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On October 13th 2009, KHRG interviewed two teenage soldiers and two young porters that had recently escaped from the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA). A month earlier, KHRG interviewed a group of six more soldiers that deserted on September 8th. Four of these soldiers were forcibly recruited, while the two others were hired by villagers seeking to avoid serving for the DKBA by hiring a substitute.
These interviews provide first-hand confirmation of four important claims that have been previously reported by KHRG and other organisations:
1. The DKBA has used forced recruitment to increase its troop strength. Two of the deserters with interviews published in this bulletin were recruited in August 2008, when KHRG first reported that the DKBA had initiated a substantial push for new recruits. At least one of the other deserters, however, was recruited as recently as August 2009, four months into an even stronger recruitment push that began in mid-May 2009. The DKBA has undertaken this second push as an explicit part of the group's plan to transform into a government-controlled Border Guard Force, a plan initiated across Burma by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) as it prepares for elections in 2010;[1] according to minutes of a high level meeting of DKBA commanders at the group's headquarters in Myaing Gyi Ngu, Pa'an District, the group plans to expand from 6,000 to 9,000 soldiers. Immediately following this meeting, commanders including Maung Chit Thu, Operations Commander of DKBA Brigade #999, Brigadier Pah Nwee, commander of DKBA Brigade #999, and Maung Gyi, commander of DKBA Brigade #333 instructed subordinates in Pa'an and Thaton districts to institute troop quotas requiring villages to provide soldiers to serve the DKBA in numbers proportionate to village size.[2]
The four other deserters were likely recruited as part of this second recruitment push beginning in May 2009. All four hail from Pa'an District and served with Maung Chit Thu's Brigade #999. Of these, three reported being forced to join because they had been selected to serve by a local DKBA officer, their village headmen or via a village lottery. The fourth was seized by DKBA soldiers and forced to join because they knew he had already undergone military training during early service with the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). Two other soldiers from Pa'an and Thaton districts, who deserted with this group but for whom interviews are not included in this report, were hired by villages wishing to pay substitutes rather than provide soldiers.
2. The DKBA has forced villagers to work as porters, 'human minesweepers' and provide other support to military operations. These villagers are made to gather firewood and perform other menial tasks at military camps, carry equipment and supplies during troop movements and walk unarmed in advance of DKBA soldiers to test for landmines and KNLA ambushes. This latter practice has been dubbed 'atrocity demining,' and poses a considerable risk to the victims; both porters cited fear of landmines among their reasons for fleeing, and one described seeing a friend wounded while being forced to test for mines. KHRG has received no reports of these porters receiving pay or being 'hired;' in the two cases here, the victims were simply seized as they attended a festival celebration in S---, Pa'an District, during July 2009. This also confirms reports that the DKBA continued to used forced porters in Pa'an District well after taking control of camps belonging to KNLA 7th Brigade near the Ler Per Her camp for internally displaced people (IDPs). Also worth noting is that four of the deserters were forcibly recruited in Dta Greh Township in the general area of the Ler Per Her IDP camp. This sort of recruitment has been one of the principle fears cited by more than 4,862 refugees who continue to reside at temporary sites in Thailand since initial flight triggered by the DKBA attacks on KNLA 7th Brigade, which began on June 2nd 2009.[3]
3. The DKBA has forcibly recruited children as soldiers and seized children as porters. Two of the deserters interviewed here are now, more than a year after they were initially forced to join the DKBA, just 14 and 16 years old; at the time of their initial recruitment they were ages 13 and 16. Similarly, one of the porters seized from S--- is just 17. Importantly, all three young victims said that their battalions contained other young boys. Pah G--- reported his battalion to be home to seven other boys his age; Saw C--- reported four; Ah K---: two or three.
4. Rank and file DKBA soldiers and civilian porters are treated badly and poorly provided for. The deserters interviewed here report being provided little or no salaries and limited rations. They also report being beaten for minor offences and subjected to other degrading punishments. Pah G---, for instance, reported being provided only rice, twice-weekly dispensations of fish paste and such frequent beatings that he could no longer remember their total.
In the following quote, made in a written statement separate from his oral interview, one of the soldiers, Pah D---, age 18, described why he deserted and the circumstances of his flight:
"We were camping at Ler Per Her for one week and we did not dare to go anywhere because people said there were many landmines planted around us. Then the six of us got the idea to flee from the DKBA army. We knew that we could step on a landmine if we stayed longer. So, we contacted one person on the other side of the [Moei] river [in Thailand]. We didn't know if he was a soldier or a villager. One night we had an appointment with that person at midnight and he came and took us by boat to the other side of river and then he took us directly to A---. He prepared things and kept us at a house and only a few people were allowed to meet with us--- We have to be very careful about security for ourselves--- But we don't know what will happen to our families left behind. For us, we don't dare to go back to our villages again."
Below is a table containing information about the subjects of the interviews contained in this bulletin, as well as two other deserters among the group interviewed in September but who do not have interviews included here. This table and the following interviews have been heavily censored because the deserters and escaped porters are in significant danger of DKBA reprisal; some of the deserters told KHRG that their officers had warned them that captured deserters would be executed.
|Reason for joining DKBA
|Original location
|Pah G---
|Brigade #555
|Forced to join so village could meet quota
|Y--- village, Nyaunglebin District
|Saw C---
|Brigade #999, Battalion #---
|Forced to join so village could meet quota
|Ht--- village, Dta Greh Township, Pa'an District
|Pah D---
|Brigade #999, Battalion #---
|Forced to join so village could meet quota
|W--- village, Dta Greh Township, Pa'an District
|Pah N---
|Brigade #999, Battalion #---
|Forced to join so village could meet quota
|D--- village, Dta Greh Township, Pa'an District
|Pah E---
|Brigade #999, Battalion #---
|Forced to join so village could meet quota
|L--- village, Dta Greh Township, Pa'an District
|Brigade #999, Battalion #---
|Forced to join so village could meet quota
|T--- village, Thaton District
|Maung T---
|Brigade #999, Battalion #---
|Forced to join so village could meet quota
| Ht--- village, T'Nay Hsah
Township, Pa'an District
|Pah W---
|Brigade #999, Battalion #---
|Forced to join so village could meet quota
| Th--- village, T'Nay Hsah
Township, Pa'an District
|Ah K---
S---, Pa'an District
|Ah A---
Battalion #---
S---, Pa'an District
Interview #1 | Pah G--- (male, 14), Y--- village, Nyaunglebin District (October 2009)
How many people are in your family?
There are four people in my family.
Why did you leave school?
Because the leaders came to recruit military soldiers.
Who were the leaders?
DKBA leaders; Commander Bp---. He served as a battalion commander.
Did you need to attend military training?
Yes, they brought me to the military training centre at Myaing Gyi Ngu.[4] I had to attend the training for two months and then they sent me to Pw--- for a year.
Why did you escape?
I didn't enjoy living with the DKBA military. I was oppressed by them. They just gave orders to us. If we refused to do things for them they punished us such as by beating and punching us. I can't even remember how many times they beat me while I was staying in the military.
What did they feed you in the military training centre?
They fed us fish paste. They gave it to us twice a week. We had to attend the training at Myaing Gyi Ngu. At that time there were more than a thousand people attending the training, including Burmese people. For me, I had to carry an AR gun[5] after the training.
Could you tell me about the areas that your commander is usually active in?
Yes, he is usually active in Meh Gkaw Hta and Ter Ler Po Day.[6]
Did he torture the villagers?
Yes, if the villagers refused an order, they [the DKBA] beat them. They also forced villagers to be their soldiers. If the villagers dared not to go [and be soldiers], they had to pay them [the DKBA] money. The villagers had to be DKBA soldier for the rest of their life. Each person was hired for more than 100,000 [kyat; approximately US $104]. For the people who couldn't pay, they had to go by themselves even though they were afraid.
Did anyone escape during the training?
Yes, they returned to their military camp.[7] The DKBA conducted this training. We had to attend the training for two months. After that we had to go back to our battalion.
How many people escaped with you?
There were three people that escaped with me, one was named Gky--- and another one was Gkl---.[8] We escaped from Brigade #555. There were around 30 people in our battalion. If we couldn't escape successfully, when they recaptured us we would be killed because the commander gave an order that if escaping soldiers were recaptured they would be punished with death.
What is your future plan?
I will find work [in Thailand]. Now my parents have been arrested by the DKBA military. I will save money and send it to my parents.[9]
How many people the same age as you were serving in the same battalion with you?
There were seven people around the same age as me. The other people were older than me.
What was your responsibility while you were serving as a DKBA military soldier?
I had to clean my commander's living compound.
Did you get a salary?
No, I didn't get a salary. If we had money we could buy things. After the training they provided us two pairs of our military uniforms.
Where did your other siblings live?
They were in Y--- village. None of them served as DKBA military soldiers. For me, I was forced to become a DKBA military soldier.
Did you bring anything with you while you were fleeing?
No, I had just one suit of clothes on my body. It took me more than one hour when I fled. I started fleeing at N--- and went to M--- by car. When I arrived at M--- I did daily work such as breaking corn and after that I planned do work on a peanut farm.
Do you plan to return to your village?
No. If I'm recaptured they will kill me.
Interview #2 | Saw C--- (male, 17), Ht--- village, Pa'an District (October 2009)
How many standards of school did you complete?
In the past I lived in Kw--- and I graduated only from grade three. After that I visited S--- and at that time there was a flood so I couldn't go back to Kw---.
What battalion were you assigned to?
I stayed in Battalion #---, subordinated to Brigade #999. I had to follow La---. He was a communications officer. And the battalion commander's name is Le---. I was recruited by the DKBA. One person from individual households had to be a DKBA soldier. There were 17 people who had to join the DKBA military [at the same time he did] and four people were the same age as me.
Do you remember when you entered in the DKBA military?
I was recruited in August last year [2008]. I served as a DKBA soldier for more than a year. If I didn't join the military, our [his family's] land would have been confiscated by them [the DKBA]. So my mother suggested I join the DKBA. She told me to escape to Thailand if I was not released after one year and six months. While I was serving as a DKBA soldier, I visited my mother two times. And if I didn't go [and serve with the DKBA] we would have had to leave S---. My Aunty is living in Kw--- so when I fled I went to stay at her home. I also had an adopted sister[10] living there. Before I was a DKBA soldier, I also had stayed at M--- for more than two months working selling petrol. My boss disliked me smoking cigarettes, so I left the job and returned to S---. In the military, there were seven or eight soldiers staying in a single military camp. I dared not go to the frontline. I always got beatings from them [the DKBA].
Did you attend military training?
No, I didn't attend military training because I was sick during the training time. When I got better I went to be with my adopted brother in Battalion #---. I was also beaten by La--- with five punches because I fell asleep while serving sentry duty. I had to carry bamboo poles all day.
Does a permanent DKBA soldier get a salary?
Yes, for soldiers who have a family they can get rations. For people who don't have family they don't get rations. If they need money for cigarettes, they can ask their commander. For the soldier who has family, if he has two children he will get one big tin of rice. If he has four children he will get one sack of rice.
How many kinds of taxes did you have to pay to the DKBA?
There are two or three kinds of taxes. When DKBA soldiers die they collect money and also when the villagers die they collect money. If we have money we can give 50 baht [US $1.50), if we don't have we can give 15 or 20 baht [US $.45 or $.60]. And they also collect money for New Year. Before I joined the DKBA I always had to do forced labour. After I joined the military no one in my household needed to do forced labour.
Were you happy being a soldier?
No. I'm afraid to shoot a gun. I preferred my life while I was staying with my parents.
Why did you escape?
They always gave us orders. At nighttime we had to serve sentry duty and in daytime they ordered us to carry water and do other things. So I escaped. Now some people who remained in the battalion, they also want to escape. I escaped during the day when my commander fell asleep. My friend and I crossed the river to the Thai side. I took my bag off my back and let the water take it away.
What are your plans for the future?
I will find work here while I stay with my Aunty. I will save money and ask my Aunty to send it to my mother. Now my mother knows that I'm in Thailand. I will ask my family to come and stay with me here.
What is your opinion of the DKBA?
They are terrible; they always order and torture people.
Interview #3 | Pah D--- (male, 18), W--- village, Dta Greh Township, Pa'an District (September 2009)
Which battalion were you with?
Battalion #---
What is you commander's name?
Commander L---
Where does he live?
What was your commander's rank?
Company commander 8
Why did you flee?
I couldn't do it [stay in the DKBA] any more because I didn't have time to sleep.
Why couldn't you do it any more?
I just couldn't do it any more.
Did anyone hire you to join the DKBA?
No. I went by myself.
Did you join the DKBA by lottery?
No. I was forced to join because I have many brothers and sisters in my family.
Did you want to join the DKBA?
No, I was forced to join. I really didn't want to join and first I fled into the jungle. People brought me back and then I had to join the DKBA. I was forced by the village head.
What is your village head's name?
His name is P---.
Where does he live?
W--- village.
Which township is W--- village in?
Township #3.
How many brothers and sisters do you have?
I have five brothers and four sisters.
Have you gotten any news from your parents?
I've gotten no news.
Would you like to contact you parents?
No, I don't need to.
How many friends did you flee with?
Six friends.
Did you bring any weapons with you?
How many and what kind of weapons?
Three AK-47s, one M-79 [grenade launcher] and one M-16 machine gun
Interview #4 | Pah N--- (male, 29), D--- village, Dta Greh Township, Pa'an District (September 2009)
Why did you join the DKBA army?
It was because of an order from the DKBA. The villagers had to vote and then I joined. The villagers had no money to pay [to hire a substitute] and nobody wanted to join either.
You didn't join on your own?
Nobody wanted to go, but we had no money to pay. So, the village head encouraged us to go.
Could you tell me more about the problems that villagers have to face regarding this forced recruitment by the DKBA?
There are many problems in the village. Some villagers have enough food. Some are starving. Some villagers have to join DKBA army even if they have a new baby in their family because of the voting and it helps the village. We can do nothing under the rule of the DKBA. The villagers don't need to pay if people join the DKBA army.
Which part of the DKBA forced the villagers to join the military?
It was Maung Chit Thu.
Which battalion were you in?
I was with Battalion #---, Brigade #999. We were led by company commander Li--- and battalion commander is commander Ky---.
How did you decide to flee?
We kept in mind that we came for our villages. So, we thought that it would be easy to flee. But, would it cause a problem for our villages? However, we decided to flee because many of our friends died or disappeared on the front line. We were scared and we ran.
Did you finish military training?
Yes, I already finished training.
What did they tell you in training?
In training, they said, "We are soldiers. We have to do our best and follow orders. Our leaders will arrange everything best for us. Now, Brigade #999 is very famous abroad. Don't be weak and we will win. We are a group of soldiers." They never talked about how they would work for their people. They said they are going to work for the DKBA. They encouraged us and said to do our best and the period of two years [we were required to serve] would end very soon.
Did you hear anything about the DKBA becoming a Border Guard Force for the SPDC?
Yes. I heard that the SPDC will pay 100,000 kyat [US $104] salary for officers and 10,000 kyat [US $10] per soldier per month. And they also said that later the SPDC will take care of everything the best.
As you are a child, what is your opinion of the DKBA?[11]
I think if we look at the situation now, the DKBA is not working for our people. They just work for the SPDC as they are under SPDC control.
Are you single?
Yes, I'm single.
What is your opinion of the DKBA's future plans?
We don't know their future plan. They are under the control of the SPDC. So, they'll continue taking soldiers from the villagers.
Interview #5 | Pah E--- (male, 19), L--- village, Dta Greh Township, Pa'an District (September 2009)
What is your occupation?
DKBA soldier.
Why did you join DKBA army?
Because the DKBA was doing military recruitment in the villages. We all joined in the same way.
Were you happy serving in the DKBA army?
No, that's why we deserted.
How long have you served in the DKBA?
I just joined the DKBA Army in the beginning of the last rainy season [2009].
Were you hired or forced?
I was forced to join. I didn't want to join and I even cried.
Which battalion are you in?
Li---'s group. We are all from the same group.
Did you have any problems when you were in the DKBA?
I had to clean the road and walk as a sentry at nighttime among the mosquitoes.
Did any of your friends step on landmines?
Many people stepped on landmines.
Did you know any of the people who stepped on landmines?
No, we weren't familiar with each other before.
Interview #6 | K--- (male, 24), T--- village, Thaton District (September 2009)
Which battalion of the DKBA were you in?
Battalion #---, Brigade #999 led by battalion commander Ky---.
Were you hired or forced to join the DKBA?
I was arrested and forced to join. I was arrested when I was working far from my village to earn money for my family. They forced me to join the DKBA because they know that I had already been in the military.
Which military group did you serve with before?
With the green scarves, KNLA.
Who arrested and forced you to join the DKBA?
Bo Ch--- and Bo Ky---.
Which battalion were they from?
I don't know exactly but they are from Brigade #999.
What was your position?
How many people with rank are among you now?
Only one, a Sergeant.
Where were you seized?
I was seized at S--- [Pa'an District].
What were you doing in S---?
I was working for wages.
How old are you?
I am 24 years old.
Are you married?
Interview #7 | Ah K--- (male, 16), Ht--- village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (October 2009)
Where did your parents live?
Both of them are already dead. I used to stay with my older sister in Gk--- village. My mother and father died when I was an eight-year-old son. But I didn't like living in Gk---, so I moved to S--- [Pa'an District].
How were you recruited to be a porter for the DKBA?
The DKBA came and arrested me to take me as a porter when I was visiting a festival. I was arrested during the nighttime. I didn't see the commander. On that night, I came from my hill field and entered the festival. I wasn't at my home when I was arrested.
How many months did you have to serve as a porter?
It was already three months. They arrested me at S--- [Pa'an District] and then I had to serve as a porter to Me---. I had to carry their rations. At that time there were more than ten porters. The soldiers were around 400. We had to sleep on the way for three or four days to reach Me--. We came there on foot. We had to start carrying the DKBA things starting from S--- to M--- and then to Me---
Did they torture you?
Yes, when we stayed in their military camp they ordered us to do things for them. If we refused they punished us such as by making us stand up and then sit down 50 or 100 times in a row.
Did you attend school?
No, I didn't have a chance to attend school because my parents died when I was a child.
Why did you escape?
We had to do everything for them [the DKBA]. We also had to clear landmines for them, so I tried to escape.
What is your opinion of the DKBA?
They don't benefit the villagers.
How many porters were the same age as you?
There were two or three people the same age as me. The others were more than 20 and 30 years old.
How many people escaped with you?
There were two people who escaped with me. We started escaping at Me---. We swam across the river to the Thai side. We didn't bring anything with us when we fled. After we arrived to the Thai side we were brought to A--- and then we slept there for two nights. Before we came to A--- we slept on the Thai side near Me--- for two days.
What is your future plan?
I will stay in Thailand and find work to get money, but now I don't have any work. I dare not go back to Burma because I'm afraid to be arrested again.
Interview #8 | Ah A--- (male, 20), Y--- village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (October 2009)
Do you have a family?
Yes, I have two children - a girl and a boy. My wife is at A--- hospital [in Thailand, because she is sick].
When were you recruited as a porter?
I was seized when I went to a festival with my wife at S---. I had to serve as a porter for three months. I had to follow Battalion #---. I had to carry cooking pots when we arrived at their military camp. The porters had to find firewood, carry water and cook rice.
Before I escaped I contacted my wife so now she knows where I am. But I haven't met with her yet. She is not well.
Why did you escape?
I always had to do things for them so I escaped. I was afraid of landmines. I saw one of my friends get hurt by a landmine while he was cleaning weeds [for the DKBA].
When I saw him like that I went into shock. Will you return to Burma?
No, I will find work and save money first. I will stay in Thailand for three or four years and then maybe I will return. But I'm not sure.
Could you tell me how you escaped?
My friend and I agreed with each other to ride a raft. When we arrived to the middle of the river we told each other to flee. We started to swim across the river. I thought that I would die because I was in water and the river was flowing so strong. Three of us escaped.
What do you think about the DKBA?
They do nothing for their people. They do as they like; they torture villagers.


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Grand Palace Restaurant (富豪酒家) is located in Henderson Mall across from Coquitlam Centre. The mall has been here for a very long time and it gives me a vibe of like the asian mall similar to Tinsel Town. They are owned by the same development company, so that's why the vibe is similar.
The restaurant and food court are probably the most busiest parts of the mall.
We came around 11 and there was already a line up outside with people eagerly awaiting a table.
My sister and I stared at the tanks looking at the lobsters barnacles.
After about 15 minutes of waiting, we got our table! The dining room was packed!
Tea arrives at the table when you begin ordering. You get one pot of the tea and another pot of hot water.
Fried Taro Dumpling (wu gok) is my sister's favourite. It is deep-fried to create the extra crispy exterior. On the inside is a savoury taro mixture.
Pork Dumpling (Sui Mai) is always an item ordered in dim sum. The ones here are pretty large and does not contain too much fat.
Minced Beef Meatballs were very bland. The added water chestnuts did not add any extra crunchy texture that its supposed to.
Steamed Beef Rice Rolls was ok as well. The beef mixture reminded me of the minced beef meatballs.
Steamed Pork Buns comes with 3 buns and was quite decent.
Shrimp and vegetable dumping has 3 pieces in an order. The dumpling mixture inside wasn't mixed together well, so you get the veggies on the bottom and the shrimp on the top.
Seafood Congee was alright. It had lots of seafood hidden at the bottom.
Stuffed Eggplant has 3 oddly shaped pieces. It has the shrimp mixture on top with the eggplant on the bottom. I usually like this dish but this was a bit bland.
Pork Spareribs were yummy. The meat was tender and the sauce paired well nicely.
Shrimp Dumplings (har gow) is a dim sum classic. It has shrimp inside the rice skin. It's a two-bite dumpling and it was not bad here.
Deep Fried Tofu was horrible. The skin was thick and tasteless and the crumbly topping was very salty. We all agreed that this was a horrible dish and we would not order it again.
Overall, it is a decent dim sum restaurant. There are good dishes here, but if you venture into one of the horrible dishes, it's gonna taste bad. As long as you stick to the classic dim sum items, you can't go wrong.
We Rate Grand Palace Restaurant:
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Coquitlam, BC

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|peek-a-boo Mr Wiggles
Mr Wiggles is doing just great. He had such a good time at the vet on Tuesday meeting all the staff who think he is just the cutest kitten ever! No surprise there. He is the cutest.
Steve (vet) gave me some eye drops for Mr Wiggles weepy right eye and it is clearing up very nicely, however he is to stay on the drops for 10 days. He also has a URI, but we are happy to report it is not serious and he is showing signs of improving. He has a very good appetite and he is bright and alert, all good signs that he is heading toward a full life as a healthy sweet boy kitty.
This past Friday he was scheduled to make an appearance on Canada AM. He was going to play with some cat toys from a local pet supply shop called Tails. Diane who is the owner of Tails called me Wednesday to see if I had any kittens that could be part of her segment. I was only tagging along as Mr Wiggles assistant and would not be appearing in front of the cameras.
Friday morning I left home at 7 (I am not a morning person) with Diane and Mr Wiggles for the TV station. Due to the events in the Boston area that day, we never made it on air but Mr Wiggles sure met a lot of the behind the scenes staff and had another fun outing. It is possible the segment will be rescheduled so we will wait and see.
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For media companies, the Cannes advertising festival is all about getting face time with top media buyers and advertisers. Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer missed a golden opportunity to do just that last week.
Last Tuesday evening, Interpublic Group of Cos. IPG, -1.38% arranged a dinner at the swanky French Riviera restaurant L'Oasis for Mayer to meet executives from marketers such as Mondelez International Inc. MDLZ, +0.11% brewer MillerCoors LLC UK:SAB and Greek-yogurt maker Chobani Inc.
It was supposed to be a chance for Interpublic and some of its clients to get a firsthand update from Mayer on what Yahoo US:YHOO had to offer.
But Mayer was nearly two hours late, and several dinner attendees, including IPG Chief Executive Michael Roth, ended up leaving before she arrived, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Mayer told some attendees that she had fallen asleep, some of the people said. She told one of the attendees that she had been up for 20 hours.
Tuesday was the day Mayer gave a big presentation on the main stage at Cannes, talking about Yahoo's ad offerings, specifically highlighting Tumblr, a Yahoo-owned blogging site.
Roughly 30 people attended the dinner, the people said, a small group by Cannes ad festival standards. Among them were several senior Yahoo executives, including the company's Americas head, Ned Brody, and its marketing chief, Kathy Savitt. But Mayer was the main attraction, and the meal was held while the group waited for her, according to one of the people.
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Clint Morey asked me to read his book "The End". It is a commentary on certain passages of the Christian Bible with a focus on Judgement Day. This is not a novel and the author is quite insistent that it is not fiction either so I will not use my normal grading methods. Instead, I will treat this as an argument presented in a persuasive debate. The criteria will be: Evidence, Reasoning, and Polish
What I see here is an attempt at proving that ideas about Apocalypse and End of Times etc. are still relevant in the 21st century, not something just for "ancient" people, and that it could happen any time now. Mr.Morey presents several possible forms this world ending event could take as they would appear in such a time, and then presents counters against skeptics of the event and its source.
After reading the book and thinking about it for a week, I've come to the conclusion that this book is not truly interested about the Christian idea of the End of the World. Instead it is more of a collection of counter arguments against things the author religiously disagrees with while hanging the end of the world above the reader's head.
Naturally, all the evidence comes from Christian Bible. Mr.Morey doesn't consider any other source because he doesn't think it necessary. By that I mean, he doesn't consider any other source to have value on this subject.
By the same token, he dismisses the evidence used by others against his argument. This is both scientific evidence and that from other religions. The following is an excerpt from the book's fifth chapter:
"When you stand before God He's not going to buy the ex-cuse that you saw this neat National Geographic video that showed evolution to be a fact. It had great visual effects and even included quotes from famous scientists. And on top of that, evolution was in your high school Biology book."
It's hard to argue with someone who doesn't respect any source of evidence but his own.
He really does not like any belief system other than his own, be it secular or another religion. He believes them to be wrong, therefore useless and thus not worthy of respect. Political Correctness is more than a waste of time; it is oppression of The One True Faith. That is the message I get from this his book.
Being Christian myself, I don't believe in other religions but I still respect those religions and the people that practice them.
It goes beyond a refusal to be respectful or "political correct" and becomes rude and abrasive. For example, he speaks of Pro-Choice advocates "vociferously" advocating their beliefs. At that point I had to think, "pot calling the kettle black" because he can be quite obnoxious himself. At one point, he went 1984 Big Brother style conspiracy theorist by claiming that "the government" removes images that paint abortion in a bad light from the internet (page 52 in chapter 2).
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The modern day threats are all plausible. I watched a documentary on the Discovery Channel, so I'm pretty sure it's accurate. Seriously though, I believe the purpose here is to present "real life" ways that the world could end in order to make an idea such as Judgement Day seem more realistic and credible.
Some of his arguments do not make sense but this is not always his fault. One example is when he points to a line that says God's "invisible qualities" are "clearly seen". I believe his faith in his evidence is such that he doesn't realize the contradiction there. Another one that I don't know if he realized is placing ideas such as "God is Love" next to "God's gonna cause a horrific apocalypse". That's a contrasting juxtaposition of statements.
Then there are occasions where he defeats his own argument. For instance, when he sets about discrediting the Theory of Evolution, he says that "If anyone tells you what happened in the universe a few billion years ago, it doesn't matter what they say next. Whatever they tell you happened isn't truth -- it's a story" (in my PDF, this is page 69 and it is found in the fifth chapter). What does he call the Biblical Genesis if not a story of something that happened a really long time ago? I can only assume that "Unprovable. Untestable. Unrepeatable. A story." doesn't apply to his holy book.
Another example of faulty logic is his reckoning that Judgement Day is near by way of the signs. I don't think he realizes that some of them have always been around and others are too vague and subjective to be of any use.
-->For instance, he says "wars and rumors of wars" are a sign; sure there are and have been a lot of wars in the last hundred years. The previous hundred years had wars and rumors of them too as did the century before that and so on. I doubt there has been an era of human history that could not quality.
-->For the "increases in wickedness", his first example of such is a misinterpretation of Sex Ed in public schools in Chicago. He combines this with the ban of teaching Christianity in an American public school as an increase of wickedness. He mentions things like torture and drug abuse (again things that have been around for a while) but focuses on the Sex Ed, prostitution, abortion and sexual slavery, which have also been around for a while. It's a puritanical focus.
The book looks good; no grammar or spelling errors that I recall. There are jokes and they're kind of funny at first but then it devolves into spiteful ridicule before going away entirely.
Trickster Eric Novels gives "The End" a D
This is a free review request. I received nothing in exchange except a free copy of the book.
P.S. I wonder if the author thinks I'm persecuting him for being Christian because I didn't like his book.
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The book looks good; no grammar or spelling errors that I recall. There are jokes and they're kind of funny at first but then it devolves into spiteful ridicule before going away entirely.
Trickster Eric Novels gives "The End" a D
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P.S. I wonder if the author thinks I'm persecuting him for being Christian because I didn't like his book.
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A month from today is the Photographic Resource Center's annual benefit auction, and I'm honored to be one of the photographers with a piece in the silent auction. The image is one I shot while shooting for Unrelenting Silence and is a great example of why I shoot the way I do, and why I love shooting with film:
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Yes to a new future, but what?
With a distinct lack of media options here in Cuba, and relying almost solely on CNN for international news, this Guardian article rings true:
Thirty-two die in American university shooting. Result? Huge media coverage in the US and Britain. In Iraq, almost 200 die, arguably the worst day of carnage in that beleaguered country since the coalition invasion. Result? Coverage so restrained as to be, in many cases, totally negligible. Could you even find it in the Times this morning? Why?
General reasons first. The media operate what amounts to a hierarchy of death. Here are the criteria: foreign deaths always rank below domestic deaths. Similarly, on the basis that all news is local, deaths at home provide human interest stories that people want to know about, while the deaths of foreigners are merely statistics.
Sure, the victims and their families are human beings, too, but if they are thousands of miles away they cannot – in the eyes of the media's editorial controllers – generate the same sympathy and interest as deaths near at hand.
Deaths in ongoing conflicts always receive less coverage than unexpected deaths elsewhere (because the latter are, by their nature, unpredictable and news values always rate new-ness above old-ness).
Now let's get down to some other controversial home truths. The deaths of non-white people in foreign parts – and, I would contend, often at home – are never accorded equal status by the white, western media. The deaths of Arabs and Muslims (and, in many media eyes, there is no difference) are overlooked because they are, variously, anti-western, anti-Christian or anti-capitalist, or all three, and are therefore undeserving of sympathy. By virtue of their religion and their ethnicity they cannot expect the same treatment as the people in the west (who, of course, are also more civilised, better educated and altogether more wholesome). In other words, it's racist.
Finally, specific reasons. Iraq is considered to be a basket case.
The massacre at Virginia Tech was horrific and deserves coverage but the almost pornographic pleasure in analysing every detail, and therefore ignoring the rest of the world in the process, shows the sickness at the heart of the American media (perhaps the Australian media is currently the same.) It's not surprising that many people I'm speaking to here correctly claim that the American media shows a lack of interest in non-white deaths around the world.
Yesterday I spoke to a number of Cuba's leading dissidents, some of whom have been in jail, some of whom have just been released from jail (due to bad health) and many of whom risk returning to jail. They have spent their entire lives fighting the Castro regime and often being ignored by the world for their pains. Of course, they have their own agendas – and some remain very close to Miami and Washington, and some do not – but their detailing of human rights abuses here was chilling.
Displaying a healthy sense of scepticism is always important in these situations, but their criticisms of the state-run media and the lack of freedom of speech was hard to argue with. They told me that the younger generations simply didn't believe in the revolutionary Castro-style fervour anymore, and wanted change. What form that could take, of course, greatly depended on the ways in which the US and Latin America reacted after Fidel's death.
In the evening, I went to an orchestral concert at one of the country's finest cultural centres. An original concert of Latin American music, and a young crowd that jumped to its feet at any available opportunity, gave the sense that music was indeed one form of expression that had thrived over the years. Some of the pieces sounded a little like Gorecki – that ominous and driving tone – but the spirit in which the night proceeded was actually not dissimilar to a rock concert in Sydney or New York.


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In his column "The Man Who Never Was," Tony Blankley captures the media's collaboration with Barack Obama:
[W]orse than all the unfair and distorted reporting and image projecting are the shocking gaps in Obama's life that are not reported at all. The major media simply have not reported on Obama's two years at New York's Columbia University, where, among other things, he lived a mere quarter-mile from former terrorist Bill Ayers. Later, they both ended up as neighbors and associates in Chicago. Obama denies more than a passing relationship with Ayers. Should the media be curious? In only two weeks, the media have focused on all the colleges Gov. Palin has attended, her husband's driving habits 20 years ago, and the close criticism of the political opponents Gov. Palin had when she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
But in two years, they haven't bothered to see how close Obama was with the terrorist Ayers.
Nor have the media paid any serious attention to Obama's rise in Chicago politics. How did honest Obama rise in the famously sordid Chicago political machine with the full support of Boss Daley? Despite the great — and unflattering — details on Obama's Chicago years presented in David Freddoso's new book on Obama, the mainstream media continue to ignore both the facts and the book. It took a British publication, The Economist, to give Freddoso's book a review with fair comment.
The public image of Obama as an idealistic, post-race, post-partisan, well-spoken and honest young man with the wisdom and courage befitting a great national leader is a confection spun by a willing conspiracy of Obama, his publicist (David Axelrod) and most of the senior editors, producers and reporters of the national media.
(The Economist review of Freddoso's book is available online here.) Blankley describes the phenomenon I tried to sketch in "Deep secrets of campaign 2008," where I add a few more examples to the ones cited by Blankley.
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Language Log brings it to our attention that a hoax might be giving millions of web users the wrong idea about the history and etymology of NYC's nickname The Big Apple.
The term didn't in fact originate with an early 19th-century immigrant from France named Eve, who (supposedly) ran a brothel and called the women who worked for her by a name that alluded to the biblical Eve's fruit. A much more solid argument has been made by Barry Popik. It involves black stable workers from New Orleans and the horse-racing journalist John J. Fitz Gerald, who repeatedly used the word on the pages of the New York Morning Telegraph in the mid-1920s. Barry Popik's findings are all over his site in little bits and pieces, but Cecil Adams at The Straight Dope conveniently summarises Popik's research.
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Steve Jobs' introduction of Apple's new Rokr and Nano is now available online. He reveals some interesting factoids on iTunes and iPods.
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More news on the iPod and podcasting. The addition of 1000 new podcasts a week is quite significant. Automobile integration is also a tipping point. Does this mean mainstream radio is the equivalent of a cassette tape? Probably not, but still interesting. This supports Adam Curry who has said from the beginning that this is about customer demand for better audio content. However, the economic or business model is still forming. Are these new shows about gaining as many viewers as possible? Some yes, some no. They are more about reaching like minded people, whatever the size. There are many who just want to create something, more like "art" then "business".
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Potential clients may be reluctant to enter treatment for a variety of reasons. As a clinician, it's helpful to understand the function behind their thoughts and the emotion they feel as a result.
Potential clients may be reluctant to enter treatment for a variety of reasons. As a clinician, it's helpful to understand the function behind their thoughts and the emotion they feel as a result.
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"Every minute in a session is precious, and we want to maximize the time we have to help clients learn to deal with the issues that are most important to them."
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A recent article published in the New York Times, "After 'The Biggest Loser,' Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight," details how most of the contestants on the television show, "The Biggest Loser," regained much, if not all of the weight they had lost while on the show. The article also describes how the contestants' metabolisms slowed down as they lost weight and did not return to their original level once they regained their weight. The level of the hormone leptin, which influences hunger, also did not return to the original level, and in fact, reached only about half of what it had been before they started to diet.
The article certainly is discouraging. It also emphasized that the dieters, who lost weight through extreme calorie restriction and high levels of exercise, had to eat substantially fewer calories (up to 500 calories less) than other people who hadn't dieted, to maintain their weight loss. We don't believe the situation is hopeless, however. There is a significant amount of research that shows that while there is a change in metabolism as people lose weight, the amount varies. These studies generally show that the metabolic penalty is between 20-200 calories and that this penalty decreases modestly in the year following weight loss. On the other hand, a meta-analysis that was published in 2012 found no change in the metabolic rates of dieters.
In our program, most people have been able to lose weight and keep it off—when they're willing to have periodic booster sessions to keep their cognitive and behavioral skills sharp. There are several key components of our weight loss program that are drastically different from what the contestants on the "The Biggest Loser" do. First and foremost, our clients do not lose as much weight and they do not lose it quickly; usually, the rate is half a pound to two pounds per week.
Along with slower weight loss, our clients also follow diet and exercise plans that fit in with their lives. In terms of exercise, none of our clients devote the nine hours per week that the "Biggest Loser" participants were advised to do once they returned home. Although the article didn't describe the specific diets participants followed while they were being filmed, it is likely that the diets were quite restrictive, both in terms of number of calories and the types of permitted foods. This, too, is quite contrary to our program. From the start, we work with our clients to incorporate all their favorite foods into their diets in reasonable ways. We work hard to ensure that our clients only make changes in their eating that they can sustain in the long term.
When helping our clients make changes in eating and exercise, the two words that we constantly use are reasonable and maintainable. We have found that when dieters lose weight eating or exercising in a way they can't maintain, they invariably gain the weight back when they revert to old behaviors. Most of our clients don't lose as much as they'd like because to do so would require unmaintainable eating and/or exercise plans. But they do get to a place where they feel strong and in control of their eating; their health is better; they have gained most of the advantages of being at a lower weight; they experience far fewer cravings; and they feel confident that they can keep doing what they're doing. They not only know what to do but also can competently solve problems and address dysfunctional thoughts and beliefs that interfere with maintaining the needed changes in behavior.
As far as we can tell, "The Biggest Loser" is the antithesis of our program. Although we haven't had our clients track their metabolisms before and after weight loss, we assume that taking a much more measured approach is part of what enables our clients to lose weight and keep it off. While doing it this way is less compelling in the moment, because the pounds fail to drop off at lightning speed, it seems to pay off in the long term, as dieters lose weight by putting behaviors into place, supported by changes in cognition, that they can ultimately maintain.
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In many cases, it's difficult for clients to know whether they're making progress because therapists do not necessarily state the goals and desired outcomes of therapy sessions. Clients may need to rely on their own global impressions. When clients are treated by cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) clinicians, though, they know how well therapy is working, because CBT therapists monitor progress each week by:
In fact, research shows that when both therapists and clients receive feedback on progress, clients tend to have better outcomes (Lambert, et al., 2002).
For example, CBT clinicians ask clients to fill out symptom checklists before each session, such as those for depression and anxiety. If applicable, clients may track and report the occurrence of panic attacks, angry outbursts, or incidents of self-harm behavior. They may also track the frequency and amount of alcohol, drugs, nicotine, or food they ingested in the previous week—or the number of minutes they engaged in compulsive rituals. The type of monitoring and assessment varies from client to client, based on the goals they've decided they want to work toward. CBT therapists discuss these assessments with clients. When clients do not make expected progress, they conceptualize the difficulty and modify treatment accordingly.
How long can it take before clients' symptoms decrease? Sometimes clients notice improvements almost immediately, especially when they have three kinds of experiences:
These three kinds of experience increase hope and clients are able not only to arrest their downward negative spiral but also to reverse direction. They then find themselves on an upward positive spiral.
So how can clients tell if therapy is working? They can ask themselves:
If the answers are yes, then therapy is working.
Lambert, M., Whipple, J., Vermeersch, D., Smart, D., Hawkins, E., Nielsen, S., & Goates, M. (n.d.). Enhancing psychotherapy outcomes via providing feedback on client progress: A replication. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy Clin. Psychol. Psychother., 91-103.


text: The new civil engineering teaching laboratory officially opened on November 8. Provost Stearns and Dean Ball stressed how essential the contributions of companies and individuals have been to its creation. CEIE Chair Deborah Goodings described the importance of the lab to CEIE students' education to enhance classroom learning with hands-on experience using the completely new array of equipment. The lab expands opportunities for independent study, for extracurricular activities such as ASCE and EfID, and for underpinning graduate research with experimental components. Integration of the new lab into the formal curriculum begin in spring 2013, and the lab will be fully integrated by fall, 2013.


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Clark's Hwy 24 working group to hold first meeting July 19
The first meeting of a special Westside Highway 24 working group will meet Wednesday, July 19 at 6 p.m. at the Regional Building Department, 2880 International
The group, formed by Westsider/County Commissioner Sallie Clark, is an attempt to get a broad-based look at the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) plans from elected and appointed officials, as well as business leaders, citizens and potentially affected property owners, according to Clark.
She is a strong advocate of reducing the size of the project and/or determining if it is needed at all. She and other skeptics have questioned why the 4-1/2-mile segment between Manitou and I-25 needs such a major expansion when the highway east and west of it is staying the same size.
The meeting will be open to the public, although seeking comments from the public is not the purpose of the meeting, Clark said.
For more information, call 471-4023.
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questions and answers
Q - To whom does this site address?
A - This site is addressed to curious and intelligent people, open- and critically-minded, interested in the meaning and purpose of human life from the point of view of our conscious Ego and the psychic experiences in which it (she/he) is involved during our life.
Q - Are these issues important?
A - It depends: certainly the arguments here dealt with do not solve the many complex problems that this life involves. On the other hand, since human life is a journey with a beginning and an end, as we progress over time along this path the curiosity of knowing if our experiences have a meaning, and whether behind their complexity there may be a design, a direction, increases. In this regard, the topics presented here may be interesting and reveal new horizons.
Q - This site has a religious tendency?
A - Absolutely not, at least not in the conventional and traditional sense of the term. There is no mention of an anthropologically conceived deity, nor of patterns of behavior to be followed, resulting in rewards or punishments. However, the possibility that the conscious Ego may continue to exist in another dimension, also after the body's death and the brain's dissolution, is evaluated.
Q - How is the site organized?
A - The menu on the left side includes various sections, each dedicated to a particular topic. Clicking on one of its buttons, an introductory page to that section opens, and on the right side another menu shows up, which allows to access all the pages in that section. The «Blog» button at the top right of this page opens a blog dedicated to the topics covered on the site.
Q - How can I see if there's something that might interest me?
A - After the «Questions and Answers», at the bottom of this page, there is a summary that helps to better understanding the purpose of the site. You can also take a look at the blog, which takes up some of the topics covered in a more captivating form. The topics dealt with in the various sections are explained in the following answers.
Q - What is the section «life on earth» about?
A - The origins and evolution of the psychophysical instrument (the body and its brain) through which we live in this world, the way in which human social aggregations have formed and evolved, and the conditions in which complex societies (like the one we live in) activate the socio-cultural conditioning that contributes to shape our functioning and behavior.
Q - What is the section «the human psyche» about?
A - This section, perhaps the most important of the site, points out the current scientific knowledge about the functioning of the human brain, and considers how our sense of existence in this life depends on the conscious experience of a series of psychic events that are determined by mental (and therefore cerebral) activity, and of which we can preserve the memory. Our psychic experiences, however, are but a mere fraction of all the psychic events - including the creative ones - of which humanity can, as a whole, make experience, now or in the past. The complex of all these experiences is the evolving phenomenon defined as «human psyche». The reasons are also explained why it is more appropriate to consider the human brain as a tuning instrument - rather than a producer - of the psychic experience.
Q - What is the section «non-ordinary states» about?
A - The reading of this section is easy and enjoyable, accessible to everyone: it examines and exemplifies various psychic experiences that do not usually come to consciousness during the ordinary state of vigilance: in addition to the normal dreams and some particular categories of dreams, such as lucid dreams and conscious dreams, the out of the body experiences (OBEs) and the experiences induced by the assumption of some psychoactive substances are considered.
Q - What is the section «near death experiences» about?
A - This section too is easy to read: it offers several examples of psychic experiences that have occurred during a crisis that could have had a deadly outcome, although this has not happened. These are particular experiences, certainly uncommon, many of which refer to an OBE and an otherwordly dimension. Some points of view, regarding the correlation between this kind of experiences and the presumed functioning of the brain in the conditions in which they occurred, have also been evaluated.
Q - What is the section «psychic phenomena» about?
A - If's about various well-documented phenomena, investigated especially in the period between the end of the nineteenth century and the second world war, for most of which have not yet been found a satisfactory explanation that can agree with the physical laws we know. For this reason, there is still a tendency (of psychic origin) to deny the very existence of these phenomena. This section contains a series of pages related to the «History of a medium», where you can find interesting original reports on some relevant mediumistic phenomena occurred in a small Tuscan city between 1936 and 1952.
Q - What is the section «psychical research» about?
A - This section provides a partial outline, to be further integrated with new information and arguments, of the surveys carried out during a century and a half of investigations on paranormal phenomena and the main theories and hypotheses advanced by scholars to explain them.
Q - What is the section «over the life» about?
A - It considers the possibility that the conscious Ego of a person may continue to exist in other dimensions after the dissolution of the psychophysical system that makes her/him live in this world. Some assumptions concerning agents and supports that could make plausible some form of survival of the conscious Ego have been considered, together with the consequences that such an eventuality may have for our present life.
Q - What does the section «info & links» contain?
A - The site is updated on the basis of new information and further knowledge elements, with the aim of improving the topics covered and making them more complete and understandable. The Info page describes briefly the additions or variations of the site's sections or pages over time. On the Links page - also in the «info & links» section - information is provided on other sites where more specific topics are discussed, while on the Library page you can find some of the texts mentioned on the site.
Q - Why so many pages of the site are dedicated to NDEs and to mediumistic phenomena?
A - The reason is explained in detail in the «Human psyche» section: these are important psychical experiences, useful to highlight some inconsistencies in the cultural orientations currently prevailing in our society. According to these programs, the existence of the human being is considered almost exclusively in the service of social systems, which work to determine and exhaust the needs and energies of human life.
Q - Some topics interest me. In what order should the various pages be read?
A - The topics discussed are organized more or less like the chapters of a book, in which you can browse pages until you find something interesting to read with more attention. All the best was done to use a cool graphic with clear fonts, but good viewing also depends on the browser settings used by the computer or the tablet of the reader. The site should work well with Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari.
Q - The reading of some pages is challenging: could not they be simplified?
A - Although I did my best to be clear in the reasoning, the limits of linguistic communication (and also limits of my expressive skills) did not always allow me to treat in a simple and effective way what could be outside the range of personal experiences and cultural information of those who read. So there is a need for commitment if you want to understand, deepen or verify some of the topics you are reading.
Q - Why don't you tell us who you are and what's your job?
A - Apart from the fact that I was born in 1946, and therefore I have some experience of life, autobiographical news would not add anything meaningful or interesting to what I wrote on the site. I think it is important to emphasize - more than my subjective and partial human experience and the particular destiny that has determined my life - the universal and irrepressible desire for knowledge that acts in me as in so many other human beings.
Q - Does the site have many contacts?
A - So and so: in the last year the contacts were over 16,000 (10% of which are interested readers). All in all, a positive result, considering that not all the topics dealt with are easy to understand, and reading some of the pages can be demanding.
How to navigate through the pages of the site
To get an idea of the purpose of the various topics covered in the sections of this site, you can read the last page of the last section, entitled The meaning of human life and the liberation of the conscious Ego. It encloses in itself the idea that this life is a preparatory condition for the formation and evolution of the conscious Ego, so that it can continue to exist beyond the death of the body to experience other psychic dimensions. All the topics dealt with in this site are intended to present, in an intellectually honest, shared and documented way, the reasonable arguments that lead to this conclusion.
In order to better understand the meaning attributed to expressions such as «conscious Ego» and «human psyche» and terms such as consciousness, memory, intelligence, etc., it is advisable to read the Definitions page in the «human psyche» section. In any case, all the pages in this section should be read carefully, because they help to understand the difference between the conscious Ego and the psychic experiences the Ego is involved, as well as to initiate a path of detachment of the conscious Ego from the human psyche, in order to be able to evaluate the various psychic manifestations in a more equilibrated way. Bear in mind that in our culture the term psyche is often regarded as an equivalent of «mental activity», and the identification of the conscious Ego with the psychic experiences that involve it is taken for granted. This results in an excessive personalization of psychic experiences, as evidenced by the common and shallow use of expressions such as «my psyche» and «your psyche», which do not allow you to distinguish between the experimenting subject, the object of the experience and the power of involvement and domination exercised by the latter on the subject.
Since psychic experiences are determined by mental activity, and therefore by the functioning of the brain and the stimuli our psychophysical system receives both from the external environment and from within our body, the life on earth section presents a synthetic picture of the origin of the human body as part of the phenomenon that has led to the evolution of life on our planet. However our psychic experiences are largely determined by the programs that have been transmitted to us by the socio-cultural system in which we have been raised, and also by those with whom we must continually interact within the system that keeps us alive. So in the same section some pages are devoted to the cultural evolution of human societies, and to the differences between the simplest and mainly static societies, and the more complex ones. The influence of socio-cultural conditioning on mental activity and psychic experiences is further deepened in the section the human psyche.
In addition to psychic experiences that can be considered normal or ordinary, in the sense that almost all human beings can experience them as long as their brains work regularly and the necessary circumstances occur, there are other uncommon experiences that are discussed in the section non-ordinary states. It starts with dreams – which can be considered as normal psychic experiences (since almost every human being dreams and many people remember much of the dreams they have) – because during sleep some peculiar and uncommon psychic experiences may occur, such as lucid dreams, dreams that are indistinguishable from the reality of waking state, or body separations (OBEs). Some people have a special talent that allows them to easily access these experiences, which are precluded to the great majority of humans.
Among the uncommon psychic experiences, special emphasis is given to the NDEs, to which the near death exp. section is dedicated. The importance attributed to these experiences is due both to the fact that they seem to relate, at least in part, to a condition of separation of the conscious Ego from the physical body to which it is normally associated, and to the critical conditions in which could be the brain of the subject involved in the experience. Given that such conditions could also have the definitive death as a result, they are often referred to as «premortal experiences» or «experience at death point», but these are inaccurate expressions. Even the English expression «near death» is not particularly appropriate. Indeed, in most cases, the risk of death, when the experience occurs, really exists and can be high, although it is clear that people who experienced NDEs survived and recovered their mental faculties. However, in several cases, NDEs took place when the subject was in coma or presumed unconsciousness. The risk of death and the critical condition of subjects who have experienced the NDEs have led to these experiences being considered as testimonies of the survival of the conscious Ego to the death of the body: they certainly refer to a psychic dimension very different from the one that characterizes human life.
All the particular and uncommon psychic experiences dealt with in the «non-ordinary states» and «near death exp» sections are typically subjective, in the sense that there are no other witnesses that can validate them, in addition to the experimenting subject. Instead, in the psychic phenomena section, there are unusual psychic experiences that have undeniable objective features, as they are tested and witnessed by a plurality of subjects, and in some cases documented by recording devices. As an example, recordings of mediumistic sessions with direct voices can be downloaded and listened to on this page and in the next of the section dedicated to the history of a medium.
The objectivity of mediumistic phenomena, and more generally the assessment of the reality and authenticity of paranormal phenomena, has given rise to a field of study which, since the end of the nineteenth century, has been called «psychical research», «metapsychic» and finally with the actual most used term «parapsychology». Some guidelines on the orientation of these studies, the investigations carried out by Italian researchers, the results obtained and the advanced explanatory hypotheses are presented in the section psychical research.
The final section, over the life, presents the conclusions that can be reached at the end of this long and complex cognitive path, and also at the end of human life. The conscious Ego has formed, developed and evolved in this life, but all of its experiences are determined by the psychic tunes that involves it through mental activity. Most of these psychic experiences are determined by the needs of the human body, and – when they are not neutral – carry with them an emotional component that involves the Ego either negatively, through forms of distress and suffering, or positively, in terms of pleasure, enthusiasm and happiness. Some experiences involving a minority of human beings may reveal the possibility of existing in other dimensions, where the psychic tunes experimentable by the conscious Ego are more in accordance with the needs of his/her spiritual part.


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As I was reading the latest "handbag news", I found an article about Carolyn Quan, who is an internationally fine art photographer of nudes and nature. Her work is very sensual but tasteful, and popping with color. She will be launching her new limited-edition handbag collection at the New Living Expo exhibit in San Francisco, beginning today. Her work is incredible, and displaying her works on handbags is a very clever move on her part!
Here are some of my favorites from her handbag collection:
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From the annals of my photo library
I haven't been sleeping well, so I don't have a lot of energy right now to make a post. HOWEVER. Tonight I went swimming and watched a baseball game (on tv) and thought about cute boys and how much I like cute boys…with pretty eyes…
Here are some things I found on my phone. I have another one to take at some point, of something HILARIOUS I saw this morning but I'm too lazy to go take a picture of it. DEAL WITH IT.
What you have to look forward to!
Hey kids reading this! Guess what? You have something awesome to look forward to in adulthood! WATCHING BASEBALL AND DRINKING MARGARITAS.
I bought three books this afternoon on my lunch break because all of my books are far away with my parents. And also because the used bookstore is seriously across the street from my office HOW CAN I NOT? (Which is exactly what I told the man who owns it/was working for it) I got two books I had never heard of (I'd tell you what they are but they're in the other room and it's SO FAR AWAY) and one book I had: The Laughing Place by Pam Durban. I first read that book in 2003 or 2004, after a dear friend of mine passed away. The book made a lot of sense to me and helped me kind of deal with the confusion and sadness I felt. So I bought it. MINE ALL MINE NOW.
Unrelated to THAT but related to my first paragraph, I'm supposed to watch clips of Buster Posey's injury from the other night AND I AM SCURRED TO DO IT, INTERNETS. Because my BFF tells me that he writhes in pain and crawls around on his arms and I am kind of scared to see it because it just sounds awful.
NEWSFLASH: Wilson is warming up in the bullpen. YAY.
What not to do, or something
Yesterday, we did some shopping and whatnot to continue getting our apartment in order. It included a trip to Comcast, where I had to pay an arm and a leg to get a DVR because there hadn't been one available when the guy came in to install everything earlier in the week. UGH. So when we got home, the stupid thing didn't work and I was ready to bust some heads. I called Comcast and I had kind of maybe imbibed a little too much beforehand and the things the woman kept telling me just went in one ear and out the other. Fortunately, we escaped the call unscathed and now our DVR works. Woo!
Today we went to the pool and hung out in the spa and it was like sitting in a big glass of champagne. So many bubbles! The tickles! Right now we're watching a thing about the Civil War. I love the History Channel.
How has your holiday weekend been, internets?
Sleepy with a side of heartburn
We didn't do much tonight. We took last night and tonight off from move-related matters because we were getting grumpy and frazzled and we both just needed some down time from all the chaos. Things are a little better except now I have some raging heartburn. Blech.
Tonight we watched a documentary that I had seen part of before and that BFF had seen all of – Super High Me. I love it, mostly because pot jokes by people who smoke pot are hilarious. But I got angry at the end when they showed the DEA raiding the dispensaries. I always get angry when people try to stand in the way of help for the people who need it most. The healthcare system in this country is fucking atrocious and I defy you to find an example of how it is awesome for someone with little to no income and chronic illnesses or pre-existing conditions. GIVE ME CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF HOW OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM GIVES A FUCK AND MAYBE I'LL CHANGE MY TUNE.
So when I watch the DEA taking away the medication that a lot of people rely on to function pain free or anxiety free or nausea free or WHATEVER FREE, I get really angry. Why not just go down to the local Rite Aid and close down that pharmacy too? Because the shit they're pushing is way more harmful than the stuff being sold at dispensaries.
And lo, there was internet
So I'm sitting in the living room of my awesome apartment watching our awesome television and using our awesome internet to update my blog. Everything feels okay. In fact, everything feels GOOD. Things have started to turn around. The BFF got approved for disability. She has an income. She's out of a house that was making her have breaks every other day. She's happy. We're nesting, decorating on our limited budget. We do laundry with our washer and dryer, which came with the apartment. Our kitchen? Is gorgeous, with plenty of storage. We don't get much direct sunlight, so it stays nice in here. This complex has three swimming pools and two spas. We like it here.
I spent most of today watching the clock, counting the minutes until I could come home and INTERNET. I really wanted to update my blog. But now I'm here and….I don't have anything to say. I want to make this more frequent. I really wish I could tell you about all the things that happen at work but that stuff belongs in the vault. But believe me when I tell you we spend a lot of time talking about NSFW things. What can I say? There are five of us and we get along REALLY WELL. (I love my job.)
Also? I have to write blog posts for my job. It is WAY TOO STRESSFUL.
If you have any questions, dear internet, please leave them in the comments! I'll answer them. Or if you have ideas for things I could say, that'd be awesome too.
The new year
I was tucked up in my bed with reruns of The Office playing me to sleep. I was tired. I was dozing off. And then I remembered something that happened at work this morning. Something small and meaningless.
It sent me down an angry, panicky path and now I'm shaking and upset and I can't sleep, so I'm updating this blog and listening to Transatlanticism. I feel like I'm going to throw up my dinner. My head hurts. I'm hot and cold. I just want….I don't know what I want.
What's wrong with you? Just tell me. You never talk to me. It hurts when you don't talk to me.
But I don't know what's wrong. And I don't know how to explain what's in my head and I don't even know if it's something that's wrong or it's something that's right and I'm just confused about it.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
So this is the new year.
Of angels and angles
So last night, I bought myself a present. That present was Foundling by David Gray. Because seriously that album has been out for 800 years and I hadn't heard it yet. WHAT IS MY LIFE? Well, it is awesome right now because of this CD.
I know I'm DG's biggest fangirl and I really won't ever shut up about him once I start and I swoon over him daily and everyone just wants me to shut the fuck up about him already…WHATEVER, DON'T JUDGE ME. I haven't even gotten to listen to the bonus disc yet. THAT IS HOW FUCKING AMAZING THE FIRST DISC IS. I am bowled over CONSTANTLY that this man can create such beautiful things at such high, quality volumes. Like, a lot of Foundling is cast-offs from Draw the Line, an album which is ASTOUNDING IN ITS OWN RIGHT. Right now, my favorite song is, not surprisingly, "Holding On". That song is fuuuuuucking brilliant.
I have dropped the eff bomb enough in this post, so I'll go ahead and shut up now.
Except to say that the next two days are BIG DAYS for me, work-wise, and I am FLIPPING MY SHIT ABOUT IT. Like, I fully intended to spend tonight prepping and instead I sat around being lazy. SHIT FUCK GODDAMN.
All I can do is keep breathing
At first it was good. Better than good. It was mind-numbingly euphoric. Tingles in my fingertips. A heady excitement that consumed me from top to bottom.
And now it is a wallowing valley of mire and shadeless shadows.
Look at all the fucks I give!
Okay, so first things first, work is pretty awesome and I enjoy being employed LIKE A BOSS. My coworkers are nice and fun to work with and we get shit done while still being awesome. I am terrified of the day when I am shoved into the swimming pool and forced to sink or swim, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
Other than that though, holy balls. People were supremely douchey this week. First there is Little Girl, who I have written off as a person I ever want to have anything to do with again. I can take or leave Little Girl, but she is kind of involved in The BFF's life, so while I can be flip and give zero fucks about her, I still need to be supportive of The BFF. And then there is this other person, who I will not mention by name or otherwise right now, but ugh. If you read my blog, just…ugh. Go away. I don't want your traffic here.
Now. I NEED TO GET MY ASS IN BED. Well. It's already IN bed but it needs to get to sleep. Also: can we take a moment to observe the awesometasticness of Wisconsin, Libya, and Bahrain (not to mention all of the other countries fighting to have their voices heard)? Because damn, y'all. YOU ARE GETTING SHIT DONE.


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