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Ar-Kan Rune-Lag
The Mysteries of the Rad Rune
The Rad Rune has very complex meanings at various different levels; it is a rune which I shall consider here. Firstly the shape is that of an upright stave which represents the World Pillar and a reverse Sieg-Rune which represents the blood of the sacrificial animal which runs down the pillar.
'For me a shrine of stones he made,
And now to glass the rock has grown,
Oft with the blood of the beasts was it red,
In the goddesses ever did Otter trust.'
This text comes from the Eddas and refers to what is known as the 'Reddening of the Post'. The blood of the Sacrificial Ox reddened the World Pillar, anointing the pillar in order to restore world order. This, of course, would apply to an era in which everything dissolved back into the Primal Chaos. The Primal Root *rud would thus mean 'to redden', or 'to blood' (in this specific sense). In the above text it is to the goddesses that this sacrifice is made, this seems explicit from the wording. What is meant by 'now to glass the rock has grown' I am not sure as yet but it must have some importance; it seems that this change in the rock was due to the regular blood sacrifice. It does not say that a bull was used, the wording being 'beast'; there is a phrase about a 'Sacrificial Lamb' but this hardly fits the term 'beast'.
(Looking back at this part I had the thought that the idea of the rock changing to glass (if this is the real translation of the Old Norse) would be symbolic of a transformation. Not only a transformation but one in which a dense material (rock) is changed into a transparent material (glass). This suggests a change in the state of things.)
In the Old English Dream of the Rood we find a somewhat similar theme but this time in the form of what at first glance seems to refer to 'Jesus' but which appears in a totally different form than that of the 'Jesus Christ' of the bible. The first link with this is the term 'Rood' which is important in that this is a unit of measurement - square measurement. However, this is just part of the meaning associated with this rune since the Rod is also a unit of measurement, but in this case linear measurement. We should here ponder the connection between the rod as symbolic of 'to measure' and the rod (the sceptre) as symbolic of authority, especially in view of the various meanings from the IE Root *reg- which refer to one who rules and means 'to move in a straight line'. The Rad Rune embodies this idea of ruling in both the sense of linear time and of ruling over an area of land measured by the rood. The link between Blood and Soil is quite obvious here.
The 'Measuring Rod' was symbolic of the power to rule because it represented a 'ruler'; in one legend Robin Hood carried a 'Mete Yard' which is a 'measuring rod' symbolising his right to bring justice, law and right order. Interestingly, the word rid means 'to free' so here we have a direct link between freedom and the Warrior-Hero who fights for the freedom of his Folk. Robin Hood, of course, is an Archetypal Folk-Hero.
The figure here is that of a 'hero' who hangs upon a living tree, and it is made clear that no only does the Divine Hero suffer and bleed, but also the Divine Tree suffers and bleeds. The inference here is that the Divine Hero-God suffers as the Cosmos suffers - the Divine Tree obviously being Iggdrasil. The image of the Divine Hero on the Tree can be found on the symbol of the rune-stave, an upright pillar and the figure hanging upon it. Looked at as being from the side-angle this is very much like any 'crucifix' symbol.
The rune is also the Rit Rune which represents the Rita or 'Cosmic Order'; this is clear when we consider the above rune-meanings which show the means needed to restore world order or cosmic order. It must be remembered that the Rood is also the 'Gallows Tree' - the Tree of Woden. The Rita is far more complex than this simple meaning - 'Cosmic Order' - implies, for it has various levels of meaning which must be tackled on its own right.
The Rad Rune also refers to a 'journey' of some sort, implied within certain words that stem from this rune-root -
rad (OE) - street, path, road.
ridan (OE) - to ride.
rado (OHG) - swift.
girado (OHG) - suddenly.
reid (O.Ice.) - wagon.
reida (O.Ice.) - equipment, motion.
All of these stem from the IE Root *ret(h) which means 'to roll' or 'to run'. We can see in this a link to the idea of the 'straight road' that I have touched on before. This suggests that this rune concerns the 'quest' or 'journey' undertaken by the Hero-Knight ('ritter' or 'ridder') - the Knight Errant. This is not merely a physical journey but a journey taken between two worlds or realms, from one dimension into another dimension. The word 'knight' stems from Old English and means 'youth' so this perhaps hints at the Cultic Initiation done through the Mannerbund. The 'wagon' refers not only to the Sun-Wagon but also to Thor's Wagon, the Chariot of Thunor. This perhaps refers also to Thunor's travel between the worlds. The rune refers also to the journey of life and of becoming.
Turned sideways the rune-stave hints at the sexual act between man and woman. This is also hinted at through the 'slang' term 'to ride' which we find in the Old English ridan meaning 'to ride'.
Another meaning refers to right counsel or right advice, inherent in the following -
rad (O.Ice) - counsel, plan, advice.
rada (O.Ice) - to give advice.
rat/raht (OHG) - counsel, decision.
raedan (O.E.) - to govern, rule.
raed (O.E) - help advice.
We can see in the Old English raedan how being a ruler was specifically linked to being able to give good counsel, and thus being a knowledgeable and wise man or woman. This is inherent in the root-words given here, all of which stem from the Rune-Root RAD. The root *rod also refers to justice and to punishment for wrong-doing. In this we specifically refer to Aryan Justice which is when the crime must be atoned for by making it right with the person to whom the crime was committed, and not to raise 'funds' for the State through a 'fine' imposed for the crime. In Aryan Law the one committing the offence has to make it right with the person it is committed upon; this is done not only for the purpose of making it right with the victim but also to help the offender to become a better part of the tribal group. In our corrupt and rotten society the victim is rarely compensated for a crime since the state takes the 'fine' which is thus nothing more than another form of taxation. This is why there are so many rules and 'offences' today, which aid in funding this rotten state.
There is another meaning to this rune, that of the 'wheel' referring to the 'Wheel of the Year'. This is in fact the path of the Sun through the Solar Year, this being found in the rune-stave using the Sieg-Rune along a straight line (when the rune is turned sideways). The Sun's path is clockwise through the signs of the zodiac - Aquarius-Pisces-Aries etc. This concept is also linked to ritual which creates right order and upholds the Rita. There is no coincidence in the word RIT being a reflection of TIR since Tiw is the God of Justice and Right Order. This is also the role of Thunor in a sense, and we find the very same thing using his name THOR and its reflection ROTH, the latter meaning 'red'. Thor is indeed sometimes spelt TOR which is very much like TIR.
The rune has, like all runes, a negative side and this is found in the Root *rot and *rat which both have very negative meanings -
Rot - this, of course, refers to decay and disintegration; it refers to a state that leads to destruction and to death. It also refers to anything that is disintegrating, such as our rotten society and the people becoming rotten. There is also another important side to this which can be found in the old idea that a rotten apple will very soon cause more apples to become rotten when they are left together. Indeed, this is a very important idea since it tells us that within our rotten society today, all will eventually become rotten and die if they do not isolate themselves from the 'rotten apples'. This was the profound wisdom put forth by Friedrich Nietzsche when he taught of the 'hermit' and how the aspiring 'Superman' must break free of the masses and become the 'Lone Wolf' (my phrase but it describes his ideas).
Rat - This is the parasitical animal that lives off human waste today and which lives around human beings as a parasite. It is also the animal that brings plague and disease through its living conditions in the sewers and waste outlets. But the true meaning of its name tells us more than this, far more in fact. The word 'rat' stems from a root meaning - 'to leave the falling house'. Here we have the very essence of the 'beast' in that in our society it feeds off the healthy nation and causes it to 'rot' and to decay, eventually causing the total destruction of a nation. Once it has achieved this aim it them leaves its 'host' and moves on to another 'host' where the process starts all over again. The term 'rat' has been used to refer to secret mischief and to the working of secret destruction - it is an underground animal and thus works in the filth and darkness to achieve its aims. Some years ago I read a small children's book which put forth the idea that the 'rat' should not be treated as an 'outsider' but should be brought into the community and integrated - this is the blatant propaganda thrust upon our children, not unlike the mischief propagated by J.K Rowland in 'Harry Potter', and many other works of propaganda aimed at distorting the minds of our young.
In regard to the ideas I have just gone into we see clearly how works that are right and just, noble and uplifting, works like J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings take off by themselves naturally without the need to force people into seeing them. J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter was given a helping hand through promoting the attacks upon it by the Christian Church. This is a very old trick used to promote films - you create a situation where the film is heavily criticised and the masses rush to look at it to see what all the fuss is about. This was done in the case of Harry Potter but Lord of the Rings took off due to its own appeal and also the appeal to the unconscious of our people. As with all things in life, what is right and natural does not need enforcing upon people; our 'multi-cultural society' has been forced upon us solely because it is unnatural! The likes of the work Harry Potter are just a part of the propaganda used for this purpose.
There is yet another meaning to this rune and this concerns the idea of race and roots. The OHG reiza means 'race' through its meanings of 'a line, stroke, mark' and 'lineage' (using the word 'line' here). We get the link to roots through the Latin radix and, as Hamasson pointed out in one of his works, this leads to the term 'radical' used of so-called 'extremists'. Here we see a very clever trick used to make 'radicals' - people who stick to their 'roots' - into 'extremists' or in some cases 'terrorists' (which is their recent trick). This hides the real 'terrorists' who are those in control of our nations and who create terror, mayhem and wars continually in order to control the masses. These people are the 'extremists' since they use extreme measures in order to frighten and thus make people easily controllable. The Rad Rune is highly important here since it concerns our struggle for our own roots and race.
There is also a link to the squirrel Ratatosk which is, of course, a symbol of the animal the runs up and down the trunks of trees, in this particular case he runs up and down the World Tree Iggdrasil. This symbol is very clever since it shows an upwards and downwards movement of energy along the 'spine' of the tree, linked to the Kundalini-Energy along the spine of man. The word should be broken into Rata- and -Tosk the latter meaning 'tusk'. We must now look at the Root *rata which is also connected to the Root *rati which is the name of the auger used by Woden when he enters Knit Mountain -
Rati - 'the beginning of the rasa', 'divine intoxication'.
Rasa - 'rapture', 'intense emotions', 'intoxication', 'orgasm'.
Here we can see clearly the underlying meanings behind these words, for they refer to the 'intense emotions' caused by the movement of the Fire-Serpent which causes the spine to heat up through certain forms of meditation and spiritual exercise. The symbolism of Woden (The Serpent - Male) penetrating into a hole in the Mountain (Female) refers to a Tantric Sex-Rite used to (re-)gain the Mead of Inspiration. Obviously the symbolism includes the awakening of the Three Cauldrons (Energy Centres) placed alongside the human spinal column in a parallel form. Although the gods acquire the knowledge of these energy-forces, some of the Divine Mead falls to Earth for the use of Man. The process of the upward-downward movement shows in the figure of Rata-tosk and in the ALU-ULA Formula. We should consider here why this heat is generated, and what this heat really is. This is the Inner Fire or Inga-Fire produced by meditation or spiritual exercise - it is the Spiritual Fire.
One further point here is the obvious use of the word 'tusk' for an animal that has no such thing. This hints at a hidden meaning for this term, and the animal associated with the 'tusk' in Northern Lore is the Boar. This is a most ferocious animal whose weapon is the 'tusk' which is another symbol of being able to 'break through' or 'to penetrate'. The Golden Boar is the symbol of both Ingwe and of Freya, and was a protective symbol used on the helmets of some Germanic Tribes, including the Saxons. Placed upon the head-gear, which obviously protected the head, but esoterically protected the soul, this must have been a deliberate use and one well known to the Germanic Folk. In a sense we find that the meaning of 'Ratatosk' has been altered deliberately since the squirrel is not a predator (hunter) but is the prey (hunted) of stronger animals. By using the term 'tusk' the symbolism has been made stronger and altered to suit another aim. The links to Ingwe and Freya cannot be a coincidence, since in the rising of the Fire-Serpent we see the image of the goddess-force (Freya) arising along the spinal column to reach the god-force (Ingwe) in the area of the crown-chakra. Thus, the boar-symbol can be seen at the base and also at the crown. (We need to recall here how the Sutton Hoo Mask uses the symbol of the Irminsul as the nose and eyebrows (ond-way) which is a dragon/swan/eagle, and the ends of the wings have the boar of Ingwe-Freya.)
The connection between this rune and with knowledge and wisdom (right counsel) is underlined by the English word 'riddle'. A 'riddle' is used to tease the mind and to make someone think about the meaning hidden within something that uses metaphor and symbolism - the 'riddle' thus works upon the right-brain rather than the left-brain. This is why riddles are not in widespread use today, because the powers-that-be do not wish that we use the right-brain thinking, rather we use the wholly logical left-brain.
One last point, and this concerns the link between this rune and the idea of waves or vibrations. We have the words 'radiate', 'radiation', 'radio', all of which suggest the movement of energy measured through vibration or 'wavelength'. The sounding of this rune would need to be like the sounding of the 'r' in Old English and in other Germanic Tongues - a 'rolled' form of 'r'. In some cases this seems to be related to the way that words such as 'Hrothgar' or 'Hrolf' are sounded, the 'h' emphasising the real way to pronounce the words. This is a clue to the sound of the rune.
The movement of energy or 'vibration' through the Earth-Currents is thus a part of the meaning of the rune; these are the 'Straight Tracks' or 'Holy Lines' or 'Ley-Lines' which move in a straight line.
''The mysterious earth currents which thrill the clay of our bodies'.
Rudyard Kipling.
Despite the use of the biblical idea 'clay' Kipling knew well of the Earth Currents or Earth Energy which seems to have been related to the figure Elan (Helen) known in these islands in ancient times. According to certain dowsers the 'water-lines' and 'aquastats' are related to the Number 7 or a multiple of 7, whilst the 'track-lines' are related to the number 3 1/2 or a multiple of 3 1/2. The 'blind spring' is a centre on which primary lines meet, and from which the emerge. These lines appear to take the same form as shown upon the White Stone of Ing which suggest that they are connected to the 'Gift of Ing'. The 'X' thus marks the spot where the energies converge and meet, such as in the 'crossroads' which was always held as a sacred spot, usually dedicated to Woden. This criss-crossing of energy-lines can also be found in the usual form of the rising of Kundalini through the twin-channels around the column.
The difference between the flow of the 'track', the 'water-line' and the 'aquastat' seems to be in the length of the lines between each cross-over point but the image for each is just the same. The 'blind spring' appears to be like the 'energy-centres' of the body, but which are the 'energy-centres' of the Earth as a Living Being. Wells are usually sunk upon blind springs which suggests that these serve as sources of energy.
The Rad Rune represents the road of transformation, evolution, and the movement of energy that is needed to evolve. That energy must be used to move from the darkness into the light, to increase the vibrations from the dark centres upwards to the light centres - from the base upwards towards the crown - and beyond. The 'rod' is the 'Rod of Brahma' which is the spiritual counterpart to the human spinal column, the spiritual trunk of the tree along which moves the energy -currents (Ratatosk).
The link between this rune and the World Tree, Iggdrasil, is obvious from what has been said. Using our runic knowledge we find this in the symbolism of the World Tree found in the Hagal-Rune. Here we have the branches (Eolhs-Rune/Man-Rune) and the roots (Calc-Rune/Yr-Rune) which together form the whole/heil (Hagal-Rune). The symbolism of the Ash-Tree for man - the Noble Man - is very clever since we need to expand upwards (Life-Rune) whilst also looking towards our roots (Death-Rune) and our past in order to do so. This image cannot be found in a lump of clay which is entirely earthbound (no doubt an obvious image to use to hold mankind in thraldom to matter).
The straight road can be seen in the upright stave (Is), whilst the achievement gained from taking this road can be seen in the final victory (Sieg). It can be no coincidence that this image also contains the movement of the Serpent (Sieg-Rune) along the column which is the movement of the Fire-Serpent along Mount (Su-) Me-Ru. In this World Mountain we find the idea once more of measurement and of the 'Straight Track'. The Rad Rune is thus used as a means of taking this spiritual path, and of achieving the end-result of the 'quest'. It contains also the meaning of the forces that seek to halt this spiritual evolutionary drive. We have to understand both the drive towards higher evolution, and thus higher consciousness and that which seeks to halt this drive through locking mankind into the material world; the means to achieve this drive is to achieve a higher rate of vibration moving upwards to the Realms of Light.
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Seed of Life
This post is short and sweet; I will leave it to my readers to see the similarity between the symbols on the left and the stages of growth on the right. All that needs to be said is that the basic symbol of the 'seed' and of 'growth' is the Hagal-Rune which forms the central core of the seven-circle symbol at the bottom.
My point in showing this is also simple, for it proves beyond doubt that the ancients knew and used the runes as the Secrets of Nature and not merely as an alphabet for writing with. They were indeed Magical Symbols because they worked with the Laws of Nature and harmonised with Nature at all levels. Knowing the Secrets of Nature meant being able to use them in a magical way; this is the basis of magic.
This also puts to rest the idea that the Hagal-Rune is solely a rune of destructive power, for the idea of growth is the opposite to that of destruction. Yes, it can be destructive but it is also a rune of health, healing and of balance. As a rune of new life and of growth it can of course be used at other levels where growth is needed.
Hael & Sieg!
Yggdrasil and the Runes
In a previous post I looked at the 'Seed of Life' and the 'Flower of Life' as being part of a kind of 'matrix' which forms the basis of all life-forms. The very basic core of both of these symbols is the Hagal-Rune or the Hag-All. As the hexagon this is the Crystal of Life which some German Rune Magicians called the Krist-All. Within the symbolism of the 'Flower of Life' are the Nine Glory-Twigs which form the 'Mother-Rune' of the Ar-Kan Rune-Row. (*)
I am now going to look at the figure of the Nine Glory-Twigs in the form which has the hexagon at the centre, the Hag-All/All-Hag. This, I must add, is just one of two ways of showing the Nine Glory-Twigs. Both ways have the Hagal-Rune at the centre and both have the Gar-Rune as the central rune also, but what I am going to show here relates to the 'Form of Life' patterns shown above. (**)
You can see in the above photo that I have used isometric paper for ease of drawing the runes; this paper is used for drawing three dimensional figures (3-D). The basic pattern of the paper is the hexagon or cube (cube in three dimensions). (I got the idea of the isometric paper from a YouTube video and the basic pattern fits what I am doing here.) (***)
In the above I have drawn the first three AEttir of the Ar-Kan rune-row, the last nine runes being on the figure below -
Together with the nine extra runes are three variants of the Wolf-Hook Rune, the Sig-Tiw Rune, an alternative Ing-Rune and Ken-Rune, and the Fylfot-Swastika shown as a three-dimensional symbol. These are what I could think of at the time but there are certainly more symbols to be found from the basic figure.
The 'Seed of Life' certainly grows into the 'Flower of Life' and from this stage comes the 'Fruit of Life', and thus back to the 'Seed of Life' which creates new life. Thus we have the basic unit of Guido von List's work - Birth-Life-Death-to-Rebirth.
I found the above symbol online, and when looked at carefully it shows one of the prime symbols of Freemasonry, the 'Ing-Rune' and the 'G' in the centre. Of course, we need to understand that symbols are not inherently 'evil' in any way, and it has always been the case that they have been stolen by the forces of the Counter-Initiation and used for their own purposes. In this case it is my belief that the basic unit of this - the Cube of Saturn - has been adopted because this is the 'Pattern of Life' (Universal Pattern) which the three main religions - Judaism, Islam and Christianity - use for the purpose of spreading the darkness throughout the universe. All three of these slave-religions use the Black Cube for their symbolism, even the Christian Cross is the cube opened out! (Which shows that the true Christian Symbol was the original Fish of Pisces, but the Cube-Cross replaced this at a later time.) (****)
The 'G' in the above, when squared off to suit the pattern, makes a spiral form of a '6', the number which is related to Saturn. The 'Ing-Rune' is the DNA-Code and also symbolic of the 'chain of life' since it has the meaning 'offspring of' or 'son of'. In a sense, in the way it is drawn here which is slightly altered from the one we use, it can be seen a Twin-Fishes, the Sign of Pisces. The main point here is that all of this symbolism is used to spread the darkness throughout the universe; scientists know that Dark Matter exists but they do not as yet know what it is. Since it makes up some 80% of the universe in a time of the Dark Age maybe there is some link with what has been said here.
In the above I have used an alternative to the 'Flower of Life' in that in our own Northern Tradition we could use the Tree of Life which is Yggdrasil. The name 'Ygg-Dra-Sil' fits well with the 'Nine Glory-Twigs' since it too is based upon the Mystical Number Three -
Ygg - Ygg-Woden
Dra - 'three', 'to turn', 'to coil'.
Sil - Column/Sun-Column.
If we see this 'Tree of Life' as Yggdrasil then the central column has three 'points' of intersection which are the three main worlds (3 + 3 + 3) of Asgard-Midgard-Hel. Interestingly, using half-lines there are nine points which thus give us the Nine Worlds and the Nine Chakras (moving beyond the seven).
Since the 'Seed of Life' is the 'Mother-Rune' of the Armanen Rune-row then this was the right rune-row to be used at the time when the 'Seed of Life' or 'Seed of a New Order' was sown through the awakening of the German Nation in the late nineteenth and twentieth century. This 'Seed of Life' would actually be 'sown' through the phenomena known as the 'Ride of the Wild Hunt' which takes place at the Yuletide of the Year - in this case 1933 - 1945 (the twelve years representing the Twelve Nights of Yule). The Wild Hunt is the force of destruction-to-recreation and as such through the destruction wrought in World War II the 'Seeds of Creation' were sown. This symbolism can be found in the image of Woden riding Sleipnir at the Yuletide of the year when his horse's hooves leave behind them the 'seeds' sown for the new year to come. That 'seed' is now beginning to grow into the Great Tree, the force that will bring into being the New Order.
This, in fact, puts paid to the criticism of the Armanen Rune-System because it is not 'historical'; Guido von List embodied the Archetype of Wotan when he recovered the Ancient Runes after a cataract operation which left him blind for some months. The Armanen Rune-row was the one that fitted the era when the 'Seed of Life' was sown. (*****) Today we have entered the era when the 'seed' has begun to spring into new growth, and thus the 33 Ar-Kan Runes formed from the 'Tree of Life' are valid to the work we have been undertaking. We can see that it is necessary for us to adopt the larger rune-system in that it contains the Ing-Rune which is the 'Rune of the Son', and the Rune of the Ingas.
If we look at what I have been saying about the 'Tree of Life' then the runes are in fact a form of 'Tree Alphabet' but not in the sense that the runes are merely a form of writing as some would have us believe. The runes, as can be seen here, have three distinct levels of meaning -
At a Cosmic Level they are the Secrets of the Cosmos.
At the next level they are the Secrets of Nature.
At the next level they form the Mysteries of Man.
At all three levels the World Tree - Yggdrasil - forms the basis of the wholeness of each. The 'Seed of Life' grows into the 'Tree of Life' from which the 'Fruit of Life' ('Seed of Life' again) forms with the maturity of the Tree. Birth-Life-Death-to-Rebirth again. We can see then that the runes have to be read on all levels of being as if they were the same; each level has the same essence if not quite the same form.
The Walknut can also be drawn using an Isometric Grid, as was shown on the video on YouTube. Although the cube forms the basic pattern, this itself is formed from six triangles, so the triangle is in fact the very basic form of the 'Pattern of Life'. Whereas the cube is formed of six triangles the Walknut is formed of ten triangles (three times three with one at the central point). The Number 10 itself suggests the start of a new sequence. As I have shown in one of our magazines, when you use a piece of cordage laid out in the form of the Walknut it forms a 'slip-knot' which is the simple form of the 'hangman's knot'. It is the Knot of Woden.
Adding these ideas together we have the World Ash-Tree (Yggdrasil) on which hangs the god Ygg (Woden); in the same symbolism we have the 'Hangman's Noose' which is symbolic of Woden. It is usual to see the World Tree as an Ash-Tree but some feel that it is really a Yew-Tree, due to the Eddas calling it the 'Needle-Ash'. But here we may be 'barking up the wrong tree' (sorry, could not resist that one) for may not the term 'Needle Ash' be used for the Mountain Ash whose leaves are somewhat more pointed than the Ash, but whose alternative name is the Rowan-Tree ('Rune-Tree'). Woden rediscovered the runes whilst he hung in a self-sacrifice upon the 'Rune-Tree'. What he had to do was to recognise the patterns of the runes within the tree itself. (******)
If we look carefully at the Fylfot-Swastika form used in the diagram it seems to us as a three-dimensional form, as if we were looking downwards onto the symbol. But it also shows something else, for looked at from this angle the pattern is made up of squares/cubes which has to relate to the board-games known as Chess and Taefl. It has been suggested that the outcome of the Taefl-Board or Knefatafl is decided by R-a-hw-h-a-n.
Woden was said to have 'peered down' in order to see the rune-staves; looking at the Ger-Rune, the Gar-Rune and the Fylfot-Swastika these appear to be the ones that show up at a three-dimensional level when we 'look down' upon them at a certain angle. Both of these contain the Germanic Ing-Rune which looks like a square when viewed in this way. Put another way the 'lozenge' becomes the 'square' at a 3-D level.
The 18 runes of the Armanen Rune System can all be taken from the Hagal-Rune or 'Mother-Rune' as shown above. I have drawn the Thorn-Rune as it would be taken from the hexagon-shape, though it is usually drawn as in the CGF. It could also be drawn as just a 'thorn', a triangle.
Finally, the Nine Glory-Twigs form can be used as a meditation in itself; this is done by concentrating on the form and drawing the runes out of the Pattern of Wyrd. Wyrd is the whole, the runes are formed from the whole. Wyrd is formed from the interconnecting 'threads' which in this case run upright and diagonally making up the pattern as it is.
(*) I will call this the 'Ar-Kan Rune-Row' rather than the 'Anglo-Frisian Rune-Row' because ours does use some alternative runes; this has been done to fit with our own unique Wodenic Lore.
(**) This form is the way that some have drawn the pattern; Hamasson used this form in a painting he gave to me.
(***) See the videos by Asaheim Wulfguard on YouTube; he has nothing to do with Woden's Folk and works on his own initiative.
(****) Saturn has a hexagon at its North Pole and an Eye at the South Pole. This is significant in view of the use by the Dark Forces who control the three major religions - Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
(*****) Guido von List actually prophesied that a new force would arise around 1932, only a year out from 1933.
(******) One of the most effective Runic Meditations is the 'Tree Meditation' where the runes are found in the patterns of the branches of trees. Runes can be found everywhere in life, but this is most potent in that we can see the runes appear around us in the woods and forests.
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Raising the Stang
The Wolf-Hook Rune is the Rune of Resistance and was used in the Peasant's War in Germany. This rune derives from the Eoh-Rune which s...
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The Dawgs have their day! Georgia Bulldogs snap 41-year title drought and seven-game losing streak to rival Alabama with dramatic 33-18 comeback victory over Crimson Tide in College Football Playoff final
NY state and Boston face coldest temperatures since 2019 and up to two feet of snow Tuesday: More than 15MILLION are under wind chill alerts as East Coast temperatures dip 45 below zero
Alabama man, 22, is indicted by FBI for sending $75 to stranger on messaging app Kik 'to abduct ex-friend and subject her to "the most brutal rape imaginable"'
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Parents of late Jeopardy! champion Brayden Smith, 24, file lawsuit claiming he died due to medical malpractice after hospital removed his colon but failed to put him on anti-clotting drugs afterwards
Queens man, 72, is charged with threatening to KILL Donald Trump 'after referring to former president as HITLER and vowing to "take him down" if he didn't concede 2020 election'
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Mary-Kate Olsen steps out in New York one day after her TV dad Bob Saget died at the age of 65: Heartbroken Full House cast release joint statement
Bob Saget's tragic family history: Comedian's two sisters both died young at 35 and 44 - one from a brain aneurism and the other from autoimmune disease
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Manchin still 'cautious' on killing the filibuster: Moderate says it's been the 'tradition in the Senate for 232 years' and it makes the US 'different to any place in the world'
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Turned into unrecognisable monsters by the oil: Sickening new images of the helpless wildlife dying in the muck of the BP spill
By Mail Foreign Service
Updated: 04:27 EST, 7 June 2010
The bird struggles out of the sludge, fighting for air, oil dripping from its wings.
It could be an image from a grisly sci-fi movie. But it is not. This bird is a shocking illustration of the catastrophic impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on local wildlife.
The pelican - the official bird of Louisiana - was one of a number that were saved off the coast of the state.
A brown pelican is seen on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast
Horror: A sea bird is unrecognisable as it fights to free itself from oil at East Grand Terre Island beach, Louisiana
They were barely able to walk or get out of the sea near East Grand Terre island, where officials found around 35 of the birds.
They were treated with detergents to wash off the oil. Many more animals have not been so lucky. More than 400 dead birds have so far been recovered.
Images such as this will only fuel anger towards BP as the spill enters its 46th day and the company struggles to stem the flow of oil from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well.
Helpless: A pelican sits dejectedly on the shoreline with its wing feathers so tarred by oil that it is unable to fly
Suffering: The treacle-like sludge is hard to clean off and many birds are choking to death on it
Previously, photographs of wildlife coated in an oily sheen were as bad as it got. But now the animals are drowning in the muck, as thick and sticky as treacle, and much, much harder to clean up.
Crude oil has been pouring unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico at up to 19,000 barrels (800,000 gallons) a day since an explosion on April 20 that demolished a BP-contracted drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana, killing 11 crewmen.
It unleashed an environmental disaster of epic proportions. The spill is now the worst in U.S. history - worse than the Exxon Valdez spill - and there is no end in sight.
U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted by National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen upon his arrival in New Orleans
The president, seen here with Florida Governor Charlie Crist and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, is in Louisiana for updates on the Gulf oil spill and meetings with residents and local officials
U.S. President Barack Obama has now gone to Louisiana for a third time in an attempt to deal with the oil spill.
He had previously been criticised for not prioritising the situation in Louisiana, with Kirby Goidel, a political scientist at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, saying: 'There's a feeling down here that this is not a top priority for him, that he's reacting to events rather than trying to control events.'
Stop blaming UK for BP oil disaster: Cable hits out at... WILLIAM REES-MOGG: A slippery business: It's the end of easy... 'Furious' Obama blasts BP again as Tony Hayward gets set to... 'Those morons don't know what they're doing': James...
Sarah Palin: BP oil spill is the fault of environmentalists...
After landing at the New Orleans airport Obama headed into a briefing at an airport hangar with Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the federal official leading the response to the spill, and other officials.
He then planned to make a speech and drive to Grand Isle, a barrier town affected by the spill, to meet with residents.
Victim: A dead bird lies on its back as a torrent of sludge amid the tide carries it to shore
Death zone: An eagle flies over a vast brown area of the oil spill where so many other birds have perished
Vast: A ship deploying an oil float shows the scale of the disaster as the spillage spreads for miles around
BP has failed in repeated attempts to stop the leak, and it has now spread from Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi to lap at the shores of Florida's white beaches.
Government forecasters said part of the far-flung oil sheen had crept within six miles of Florida's Gulf Coast and could reach the white, sandy shores in days.
Experts also fear it could hit the U.S. coast in just weeks. Underwater slicks are caught up in a Gulf current called the Loop Current, set to carry the oil around the Florida Panhandle and out into the open Atlantic.
Sign of anger: A placard beside a road in Venice, Louisiana reveals the locals fury over the disaster
Symbolic: Crosses with the names of fish and activities that have been lost fill a yard in Grand Isle, Louisiana
The moving danger: A computer-generated model of how the oil could spread into the Atlantic Ocean
The U.S. National Centre for Atmospheric Research projected that the oil slick would be driven by wind and currents around the Florida peninsula by early summer and up the East Coast, possibly as far as North Carolina.
The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and will last until October. The prospect of a massive storm spreading the oil, hampering efforts to cap the leak, is chilling.
Back in the Gulf, wildlife officials said 60 birds at the Queen Bess Island Pelican Rookery in Louisiana, including 41 pelicans, were found coated in oil before being caught and taken to a rehabilitation centre.
The brown pelican, Louisiana's state bird, was removed from the federal endangered species list last year.
A bird that feeds by plunge-diving for fish in the open surf, the brown pelican has been among the hardest hit birds by the spill.

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Q: inserting unique date into txt document I'm trying this script to insert only a unique date into a text file, but it isn't working properly:
$log_file_name = "logfile.txt";
$log_file_path = "log_files/$id/$log_file_name";

if(file_exists($log_file_path)){
  $not = "not";
  $todaydate = date('d,m,Y');
  $today = "$todaydate;";
  $strlength = strlen($today);
  $file_contents = file_get_contents($log_file_path);
  $file_contents_arry = explode(";",$file_contents);
  if(!in_array($todaytodaydate,$file_contents_arry)){
    $append = fopen($log_file_path, 'a');
    $write = fwrite($append,$today); //writes our string to our file.
    $close = fclose($append); //closes our file
  }
  else {
    $append = fopen($log_file_path, 'a');
    $write = fwrite($append,$not); //writes our string to our file.
    $close = fclose($append); //closes our file
  }
}
else{
  mkdir("log_files/$id", 0700);
  $todaydate = date('d,m,Y');
  $today = "$todaydate;";
  $strlength = strlen($today);
  $create = fopen($log_file_path, "w");
  $write = fwrite($create, $today, $strlength); //writes our string to our file.
  $close = fclose($create); //closes our file
}

The problem is with the if else statement where it should be written if it's already in the array.

A: $todaytodaydate Should be $todaydate

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The *ThanLwinSoft (Open Source Software for Myanmar)* is no longer online.
It may be feasible to retrieve contents via the Wayback Machine.
It was crawled just once in June 2009.


Cook lasagna noodles as directed on package. Drain; place in cold water to cool.
Meanwhile, heat oven to 350°F. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add garlic, broccoli, mushrooms and bell pepper; cook 3 to 4 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. If necessary, cut broccoli into smaller pieces.
Beat egg in small bowl with wire whisk. Add ricotta cheese and Italian seasoning; mix well.
Drain cooled lasagna noodles. Spread 1/2 cup of the pasta sauce in ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Top with 4 noodles, overlapping as necessary, half of ricotta mixture, half of cooked vegetables, half of remaining pasta sauce (about 2 1/4 cups) and 1 cup of the shredded cheese. Repeat layers, starting with noodles.
Bake at 350°F. for 45 to 50 minutes or until hot and bubbly. If cheese is getting too brown, cover baking dish loosely with foil. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
Ricotta is fresh cheese with small soft curds. Its name is Italian for "recooked"; ricotta is made by reheating the whey drained from mozzarella or provolone cheese. Ricotta's mild flavor and loose texture combine well with both sweet and savory ingredients.
The 6-chese Italian blend contains mozzarella, smoked provolone, Parmesan, Romano, Fontina and Asiago. Use another combination of Italian cheeses from your refrigerator in place of the 6-cheese Italian blend. Try Asiago, mozzarella, Parmesan and provolone; shred the cheeses and measure 2 cups.


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Q: Postfix notify send My scenario
I'm writing a website that uses local postfix to send email to users. For any email I'm going to send I need to know if postfix has successfully delivered it (to the next-hop), or not.
What I've done so far
I correctly configured the execution of a script in case the email is bounced. To achieve this I send email with something like "info+2493@mydomain" as envelope sender address, where 2493 is the unique identifier of my mail, and configured a transport entry for info@mydomain which use a ad-hoc relay (in master.cf) that executes my script. Good
My question
How can I configure the execution of a script just like I did for bounced email for successfully delivered email instead?
And what other possibilities exist for a mail being sent besides bounced and delivered which I should care about?

A: For knowing status of mail delivery, postfix use DSN as state in RFC 3464. The documentation states there are 3 delivery status

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*Success (server accept the message)

*Delayed (server can't deliver right now, but it will try again)

*Failure (server can't deliver it, bounced back to sender)

If you send email via sendmail (for example with mail function in PHP), the default state is postfix will notify you in case there is failure or delay. If you want to be notified if message is successfully sent, add parameter -N delay,failure,success in your sendmail command. This feature documented in Postfix DSN Support and SENDMAIL(1).
UPDATE
To distinguish success delivery and failure, you can parsing the attachment of DSN email, especially in Delivery report section.
Here the snippet of failure delivery
Content-Description: Delivery report
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; example.com
X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 3gPtcL5lvrzDFBC
X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; sender@example.com
Arrival-Date: Fri,  9 May 2014 08:04:50 +0700 (WIT)

Final-Recipient: rfc822; nonexist@example.com
Original-Recipient: rfc822;nonexist@example.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.1
Remote-MTA: dns; example.com
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.1.1 <nonexist@example.com>: Recipient address
    rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table

Here the snippet of success delivery
Content-Description: Delivery report
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; www.example.com
X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 5936DF75D4
X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; sender@example.com
Arrival-Date: Thu,  8 May 2014 22:58:40 +0700 (WIT)

Final-Recipient: rfc822; myrecipient@example.com
Original-Recipient: rfc822;myrecipient@example.com
Action: relayed
Status: 2.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; delivery via dovecot: delivered via dovecot service


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Kanye West Just Unleashed An Onslaught On Wiz Khalifa
Yesterday Kanye West announced that he was abandoning the name SWISH and changing the name of his album to Waves. Wiz Khalifa took offence to this and posted a few tweets stating that Kanye West should not name his album Waves due to it being disrespectful to incarcerated rapper Max B.
Read the exchange below:
The tweet that started it all:
— "#Waves the album formally known as Swish"
Wiz proclaimed:
— "Please don't take the wave."
— "Max B is the wavy one. He created the wave. There is no wave without him."
— "Im a wavy baby for sure and I'm not having it."
— "He's the reason I sing on all my songs. That's the wave. If theres nothing wit that sound ITS NOT WAVY."
— "Hit this kk and become yourself."
Kanye Went then proceeded to fly off the handle:
— "First of all, you stole your whole s*** from Cudi."
— "Your first single was corny as f***."
— "You let a stripper trap you"
— "I know you mad every time you look at your child that this girl got you for 18 years."
— "I am your OG and I will be respected as such."
— "Don't ever in your f****** life speak sideways about a n***a that's fighting for us. I do this for all of us."
— "I showed you respect as a man when I met you. You wouldn't have a child if it wasn't for me."
— "Don't even hint at mentioning me my family or my wife I am your OG"
— "Thank you for the extra promotion #WAVES available February 11th"
The rebuttal (Wiz):
— "KK is weed fool. Reason's why your not wavy. Go bacc to Swish."
The rebuttal (Kanye)
— "Man it's a sad a day… Wiz lost 2 million followers since I tweeted I didn't mean to either him like that."
— "I'm happy that I now know that KK means weed… please excuse the confusion … now back to #WAVES"
Don't forget about Amber Rose:
— "Awww @kanyewest are u mad I'm not around to play in ur asshole anymore? #FingersInTheBootyAssBitch"
— "Lol @kanyewest Now u wanna delete ur tweets cuz Muva has arrived? #TwitterFingers #UrGettingBodiedByAStripperNigga"
Things to note: Amber Rose is a SAVAGE…
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Spain's Villa retires from international football
 By IANS | Published on  Wed, Nov 13 2019 15:03 IST |  42 Views
David Villa(R). (Xinhua/Ye Pingfan). Image Source: IANS News
Tokyo, Nov 13 : Spain's top goalscorer David Villa on Wednesday announced that he would call it a day from professional football at the end of the season.
The 37-year-old is presently plying his trade for Japan's Vissel Kobe alongside former Spain and Barcelona team mate Andres Iniesta and German striker Lukas Podolski.
Villa has previously played for FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Valencia. He has also played in the World Cup three times and was Spain's top scorer in the 2010 World Cup which they won. He was also part of the team that won the European Championships in 2008 and played an important role in Spain's qualification for Euro 2012. However, injury forced him out of the tournament which Spain eventually won.
He netted 59 times for Spain, thus making him the all time highest goalscorer for his country.
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Popular sitcom was recently revived for a one-off sketch encouraging Americans to vote in the upcoming Presidential election.
Will & Grace could return for a new series, according to a report.
The popular US sitcom, which originally aired on NBC between 1998 and 2006, was recently revived for a one-off sketch encouraging Americans to vote in the upcoming Presidential election. That sketch, written by the show's creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, has now been viewed on YouTube more than six million times.
Original stars Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes all reprised their classic roles for the sketch.
Now Deadline has learned that talks are underway for a new 10-episode season. According to the report, "there are a lot of hurdles that make mounting a Will & Grace return a daunting task," but "at least there is a will to pursue it".
A streaming service like Netflix is said to be the "more likely" home for the new season. However, the report notes that there have been no "formal conversations" with the internet TV giant, which is about to launch its continuation of another enduring popular US series, Gilmore Girls.
When Will & Grace ended in 2006, its stars were reportedly earning a hefty $600,000 (£490,000) each per episode, meaning a new series would probably be a costly investment for Netflix or any other network.


The video traces the lineage of an NSF project in the digital maker and creativity domains by which teachers and their students develop and use video tools to express mathematical and scientific structure. The project has taken place in the US and Africa; its approach profoundly affects teacher-student interaction and in part through NSF support is now at the heart of a long-term strategy for teachers in one African country, Namibia, to be the first country whose educators have fully digitized their national curriculum.
May 17, 2016 | 08:38 a.m.
I am wondering about the teachers' learning, specifically their learning about a less didactic pedagogy, more suited to a 'maker' approach. I spent a few days at a school in Kibera (Nairobi) which had very dedicated teachers working heroically under difficult circumstances— but they had learned within a very teacher-centered system, and that was what they were enacting.
Do you find that pedagogical shifts occur purely because the work is focused on a project, about which it is natural to have discussions and dialogue?
May 17, 2016 | 09:07 a.m.
Brian, we have actually worked at St. Aloysius school for Kibera students. Your question is very compelling and one we struggle with continually. Perhaps we can talk more. I am in Namibia right now facilitating a workshop on this.
May 17, 2016 | 09:37 a.m.
Fascinating was my first thought too. What are some topics on which videos have been made?
May 19, 2016 | 01:59 p.m.
Jennifer, most of the topics are related to the national curriculum, which is anchored to a fairly common set of ideas. In some cases, topics are pretty funny – a python eats a rabbit, so what is the percentage of change in mass. The teachers are just starting to get accustomed to the idea of making videos from science of their surroundings – this past week, i took a group of teachers to a beach on the Atlantic (near the famous Skeleton Coast in Namibia), and the process of connecting real world phenomena unique to their geography (there is no place like this in the world) is still novel. They are heavily invested in meeting curriculum goals, and facing many of the same struggles in nurturing deep and effective learning in light of performance demands that we face.
May 17, 2016 | 09:53 a.m.
This is such interesting work! I am interested in the cross-cultural collaborative component of projects such as this. Is this a goal for your project, and if so, have you facilitated interactions between students in different schools or countries?
Additionally, I agree with Brian that professional development and training is so often the critical missing piece for successful implementation of new pedagogy. What kinds of curricular guides and training do you provide for your teachers and students?
May 19, 2016 | 02:14 p.m.
Jenna! What a great question. We have had some experience facilitating communications between youngsters creating videos in Long Beach CA and Helsinki. It was a wild experience! We are trying to do the same thing with youngsters in US and African locations, but are finding that our hosts are really intent on us working with teachers first – indeed, their interest is in professional development, as you and Brian put it. We are striving to make it happen and believe it will be sublime. This is a dream long in the making.
I have been spending this week at Namibia's annual mathematics education conference, and gave a keynote yesterday on pedagogy. Much of our work is in the mechanics of learner-centrism, and the hard and mindful work of reflecting on practice. We focus a lot on interactivity, principles of media use in learning, feedback, and valuing multiple points of entry to the representation of concepts and structure. We try to help teachers decouple their own sophisticated understandings of mathematical ideas from that of students, pointing out how things they have automatized are now subconsciously part of their instruction, and unrecognizable to students, who then think math makes no sense. We work hard to highlight examples. We also try to get teachers to understand that ideas formed in rich socio-affective contexts are more durable than the didactics with which they are comfortable. And encourage them to feel permission to express joy in not only teaching but in mathematics. I know that is a lot of varied points, but that captures a bit of the pedagogical guidance we give.
May 17, 2016 | 10:12 a.m.
Global knowledge… Local spirit…This is groundbreaking research combined with practice to give people permission to own their learning. It delivers empowerment because education is the driving force! I have watched your video several times and it always delivers something new with each view!
May 17, 2016 | 10:47 a.m.
Providing tools for learners to teach and share what the have learned is a great way to broaden participation especially in places where PD is limited by any number of factors. How will this digitized curriculum be shared with others? Will Namibia share this curriculum with other countries? Also, are there plans to extend this project to other domains beyond mathematics and science?
Also, do these videos or the space where they are posted promote interaction between teachers and students at different sites?
May 17, 2016 | 08:04 p.m.
Interesting approach with great potential. Thanks for submitting your video. Have you thought about how to evaluate the impact of this idea? Do you have any plans to expand the project?
May 18, 2016 | 03:26 p.m.
Thank you for defining terms for practices that we can use to explain what we see happening when digital tools wrap around the energy of learning. Definitely the term "multiplier effect" is a characteristic we hear with social media and it can be applied to focusing and the excitement of being in a grow in "flow" too. What are your challenges in product "ownership" as students progress?
May 20, 2016 | 02:14 p.m.
Betsy, I agree with Helen Teague's comment below. Your phrasing was beautiful, and meant much to me. The challenges you refer to are small in some sense – learners and teachers readily take ownership of the media they create. We are finding a challenge in getting makers to move through the video improvement process that is necessary for what they produce to be usable outside of their immediate context. Thank you again.
May 22, 2016 | 09:12 p.m.
Eric, thank you your kind comment. Few like to face the unknown reader so what you describe is fairly common in this online world that once was only text! I've moderated gated student online forums and have found that they can be a great..and fun place to peer edit practice for localize meaning and interpretations. Interesting to hear how video can focus some of the context so tight that it has difficulty engaging others "outside of their immediate context". Thanks too for sharing that.
May 18, 2016 | 05:08 p.m.
Wow, Betsy! Your phrasing, "when digital tools wrap around the energy of learning" is elegantly accurate. This is not my video, but I just had to reply to your comment and let you know! What you describe is exactly what happens in digitally mediated instruction and construction! Thank you for great phrasing that will go on my "phrase wall" !
May 22, 2016 | 09:20 p.m.
Nice to hear someone giving digital tools a fair shot to aid learning. Science education has the benefit in that students need to learn the practice and benefits of research science to employ digital tools to assist complex problems. By starting with projects and developing "learning progressions", our MSP project gained. HOWEVER…evaluation processes for STEM became a challenge.
Eric did your project run into that challenge?
May 20, 2016 | 02:21 p.m.
I like the idea of a phrase wall, Helen. Thank you for your continued enthusiasm and support. You are aces always.
May 23, 2016 | 03:25 p.m.
May 22, 2016 | 08:56 p.m.
Thank you for sharing my view on digital tools..and speaking of digital tools..a Padlet tool would be nice to have connected to this weeklong event. Would be nice to post quotes all in one place to have later.
Good point, Betsy! Real-time archiving is so helpful, especially to catch especially relevant/significant "gobsmacker quotes," a term that Dr. Hamilton has graciously allowed me to use. Are you familiar with Slack? (https://slack.com/) User-friendly and no fee. :) Let's stay in touch!
May 23, 2016 | 03:43 p.m.
Thank you to Dr. Hamilton.


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Willy A. Valdivia
Is the founder and CEO of Orion Integrated Biosciences, Inc., where he heads a team of experts in genomics, computational biology, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. Since 2003, his efforts have focused on the implementation of algorithms for the development of medical countermeasures against known and unknown biothreats.
Supported by DHS-S&T-OUP, DHS-CBP, DoD, DTRA, USDA, NIH and the EU, Mr. Valdivia has a broad view of innovation and technology development for biodefense. In 2014 Mr. was named one of the four most successful Latin-American bio-entrepreneurs by the Spanish Bioindustry Association (ASEBIO). Currently, he leads or participates in sectors to support national security including a close collaboration the DHS Centers of Excellence.
Willy Valdivia is the author of publications on data mining, genomics of infectious diseases, and bioterrorism and book chapters on national security and policy. He serves as subject matter expert for the US government and the European Commission and has active research projects in the US, Europe and Africa, and Latin-America.
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MySpace Battle: Ceramic Lawn Ornament or Aging TV Icon?
For the past year, I've been the annoying voice in the office saying, "We need to be doing something with MySpace."
Advertisers seem to be afraid of MySpace but I was tickled to learn how Travelocity registered on MySpace earlier this year and very recently, Priceline followed suit.
Now, just because Travelocity gave me my own traveling gnome to take to Afghanistan doesn't make me tainted in choosing which online travel site has the best MySpace presence. I mean, gotta love Captain Kirk (I am a geek, remember) and his dry sense of humor. I even decided I liked him more after reading the latest issue of "Budget Travel" and seeing stickers of "The Priceline Negotiator" (that's William Shatner's Priceline character).
What else do I have to say on the subject? Well, read my latest article, "Priceline and Travelocity Battle it out on MySpace." Tell me, who's the Online Travel King??? By the way, those who don't have MySpace accounts can still visit the Priceline and Travelocity pages - visit my article for links.
Check out the new priceline negotiator google gadget - "Pimp My Negotiator". You can pimp out Shatner anyway you want!
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Letter from U.S. Public Health Service Promises $30 to Participate in Study: Scam or Legit?
At the beginning of the year I received a letter from the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) stating it's conducting a national study on health-related issues and my address was randomly selected along with more than 200,000 others. The letter said Research Triangle Institute (RTI) is contracted to conduct the study and a representative will visit me.
The letter provided the interviewer's name and stated she'd have an identification badge. All members of my household (me) would be asked a few questions and if qualified, I'd be asked to complete a survey and be compensated $30.
With all the scams going around I wasn't sure if this was legit. I Googled the phone number provided (800-848-4079) and found it did belong to Research Triangle Institute. I also found some message boards where users posted they didn't think it sounded legit and kind of scammy.
I forgot about it until last night, around 6:30 the doorbell rang. It was the woman mentioned in the lette…
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This is day 8 of Grandma's journey and according to the hospice lady, she doesn't have much time. But what does that mean? At this point, it's all relative because two weeks ago they said she didn't have much time.
My aunt (the nurse) said on Friday Grandma's in the condition to hang on for another week and the hospice lady said she had a similar patient who lived for 16 days. That's 16 days without food and water. The human body is amazing.
I've been up to Sarasota most days since a week ago last Wednesday (the day I returned from Obama's inauguration) and didn't see much difference Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday. She seemed somewhat responsive to voices and would raise her eyebrows or move her mouth as if trying to say something. But Friday was different. When I walked in, she opened her eyes and apparently, it was the first time she's opened them since her journey began. (Note: the term "journey" is the hospice phrase for "dying.&…
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A snake cozies up to my GoPro after I set the camera down to take a selfie under a gumbo limbo tree at the Calusa Heritage Trail in Pineland, Fla., in December.


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Fun, eco-friendly things to do in Portland
under Eco Tourism, Eco Travel, Features, Health and Fitness, Public Transportation
Portland has boomed in the past 20 years, attracting musicians, writers, graphic designers and other creative people. Many entrepreneurial folks have started unusual businesses and events, which often surprise and delight visitors. If you've always wanted to visit a vegan strip club or watch an adult soapbox derby race, Portland is for you.
The city of about 650,000 residents has a well-deserved reputation for rain. If you like a dry vacation, summer is your best bet. Spring is the most beautiful season, when tulips, irises and daffodils push up through the soggy ground and rhododendrons seem to bloom in every yard. Autumn enthusiasts will enjoy Portland's fall colors. But don't curse the rain if you get wet — it's what makes Portland so beautiful and green.
Portland outdoor adventures
Outdoor adventure awaits, both within city limits and a short drive or bus ride away. The Willamette River separates Portland's east and west sides. Running, walking and hiking are popular pastimes. On the east side, Mount Tabor, a dormant volcano, offers hiking trails without leaving the city. Forest Park, on the west side, is even bigger, with about 70 miles of recreational trails. For a short but gorgeous Forest Park hike, take the Lower Macleay Trail along Balch Creek up to the Audubon Society, where you can check out the Wildlife Care Center which treats orphaned and injured native animals. If you happen to be in Portland on Thanksgiving, consider walking or running the annual Tofurky Trot 5K, which benefits animal sanctuaries.
Portland is well known as a bike-friendly city. You can rent a bike and explore, or join a guided tour. Pedal Bike Tours offers an intro to Portland tour, plus excursions focused on donuts or beer. Their Columbia River Gorge Tour takes you out to the must-see gorge by van, where you bike and hike to waterfalls.
Since Portland has access to both the Willamette and Columbia rivers, the water possibilities are vast. Join Portland Kayak for a guided full moon paddle on the Willamette. During summer, eNRG Kayaking offers SUP yoga classes. For a special Portland experience, learn about the Northwest's favorite biped on a narrated Bigfoot Cruise. You'll even get the chance to smell a simulated Bigfoot pheromone (only people with strong stomachs should take a whiff).
Those who like a little culture with their outdoors time will find plenty of art festivals, especially in summer. The upscale Pearl neighborhood has art openings every first Thursday of the month. From April to October, the Urban Art Network Street Gallery sets up an extremely accessible First Thursday show, with a chance to meet painters, jewelers, woodworkers and other skilled artists, and find art for all budgets.
Portland wellness
It might seem like every other person you meet in Portland is a yogateacher, and many neighborhoods have multiple yoga studios. Yoga Refuge occupies an attractive upstairs space in an older building, with plenty of light and plants to cheer up the grayest Portland days. Studio PDX even lets you bring your small dog to some of its classes.
Portland is a city where it's easy to find gong healing. Portland Sound Sanctuary offers various sound healings, some including a cacaoceremony. Awakenings Wellness Center hosts intriguing events almost every day, such as ancestral lineage intensives, shamanic sound healing and a White Stag meditation.
Common Ground Wellness Center has a communal soaking pool and a dry cedar sauna. This clothing-optional hangout has times set aside for men, women, queer/trans and BIPOC people only, and a nightly silent hour from 10 to 11 pm. If you're happier when everyone wears a swimsuit, Knot Springs is a newer facility with a delightful water circuit, sauna, eucalyptus-scented steam room and full foot rub menu. You can book massages at both Common Ground and Knot Springs. Zama Massage Therapeutic Spa is Portland's only place for halo therapy in a saltcave.
The Grotto, a Catholic shrine to the Virgin Mary, is a peaceful place to visit, whether you're religious or not. It features gardens, shrines, a labyrinth and a meditation chapel with floor-to-ceiling windows. On a clear day, you can meditate on a view of snow-capped Mount Hood.
Dining out in Portland
Portland has become a city known for food, especially vegan food. At the high end, Chef Aaron Adams of Farm Spirit creates exquisite tasting menus from the Cascadian bioregion, with all ingredients sourced within 105 miles of the restaurant. There's also a chef's table experience, where you can chat with the chefs and watch as they prepare your food.
The Sudra interprets Indian food with a dash of New Mexico. Inventive plates include ingredients like turmeric-roasted Brussels sprouts, kale-infused dosas and coconut yogurt. All of this is served with a side of New Mexico green chilis, if desired. Vegetarian Thai Restaurant KaTi Portland makes the standard dishes, plus Thai street food and specialty entrees, with nary a drop of fish sauce.
The all-vegan and gluten-free Back to Eden Dessert Shop on NE Alberta makes cookies, pies, chia puddings and has an impressive sundae menu. Sweet Pea Bakery is a real cake specialist. You can even get a tiered wedding cake or a six-layered rainbow cake. For vegan ice cream, Eb & Bean makes both dairy and non-dairy frozen yogurt in flavors like black sesame and salty pistachio. Salt & Straw, Portland's most famous ice cream shop, always features at least a few vegan flavors. Don't miss their lemon cheesecake crumble.
In nearby Milwaukie, Oregon, world-famous Bob's Red Mill churns out oats, millet, sorghum, farro, and other grains. Visitors can take a tour, attend a cooking class, shop from a mind-blowing bulk section and eat lunch or breakfast. There's also a separate veg menu.
Visit during October to catch the annual two-day Portland VegFest. The newer VegOut! Portland Vegan Beer & Food Festival happens in summer.
It's easy to get around Portland without driving yourself, through a combination of walking, biking, bus, light rail and rideshare. TriMet is the local public transit company. The MAX light rail serves the airport every day until almost midnight and is the cheapest way to get to downtown hotels. Amtrak, Bolt, Flixbus and Greyhound also serve Portland.
If you see folks cruising around on heavy orange bikes built like tanks, that's the Biketown bike share program. They even have a limited number of adaptive bikes to get people with disabilities on the road.
Don't want to pedal? You can also rent an electric scooter. Be advised that it's illegal to ride scooters on the sidewalk, so stick to bike lanes and city streets. Also, be aware that these things pick up speed very fast when going downhill.
The Kimpton Riverplace puts a yoga mat in every room, has two charging stations for electric cars and is located right on the Willamette River waterfront path. Built in 1927, the Heathman is both historic and eco-conscious, with low-flow shower-heads, LED lighting, walls made from recycled materials and even a ghost or two.
For more eclectic lodging, check out one of Portland's three tiny house hotels. Yes, three. Caravan: The Tiny House Hotel has five cramped but cute choices. Tiny Digs has eight themed units, including train car, "gypsy wagon," barn and Victorian cottage. Slabtown Village bills itself as NW Portland's luxury tiny home hotel. At Slabtown, you can also choose from three small Victorian houses if a tiny home proves too teeny.
Images by Teresa Bergen / Inhabitat
Eco Wellness in Portland
The Grotto, a Catholic shrine to the Virgin Mary, is a peaceful place to visit, whether you're religious or not.
Portland has boomed in the past 20 years, attracting musicians, writers, graphic designers and other creative people.
In nearby Milwaukie, Oregon, world-famous Bob's Red Mill churns out oats, millet, sorghum, farro, and other grains. Visitors can take a tour, attend a cooking class, shop from a mind-blowing bulk section and eat lunch or breakfast.
Yoga Refuge occupies an attractive upstairs space in an older building, with plenty of light and plants to cheer up the grayest Portland days. Studio PDX even lets you bring your small dog to some of its classes.
The Sudra interprets Indian food with a dash of New Mexico. Inventive plates include ingredients like turmeric-roasted Brussels sprouts, kale-infused dosas and coconut yogurt. All of this is served with a side of New Mexico green chilis, if desired.
There's also a chef's table experience, where you can chat with the chefs and watch as they prepare your food.
Portland has become a city known for food, especially vegan food. At the high end, Chef Aaron Adams of Farm Spirit creates exquisite tasting menus from the Cascadian bioregion, with all ingredients sourced within 105 miles of the restaurant.
For a special Portland experience, learn about the Northwest's favorite biped on a narrated Bigfoot Cruise. You'll even get the chance to smell a simulated Bigfoot pheromone (only people with strong stomachs should take a whiff).
For more eclectic lodging, check out one of Portland's three tiny house hotels. Yes, three. Caravan: The Tiny House Hotel has five cramped but cute choices.
The Kimpton Riverplace puts a yoga mat in every room, has two charging stations for electric cars and is located right on the Willamette River waterfront path.
The city of 650,000 residents has a well-deserved reputation for rain. But don't curse the rain if you get wet — it's what makes Portland so beautiful and green.
Since Portland has access to both the Willamette and Columbia rivers, the water possibilities are vast. Join Portland Kayak for a guided full moon paddle on the Willamette. During summer, eNRG Kayaking offers SUP yoga classes.
The Grotto features gardens, shrines, a labyrinth and a meditation chapel with floor-to-ceiling windows. On a clear day, you can meditate on a view of snow-capped Mount Hood.
If you like a dry vacation, summer is your best bet. Spring is the most beautiful season, when tulips, irises and daffodils push up through the soggy ground and rhododendrons seem to bloom in every yard.


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Now is the time for world leaders to act. Help protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030.
Today, just under half of the planet is in a natural state. We need bold new ideas and leaders from around the world to step up and protect what is left so that life on Earth can continue to thrive.
That's why we are encouraging leaders to commit to protect at least 30 percent of the land and sea by 2030.
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Every day, we rely on nature for the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. But our natural world is disappearing at an alarming rate. Experts agree that to prevent a global extinction crisis, support a growing global population, and address climate change, we must conserve at least half of our planet in its natural state. As a critical milestone toward achieving that goal, we need to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030.
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As of January 2019, 15 percent of land and 7 percent of the ocean are covered by protected areas. To reach the goal of protecting 30 percent of the planet, world leaders must work collaboratively with other governments, indigenous communities, and other partners to ensure effective management of new and existing protected areas.
Ten years ago, leaders established global targets that led to a significant increase in the area of land and ocean under protection. But there's more work needed to safeguard life on Earth. In October 2020, world leaders have the opportunity to once again increase global ambition and set a target that will help pave the way to a sustainable planet.
"This is the level of ambition we need because this is the last chance to secure a functional living planet for people and other forms of life."
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We humans pride ourselves on our ability to look beyond immediate concerns and think on a grander scale. […] Yet we are often poor at focusing on and understanding the things which really matter. A new mass extinction is under way, and this time we are mostly responsible. The new UN Global Assessment Report warns that a million plant and animal species are at risk of being wiped out.
When the findings of a landmark UN report on biodiversity came out last week, the headlines ran the gamut from depressing to apocalyptic. One million species face extinction, readers were told. Almost a third of the world's reef-forming coral species, more than a third of its marine mammals, and 40 percent of its amphibian species could die out. And that's just the number of species.
Akagera National Park was badly degraded by poachers and settlers, but thanks to an innovative conservation effort it is now home again to the Big Five and a growing tourism business.
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Welcome to today's tutorial. It's been a while since I last posted, and I apologize for that. In this how-to guide, we shall take a look at how to connect your brand new (because it's just launched recently) Samsung Galaxy S8 to your TV.
SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy S8 VS iPhone 8: Which one is better?
By the way, I have something to confess. When I first came across the specs sheet for Samsung's flagship phone of 2017 and saw 5.8" as the screen size, I was like "why's that!" – it only makes the phone bigger to hold. But when I checked again and saw that the screen-to-body ratio was more than 82% I had to shut up. Can you believe it that a phone with such a screen size could fit into the body of a regular 5.0" phone? I have to give it to Samsung; they know how to design their phones.
Now going to the main point of this article, let's see the steps that you need to take if you want to connect your Galaxy S8 or even the Galaxy S8+ to your TV/monitor. You should know, however, that there are two methods of achieving this: wired and wireless.
Here, you can decide to use an official Samsung USB type C to HDMI adapter to make the connection or you can equally use a Kanex USB type C to HDMI adapter for it. Yet another method (maybe better) is by using the Samsung DeX desktop dock that allows you to connect your monitor, TV or other computer peripherals to it, making your phone to become your PC.
For the wireless method, you can use either of two ways: through Google Chromecast or using Miracast.
Google Chromecast. You can stream the contents of your phone onto your TV using the HDMI dongle that you have to plug into your TV. After that, you need to install the Google Home app on your Galaxy S8 and set up Chromecast. You can begin streaming or mirroring compatible apps on your phone onto your TV.
Miracast.The Samsung Galaxy S8 supports the Miracast feature of Android OS. This feature enables the user to mirror their phone onto a compatible TV without using any cable. Though the video quality is limited to 1080p at 30fps (frames per seconds), unlike with a wired connection that can give you video quality of 4K at 60 fps.
I hope this guide helps. If you have any questions or suggestions I would love to get them, you can use the comments box below to drop them. Aurevoir.
I am not able to cast the screen using the Home app. Youtube and other apps however, works fine. I have to give in a pin code thou.


The marijuana 3d printed weed socks comes in a comfortable fit, bringing marijuana clothing and fashion together. The weed socks is available in one size fits all.
The weed clothing cuts across all age groups as it is a common activity of smoking weed that brings people together. Among the clothing are shirts, shorts and even stickers. The marijuana clothing is available in all sizes inclusive of kids wear. The clothing are not just imprinted with the herb but also messages well understood by the weed smoking fraternity. However, the kids marijuana clothing are printed with mild messages so as not to corrupt the young ones.
Marijuana clothing is definitely a high income earner as it is legal business that is conducted freely by all persons whether a weed smoker or not. Whats more, the clothing is very affordable and thus price convenient across all social groups. The trendy nature of the marijuana clothing is enough to get people to buy the clothes so as to look cool. Therefore whether marijuana is legal or not you can still adorn yourself with the herb without any fear of being caught by the legal authorities.