivi du double suffixe -ing-tūn que l'on retrouve fréquemment dans le Boulonnais, d'où le sens de « ferme des gens, de la famille d'Oda ». Il est probablement homonyme d'Oddington en Angleterre. En effet, beaucoup de ces formations ont leur équivalent en Angleterre (Auguste Longnon).

Odingten en flamand.

Histoire
En 1184, dans un acte pris à Falkenbergam (sans doute Fauquembergues), dans la maison du châtelain, Guillaume, châtelain de Saint-Omer, confirme le don d'une partie de la dîme de Pitgam, dite Pithecam, à l'abbaye de Watten par son vassal le chevalier Godefroid d'Odungthun qui la tenait en fief de son frère Walon et en arrière-fief de Guillaume, donation confirmée en 1188 par Didier, évêque des Morins (évêques de Thérouanne).

Alain de Wandonne, seigneur sur la commune actuelle d'Audincthun, trouve la mort à la bataille d'Azincourt en 1415.

Suivant une légende locale, Lyonnel de Wandonne récupère l'épée de Jeanne d'Arc qu'il emmure dans l'église de Wandonne.

En 1822, Audincthun absorbe la commune voisine de Wandonne.

Politique et administration

Découpage territorial

La commune se trouve dans l'arrondissement de Saint-Omer du département du Pas-de-Calais.

Commune et intercommunalités

La commune est membre de la communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer.

Circonscriptions administratives

La commune est rattachée au canton de Fruges.

Circonscriptions électorales

Pour l'élection des députés, la commune fait partie de la sixième circonscription du Pas-de-Calais.

Élections municipales et communautaires

Liste des maires

Équipements et services publics

Justice, sécurité, secours et défense
La commune dépend du tribunal judiciaire de Saint-Omer, du conseil de prud'hommes de Saint-Omer, de la cour d'appel de Douai, du tribunal de commerce de Boulogne-sur-Mer, du tribunal administratif de Lille, de la cour administrative d'appel de Douai, du tribunal judiciaire de Boulogne-sur-Mer et du tribunal pour enfants de Saint-Omer.

Population et société

Démographie
Les habitants de la commune sont appelés les Audincthunois.

Évolution démographique

Pyramide des âges
En 2018, le taux de personnes d'un âge inférieur à  s'élève à 36,7 %, soit au-dessus de la moyenne départementale (36,7 %). À l'inverse, le taux de personnes d'âge supérieur à  est de 21,5 % la même année, alors qu'il est de 24,9 % au niveau départemental.

En 2018, la commune comptait  pour , soit un taux de 50,75 % de femmes, légèrement inférieur au taux départemental (51,5 %).

Les pyramides des âges de la commune et du département s'établissent comme suit.

Sports et loisirs
Sur la commune avaient lieu des sessions de saut à l'élastique, la tour de saut d'Audincthun située à 65 m faisant du lieu un site réputé pour cette pratique. Toutefois, l'activité a été endeuillée en 2015, par la mort d'une femme, son compagnon étant grièvement blessé, et s'étant suicidé un an et demi plus tard. La justice s'est prononcée sur l'affaire, a prononcé des peines de prison avec sursis et l'interdiction d'exercer cette activité à l'encontre des personnes mises en cause, le directeur du saut et la personne qui a arnaché le couple (motif de l'accident : un mousqueton non fermé).

Économie

Revenus de la population et fiscalité
En 2019, dans la commune, il y a  fiscaux qui comprennent  pour un revenu médian disponible par unité de consommation de , soit inférieur au revenu médian de la France métropolitaine qui est de .

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments

Monument historique
 La station de pompage, de l'ancien site de V1, située le long du chemin départemental . La station de pompage, et son matériel de pompage, est inscrite au titre des monuments historiques depuis le . Le site de V1, construit en 1943, nécessite une alimentation en eau pure, et une station de pompage y est construite. En 1944, le site sera détruit par les bombardements alliés mais la sation de pompage restera intacte et alimentera le village jusqu'en 1976.

Autres lieux et monuments

 L'église Saint-Nicolas.
 L'église Saint-Pierre du hameau de Wandonne.
 Le monument aux morts.
 Ligne de  à la limite avec Fauquembergues, atteignant  de haut. Un autre groupe d'éoliennes lui fait face du côté de Bomy.

Personnalités liées à la commune
Divers membres de la famille du marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, promoteur de l'industrie automobile française, sont inhumés dans la chapelle familiale, au hameau de Wandonne.

Héraldique

Pour approfondir

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes du Pas-de-Calais

Liens externes

 Dossier Insee relatif aux rattachements de la commune,
 .

 Site de la mairie

Notes et références

Notes

Références

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Where Sikhs got 17000 Hindu Girls released from Durranis
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Gurdwara Shaheedan, Fatehsar, Gujrat, where Sikhs got 17000 Hindu Girls released from Durranis and sent to their homes.
Photo Gurdwara FatehSar Sahib Gujrat
Ahmed Shah Durrani became king of Afghanistan after the death of Nadir Shah. His penchant to raid, loot and plunder were irresistible. He raided India eight times from 1748 to1767. (1) In the first invasion on India in 1748, he was defeated at Manupur. (2 & 3) He raided second time (1749) to avenge the defeat and took over the control of the west of Indus. In Third Invasion (1752) Adina the Subedar of Lahore aided by Sikhs and Adina beg Lahore and Multan were ceded to him. In fourth invasion (1955) he was defeated by the Sikhs at the battle of Sabzavar but invaded again along with his son Timur in 1756 at the invitation of Mughlani Begum wife of Mir Mannu and ransacked and plundered Lahore, Sirhind, Delhi, Mathura, Vrindavan and Agra where he took women slaves including the daughters of late Mohammad Shah and Alamgir II along with 17000 girls from the towns of Mathura Vrindavan and Agra (4) Sikhs along with troops of Adina Beg fought together against Afghans at Hoshiarpur and Sikhs defeated and captured 20,000 horsemen of Timur Shah Durrani. Sikhs then followed the retreating Durrani forces, defeated them and got released the captured 17000 girls and women earlier captured from Mathura, Vrindavan, Agra and Delhi and arranged to send them each to their homes. This release took place at Gujrat now in Pakistan, 15 kilometres from Wazirabad. Number of Sikhs laid down their lives where this battle took place. Shahidi Gurdwara Fatehsar commemorated the battle and release of the girls and women.
This Gurdwara existed in eighty century but was first taken over by Sanyasis and then by Udasis. Gradually the Hindu rituals and idol worship were also started in this Sikh Gurdwara and it was converted into a Shiv Mandir. This, however, had to be vacated in 1947 after which its fate is not known. Guru Hargobind Sahib also visited this site while returning from Kashmir and went to Wazirabad from this place. Gurdwara Damdama Sahib and Gurdwara Dhaki Darwaza Sixth Guru commemorated his visit to the place. Gurdwara Shaheedan Fatehsar was 400 Karam from Gurdwara Damdama Sahib Sixth Guru. (5). Peeved at this release of girls, Durrani attacked the Sikhs in 1762 with very large forces with an aim to eliminate them and killed over 30,000 Sikhs in Ghalugharas. Sikhs however, did not allow Durrani even to cross Lahore when they attacked him and taken Lahore back. Do the Hindu brethren remember the great sacrifices of the Sikhs to get their girls released from Durrani Forces and ensuring them that they reach their homes back.
1. Alikuzai, Hamid Wahed (October 2013). A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes, Volume 14. ISBN 978-1-4907-1441-7. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
2.Gandhi, Rajmohan (14 September 2013). Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten. ISBN 9789383064410.
3. Mehta, J. L. (2005). Advanced study in the history of modern India 1707–1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
4. Mehta, Jaswant Lal (1 January 2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707–1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6 – via Google Books.
5. Dhanna Singh Chahal, Gur Tirath Cycle Yatra (11 March 1930-26 June 1934 AD) (Punjabi), European Punjabi Sath, Ed Chetan Singh. p.403
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U.S. officials and lawmakers take steps to secure elections, counter interference: On August 7, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stated that the military is taking steps to protect the 2018 midterm elections from foreign interference. Measures include protecting troops from foreign information campaigns, and working alongside DHS "in order to maintain the integrity of the election." On August 9, The Washington Post reported: "The White House is drafting an executive order that would authorize President Trump to sanction foreigners who interfere in U.S. elections," noting that the executive order "appears to be an effort to stave off aggressive legislation, including a bill introduced in Congress this month …" because the "most pain-inducing sanctions are discretionary." Meanwhile, the Senate Rules Committee is slated to mark up the Secure Elections Act — which aims to facilitate state-federal information sharing on election security — on August 22. Members of the House Intelligence Committee, Republicans Tom Rooney (R-FL) and Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Democrats Jim Himes (D-CN) and Terri Sewell (D-AL), introduced a companion bill on August 10. (Military Times, Politico, The Hill, The Washington Post, U.S. Senate)
States and candidates grapple with election security ahead of midterms: In Minnesota, a state that was targeted by Russian hacks in 2016, $6.6 million in federal election security funding has become mired in partisan politics over an omnibus spending bill, while West Virginia's plan to enable troops overseas to vote with their phones has drawn criticism from researchers, advocates, and academics over security concerns. Texas is grappling with funding issues as it seeks to upgrade its own voting machines, while Maryland Senators Ben Cardin (D) and Chris Van Hollen (D) requested that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin direct the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) to scrutinize ByteGrid, the company with a contract to manage Maryland's election infrastructure, which is owned by AltPoint Capital – a private equity firm headed by Kremlin insider Vladimir Potanin. Separately, the Democratic candidate in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District, Tabitha Isner, reported that there were thousands of attempts to access her campaign website last month with fake credentials; most of the attempts allegedly came from Russian IP addresses. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) also warned that Russian hackers have already gained access to some of Florida's voter registration systems, although state administrators have denied any knowledge of those allegations. Commenting on the incident, ASD's Laura Rosenberger explained in The New York Times: "Elections are a system based on trust. All you need to do is inject enough doubt in people's minds." (Politico, The Suwanee Democrat, KOMU, The Tampa Bay Times, WQOW, The Norwalk Reflector, NBC News, CNN, Wired, Austin American-Statesman, Committee to Investigate Russia, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, The New York Times)
New revelations revealed regarding the Internet Research Agency's disinformation operations: GroupSense released a report tracing the use of allforusa@yahoo.com, a single abandoned email account that was named in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of the IRA in February 2018, to mask and legitimize the IRA's activities across social media platforms, including a website, and accounts on Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook. Separately, following the release of nearly three million IRA tweets by FiveThirtyEight, researchers have begun to report on trends in the IRA's past Twitter activities. In findings reported by The Times of Israel, 60 percent of the tens of thousands of Israel-related tweets sought to improve the relationship between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump while criticizing former President Barack Obama. In addition, ThinkProgress reported that the IRA was also involved in spreading a conspiracy theory that the 2015 Jade Helm military exercise was a move by the Obama administration to impose martial law over a large swath of the United States. A BuzzFeed News analysis also showed that IRA accounts were extremely active during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, blaming Black Lives Matter and "antifa" for the violence surrounding the rally. The analysis showed that many of the IRA accounts went silent on August 18, 2017, just days after the rally, after an apparent crackdown by Twitter. Representative Tom Garrett (R-VA) said that he was briefed two months ago by the FBI, which confirmed that "Russian inter-meddling" had contributed to what happened in Charlottesville. (Axios, BreachRecon, Justice.gov, FiveThirtyEight, The Times of Israel, ThinkProgress, BuzzFeed News, CNN)
Steps taken to address the serious challenges posed by AI, deepfakes: According to CNET Senior Producer Dan Patterson in an interview with CBS News, artificial intelligence (AI) could soon influence political campaigns. Patterson said that malware embedded inside an app could use facial recognition AI technology, as well as AI to fend off malware scanners, to wipe computers and "demolish a local [political] campaign." CNN Tech similarly reported on the potential use of AI technology to create "deepfakes," a technology that can convincingly alter audio and video footage. The article highlighted the future challenges that deepfakes will pose, as experts warn that fake videos will likely be nearly impossible to identify in as little as 12 months. Academia and government are taking steps to address these threats. The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed tools to detect deepfakes, using, for example, "physiological signals" such as head and eye movements, which are difficult to replicate. According to the leader of the project, Siwei Lyu, DARPA has developed an even more effective method, but is choosing to keep it secret for now – to maintain an advantage over video forgers. In academia, the Association for Computing Machinery published a proposal in May to make changes to the peer review process for publishing academic papers, hoping to assess the possible negative impacts of researchers' work before it is published. As reported by Axios, the proposal led to an intense and prolonged debate about greater oversight. Opponents argue that it is impossible to guess if or how their work will be repurposed for negative ends. Proponents of the change argue that such arguments abdicate responsibility and call on their colleagues to better address the ethical consequences of their work. (CBS News, CNN Tech, MIT Technology Review, Association for Computing Machinery, Axios)
China's expanding influence operations take the spotlight: According to Axios, the Chinese government maintains the ability to pursue an online political disinformation campaign directed at foreign elections, though it has not yet chosen to do so. Instead, Beijing "favors long-term thinking over Russia's scorched-earth foreign policy," and has alternatively – "…pursued other equally potent strategies for meddling in the political affairs of other countries." As assessed by ASD Director Laura Rosenberger, "Russia and China have different long-term strategic interests, and they have different geopolitical positions … Putin… is largely acting out of weakness. Therefore, his strategy goes towards one that is a little bit more inclined towards chaos and destruction and weakening others without really caring about what is put in its place. Whereas China's strategy, they're playing a much longer game." Meanwhile, The New York Times reported that "an emboldened, globally ambitious China is using money, business deals and other incentives to extend its power abroad," pointing to China's growing influence in the Czech Republic. Authors David Barboza, Marc Santora, and Alexandra Stevenson caution that "tighter ties to China mean greater susceptibility to an opaque political system where decisions are made behind the scenes." (Axios, The New York Times)
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In its post-close trading update, the betting giant reported growth driven by regulated and taxed markets, which contributed 74% of revenue, with strong performances in the UK, Italy, Romania and Portugal, partially offset by a decline in Germany.
B2C revenue increased 15% to $934 million, led by casino (up 24%), with sports growth of (up 4%) reflecting the greater impact of regulatory changes on the sport business, in particular the exit from the Netherlands.
Fourth quarter revenue hit $214m, down 16% from 2020 in-line with 888 expectations.
The update also highlighted the acquisition of William Hill International, which is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2022.
During the period, 888 also made a "strategic" sale of B2C and B2B bingo business for up to $50m, increasing the focus on core B2C platform and US growth strategies.
Itai Pazner, Chief Executive Officer at 888 Holdings, said: "2021 was a year of outstanding strategic progress for 888 as we announced the transformational acquisition of William Hill International, and reached an agreement to sell our bingo business to increase our focus on our B2C and US growth plans, as we continue to execute our plan to build a global online betting and gaming leader."
"In addition, we successfully launched SI Sportsbook in the US shortly after signing a long-term brand partnership and began operating 888sport under a new licence in Germany, all using our in house sports platform."
"I am pleased to report another year of record revenues alongside these important strategic milestones, delivering double-digit revenue growth despite a very tough comparative period. This performance reflects the continued success of our data-driven investments and execution against our product-leadership focus that delivers ongoing improvements in the usability, quality and safety of our sports betting and gaming products."
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