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11 Apps That Will Make You Hate Maths a Little Less
By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 12 November 2014 08:19 IST
Remember maths "guide" books from the good old school days? The ones that provided step-by-step solutions to each and every problem in your textbook? It's time to say goodbye to those guides and embrace apps that make solving complex mathematical problems as easy as clicking a picture!
Today, you can choose from from learning tools that help you track formulae and learn algebra, to apps that let you solve equations by simply pointing the camera. The various app stores also have a number of scientific calculators available for cheap, or free, making this handy tool far more accessible than back in the day when it used to cost a small fortune.
This is by no means a comprehensive list, but we tried a bunch of apps and found these to be the best in making maths (almost) fun.
1. Photomath
Photomath is probably the best app for solving mathematical problems. It uses augmented reality, which means that you can simply point your camera at any piece of paper with an equation or an arithmetic problem and it will find a solution. There are limitations of course. At the moment, the app can't recognise handwritten problems, but does a good job identifying printed ones. It also can't solve quadratic equations, functional equations or calculus problems.
That said, the app does a great job with basic arithmetic problems and algebraic equations. The app shows solutions on screen and shows a "Steps" prompt that shows how it solved the problem. It also keeps a log of all the equations it has solved, so you can quickly refer to an older problem if needed.
Photomath is free on iOS and Windows Phone. The Android app is expected next year, according to the developer's website.
2. Solve4x
This free iOS app comes with an equation solver where you can either manually type in an equation for it to solve, or you can snap a picture and automatically process the entire equation. You can also use a photo that's already been saved to the gallery. It works with printed text, and even then there can be some garbled text, so a little light text editing after the picture is taken is required at times. One limitation is that the app doesn't support equations with brackets. The app solves the equations - the idea is that parents can use it to verify the results that their kids get, without having to remain up to date with complex algebra, though you might want to keep your kids away from smartphones in that case.
Solve4x is free on iOS.
3. iMathematics
iMathematics lets you type in equations and solves them for you. The paid version can solve a wider range of equations than Photomath does. Aside from this, the app also includes various learning modules, which we discuss in more detail in the section below. The only downside is that unlike Photomath however, with iMathematics, you have to enter the equations manually - you can't just take a picture of the equations.
iMathematics is available for free on iOS and Android. You can unlock the pro version with an in-app purchase.
4. MyScript Calculator
This app recognises your handwriting, so you can draw equations on the screen and it will solve them right away. It supports basic arithmetic, square and cube roots, apart from trigonometry, logarithms and percentages. You can also draw "2 + ? = 10" and it will tell you the correct answer.
We like this app very much, but it doesn't always recognise handwriting perfectly. Getting it to perform a simple cube root calculation was a problem because it couldn't recognise our input properly. But when it does work, this app is pretty handy.
MyScript Calculator is free on iOS and Android.
5. PCalc
There are several great scientific calculator apps on the iOS App Store, but PCalc takes the cake because it also has a beautiful Notification Centre widget. This means that you don't even need to launch the app when you need to perform calculations - just swipe down from the top of your screen no matter what you're doing and get started.
PCalc is available for Rs. 620 on iOS, but there's a barebones free version too in case you want to try the app before buying.
6. Scientific Calculator
For Android users, this is probably the best alternative. The app includes a range of functions including trigonometry, logarithms, exponential functions and it includes an equation history so you can see what work you did to reach your results. Equation syntax highlighting, bracket highlighting, and separate modes for scientific and engineering calculations make it a great choice, but most of all, this free app is also ad free.
Scientific Calculator is available now on Android for free.
7. Scientific Calculator (for Windows Phone)
While this app has the same name as our choice for Android, the two are from different companies and look and work differently too. However, this app does have a nice interface, functions from exponential to logarithmic to trigonometric functions. It also has a separate tab for history where you can see the calculations you have carried out.
Windows Phone users can download Scientific Calculator for free.
8. Graphing Calculator
An actual graphing calculator like the TI-84 will still cost you around $100, but you'll find plenty of apps with the same functionality. This app by Mathlab is one of the nicest ones we've seen, and it appears to work really well too. Over 10,000 people on the Play Store rated it 5-stars - and aside from the functionality, which you will find in a lot of different apps, we liked this one for its design, which is better than most similar apps. You can also try out BisMag Calculator 3D. This app has similar features but also includes an equation solver and a currency and unit converter, along with a graphing calculator. This app will not be useful for everyone, but if the features described match your needs then this is a great option, and it's free too.
Android users can get Graphing Calculator for free. This app is not available on iOS, but this Free Graphing Calculator is a good alternative, though it doesn't look as good.
iMathematics
This app (also mentioned above) does a good job of explaining various topics such as algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus. The app gives you a short definition of the concept, followed by some examples or illustrations to explain it. If there are any complex terms involved in the concept, then the app has a link to a simple explanation at the end of the topic. For instance, the topic "Solids of Revolution" mentions a "Truncated cone". A link at the end of the topic opens an article explaining what a truncated cone is.
iMathematics also provides a Wikipedia link at the end of each entry and lets you perform calculations using Wolfram Alpha. All of these open within the app, so there's no switching between apps involved in order to learn any topic. The free app lets you learn many basic concepts, while advanced concepts are available in a pro version of the app for Rs. 190 on iOS, and as a Rs. 300 in-app purchase on Android.
iMathematics is available for free on iOS and Android.
9. Khan Academy
Khan Academy's video tutorials are justifiably famous and cover various subjects including mathematics. All you need to do is install the app, pick your subject and start watching the tutorial videos. The app also includes practice questions, but that's also delivered as a video, so you'll have to note them down to solve.
Khan Academy's apps are available for free on iOS. Third-party apps that let you view Khan Academy videos are available on Android and Windows Phone.
10. Meritnation
The Meritnation app is the digital equivalent of a guide book for Indian students. It covers the syllabus from class 6 to 12, for CBSE, ICSE and state boards of Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Free on Android and iOS, the mathematics section includes problems from each chapter and gives you the solution. For students in India who want to use an app specifically to help prepare for their exams, this will be useful. The app does require a mandatory registration, and asks for your mobile number, and much of the advanced content is also unlocked through the Meritnation website. That does mean that you can unlock access on multiple platforms, but it's slightly inconvenient otherwise.
Meritnation is free on iOS and Android.
11. Mathematicus
Mathematicus is a good app if you have trouble remembering mathematical formulae. The app serves as a database for all important formulae and you can just fire it up anytime and look for what you need. It stacks these formulae by topics, which means you can find all trigonometry formulae under one group and so on. The app doesn't do too many things, but for the specific use of looking up formulae, it's pretty much the best bet.
Mathematicus is free on Windows Phone.
Which are your favourite maths apps? Let us know via the comments.
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Posted on February 11, 2011 by editor Posted in All Information — 4 Comments ↓
INSTRUCTION NO. 3/2011 [F. NO. 279/MISC. 142/2007-ITJ], DATED 9-2-2011
Reference is Invited to Board's instruction No. 5/2008 dated 15-5-2008 wherein monetary limits and other conditions for filing departmental appeals (In Income-tax matters) before Appellate Tribunal, High Courts and Supreme Court were specified.
2. In supersession of the above instruction, it has been decided by the Board that departmental appeals may be filed on merits before Appellate Tribunal, High Courts and Supreme Court keeping in view the monetary limits and conditions specified below.
3. Henceforth appeals shall not be filed in cases where the tax effect does not exceed the monetary limits given hereunder:—
Appeals in Income-tax matters
Monetary Limit (In Rs.)
Appeal before Appellate Tribunal
Appeal u/s 260A before High Court
Appeal before Supreme Court
It is clarified that an appeal should not be filed merely because the tax effect in a case exceeds the monetary limits prescribed above. Filing of appeal in such cases is to be decided on merits of the case.
4. For this purpose, "tax effect" means the difference between the tax on the total income assessed and the tax that would have been chargeable had such total income been reduced by the amount of income in respect of the issues against which appeal is intended to be filed (hereinafter referred to as "disputed Issues"). However the tax will not include any interest thereon, except where chargeability of interest itself is in dispute. In case the chargeability of interest is the issue under dispute, the amount of interest shall be the tax effect. In cases where returned loss is reduced or assessed as income, the tax effect would include notional tax on disputed additions. In case of penalty orders, the tax effect will mean quantum of penalty deleted or reduced in the order to be appealed against.
5. The Assessing Officer shall calculate the tax effect separately for every assessment year in respect of the disputed issues in the case of every assessee. If, in the case of an assessee, the disputed issues arise in more than one assessment year, appeal, can be filed in respect of such assessment year or years in which the tax effect in respect of the disputed issues exceeds the monetary limit specified in para 3. No appeal shall be filed in respect of an assessment year or years in which the tax effect is less than the monetary limit specified in para 3. In other words, henceforth, appeals can be filed only with reference to the tax effect in the relevant assessment year. However, in case of a composite order of any High Court or appellate authority, which involves more than one assessment year and common issues in more than one assessment year, appeal shall be filed in respect of all such assessment years even if the 'tax effect' is less than the prescribed monetary limits in any of the year(s), if it is decided to file appeal in respect of the year(s) in which 'tax effect' exceeds the monetary limit prescribed. In case where a composite order/judgment involves more than one assessee, each assessee shall be dealt with separately.
6. In a case where appeal before a Tribunal or a Court is not filed only on account of the tax effect being less than the monetary limit specified above, the Commissioner of Income-tax shall specifically record that "even though the decision is not acceptable, appeal is not being filed only on the consideration that the tax effect is less than the monetary limit specified in this instruction". Further, in such cases, there will be no presumption that the Income-tax Department has acquiesced in the decision on the disputed issues. The Income-tax Department shall not be precluded from filing an appeal against the disputed issues in the case of the same assessee for any other assessment year, or in the case of any other assessee for the same or any other assessment year, if the tax effect exceeds the specified monetary limits.
7. In the past, a number of instances have come to the notice of the Board, whereby an assessee has claimed relief from the Tribunal or the Court only on the ground that the Department has implicitly accepted the decision of the Tribunal or Court in the case of the assessee for any other assessment year or in the case of any other assessee for the same or any other assessment year, by not filing an appeal on the same disputed issues. The Departmental representatives/counsels must make every effort to bring to the notice of the Tribunal or the Court that the appeal in such cases was not filed or not admitted only for the reason of the tax effect being less than the specified monetary limit and, therefore, no inference should be drawn that the decisions rendered therein were acceptable to the Department. Accordingly, they should impress upon the Tribunal or the Court that such cases do not have any precedent value. As the evidence of not filing appeal due to this instruction may have to be produced in courts, the judicial folders in the office of CsIT must be maintained in a Systemic manner for easy retrieval.
8. Adverse judgments relating to the following issues should be contested on merits notwithstanding that the tax effect entailed is less than the monetary limits specified in para 3 above or there is no tax effect.
(a) Where the Constitutional validity of the provisions of an Act or Rule are under challenge, or
(b) Where Board's order, Notification, Instruction or Circular has been held to be illegal or ultra vires, or
(c) Where Revenue Audit objection in the case has been accepted by the Department.
9. The proposal for filing Special Leave Petition under Article 136 of the Constitution before the Supreme Court should, in all cases, be sent to the Directorate of Income-tax (Legal & Research), New Delhi and the decision to file Special Leave Petition shall be in consultation with the Ministry of Law and Justice.
10. The monetary limits specified in para 3 above shall not apply to writ matters and direct tax matters other than Income-tax, filing of appeals in other direct tax matters shall continue to be governed by relevant provisions of statute and rules. Further, filing of appeal in cases of Income-tax, where the tax effect is not quantifiable or not involved, such as the case of registration of trusts or institutions under section 12A of the IT Act, 1961, shall not be governed by the limits specified in para 3 above and decision to file appeal in such cases may be taken on merits of a particular case.
11. This instruction will apply to appeals filed on or after 9th February 2011. However, the cases where appeals have been filed before 9th February 2011 will be governed by the instructions on this subject, operative at the time when such appeal was filed.
12. This issues under section 268A(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
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4 comments on "Revised Limits For Filing Appeals By Department Before Appellate Authorities"
B.N.Agrawal says:
Narayan Jain says:
Well done. The new monetary limits should be made applicable on all pending appeals also. Narayan Jain, Advocate, Chairman, AIFTP (EZ), Kolkata
maniarangan says:
May be safely taken as 1-3-2011
Somu G says:
If you could let us know the date effective from when, it is being implemented, it would be great.
somu G.
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The NSW government has made its Communities Plus social and affordable housing project in Redfern, Sydney a build-to-rent apartment project as the launch of the new housing sector draws closer.
Previously, appointed investors and Community Housing Provider partners of Communities Plus projects – built on state land – offer 30 per cent of these projects as affordable and social housing and sell the rest.
But with ongoing pressure to produce more institutionally-held rental homes for an expensive Sydney housing market, the government has asked for 70 per cent of the Redfern project to be rental units.
The developer has to hold the apartments for rental for 40 years, when the project is handed back to the government.
"This model is a great addition to Communities Plus increasing housing supply for people looking to rent as well as supporting vulnerable people in need of social and affordable housing," Minister for Social Housing Pru Goward said.
Registered investors/community housing consortiums are about to put forward their expressions of interest for the project 600-660 Elizabeth Street.
With the government offering land for development, and therefore land tax savings, investors will find it more financially feasible to start a build-to-rent project, large-scale apartments held and leased by institutional groups on potential long-term tenures.
"Symbolically, it is a public expression of commitment from this government to the concept of build-to-rent … perhaps more importantly, the government has put its money where its mouth is in contributing land for the project and exempting it from land tax they had created an interesting and attractive institutional investment opportunity," Property Council NSW executive director Jane Fitzgerald said.
The Communities Plus is a social housing program that will deliver up to 23,500 social and affordable dwellings and up to 40,000 private homes over the next 10 years.
The government has a lot more land it can release under this program, including sites at Waterloo, Arncliffe, Telopea, Riverwood and Villawood in Sydney. A government spokesman said no decision has been made to convert these other sites into build-to-rent.


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H.R. McMaster Translates Donald Trump's Judicial System "Laughing Stock" Claim To Rattled Reporters At Press Briefing
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Thursday was Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster's turn to play Trump Translator. The National Security Adviser got asked at the daily White House press briefing to explain to reporters the President's tweets about the country's criminal justice system. McMaster had come to talk about Trump's trip to Asia.
One day earlier, after an Uzbek native who came to the U.S. in 2010 used a truck to kill eight people on a Manhattan bike path, Trump told reporters, "We have to come up with punishment that is far quicker and far greater than these animals are getting right now."
POTUS added: "We need quick justice and strong justice, much quicker and stronger than we have now. What we have right now is a joke, and it's a laughing stock. No wonder so much of this stuff takes place." His remarks shocking members of the press, who you'd think would be used to his performances by now.
His all-caps jury-pool-tainting-ish "DEATH PENALTY!" tweets also seemed to rattle them somewhat.
Understandably, reporters turned to McMaster to calm their frayed nerves.
"What the President wants is to secure the American people from this threat and from mass murderers like this," the general said, soothingly. "What he has asked is for options to take a look at, to assess if our tremendous law enforcement teams and our judicial system has all the tools they need to be able to combat this threat to the American people.
"What we owe him now," he added, "are options to take a look at to see if this is the time to reassess changing our capabilities in this area of law enforcement in particular."
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We're very proud to announce we've been awarded Best Brand Licensed Gifting Range for our 2017 Orla Kiely stationery collection.
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Over 400 retailers, licensees, brand owners and representatives attended the awards ceremony where the official announcement was made on Thursday 26th April at The Dorchester Hotel, London.
Our collection was up against the likes of Kellog's, Nintendo & Discovery Science ranges, but we proudly clinched the award for Best Brand Licensed Gifting Rangefor our Orla Kiely Stationery collection of 2017.
We've collaborated with Orla Kiely since 2011, from which thecollection has grown significantly. Initially a Garden collection, the range expanded in 2017, with the inclusion of both Stationery and Homewares.
There are 35 pieces in Wild & Wolf's Orla Kiely stationery range, includingpremium pens, stylish notebooks and desk accessories, all featuring Kiely's iconic prints and signature patterns.
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We look forward to placing the award in pride of place in our new UK offices, amongst our growing collection!


I'm so excited to be writing this out. And as a first blog post too!
Around January, Lindsey Taylor, a friend of mine and the Marketing Manager for Arvest Bank in my hometown, asked to meet up to talk about a photo project. They wanted to create a new line of debit cards that featured some of the beauty of downtown to invoke small town pride, and Lindsey wanted me to help them!
Months of planning, waiting for the perfect sunsets, and lots of editing went into the shoots (as I took an HDR approach to the work so that as much detail as possible could be displayed). Once Arvest and I solidified the shots we wanted, then we waited until the trees were green to take the final shots! The whole time, I had to keep my mouth shut about the project, and I'm pretty sure me having to keep my mouth shut made me feel like James Bond (so if you saw a photographer running sneakily around taking pictures of downtown Siloam several times a week, that might have been me).
Finally, at our community's First Friday Coffee (a get-together for local businesses to catchup and network and have coffee), which took place yesterday because of Easter, Arvest announced the new cards and introduced me as the photographer for them! They even had one of the designs printed on a huge styrofoam "card" to show what they would look like. How cool is that??
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Kinver Caveman
by Irene White on January 1, 2007; last featured June 17, 2008
What comes into your mind when you hear the word "cavemen"? We have been so evolutionised that I suspect the majority of people immediately think of hairy, brutish men usually dressed in animal skins who carry a big club, which they use to attract (well, clobber) a wife.
We also think of them making grunting noises to each other because they have not yet learned to speak properly. And sadly, the terms "cavemen," "primitive," and "prehistoric" tend to go together into the same sentence and then into our thought processes.
For centuries people had dug into the soft sandstone of Kinver Edge to create the eleven separate cave houses. These dwellings were later vacated due to a legislative order.
The author's husband, Dr. Monty White, stands beside one of the cave houses at Kinver Edge.
Cave woman draws water from well, c. 1900
In contrast, when we hear the words "the sixties," we usually think of the Beatles, the assassination of JFK, and the Apollo moon landings. Would you ever think there could be a connection with these two apparently different worlds?
In a place called Kinver, near Stourbridge in the centre of England, some rock houses, now owned by the National Trust, are a fascinating place to visit. These caves were the basis for eleven separate houses for many years. The last inhabitant was forced to leave in 1967 due to legislation which prohibited dwellings that were devoid of electricity, sanitation, and running water. Reluctantly, these cavemen of the sixties left their caves for normal houses.
These cave-dwellers were far from primitive. The children went to school, the men worked in local industry, and the women took in laundry from the town below. They got water from a well and heated it on a full-sized cooking range, which was built into the rock wall in their living room. The hot water was then taken outside to a "dolly-tub" in a washhouse carved in another rock. These hardships could not have made for an easy life, but it was a life the inhabitants preferred to lead, rather than to rent a more conventional home. They even baked cakes on their range and sold them and other refreshments to curious visitors who would travel to catch sight of these cave-dwellers. Many of them also placed their family Bibles in a prominent place in their homes.
In many parts of the world, people still live in caves; some even have electricity and television. Far from being brutish, cave-dwellers are no different from any of the rest of Adam's fallen race, for whom the Saviour died. Caves make ideal homes and offer great protection from the elements. It makes sense that people would utilise these provisions and turn them into homes. We need to eradicate primitive thoughts of these people from our minds and rather think of how sensible and enterprising cave-dwellers have been throughout the centuries.
The interpretive display at the Kinver caves introduces evolutionary concepts of millions of years. Such ideas add nothing to our understanding of the dwellings. Signage at the site states:
"Kinver Edge was formed about two hundred and fifty million years ago from wind blown sand, during the desert conditions of the Permian era. This explains the swirling patterns in the sandstone rock that you can see above you. Overlying much of the Edge is a more resilient material known as the 'Kidderminster Formation', which was formed by torrential rivers depositing pebbles, silt and sediment.
"This covering is no longer present at Holy Austin Rock, where it is presumed to have eroded away. Without recent restoration work undertaken by the National Trust, the houses would have eventually disappeared entirely."
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(2012's) Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 21 & 22 | Village Voice
(2012's) Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 21 & 22
by Tony Ortega
Last summer, we put together a little list that took on a life of its own.
We counted down the 25 people and groups who had been doing the most to get word out to the wider world about the Church of Scientology's many alleged abuses, and who have contributed to its steep recent decline. Our list included current and former church members, academics, attorneys, activists, and a couple of dead people.
This year, summer has not been languid and lazy. In the wake of the TomKat divorce, media interest in Scientology has never been greater and we've never been busier. But we thought it was time to update our list from last year. This time, we've put a premium on what's happened in the last twelve months, so you might see some of your old favorites drop off the roster. But never fear — you can always revisit our choices from last year, or the choices of our readers.
So let's see who's next on the list!
The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology — 2012 Edition
#22: Dani and Tami Lemberger
Last month, we brought you the startling news that an entire mission had decided to break away from the Church of Scientology. In 1992, Dani and his wife Tami started the Dror Center in Haifa, Israel, and since then it's been a thriving center in a country that doesn't recognize Scientology as a religion. (Scientology calls itself a "self-help" group there.) But over the years, like many other longtime, loyal members, the Lembergers had gotten fed up with Scientology leader David Miscavige, who has put the focus of the organization on unending rounds of fundraising. We detailed Dani's long rise in the church over more than 30 years, and then the dramatic way he was tossed out for daring to meet with other people who are part of a growing "independent Scientology movement." Unlike other "indies," however, Dani is not going it alone — he and Tami are taking their mission with them, and about 40 Scientologists joined them in their walkout. Nothing like it has happened in at least 30 years, and the Haifa defection suggests that an exodus of longtime church members heading for the exits is turning from a trickle into a steady stream.
#21: John Brousseau
John Brousseau escaped from Scientology's International Base in April, 2010, but it took us a couple of years to get around to asking him about his entire 32-year career as a Sea Org member. Brousseau's tale turned out to be mesmerizing. He not only helped us refine our understanding of the notorious office-prison at Int Base, known as "The Hole," he also took us through a history of Scientology for which he had a front-row seat. Brousseau was L. Ron Hubbard's personal driver, he was David Miscavige's brother-in-law, he helped maintain the secrecy around Hubbard's move into seclusion in the 1980s, he refurbished Tom Cruise's homes and customized his vehicles, and he even spent one Christmas in the house with Tom, Katie, and baby Suri. Brousseau saw it all, and his calm, credible recitation of strange events instantly became an important part of the Scientology historical record.
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Shocking Letter Describes October Death at Scientology Rehab
The Tulsa World's Jarrel Wade scored a major find with a records request to the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health: a letter from an unnamed former patient who witnessed the October death of Gabriel Graves.
Graves is one of three patients at Scientology's Oklahoma drug treatment center, Narconon Arrowhead, who have died in the last nine months. Local and state officials are now investigating the facility for those deaths as well as one that happened in 2009.
The most recent death happened last month, when Stacy Murphy, 20, perished at the center. We published the first account by someone inside the facility at the time of that incident. Now, this letter obtained by the Tulsa World gives us a disturbing look inside the facility at the time that Graves died.
The letter contains the depressingly familiar complaint that a patient went to a Narconon center with promises that turned out to be false. In this case, the letter writer insisted on a certain kind of treatment and was told he'd get it. But then he learned he'd be doing Scientology training rather than drug education or individual counseling.
He then complains that Narconon's intense sauna treatments were driving up his blood pressure and giving him intense headaches, but when he complained about it there was no physician on staff to look at him, and he was told he had to keep doing the treatment.
On Oct 25th, the headache was so intense that I called my girlfriend and my mother begging them to come get me. The night before my blood pressure was 167/108 and my head felt like it was going to explode. Both were convinced by the staff that I was 'faking it' or 'making a big deal of nothing.'
The letter writer then describes what happened the next day, when records show that Gabriel Graves died at the facility…
The next day, Oct 26th, I got up and left my room around 7am to do some personal tasks before starting my day and when I returned a couple of hours later. I was in my room for a short time when I heard a commotion in the hallway and heard someone yell "I am not a doctor!"… I looked out into the hallway and noticed that it was coming from where [redacted] and his roommate had been assigned. I saw the "nurse" of the facility crying, walking out of [redacted]'s room with another staffer. I heard someone say that [redacted] had been found dead in his bed … I was told at one point, by one of the students who found [redacted] that [redacted] looked like he'd had a stroke.
As we saw in NBC's Rock Center investigation Thursday night, the Graves death is one of the most baffling. His mother told Harry Smith that Narconon officials blamed her son's death on a drug overdose — but an autopsy found only trace amounts of narcotics. The cause of his death is still undetermined, but this witness asks if Graves could have been harmed by the sauna treatments that form the core of Narconon's treatment.
The letter goes on to describe the patient's traumatic experiences as he finally gets away from the center, and then asks that state authorities investigate.
"I don't know how this program passes your agency regulations," he writes.
Another "Debbie Cook" Letter Making the Rounds
Yet another longtime, loyal Scientologist has sent out a lengthy e-mail in the manner of Debbie Cook, whose New Year's Eve message started off what has turned 2012 into a year of crisis for Scientology.
Mark Shreffler's "independence" from the Church of Scientology was announced at former church executive Marty Rathbun's blog on July 7. And now, Shreffler's list of grievances is hitting e-mail boxes all over the country.
In it, you'll find a familiar list of complaints about the way David Miscavige is running the church, with his focus on new buildings, fundraising, and his obviously fudged numbers about expansion.
"We hear numbers of Scientologists 'in the millions,' but all I can document is less than 40,000 worldwide, including children – and shrinking," Shreffler writes. (Hey, that agrees with what we've found, too.)
I'm not going to reprint Shreffler's entire letter here. You can find it at this thread on the Ex-Scientologist Message Board.
These lengthy lists of complaints from figures who are well known in the church — Debbie Cook, Karen de la Carriere, and now Shreffler — seem to be having an effect. They reach deeper into the membership of Scientology than stories in the press do, for example. And the consistency of their specific complaints suggests that they speak for many people in the organization who are just about fed up. It doesn't bode well for Miscavige's continuing leadership.
Marty Rathbun Takes a Quantum Leap
Is it just me, or did Marty Rathbun just promote the idea of 2-hour staring contests by calling Albert Einstein a dumbass?
Scientology Sunday Funnies!
Just about every day, we receive the latest wacky and tacky fundraising mailers put out by Scientology orgs around the world. Thank you, tipsters, for forwarding them to us! On Sundays, we love to reveal them to you.
Last week, we first learned about the "Bowlerama" happening in the San Fernando Valley. This time, we don't have anything so dramatic as the ladies of the CC OTC, but this followup flier should whet your appetite to join the folks down at the lanes. We checked, and tickets are only $100 each!
This next event is happening in Los Angeles, so I don't know how much a "rocketing" image of a barge in the Caribbean is going to motivate you. But hey, dinner.
Hey, wait a minute. You mean I can go get a free dinner on the 16th in LA, and then the next night get another free dinner in Pasadena? And all I have to do is listen to this Gavin Potter guy tell me that I'll be all kinds of rich if I just unlock my theta power? OK, now I'm hungry.
BONUS OLD SCHOOL AD!
We felt compelled to bring you this ad from a 1976 issue of Advance! magazine because 1) it is a rocking pimp of OT III. I mean, you talk about a seductive come-on. And 2) it puts to shame the crappy design of today's advertising. You look at this thing, and you get some sense what it cost Scientology to lose people like Jefferson Hawkins.
"Tom Cruise worships David Miscavige like a god"
What Katie is saving Suri from: Scientology interrogation of kids
Scientology's new defections: Hubbard's granddaughter and Miscavige's dad
Scientology's disgrace: our open letter to Tom Cruise
Scientology crumbling: An entire mission defects as a group
Scientology leader David Miscavige's vanished wife: Where's Shelly?
Neil Gaiman, 7, Interviewed About Scientology by the BBC in 1968
The Master Screenplay: Scientology History from Several Different Eras
And a post that pulls together the best of our Scientology reporting
Please check out our Facebook author page for updates and schedules.
Tony Ortega has been the editor in chief of the Village Voice since March, 2007. He started writing about Scientology in 1995. You can catch his alerts at Twitter (@VoiceTonyO), at his Facebook author page, on Pinterest, and even this new Google Plus doohickey.
New readers might want to check out our primer, "What is Scientology?" Another good overview is our series from last summer, "Top 25 People Crippling Scientology." At the top of every story, you'll see the "Scientology" category which, if you click on it, will bring up all of our most recent stories.
As for hot subjects we've covered here, you may have heard about Debbie Cook, the former church official who rebelled and was sued by Scientology. You might have also heard about the Super Power Building, Scientology's "Mecca," whose secrets were revealed here. We also reported how Scientology spied on its own most precious object, Tom Cruise. (We wrote Tom an open letter that he has yet to respond to.) Have you seen a Scientology ad on TV lately? We debunked some of the claims in that 2-minute commercial you might have seen while watching Glee or American Idol.
Other stories have looked at Scientology's policy of "disconnection" that is tearing families apart. You may also have heard something about the Sea Org experiences of the Paris sisters, Valeska and Melissa, and their friend Ramana Dienes-Browning. We've also featured Paulette Cooper, who wrote about Scientology back in the day, and Janet Reitman, Hugh Urban, and the team at the Tampa Bay Times, who write about it today. And there's plenty more coming.
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50 years ago this week a "retch-ed" film hit the big screen
In August, 1988, violence exploded in the East Village
In 1975 the Voice spent quality time with the former Yankees pitcher and kindred spirit
Journalists and other political tourists come from far away to see "el bordo." Some say it's the Wall, some see it as the DMZ. Others say it is a new version of the Maginot line.
Fifty years ago the Voice profiled the legendary actor, who died July 9, at the age of 88
Cultural Commerce
Taking the Stage with Alfred E. Neuman
A look back to when Mad magazine's black and white pages came to life on a New York stage


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How about 'right to shirk' for taxpayers?
Rally against right-to-shirk in Indiana earlier this year.
Indianapolis Star columnist Dan Carpenter has a tremendous response to the Indiana politicians who are hell-bent on passing a right-to-work for less law next year. Carpenter proposes a "right to shirk" law.
He points out that right-to-work allows workers to shirk the cost of their union representation. And he suggests taxpayers be given the right to shirk the cost of their state government representation. In other words, if a Hoosier taxpayer doesn't like the job House Speaker Brian Bosma is doing, he could simply withhold his taxes.
The way it would work is, any taxpayer who did not care to pay for efforts undertaken on his behalf -- the salaries of the governor and legislators, say -- could simply opt out. If those public servants failed to make a strong enough case for voluntary contributions, they'd just have to go scratch.
How could House Speaker Brian Bosma, for instance, object? "The campaign for freedom," as he describes the Republican drive for right-to-work legislation, ought to extend to every citizen who doesn't want to pay for what he doesn't want to pay for.
Like so much of the baldly partisan law that's been shoved through the Statehouse in recent years, right to work solves no problem in the real universe but instead creates new ones by antagonizing all sorts of folks, not only Democratic lawmakers, who might otherwise be enlisted to pursue the common good.
The results of my research show that there is no difference in the number of business formations between right-to-work and non-right-to-work states.
Moreover, from a state's economic standpoint, being right-to-work yields little or no gain in employment and real economic growth. In fact, wages and personal income are lower in right-to-work states.
Given this, one has to wonder if there are ulterior reasons for the unrelenting promotion of the right-to-work "philosophy" -- and if these reasons are grounded in an anti-worker, anti-union mentality.
Keep up with the war on workers in Indiana at the StandUpForHoosiers Facebook page.


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Waste is a by-product of man's daily conduct everywhere. Waste at Ramat Hanadiv is diverse and includes gardening waste, construction waste, leftover waste from visitors and employees and also sewage. Accordingly, waste treatment is diverse and includes aspects of recycling and sustainability.
The waste collected at the picnic site is measured by volume at the time of removal and is taken to landfill. As can be seen in the diagram below, the volume of waste increases during the spring months and holiday periods. In order to decrease the amount of waste transferred to landfill we have begun a planning process for waste separation at source for the picnic site.
At the restaurant we are working on waste separation at source; in 2016 about 8,000 cans and bottles were sent to recycling. About 1,200 litres of used oil were collected and transferred to a special collection site. Cartons were separated and compressed, and a total of about 1,800 kg cardboard was sent to recycling during the year. Similarly, each month about three tons of organic waste are separated at the restaurant and sent to the compost site in nearby Hadera.
The waste in the operations area of Ramat Hanadiv, comprising the offices, storerooms, nursery, goat pen and more, is almost completely separated, and includes separation of paper, glass, plastic bottles, plastic bags and organic waste. The remaining waste collected from the restaurant, Visitors Pavilion, parking areas, offices, gardens and the Nature Park is compressed, weighed and transferred to landfill.


To fans of hip hop, "Wild Style" is the ultimate embodiment of the culture: MCing, DJing, b-boying, graffiti-spraying!
The title sequence of the film is one of the most memorable and creative of any hip hop film and the animation celluloids are on display at MOCA as part of Charlie Ahearn's room at the "Art in the Streets" exhibition.
Excerpt of the interview. Read the whole shabang here.
Art of the Title: Were you involved with animation previously?
Zephyr: No. The "Wild Style" animation project was my introduction, although I used to make flip books.
ATS: How did you develop and mix the various artistic styles (the "Wild Style" morphing, "Rap," "Break," "Pop")?
ATS: At what point was the sequence created? The star at the end of the sequence is an interesting example of the iconography of the film.
Z: The live footage already existed, so we modeled the animation to dissolve smoothly into the live footage.
ATS: How did you mold the visuals to the music?
Z: Joey Ahlbum created a beat chart according to the soundtrack, and we worked from that.
ATS: How were you able to represent the styles of your peers and friends so well?
Z: I assume you're referring to the train rolling by. That was easy. Copying other writers' stuff comes pretty naturally to me, although writers will always execute their own signatures better than someone else will, of course. The train was cardboard, and it rolls by very quickly. If you saw it "frozen" you would see that I probably didn't really do them justice. I think I did a "Bus" piece that was just plain lousy.
ATS: How did the idea of animating the graffiti come about? Are there other examples of this from this era?
Z: Charlie Ahearn had a vision. He wanted to bring "black book" drawings to life. He urged authenticity and rawness. He didn't want it polished up. And no, this had never been done before.
ATS: What was it like collaborating with director Charlie Ahearn?
Z: It was fantastic. And I will forever be grateful to Charlie. I was a 19 year-old degenerate when Charlie approached me to work on the art for the movie. His faith in me helped me take myself a lot more seriously, as an artist and a person. I will always remember him as one of the people, early on, who recognized that I wanted to be accepted as an artist and not remain a perpetually stoned graffiti writer. Although being a perpetually stoned graffiti writer was definitely fun for a while!
ATS: How did this movie effect your life and graffiti writing career?
Z: It felt good to be working somewhere without barbed wire and cops. But I kept writing graffiti. Charlie Ahearn even came to the train yard with me twice.
ATS: How have you dealt with personal vs. commercial work, especially considering the roots and history of the medium?
Z: In the 1980's I did a lot of commercial work. Now I refuse 99% of the offers I get, particularly the corporate ones. Graffiti has become so commercially co-opted it's sickening. If making it that way is partly my doing, I'm embarrassed. That's not the legacy I wanted.
ATS: What fueled the youth to bridge graffiti with the other dominant youth cultures of MCing, turntabalism and breaking? Why was the form primarily driven by the youth?
Z: Answering that properly would require about six pages. If you ever come to one of my college lectures, you may hear me discuss that subject since college kids get boners when you mention "hip-hop". But let's just say that the "organic/south bronx" hip-hop "elements" theory is a good story, kind of like Santa Claus.
Graffiti existed for a decade before "hip-hop" as we know it emerged. This is not the first case of art forms sweeping up and creating associations with other, pre-existing art forms. Graffiti was "anointed" the visual counterpart for rapping, breaking, etc. Most people simply accept that association, but many do not. Some graffiti artists (Blade and Pink, for example) reject the idea that graffiti is part of the hip-hop movement.
ATS: Did the old concept of graffiti-as-vandalism die? How is the perception different today for the people and those in the employ of the people?
Z: If a real outlaw gets a paid gig, then you have an authentic thing, but the silverware will get stolen. If someone who can draw cute graffiti on paper (or via computer) gets the gig, you have a happy art director.
Little tidbit, Haring set up his foundation after he was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS to promote awareness of the disease and create programs for kids.
Art in the Streets When I was interviewing Futura for UNleashed Magazine special on MOCA's major street art exhibition he told me how Keith Haring put his artwork into his Foundation as gifts for the kids of his New York City artist friends! This never made it into the final article, but you can read the rest of the interview here.


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Gwen Stefani Isn't Returning For 'The Voice' Season 13: She's Being Replaced By A New Coach
Lindsay Cronin
Gwen Stefani will not be rejoining her co-stars for the upcoming 13th season of The Voice on NBC.
Although the 47-year-old singer's boyfriend, Blake Shelton, will be reprising his role as coach this fall alongside returning coaches Adam Levine and Miley Cyrus and one new cast member, Gwen Stefani will be sitting out.
On May 10, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Shelton, Levine, and Cyrus would be joined by new coach Jennifer Hudson for the series' 13th season.
"Jennifer is an extraordinary vocal talent and one of the premier voices of our time. She embodies the experience, expertise, positivity and sheer talent that The Voice stands for," NBC Entertainment alternative and reality group president Paul Telegdy said in a statement. "Her exceptional skills as a singer and actress have extended to film, television and Broadway, which makes her an incredible addition and a natural fit for our show."
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Gwen Stefani first joined The Voice during the series' 7th season and continued to appear on the show during its 9th season as she alternated installments with Christina Aguilera. At the time, Stefani and Shelton began dating and during Season 10, despite Stefani not being included as a coach, she and her country singer boyfriend took to the stage to debut their duet, "Go Ahead And Break My Heart."
Gwen Stefani was expected to return to The Voice for its 11th season, but ultimately, it was announced that Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys would be featured alongside Levine and Shelton. Meanwhile, Stefani, who released her latest album in early 2016, began touring the United States.
As Gwen Stefani tended to her tour and Shelton continued his role on The Voice, their relationship faced rumors of engagements and pregnancies. However, when it comes to the couple's personal life, they appear to be happy with their relationship as is.
Although a wedding and children could be in their future, they haven't made plans for any of that quite yet. Instead, they are enjoying spending time together and with Steafni's three kids, 10-year-old Kingston, eight-year-old Zuma, and three-year-old Apollo, in Los Angeles and Oklahoma.
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Gwen Stefani isn't the only cast members leaving The Voice after Season 12. As Alicia Keys revealed weeks ago, she too will be taking a break from the NBC singing competition as she focuses on her upcoming album.
"I can't wait for you to hear new music, and so that's one of the reasons why I won't be able to come back next season," Alicia Keys explained to Entertainment Tonight earlier this month. "But I love writing. It's just the most beautiful, exciting things, and every time I get better. That's the blessing and magic of writing."
While it is unclear why Gwen Stefani won't be returning, Radar Online claimed the singer was threatening to quit the show weeks ago due to the impending return of Miley Cyrus. Although neither woman has confirmed rumors of a feud, the outlet suggested Stefani wasn't a fan of the "Malibu" songstress.
"Since Miley is set on coming back to the show next season, Gwen definitely does not want to be on the panel alongside her," an on-set source said. "And, of course, since Gwen does not want to return, now Blake is considering throwing in the towel as well!"
To see more of Gwen Stefani and her co-stars, including Alicia Keys, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton, tune into the 12th season of The Voice on Monday and Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. on NBC.
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Part Five – Financial Independence | Coyle Financial Counsel, Inc.
In your retirement years, you have the financial independence to do anything you want, but health concerns may rise to the forefront.
For many people, one's health is the only thing more private and more difficult to discuss than money.
Losing the ability to handle your own affairs is tough to face. But you need to have a plan in place with a strong support group around you.
As we move closer to National Financial Literacy Month in April, this is our fourth weekly post about age-specific financial literacy. If you're just joining this series, in Part 1 we discussed how children can learn about donating, investing, spending and saving. In Part 2 we talked about getting young adults launched on the right financial path right out of high school or college. And in Part 3 we addressed the five major concerns that all of us have about money in our prime income-producing years to get to our retirement years. And now, we'll focus on folks who are retired, typically age 60, 65 and older.
So, if you've taken care of the five major concerns of your prime earning years, (1) your wealth is preserved; (2) you've reduced your income taxes' (3) you've been able to transfer — or have a plan in place--for transferring assets to your heirs; (4) you're not having your assets unjustly taken and (5) you have a plan for charitable giving.
In the retirement phase of life, you're rewarded for your saving. You have the freedom and financial independence to do everything you want to do. But it's also when you start to lose some physical and mental capabilities. It can be difficult for many of us to discuss our health and money issues with others, but as we get older, we become less able and sometimes less motivated to handle our own affairs. But you never know when that day will come.
Losing the ability to handle our own affairs is a really tough element to face. You've been independent for so long, and you've done so well. You've built up a nice nest egg and everything's fine on the money side, and then health becomes an issue. So, continue doing the things you love. But, bring in the other aspects we've discussed above and make sure there is a support group in place for you in your later years.
As I mentioned earlier, this is our fourth and final segment about financial literacy. We're having a great seminar in March called Taking Charge of Your Wealth. We'd love to see you there. Feel free to bring a guest and have a meal on us. We'll go over a lot of what we just covered in about 45 minutes, and I think you'll really enjoy the event.


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The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire (Paperback)
By John Eisenberg
The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in America
The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus spewing out $14 billion in annual revenue. But it was not always a success. In The League, John Eisenberg focuses on the pioneering sportsmen who kept the league alive in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s,when its challenges were many and its survival was not guaranteed. At the time, college football, baseball, boxing, and horseracing dominated America's sports scene. Art Rooney, George Halas, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, and Bert Bell believed in pro football when few others did and ultimately succeeded only because at critical junctures each sacrificed the short-term success of his team for the longer-term good of the league.
At once a history of a sport and a remarkable story of business ingenuity, The League is an essential read for any fan of our true national pastime.
John Eisenberg is the author of nine previous books, including That First Season and Ten-Gallon War, and a former sportswriter for the Baltimore Sun. He also has written for Sports Illustrated and Smithsonian Magazine. Eisenberg lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
"John Eisenberg tells the fascinating account of how five owners, including the Bears's George Halas, cut through their disputes and differences to work together to form the foundations of the league."—Chicago Tribune
"The pluck-and-luck tale of the creation and stabilization of the league is a small but exemplary chapter in American capitalism and popular culture."—Wall Street Journal
"[A] deeply researched, surprise-on-every-page,
and altogether marvelous new book"—Weekly Standard
"Drawing on extensive research and personal interviews with descendants of the principle figures, Eisenberg (That First Season) puts a nearly century-old story into contemporary context. Football fans of all teams will appreciate this fascinating history."—Publishers Weekly
"A readable and fresh look at the early history of the NFL"—Library Journal
"Fans who only know the league as it exists today will be shocked and fascinated by its early years."—Booklist
"A rich history of the rise of the National Football League from its virtual obscurity at its genesis in the 1920s to its position as an economic and cultural powerhouse today... Thoroughly researched and gracefully told... An engaging and informative cultural history, on and off the gridiron."—Kirkus (Starred)
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: October 1st, 2019
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Sports & Recreation / Football
Biography & Autobiography / Sports
Sports & Recreation / Coaching / Football
History / United States / 20th Century
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Business & Economics / Industries / Entertainment
Kobo eBook (October 9th, 2018): $12.99
Hardcover (October 9th, 2018): $30.00
Pre-Recorded Audio Player (November 9th, 2018): $74.99


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US to take 'firm, appropriate measures' against Syria violations
After seven years of conflict, the southwest of Syria, bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, is one of the parts of the country still outside the state's control.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Russia on 17 May 2018. Picture: Reuters.
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MILWAUKEE - The United States will "take firm and appropriate measures" in response to Syrian government violations in a designated de-escalation zone in the country's southwest, the State Department said on Thursday.
President Bashar al-Assad's forces have recovered swathes of territory from rebels with the help of Russian air power and Iran-backed militias, and he has repeatedly pledged to take back "every inch".
Experts have investigated reported use of chemical weapons by Assad's government. More than 500,000 people have been killed in the fighting, which has drawn in global powers and neighbouring states.
Assad said on Wednesday his government was still pursuing a political solution for Syria's rebel-held southwest but would use military force if the effort failed.
"We are giving the political process a chance," he told Iranian channel al-Alam News in an interview published in an English translation by Syrian state news agency SANA.
"If that doesn't succeed, we have no other option but to liberate it by force."
Since last year, a "de-escalation" deal brokered by Jordan, Russia and the United States has contained fighting in the southwest.
The state department said any Syrian government military actions against that zone risked broadening the conflict.
"We affirm again that the United States will take firm and appropriate measures in response to Syrian government violations in this area," it said in a statement on Thursday.
An underpinning ceasefire arrangement and the de-escalation deal are intended to save lives and create conditions for the displaced to return home safely, it added.
"The ceasefire must continue to be enforced and respected," it said.
The statement comes after Syrian jets struck rebel-held towns in the country's south in March, rebels and residents said, the first aerial attacks on the area since the pact declaring it a "de-escalation zone."
As a member of the UN Security Council, Russia "is duly responsible" to "use its diplomatic and military influence over the Syrian government to stop attacks and compel the government to cease further military offensives," the state department said.
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We are afraid of God. God's infinite Vastness frightens us. God's transcendental Height frightens us. God's immeasurable Depth frightens us.
God is both Truth and Light. God the Truth tries to lead us to the perfect Truth. But we unfortunately feel that God the Truth is always examining us. We feel that since we are a mountain of falsehood, since we are making mistakes at every moment, God the Truth will punish us. But God is all Compassion. He does not punish us. On the contrary, He tries to illumine our mistakes and make us perfect. In the process of evolution, He tells us that falsehood is nothing but lesser Truth. We have to transcend falsehood and then enter into Truth. And for that, we need a constant inner cry, which we call aspiration.
Just as we are afraid of God the Truth, so also are we afraid of God the Light. We feel that God the Light will expose us, since we have done many undivine things. If someone commits a theft, he wants to hide. He is afraid of light. He feels that if he is in light, he will be exposed. But God the Light is totally different. Here the Light does not expose us; it illumines us. The Light tells us that darkness also has a little light, that night too has a little bit of light. God, being all Light, is all pervading. Therefore, He is bound to be in darkness as well as in Light. Of course, when He is in darkness, He will have only a very small amount of Light, whereas in an aspiring human being He will manifest boundless Light. Again, even if there is just a little light, this light will grow into boundless Light. It is like the seed that grows into a banyan tree.
Fear and courage. Fear has capacity in a negative way. It rejects oneness. It wants to remain always individual and separate. Fear is like the tiny drop that does not want to merge into the vast ocean. It wants to maintain its individuality and personality. The finite is afraid of the Infinite and, at the same time, it does not want to confess its fear. But the vast ocean knows that its individuality and personality are composed of countless drops of water. The infinite knows that it has become infinite precisely because it houses the finite in infinite measure.
On the physical plane, there are two types of fear: Fear of the imaginary and fear of the real. Imaginary fear is far worse than real fear because we are afraid of something that we can only imagine. We are afraid of death because we feel that death will take away all our earth's wants, all our earth's love, all our earth's oneness. Here we achieve, here we accomplish; but we have no idea what is going to happen to us in the other world. We have no idea if we shall go to Heaven or to hell. Here on earth at least we know that we have our dear ones and relatives to look after us. But we do not know whether we shall meet with our dear ones in the other world or whether there will be anyone to look after us. In fact, we do not even know if there is another world. Therefore, the very thought, the very idea, the very conception of death frightens us.
Like imaginary fear, we can have imaginary courage. The worst possible imaginary courage is the courage of an atheist. He is infinitely more insignificant than an atom in that he challenges and denies God's existence. God is infinite. God is eternal. God is immortal. Yet the atheist challenges God's existence; he denies God's existence or speaks ill of God.
There are some human beings who do not pray and do not meditate, yet they feel that they have boundless peace to offer to the world at large. This is their imaginary courage. Or there are some human beings who feel that they can have the world drop down at their feet at the twinkling of an eye. Like Julius Caesar, they feel that they will be able to say, "I came, I saw, I conquered." This is all imaginary courage, for they are afraid of something or other. They are afraid of a tiny, imaginary thought. A tiny thought will enter into them, say, that their parents or dear ones are being attacked and are in very serious condition. Then for quite a few years this wicked thought can command them most mercilessly. Yet these human beings say that the whole world can be placed at their feet if they want it.
Fear of the known, fear of the unknown and fear of the unknowable. We have done many things undivine; therefore, we are afraid of the consequences. We know that as we sow, so we shall reap. The law of karma nobody can deny. If we have done something wrong, then we have to pay the penalty. Here what we fear is quite known. But there is also the unknown fear. If we do something wrong today, then we feel that in the near future we are going to suffer for it. We have no idea if the punishment will be severe or not. But we do know that we will be punished. The very thought of the punishment tortures us. Although the real punishment we shall get later on, right now the unknown fear, the fear of the unknown, tortures us.
We speak of the Universal Consciousness; we speak of the Transcendental Consciousness. We achieve both the Universal Consciousness and the Transcendental Consciousness on the strength of our inner courage. Inner courage is nothing but constant self giving. Here we are all seekers. Before we became seekers we stayed with our desire friends, but now our friend is aspiration. God granted courage to our body before we were spiritual, before we aspired. He thought that with this courage we would be fully alert. He gave courage to our vital. He thought that with this courage our vital would be dynamic. He gave courage to our mind. He felt that with this courage our mind would be completely clear. He gave courage to our heart. He thought that with this courage our heart would be totally pure. Then we became seekers. Now God has given our heart the power of oneness. He has given our mind the power of wideness. He has given our vital the power of compassion. He has given our body the power of sacrifice.
Then He tells us, "Children, don't be afraid of the known, don't be afraid of the unknown, don't be afraid of the unknowable. Have courage in the known. And then, after a while, you will have courage in the unknown. And have courage that even the unknowable will one day become not only knowable but completely known.


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Q: how to initialize a unique lock that has already been declared in c++? I created a class and I declared an array of unique locks and an array of mutexes as private variables.
My question is how do I connect the two of them in the constructor of the class?
header file:
#include <iostream>
#include <mutex>
#include <string>

#define PHILO_NUM 5
class philosophers
{
private:
    std::mutex _mu[5];
    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> _fork[5], _screen;
    std::mutex _screenMutex;
public:
    philosophers();
};

c++ file:
#include "philosophers .h"

philosophers::philosophers()
{
    for (int i = 0; i < PHILO_NUM; i++)
    {
        // Somehow connect this->_forks[i] and this->_mu[i]
    }
// At the end connect this->_screen and this->_screenMutex
}

A: It is not easy to say what you should be doing since you do not tell what you want to do. I think you mixed locks and mutexes a bit up. There is no reason to share the locks (as you try to do here). You need to share the mutexes, but one mutex can be associated with arbitrary many std::unique_locks (but only one of them can lock the mutex at the same time).
So, I would implement your class as follows:
#include <mutex>

constexpr size_t PHILO_NUM = 5;
class philosophers
{
private:
    std::mutex _mu[PHILO_NUM];
    std::mutex _screenMutex;
public:
    philosophers() = default; // Nothing to do here

    std::unique_lock grab_fork(size_t index) {
        return std::unique_lock (_mu[index]);
    }
};

So, if someone grabs a fork, they can use it as long as they hold a lock to that fork. An example use would look like this:
philosophers p;
void eat() {
    auto lock = p.grab_fork(3);
    // Now I can eat
    lock.unlock(); // Not really necessary, lock will release the mutex, when it is destroyed at the end of the scope
}


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