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Native Son
New stage adaptation of the Richard Wright novel is told in flashbacks in Bigger Thomas' mind which makes it difficult to follow.
Posted on August 9, 2019 by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief in Off-Broadway, Plays
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Galen Ryan Kane as Bigger Thomas and Jason Bowen as Black Rat in a scene from The Acting Company's production of "Native Son" (Photo credit: T. Charles Erickson)
Nambi E. Kelley's adaptation of Richard Wright's controversial and critically acclaimed novel, Native Son, first published in 1940, is an ambitious work for the stage – but in an expressionistic format all her own. The New York premiere of this new adaptation presented by The Acting Company in repertory with Measure for Measure (anther play about social injustice) is directed by Seret Scott who previously directed the 2014 Chicago world premiere.
Kelley is faithful to the spirit of the novel which tells of institution racism in Chicago's Black Belt in the 1930's through a few days in the life of an African American youth, 20-year-old Bigger Thomas who has been taught to hate white people by his experiences but hates black people as well for their acceptance of their lot: he would like to be an aviator but is excluded from the training; he can't live or shop outside of the black ghetto due to Chicago's strict racial taboos; he has no education as he dropped out of school in 8th grade; and has already been to reform school for stealing a car. However, one problem with the play is that Kelley's expressionistic style goes counter to Wright's mainly naturalistic writing.
Described in the script as taking place "a split second inside Bigger's mind when he runs from the crime, remembers, imagines, two cold snowy winter days in December 1939 and beyond," Wright's powerful linear story is told in flashbacks, with five of the nine actors playing more than one role. If one has not previously read the novel, it would be very difficult to put the pieces of this 52-scened play in order. Kelley has also made significant changes to the characters which are even more problematic.
Galen Ryan Kane as Bigger Thomas and Rosalyn Coleman as Mrs. Thomas in in a scene from The Acting Company's production of "Native Son" (Photo credit: T. Charles Erickson)
The novel begins with Bigger Thomas getting up in the morning in the rat- infested one room apartment he shares with his mother, sister Vera and younger brother Buddy. It is the day he is supposed to go for an interview at the home of the wealthy white Daltons aranged by a relief agency. Aside from their extensive real estate interests, the Daltons are well known for their philanthropy to African American causes and for hiring troubled youth to work in their home. To kill time before the early evening interview, Bigger meets his gang in the local pool hall, plans a robbery which they do not commit, and attends a screening of Trader Horn (1931) in which a white girl has been brought up by a savage tribe in Africa.
Interviewed by the reserved and soft-spoken Mr. Dalton, Bigger meets his blind wife who has no trouble negotiating their home alone and the rambunctious daughter Mary who Bigger saw in the newsreel along with her communist boyfriend Jan, of whom the family disapproves. Bigger's first job is to drive Mary to a lecture at her university but she tells him to drive elsewhere and pick up her boyfriend, the communist Jan who surprised him by wanting to shake his hand and giving him brochures to read. Jan and Mary want to see a real African American restaurant and Bigger takes them to one he knows where they insist he join them for drinks and a meal; he also sees his girlfriend Bessie there whom he ignores. Mary and Jan make out in the back seat while Bigger drives them around the park.
When Bigger takes Mary home she is so inebriated that he has to carry her to her room, running the risk of waking up the household. Just as soon as he is to leave her mother comes into the room. Bigger attempts to quiet Mary so as not to be found in her bedroom, and using too much force accidentally kills her. After Mrs. Dalton wanders off, he decides to get rid of the body by stuffing it the furnace which he has been taught how to stoke. He visits Bessie and when she worms out of him what has happened, he demands that she help him with a ransom plot. When his crime is discovered as the furnace starts smoking, he and Bessie flee to an abandoned building to avoid arrest. However, he decides he can't leave her or take her with him. Eventually a massive manhunt for the alleged murderer and rapist is launched and he is captured on a rooftop. Bigger then must deal with prison, his defense and the grief of his family and the Daltons.
Rebekah Brockman, Galen Ryan Kane and Anthony Bowden in a scene from The Acting Company's production of "Native Son" (Photo credit: T. Charles Erickson)
Kelley's adaptation begins with the murder of Mary which avoids preparing us for the limited life of opportunity that Bigger leads in the Black Belt of Chicago. Told in a fragmentary form often with flashbacks within flashbacks, it is only possible to put the chronology together if one knows the novel. Kelley has also eliminated the powerful speech to the jury by Bigger's lawyer which is one of the most famous of all statements on social racism and the constricted environmental influences on people living in the ghetto. The play also eliminates Mary's father Mr. Dalton who in the novel is the one who hires Bigger to be his chauffeur, and assigns many of his lines to his wife instead. Several of the characters have been directed to be cartoonish, Laura Gragtmans' Mrs. Dalton who seems to be too cheerful, and Mr. Britten (Henry Jenkinson), the private detective hired to find Mary who is so racist that he is not believable even in this context. Mrs. Dalton is not the white, ghostly presence that she is in Wright's depiction.
A clever device that Kelley has invented is to give Bigger an alter ego, The Black Rat (played by Jason Bowen) who shadows him everywhere he goes. He represents Bigger's inner voice. Unfortunately, she fails to give The Black Rat much to say or do so that the device is rather moot. Kelley has eliminated Bigger's gang, giving his brother Buddy many of their lines. In fact, Buddy (Lorenzo Jackson) is much more rebellious here than Bigger, rather than the conventional law-abiding teen, critical of his older brother as he is the novel. We almost expect Buddy to commit a crime, rather than Bigger.
As Bigger Thomas, Galen Ryan Kane is very low key, never showing us the seething confusion inside of this character. Only Rosalyn Coleman as he mother and Katherine Renee Turner as his girlfriend Bessie give the impassioned performances that heat up the play. In addition to getting drunk, Rebekah Brockman's Mary Dalton is both very flirtatious and sexualized. Unlike Wright's character she comes on to Bigger and he responds in kind making the charge of rape more plausible than in the novel where he has done nothing more than put his arms around her to keep her from falling while carrying her in her drunken stupor to her bedroom. She also seems older and more experienced, rather than a curious college-age adolescent.
Galen Ryan Kane as Bigger Thomas, Henry Jenkinson as Mr. Britten, and Jason Bowen as Black Rat in a scene from The Acting Company's production of "Native Son" (Photo credit: T. Charles Erickson)
Neil Patel's unit set with its staircase up the back is as expressionistic as the script but is devoid of atmosphere, despite Alan C. Edwards' impressive noirish lighting. Sarita Fellows' rather drab costumes are in keeping with the rest of the physical production. Frederick Kennedy's original music makes use of a mournful trumpet which sets the tone but does not capture the confusion of Bigger's inner life. However, his sound design beautifully recreates the sounds of the city.
Nambi E. Kelley's adaptation of Native Son is an interesting attempt to put a dense and long novel on the stage. However, in stripping the Richard Wright novel down to its basic elements, it eliminates most of the feeling of Chicago in the 1930's as well as making Bigger a stand-in for all of the disaffected African American youth of his time. Ironically, there is a 1941 version of the play created by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paul Green with the help of the author which appeared on Broadway under the direction of Orson Welles. An additional adaptation was written for the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington, in 2006, which is reputedly more faithful to the book than either of these. Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks has weighed in on the story with her screenplay for the 2019 television movie version which updates the novel to the present. Despite the expressionistic and experimental nature of Kelley's adaptation which dilutes the novel's effectiveness, it is a laudable attempt to tell this powerful story of the effects of racism in our own time of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Native Son (through August 24, 2019)
The Acting Company
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Running time: 90 minutes with no intermission
Alan C. Edwards
Anthony Bowden
Frederick Kennedy
Galen Ryan Kane
Henry Jenkinson
Jason Bowen
Katherine Renee Turner
Laura Gragtmans
Lorenzo Jackson
Nambi E. Kelley
Rebekah Brockman
Rosalyn Coleman
Sarita Fellows
Seret Scott
T. Charles Erickson
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5 ways Caroline's Return would Change Legacies for the Better (And 5 for The Worse )
Legacies, the spin-off from both Vampier Diaries and the Originals, includes the Supernatural of both the Vampire Diaries and the original characters as they try to navigate the world and the powers they inherited. While Hope, who was presented as the main character in the first season, is an orphan, Gemini twins are not. Their father, Alaric, is the principal of the Salvatore School for Young and Gifted Students where Super Students are safe to practice / learn their abilities.
Meanwhile, Caroline is still alive, but she was out of the camera. We saw other characters talking about or talking to her on the phone (although we have never heard her voice). But to a large extent, Caroline is missing from the Legacies Should She return to the show or not? In what ways can her return be good for the show, and in what ways will she be bad?
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For The Better: Deepen The Connection To Mystic Falls History
Why do you have the Legacies in Mystic Falls if they don't build on the town's history? Mystic Falls was almost like an additional character in The Vampire Diaries. For a small town, it has had a history of Supernatural. The citizens were also so attached to it, that they were not blind to the possibility of vampires. Currently, Mystic Falls works as merely a surface backdrop. Really, the school can be anywhere.
Caroline could help the show to communicate more with its setting and history in the city. After all, she is from one of the original families.
For The Worse: Stir The Suspicions Of The Locals
Caroline, being a vampire, hasn't aged. While she may be dressed as older, she looks the same since she became a vampire. Since she is from an original family and was a famous Mystic Falls resident, this will raise doubts. Locals can look at her picture when she is crowned Miss Mystic Falls and notice that she doesn't look much different. Knowing that she is a teenager's mother will not match her teenage appearance.
While locals may initially dismiss her young appearance into good genes, it may raise doubts and may threaten student safety at school, something Caroline never wants to do.
For The Better: Give Her Credit For Starting The School
Alaric continues to tell people that he started school, and has not given any credit to Caroline. Together they started to keep their daughters and other supernatural children safe. In addition, the school is housed in the mansion of the deceased Caroline's husband, Stefan. Moreover, Klaus donated a lot of money to Caroline to help at the school Salvatore, and because of Caroline Klaus felt comfortable staying there. Klaus would never have done that if Alaric had just run the school, and without that money, as we saw in one of Lizzie's visions of alternative timelines, the school wouldn't have worked well.
Caroline still helps to manage and maintain the school from afar. she deserves some credit.
For The Worse: May Not Fit The Tone Of The Show
The vampire diaries were darker and more exciting than Legacies. It's not that Legacies doesn't have its moments, especially with Dark Josie, but in general, it comes in a lighter tone. We have had a parasite-infested and a villain who seemed more camp than drama. Caroline comes from a darker show and a dark origin story.
After Katherine turned her into a vampire in a power move, Damon almost killed her. Before turning into a vampire, Damon used it. Later, Elena married her friend Damon. While Caroline was often funny and light moments, much of her story is very dark.
For The Better: Bring Back Cameos From Other OGs
with Elena and Bonnie in Mystic Falls, but we don't see them on Legacies, but Bonnie Still was Contact with Caroline, and if Caroline is coming Back to the Show, she might bring other Vampire Diaries Character's to the show, that would be amazing to see how well their
Friendships once again or the with the Time their Relationship faded away
Also, we can see Caroline share the stories and memories of Klaus in order to help his daughter Hope. If Caroline is on display, she can let us see our favorite characters, what happened to their lives, and how they relate to each other both in real life and in memories.
For The Worse: Would Make Us Long For More OGs
On the other hand, while bringing OGs could be good, it could also take over the current show. Legacies is a young series, and we only get to know the characters. The Squad is just coming into its story and power.
If many OG floods the show, it might make him a second vampire Diaries, rather than Legacies. OGs may take the story and attention away from supernatural students, overshadowing them.
For The Better: See Her Connections With Her Daughters
We know her two daughters love and admire her, and looks forward to her for guidance. Caroline helps Lizzie control the crazy gene that threatens her. She helps as a model for Lizzie, she shows her how to be a good person. In Season Two, Josie Caroline is called in for direction when Josie tends not to bring everyone's memories of hope back. This is when Josie was stepping into the darkness, just a little bit. What Caroline told her made Josie realize that she needed to bring back everyone's memories.
Now that Josie becomes Dark, this is an important time for Caroline to get back. She has constantly helped Lizzie control her darkness, and she can help Josie.
For The Worse: Could Overshadow Alaric
Alaric is the person who controls the school for its everyday functions. Discipline issues come to him, such as dealing with the horrors of everyday life. The students seem to be in contact with him. Alaric also made some very bad decisions, such as sending students with problems to the prison world where Kai resided.
Caroline is very pragmatic. We could see her keeping the school better than Alaric, and we doubt that she would send students to the prison world, especially since Kai was still there. Because Caroline could be better at making these decisions and she is a very interesting character, she can overshadow Alaric.
For The Better: The Threats To Her Daughters
Caroline loves her daughters. They have been threatened by Kai, however, she did not return. Josie is now Dark Josie, yet, she did not return. All this does not make sense for her personality. Caroline, a loyal mother, will be there for her daughters.
Now, Dark Josie has threatened the merge, which has speed it. Luckily, hope came with an alternative plan, stopping merging. However, this threat will return. All days on Caroline's search must be a thing, we don't want the twins to deal with the merge again when they're 22 years old.
For The Worse: Could Take Over The Show
Just like Kai, Caroline is more interesting than many other characters. We saw her change in Vampire Diaries from a shallow side character to one of the sympathetic and kindest characters on the show. At the end of the show, she was a fan favorite.
If she was on Legacies, she can take over the series. Supernatural students are still developing their own arc; they had no time to reach the level of growth that Caroline's character achieved in the Vampire Diaries. In addition, fans may want to focus on Caroline more than supernatural students and change the focus of the show.

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Amid movements such as #MeToo and Time's Up, Hollywood is experiencing an era of change. While a number of men in the industry have stepped up to support their fellow female actors, a recent New York Times interview featuring the predominantly male cast of "Arrested Development" left some feeling frustrated and disheartened.
And it left cast member Jason Bateman tweeting a lengthy apology Thursday morning, after some of the comments he made sparked backlash.
In the sometimes emotional Times interview ahead of the sitcom's fifth season debut, one of the show's stars, Jessica Walter, opened up about fellow cast member Jeffrey Tambor verbally harassing her on set.
Tambor, who was fired from "Transparent" after allegations of sexual misconduct, admitted in an interview with Hollywood Reporter earlier this month that he is prone to outbursts on set. He specifically referenced one "blowup" with Walter, noting that he "profusely apologized" afterward. At the time, Walter declined to comment.
But, when Walter addressed the issue alongside Tambor, Bateman, David Cross, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale and Will Arnett, many felt her male castmates were too eager to come to Tambor's defense.
The exchange began when Times reporter Sopan Deb said to Tambor, "You even said at one point you lashed out at -" and Walter cut Deb off, identifying herself as the person Tambor yelled out.
This prompted Bateman to quickly say everyone on the show had yelled at each other.
"Oh! You've never yelled at me," Walter said, to which Bateman, her on-screen son, responded that he wasn't trying "to belittle what happened."
"But this is a family and families, you know, have love, laughter arguments - again, not to belittle it, but a lot of stuff happens in 15 years," Bateman said. "I can say that no matter what anybody in this room has ever done - and we've all done a lot, with each other, for each other, against each other - I wouldn't trade it for the world and I have zero complaints."
Cross, who plays Tobias Fünke, chimed in, saying Tambor "learned from the experience."
"He's listening and learning and growing," Cross said. "That's important to remember."
When asked if he would hire someone who "routinely" yells at other people on set, Tambor said he would if that person had "reckoned" with their behavior, adding that he is continuing to deal with his own actions.
"I profusely have apologized," he said. "Ms. Walter is indeed a walking acting lesson."
On the set of his other show, Tambor acknowledged yelling at people and hurting their feelings, calling his behavior "unconscionable."
Bateman again spoke up in defense of Tambor.
"Again, not to belittle it or excuse it or anything, but in the entertainment industry it is incredibly common to have people who are, in quotes, 'difficult,'" he said. "Because it's a very amorphous process, this sort of (expletive) that we do, you know, making up fake life. It's a weird thing, and it is a breeding ground for atypical behavior and certain people have certain processes."
Shawkat, the only other woman present, interrupted Bateman.
"But that doesn't mean it's acceptable," she said. "And the point is that things are changing, and people need to respect each other differently."
At that point, Walter, who had started crying, spoke again. The audio from this part of the interview was published.
"Let me just say one thing that I just realized in this conversation," Walter said, her voice thick. "I have to let go of being angry at him. He never crossed the line on our show, with any ... sexual whatever. Verbally, yes, he harassed me, but he did apologize. I have to let it go."
Turning to address Tambor, she said, "And I have to give you a chance ... for us to be friends again."
Walter added, "But it's hard because honestly, (Bateman) says this happens all the time. In like almost 60 years of working, I've never had anybody yell at me like that on a set. And it's hard to deal with, but I'm over it now."
Walter's co-stars did not let the discussion end there.
Bateman, Cross and Hale, who plays Walter's other on-screen son, all jumped in to defend Tambor.
Hale said everyone on the show "had moments" and there were "other points of anger coming out" during the cast's 15 years together.
Cross added that Tambor's behavior "didn't just come out of the blue," saying, "There is a cumulative effect sometimes."
Bateman took things a step further.
"Not to say that you know, you (Walter) had it coming," he said. "But this is not in a vacuum - families come together and certain dynamics collide and clash every once in a while. And there's all kinds of things that go into the stew so it's a little narrow to single that one particular thing that is getting attention from our show."
Walter responded, saying Tambor was the one who publicized the incident by talking about it to the Hollywood Reporter. She said she "never would have brought it up."
On Twitter, people didn't appreciate how Walter was treated by her male cast members and many voiced their support for her.
HuffPost reporter Jennifer Bendery called Walter a "tough, mature, graceful person" and criticized her co-stars for being "shockingly dismissive" about Tambor's actions.
Others, such as Daily Beast reporter Kevin Fallon, were surprised by how many times Walter was interrupted by people downplaying her experience, forcing her to "clarify and reiterate that no one has ever spoken to her as inexcusably as Jeffrey Tambor has."
While the other men present were criticized for their behavior toward Walter, Bateman appeared to draw the most disapproval for his comments.
Filmmaker April Wolfe tweeted that Bateman was "talking a little too much" and Shawkat "not enough."
One user also criticized Bateman for thinking he should explain "how show business works" to Walter, a veteran actor.
Many said they felt that throughout the interview, Bateman was constantly interrupting Walter.
"I had to stop reading after the ninth time Jason Bateman interrupted a crying 77-year-old woman to say that she was overreacting to what an entire room of people agreed was abuse," writer Kaitlin Menza tweeted.
In a series of tweets early Thursday morning, Bateman apologized, saying he was wrong.
"I'm incredibly embarrassed and deeply sorry to have done that to Jessica," he wrote. "This is a big learning moment for me. I shouldn't have tried so hard to mansplain, or fix a fight, or make everything okay."
The fifth season of "Arrested Development" premieres May 29 on Netflix.


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SPIRITUALITY SCIENCE – THE SELF AND THE KNOWING-SELF
Posted byBhavanajagat	 March 6, 2019 Leave a comment on SPIRITUALITY SCIENCE – THE SELF AND THE KNOWING-SELF
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SPIRITUALITY SCIENCE: THE UNITY OF MAN IN BODY, MIND, AND SOUL. The word Spiritual describes the relationship between a changing object and its unchanging spiritual nature. This baby which started its existence as a single, fertilized Egg-Cell will continue to grow and develop undergoing a series of changes in physical appearance or Identity and yet will retain the same Individuality during the entire course of Life's Journey.
Spirituality Science. The Self and The Knowing-Self.
"EKAM EVADITIYAM" – This statement in the Sanskrit language is from Chandogya Upanishad( 6:2:1 ) and it means: "I, one alone and there is no second." The original intent of this statement is that of seeking the unity of the Objective Reality of Man known as 'ATMA' ( the Individual Soul ) and the Ultimate Reality known as 'PARAMATMA' or Supersoul. There is no Duality between the two and there is no disunity between Man and God. However, God is not an object which is under Man's control and the views about God are subjective opinions. I am quoting this statement to find the Unity of Man in body, mind, and soul. Man's greatest need is not only to know the world around him but also to know himself better. Man must understand what it is to be a substance and what it is to exist. We need to establish knowledge about Man on a firm basis and the information it provides must be tested for its accuracy and consistency with external reality. Dr. William James in his book, The Principles of Psychology, has observed: "True ideas are those we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify." The separation of man into body, mind, and soul is not supported by a scientific study of man.
It is impossible to describe the concept called "SOUL", or "SPIRIT" if it is never associated with its human body. If "SOUL" is defined as the vital, animating, Life Principle, the word Spiritual speaks of the existence of a Living Soul or Spirit.
The man comes into existence from a single fertilized Egg Cell. This Man cannot be separated into two distinct entities like insentient material being and sentient spiritual being. The physical being and the conscious being are the same. The division of Man into a physical substance and a thinking substance or that of a physical body and a thinking mind is not valid as they have no independent existence of their own. The division of Man into a physical body and an immortal, non-material or immaterial Soul is not also valid as the Soul is described as the vital, animating principle that is the chief characteristic of Life.
The Egg Cell is the source of Man's Life. The Spiritual Nature of Man could be discovered and could be described from the biological properties, characteristics, and nature of the corporeal substance found in the Egg Cell.
The Spiritual Nature of Man is not a mental function. The Spiritual Nature of Man could be discovered and could be described from the biological properties, characteristics, and nature of Man's corporeal substance found in the fertilized Egg Cell. This substance is Conscious. This Single Egg Cell grows, divides, develops, and builds the cells, the tissues, and the organ systems that constitute the Human Individual. The Spiritual Nature of the substance present in the Single, fertilized Egg Cell brings the functional unity of all the cells, tissues, and organ systems to establish the Physical Reality called Man.
Human Embryo Implantation at about six days after Conception. The Single, fertilized Egg Cell and the Human Embryo that develops from it is Conscious of its existence reflecting its Spiritual Nature.
About six days after Conception, the developing Human Embryo implants itself into maternal tissues by establishing an anatomical connection called Placenta. The implantation of Human Embryo does not involve any human thought and the Mother has no cortical awareness of the fact of implantation. The implantation demonstrates the Consciousness of the Human Embryo which is aware of the fact of its own existence. The phrase Spiritual defines the internal, mutually beneficial relationship, partnership, association, and the connection between the cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems for the benefit of the Human Person who exists because of their living functions. The Subject that is born from the Single, fertilized Egg Cell is always a new, original, distinctive, unique, one of its own kind of Object that exists because of the innate Spiritual Nature of the material substance. Being born relates Man to the Subjective and Objective Realities of his biological existence. There is structural and functional unity between Man and his Body, Mind, and Soul. There is no Life, and there is no Human Existence if these entities are separated. Spiritualism is the potency that brings Man's Essence and Man's Existence to come together to provide Man the Subjective and Objective Reality of his own biological existence in the physical and material world. Man is not an embodied Soul and Man is a Living Soul.
WHAT IS MAN?
WHAT IS MAN? MAN IS LIVING THING AND IS COMPOSITE OF TWO PRINCIPLES, 1. FORM, AND 2. MATTER.
I will be repeatedly asking this same question in several of my blog posts on the subject of Spirit and Soul. I want to remind myself that the motivation for asking this question comes from a statement expressed in the Sanskrit language: "Sarvesham Swastir Bhavatu", a statement which seeks the well-being of all humans, of all races, of all cultures, of all religions, and of all nations. The meaning and purpose of human life are affected by whatever we think is the real or true nature of man. It is more important to recognize that our efforts to support the well-being of man would require correct understanding and knowledge of the real or true man.
THE SELF AND THE KNOWING-SELF:
FACIAL RECOGNITION-IDENTITY AND INDIVIDUALITY-THE SELF and THE KNOWING-SELF: Identity describes the external reality of man and it helps to know the man as a specific Individual. This Individual exists with unchanging Individuality which describes the internal reality of man. Identity provides awareness of the Self and Individuality involves the Knowledge of the Knowing-Self.
To know about Man, we can observe the various activities that describe the Man. The Physical being known as Man is known from the living functions performed by the tissues and organ systems of his body. This Physical being has Identity or identifying features such as age, gender, race, ethnicity and other biometric information to know the person as a specific Individual. Factors like language, religion, culture, education, social occupation, nationality, and sexual orientation are also used to describe the Man. The Mental being known as Man is described from mental functions such as intellect, thoughts, moods, feelings, cravings, and self-pride. Man, the Social being is known from his social interactions and much of human action and behavior involves interacting with other individuals present in his social environment. Man, the Moral being is known from the choices he makes in the performance of his actions where discernment plays a role to distinguish right from wrong, and good from evil. Man, the Spiritual being is known from the nature of his existence seeking peace, harmony, and tranquility within himself and with others in his environment and community. I designate the term 'SELF' to describe Man as a Physical, Mental, Social, Moral, and Spiritual being. I have also observed that the Physical being is in reality consists of about 100 trillion individual living cells that show complex structural differentiation and functional organization. The corporeal substance is of spiritual nature and hence Man, the Physical being has no choice other than that of existing as a Spiritual being. The question is not that of, How Man knows himself? The question that I would like to ask is, How does the body know the Identity of the Man who lives? If the body knows its Owner, there is an anatomical structure that is associated with the function called The Knowing-Self.
THE FUNCTION OF THE KNOWING-SELF:
The Reticular Formation( RF ) is in the central Brain Stem and extends from Medulla to Thalamus. It consists of more than about 100, 000 Brain Stem nuclei. It is estimated that a single neuron in this network may have synapses with as many as 25,000 other neurons. The RF has connections with almost all other parts of the Central Nervous System including Spinal Cord, Cranial Nerve nuclei, Cerebellum, Hypothalamus, Thalamus, Corpus Striatum, Limbic System, and Cerebral Cortex. Thus, the RF helps to coordinate and integrate actions of different parts of the Central Nervous System such as 1. regulation of muscle and reflex activity, 2. central transmission of sensory impulses, 3. respiration, 4. cardiovascular responses, 5. behavioral Arousal, and 6. Alert/Sleep Cycle.
There are two distinct aspects of human Consciousness namely, 1. the Capacity for Consciousness and 2. the Content of Consciousness. When Consciousness is viewed as a psychological or strictly as a mental function, it is represented by the Content of Consciousness called Cortical Awareness which is a function of the Cerebral Cortex. When Consciousness is understood as a biological function that includes the maintenance of vital functions like respiration, and circulation apart from various homeostatic mechanisms to preserve a constant internal environment, it is represented by the aspect of Capacity for Consciousness.
The Knowing-Self is in the Reticular Formation of the Brain Stem and its functions are of critical importance in the clinical diagnosis of Brain Death. During Life, the cells, tissues, and various organ systems of the human body work together for the benefit of 'SELF' which is known and recognized by this Knowing-Self.
MAN IS A SPIRITUAL BEING:
THE GREAT BANYAN TREE OF KOLKATA – THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
The Banyan Tree offers the unusual appearance. It has roots that appear growing from its branches and the roots are located upwards and away from the ground; it has trunks and branches growing downwards apart from the normal branches that grow upwards and outwards. Because of its adventitious roots, Banyan Tree spreads to cover a wide area and lives for a long time. Knowing and understanding this Asvattha Tree is important to gain the Knowledge of Vedas, the Hindu Scriptures that reveal the Knowledge of the Spiritual Self or Adhyatma Vidya.
THE KNOWLEDGE OF ASVATTHA, THE FIG TREE :
The Hindu Scripture of The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter XV known as Purusottama Yoga speaks about the nature of the Supreme Person. It metaphorically compares the Supreme Being to the popularly known Fig Tree called Ficus religiosa. The first verse reads as follows: Sri Bhagavan Uvacha: "Urdhva-Mulam adhah-sakham Asvattham prahur avyayam, Chandamsi yasya parnani yas tam Veda sa Veda vit."The Supreme Lord Krishna said: There is a Fig Tree which has its roots upwards and its branches down and metaphorically it is imperishable, and the Vedic hymns are its leaves. One who knows this Tree is the Knower of the Vedas( the person attains the Knowledge of the Ultimate Reality or the Supreme being). When we know the Fig Tree and its apparent imperishable quality, we may understand the true nature of Man.
Man is a spiritual being. The truth or falsity of this proposition depends on the fact of man's having a substance that is of spiritual nature. Such a substance of spiritual kind is perceptible to the senses, is amenable to direct observation, and could be subject to verification by experimental science. To establish the fact of man's spiritual nature, it needs reasoning based upon scientific validity. The structure and the behavior of things contribute to their individual being and function. If a man has a set of defining features based upon his structure( Human Anatomy ), function( Human Physiology ), and behavior( Human Behavioral Science ), the spiritual nature of man could be proved on theoretical and practical grounds and could be verified by scientific experiments. I am not seeking to discover a soul or spirit that could have an existence independent of man's physical being. It will be important to note that it is not possible to conceive of a soul or spirit if it is never associated with its human body. My purpose is that of describing the spiritual nature of the human organism and of other living beings. To understand the true nature of human being, we need to ascertain the validity of Knowledge that pertains to the Spiritual Self.
MAN IS A MORTAL BEING:
Man's greatest need is not only to know the world around him but also to know himself better. Man must understand what it is to be a substance and what it is to exist. Man is a physical being or thing with matter and form. The corporeal body of man is composite of two principles; matter, and form. What is called matter is a potentiality, and what is called form is an actuality. The corporeal substance called protoplasm becomes an actuality and is recognized as a living person because of the uniqueness of its genome that operates its living functions and defines its size, shape, color, and external form or morphological appearance. However, life comes into existence only when matter or substance has the ability to acquire energy from its external environment. The human being comes to life when his corporeal substance uses its potential ability and power called 'Nutrition' to acquire energy and material from its environment. Life begins with fertilization, the union of sperm with an egg cell, and this event called conception proceeds to develop a human being after an important event called implantation. The life journey after conception continues if there is a connection between the energy seeking embryo and its maternal energy provider. To exist means that the substance is maintaining a relationship, a partnership, a connection, or association with its source of energy. Man leads an energy dependent existence deriving energy and material from nature which supports other living forms with a similar corporeal substance called protoplasm. The mortality of man must be understood as the dissolution of man's physical form. The dissolution of living man into non-living molecules and physical elements would not alter that potentiality of protoplasm to acquire energy and material to create its own substance. Things in Nature change with Time, but what is called Nature remains unchanged even under the influence of Time. As per The Laws of Conservation of Mass and Energy, as described in classical Physics, mass or energy remain constant. The potentiality of living substance to acquire energy and material to form its own kind of substance has remained unchanged or unaffected by major natural calamities and other cataclysmic events. Life forms perish and yet Life continues as new life forms. During the billions of years of existence, planet Earth experienced several minor, and major Extinction Events described in its geological history. The Science of Paleontology offers scientific evidence to support an argument based upon theoretical and practical grounds to propose that the substance called protoplasm could be eternal, immovable, immutable, and indestructible. At a fundamental level, it could be stated that man is a mortal or materialistic being who derives his physical form because of its association with an imperishable substance. During any stage of his existence, the form called a man cannot be separated from the eternal nature of its substance.
CALIFORNIA STATE TREE – THE KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE
REDWOODS – ADHYATMA VIDYA – THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPIRITUAL-SELF.
Sequoia gigantea is a massive tree. A living thing has a form and matter. We often recognize the form and give it a name. What about the "MATTER" that constitutes the substance of this Living Thing? We need to understand the 'potentiality' of the Matter to know the nature of the Form. The Form has no independent existence of its own. The Form lives if and only if it has Matter that is living.
WHAT IS SOUL OR SPIRIT?
Traditionally, man has been divided into two parts; body, and soul. In common usage, the term soul represents the immaterial aspect of a human being. The Soul is further defined as that part of the individual which is considered to survive the death of the body. The term spirit is often used to describe a disembodied soul. As per various human traditions, on separation from the human body, the soul or spirit has a life of its own, a capacity for independent existence or self-subsistence which describes its immortality.
THE CONCEPTIONS OF SOUL:
There are a variety of conceptions about soul or spirit. Some of the traditional conceptions of the soul are the following: 1. The Soul is the immaterial substance, form, or principle of self-motion, vitality, life force, or life in living things. The insentient body is completely distinct from the sentient soul. 2. Soul describes the Doctrine of the Self and is considered to be synonymous with the True-Self. In a human being, the soul confers the Individuality and its nature of humanity. 3. The Soul is often described as a thinking substance and is equated with the 'Mind'. The soul has knowledge of itself by reflection of its acts. The soul is the knower and it knows the physical, and mental acts of the human body where it resides. 4. The Soul is important to maintain and to preserve life. The Soul may not directly participate in the activities of the human body. However, the activities of the human body may have a polluting effect on the Soul. If the Soul is tainted or contaminated by the sinful acts of the body, the soul may obtain purification by its release from the body. Some form of human effort, activity, attitude, and behavior is essential to keep the soul in its natural, pure, and perfect condition. 5. The soul that has experienced the polluting effects by its association with a human body would be forced to experience perpetual reincarnation by a process called transmigration. The soul continues to reside as a prisoner in different bodies until such time it attains its original state or condition of purity and perfection. 6. The Soul is a transcendental or noumenal object that is real but not visible and could not be detected by human sensory perception. The human body that is visible is, in fact, unreal or is a product of sensory illusion.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOUL AND HUMAN BODY:
Most religions and cultures speak about soul and describe it as some incorporeal or immaterial substance/principle of human life that is distinct from the body. Despite the frequent acceptance of the existence of a soul, different religions and philosophers have developed a variety of theories as to the nature of the soul and its relationship to the human body. There are divergent views about the origin of the soul, when and how it gets implanted into the human body, and the mortality or when and if the soul dies. I would like to share the view that is attributed to Lord Krishna, the avatar or reincarnation of Hindu God Lord Vishnu.
ADHYATMA VIDYA – THE BHAGAVAD GITA:
The word 'vidya' is related to acquired knowledge derived from studies. The term 'adhyatma' pertains to the individual soul, Atma, or atman which describes the Spiritual Self. The phrase 'Adhyatma Vidya' could be described as the Knowledge of the Spiritual Self. The legendary Indian Sage Veda Vyasa or Krishna Dvaipayana, the author of the epic poem 'The Mahabharata'( Great Epic of the Bharata Dynasty ) is recognized as the compiler of ancient Hindu texts known as Vedas. In the Book VI of Mahabharata, Lord Krishna had a conversation with Prince Arjuna while the warring parties of Pandavas and Kauravas had assembled at the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Lord Krishna revealed His views about the soul, the human body and their relationship in "The Song of the Lord" known as 'The Bhagavad Gita'. These poems of The Bhagavad Gita give a synopsis of the religious thought and experience of India through the ages. Chapter X of The Bhagavad Gita is titled 'Vibhuti-Vistara Yoga' and it describes the divine or transcendental attributes of the Supreme Lord. In verse #39, the Lord claims, "I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being, moving or unmoving( "Chara-acharam" ) that can exist without Me." In verse #32, the Lord proclaims, "….of all the branches of Learning and Knowledge, I am the Knowledge of the Spiritual Self( "Adhyatma Vidya" ). In verse #22, the Lord describes the nature of His connection with the living beings that He has generated, "…. and in living beings, I am Consciousness( "Bhutanam Asmi Chetana" )." He had also clarified that Consciousness or Chetana represents a different functional activity and has separated it from activities of mind, intellect and sense perception. The Mind is traditionally viewed as the major organ of sense perception, the seat of thoughts, intellect, emotions, feelings, and self-ego. Chetana is associated with the characteristics of a Living Thing that sets it apart from Non-Living Things. The Lord had also cited The Vedanta Sutra to make the distinction between the body, the soul, and the Supersoul. The Vedanta, the insights from Vedic Scriptures describe three manifestations of the Supreme Lord's Energy. These are 1. Annamoya or dependence upon Food for existence, 2. Pranamoya or the manifestation of the living symptoms and life forms, and 3. Jnanamoya or the Knowledge of the distinction between the body the field of activity and the Knower who resides in the body. If a living being needs food for its existence and performs its living functions in a state or condition called awareness or consciousness, it could be described as the manifestation of the Supreme Lord's Energy. In Chapter VII titled 'Paramahamsa Vijnana Yoga' or Knowledge of the Ultimate Truth, in verse #9 Lord Krishna claims: "I am the life( "Jivanam" ) of all that lives." He had demonstrated a connection between life and consciousness to describe the spiritual nature of Self. The Chapter XIII of The Bhagavad Gita titled 'Kshetra – Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga' deals with the dichotomy or distinction between the material body, immortal soul, and the Supersoul. It states the view that the material body is called the field of activity or Kshetra. One who knows this body, the field of activity is called the Knower of the Field or Kshetrajna. The Knower of the Field is the Owner of the body. The Supreme Lord is also the Knower of the field of activity in all bodies( verse #3 ). In this human body, there is another indwelling observer, a Sanctioner, a Preserver, an Enjoyer, and indeed ultimate Controller called 'Paramatma' or Supersoul. The Supreme Lord or Paramesvaram is residing equally in all living entities( verses # 23, 27, and 28 ). Just like the Sun who illuminates the entire living world, the soul within the body illuminates the entire field of activity of the physical body by Chetana or Consciousness( verse #34 ). This view as stated suggests that consciousness is the proof or the symptom of the presence of the soul. A similar view is shared in Chapter II titled 'Sankhya Yoga'. The imperishable or indestructible soul pervades or permeates the entire physical body( verse #7 ). What is spread all over the body? Consciousness could be described as spread over the entire body and it leads to the interpretation that the symptom of the soul's presence is perceived as individual consciousness.
The final Chapter XVIII of The Bhagavad Gita titled 'Moksha-Opadesa Yoga' comes to an interesting conclusion about the Single Reality that pervades all existence that is divided into innumerable forms. Verse #20 reads as follows:"Sarva bhutesu yenaikam bhavam avyayam iksate avibhaktam vibhaktesu taj jnanam viddhi Sattvikam.""Understand that Knowledge by which one undivided, imperishable( "Avyayam" )reality is seen within all diverse living entities is in the nature of goodness( Sattvikam" ). What is that undivided reality that is imperishable that connects all the diverse, living entities?
THE BODY-SOUL DICHOTOMY:
In the Indian tradition, the individual soul is known as Atma or Atman. The Supreme Soul or the Supersoul is known as Paramatma, Paramesvaram, or Brahman, the Ultimate Truth, and the Reality. However, the concepts about Atma or individual soul vary and Hindus belong to different schools of thought. While the concepts about individual soul are different, there is general agreement among various Indian thinkers and philosophers about the distinction between the material, insentient, and perishable human body and the immaterial, sentient, and imperishable or immortal soul. The Soul is independent and is not attached and it still requires the substance of the corporeal body. However, I am not able to draw that distinction and make that separation from the substance and its function. To describe the function, I need the substance. Man lives and functions with consciousness because of the fundamental nature of the corporeal substance called protoplasm, and this substance is apparently imperishable, indestructible, and immortal. We could destroy the physical form of man and of several other living forms. But, either man or nature and the influencer called Time has not demonstrated an ability to destroy this living substance which has survived on planet Earth continuously over billions of years. Man cannot create life and man cannot destroy life. Man can only live or exist because of the spiritual nature of his corporeal substance with which he can not seek separation until the time of his death. The substance has a life of its own and continues to create a new substance of its own kind and becomes visible as a living life form with a different identity or morphological appearance.
The Book of Genesis, Chapter 1, verse 27: "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
The Neuro-biological aspects of Consciousness:
The Vitruvian Man. c. 1492. The painting by Leonardo da Vinci displays the spirit of scientific inquiry. The inquiry of Man must begin with the investigation of Consciousness.
In the Human Brain Stem, several neurons, and nuclei which are in an area called Reticular Formation are functionally adapted to compose the contents of human consciousness. The Reticular Formation gives the Capacity for Consciousness. The contents of this consciousness are read in the cortical areas of the cerebral hemispheres and described as Cortical awareness. Most philosophers, most of the psychologists, and several of the religious thinkers pay attention to this Cortical awareness and describe that as human consciousness. We tend to ignore the fact that there would be no Cortical awareness unless there is a Capacity for Consciousness. Most recently, the surgeons had removed the complete left cerebral hemisphere from a child to stop convulsive seizures. The child is alive, fully conscious, and hopefully would continue to live in the future with some neurological deficits. Just like the human heart which has four different muscular chambers and each has a function of its own; we need to understand consciousness by knowing its components. We need to use separate terms to distinguish these different components. There would be confusion if a term is used without attaching a specific meaning. Cortical awareness is important and is very interesting and yet man can exist and survive with minimal cortical awareness. We have seen children with severe degrees of mental retardation, and they can keep their biological existence if they retain the ability to Compose Consciousness. I want to designate the upper Brain Stem as the Seat of Consciousness and the word consciousness itself must describe the functions of the Brain Stem which are most important for man's biological existence. A man is clinically dead in the absence of these Brain Stem functions involved in the Capacity of Consciousness. In Clinical Medicine, the term conscious is often used to measure the degree of Arousal or Cortical awareness and hence this subject matter would remain confusing for a long time. If a subject is unconscious, I would not issue a 'death certificate'. In Clinical Medicine, the term used is 'Brain Death' and when Brain Death is diagnosed, the human person for all practical purposes is dead. I would suggest that we must use the term 'Unconscious' specifically to indicate the Brain Death which is diagnosed by testing the Brain Stem Reflexes. If the human person is viewed as a single physical thing or object, the integration of functions is achieved at the Brain Stem( Reticular Formation), and he maintains his individuality throughout his physical existence only when this part of the brain is functioning. If you like the term individual soul or Jeeva Atma, its existence is a reflection of this function. To see a reflection, we need two things; the physical object and a reflective surface. The quality of reflecting objects may depend upon the presence of Knowledge. It is not known if this particular kind of knowledge exists as organic molecules; however, it is very well understood that most of the knowledge to perform a variety of biological functions is contained in organic molecules and the most well-known group of these organic molecules are known as DNA. There are Viruses which can function with RNA. Hence, there is still a possibility of finding organic molecules that could be associated with the functional ability called consciousness, awareness, cognition, recognition, responsiveness, perception, memory, intelligence, and association. The most important aspect of 'association' is 'God Connection' and without this function of 'association', man cannot keep his biological existence.
Consciousness is awareness of existence, the facts that relate to the state or condition of existence. Behavioral Arousal and Cortical awareness of thoughts, feelings, and sensations is an important component of total Biological Existence.
IDENTITY AND INDIVIDUALITY:
The Eternal Reality of Soul's Immortality is described in The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter II, verse 12. Lord Krishna spoke to the Pandava Prince Arjuna: "Na tv evaham jatu nasam na tvam neme JanadhipaH; Na chaiva na bhavisyamaH, sarve vayam ataH param." For each of us, our Individuality existed in the past and our Individuality will continue in the future without interruption. Certainly, never at any time did I not exist, nor you, nor all these Kings and certainly never shall we cease to exist in the future.
The issue of spirituality, the nature of Soul and consciousness must be explored in the context of arriving at an understanding of man's Identity and Individuality. If a man is viewed as an association of trillions of cells, we need to know the Identity of that Subject who lives because of the functions of the trillions of cells. The purpose of consciousness at a cellular level is to foster functional unity of the multicellular organism and to establish it as an Individual. In a multicellular organism, cells have short lives as individuals. The Subject or the whole organism has a life span of its own and it has effects on individual cells. Multicellularity is accompanied by adaptive subordination of all cells to the requirements of the organism as a whole. To achieve a proper numerical balance between functionally related cell groups, the death of many cells is necessary for other cells to reach maturity. This programmed cell death plays an important role in embryological development. Such programmed cell death events are essential if the organism as a whole is to develop its normal final form. Waves of genetically driven cell deaths are critical to the proper modeling of organs and organ systems. We need to know and understand that the death of cells is a must to establish the Identity and to sustain the Individuality of the human being. The dying process helps man to understand his Individuality. The Individuality is preserved while death is a daily event at the cellular level. The phenotype or the morphological appearance of the human Subject undergoes constant change during the Life journey and yet the Individuality remains unchanged. We recognize the death of this human Subject when his Soul departs from his body. The Soul may be stated as an entity which is regarded as being immortal or spiritual part of the person. The Spirit of a dead person generally refers to a principle separate from the body and leading an existence of its own. If Soul is viewed as a Non-thing or Nothingness, it comes into the world of existence by entering the physical being at its conception which becomes conscious or aware of its existence. This consciousness has also existed in a previously existing Living Egg Cell which is the Mother of Life, Energy, and Knowledge. Consciousness by its very nature is immortal, it is eternal, and it has no birth or death. We recognize the arrival and departure of the new product during the Life-Death continuum where the Individuality is unaffected by the changes that are caused by the powerful influence of Time.
Dr. R. Rudra Narasimham, B.Sc., M.B.B.S.,
Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India,
M.B.B.S., Class of April 1970
The Divine Mother of Life, Energy, and Knowledge (bhavanajagat.wordpress.com)
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Back Goin Brazy (feat. Future) – Joe Moses
California rapper Joe Moses began his career with a number of high-profile collaborations. Raised in Los Angeles, Moses was inspired by the music of 2Pac, but a stint in jail delayed his pursuits. After he was released from prison, he moved to Atlanta and signed to Waka Flocka Flame's Brick Squad Monopoly imprint. In 2011, Moses had a regional hit with "I Do It for the Ratchets." In 2013, he was featured on Ty Dolla $ign's "Paranoid," but before it was sent to radio, Atlantic Records insisted B.o.B replaced Moses' verse on the track. Eventually, he decided to part ways with the Brick Squad label, as he felt he wasn't getting the attention his career needed. He briefly signed to Pinnacle Records, but after just three weeks, he got out of the contract and returned to L.A. In 2017, Moses reunited with Ty Dolla $ign for the single "On My Bumper." ~ Bekki Bemrose
Previous Nobody Knows (feat. Jay Rock & Dcmbr) – Mozzy
Next Fiebre (feat. Wisin & Yandel) – Ricky Martin


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The "New New York"
Gov Hochul and Mayor Adams released a report: Making New York Work For Everyone
In Hochul and Adams Envision 'New New York.' Getting There Is the Trick., Jeffrey Mays and Nicole Hong report on a recent press conference, in which the Governor and the Mayor spoke about the future of New York City and the region:
Gov. Kathy Hochul and mayor Eric Adams unveiled a reimagined vision for a "New New York" Wednesday, while acknowledging that the pandemic has fundamentally changed New York City.
The plan, titled "New New York: Making New York Work For Everyone," suggested that reinvigorating the city's commercial districts by transforming them into 24 hour live-and-work spaces was key to the city's future.
The '24-hour live-and-work spaces' theme is only one aspect of a staggeringly long and dense report but is the sort of sound bite that catches the attention, more than the many pages dedicated to rezoning, details about various business districts, what sorts of advanced manufacturing should be sought, and the need for better childcare, as just a few examples.
The Plan has three major goals, the first being 'Reimagine New York's Business Districts as Vibrant 24/7 Destinations', with four strategies leading to 17 initiatives. The other two goals are 'Make It Easier for New Yorkers to Get to Work' and 'Generate Inclusive, Future-Focused Growth'.
The Plan Framework
In my view — and I have only read through the report once and quickly — the three goals can be thought of as having near-, medium-, and long-term life horizons, and the real payoff will come in the third.
Establish New York City as a hub for future industries and innovation — The report identifies a variety of industries that would potentially replace the office workers who have fled the city as companies have accepted remote work as their new mantra. Instead of workers typing on laptops, the city wants to attract industries where the workers need to show up, like biotech, advanced and green manufacturing. It would also be smart to attract more educational institutions to create NYC hubs (or move there altogether) repurposing empty office space for classrooms, libraries, labs, and dorms.
Ensuring that workers have access to housing by dramatically increasing our supply, with a "moonshot" goal of meeting the need for 500,000 units over the next decade — I think you are dooming yourself by calling a goal a moonshot (although the last time around we did get to the moon), but clearly housing is in a crisis, and creating more of it will lead to a reduction in prices. If the City is to attract skilled manufacturing workers for the new industries, there will have to be more affordable housing.
Ensure that growth and access to opportunity are fair and equitable — One standout is an initiative toward affordable, high-quality childcare.
Share Beacon Streets
The report focuses on some trends that can be built on. Some business districts are seeing higher foot traffic now than in 2019, but Lower, South Midtown, and Midtown Manhattan are suffering the most:
Long Island City, Forest Hills, and Broadway Junction are considerably busier now than prepandemic. Presumably, because people aren't traveling to Manhattan to work in those office towers. This is immensely important to the City since much of the tax revenue has come from Manhattan:
Why should New Yorkers across all five boroughs care if Midtown and Lower Manhattan are struggling, especially if they've seen their own local commercial corridors rebound and even thrive in the last year? Because even if an individual's job is located somewhere else, Manhattan's business districts are New York City's hubs for global business dominance, generating 58.5 percent of the City's office and retail property tax revenues and 18 percent of over-all citywide property tax revenue. This tax base powers the government spending on physical and social infrastructure that touches every New Yorker, whether it's paving roads, providing public education, or running senior centers and libraries. Simply put, we must stabilize our Manhattan business districts so that we can continue to invest throughout the five boroughs.
The significance of Midtown and Lower Manhattan resonates beyond the city. Before the pandemic, Manhattan welcomed 664,000 regional commuters per day on average—the majority in Midtown, Midtown South, and Lower Manhattan. 200 These commuters, if they work from home, may spend their dollars in other states. Meanwhile, international business travelers rely on a central, convenient destination for meetings to make their trips worthwhile. Companies chose to locate in Midtown because they knew it would position them to compete globally, offer access to a concentration of industries across sectors, and attract workers from around the world.
The city's infrastructure has been designed to support this influx of workers, with a combined 28 subway service lines, 25 commuter rail lines, 11 ferry routes, a dense bus network, and a robust Citibike system with over 1,500 stations. Much of this infrastructure is designed to connect people to the city's Core Employment Hubs, which also makes them the most sustainable places to focus our commercial density.
Over the years, the extraordinary commercial concentration in Midtown and Lower Manhattan have generated abundant returns, fueling an ecosystem that supports the most far-flung business travelers and the local owners of a corner deli, while producing revenues to fund services across the entire city. That's why, before the pandemic, when workers were simply required to show up in Manhattan's business districts every day (and did), we could gloss over an inconvenient fact: a lot of people don't really like it there. Now that workers have more choices, an overwhelming number—still more than 50 percent—are deciding not to make the daily trek into the office. The sleek but anonymous streets that empty out every night and weekend lack the life, interest, energy, and beauty that brought many to New York in the first place. In this new world of choice for many employers and businesses, we need to entice people to come by creating a place they want to be.
That means we cannot simply revive Midtown and our other business districts. We must reimagine them.
The report spends 164 pages attacking that problem from 40 tangents. From my perspective, they range from fanciful to practical, but most importantly, they lack any details about the cost involved. But saving a city that was guestimated at being worth a trillion dollars for real estate, alone, clearly, it's worth investing many billions to retain the unofficial position as the capital of the Western world.
I plan to take a closer look at initiative 33, 'Develop regional strategies that foster mutually beneficial connections between NYC and the surrounding region', to see what might be in the offing for us in Beacon and the surrounding area.
More to follow.


The potential problem is worsened still further by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's prediction that the frequency of extreme rainfall events will also increase.
Some experts propose that intense rain tends to trigger landslides, choking the river with sediments which are then dumped in the valleys. Others suggest that the supply of sediments to the river generally doesn't change much even in extreme rainfall events, and that the main effect of the extra flow is that the river erodes further into its bed.
What about glaciers melting? For as long as there are glaciers, this will increase the amount of meltwater in the rivers each spring (until 2060, according the report, after which there won't be any meltwater to talk about). So this too will contribute to rivers carving into their beds instead of distributing sediments. It will also increase the risk of flooding from outburst of glacial lake dams.


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Q: I create a button event in storyboard, but I get an error Error:

Type 'UserProfileViewController' already defines a member called 'LogOutButtonClicked'

Why am I getting this error if I am creating the event in the "Properties" section of the button, placing it in the correct class, and there is no other function with a remotely similar name?
How do I correct this?

A: Xamarin creates partial classes to map from your XIB/Storyboards to your code.
So I think your Method "LogOutButtonClicked" is already implemented within this partial class.
For example search for "LogOutButtonClicked" within you Project. And I will think you will find your duplicate code.

A: Your storyboard for UserProfileViewController is linked with a cs file of the same name UserProfileViewController.cs
This error is happening because of duplication, Check your UserProfileViewController.cs file and see if there is a property a field or a method with the same name as the event that you have created. The reason could be you have two event methods with the name LogOutButtonClicked


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Still, something was missing. And I was wondering why was it taking so long for the picture to be complete. But I never finished my thought. Because I sensed it… one of the most beautiful form of natural violence, of pure power: the almighty lightning. It all began with a tremendous thunder, deafening my ears and, for a moment, stopping my heart right in the middle of a beat. I closed my eyes instinctively and I waited. Rain was pouring down my face. The sound slowly faded away and then, it finally died in the background symphony. An eternity passed and nothing had happened… I opened my eyes slowly. Just in time to see how in a blast of almost blinding light the sky was furiously sticking two enormous, deformed, impossibly white fangs into the restless sea. The dark night made the water look so black… just as if the clouds sucked every drop of blue out of it and replaced the colour with its malicious darkness.
But, sweet Lord, it was so beautiful, so majestic, so exquisite. For that fraction of a second everything stopped. You could see the light reflecting in every single drop of rain, the endless shades of grey, from the blinding white of the lightning itself, which rather looked like a crack in the very fabric of time and space, to the dark black whose nothingness could have been compared with that of a black hole. It was like a small quasar ( except it didn't have the mass of a million billion suns and it didn't eat galaxies for breakfast, devouring time, light, space and matter…), a perfect combination between heaven and hell.
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