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The 37-inch 37UL863B is a set designed as an all-rounder for a hi-def hungry home – and how.
With a reasonably sophisticated, upmarket spec that comprises both Freeview HD and Freesat HD tuners, though no 3D options, this UL Series screen – already discounted from an SRP of £799 – allows up to four people to have their own 'account' of preferred picture settings and volume levels.
The 37UL863B comes packed with a tiny camera that indulges in face recognition to determine who's watching, but could it be a solution in search of a problem?
Probably of more day-to-day use on this slim (at just 36mm deep), though neutral-looking (gloss black with metallic side highlights) set is its slightly scarily named 'human sensor', which merely switches off the TV when it detects no viewer, and re-activates when someone walks into the room.
Of more core value, though, is built-in Wi-Fi – still not a standard feature on 'smart' TVs – that fuels Toshiba's revamped 'Places' hub of online services and video on demand links that thankfully includes YouTube and BBC iPlayer.
What is missing from the 37UL863B is a 3D option, though this is arguably too small a screen to indulge successfully in the third dimension; in our opinion true immersion only begins at the 50-inch size. Toshiba tends to concentrate on the 'passive' flavour of 3D, which is available on the brand's VL Series, while its first 'intelligent' TV, the WL Series, is also worth searching out if you have considerably more cash to spend.
In the 2D world this 37-inch telly is challenged first by its UL Series buddies, the 32-inch Toshiba 32UL863B, 42-inch Toshiba 42UL863B and 46-inch Toshiba 46UL863B.
Elsewhere in Toshiba's huge range of increasingly Edge LED-backlit TVs are the HL Series, RL Series and DB Series (with built-in Blu-ray players).

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Pair of full-count pitches hurt Villanueva in loss
Righty walks opposing pitcher before serving up two-run triple
DENVER -- It's an age-old axiom in baseball: Don't walk the pitcher. But Carlos Villanueva broke that cardinal rule, giving Rockies counterpart Juan Nicasio a free pass to extend the fourth Saturday as his night unraveled and the Cubs fell to the Rockies, 9-3, at Coors Field.
After throwing away a chance to get the final out of the inning against the pitcher, the game still knotted at 1, Villanueva gave up two more runs that inning. He was yanked without recording an out in the fifth with seven earned runs to his name. The 3-2 slider to Nicasio marked the beginning of the end for the Cubs' starter.
"It was all set up just to get the pitcher out, and it was smooth sailing from then," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "And obviously the flood gates opened and everything just fell apart."
The Cubs' one-run lead after third baseman Luis Valbuena went deep turned into a two-run deficit when the Rockies scored three runs in the fourth. Todd Helton opened the rally with a single, moving to third on a Wilin Rosario double that cruised past the outstretched glove of Nate Schierholtz in right field, then scored on a groundout.
Swinging and missing on two breaking pitches, Dexter Fowler saw a pitch in the strike zone and launched it into the right-field corner for a triple to put the Cubs in a 3-1 hole.
"That kind of changed the game around a little, walking [Nicasio] on a 3-2 slider and throwing Fowler a 3-2 fastball. That's a little backward," Sveum said. "It turned the whole momentum around in the whole game."
Even after the fourth, Villanueva started the fifth with a chance to salvage a quality start. But the night took a decidedly sour turn for Villanueva, making just his third start since a stint in the bullpen, in the fifth.
Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez sparked the fire when he crushed his 26th homer on a 2-1 slider into the second deck of Coors Field, high above the Rockies' bullpen.
"That was a good swing," Gonzalez said. "Soon as I hit the ball, I knew that was out of the ballpark. I didn't know where it was going to land, but it was going to go pretty far."
Colorado followed with four consecutive singles, the third off the bat of Helton, the final batter Villanueva faced. The Rockies have proven a prickly thorn in Villanueva's side. The only other time he gave up more than four earned runs this year was on May 14, when he also surrendered seven runs against Colorado.
This night ended in similar fashion for Villanueva, who allowed nine hits and walked four. The righty now has an 11.57 ERA in 13 appearances (two starts) against Colorado.
"I guess I'm glad we only play them twice this year," Villanueva said. "Because you know what, it was basically a photocopy of last time. I tried some things different today, it seemed to work somewhat the first couple innings, but it's a team that's given me trouble throughout my career for some reason."
It was the Cubs' fourth loss in their past 11 games, putting a streak of four straight series victories in jeopardy. Chicago will look to take this series and the season series with the Rockies in Sunday's rubber match.
The Cubs' clubhouse sits at the center of the non-waiver Trade Deadline rumor mill, with starter Matt Garza expected to be dealt soon and other roster shake-ups on the horizon. Fifteen games back in the National League Central, the roster could look much different come August 1.
"You try to as robotic as possible when it comes to that and not have that much emotion, because it's going to happen, it's happened before, it's happened to me a couple times," Villanueva said "It's a part of this roller coaster of a business that we do. You have to ride the good one and the bad one, so we feel pretty comfortable with each other in here."
The Cubs struck first when Valbuena launched a solo home run -- his ninth of the year -- into the fir trees on the backside of the Rockies' bullpen. But Nicasio quickly silenced them, limiting Chicago to just three hits over five innings.
More scoring had to wait until reliever Adam Ottavino entered in the sixth. Alfonso Soriano followed a leadoff single by Anthony Rizzo with a double into deep right-center, and a soft Schierholtz grounder to first was enough to score Rizzo from third and trim the Rockies' lead to 5.
Chicago's offense showed comeback potential when Darwin Barney knocked a leadoff single to right in the seventh off Ottavino. While Valbuena plated Barney, Starlin Castro hit into a double play that ended any hopes of a late offensive surge.
Reliever Michael Bowden and Hector Rendon combined for three scoreless innings, but Blake Parker allowed two more runs in the eighth off a Troy Tulowitzki double.


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Friday, January 18, 2013
Dodgers/Cubs to play Spring Training game in Tucson to benefit the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Foundation
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs along with the Pima County Sports and Tourism Authority and the Tucson Padres today announced that the two clubs will play a Spring Training game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium in Tucson on Thursday, March 21 at 1:05 p.m. with all proceeds going to the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Foundation.
The Dodgers and Cubs are committed to supporting the Tucson community by helping raise funds for the victims and families affected by the events of January 8, 2011.
"We are very excited the Cubs agreed to play the Dodgers for this year's game," said John Green, father of Christina-Taylor Green and National Crosschecker for the Dodgers. "This game brings everything full circle for me since I played in the Cubs organization and my Dad (Dallas) was their General Manager."
The Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Foundation was established by the Green family to receive gifts in memory of Christina-Taylor. The mission of the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Foundation is to honor the life and memory of Christina-Taylor through charitable and educational projects that reflect and embody her interests, values and dreams.
This will mark the Dodgers' third annual benefit game in Tucson dating to 2011, when the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks played a similar benefit game in Tucson with all proceeds going to the Tucson Together Fund. In addition, The Dodgers Dream Foundation, in partnership with the Diamondbacks, dedicated a Dodgers Dreamfield in Oro Valley, AZ on a field that was re-named in memory of Christina-Taylor Green.
Tickets to the game go on sale Saturday, February 9 at 10:00 a.m. and are available online at www.tucsonpadres.com, by phone at (520) 434-1367 or at the Kino Stadium box office. Ticket prices range from $8.00-$25.00.
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TITLE: The Random Machine, or Proof that I am Totally Crazy
By Jacob Gibson
One peaceful day, on November 23, 2009, all was at peace. Okay, that's a lie and we all know it. The world will never be at peace until Jesus returnts. But that's how some people begin their stories so that's how I'm going to do it to. Anyways, all was fairly peaceful until...
Dr. Random: Nee hee hee hee! I've finally completed my perfect invention. The random machine!! And I have begun the story in a the usual stereotypical mad-scientist-in-a-cartoon scenario! Using the thoughts and power of Jacob Gibson's wacky brain, I will randomize the world and up to three-sevenths of the universe! All will bow before me after I turn this on! Now where is the ON button? Oh great. How did I forget where I put that? Where are the instructions for this? For the love of Bob I invented this and can't even remember how to turn it on! Horse radishes!
*bangs on it several times and machine starts up*
Dr. Random: Ah! That's right! That's how you do it! Prepare yourselves, people for the most randomness you've ever experienced. Har har har har! No wait, was it that or bleh heh heh heh bleck? I don't remember. My memory is teh awful! Oh wait... it was nee hee hee hee hee!
Three minutes Later...
Some guy: What was that?
Some girl: I think it was a random boom.
Some guy: Is that a bad thing?
????: Hey you. Do you suffer from the onslaught of random booms? Are they constantly attacking you when you least expect it and least desire it? Well I'm Bobby the boom exterminator and I specialize in exterminating those pesky booms. With this handy device--
*gets tackled by a professional football player before he can finish his sentence*
Dr. Random: Wah ha ha ha! It's working gloriously! What else can I do?
Ten seconds later...
The actor who plays Edward in the Twilight movies: *walking down the street whisteling* Oh no. What's that sound I hear? *looks back*
*a huge mob of crazy girls chase after him screaming*
The actor who plays Edward in the Twilight movies: Ah! A huge mob of crazy girls chasing after me! *runs like a vampire to get away*
*girls put on rocket skates to catch up with him*
The actor who plays Edward in the Twilight movies: Nooooooooo!
Cosmo the fairy: I like this story. Finally something I can understand! Hee hee hee hee!
The actor who plays Edward in the Twilight movies: Cosmo! Help me! I wish I could get away from these girls!
Cosmo: Sorry, actor who plays Edward in the Twilight movies, but I only grant wishes to Timmy. And unless you grew taller, more hair, and more attractive to women, I don't think you're him. Wait. You're not, Timmy, are you? If you're Timmy you better tell me right now!!
Timmy: *rolls eyes* Uh... no he's not. Hey, if I help you do you promise to let me be in the third movie?
The actor who plays Edward in the Twilight movies: Uh, sure! No problem!
Timmy: Alright, I wish that there was something to divert the attention of these obsessive girls.
The actor who plays Jacob in New Moon: Hey, how did I get here? Gah! Not again! *runs away in the opposite direction and half of the mob splits off and chases after him*
Timmy: Okay, maybe there was something better I could have done.
Wanda the fairy: *flies after Jacob* Wait for me, Jacob! You have to give me your autograph!
Cosmo: Heeeeeeeeeeey! She never asks for MY autograph! >_<
Ten minutes and thirty-two seconds later...
The president: Okay, team, this doesn't look good. This Dr. Random guy is randomizing America and it's spreading rapidly. Random lights are flickering on and off, random clowns and mimes are running through the streets on foot and unicycle, giant bowling balls are randomly rolling around, thousands of random people in animal costumes are dancing everywhere nonstop, random toilets are exploding randomly, and someone is performing "The Storyteller's Book of Randomness." Here's what we're going to do. If we spend 2 billion dollars on military, and research and development to make a strong enough weapon I know we can defeat him. Spending lots of taxpayer money is always the answer in a time of crisis.
Former president: Excuse me, sir, but I don't think you need to spend that much. 1 billion should be enough.
The president: Who let you in here? And who asked for your opinion? You're not the president any more.
The ghost of Ronald Reagen: I will haunt you all until the day you die!
????: Excuse me but I think I can help out here.
President: Who are you?
????: My name is ???? I mean Modnar. I am Dr. Random's twin brother and I have an idea to stop this random evilness. Here's what I think.
*gets tackled by professional baseball player*
President: The booms are getting worse! We have to hurry!
Commercial break! :)
This totally random story is brought to you by Hy-Vee food stores. A helpful smile in every aisle. (Or a jealous smirk from every clerk)
And by fruit yogurt.
And fat girls rule!! XD
President: Okay, let's hear your plan.
Modnar: It just so happens that I have built a machine almost exactly like my brother's that can access the writer's mind.
President: The who?
Modnar: The one who's writing this story.
President: Uh... yeah. Sure. o_0
Modnar: So, if I can find some people to join me and confront Dr. Random at his lair, I know that my machine can defeat him. It's not as powerful as his but twice as awesome and it's hot pink too! Yaaaaaaaay! =D
Some guy: I'll go with you!
All: Where did you come from?
Some guy: I just happened to be in the neighbourhood and couldn't help overhearing your conversation. Okay, so I just showed up randomly.
Al Gore: How convenient!
Some girl: I'll go too! Some guy and I want to help save the world so maybe the writer will give us real names!
Jacob: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... wha? Sorry I dozed off. Yeah, sure. I'll give you real names if you succeed.
The president: Now there's blams attacking us! Hurry and defeat him before we run out of time!
Modnar: You're not sending any help with us?
President: Let's not ruin the story.
Bobby: I'll do my best to stop him too! Just leave it to me and-- *gets tackled by a hockey player*
Some dude: Yaaaaaah! The house is falling apart around us! We have to get out before we're buried alive!!
Some dudette: Wait... I think it stopped crumbling. We should be okay just as long as the walls hold up.
Kool-aid man: *bursts through a wall* Ohhhhh yeaaaah!
*house begins to fall apart*
Kool-aid man: Oh crud.
Four hours, five minutes, and six seconds later...
Some guy: We made it to Dr. Random's lair! That flying submarine really goes fast.
Modnar: Time to give this baby a whirl! Here we go! *turns on his machine and a portal appears that spits out four characters*
Jim, Mike, Dustin, and Ross: We are the Insane Quartet! Ehhhhhhhhhhhh! Who are you? How did we get here? That was kind of random.
*another character emerges*
Yoshi Zorus the dinosaur: ROAR! I am Yoshi Zorus the Yoshisaurus, the giant Yoshi in the story Legend of the Yoshisaurus!
*yet another one comes out*
Michael the anthropomorphic Fox: Why am I here? My story isn't finished yet.
Yoshi: Well, neither is mine but at least you have a chance of getting an ending. *cries*
Michael: Dream on. My story probably won't get finished either.
Dusin: Aren't you copyright of Nintendo, Yoshi?
Yoshi: Uh, yes. But no one's getting paid for this so it doesn't matter.
Ross: Hey, who's that guy?
????: I am a character from Jacob's biggest story idea and that's all I can say. He can't start it until he finds someone who can help him write it so until that time I can't tell you my name.
Jim: What's it about?
????: An unusual sci-fi series involving (censored for fear of idea theft). It could be up to seven books long.
Mike: Interesting. But it sounds like more shameless advertising.
Jacob: Yeah, that's what I said at the beginning.
Some girl: Aaaaaaah! Who said that?!
Gabby Jensen: Well I'm not making a cameo appearance in this work of unartistic nonsense.
Reiko: I think you just did.
Gabby: NOOOOOOOO!!!
Modnar: Okay, I think we're ready. Let's go!
Some dude: Hey, store clerk, do you have any skunk-scented candles?
Store clerk: What? Uh... I don't know. Let me ask the manager...
Manager: What did you say you wanted?
Some dude: Skunk-scented candles. And diaper-scented too if you have any.
Manager: Are you stupid, boy?
Some dude: Stupid does as stupid is, ma'am.
Manager: I guess I can't argue that.
Mr. Debator: Oh yes you can!
*basketball player attempts to tackle him*
*basketball player gets tackled by golfer*
Back at the lair...
Dr. Random: If it isn't my incompetent brother, Modnar. I see you have some new allies. It doesn't change anything. You can't defeat me.
Modnar: What do you think you're doing, brother? Why do you hate the world so?
Dr. Random: I hate it because it forced me to watch stupid movies like Battlefield Earth and Plan 9 From Outer Space!
Modnar: What?! Forced you?
Dr. Random: Okay, so I just wanted an excuse to justify my actions. Anyway it's time to battle! Let's see how you face against my sidekick... FAILMAN! Nee hee hee hee!
FAILMAN!: Speedy delivery, punks! *shoots lots of fail at everyone* >=D
Everyone: Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!! We need more help!
Captain Awesome, Captain Pwn, Captain Roxxorz, Captain FTW, and Captain Allyourbase merge together to form... Leetman!!
Leetman!: Look out, evildoer! Hey, I have my own background music! How 1337!! Now you will pay, FAILMAN!. Falcon PAWNCH!!
*Leetman defeats FAILMAN! in record time*
Leetman: Yes! Show me your moves! XP
*gets blasted out of the story by.... let's say a tornado. Yeah.*
Modnar: Leetman! No! He was our greatest hope!
Some guy: I have an idea! *throws an asterisk at Dr. Random
Dr. Random: Ow! Hey, those are pointy! Stop it!
Some girl: How'd you do that? Let me try! *throws another asterisk at him
Jacob: Hey! Stop wasting my asterisks! I'm running out them and they're expensive. ***************
Police officer: You are under arrest for using too many exclamation points!!!!!!!!
Modnar: We need more help! Let's see who else we can bring here. *pushes several random buttons*
*characters flood out of a portal including Super Mario, Sonic, Garfield, Luke Sywalker, Ren and Stimpy, the Looney Tunes, Darkwing Duck, Mega Man, Link, Captain Falcon, Star Fox, Donkey, Diddy, and Dixie Kong, Spongebob, and... oh lets just lots more characters you may not have heard of*
Dr. Random: I am so scared. You think you've won but you're snot. I may be outnumbered but not out-matched. Prepare to face the awful wrath of... my random bomb! Bwahahahaha! I mean nee hee hee hee!
All: Gaaaaaaaaah!!
All: No more! Please!
All: Mercy! Mercy!
BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLALALALALALAGOOOOOOSHZOMBOCOM!
Some girl: He's too powerful! We can't defeat him! What can we do?
Wanda: Uh... shouldn't we help them, sport?
Timmy: Oops! I forgot that I could do something about this. Short attention span. I wish that Dr. Random was defeated and in jail!
Wanda *opens a large book*: Sorry, Timmy, but Da Rules clearly state that you can't use any magic that will help you end a story too quickly.
Cosmo: Yeah, you have to make an ending that is satisfying, leaves room for a sequel, and also lots of merchandising opportunities. Who wants a T-shirt!
Timmy: *smacks forehead* Of course. Then I wish that Chuck Norris and the toughest football players on the planet were here!
Chuck Norris: Are you ready to get kicked around the house? Get him!
Dr. Random: Stay away from me! Oh NOOOOOOOOOO!! X_X
*gets beat up severely and randomly*
*Keyboard cat plays him off*
Dr. Random: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
All: The world is saved! Hip hip... hoo!
Yoshi: Eh, what was the point of us coming here if we didn't do ANYTHING AT ALL?
Some guy: Advertising of course. Why is my name still some guy?!
Some girl: Yeah! Change our names already!
Jacob: Right. I now dub thee... What's-his-face and What's-her-face!
What's-his-face and What's-her-face: You stink!
Modnar: Hooray! All is well. And I'm 1.7 billion dollars richer! ^____________^
Kool-aid Man: *bursts through a wall* Oh yeah!
*building starts to cave in*
All: We hate kool-aid!
The end. The moral of the story is... *gets tackled by a tennis player*
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In the tenth grade; this starts after the 9th grade! The 9th grade saw some beginning growth and interest in a girl; Im living on the coast, I had to move! However, As for the girl; I was innocent and couldn't kiss her; I was 2 shy, and at that moment; it was over! She continued to try and get my attention; and I continued visit her! it was a waist good energy! This went on for a year n a half; in my mind! In hers; I imagine it was over within weeks!
In the school system 9th grade; I was flunking out but popular; very popular; I was a popular kid! I played drums in a rock band with other popular kids and the hot cheerleaders; 2 of them as lead girl singers! I had it going on for about 3 months! after school started, it lasted about 6 months, then fell through! I could not keep it up! I had no schooling! I was flunking in every class and could care less! I wasn't their to go to school; I was their for a vacation from where I was coming from!
I didn't know that the home I was living in was hostile! I had no friends in that home in this new place; it was the home of one of the psychopaths I lived with before! I did not know what this meant! living with this psychopath again. I would learn the hard way! Soon, the world came crashing down! I was a nice innocent kid being completely destroyed!
In the 10th grade, it starts out with a drug overdoes; Im in the hospital! no one cares about me! Id been smoking dope for about a year hard! and other drugs! The drugs were escalating! I finally overdosed the first day or night of 10th grade! The drugs will continue but get less and less! they overdoses are causing problems; my mind is weakened! and Im having mental breakdowns!
I had no schooling and it would get worse! I had no math or english classes! nothing! no real classes! nothing! No one was looking after me or cared what happened to me, or my schooling!
One area that the psychopaths destroyed was any schooling! I had no guidance 10th grade/11 grade! You need something, anything! I had nothing; I didnt even know anything was wrong because I was mentally ill getting worse! PTSD and other problems; I was becoming more n more dissociative! and other problems! break downs!
I was bullied and had problems with some teachers I guess! My popularity died! I had nothing but started getting bullied by some kids because I was not popular anymore nor interested in them anymore! I began to wise up and could no longer keep up the act 9th and 10th grade! Any girls I liked wrote me off as if they had never met me! and they kept that side of things up! I was now considered a weakling and back to being nowhere before I got to this new city; meaning, This was a complete failure that fell through! Finally in the 11th grade I will prepare to move away.
I was mentally destroyed by many aspects of things that year and before! clinical depression set in at age 16. No one cared! I began to understand what kind of scum I was living with! The psychopath was getting heat from the other members of her new family; not everyone bought into her lies and some of them were calling her on it! she turned on anyone that didnt play her game! 10th grade.
I still didnt get it! I still thought I had a mother; but a bad mother! I didnt get it; not yet! but soon I would!
10/11 grade
I had a local bully beat up my older brother and get away with it and threaten me; him and another hood from the jails! Its as if they could do what ever they wanted to anyone! no one cared! The police did nothing; through him jail for a night; that was it! That really freaked me out worse! I could not take care of my brother and I could be controlled by anyone on the street any time! Nothing made any sense! 10/11th grade.
I had already lost the girl I loved! I had pulled away from her; she was rich; and I was nothing! and I could not complete with her money or economic or school level status! I was flunking out of school; I should have been in a nut house; thats what I needed! no one cared about me! 11th grade/10 grade; and of course, many other day to day things occurring; you get the picture!
The reason I was in this town; the house I lived in when young was sold out from under me; age 9! My father left; he was using everyone for his own thrills! He was a sociopath who could care less if he ever saw us again; It was all a game to him! He left! that meant the psychopath was running everything! it was over for me! She immediately sold the house! I tried to live with my father' age 9; that did not last long; I had a nervous break down within 3 or 4 months! I had no choice, I had to go back and live with my mother; she moved away! it was a horrible nightmare of loneliness and rain and bulling and no schooling! I flunked out of school in this new town on the coast; 6th grade, because I was in traumatic shock from being moved from my first home; they sent me back to my home town! I can assure anyone that psychopaths could care less!
I had to go back and live with my Grand mother' 6th grade; These people created my mother the psychopath! I was sexually abuse, raped and controlled out of any involvement with anything I was continuously fed a prison camp still assault like attack of negative or sub human personalized negative language attacks; a hate language you would hear from your enemy if you were in a prison camp by your captures. It was not normal or the kind of thing you talk to children; this went on day n night! No one cared; no one cared bout sexual abuse! or about my schooling! I was bullied and flunking out! Im now in the 6th grade! Or in the later part of it! Im in complete shock and traumatic dysfunction.
7th grade, Im in shock; Im already bullied by allot from the kids in my Grandmothers neighborhood 6th grade! and Im now using drugs! Im 11 years old! I will stay in this area until 8th grade! 13 to 14 years old! my life and mind are being destroyed! Ive got no one asking how I am or who I am or my future nothing! Im a complete throw away! Im alone.
My best friend from younger days in my original house suddenly isnt my friend anymore! He started turning on me when Was 10! blaming me for why I was being abused at my Grandmothers house; he got this from his parents and from himself! I didnt know but he had always felt this way about me and his parents felt this way about me; they thought me scum! They didnt mind me hanging out with their son when very young; they thought it a good idea to socialize him; but after that, I had to go! of course I did not have any idea of this! I was 5 years old at the time! 5 to 9 or 10 years old! Thats how long I was around my best friend!
Dissociative disorder; I have dissociative disorder; forms of it when young! One aspect of dissociative disorder; a specific form of hallucinating or and delusional!
Delusional; that I had a best friend! I believed this; but my belief was based on what I told myself over n over n over! and I needed this person to be a best friend and I needed to believe his family liked me! It never occurred to me that I was never really invited or wanted or didnt mean much to this kid I thought of as a brother! In realty, he never called me his friend and he never called me is best friend and he never called me! I called him all the time and showed up at his house all the time! Later, I realized that he could care less! His family never wanted me their! The problem was; I did not know this at the time; i was 2 young, and had no one looking after me to tell me to stay away from those people, they are using me, they are not my friends!
Many of the PTSD problems Im facing now are from the 10 grade; well, thats not true; every year of my young life Im facing PTSD!
I had some good years; 4 to 8 years old! They were good because I was left alone! I was still doing poorly in school and didn't know! I didnt know any thing was wrong! My mother couldn't really touch me with my father around! and my father was around all the time being a play house father! but actually he was never around much! but when he was I saw him and interacted with him! I went places with him; skiing, snowmobile meetings, to his relatives! but later I realized it was all narcissistic on his part; he simply had no one else to go skiing with; and he was using his wifes cash to go! just using her and using us! I was exploited concerning his relatives! I was dragged along to make things look legitimate! They knew better; they did not want to see him or me or anyone else associated with him; but I did not know this when young! I thought I actually had relatives; I did not!
I was a throw away from every angle and had not known; but I always had been; even by the people I thought were my friends! they were not; I was being used!
Back to the 11th grade; Im destroyed and broken and broken hearted! my mind is broken! I am broken and I have no love and I dont understand what is happening, in every direction, no one wants me or wants to take care of me! or cares what happened to me! Im not loved by anyone; no one cares about my future or schooling! nothing! Im being passed back n fourth, house to house like a foster child! Im in shock, stunned by what is happening to me! I do not understand! the last bout I had with my mother finally gave me the impression she was a psychopath; but I did not have the name for it yet! She had not changed since I was 3 1/2 years old! She hated males and she specifically hated me because I was a boy; she wanted a girl! Not that I cared what she wanted!
In the 11 grade, my mother knew I wanted to leave; that meant she had to explain why; every time I lived with her it failed and I had to leave! she offered private school! I laughed and turned this down! what a joke this was! I did not want anything from these people! they were not my family; they did not care who I was! incredible! i wanted to go back home! So, I called my best friend and thought I could live with him!
I will mention something here! my maturity level was that of a 7 year old! or 4 year old! I wanted to go live with my best friend in the 12 grade! I had no idea about money or paying for things! nothing! I was full of PTSD and my mind was ruined and I was destroyed.
My mother made a deal with my best friends mother! Im not sure what was said; but I can only guess it was the same thing she says about everyone; that they were trouble makers and causing trouble, she was the victim! I ended up at my best friends house; and in complete shock, was hated and not wanted and treated like I was a leper and no good and a second class citizen! these were not friends of mine, yet I was in their house! I went to live with them with the understanding that they were my friends; thats why I was their! The reason they allowed me to live their! The reason I heard was to socialize their son for college for a year! It was strange, no one ever talked to me; it was like a was a stranger! it was strange, no one wanted to know anything about me or why I was their! nothing! I was treated with contempt! strange! hated! I was treated as if I was stupid and a retard! I was treated the way the old slaves were looked down on in the 16 century; like live stock! Like an animal in the zoo! only, they actually believed this! And yet, these were the same people I used to visit all the time as a kid! and their son; no friend of mine! nothing! A complete stranger!
As for my false friend and his family that I lived with; Little did I know I was dealing with the rich! They were well to do; and I did not know what that meant; I would learn the hard way! I wasn't wanted by them; but then, I was never wanted by them; and they were using me the first day I ever stepped on their door step at 5 years old; and thus; welcome to the rich!
Later, after piecing everything together; I had a vast and pretty-good idea of what happened. Years lager, a completed picture of all of it; what it meant, why I was being treated the way I was being treated. In the recovery process I figured all of it out on paper!
I was an expendable throw away child! many of them kill themselves! I ended up with full dissociative disorder! non of them know! They wouldn't have a clue because Im a throw away child; no one would care anyway! In reality, I was neglected and thrown away but spend enough time around these murder's to be abused; the point is; no one knew me; I was a complete stranger to all of these people or criminals or what ever they were!
Im now attempting to work through those high school years and take my life back from that time period and learn to live again!
Im starting to create my own visions and goals an desires and watch them develop! This time with non of the filth from the past!
Most of my life had been from one stopping point to another; one neighborhood to another! and I had no idea this would happen! the hardest hit was when very young, concerning lost of parents and house and neighborhood and schooling and friends and future and way of life.
I lost everything several times and much more! In the end I was completely destroyed! My brothers were complete strangers; one turns into a 100% sociopath with no conscious! The other a mixture of immaturity, under education and pathological, and with personality damage! a complete stranger!
As for my best friend; he was not my friend after all; He is a complete stranger playing games.
I will visit him for the last time many years ago, and write him a very nasty letter telling him never to associate with me ever again for any reason!
The girl I loved! I told her at one point about 10 years later how I felt ab out her; I was laughed at and made a fool of; " see ya, hope you have a nice life" " click"! her last words to me! no remorse! nothing! As if I had never met her!
Today I'm on the verge of getting my life back and my mind is being reworked into building my dreams! Im very lucky! The recovery process has been brutal; Ive worked through one complete mental illness with witnesses! Ive gone to 20,000 12 step meetings! Im finally getting some where!
my goals for relationships and general goals are getting closer! and Ive been studying how to have success based thinking for about 4 years now! and I have a personalized relationship with God! So, things are looking up and strong!


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Cleveland Clinic's preventive breast cancer vaccine development takes step forward
Cleveland Clinic Innovations has created a spin-off company to develop a preventive breast cancer vaccine based on research from Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute.
The new company, Shield Biotech, will complete preclinical development and seek permission from the FDA to test the vaccine as an investigational new drug in proof-of-concept, first-in-human clinical trials. The trials are expected to start within two years and will take about three years to complete.
"The mission of Shield Biotech will be to translate the scientific research on a breast cancer vaccine, led by Vincent Tuohy, Ph.D., at Cleveland Clinic, into a viable preventive alternative for the patients who may benefit," said Thomas Graham, MD, Cleveland Clinic's Chief Innovation Officer. "We believe that the vaccine has the potential to stop the more lethal forms of breast cancer, as well as inhibiting the recurrence of triple-negative breast cancer in women after they have recovered from their initial disease."
Initially, Shield Biotech will extend the development to the clinical stage in which the vaccine will be tested in two Phase I clinical trials as part of the process to obtain FDA approval. These trials are designed to establish the safety of the vaccine in women and to characterize and optimize the immune response.
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute found that a single vaccination could prevent breast tumors from occurring in mice genetically bred to develop breast cancer, while also inhibiting the growth of already existing breast tumors. The research was originally published in Nature Medicine in 2010.
Tuohy, the principal investigator on the original vaccine study, and an immunologist in Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute, will be Shield Biotech's chief science officer.
"We have proposed that breast cancer may be effectively controlled by providing healthy cancer-free women with pre-emptive immunity against emerging breast tumors," said Tuohy. "We propose to provide women with an immune defense or shield that will protect them from developing breast cancer. Our data show that safe and effective immune protection against this disease can be induced by vaccinating against proteins that are no longer expressed in aging breast tissues but are significantly overexpressed in triple-negative breast cancer, the most aggressive and lethal form of this disease. We hope to provide women with a safe, effective and relatively benign alternative to invasive prophylactic mastectomy."
Triple-negative breast cancer has a higher recurrence rate than other forms of breast cancer and is insensitive to current forms of adjuvant therapy. It's the predominant form of breast cancer that occurs, for example, in women with BRCA1 mutations.
G. Thomas Budd, M.D., of Cleveland Clinic's Taussig Cancer Institute, will be on the company's scientific advisory board charged with the design and execution of the clinical trial protocol.
The first (Phase Ia) trial will involve women with triple-negative breast cancer who have recovered from current standard of care involving chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or surgery. This trial will determine the dose and frequency of vaccination needed to provide an optimum immune response. The second (Phase Ib) trial will involve healthy cancer-free women at high risk for developing breast cancer who have decided to undergo voluntary bilateral mastectomy to lower their risk. This trial will focus on the safety of the vaccine by examining the removed breast tissue for any potential changes.
"We expect these clinical trials to lead to more advanced trials designed to determine the effectiveness of the vaccine in treating triple-negative breast cancer, as well as its potential for immunoprevention," said Dr. Budd.


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I'm following what Cholla has stated & it shouldn't make any difference if it was 1 in 100 or 1 in 10,000. The same rules should apply, right?
Be sure you get your helmet and gear covered by the ins adjuster.
My son dropped his C14 Feb 8th. He was making a left out of the alley by mom and dad's house. Very low speed. Spiral break in his tibia (Fixed with tibial nail). Splinter fracture of his fibula and a broken metatarsal. Accident on Friday, check in hand the following Tuesday. Talked to the adjuster from Geico (full coverage) and was told that riding gear wasn't covered.He's having an issue with bone growth. The doctor is prescribing a stimulator as well. Just waiting for the insurance company to approve it. Really hope it helps him!I'm in Tell City and ride 62 from time to time. You're the closest concours owner that I know of. Good luck with everything. If you get another bike, we should take a ride together one day. What intersection were you at when this happened?
I was at the intersection of Highway 135 and I-64. The Van hit me at the intersection to get on I-64 East. Hope Your Son heals up quick. I'm getting better day by day.
Good to hear!Not to pollute your thread but I got good news from both the surgeon and the P.T. therapist Wed. (had appts. with both): my wrist is up to about 85% movement with the biggest limitation being able to lift my hand above parallel with my wrist (as I was cautioned by the surgeon: he said that will never recover to 'as it was'). The bone is knitting according to the Dr. viewing X-rays, and I have been cleared to use my left hand for light to moderate use: no more than 40 lbs. lifting, and cleared to shoot handguns again. One more trip to P.T. and one final visit to the surgeon and I should be done with all medical assistance. And now, as Mortimer Duke said, for the good news: I can grasp, hold and lean onto the left handlebar of a C-14 and can operate the clutch. Yippy, 'cause I was worried about that one. Hope you heal even better than I probably will. Brian
A few more nuts and bolts, a bone splint here and a bone stimulator there, soon we have?
Yeah, I'm pleased with my healing speed. I worked on my knee today, doing half squats, and using ankle wights to do seated leg lifts. My left hand is still pretty weak, but the strength is coming back. I'm really glad to hear You're improving. That left wrist is a bad one.
Jamie, who's been paying all the medical bills? {His insurance, or yours}As his insurance low balled you, it might be a good time to bring that, plus pain/suffering, and lost time from work into the negotiation's. That, "will" get their attention!Ride safe, Ted
I read good things about the new Goldwing. But boy are they expensive! I myself am still too young, fit, flexible and sexy, so no 'wing for me for at least another decade Good luck on yours though, and would like to see pics when you get it.
I read good things about the new Goldwing. But boy are they expensive! I myself am still too young, fit, flexible and sexy,(easy boys) so no 'wing for me for at least another decade Good luck on yours though, and would like to see pics when you get it.
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A British businessman was sentenced to 33 months in a US prison Wednesday for trying to smuggle a key missile component to Iran, officials said.
Christopher Tappin, 66, pleaded guilty in November to attempting to ship specialized batteries used for the Hawk air defense missile to Iran using false export papers, AFP reported.
"Those who violate federal law for monetary gain, and in the process put the national security of the United States and its allies at risk, will face prosecution and punishment for their callous disregard for the public's safety," United States Attorney Robert Pitman said in a statement.
Tappin was caught in a sting operation involving an undercover federal agent.
He admitted to wiring about $25,000 from a London bank to pay for five batteries and even paid the agent $5,000 for fines after they were supposedly seized by customs officials.
He planned to ship them to Iran through Britain.
His co-conspirators -- Cyprus-based Robert Gibson and Portland, Oregon, resident Robert Caldwell -- were sentenced to 24 months and 20 months, respectively, in federal prison in 2007.
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The financially strapped California Department of Public Health temporarily banned new enrollments to the Every Women Counts program from January until July 1. But it also upped the age to qualify for the program from 40 to 50.
The changes are intended to reduce the number of mammogram recipients to 259,000 this fiscal year from last year's 311,000.
No women were screened by The Elizabeth Center for Cancer Detection in downtown Los Angeles in April, where 13,000 mammograms were performed last year. Patients who visited the clinic last month found signs in English and Spanish announcing a temporary closure. Clinic CEO Don Cook said it has become impossible to make ends meet.
Since 1944, Elizabeth Center has operated as a clinic that provides breast cancer diagnostic services, focusing on cancer detection and prevention for low-income women. About 86% of its patients are Hispanic.
In the first three months of 2010, the number of patients dropped 34%, from 3,354 to 2,202 patients. After going dark in April, the clinic is now offering services three days a week.
Cook says the clinic, without additional funding, is facing the possibility of permanent closure at the end of May.
"It's been a long haul, 65 years, to go down in a cloud of fire. It's a big disappointment," said Cook.
Cook said he asked Los Angeles County supervisors for financial help, to no avail, and that he intends to write President Barack Obama for help.
In the current health care system, Cook said, wellness and prevention are low priorities. "There's no money in prevention," he said. The money "is in treatment."
Al Lundeen, spokesman for the California Department of Public Health, declined repeated requests from The Associated Press for the number of mammograms the state has paid for under the program since the cuts were put into place Jan 1.
Lundeen said the number was not available because the billing cycle "won't be complete for six months."
But mammography clinics report their payments from the state are regularly received between four and six weeks after they are submitted, meaning some billing records should exist at the state level.
Nearly 4,000 women die of breast cancer in California every year. The Every Woman Counts program was established in 1991 to provide free mammograms and diagnostic services, such as ultrasounds and biopsies, for low-income women.
Women over 65 qualify for mammograms through Medicare. The change in age eligibility affects those younger than 65, and has significantly reduced the number who qualify for Every Woman Counts.
Though the shift in age eligibility closely mirrors controversial recommendations from a federal government panel, state officials said the change was planned long before the panel spoke.
California is the only state that has adjusted its mammogram rule based on age since the federal recommendation was issued, said Sean Tuffnell, a public policy expert for Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure, a Dallas-based breast cancer organization.
"We know that about 10% of all women who are diagnosed with breast cancer nationally are under the age of 45," said Tuffnell, adding that cancer that strikes younger women also tends to be more aggressive.
California lawmakers have made deep cuts to many programs over the past few years but still face a projected $20 billion shortfall through June 2011.
The program received a total of $61.3 million in funding for fiscal year 2009-10, almost $10 million more than the previous fiscal year. But officials said the increase in funding didn't match higher costs and reflected a one-time budget boost from an unspent past tax.
About $55 million of the funding came from tobacco taxes, which officials say are now declining, and the rest came from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant.
A bill in the California Senate appropriations committee seeks to reinstate funding for the program. The bill's author, Sen. Jenny Oropeza, D-Long Beach, doesn't mince words: "We are sentencing women to death.
"Women will delay their mammogram screenings and as a result will have cancer detected at a later stage when it is harder to cure," she said.
Deborah Wright, president of Mobile Mammography Screening, laid off all of her 40 mammography technicians and idled her 11 mobile units. The mobile clinics averaged about 6,250 patients a month last year. In January only 1,600 patients were screened.
The tighter eligibility means that many locations can't organize enough women for screenings to cover costs for the Los Angeles-based mobile clinics.
"We require 20 patients to go out and since this program has been cut, we haven't been able to come up with the patients. It's been very severe," Wright said.
Rural screenings have been repeatedly canceled in remote and medically underserved areas like Calexico and El Centro, "so that basically no women received service in those areas," Wright said.
She believes one result will be a loss of trust among immigrant women, a population that the mobile clinics serve, often with additional funding from Avon or Komen for the Cure. "Some of these women are not legal, but they work with us and they're women we live with," Wright said. "This will certainly result in some early mortality."
About a year ago, Alesia Humphries, 44, panicked when she found blood coming from her breast.
Uninsured, the Newhall resident was able to quickly get a mammogram under Every Woman Counts at the Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center. After no cancer was found, Humphries was grateful for her clean bill of health, and she avidly spread the word about the service provided by Every Woman Counts.
"I called my mother, I called every woman I know and told them about it," she said.
But when Humphries tried to get a checkup this year, she called a long list of clinics, only to learn the age requirement has been upped to 50.
"I think, 'God, what if I have cancer," Humphries said.
She said she's still going to try to find a mammogram she can afford.
Nurse Carol Rascon coordinates care under Every Woman Counts at six clinics in Imperial County, a sun-beaten swath of rural communities along the Mexican border east of San Diego. Last year, the clinics provided mammograms to 4,185 women in the area, where many residents are immigrants and unemployment rates are high.
A small grant has made it possible for mobile units to visit Rascon's clinics every two months, but diagnostic services Every Woman Counts covered including surgical consultation, fine needle aspiration and biopsies are not available, said Rascon.
"Now we have to pull our hair and pray for the best and see what is out there," said Rascon, who tries to find affordable medical providers for her low-income patients, who also often face transportation hurdles.
"What happens to the women that you were concerned about?" Rascon asked. She hopes funding is restored. But, for now, the answer is, "I don't know."


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Cult of Personality
Politics 101
Hitler received the Iron Cross for Bravery which carried a lot of Currency in a Militaristic Germany
Adolf Hitler could give a speech that fired up the masses. People loved him. The Nazis rose to power by winning elections. People elected them because they liked what the Nazis were saying. Things were not that good in Germany. The victorious Allies blamed World War I on them even though all nations jumped in enthusiastically. And then to add insult to injury the Allies made Germany pay reparations. Burdening Germany with the cost of World War I.
This was especially galling as Germany didn't lose the war. The war ended in an armistice. Which is a mutual cessation of warfare. Not unconditional surrender. And yet here was Germany. Being treated as if they surrendered unconditionally. It made a lot of people feel angry. And betrayed. Enter Adolf Hitler. Who could tap into that anger and feelings of betrayal.
Hitler was a war veteran. He served as a dispatch runner in World War I. Wounded by artillery. And blinded temporarily by mustard gas. He even received the Iron Cross for bravery. Although it may have had more to do with spending so much time with senior officers at headquarters that issued those dispatches. But for a militaristic Germany an Iron Cross carried a lot of currency.
When the Reichstag burned down Hitler blamed the Marxists and turned Germany into a Police State
So Hitler was a brave war hero. Even though he didn't actually use a weapon. Which was a good foundation to build on. For war heroes don't stab people in the back after fighting bravely for them in war. Which is how many Germans felt about the politicians. Betrayed. Victims of the evil, conniving politicians. So the people felt victimized. And they were looking for someone to stand up for them. To right these wrongs.
Hitler wanted to be an artist. But when that didn't work he turned to politics. And learned what a good speaker he was. He even studied how to become a better speaker. How to look. How to use his hands. How to inflect his voice. His speeches became very moving. Very dramatic. He made the defeated Germans feel better. For he told them that it wasn't their fault. It was the politicians, and the Marxists, that stabbed Germany in the back. And he was the one man that could do something about it.
When the Reichstag burned down he blamed the Marxists. Who the Nazis shared power with in the Reichstag. But didn't want to. It's still debated who started the fire (the communists, the Nazis, others) but what it did was allow the newly appointed chancellor, Adolf Hitler, to urge President Hindenburg to suspend all civil liberties so they could hunt these communists down like the dogs they were. President Hindenburg did. And the government rounded up the communists. With them out of the government the Nazis no longer had to share power. And turned Germany into a police state. To keep that power.
The Equation Brutal Dictators use to stay in Power is Victimization + Demonization + Emotion = Power
Hitler was charismatic. He could give a powerful speech. And after the Reichstag fire he controlled the people. Using censorship and propaganda he made himself god-like. The war hero. The savior of the German people. To undo all the injustice of the Versailles Treaty. Standing up to the Allies. Punishing those who stabbed Germany in the back (first the Marxists and then the Jews). And restoring German pride. Because he got even with those who wronged the German people. The people loved him. He could do no wrong in their eyes. No matter how much wrong he did. Which he could hide from the people. Thanks to his censoring of the free press. And his state propaganda machine. Which is why people packed stadiums and the sides of roads. Showering him with their adoration.
Adolf Hitler was Germany. Germany was Adolf Hitler. His national socialism provided for the people. In return the people were subservient to the state. Germany was more important than the individual. And Adolf Hitler was more important than Germany. So anything he did was okay. For he could do no wrong. As there was nothing more important than Adolf Hitler. For Hitler was a cult of personality. Above the law. And god-like. Where people believed he was the only one that could save the nation. And would do anything for him. With the most devout joining the SS. Fighting with unbounded fanaticism in combat. And carrying out the Holocaust with ruthless efficiency. They pledged their loyalty to Adolf Hitler. Not Germany. And would do anything for him. Anything at all. Even torture and kill their fellow Germans. If that was what their Führer wanted.
This is how dictators were able to do some of the things they did. Because they were a cult of personality. Mao Zedong. Saddam Hussein. Benito Mussolini. Muammar Gaddafi. Kim Il-sung. Kim Jong-il. Kim Jong-un. These brutal dictators were/are all worshipped by their people. At least the people they weren't/aren't torturing or killing. For they had an equation they used to remain in power. Victimization + Demonization + Emotion = Power. Similar to the equation the Democrats use to win elections. Victimization + Demonization + Emotion = Democrat Votes. Where they victimize the people. Find someone to demonize for this victimization. Such as Marxists and Jews in Nazi Germany. Or Republicans in the United States. Then use state propaganda to disseminate their lies. Like Joseph Goebbels did in Nazi Germany. And like the mainstream media in the United States disseminates Democrat talking points. And then use fiery rhetoric to incite the people's emotions. Like Hitler, Hussein, Mussolini, Gaddafi, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un and every other cult of personality did. Like these 'god-like' people still do today.
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1-Kan is the best time to celebrate social networking and current social tools, the eternal Facebook included. It's a time to celebrate each and every way of connecting with another person, regardless of the tools I use. Naturally, not using any tool and just meeting face to face still seems the best choice. But even if we can't physically meet there are many means of connecting and sharing.
The day of manifestation in this process is 10-Ben (23 March 2017). This is the day on which a clear line is drawn between what's real and what's just an opinion; between theory and reality.
Known in the east Indian Vedic tradition as the Web of Indra, the union that abides between you and me (Kan) is not something that needs to be achieved or put together slowly over time. It has to be acknowledged as a constant and indestructible reality. No level of technology can finally alienate nor divide us.
The ironies of the universal artistic mind (1-Chuen) led me out of the cave of the ego and back to real people and real challenges. These are the challenges that I face when I move from the abstract musings of the artist to the crafty handiwork of the artisan.
Manifestation's promise of abundance begins to unfold today, 1-Kan, and continues for the next 12 days.
The Tzolkin abides
When I take the time to think about it, the Tzolkin can teach me something new every day. For example, while editing this post today, I noticed something new: Star War's dark side emperor is played by actor Ian McDiarmid (born 8-Chuen). His arch-rival, Luke Skywalker, is played by actor Mark Hamill (born the following day: 9-Eb).
It makes watching the scenes with both of them all the more interesting. That is, if you're as far gone as I am into this calendar…
1-Kan: Everything needed
Born on this day: Syd Barrett, Tim Lincecum, Ziggy Marley, Václav Havel (1st Czech Rep. president)
If I had just one wish for the future it would materialize in the shape of a seed. A seed is a wish I bury below the surface. A wish is a promise for something better.
Philosophically, Kan is the essence of potential, of unknown and innumerable benefits that are collected to be shared, and then shared to be multiplied. At the same time, Kan is also a powerful grounding force which reminds me that planting a seed is just a beginning. If I don't tend to my garden regularly, its death is probably the best result I'll get. If I'm not so lucky, it'll bear fruits of wrath – the wrath of broken promises.
1-Kan means networking to the max and in every respect. It means integration on the most basic levels of survival and global communion.
Kan (Seed) is the first, and most basic form of abundance in the uinal. Without seed there is no food. Lack of "seed" is represented by one of the horsemen of the apocalypse – Famine (keeping in mind that the meaning of the scary word 'apocalypse' is simply "unveiling").
The specter of famine is ever present on a very basic level of my perception, regardless of how secure I might actually be in that respect. Even in this post/ultra-modern era, and in what's called the developed world – where I can go to the mega-market store and get everything I need – there's always some doubt regarding how nutritious the groceries are, and how many toxins are hidden there. This is also a method of experiencing famine/lack of 'Kan'.
"How you feel can make it real" – Peter Gabriel (5-Akbal)
2-Chicchan: Cure to cancer
Born on this day: Yasser Arafat, Noam Chomsky, Enid Blyton, Dutch Schultz, Richard Bach (Jonathan Seagull), Ben Carson (Pediatric surgeon)
Life as DUALITY
"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth…
"Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life…
"But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?"
– Ewan McGregor (12-Cauac) as Mark Renton in "Trainspotting" 1996
The challenge of this generation is abundance. Choice has been multiplied over and above my physical and mental needs. Yet I want more. I feel I need more. I don't feel a 100% secure, and my TV tells me I'm probably right.
My daily existence resembles a medical procedure:
I begin my day, waking up, already worried about chores and tasks I didn't catch up with yesterday. That's the malady.
I think about how to tackle this day, usually while getting cleaned up and having breakfast. That's the meeting I have with the doctor, discussing the remedy.
I get to work and administer my favorite substances right to my vein. Usually it begins with coffee. That's anesthetics.
I do what I do at work. I dive into and then yank myself out of distractions. I'm nice to people. I swallow little pains. I sympathize. This is the procedure.
I log off and get my sore lower spine back home to my family. That's rehabilitation.
I fall asleep, eventually.
That's the healthy break between maladies.
Every MD in almost every hospital around the world wears 2-Chichan on his doctor's robe. That symbol consists of two snakes coiled around the medicine staff of authority. It's in the old testament, it's the DNA in modern genetics. It is an ancient symbol of life, given and taken away.
If and when you find yourself in hospital staring at that symbol, remember that it signifies the doctor's ability and skill to help you, as well as the well-established skills and knowledge of your own innate doctor (your Body) who's been healing you since day one.
Hence – dual serpent.
3-Cimi: Change everything
Born on this day: Hugo Weaving (Matrix), Paul McCartney, Natalie Merchant, Faye Dunaway, Kurt Waldheim, Nick Swisher, Freeman Dyson (physicist)
1-Kan is a very social trecena. It has 9-Eb in it, as well as 7-Oc, 10-Ben and other socially-related sun-sign/tone combinations. One of the prominent of these is today, 3-Cimi.
Cimi is a rudimentary sun-sign associated with the ancestors. Cimi natives are known for their psychic connection with remote grandfathers and grandmothers. Reflecting back to the seed (1-Kan) and its ancient journey through my agricultural heritage, 3-Cimi is the day I nurture my garden and give due attention to the seeds and young plants.
With my hands and legs, I use the same body movements my forefathers and mothers used to tend their plot of land. Although my technology is different, I use the same tools, same methods, and consider the same administrative options. I cannot escape these deep connections. I have no reason to.
This used to be called husbandry. Our home planet yearns for it; agriculturally, environmentally and in every other way. All talents and life pursuits are welcome and desperately required. This is where the 3rd stage come into place.
The roots of Pop and Drag
Very early in my Tzolkin research, when looking up the Beatles' birthdays, I had a small laugh when I did McCartney. 3-Cimi (death) turned out to be the birthday of the Beatle that was declared dead, reducing the band down to 3 members. He wasn't the one who eventually turned dead in reality, and that was lucky in a way. Luck is one of the benefits of being dead every once in a while, and it is part of the Cimi symbolism.
Here's the magnificent Hugo Weaving (3-Cimi) in the Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. I dedicate this one to my friend Chris Duane, and to the smallest, subtlest truth, told time and time again. It really resonates with the didgeridoo:
"And so felt like dropping in and just expect me to be free, but now I'm saving all my loving to someone who's loving me!"
4-Manik: End famine
Born on this day: Prince Charles, Malcolm X, Bugsy Siegel, Sharon Corr (The Corrs Irish Band), Vlade Divac
The discussion moves now to a previous topic (see 1-Chicchan), which is stage 4 as an ending of sorts. Manik is a sun-sign associated with endless pilgrimage and continued perfection of skills. So how does Manik's ongoing process sit next to the 4th stage of completion?
I began the journey 3 days ago, on 1-Kan, and today I complete my first full cycle around the four cardinal directions to arrive at 4-Manik. This means that the planted seed or sapling, after it has been properly nurtured, is going to yield a result which will ultimately lead me to conclusions.
After inspecting the plant my conclusions are going to be about the seed's quality and the quality of my gardening skills. These have evidently led the plant to its current condition.
This is the endless learning process of nurturing good fruit and good spirit.
4-Manik's message and energy is the most balanced form of medicine known in the Mayan culture. So, if you're praying for someone's health – this is the day for focusing your thoughts, prayers, and intentions.
Manik is the Deer, also known as the Raam. It is the spirit of the forest, the one that doesn't hesitate to claim his last stand, in a God-sent bush-fire, for example. The Raam shares symbolical grounds with the Father of Raam, a.k.a. Abraham (in Hebrew).
Raam is also known as the Zodiac sign Aries. It reflects an age in history, dated around 1800 BC till 325 AD. The Age of Aries was replaced by the Age of Pisces, which is the age most scholars agree to be still in effect today. The next (st)age in Light is Aquarius.
Are we there yet?
5-Lammat: Busy Bunny-Stud
Born on this day: Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek, Paul Dano, Bobcat Goldthwait, Brian Blessed, Earl Warren, Peggy Lee, John Holmes
5-Lamat (star) is a day set aside to consider multiplication and its relation to abundance. Multiplication is the empowering force behind community and prosperity.
In the Bible, God commands Adam and Abraham to go forth and multiply like the stars in the heavens. Procreation multiplies souls on earth.
God further decrees that bread is to be won by the sweat of thy brow. Husbandry and agriculture multiply fruits, seeds, and livestock. Industry and commerce multiply just about everything else.
All these empower me, my family, and my neighbors. They are the keystones of prosperity.
Lamat is Yucatec for "Rabbit". 'Nuff said.
What's called for right now is a precise star (5-Lamat).
When I'm out in the desert at night, looking for good shelter, all I need is 1 precise star. A single star from the multitude, which I'll recognize immediately and navigate according to it to the nearest Oasis. It's just a small star (5th stage star, not yet 6 or 7), but it pinpoints my location and maps the way to more abundance on this southern sunny trecena.
6-Muluc: Perpetual irrigation
Born on this day: Walter Cronkite, Sam Elliot, Burning Spear (Reggae artist), Shaggy, Hugo Chavez, Al Capone, Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
The river flows on (6-Muluc), in appreciation and thanksgiving (offering). To imagine what this is like you can think about standing on a riverbank. When a strong river flows by you, it seems to be completely still and motionless.
Like the spokes on a wheel rotating in a certain RPM and appearing to be still, resonant with our frequency of vision.
To my understanding, this is the conservative nature of 6-Muluc. It is an essential link between the gathering (Heavens 1 through 5) and the Reflection (7th Heaven), along with being the forerunner to the balanced phase of the process.
Apropos being conservative and taking care of the family, please note that so far in this trecena we've already had birthdays of 3 distinguished "family" members: Dutch Schultz, Bugsy Siegel, and Al Capone.
These were the ones that were caught. There are other, legitimate government gangsters who have their birthdays during this period. Can the live ones be found and brought to justice yet?
Can the dead ones be forgiven?
7-Oc: Purpose = Love
Born on this day: Mariah Carey, Charles Lloyd (Jazz), Golda Meir, Anwar Sadat, Jennifer Connelly, Tony Danza, Bobby Fisher, Bireli lagrene
Today is another riveting walk through the twists and turns of relationships with fellow travelers and gardeners. Oc is about the territory each of us marks around his/her personality. With my family I have intimate boundaries, with my neighbors I have social and personal boundaries. All these relationships require husbandry (even if you're the wife) and what Americans call "maintenance" within their respective boundaries.
When balance is achieved in relationships, prosperity is maintained. When the purpose (7) of the process is Love (Oc) prosperity is guaranteed.
The unlikely bridge
One of my earliest memories, sitting in front of the TV with my parents and sister, is watching Anwar Sadat (7-Oc) exiting his plane and going down the stairs to greet Menachem Begin (13-Ben). We then continued following the coverage of his speech in the Knesset, and later his signing of the peace treaty with Israel.
To many of us living in Israel it was like living in a dream. To some this meant giving up an amazing piece of desert, and trusting those who should not be trusted.
To Sadat it meant the Nobel peace prize, a distinguished place in human history, and multiple 7.62 rounds to his aorta, intestines and neck.
Here's a documentary by Al Jazeera about him:
8-Chuen: Happy new year!
Born on this day: Johnny Marr, John Keats, Jesse Owens, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Bruce Bochy, Ian McDiarmid
A thing of beauty is a joy forever Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. - John Keats (8-Chuen), taken from Endymion (1818)
Under the hood
8-Chuen means Harmony which is much more subtle and deep than other western 8's (Like 8-Men or 8-Cauac), and even more so than all southern 8's put together (8-Lamat, 8-Ahau, etc.)
As discussed above, the absolute midpoint of the trecena is stage 7. But it is not the center of evolution, nor its center of gravity. It is simply the dual divide-point of the current process. The midpoint of Nature and Evolution is "Left of center" in a manner of speech. It is Infinity (8), and the center of the universe – the heart. Therefore, in the standard uinal Oc is the 10th sign and Chuen is 11th i.e., center +1.
9-Eb: On the road again
Born on this day: Gary Peacock, Matisyahu, Speech (Arrested Development), Robert Downey Jr., Henry Goodman (British Theatre), Mark Hamill, Mickey Mantle
How nice it is to get a Road Map the day after the New Year has began!
10-Ben: Ripe corn
Born on this day: Plácido Domingo, Salman Rushdie, Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, Joe Zawinul, Richie Havens, Kevin Spacey, Mel Gibson, VE day WWII, James K. Polk (11th US president), Louis Mountbatten, Lou Costello
How freakish is it that Freud and Jung are one and the same as far as the Tzolkin goes? And Salman Rushdie too? Boy, talk about some heavy-thinkers there. Just one glance at the list of distinguished gentlemen (couldn't find famous ladies, sorry) who were born on 10-Ben, and you might begin to grasp what manifested destiny means.
Abundance has manifested today and I have a Reed, a conduit: to elevate all my work and action in this dimension into dreamland; to bring science fiction and fantasy from dreamland down to earth.
Destiny on the 10th stage means that the conduit between Heaven and Earth has become a reality (Jacob's ladder). The leaders/Ladders born under the Ben sign (Like Obama, Ben-Gurion, Sarkozy, FDR, Menachem Begin) are well-known for their charisma, oratory skills, Dogma-with-impunity kind of preaching, authority, and amazing ability to sway the masses.
11-Ix: Beneficial magic
Born on this day: Chris Cornell, Bernard Sumner, Black Francis, Amelia Earhart disappeared, Moshe Sharett (2nd Israeli PM), Edward R. Murrow, Philip K. Dick
Here's some of Bernard Sumner (11-Ix) and his band New Order.
When I was a very small boy very small boys talk to me Now that we've grown up together they're afraid of what they see That's the price that we all pay our valued destiny comes to nothing I can't tell you where we're going I guess there's just no way of knowing. - Bernard Sumner (11-Ix), True Faith by New Order
12-Men: Understand vision
Born on this day: Busta Rhymes, Michael Jordan, Ichiro Suzuki, Donald Rumsfeld, Adam Sandler, Peter Coyote, Susan Sarandon, Cary Grant, Leslie Nielsen
Stage 12 is associated with Depth of Understanding, and vision is bestowed by the eagle.
It is said that Men-types find fortune and luck in all their dealings. So, on the seed trecena of basic abundance, at the very last stage of the journey, the eagle hovers over the earth and understands how seeds become tree-trunks (Ben), and then with the magic of the jungle's spirit (Ix) flowers blossom on the tree, and in turn get impregnated by vision (Men) and ripen to be fruits of wisdom (Cib), which bear a gazillion new seeds.
Here's 25 great Sergeant Frank Drebin quotes, played to perfection by Leslie Nielsen (12-Men):
13-Cib: Transcending sanctity
Born on this day: Fergie (Black Eyed Peas), Rip Torn, Ty Cobb, Yair Lapid, Rupert Sheldrake
Back to normalcy with the holiest and heaviest day of the abundance festival just concluded.
The fruit (stage 13) of the seed (1-Kan) is sacred as the legacy of all our mutual ancestors combined. On 13-Cib this ancient, undying energy is the essence that carries abundance into the future.
Here are my humps: