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The Condition of Woman
by Jessica Sequeira
• 17th March 2014 17th March 2014 • 1 Comment
Alicia Jurado, 1965 (Photo from Wikimedia Commons)
Note: Alicia Jurado (1922-2011) was part of a generation of Argentine writers and intellectuals including Borges, with whom she co-wrote a book on Buddhism. Though lauded as a major figure of letters in her time, Jurado's passing two years ago went largely unnoticed in the Argentine media, with only a few major newspapers publishing an obituary. In the English-speaking world, she remains virtually unknown. Yet her socially aware, beautifully-written novels and autobiographical works are still worth reading today for both style and content, even if one takes issue with her strongly anti-Peronist views. The following is an excerpt of the tenth chapter of her 1989 memoir Descubrimiento del mundo, in which she discusses the woman in Argentine society.
I don't know if today's young women are fully aware of the vast change that has occurred in our lives over the last fifty years. During the last half century, and with a prodigious rapidity if compared with the stagnation of millennia, the right has been given to us to study and work, to follow a profession, to live and travel alone, to make a career in the arts and not be a mere adornment of the home, and to practice sexual freedom, family planning, and political activity, among other things it would be tedious to number. I have been witness to that change and had the fortune of enjoying it in its early stages, at least so far as study goes.
At the age I entered secondary school, not many girls studied for a diploma, and in the social group in which I moved one could count them on the fingers of one hand. Some followed a short secretarial course that qualified them for a position in which they had to know shorthand and how to use a typewriter; others studied for a teaching degree, which could mean immediate work upon graduating and, what's more, work accepted as appropriate to their sex. But the diploma was for general instruction, of little use unless studied as a prior stage to the university, where the number of women was negligible, and in certain courses nearly zero. My cousin Nair had begun it before me — both of us had intelligent and progressive mothers — and, with my eagerness to learn everything, it seemed natural that I follow her example.
Mama never wanted to send me to a nun's school like the Sacred Heart or the Holy Union, where the majority of young girls of traditional, or as was said then, distinguished, family went; nor did she grant my desire to be a pupil at an English school, which I dreamed of because at age ten or eleven I had my head full of a typically British literary genre, the school story, of which I possessed innumerable volumes and whose author, Angela Brazil, had given me the impression that English schools were a seedbed of the most exciting and improbable adventures. I had some friends who went to the Michael Ham Memorial College, and although their adventures didn't go beyond some bruises playing hockey, the literary prestige that boarding school had for me made me beg my mother to send me. Mama didn't want me to go to boarding school, as she wanted to watch over me personally; in truth, she didn't want me in any kind of private school, since she maintained that in public schools the teaching was better and more severe, since there was no interest in either retaining the student or making him pass. In those days, she was right; later, the deterioration of public education in Argentina was so complete that students now often arrive at university and leave it without knowing how to form a coherent phrase and lacking even the rudiments of general culture. But that, as Kipling would say, is another story.
"At university"
At university, I repeat, few women attended and nearly none within the social circle I frequented. This was a narrow circle, somewhat heterogeneous if compared with its European equivalents, of rigid tradition but sufficiently reduced that all knew by memory the surnames that composed it, to the point that saying he has a known surname was enough to situate someone. As in all closed circles, the members married among themselves, and those who intended to do so with a person of another background faced universal opposition. Money could overcome some of this resistance, but it didn't have the prestige conceded to it today; a gringo with money was seen poorly by parents, and all possible was done to avoid the mésalliance. The result was a group in which everybody knew who was who, and the story of their family; members recognised each other immediately because of a common language and a series of conventions and presuppositions that all shared. To ensure that a daughter didn't have the notion of marrying someone outside the group, the obvious precaution was to prevent her from ever meeting him; for that reason extreme caution was taken in the selection of friendships, and for all that one could co-fraternise in primary or secondary school, only girls of the same background were invited to one's own house or visited at theirs. Other girls might, of course, be wonderful, but the risk was that they had brothers.
I accepted, during the first years of my life and like any other creature, the circumstances that surrounded me. That circle had not yet been displaced in journalistic interest by the jet-set, that peculiar mixture of cinema actresses, famous sport figures, deposed kings, successful businessmen, international playboys, and other elements which today invade the magazine pages, whose only common denominator is to possess a great deal of money. Back then, magazines occupied themselves with what they called our grand world, describing the parties, engagements, weddings, and other social activities, and the dresses of the ladies and as much innocent frivolity as could be divulged, because gossip or the publication of intimate secrets would in no way be permitted to journalists as it is today. Frequently there was a section called Our girls, with photographs of the girls who were single and at the 'deserving age', as novels of the previous century referred to it. I didn't like to appear in them, because one of my cousins had told me that he knew an anarchist who covered the walls of his hovel with faces cut out of the magazine Atlántida, with the goal of recognising us and avenging social injustices on the day of the Revolution; the idea that my face might be decorating the anarchist's walls that very moment disturbed me.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales UBA, 1969 (from Wikimedia Commons)
Seen with the perspective granted by the years, this class, today rather disintegrated by fusion with the higher strata of the middle class, was neither better nor worse morally than any other, and had the advantages of an education amounting to several generations, a code of conduct whose transgression meant ostracism, and a refinement in tastes and manners that made the behaviour and aesthetic of the environment in which one moved agreeable. The majority were not excessively rich, but rather had simple customs and preferred poor relatives over upstarts of dubious origin. Many were landowners and had the simplicity of those raised in contact with the land and its inhabitants; with rare exceptions, they were courteous and considerate with the people they encountered. Very far from what might be inferred from the film Miss Mary, the typical family was not constituted by a shameless husband, a mad woman, some arteriosclerotic grandparents, and a few small children who make obscene jokes at the expense of their governess, who sacrifices her virginity in a yacht full of people for pure sport, with a boy with whom she isn't in love. The family referred to in the film, if it had a counterpart in reality, was so anomalous that it seems unjust to me to have shown it to a public that, in its ignorance, likely took it for a typical example. Forgive this cinematic digression, but I cannot help but regret that the director, after the unobjectionable splendour of Camila, offended his own social sphere, spreading its image by means of that absurd family of neurotic millionaires.
"It was better that she didn't have too much character"
Returning to the theme of marriage, a girl could marry the candidate she had the liberty of choosing, but within the circle in which choice was permitted to her, and as long as her parents approved the personal conditions of the aspirant. She had to — and this admitted no discussion whatsoever— be a virgin when she married; no man would have accepted her otherwise. It was necessary that she know how to run her house and possess basic notions of the domestic arts, although not too much was demanded of her in this respect because these tasks were taken care of by others; she had to be flirtatious in her self-presentation, well-mannered, if possible pretty, sweet, obliging, tender, and good. Intellectual virtues were appreciated little and the same went for more serious aspects of culture, although nobody objected if she knew a bit about silver, porcelain, lacework and embroidery, knew how to gracefully arrange a vase, and perhaps played some musical instrument, despite the fact that the obligatory piano had already been abolished in my generation. It was better that she didn't have too much character, in order to get along well with her husband; her cowardliness or ignorance, if she suffered them, would be one charm more in the eyes of her besotted fiancé.
It is difficult, as I have already said in another context, to break the moulds in which we have been formed when young. But like any thoughtful girl, I had noticed since I was small that the second sex occupied an inferior position in all of society's plans and saw itself ringed in by multiple restrictions, of which the men of the family were exempt. To perceive this and to rebel, for me at least, was all one, but my eyes had to be opened by many subsequent readings in order to distinguish with some objectivity that what concerns the feminine condition. Personally, I was not frustrated. It is true that I would never have been permitted to be an opera singer and die a death dreamed by Puccini or Verdi, while splendidly dressed on the stage of the Colón; but I won the battle of university, I had at my disposition vast quantities of books, and I wasn't impeded from learning anything I wanted. Like Mary Wollstonecraft in her poignant Vindication of the Rights of Women, inspired by those Rights of Man in which the French revolution forgot woman, I asked nothing more than that I be taught. It is true that this was not insignificant, since by that door one moved on to questioning everything and to comparing, revising, assessing, and examining each one of the ideas that had previously been accepted without discussion, seeing them from different angles and establishing new relationships between them. Virginia Woolf passed through that door when in Three Guineas she questioned with such lucidity that which she denominated fictitious loyalties to masculine habits of thought and traditional male values, as for instance when writing about the attitude of females faced with war.
"I am not an adornment, I am a person"
In the faculty, the differences of the sexes didn't disturb us; we were all equals, with the exception perhaps that we addressed each other with the informal 'tu' when with persons of the same sex but not when with those of the other. It would have occurred to nobody to look down on us, because they saw that we performed in our jobs and exams as well as the boys, and in many cases better. It was in another environment that I would often have harsh discussions on the theme. There, attentions and gallantries were paid to us that often were nothing but a disguise for the profound disdain we inspired as human beings, though as sexual objects we awoke intense passions. There was always someone who insisted on the classic feminine stereotype: that woman was emotional, incapable of reason, suitable only for reproduction; that she obtained from man all she desired with her mere charms and had no need of rights. Inspiring muse, ornament and jewel of the home, what necessity did she have for artistic creation, scientific investigation, or participation in the daily struggle? I grew indignant and argued heatedly, because nothing infuriates a young person so much as injustice: I am not incapable of thinking, I do not want to be an animal for breeding, and what should the ugly women, the old women, the widows, and unmarried do to obtain something if they don't have someone to flatter with ruses and flutterings of the eyelashes? Do they have no right to anything? I do not want to be a muse, I want to work. I am not an adornment, I am a person.
At home, Mama agreed with me completely; Papa, though old-fashioned and reluctant to let me study at first, came to boast of the good grades I received on my exams to his friends at the Jockey Club (as I came to know through one of them). My uncle Pastor encouraged me, interesting himself in my studies, but the day I learned of his regret that I was not a male, as in his judgement I would have given lustre to our surname, I wrote to Papa, who was then on the ranch, a letter that I still possess and that today makes me smile at the insolence — I would nearly say the cheek – of my boastful eighteen years.
Tell Pastor on my part, I wrote, that he should not regret I am a woman; while once I passed my short life mourning it, today I do not do so. Many times I clamoured against the destiny that did not make me a man, not so much for the detail of the surname itself but for the thousand advantages of all orders it signifies; but today I think that this same fate made me a woman to help other women, so that I am strong and a fighter and untameable and independent, so that setbacks do not daunt me nor obstacles frighten me, so that I go out one day in defence of my poor sex, overcome by centuries of oppression and ignorance, and raise it up, dignify it, and teach it to be conscious of its own rights and possibilities, telling it that it is the hour to leave off being simple spectators of the progress of the world and begin to be workers, to act in all fields that life offers and be useful members of the community instead of social parasites with no other aspiration but dressing well, eating well and having the best time possible: sad aspiration, I say with shame and pain, of the great majority. The text continues in this same vehement tone, claiming that we areneither useless, nor inferior, nor incapable, and all that nullifies us is ignorance and poor education with respect to our duties, and the day one prepares us, we will be as brave and capable and commendable, as hard-working and conscientious and responsible, as the best of men. That hurricane concludes with the final boast: As far as your surname goes, today a woman is the one making it appear at the head of exam lists; perhaps tomorrow, if my luck equals my energy, a woman will also give it more lustre than anyone suspects.
Buenos Aires Cabildo. (from Wikimedia Commons)
I imagine the perplexity that my poor father must have felt upon receiving the missive, asking himself, with the mentality of a conservative creole gentleman, what class of devil-possessed suffragist he had engendered. The letter is from 1940; I do not have his reply, if I ever had it, and do not remember any comments from him. The intentions I outlined then with such heat remained unfulfilled: I never militated in any feminist movement, never wrote any book in defence of our cause, and never headed any agitation in favour of the female vote. I also dreamed of being a brilliant woman of science and was not, because life offers many paths when one begins it, but finally only one is chosen. In Argentina and without my intervention, my desires were fulfilled. The vast majority of women work and dedicate themselves less to frivolity; in the universities, they are signed up for all the courses; there are few doors which still remain closed to them. Suffrage arrived to us at a moment in which there were few motives to celebrate, because it was voted as a consequence of an electoral calculation by Perón, sure that he would increase the number of supporters by incorporating the feminine masses; however, the shady motives have been forgotten and suffrage remains. As far as customs go, much more important than laws in establishing woman's position, these have been modified so much that I prefer not to think how a boy would be received today who dared propose to a university girl the role of muse or domestic adornment.However, neither is it a question of deluding oneself too much. The great advance of woman has only been in the educated strata of an urban population and in countries belonging to western culture. In Asia, in Africa, in the rural zones and lower classes, masculine despotism continues to reign, as do the thousand-year old habits that respond to it. Feminism has a great task ahead of it and will continue to have one for many decades.Even in advanced communities, the traditional image of woman in her role as housewife and mother has persisted with significant force. For example, one can see young people married with children going to work full of feelings of guilt created by feminine magazines and television, which insist on the necessity of not separating oneself a single instant from the children, as if a few hours of rest from the mother weren't treasured by the latter like pearls, and vice versa.
"My eyes weren't closed"
Although I never worked for that cause in active form, I have always considered myself a feminist, a word that simply means agreeing that woman has the same rights and same opportunities as man. It is curious that the word produces such panic for many women, who do not read the dictionary and hasten to exclaim, as if defending themselves against an accusation, I'm not a feminist! They believe that the term signifies lesbian, or a person who hates the masculine sex, or some mad idea like that, something that strips them of their femininity. In contrast, I have no problem in affirming, if the term is understood with its correct meaning, that I have been a feminist since adolescence. But I needed many years to see clearly in this matter, or at least, to set to one side the accumulation of prejudices and stereotyped images with which the greater part of society operates, as well as my own irritation when confronted with them. The problem for us, like all those of our species, like all those of a biological nature, is that the sex that incubates its offspring within its own body is at a tremendous disadvantage with respect to that which does not do so; it is natural that the male, with the tendency the human being has to dominate and subjugate the weakest, whoever it is, has subjugated his partner and then invented laws or implanted customs to secure and establish his power. And it is so difficult to break the habits of thought incorporated since the start of life that we cannot be angry with our contemporaries for enjoying a state of things which they did not establish, but which they defend and justify because it coincides with their interests. Few are like Stuart Mill, who in the middle of the Victorian age dared maintain that the total talent available to humanity is too scarce to permit ourselves to do without half of it; women should revere men like these, because they were defenders of someone else's cause, and preferred the justice of that cause to the advantages of leaving things as they were. But we cannot ask that level of comprehension and generosity of all men; the majority have had to change little by little, and now the force of circumstance has modified the point of view of many, above all the youngest. Men and women share a characteristic of humankind: they are little given to reason. But one doesn't have to upset oneself about this, because both also have other charms, to which it would be absurd to close one's eyes. It's enough to say that my eyes weren't closed to them.
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Jessica Sequeira is a writer and translator from California, currently living in Santiago de Chile.
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Q: Numpy indexing by range of arrays Say I have an array myarr such that myarr.shape = (2,64,64,2). Now if I define myarr2 = myarr[[0,1,0,0,1],...], then the following is true
myarr2.shape #(5,64,64,2)
myarr2[0,...] == myarr[0,...] # = True
myarr2[1,...] == myarr[1,...] # = True
myarr2[2,...] == myarr[0,...] # = True
...

Can this be generalized so the slices are arrays? That is, is there a way to make the following hypothetical code work?
myarr2 = myarr[...,[20,30,40]:[30,40,50],[15,25,35]:[25,35,45],..]
myarr2[0,] == myarr[...,20:30,15:25,...] # = True
myarr2[1,] == myarr[...,30:40,25:35,...] # = True
myarr2[2,] == myarr[...,40:50,35:45,...] # = True

A: you may feed the coordinates of subarrays to the cycle which cuts subarrays from myarray. I don't know hoe you store the indices of subarrays so I put them into nested list idx_list:
idx_list = [[[20,30,40],[30,40,50]],[[15,25,35]:[25,35,45]]]  # assuming 2D cutouts
idx_array = np.array([k for i in idx_list for j in i for k in j]) # unpack
idx_array = idx_array .reshape(-1,2).T  # reshape
myarray2 = np.array([myarray[a:b,c:d] for a,b,c,d in i2])  # cut and combine

A: Let's simplify the problem a bit; first by removing the two outer dimensions that don't affect the core indexing issue; and by reducing the size so we can see and understand the results.
The setup
In [540]: arr = np.arange(7*7).reshape(7,7)
In [541]: arr
Out[541]:
array([[ 0,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6],
       [ 7,  8,  9, 10, 11, 12, 13],
       [14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20],
       [21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27],
       [28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34],
       [35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41],
       [42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48]])
In [542]: idx =np.array([[0,2,4,6],[1,3,5,7]])

Now a straightforward iteration approach:
In [543]: alist = []
     ...: for i in range(idx.shape[1]-1):
     ...:     j,k = idx[:,i]
     ...:     sub = arr[j:j+2, k:k+2]
     ...:     alist.append(sub)
     ...:
In [544]: np.array(alist)
Out[544]:
array([[[ 1,  2],
        [ 8,  9]],

       [[17, 18],
        [24, 25]],

       [[33, 34],
        [40, 41]]])
In [545]: _.shape
Out[545]: (3, 2, 2)

I simplified the iteration from:
 ...: for i in range(idx.shape[1]-1):
 ...:     sub = arr[idx[0,i]:idx[0,i+1],idx[1,i]:idx[1,i+1]]
 ...:     alist.append(sub)

to highlight the fact that we are generating ranges of a consistent size, and make the next transformation more obvious.
So I start with a (7,7) array, and create 3 (2,2) slices.
As I demonstrated in Slicing a different range at each index of a multidimensional numpy array, we can use linspace to expand a set of slices, or ranges.
In [567]: ranges = np.linspace(idx[:,:3],idx[:,:3]+1,2).astype(int)
In [568]: ranges
Out[568]:
array([[[0, 2, 4],
        [1, 3, 5]],

       [[1, 3, 5],
        [2, 4, 6]]])

So ranges[0] expands on the idx[0] slices, etc.  But if I simply index with these I get 'diagonal' values from Out[554]:
In [569]: arr[ranges[0], ranges[1]]
Out[569]:
array([[ 1, 17, 33],
       [ 9, 25, 41]])

to get blocks I have to add a dimension to the first indices:
In [570]: arr[ranges[0,:,None], ranges[1]]
Out[570]:
array([[[ 1, 17, 33],
        [ 2, 18, 34]],

       [[ 8, 24, 40],
        [ 9, 25, 41]]])

these are the same values as in Out[554], but need to be transposed:
In [571]: _.transpose(2,0,1)
Out[571]:
array([[[ 1,  2],
        [ 8,  9]],

       [[17, 18],
        [24, 25]],

       [[33, 34],
        [40, 41]]])

The code's a bit clunky and needs to get generalized, but gives the general idea of how one can substitute one indexing for the iterative one, provide the slices are regular enough.  For this small example it probably isn't faster, but it probably will come ahead as the problem size gets larger.

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Holocaust Centers Monitors Show Robert Clary Story
① memo 20181204 ~ Holocaust Centers Monitors Show Robert Clary Story ~ Following the Nov 13th world premiere at the 33rd annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival of 'From Buchenwald to Hollywood: The Robert Clary Story' , filmmaker Richard Bloom has sent out all the requested film copies to be shown on computer monitors of the holocaust centers Yad Vashem, USHMM Steven Spielberg Division, Simon Wiesenthal Center , the USC Shoah Foundation and more …
Cinema Paradiso Premiere
① memo 20181130 ~ Cinema Paradiso Premiere ~ From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story film premiere at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Nov 13th 2018 in Cinema Paradiso , Hollywood , Florida , USA – a quick impression of filmmaker Richard Bloom's intro and discussion.
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Robert Clary Story World Premiere 13 Nov 2018 in Hollywood , FL
FROM BUCHENWALD TO HOLLYWOOD, THE ROBERT CLARY STORY
A truly inspiring film about a Hollywood legend by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg .
World Premiere on November 13, 2018 at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) , in Cinema Paradiso , Hollywood, Florida , USA .
The producers of Transport XX to Auschwitz and Defending Holocaust History are proudly bringing to the screen, the inspirational film, From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story, about a Hollywood legend, an internationally known actor, Broadway star, singer, artist, author and Holocaust lecturer.
Mr. Clary is widely known for his role as Corporal Lebeau on the long running TV series Hogan's Heroes. What is little known by the public is that Robert's real last name is Widerman, and in 1942 at the age of 16, he and thirteen members of his family were rounded up in Paris, France and deported by the Nazis to concentration camps. He was the only one to survive, having endured 31 months in four Nazi camps and a death march until his liberation from Buchenwald by the U.S. Army on April 11, 1945. He was discovered singing in a Paris nightclub in 1947, signed to a recording contract and brought to the United States in 1949 where he met Merv Griffin, who introduced him to Eddie and Ida Cantor and their daughter, Natalie, who he would later marry.
More at the today updated site of Richard Bloom Productions – richardbloomproductions.com – and the FLIFF site at http://www.fliff.com
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Robert Clary Story at Fort Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival
① memo 20180919 ~ Robert Clary Story at Fort Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival ~
I have some wonderful news to share today.
Our documentary "From Buchenwald to Hollywood – The Robert Clary Story" will have its world premiere at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF).
This year the 33rd Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival will take place November 2 -18.
The festival screens films in Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, St Augustine, and the Bahamas and is considered one of the most important regional film festivals in the U.S.
So once we have more information regarding screenings I will post it on my website.
A truly inspiring film about a Hollywood legend :
From Buchenwald to Hollywood , The Robert Clary Story
A film by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg
Richard Bloom Productions produced a new documentary about legendary actor, Broadway star, singer, artist, author and Holocaust lecturer, Robert Clary.
Mr. Clary is widely known for his role as Corporal Lebeau on the long running TV series Hogan's Heroes.
What is little known by the public is that Robert's real last name is Widerman, and in 1942 at the age of 16, he and thirteen members of his family were rounded up in Paris, France and deported by the Nazis to concentration camps. He was the only one of 14 immediate family members to survive, having endured 31 months in four Nazi camps and a death march until his liberation from Buchenwald by the U.S. Army on April 11, 1945.
He was discovered singing in a Paris nightclub in 1947, signed to a recording contract and brought to the United States in 1949 where he met Merv Griffin, who introduced him to Eddie and Ida Cantor and their daughter, Natalie, who he would later marry.
His inspiring story will be shared with the world in Richard Bloom Productions' documentary : From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story .
More at Richard Bloom Productions http://richardbloomproductions.com

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"Really smart, technically, technologically, scientific. "
how much of Germany's energy consumption is actually supplied by its solar and wind parks?
The author may have even had some valid points however if they want to do that it's imperative that they get the basic facts right.
The claim that Germany only produces 1% of it's total energy from solar is provably incorrect with a google search. It's about 6%. Did Spain go broke because of their renewable energy policy? I could go on but life is too short.
A google search would also reveal that the author wasn't just the treasurer of Queensland but CEO of Peabody coal and is current CEO of Galilee Water that stands to make a whole bunch of dough from the Galilee basin coal development. This may or may not have influenced his opinion but it should have been disclosed.
Turnbull's/Morrison's claims that the most benefit from NG policy doesn't go to the well off are checkable using tax office records. It doesn't stop the claims being repeated. They (and I believe the author in this case) rely on more people not checking facts than do and subsequently repeating the propaganda.
Spain taxed people who went solar to reduce its uptake. Spain's economy is also not the greatest, though that is more related to creating accounting like the rest of Club Med. Irrespective of that, what is being suggested on a worldwide basis will be much more detrimental to the global economies. Serious replacement of fossil fuels, when there are no economically viable & reliable alternatives will introduce massive disruptions until technology of alternatives improves.
My point is that if Delacy has actual data on the impact of Spain's renewable policy on the demise of their economy I'd be keen to see it. He may have a point but I can't see one from his article.
Good article. It contradicts Keith Delacy's claim that "Solar and wind simply don't work, not here, not anywhere."
Leaving that aside I would be happy to see big solar replace home systems as wide scale home systems push up the grid cost for everyone else. The marginal cost of power with a decreasing base of users and static running costs ensure it.
It is my understanding that subsidies for home systems were originally introduced to achieve cost reductions through economy of scale. At some point the industry has to get off the teat and stand up on it's own two feet.
Additionally, the subsidies for home systems in general go to the more well off that can afford the upfront costs of installation. This isn't particularly equitable. The gradual reduction in subsidies would hopefully encourage the development of more efficient home systems.
In regard to MRET's, if the economic drivers achieve the targets regardless of their presence I don't see any need to remove them.
Just remember that the poorest in society feel it the most. Energy is also a major component of costs to industries, impacting their ability to remain competitive.
Surging electricity prices in South Australia have sparked calls for a national inquiry into renewable energy and whether the electricity market is coping with the influx of wind and solar.
Over the past month South Australia has had surges in wholesale electricity prices. Normally sitting below $100 per megawatt hour, they have fluctuated dramatically in recent weeks, hitting as much as $14,000 per megawatt hour and regularly jumping above $10,000.
The prices have spooked energy-intensive heavy industry in the state, including the embattled Arrium steelworks, and led the premier, Jay Weatherill, to call on a recently mothballed gas power plant to fire up.
South Australia leads the Australian states and territories when it comes to reliance on renewable energy sources besides large-scale hydro. About 40% of its electricity comes from variable renewable sources such as wind and it has a 50% renewable energy target for 2025.
Newscorp seems to have a thing about renewables. The blame for the surge isn't due to the renewable policy.
The South Australian Labor government's rush into renewable energy, particularly wind power … has helped generate a surge in South Australian electricity prices.
Politicians are now responding, with Liberal Senator Chris Back calling for a ban on new wind farms until after a review by the Productivity Commission. Meanwhile Senator Nick Xenophon's party are backing a Senate inquiry.
Yet everyone has missed the main cause of a doubling in SA power price rises – a doubling in gas prices.
What makes it all especially worrying is the blame attributed to renewable energy appears to have originated from a public relations campaign initiated by the lobby group for the big power generators.
Like all good PR spin it is built on a few grains of truth that can exploit people's existing preconceived beliefs that renewable energy is expensive.
Environmental group WWF Scotland said an analysis of data by WeatherEnergy shows wind turbines in Scotland generated power equivalent to more than cover the entire country's electricity needs.
Terrific when the wind blows. But not much good for consistent base load. Similar for solar. Good for complementing, but the technology is not there to permanently replace fossil fuels.
Every third house in my street has solar. Driven by government subsidies. Why weren't the govt subsidising wind? Are a couple of wind mills on the roof no good at producing power?
For starters, wind turbines are not compact (even something like this one). So they would be unsuitable for high density dwellings that you get in cities. Then there is noise and the impact on bird life.
I don't know about the costs, but I suspect that they require much more maintenance as they have moving parts. I also would expect for the upfront costs to be higher than solar.
Well that explains things. I was imagining a couple of whirly bird type things on every roof.
I love the claimed fuel efficiency of vehicles.
It's a great big steaming pile of crap. You'd think that car manufacturers at least keep their lies somewhat believable and consistent. 4.2L/100k for a Jag. I can't get that sort of fuel efficiency out of my reliant robin, let alone a two-tonne car.
Gotta go, theirs a unicorn at the door.
Debate has raged over the trigger for the leap in wholesale energy prices in SA, which was prompted by a combination of a cold snap, untimely maintenance on a power link to Victoria, intermittent renewable supplies and a shortage of gas.
Well you're right about an increase in competition. Yes renewables are intermittent but this is not a reason to abandon them. Cartel behaviour is behind the pricing for recent events.
But for Robertson, the main issue was breaking up what he said was basically a cartel with both the gas producers and the pipeline operators.
Robertson points out that if the price rises are a result of a lack of competition, then increasing the supply of gas won't help – it would still be owned by the same operators and transported through the same pipelines.
Yes renewables are intermittent but this is not a reason to abandon them.
Abandoning - no. But enforcing them at any cost over the reliable fossil fuels is a different matter. They have to become a viable alternative in order to abandon coal.
In the bill there was a flyer for AGL batteries (and solar if you don't have it already). So batteries are starting to become mainstream. Just starting.
Edit: The biggest barrier I see for batteries is the stupid system set up in most states where you get paid more than twice the rate for power fed into the grid than you buy back at night. Why would I spend a schilling on batteries to store my power?
It looks like the Germans are struggling with the cost of wind power. Probably the same problem South Australia is having.
I saw Xenophon on the ABC tonight talking about the current blackout in SA. He was questioning the wisdom of 40% wind during weather events where turbines can't function due to winds being too strong. He claims to support the transition to renewables. Gas apparently being a better transitional power source. I have no issue with gas as a transitional fuel source. It's 50% lower CO2 producing than coal.
I am looking forward to the post-mortem on the cause of the outage. The high winds caused high tension lines to fail. Not sure whether the source of supply impacts this sort of event but it will be interesting to see.
On the positive side, if the Greens were in power, we'd all be 100% on renewables!
Next for SA with another storm on its way?
Perhaps they can open up a Chicken Shops around them to maximise efficiency!


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Q: How to run one way ANOVA in R I've a dataset looking like this:
> print(mydata)
                col1                 col2                col3
1               0.819               0.851               0.874
2               0.972               0.703               0.821
3               0.891               0.790               0.951
4               0.839               0.799               0.819

I would like to know if there are significant differences between the three groups col1, col2 and col3. For this matter, my guess is that the best way is to run an anova test.
Please find below the script I used to produce the dataset, to run the test and the Error displayed by R:

> mydata <- data.frame(col1, col2, col3)
> accuracymetrics <- as.vector(mydata)
> anova(accuracymetrics)

Error in UseMethod("anova") :    no applicable method for 'anova'
  applied to an object of class "data.frame"

It's the first time I'm running such an analysis in R so bear with me if this question is not interesting for the forum. Any input to solve this error is appreciated!

A: if I understood you correctly the three groups you are talking about are the three columns in your data.
If this is the case you need to do two things:
First, reshape your data from wide to long format such that it looks like this
group | value
------------
grp1  | 0.819
grp1  | 0.972

This can easily be done with the tidyr package
library(tidyr)
longdata <- gather(mydata, group, value)

Second: you have to use aov instead of anova:
res.aov <- aov(value ~ group, data = longdata)
summary(res.aov)

Here you can find even more details.
Hope this helps.


So it may or may not have been obvious that I took a bit of a break from the internet. I did not have to force myself, I simply had no desire or interest to see what it had to offer me. I occasionally I get into such a funk, and it's not necessarily a bad thing. In my time away I managed to add some more pages to my unsophisticated website.
One addition is the Stuff section. Seemed appropriate since my site says "Photography and Stuff ". This is where I have planted the 1 Minute Photoshop, Need to Want Less, downloads of the lists I have made so far, and is the future home to a project I'm pretty excited about... Dos & Don'ts.
The other new feature is Sponsorship. You can read more about it over yonder but to give a quick overview it's a program I have set up to aid Recovering Lazyholics, most notably (and selfishly) me. I'm asking any takers to send me a quick tip for how they fight laziness. In exchange I will create a badge of sorts, adding your name (or I can keep you anonymous if you want) and your suggestion to a Sponsor page. The current layout is more of a place holder; I expect it look a little different as contributors accumulate.
Beyond that I have created a donate option. I know most folks out there are struggling with money so I don't expect to see much, if any, gifted my way. But if you have a spare dime to help me fund some of my projects I would be MOST APPRECIATIVE. Follow the donate link and Paypal will walk you through the rest (there is a link on the left sidebar as well). Donating sponsors will receive a small token of appreciation from me and I will also add a web link to their site (if there is one) in a special Sponsors section here on this blog.
This explanation turned out longer than I intended so I expect everyone got my drift here. Thank you SO MUCH for any interest you may have in my site or this blog or my photography or any other nonsense I come up with. Regardless of Sponsorship I appreciate the support.


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Awesome: 9.09%
Worth A Look: 0%
Average: 31.82%
Pretty Bad: 31.82%
Total Crap: 27.27%
See another review of this film:EricDSnider (Average) brianorndorf (Pretty Bad)
by Peter Sobczynski
"Haven't the Cubs Suffered Enough This Year?"
As a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs, I long ago came to realize that to be such a person would mean the regular swallowing of a certain substance that is most certainly not Shinola over the years. As a result, I have been able to grin and bear such humiliations as the 1984 playoffs, the infamous Bartman incident, the White Sox winning the World Series and far too many blown games to even begin to recount here, even if I were to limit myself only to this past season, secure in the knowledge that all of it is building towards something that I will hopefully one day live to see. However, there are certain things that are simply too cruel and hideous to ask even the most dedicated fan to endure and I submit that a wacky kids movie that offers us the notion of the dastardly owner of the Cubs devising a plan to steal the magical bat of dedicated family man/friend to all children Babe Ruth would top the list of most any sentient fan. And yet, that is exactly what we are being asked to swallow in the dreadful new kiddie film �Everyone�s Hero� and if that weren�t bad enough, the diabolical owner has been given the voice of none other than Robin �Patch Adams� Williams. Come on, not even the Cardinals deserve something that cruel.
Why steal Ruth�s magical bat, you might ask? Well, the owner wants the Cubs to finally win the World Series and he figures that if he has the bat in his hands, Ruth will go down swinging and the rest of the team will presumably do the same. Although you would think that he would have more luck neutralizing Ruth by sending him a poisoned hooker, he instead orders sleazy pitcher Lefty Maginnis (William H. Macy) to break into the equipment room at Yankee Stadium and steal the bat before the team leaves for the concluding World Series games in Chicago. Lefty is spotted skulking about by Yankee Irving ( Jake T. Austin), an awkward young baseball fanatic whose father (Mandy Patinkin) is a janitor at the stadium, but when the bat turns up missing, everyone assumes that Yankee took it and his father loses his job. Determined to get back both the bat and his father�s job, Yankee sneaks out of the house, with the help of an abandoned talking baseball he found in a sandlot (voiced by Rob Reiner) retrieves it after an extended sequence of train-related horseplay that seems like a questionable thing to show the few kids likely to turn up for the film and then sets off for Chicago to return it to his hero in time for the final game of the series. Does the bat get a voice as well? Why, yes it does and not only that, it has been given the extra-sassy voice of Whoopi Goldberg, which means that this film contains the most painful scenes involving a baseball bat to ever appear in a film since Joe Pesci went into the cornfield in �Casino.�
Having seen �Everyone�s Hero,� I can understand why the late Christopher Reeve would have been attracted to such material enough to want to co-direct it�the never-give-up spirit fits in perfectly with the message that he tried to get across from the time of his tragic paralysis to his eventual death a decade later. However, I can�t understand why he would helped to make a movie that goes so very wrong in so many ways. Although there are a couple of nice visual flourishes here and there�the 1930's period setting is nicely captured and the opening ball�s-eye shot of a baseball going over the fences is amusing�virtually everything else about it is more appalling than not. The kid is a colorless little mope, Goldberg and Reiner are constantly annoying as the bat and ball (of course, anyone who listened to Reiner�s commentary track on the �When Harry Met Sally� DVD would find it perfectly understandable that a ball with his voice would be abandoned in the first place) and the other characters barely make an impression at all. (I will admit to chuckling at one point when it sounded as if William H. Macy was channeling Jack Nicholson in �The Shining� while demanding �Gimme the bat!�) What is really frustrating is the way that the film passes over an attempt to reach out to a potential new generation of fans by exposing them to the glorious history of the game in order to present more stupid slapstick and sentiment�in the world posited by this film, Babe Ruth is the friendliest guy in the world and without a single personal demon to speak of, the Negro Leagues are filled with players who seem perfectly content with their station in life and the final at-bat in the World Series can be given to a 10-year-old boy. Look, I realize it is a kids movie and I�m not asking for a close-up of Lou Gehrig coughing in the locker room but just a touch of actual history would have helped a lot. (Perhaps when the film hits DVD, presumably in the next week or two, the deleted scenes will feature a bit in which the Negro League players rise up in righteous fury when they learn that a 10-year-old boy has been allowed to play in the majors and yet they are still barred from the league.
About as entertaining as Ron Santo during the second hour of a rain delay, �Everyone�s Hero� is too innocuous to be considered truly offensive but it is the kind of soul-deadening junk that is too often foisted off on children today by cynical adults who assume that they will watch anything as long as it is animated. Judging by the palpable sense of boredom that I was sensing from the children at the screening I attended, that is most certainly not the case and I suspect that most kids will get more excitement and thrills out of even the most meaningless end-of-season regulation ball game than they will with this film.
5/16/08 PAUL SHORTT A SIMPLE, PLEASANT FILM
10/16/06 William Goss Rather trite kids' effort plays very broad, but just ain't got that swing.
10/01/06 michael good story 2 see funny too
9/15/06 john riley This is a terriffic and refreshingly wholesome family film that is perfect for all ages.
15-Sep-2006 (G)
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Robert Kurtz
Jeff Hand
Robert Wagner
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So far today we've held children who once were hopeless, we saw the beautiful new sewing center that didn't exist a year ago where our girls are learning to sew, we listened to the children sing one of the songs that Jocelyn and Aaron helped them write and record last year - a song whose lyrics were written by the children, we purchased beautiful handcrafted jewelry made by some of our rescued young men who are being trained to be silversmiths', visited an exclusive private school that some of the Asia's Hope children tested high enough to attend, and ate at a great local resturant started by an American determined to teach local young adults how to cook for foreigners. It's been amazing already.
Out team is resting now and then will take all the house parents on the entire Asia's Hope campus out to eat. It's always been very important to the Crossroads GoMissions team that we treat everyone on campus - not just our own church's homes. The parents are very excited for a night out with us!
These people work night and day to care for the children and seldom get time to themselves as a couple, so it's our privilege to serve them in this way.


The records in this database were produced by transcribing the IGI index. Then they were checked back against the original microfilms, places and other information added, and corrections made.
Some information contained in the originals has been omitted from these transcripts. In particular, if both birth and baptism dates were recorded in the original, only the birth date is included here. Unfortunately, the crucial words 'of', 'in' or 'at' were not transcribed in the address information. When I did the original transcription, I was unaware of the significance of this. Any errors are mine alone.
The records in this database were produced by transcribing the IGI index. Then they were checked back against the original microfilms, parish of residence of both parties and other information added, and corrections made.
Some information contained in the originals has been omitted from these transcripts. In particular, if both proclamation and marriage dates were recorded in the original, only the marriage date is included here. Any errors are mine alone.
Many of the directories were copied many years ago. These copies have been scanned and processed through OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software. Other directories were downloaded from the Internet Archive. All OCR versions were corrected. For all directories, the A-Z listings for Forgan parish, Newport or Wormit were processed. Also included are the Professions sections and the 'Clubs, Societies and Public Bodies' sections. Entries in the Professions section are shown e.g. " : Joiners". Entries in the Clubs etc. section are shown e.g. "[under Wormit Tennis Club]", and will have had a re-arrangement of wording. The only omission will be information to be found in other sections of the original directories which is referred to in the Newport sections (e.g. to adverts).
This was transcribed from the original at the National Records of Scotland, E69/10/2. No information was omitted.
Shareholders of the Wormit Electric Light Company Ltd.
This was transcribed from the original at the National Records of Scotland, BT2/12878 (Dissolved Company Files). Only the shareholders and their shareholdings were transcribed. Financial information about the company is not included here.
These were transcribed from the originals listed on the Registers of Voters page. No information was omitted.
The rolls were transcribed from the originals, either at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, or at local libraries. The only information omitted is for 1860 and 1871 where the full texts of the Proprietors of the large estates (St Fort, Tayfield, etc) have been omitted and the name of the estate inserted instead. (This was to save storage space at a time when computerised data had to be succinct.) The only additions have been to give reference numbers to the Totals to ensure they always appear in sequence.
In the Tenant column, 'same' means 'same as occupier'; in the Occupier column, 'same' means 'same as tenant'. 'IO' in the Occupier column indicates an Inhabitant Occupier (someone living in a tied house). They were not rated in terms of the Act 48 Vict. c.3 ss 3 & 9.
The surviving Kirk Session minutes were searched for any reference to mortcloth payment, deaths, burials, coffins, etc. The Minutes from 13 October 1717 to 19 January 1723 had been copied from one volume into another, with some differences. Entries from both versions have been recorded here. On the rare occasions when burial dates are given, those dates are also noted here. The entries have been sorted into chronological order. With many of the entries, it is only possible to give a broad covering date, since many entries were made together, some of them many years later.
The originals are held by the National Records of Scotland, District 431, Forgan, Fife. They can be viewed at the ScotlandsPeople website.
The originals were microfilmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Copies of the microfilms were bought by local libraries and these films were used as the source for the records presented here.


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The objectives of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion are to promote and advance the full and equal participation of attorneys of color and other diverse attorneys in the New York State Bar Association and in all sectors and at every level of the legal profession through research, education, fostering involvement and leadership development in NYSBA and other professional activities, and to promote knowledge of and respect for the profession in communities that historically have been excluded from the practice of law.
The Committee shall also foster the development of, monitor progress of and report on diversity initiatives of the Association, as well as partner with the Sections to continue to pursue enhanced diversity and inclusion in the Association, including among the leadership of the Association.
In conducting its work, the Committee shall consult with and engage Association leaders, other entities and individuals, including Sections of the New York State Bar Association;the New York State Conference of Bar Leaders; the Committee on Leadership Development; the Committee on Women in the Law; the Committee on Civil Rights; the Committee on Disability Rights; the Committee on LGBT People and the Law; the Law, Youth & Citizenship Program; minority and women's bar associations; and others with an interest in the Committee's mission and activities.
A committee roster can be found here. Download the committee history here.
To honor exceptional efforts to promote the full and equal participation of diverse people at all levels of the legal profession.
Award Criteria: New York attorneys, whether practicing or not, are eligible.
2012 Paul T. Williams, Jr.
The New York State Bar Association is deeply committed to enhancing diversity at every level of participation within the association and the profession. Every two years, the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion prepares a diversity report card. This report card continues to highlight the need for raising the level of diversity awareness within the profession and increase opportunities for diverse attorneys to serve in Association leadership positions.


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FCC authorizes SpaceX to deploy 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites
FCC authorizes SpaceX to deploy 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites. A far cry from the 30,000 originally requested, but already worrying for some.
SpaceX had asked Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorization to deploy 29,888 second-generation Starlink satellites in 2020. Today, the FCC is partially granting this authorization. The commission gives the green light to the company to create, deploy and operate up to 7,500 satellites of its Gen2 constellation at altitudes of 525, 530 and 535 km. In its announcement, the FCC explains that this will allow SpaceX to offer Internet access to users worldwide, even those living in very remote areas.
The FCC currently limits the number of satellites for fear of orbital debris and general safety. The commission explains that this will help maintain a safe space environment and protect other operators from potentially harmful interference. Several companies, including NASA, had expressed concern about SpaceX's plan to launch 30,000 more satellites, especially since the FCC had already approved the launch of 12,000 first-generation Starlink satellites.
In a NASA letter to the commission, the agency discussed the potential effects of such a large constellation on space missions. A large number of satellites According to her, satellites could increase the risk of collision and significantly reduce the launch windows. That said, the FCC retains the right to approve or disapprove additional implementations.
A far cry from the 30,000 originally requested, but already worrying for some
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had revealed that the second generation of Starlink satellites are much larger than their predecessors and will be launched on the company's Starship launch vehicle. This size is because their massive antennae allow them to communicate with telephones on Earth and mobile antennas in the sky.
The partnership between T-Mobile and SpaceX, announced last August, hinges on these second-generation satellites. The two companies want to do away with the white areas with this partnership and offer connectivity anywhere there is a clear view of the sky, even if it's in the middle of the ocean.
Against lack of electricity and cuts, Amazon has the solution!
Market: Can we really say that Microsoft's debt is better rated than the US's?


"narayanad brahma jayate, narayanad prajapatih prajayate, narayanad indro jayate, narayanad ashtau vasavo jayante, narayanad ekadasha rudra jayante, narayanad dvadashadityah".
Narayan is commonly taken to mean Vishnu, but there is a difference, Nara means – man, mortal, connected to men, human, spiritual, pawn, water, young one, multitude of men etc. Ayan too has several meanings including – coming, approach, travel, movement, circulation, extreme end (high/low) of energy, etc. So we can very loosely consider 'Narayan' to mean the soul's sojourn as a mortal, or the movement of energy from the high/low vibrational states, etc. Now the 8 types of Vasu. 'Vasu' can be understood in different ways as – eight, rays of illumination, excellent, benefic, gold, pearls, water, minerals, jewels, dwellers, property, sweet, medicinal drugs etc.
These 8 are named Apah, Dharaa, Anila, Anala, Dhruva, Soma, Pratyusha and Prabhas. They grant knowledge of the self which is linked to the manifested Universes and also of the non-manifested Paramtattva. They are the 8 petals of the Kaalachakra or the Ashtadalapadma chakra. I have written a very basic post on how to use this chakra for simple astrological analysis earlier. The Kaalchakra is considered to be the most accurate predictive tool in Jyotish. (All Jyotish texts are in Sanskrit and maybe only 20% have been translated. Again these translated versions are not correct. Knowing the language and understanding it are two completely different things. Though I know English I cannot understand the higher calculus equations written in english.) Back to the Vasu, they are also linked to the 8 directions and to so many many esoteric concepts. They represent the ways in which matter and energy is linked to form the human body.
Apah – This is the conscious energy of the Jala/water of the 5 pancha-mahabhoot. The tattva which flows and records everything.
Dharaa – This is linked to the earth, the Prithvi tattva. The mahabhoot which supports.
Anila – The Vayu tattva, the mahabhoot which flows and resonates.
Anala – The Agni tattva, the conscious energy of fire.
Dhruv – This is the pole star, called Dhruv. He represents stability, certainty, rigidity, settled, fixed, eternal, constant sound, immoveable, knot, etc. This is the topmost point of the Merudanda which extends from the planet earth into the manifested cosmos. It represents the Antariksh. The planet earth is also a conscious entity and its energy structure extends upto the Dhruv. Dhruv is linked to several astrological phenomena, most importantly the precession of the equinoxes and the Ayanamsha of Jyotish.
Pratyusha – is the rising degree of the zodiac on the eastern horizon, the ascendant/Lagna. It represents regularity, cyclic events etc. But is also represents how things are regularly step-by-step consumed or burnt to give illumination.
Prabhas – The illumination or the magnificence of the lunar mansions. It explains the true nature of the zodiac. This represents how the brilliance of these Nakshatra is manifested in the human body and life. Prabhasaa is a name of the Devi in the Shri Sukta, She projects fire/brilliance with this attribute.
These 8 energies are the basis of your manifested existence in this Universe. Now Indra. The stories say of Indra being the King of the Devata, let's see what Sanskrit has to say. Indra means the Human Soul!, then also magic, chief, best, first, night, ruler of the ether, the ruler of the east direction, the energy that radiates from your head, etc. See the layers of meanings? Devbhasha Sanskritam is the language of your existence, it cannot be translated, only experienced.
If you have read stories from the vedic times there is a recurring theme, when a Rishi starts doing intense mediation/Tap, the 'throne of Indra' loses its stability becomes shaky/'dolayamaan'. So Indra sends an Apsara to distract the Rishi and to stop his mediation/Tap. Now Indra is the thought patterns and the net woven by your mind, the Indrajaal, to enmesh your soul in the manifested Universe. When you do intense Tap, focus on your third eye, these thought patterns start breaking thus the 'throne of Indra' loses its stability. The mind fights back till the very last, so Apsara are created. 'Apsara' means a small 'pool' created from the larger 'ocean', i.e. beautiful irresistible highly intense thought patterns created by the depths of the mind. So in Dhyan, when the aspirant challenges the bindings placed by the 33 koti devata, he is tested on every level by his own mind. You are facing your own lower energy self as your adversary. If the Rishi can withstand the beguiling Apsara, Indra himself appears before the Rishi and gives him boons, thus if you can resist it, eventually the mind itself starts supporting the Tap.
Indra is the ruler of the 33 koti devata thus also rules your chart. It is obvious, the Human Soul is the ruler of the horoscope. The Universe has manifested for Indra and he is required to protect it. And because Sanskrit is a palimpsest, this means that you have manifested your own Universe, to play this game of the horoscope, thus you are also protecting your creation. The instant your mind stops working frantically to generate this universe, you will realise your own self. (I hope you do realise everyone has their own Universe, each one has a different perception and thus everyone lives in his own personal Universe) Now Prajapati is the Ultimate Creator. This word can be understood in 2 ways.
Prajapati is the one who generates/creates/brings forth/bears the following, mankind/seeds/creatures/subjects/family/future/posterity/era/etc. So he is the energy which creates the creatures and also creates the time/space.
Now the other way of understanding it. 'Prajapati' is the energy which enters all the manifested creations/time/space to transform them. The direction of transformation is decided by your will, your thoughts!
Our Rishis were the Ultimate, they have given us such staggering concepts which are so simple but so utterly mind-blowing! Prajapati is also called Yadnya. It means a fire-ritual/homam also, but in this context it is the 'evolution of the human soul', the second meaning above. Yadnya means, fire, worship, offering, give-up, prayer, sacrifice etc, but its deepest meaning is the constantly moving, spirally/dimensionally moving, eternally changing but still constant, evolution of the soul, from the lowest energy levels to the highest and beyond that, till the Paratattva. The journey is the same for all of us, to reach the highest stage of evolution, yet every soul is different, its universe is different, its experiences are different. It is the exact same but exactly different for everyone. Paradoxes!
Thus Prajapati is the 'motion' of your chart, through time/space, creation and beyond!
Thus the 8 Vasu, Indra and Prajapati are that part of Jyotish which are linked to your Soul, its manifestation, your existence, the creation of your body using the energies of the panchamahabhoot and the cosmos, also the way out from this Indrajaal and to the eventual realisation of the Real Ultimate Identity.
Jyotish is the science of Illumination so please at least try to think beyond the 'when will I get ….' type of questions. Nothing wrong with the mundane questions, these are also important, but its like using a fusion powered precision tool for hammering nails in the wall.
Will continue with the 11 Rudra and the 12 Aditya in my next post.


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This is the second grant the Marion Kiwanis Club has received for the park. Both grants were written by Kiwanis Club member, Carol Secttor, with input from several other Kiwanis members. "We encourage all service clubs and organizations to partner with the City. That's how things will get even better in the community," said Secttor.
The Marion Kiwanis Club adopted Townsend Park in 2012. They have since taken care of the Park by picking up litter, adding fresh pea gravel, and planting flowers among other tasks.
Kiwanis member, Jan Scott, explained why it's important to maintain Townsend Park. "It's heavily used by the inner-city kids, and the Kiwanis Club is all about supporting children." She also commended the Citywide Maintenance Department for the focus they have been taking to improve Townsend Park by trimming trees and putting a new roof on the shelter.
The additional playground equipment will be installed this summer, and the Marion Kiwanis Club will dedicate it as part of their 100_year anniversary celebration this fall.


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Petrol scarcity hits Lagos and Abuja as Fire rages in Murytala Mohammed Airport
Posted by Akin Osunlaja WebLagosian on March 19, 2011 at 11:00am
Petrol scarcity has hit Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and the nation's commercial capital, Lagos, as long queues were noticed at some filling stations on Friday. When NEXT visited the NNPC MEGA station on Olusegun Obasanjo way in Abuja, both private and commercial motorists were seen struggling to fill their tanks. A petrol attendant who simply identified herself as Esther said "petrol tankers are on strike". In Lagos also, many motorists were seen in lines for fuel.
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It was confusion on Friday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos as a fire outbreak at the eight floor of the terminal made hundreds of passengers and airport users scramble for safety.
The fire, which affected the equipment and control room of the airport, was noticed by witnesses at the airport around noon, and lasted for a few minutes before the arrival of the fire fighters from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
"We were standing here when we saw a thick smoke coming out of that room upstairs and we had to raise alarm so that people will evacuate this place before any harm is done," said Stephen, a traveler at the terminal.
According to this eyewitness, the incident necessitated a "mad rush" out of the airport terminal, as people hurried outside the airport in order not to be caught in the flame.
Movements in and out of the airport was however, highly restricted by the Aviation Security personnel of the airports authority, as they provided specific assistance to the team of fire fighters.
The situation was calmed within minutes, but Akin Olukunle, the public affairs manager of the airports authority had his phones switched off, and was not available at his office to respond to the press on the development.
Meanwhile, Supo Atobatele, the public affairs manager for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) disclosed that no harm was done to the equipment in the control room, adding that the prompt arrival of the fire fighters saved the day.
The spokesperson for the agency commended the arrival of the team and noted that the ambulance from the airports authority was in place should there any form of casualty.
"It is electrical spark from the distribution box in the equipment room. The spark did not affect our equipment. Flight operations were not affected. We are now on uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)," he said..
"It did not affect the tower from doing its job. Engineers from FAAN and NAMA are already working on it.''
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Comment by ngwuta emeka felix on March 20, 2011 at 6:20pm
power! power!! power!!! power supply in nigeria.lets get it done once and for all.
Comment by Moses K Tawose on March 20, 2011 at 4:55am
Why is one step forward and two step back.This has been the norm in the scope of things with Nigeria and why? All this are mind boggling really and it can't continue. Believing that democratic dispensation build on what has been on the ground and moving forward, but in our situation the reverse is the case. We aren't moving forward and neither backward. We can't remain stagnant either rather we need a drastic action to safe our future or we are all doomed. Petrol that has been smooth flowing is now hitting a snag with its veracity felt in Lagos State and now the capital of country Abuja. The infrastructure is nothing to write home about power generation is epileptic, health, education, roads are death trap just to name a few.Ado Bayero Airport in Kano got burned last week or so and now MM-Airport in Lagos this weekend what's really going on are we cursed or what. Nothing works in Nigeria security from the top down on and on we shall continue to list and so are the sporadic outburst from all fashion creating pandemonium within the country.Nothing seems to be working or getting a handle on,but our consolation is God is in control and how long would that hold true nobody No's anymore.
Comment by Moses O.O. Famuyiwa on March 19, 2011 at 12:22pm
A bi you don embestly money in ur deparment? because, wen don chop di money na so u put fire 4 ur ofisi, becarefulu o. make no chop pupis moni o.


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"Genome of Geobacter sulfurreducens: Metal Reduction in Subsurface Environments," Science, 12 Dec 2003 (v. 302:1967-1969)
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Energy Department-Funded Scientists Decode DNA of Bacterium that Cleans Up Uranium Contamination and Generates Electricity
WASHINGTON, DC – Department of Energy-funded researchers have decoded and analyzed the genome of a bacterium with the potential to bioremediate radioactive metals and generate electricity. In an article published in the December 12th issue of Science, researchers at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, report that Geobacter sulfurreducens possesses extraordinary capabilities to transport electrons and "reduce" metal ions as part of its energy-generating metabolism.
"The genome of this tiny microorganism may help us to address some of our most difficult cleanup problems and to generate power through biologically-based energy sources," Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham said. "Geobacter is an important part of Nature's toolbox for meeting environmental and energy challenges. This genome sequence and the additional research that it makes possible may lead to new strategies and biotechnologies for cleaning up groundwater at DOE and at industry sites."
The contamination of groundwater with radionuclides and metals is one of the most challenging environmental problems at Department of Energy former nuclear weapons production sites. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have previously found that Geobacter species can precipitate a wide range of radionuclides and metals (including uranium, technetium and chromium) from groundwater, preventing them from migrating to wells or rivers where they may pose a risk to humans and the environment.
The analysis of the genome sequence revealed a number of capacities that had not been previously suspected from past research on this microbe. "We've provided a comprehensive picture that has led to fundamental changes in how scientists evaluate this microbe," said Barbara Methe, the TIGR researcher who led the genome project and is the first author of the Science paper. "Research based on genome data has shown that this microbe can sense and move towards metallic substances, and in some cases can survive in environments with oxygen." G. sulfurreducens was previously thought to be an anaerobic organism.
The other main project collaborator was Derek Lovley, a professor of microbiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who discovered the Geobacter family of bacteria and has led projects to assess their biology and their potential for bioremediation. Lovley said, "Sequencing the genome of Geobacter sulfurreducens has radically changed our concepts of how this organism functions in subsurface environments." The genome analysis, he said, "revealed previously unsuspected physiological properties" of the bacterium and also gave scientists insight into the metabolic mechanisms that the organism uses to harvest energy from the environment.
Geobacter reduces metal ions in a chemical process during which electrons are added to the ions. As a result, the metals become less soluble in water and precipitate into solids, which are more easily removed. Small charges of electricity are also created through the reduction process. Geobacter is also of interest to the Department of Energy because of its potential to create an electrical current in a "bio-battery."
Geobacter microbes are widely distributed in nature and are commonly found in subsurface environments contaminated with radionuclides and metals. Researchers have demonstrated that if they "feed" the microbes simple carbon sources such as acetate they will grow faster and precipitate more radionuclides and metals. These findings are now serving as the basis for a test of a bioremediation strategy aimed at removing uranium from groundwater at a Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action site near Rifle, Colorado.
The Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research (NABIR) and Microbial Genome Programs in the department's Office of Science funded the $800,000 G. sulfurreducens sequencing project. The genome sequence is now serving as the basis for detailed investigations, supported by the department's Genomes to Life program, into the ability of Geobacter to reduce radionuclides and metals and to generate electricity. The NABIR program's mission is to provide the fundamental science that will serve as the basis for development of cost-effective bioremediation and long-term stewardship of radionuclides and metals in the subsurface at DOE sites. The focus of the program is on strategies leading to long-term immobilization of contaminants in place to reduce the risk to humans and the environment. The NABIR program encompasses both intrinsic bioremediation by naturally occurring microbial communities, as well as accelerated bioremediation through the use of biostimulation -- addition of inorganic or organic nutrients. More information on NABIR is available at www.lbl.gov/NABIR and on the Microbial Genome Program at https://genomics.energy.gov. DOE's Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the nation, manages 10 world-class national laboratories and builds and operates some of the nation's most advanced R&D user facilities. Its web site address is www.science.doe.gov.
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If there's one thing big computer and electronics companies love, it's putting out press releases to drum up excitement about new and upcoming products. So even though MSI pretty much spilled the beans on it upcoming Wind U123 series of netbooks a few weeks ago, the company couldn't resist putting out a new press release today announcing the launch of the Wind U123, U123H, and U123T.
All three models feature a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU, a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, up to 160GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, a webcam, and facial recognition software to let you login to your computer by staring it down. All three run Windows XP Home, and you get a choice of 3 cell or 6 cell batteries.
The Wind U123H also packs a 3.5G HSDPA modem, while the Wind U123T comes with a built in digital TV tuner.
Why the crappy resolutions? What about 1280 x 800 like the HP 2133?
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Born in Rochester, New York, Marie Howe attended Sacred Heart Convent School and the University of Windsor. She earned an MFA from Columbia University, where she studied with Stanley Kunitz, whom she refers to as "my true teacher."
Her first collection, The Good Thief (1988), was chosen for the National Poetry Series by Margaret Atwood, who praised Howe's "poems of obsession that transcend their own dark roots." In that collection, Howe's oracular yet self-doubting speakers often voice their concerns through Biblical and mythical allusions. Kunitz, on selecting the book for the Lavan Younger Poets Prize from the American Academy of Poets, observed, "Her long, deep-breathing lines address the mysteries of flesh and spirit, in terms accessible only to a woman who is very much of our time and yet still in touch with the sacred."
In 1989, Howe's brother John died of an AIDS-related illness. As Howe states in an AGNI interview, "John's living and dying changed my aesthetic completely." What the Living Do (1997), an elegy to John, was praised by Publishers Weekly as one of the five best poetry collections of the year. Stripping her poems of metaphor, Howe composed the collection as a transparent, accessible documentary of loss.
In The Kingdom of Ordinary Time (2008), Howe distanced herself from the personal narrative and returned to, as she describes in the AGNI interview, her "obsess[ion] with the metaphysical, the spiritual dimensions of life as they present themselves in this world." In these poems Howe "makes metaphor matter and material metaphysical," according to Brenda Shaughnessy in Publishers Weekly.
Howe has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, and NYU. She coedited (with Michael Klein) the essay anthology In the Company of My Solitude: American Writing from the AIDS Pandemic (1994). She has received fellowships from the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She was the Poet Laureate of New York State from 2012 to 2014. She lives in New York City.


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Student jailed for two years after blackmailing men on Grindr
Mohamed Mohamed was studying health studies before being jailed
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A student has been jailed for two years after blackmailing victims on Grindr.
Mohamed Mohamed, 22, befriended men on the hook-up app and eventually they sent through nude images, Leicester Crown Court heard.
After receiving the images, he demanded two victims to 'pay up' or he would publish the private pictures to others known to them and even threatened to expose one man to his husband.
Mohamed admitted to two counts of blackmail, by demanding money with menaces, and one of sending a communication with intent to cause distress and anxiety.
Recorder Helen Malcolm QC said: "Blackmail is a vile offence intended to exploit the vulnerabilities of the victims.
"Your messages disclose elements of sadism and power play. It doesn't seem to have been done out of financial need.
"You sent repeated messages with which appear to be indicating the power you had over the recipients.
"You went to the trouble of opening a Pay Pal account in the name of (a woman).
"You tried to excuse your behaviour by blackening the name of two of the victims.
"If it was as a result of coming to terms with your sexuality you went about it in the wrong way.
"The victims in your case must have felt thoroughly threatened.
"You threatened to disclose the material to their family, friends, flatmates, employers and the husband of one of them.
"I'm impressed with the fortitude of the complainants for reporting these matters to the police."
The health studies student was jailed for two years and his mobile phone was confiscated.
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Thalassemics India organised a fund raiser evening on 6th May at Orana Resorts, NH 8, New Delhi. The Chief Guest of this function were the well known Indian classical dancers Dr. Raja Reddy, an Padma Shri & Padma Bhushan awardee & Kaushalya Ji .
The function started with the lamp lighting & Saraswati Vandana sung by Ms. Shivangi Amrit. Ms. Nishtha Madan spoke about the issues and concerns of thalassemics at different points of time. Sh. Deepak Chopra, the President of Thalassemics India welcomed the chief guest, the invited faculty & the guests. We were honoured to felicitate the doctors, nurses , blood banks , supporters & thalassemics.
This was followed by an evening of music with the Maestro of Kartal and the master of Rajasthani Folk and Sufi Fusion- Kutle Khan.
The proceeds from this fund raiser will go towards supporting the treatment of underprivileged thalassemia patients.
We, at Thalassemics India, would like to thank the doctors , nurses and our well wishers for their time and for supporting the event.