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Neurology Technician
Job Description:
Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May work under the supervision of a medical technologist.
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What Neurology Technicians do:
- Set up, maintain, calibrate, clean, and test sterility of medical laboratory equipment.
- Prepare standard volumetric solutions or reagents to be combined with samples, following standardized formulas or experimental procedures.
- Analyze the results of tests or experiments to ensure conformity to specifications, using special mechanical or electrical devices.
- Conduct chemical analyses of body fluids, such as blood or urine, using microscope or automatic analyzer to detect abnormalities or diseases and enter findings into computer.
- Analyze and record test data to issue reports that use charts, graphs, or narratives.
- Conduct blood tests for transfusion purposes and perform blood counts.
- Consult with a pathologist to determine a final diagnosis when abnormal cells are found.
- Examine cells stained with dye to locate abnormalities.
- Supervise or instruct other technicians or laboratory assistants.
- Collect blood or tissue samples from patients, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood sample.
- Obtain specimens, cultivating, isolating, and identifying microorganisms for analysis.
- Inoculate fertilized eggs, broths, or other bacteriological media with organisms.
- Test raw materials, processes, or finished products to determine quality or quantity of materials or characteristics of a substance.
- Perform medical research to further control or cure disease.
- Cut, stain, and mount tissue samples for examination by pathologists.
What work activities does a Neurology Technician do?
Importance | Activities | |
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
Interacting With Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards - Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others - Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
Analyzing Data or Information - Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment - Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information - Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment - Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
Developing Objectives and Strategies - Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization - Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
Developing and Building Teams - Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public - Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
Scheduling Work and Activities - Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others - Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials. |
Coaching and Developing Others - Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
Performing Administrative Activities - Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment - Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
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No album comes close to Thriller as the all-time international best-seller, but Eagles' hit-studded album has proved to be a surprisingly strong competitor in the U.S. Both albums have extraordinarily broad appeal. Thriller and its key hits brought Jackson Grammys in the pop, rock and R&B fields. Eagles are the only group to have won Grammys in the pop, rock and country fields.
Here's a factoid that will surprise you: Until 1976, there was no official recognition of sales achievements beyond gold, which denoted sales of 500,000 copies. That led the RIAA to introduce platinum awards for albums (released after Jan. 1, 1976) that sold 1 million copies. Eagles' Their Greatest Hits was the first album to qualify. On Feb. 24, 1976, it became the first platinum album.In October 1984, the RIAA introduced multiplatinum certifications. Thriller led the pack. The album, which had been out less than two years, was certified at the 20 million level, far more than Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, which was in second place at 12 million.
Eagles' album was just platinum until August 1990, when it was belatedly submitted for multiplatinum certification. It was certified that month at the 12 million level. It first tied Thriller for the lead in the multiplatinum race in March 1997, when both albums stood at 24 million. The two albums have been battling it out ever since.
In 1999, the RIAA introduced Diamond Awards, signifying sales of 10 million copies. Thriller is Jackson's only Diamond album, but Eagles have two others besides Their Greatest Hits. Hotel California is certified at 16 million. Eagles Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is certified at 11 million. (The Beatles and Garth Brooks are the overall Diamond champs, with six Diamond albums each. Led Zeppelin is runner-up, with five.)Here's the RIAA's current list of the top 10 albums of all time.
First, a clarification. The RIAA counts double-disk albums as two albums. That explains why four double-disk albums show up in its all-time top 10. I think double counting is excessively generous to double albums, which cost more than single-disk albums, but not twice as much. But that's the RIAA's long-time policy.
Here's how I dealt with this: Right after the top 10, I show the four single-disk albums that were displaced from the top 10 by this policy. If you agree with me that the RIAA's double-counting policy creates a distorted picture, just pretend the four double-disk albums aren't there and move each of the single-disk albums up a notch.
1 (tie). Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, 29 million. This 1976 album is the best-selling greatest hits album of all time. It features five top 10 hits, including the group's first two #1s, "Best of My Love" and "One Of These Nights."
1 tie). Michael Jackson, Thriller, 29 million. This 1982 classic spawned seven top 10 hits, including the #1s "Billie Jean" and "Beat It." Thriller won eight Grammys, including Album of the Year.
3 (tie). Billy Joel, Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II, 23 million. This 1985 release is a double album, so it has shipped about 11.5 million copies. It features seven top 10 hits, including Joel's first two #1s, "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" and "Tell Her About It." Joel has a second Diamond Album: 1977's The Stranger, which is is certified at 10 million.3 (tie). Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV, 23 million. This 1971 release is the best-selling hard rock/heavy metal album of all time. The album includes "Stairway To Heaven," one of the most famous tracks that was never released as a single. The band has four other Diamond Albums: the double-disk Physical Graffiti (16 million), Led Zeppelin II (12 million), Houses Of The Holy (11 million) and Led Zeppelin (10 million).
3 (tie). Pink Floyd, The Wall, 23 million. This 1979 release is a double album, so it has shipped about 11.5 million copies. Pink Floyd's 1973 classic The Dark Side Of The Moon, certified at 15 million, has sold more copies. The Wall spawned the #1 hit "Another Brick In The Wall Part II."6. AC/DC, Back In Black, 22 million. This 1980 release, the second best-selling hard rock album, yielded two top 40 hits, the title song and "You Shook Me All Night Long."
7. Garth Brooks, Double Live, 21 million. This 1998 release is a double album, so it has shipped about 10.5 million copies. Two of Brooks' albums have outsold it: No Fences, which is certified at 17 million, and Ropin' The Wind (14 million). Brooks has three more Diamond Albums, which are certified at 10 million: Garth Brooks, The Hits and Sevens. "It's Your Song," from Double Live, was a top 10 hit on Hot Country Songs and became Brooks' first Hot 100 entry. The album also included long versions of "The Thunder Rolls" and "Friends In Low Places." 8. Shania Twain, Come On Over, 20 million. This is the best-selling country album of all time, once you account for the doubling of Double Live. The album spawned three top 10 hits, "You're Still The One," "From This Moment On" and "That Don't Impress Me Much." Twain has three Diamond Albums, more than any other female artist. Her others are The Woman In Me (12 million) and the double-disk Up! (11 million).9 (tie). The Beatles, The Beatles, 19 million. This 1968 release, better known as The White Album, is a double album, so it has shipped about 9.5 million copies. Three of the Fab Four's albums have outsold it: Abbey Road (12 million), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (11 million) and the hit-studded compilation 1 (11 million). The group's 1973 double-disk compilations The Beatles/1967-1970 and The Beatles/1962-1966 are certified at 17 million and 15 million, respectively. "Revolution," from The White Album, was released as the B side of "Hey Jude." Other well-known songs on the album include "Back In The U.S.S.R," "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Blackbird," "Julia," "Helter Skelter" and "Good Night."
9 (tie). Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, 19 million. This 1977 classic spawned four top 10 hits: "Go Your Own Way," "Dreams," "Don't Stop" and "You Make Loving Fun." It was the first album to generate four top 10 hits. It also won a Grammy as Album of the Year.11. Guns N' Roses, Appetite For Destruction, 18 million. This 1987 release is the best-selling debut album of all time, edging out Boston's Boston (17 million). It spawned three top 10 hits: "Sweet Child O' Mine," "Welcome To The Jungle" and "Paradise City."
12 (tie). Garth Brooks, No Fences, 17 million. This 1990 album spawned four #1 hits on Hot Country Songs: "Friends In Low Places," "Unanswered Prayers," "Two Of A Kind, Workin' On A Full House" and "The Thunder Rolls." It won a CMA Award as Album of the Year.12 (tie). Whitney Houston & Various Artists/The Bodyguard soundtrack, 17 million. This 1992 album is the best-selling soundtrack of all time, edging out Bee Gees' double-disk Saturday Night Fever (15 million) and Prince and the Revolution's Purple Rain (13 million). The Bodyguard spawned three top five hits: "I Will Always Love You," "I'm Every Woman" and "I Have Nothing." It also won a Grammy as Album of the Year. Houston has a second Diamond album: Her 1985 debut album Whitney Houston, which is certified at 13 million.
12 (tie). Boston, Boston, 17 million. This 1976 album spawned the top five hit, "More Than A Feeling," a cornerstone of the album-rock radio format.If you want to see the RIAA's entire list of Diamond Award winners, go to www.RIAA.com, hit the link for Gold and Platinum, and then hit the link for Diamond Awards.
But first I'm going to attempt to explain why the RIAA numbers sometimes differ from the Nielsen/SoundScan numbers. The Beatles' 1 has sold 12,108,000 copies as of this week, according to Nielsen/SoundScan, yet is certified at just 11 million. The RIAA is behind on updating this certification. But it's probably not their fault. Record companies have to submit albums for certification updates. They generally do this when they have something to promote and can use the publicity.
It's more common for the RIAA figures to be greater than the Nielsen/SoundScan figures. Garth Brooks' Double Live is certified at 21 million (which we can take down to 10.5 million because it' a double album), but has sold only 6,017,000 copies, according to Nielsen/SoundScan. Shania Twain's Come On Over is certified at 20 million, yet has sold 15,552,000 copies. Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack is certified at 17 million, yet has sold 12,051,000.
As I noted at the outset, the RIAA measures shipments, not sales. It's possible that 20 million copies of Come On Over have been shipped, and that about 4.5 million remain unsold. It's possible that a large number of those have been sold at non-traditional retailers that Nielsen/SoundScan doesn't track. It's possible that the Nielsen/SoundScan number is low or (more likely) that the RIAA figure is high. Record companies may (brace yourself) hype their numbers to make their artists look hotter than they actually are. The RIAA audits the record company claims, but I suspect their audits are a shade less rigorous than an IRS audit.
I tend to put more stock in the Nielsen/SoundScan numbers than the RIAA certifications, though they add to the overall picture. They are most helpful on albums that were released before 1991, when Nielsen/SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard. A good general rule: You take all the available numbers into account and you tend to get the full story.
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MIT Administration
Sal Khan salutes 'the wizards of tomorrow'
June 8, 2012
In commencement address, 1998 alumnus asks the Class of 2012 to perform a thought experiment in time travel.
MIT Corporation elects new members
June 7, 2012
Hockfield named life member; 10 others elected as term members.
Daniela Rus named CSAIL director
May 22, 2012
EECS professor to become new leader of MIT's largest interdepartmental laboratory.
L. Rafael Reif selected as MIT's 17th president
May 16, 2012
As provost since 2005, the president-elect has inspired innovation and played a critical role in the financial stewardship of the Institute.
Students hail selection of L. Rafael Reif as MIT's 17th president
May 16, 2012
Members of Student Advisory Committee cite president-elect's 'strong leadership and a willingness to engage students' as provost.
Some MIT freshmen get high-level advisors
May 11, 2012
Top administrators 'walk the talk' by advising members of the Class of 2015.
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SUTD marks start of its first academic year
May 8, 2012
Singaporean university, established in consultation with MIT, enrolls 340 students in its inaugural class.
An update on the presidential search
May 8, 2012
The Institute's 17th president will be selected according to a rigorous process set forth in the bylaws of the MIT Corporation.
MIT launches student-produced educational video initiative
April 24, 2012
Original short videos, in collaboration with Khan Academy, aim to fuel K-12 students' interest in engineering and science.
Lois Craig, former associate dean in the School of Architecture + Planning, dies at 82
April 19, 2012
A trusted and valued adviser and colleague
Chancellor concludes review of 2011 Clean Energy Prize
April 12, 2012
Finds rules were not broken, but competition needs improvements, including better guidelines on public presentations
Reif, Grimson: MITx aims to enhance on-campus education
April 6, 2012
New online courses add value to MIT's residential program, provost and chancellor tell students.
MIT's residences are secure, with room for improvement
March 20, 2012
Residential Hall Security Review Committee releases final report
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Four professors named 2012 MacVicar Fellows
March 16, 2012
Broadhead, Kaelbling, Kaiser and Rose awarded the Institute's highest undergraduate teaching honor.
Anant Agarwal named director of new unit to advance MITx
March 16, 2012
Instructor of inaugural 6.002x course will step down as CSAIL director.
New initiatives in graduate education at MIT
March 5, 2012
Three new committees will advance important topics.
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MIT's financial aid budget will rise more sharply than tuition next year
March 2, 2012
Undergraduate financial aid increase of 4.7 percent will cushion 3.25 percent increase in tuition.
Slideshow: 2012 MIT Excellence Awards
March 1, 2012
Tania Baker named head of the Department of Biology
February 28, 2012
Succeeds Chris Kaiser, who was appointed director of NIGMS
Looking to the future
February 16, 2012
Susan Hockfield's letter to the community
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Susan Hockfield to step down
February 16, 2012
MIT's 16th president led Institute in service to nation and world; met recession with unprecedented fundraising success and careful budget management.
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MITx prototype course opens for enrollment
February 13, 2012
Online-learning initiative's first offering, '6.002x: Circuits and Electronics,' accepting registrants now.
MIT and SUTD open International Design Centre
February 9, 2012
Aims to become the world's premier scholarly hub for technologically intensive design.
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Institute launches revamped MIT 2030 website
February 7, 2012
Site aims to engage the MIT community in envisioning the Institute's future.
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James DiCarlo to head Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
February 2, 2012
New department head succeeds Mriganka Sur, who will lead the new Simons Center for the Social Brain at MIT.
MIT to launch Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
February 2, 2012
Based in School of Engineering but spanning all of MIT, IMES will be led by Arup K. Chakraborty.
Proposal for MIT Global Environment Initiative seeks public comment
December 21, 2011
Initiative expected to focus on six broad environmental research themes.
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You know, I've shared the parade information from Houston; however, I failed to mention where Better Half and I stayed--the Lancaster Hotel...
I wanted to stay close to the parade route, googled the address of the way it was going and decided on this hotel. Located just two blocks from the route and after reading reviews, I knew this one was the one...
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What Servicemembers Need To Know Before Obtaining A Divorce In Virginia: Part One
Are you a servicemember who is contemplating a divorce or separation from your spouse? For most servicemembers, the failure of a marriage is one of the most stressful experiences of their lives. However, divorce does not have to be difficult, and your chances of working out an amicable separation agreement are greatly increased if you are served by competent legal counsel and educated as to the applicable law of divorce and separation in your state of residence. If you are a servicemember and live in Virginia, here is what you need to know before you begin.
I. Divorce Grounds. There are two different types of divorce in Virginia. The first, a divorce a mensa et thoro (from bed and board) does not entirely dissolve the marriage, but establishes that a husband and wife are legally separated from one another. Bed and board divorces can be granted only for fault-based grounds listed in Va. Code Section 20-95, such as cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, and willful desertion or abandonment. Following a bed and board divorce, a husband and wife are legally separated from one another but may not engage in sexual relations with other people or remarry. Due to these limitations, bed and board divorces are increasingly rare and have largely given way to divorces a vinculo matrimonii (from the bond of matrimony).
A divorce from the bond of matrimony, or "final divorce," is more comprehensive than a bed and board divorce, as it completely and totally terminates and dissolves the marriage. A final divorce may be granted upon any number of fault-based grounds, including adultery, or upon the no-fault ground of the parties' separation for a legally sufficient period. If the parties have no minor children and have signed a separation agreement, then the period is just six months. Otherwise, the period is twelve months. Following a divorce from the bond of matrimony, a party's singlehood is reestablished, and he or she may remarry and engage in relationships with the same liberty as one who had never married in the first place.
In order for a servicemember to obtain a divorce in Virginia, he or she must reside in Virginia for at least six months prior to bringing suit. See Residency Requirements For Virginia Divorce for more information on this topic.
If you are an active duty servicemember and your spouse has filed a divorce suit against you, you may be entitled to a stay of the proceedings under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The Act is intended to aid servicemembers whose duties prevent them from obtaining legal representation or appearing in Court, and in appropriate cases the Court must delay the proceedings until the servicemember is available.
II. Separation Agreements. Separation agreements are contracts between spouses that set forth the rights and obligations of each party during the separation and upon divorce. A proper separation agreement should address all issues that could arise during the course of a divorce, including child custody, visitation and support, spousal support, and the distribution between the parties of all marital property and debts. Although separation agreements are not required or even possible in every case, they are usually recommended. The main benefit of a separation agreement is that you get to determine the terms of your divorce! The alternative is to have a judge, who does not know you or your circumstances, make the decision for you. For more information on separation agreements, please see our blog posting, Property Settlement Agreements In Virginia.
III. Distributing Marital Property and Debts. Virginia is an equitable distribution state, which means that, unlike states such as California and Texas, there is no presumption that a husband and wife own all their property jointly and in equal shares. Instead, in Virginia the Court classifies all the parties' property and debts as marital or separate, and then distributes the marital property and debts between the parties as the Court believes is equitable given the facts and circumstances of the case.
Only marital property, and not separate property, is subject to this "equitable distribution." Property is separate property if (1) it was acquired before the marriage, (2) it was a gift or inheritance from someone other than the parties, or (3) the property was obtained by selling or exchanging separate property. Generally, property is marital property if it is not separate property and (1) it is titled in the names of both parties or (2) it was earned or acquired during the marriage. Unless there is a clear indication to the contrary, all property acquired during the marriage is presumed to be marital property.
Of special importance to servicemembers is Virginia's treatment of military retired pay. Such pay is marital property to the extent it was earned during the parties' marriage before the parties' final separation. The "marital share" of the pay is typically calculated as a fraction equal to the number of months during which the servicemember's creditable military service and marriage before separation overlapped, divided by the total number of months of creditable military service. Under Virginia law, the non-servicemember spouse can receive up to fifty (50) percent of the marital share upon divorce. See the military divorce page of our website for more information on this topic.
Marital and separate debts are treated in much the same way as marital and separate property; meaning, marital debts are subject to equitable distribution between the parties, whereas parties are left to pay their own separate debts. See The Presumption Of Marital Debt In Virginia Divorce for a longer discussion regarding marital vs. separate debts in Virginia.
After classifying the parties' property and debts as marital or separate, the Court "equitably distributes" them between the parties based upon the factors listed in Virginia Code Section 20-107.3(E), the most important of which can be paraphrased as follows:
- Each party's contributions to the family's well-being;
- Each party's contributions to the acquisition, care, and maintenance of the parties' marital property;
- What caused the marriage to break down, including whether either party committed adultery, inflicted cruelty, or wrongfully deserted or abandoned the other party;
- How and when the parties acquired specific items of marital property; and
- Any other factors the Court finds appropriate to consider to ensure a fair and equitable outcome.
IV. Spousal Support. In addition to distributing marital property and debts, the Court can award spousal support (alimony) to one of the parties. In considering whether to award spousal support, the Court will examine what caused the parties' marriage to break down. A finding that either party committed any fault-based ground for divorce which led to the dissolution of the marriage may prevent that party from receiving spousal support. The Court will deny alimony to a party guilty of the adultery ground for divorce except in very limited cases based on (1) the relative degrees of "fault" of the parties and (2) the relative finances of the parties.
In determining the nature, amount and duration of any spousal support award, the Court must look to a series of factors listed in Va. Code Section 20-107.1(E), including the duration of the marriage, the financial needs of the parties, and the standard of living established during the marriage. Much more information on spousal support can be found in the spousal support section of our blog.
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When I was an undergraduate student I took a course on Machining. I did not enjoy to study the details of how various machine tools are built or how they work, but I had a lot of fun creating machining sequences, which required ingenuity. The regular visits to the machine shop were also fun. After all, it's not everyday that one gets to see an object taking shape right before one's eyes :-)
The instructor would give us a certain mechanical part and ask us to come up with a machining sequence for it. If you are not acquainted with machinist's jargon, here's a definition:
Definition: a machining sequence is a sequence of machining operations (such as turning, drilling, milling, boring, broaching, etc) that remove material from, say, an aluminium block in order to obtain a desired object (such as a piston or a cylinder for a car engine).
Note that machining is about removing material, i.e., it's a subtractive technology. By contrast, rapid prototyping is an additive technology.
Let us consider an example. Suppose I give you the following 3D model:
What machining sequence would you propose? Here's my proposal:
- Start with a crude block of aluminium.
- Given the object's rotational symmetry about the longitudinal axis, use the lathe to shape the cylindrical / conical parts. Use the lathe also to drill the central hole along the longitudinal axis.
- Note that the surface of the central hole is not smooth. It has "teeth". I would say that a combined lathe / broach would allow one to obtain the "teeth".
- Drill 6 holes at the base.
- Use a milling machine to remove material at the base, in between the 6 holes.
Here's a sketchy illustration of the machining sequence I proposed, where a machine tool is assigned to various sections of the object being fabricated:
I am not an experienced machinist, and I make no claims that the machining sequence I have just proposed is any good. If you have ideas, feel free to share.
Suppose you have a 3D model of some object you would like to fabricate via machining. An experienced machinist is able to visualize the object and devise a machining sequence. Could a computer be taught to do the same?
Problem: develop algorithms that, given a 3D model of some object, automatically generate machining sequences. These algorithms should determine which machining operations to use, and in which order.
The machining sequence to be carried out is a function of the geometry and the topology of the object to be fabricated. Hence, algorithms that automatically generate machining sequences would have to "understand" the geometry and the topology of the given 3D model. This suggests that ideas from Computational Geometry and Computational Topology could perhaps be applied in this particular problem. For example, if the object to be fabricated has cylindrical holes in it, then it's likely that one should use a drill or a lathe. These holes are a geometrical / topological property of the object. How can a computer be taught to understand them?
Furthermore, there probably is more than one possible machining sequence to fabricate the desired object from the same crude block of metal. If there are many possible machining sequences, then one can start thinking of optimality. Some possible optimality criteria would be to minimize the total number of operations, or to minimize the total fabrication time, for example. Can you think of other criteria? Given one optimality criterion, one can then try to find the "best" machining sequence.
I wonder if Machine Learning could help, too. Give the same 3D model to an experienced machinist and to the software system we're developing. Both devise machining sequences. The human will probably beat the computer. Feed the computer with the machining sequence devised by the human. Repeat this procedure many times. Iterate until one has obtained a skilled "machining expert system". The ingenuity and creativity required to transform crude blocks of metal into beautifully machined parts would be emulated by algorithms. I make no claims that this would be easy to implement ;-)
I looked for work on this area. I found a few patents [1]-[5], and a bunch of technical papers [6]-[12] dedicated to this problem. Interestingly, most patents I found on this topic were filed by Japanese. This should come as no surprise. After all, the Japanese are notoriously good at optimizing manufacturing processes.
This post is admittedly vague. I propose a problem, but I do not present any sketch of a solution. Basically, I wanted to share my thoughts in order to invite constructive discussion. Any ideas?
[1] Hajimu Kishi, Masaki Seki, Kunio Tanaka, Teruyuki Matsumura, Automatic machining process determination method in an automatic programming system, U.S. patent #4723203. Filed: 1985 / Issued: 1988.
[2] Koichi Asakura, Machine tool with tool selection and work sequence determination, U.S. patent #4739488. Filed: 1985 / Issued: 1988.
[3] Yasushi Fukaya, Yuto Mizukami, Method for determining a machining method in numerical control information generating apparatus, U.S. patent #5107414. Filed: 1989 / Issued: 1992.
[4] Kotaro Watanabe, CAD/CAM unit data generating apparatus and process, U.S. patent #5297022. Filed: 1992 / Issued: 1994.
[5] Takashi Takegahara, Shigetoshi Takagi, Koji Suzuki, Machining sequence determining method and apparatus for wire-cut electric discharge machining and computer readable medium storing a machining sequence determining program, U.S. patent #6445972. Filed: 1999 / Issued: 2002.
[6] In-Ho Kim, Jung-Soo Oh and Kyu-Kab Cho, Computer aided setup planning for machining processes, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 18th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 31, Issues 3-4, pp. 613-617, December 1996.
[7] Z. Gu, Y.F. Zhang, A.Y.C. Nee, Identification of important features for machining operations sequence generation, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 35, Issue 8, pp. 2285-2308, August 1997.
[8] Majid Tolouei-Rad, An efficient algorithm for automatic machining sequence planning in milling operations, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 41, Issue 17, pp. 4115-4131, November 2003.
[9] W.D. Li, S. K. Ong, A.Y.C. Nee, Optimization of process plans using a constraint-based tabu search approach, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 42, Issue 10, pp. 1955-1985, May 2004.
[10] D. Kingsly Jeba Singh, C. Jebaraj, Feature-based design for process planning of machining processes with optimization using genetic algorithms, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 43, Issue 18, pp. 3855-3887, September 2005.
[11] L. Wang, N. Cai, H.-Y. Feng, Z. Liu, Enriched machining feature-based reasoning for generic machining process sequencing, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 44, Issue 8, pp 1479-1501, April 2006.
[12] Rezo Aliyev, A strategy for selection of the optimal machining sequence in high speed milling process, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, Vol. 27, Issue 1, pp. 72-82, September 2006.


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"Despite widespread support for early education among policymakers and business and community leaders, the most frequently cited obstacle to expanding quality or access is fiscal constraints. Thus, in an attempt to accommodate these publicly supported programs within the confines of limited state budgets, policymakers leverage states' general revenue dollars with a variety of federal and local contributions to fund pre-kindergarten. They use funds from federal childcare grants, Title I, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Even Start, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Head Start to help build their pre-k systems. However, a high-quality, public pre-k program cannot be created solely through better use and coordination of federal funds. State policymakers must allocate substantial, sustainable state funds that can be increased over time.
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Hans Christ and Iris Dressler are the co-directors of the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart. The team has proven themselves to be innovators in the promotion and presentation of art with a string of endeavors and accomplishments including the founding of Hartware Medien Kunst Verein as an independent platform for the presentation of contemporary art in 1996. Throughout their careers the team has organized impressive exhibitions that reflect the seriousness of their scholarship and their passion for contemporary art, including most recently Stan Douglas: Past Imperfect in 2007 and Contenance in 2005. The latter included the work of Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, the artists featured in the Modern's exhibition No Room to Answer. For this Tuesday Evening presentation, Christ and Dressler present the current direction of video art, including the work of artists such as Stan Douglas, while focusing on the career of Hubbard and Birchler.
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Richard Wentworth has been a leading figure in New British Sculpture since the late 1970s. Celebrated as an art intellectual, Wentworth has long been respected as an artist, writer, teacher, and curator. His work has been featured in significant exhibitions including the 50th Venice Biennale and Global Cities at the Tate Modern. He is also readily recognized for organizing Thinking Aloud, the critically acclaimed exhibition that opened at the Hayward Gallery in 1999 and followed with a national tour. Favoring everyday materials and objects over monumental gestures, Wentworth has transformed expectations and considerations of sculpture, saying in a conversation with the critic Stuart Morgan, "I find cigarette packets folded up under table legs more monumental than a Henry Moore. Five reasons. Firstly the scale. Secondly, the fingertip manipulation. Thirdly, modesty of both gesture and material. Fourth, its absurdity, and fifth, the fact that it works." In his Tuesday Evenings presentation Walking Through Hedges Backwards, Wentworth presents his photographs, sculptures, and installations, which tease our expectations of art and position us to reconsider the visual world and our perceptions of it.
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Dean Byington, a San Francisco–based artist known for creating visually packed narrative landscape paintings with varied storylines rendered in the style of nineteenth-century illustrated books, presents the ideas and processes behind his mesmerizing work in a conversation with Curator of Education Terri Thornton. A self-described horror vacui enthusiast, Byington explains, "My intent is to insert as much information and as many layers into a painting as possible." His intentions result in complex works, both large and small, that unfold as the viewer searches and studies the surfaces with great satisfaction if not absolute conclusions.
John Stoney, an artist splitting his time between Austin and New York, captures the enormity of the world we inhabit in his awe-inspiring sculptures and drawings that are obsessively conceived and meticulously made. Pervasive in Stoney's work and concurrent with his level of craft is a subtle humor and irony that results from slight shifts of perspective through juxtaposition and scale in artworks that seduce the eye and incite the imagination. For Tuesday Evenings he shares such work and related ideas in his presentation Time and the Artist.
Amelia Jones, known for her scholarship in the areas of feminism and contemporary art, is Professor and Pilkington Chair in Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Manchester as well as an independent curator and writer. Most recently she published the 2006–07 book Self Image: Technology, Representation, and the Contemporary Subject and is co-author/co-editor of WomEnhouse, a Web project reexamining feminism and domesticity in contemporary culture. For Tuesday Evenings, Jones presents the provocative and pertinent Screen Eroticism 1967 vs. 1992: Exploration of Female Desire in the Work of Carolee Schneemann and Pipilotti Rist.
Joshua Mosley, who opens this year's FOCUS exhibitions with his multimedia installation A Vue, 2004, has received much-deserved recognition with awards and exhibitions of note, such as the inclusion of his intriguing installation of film and sculpture titled Dread in the 52nd Venice Biennale. Joshua Mack, in his feature on the artist for Art Review, writes, "Joshua Mosley's deceptively simple, visually stunning short animations are complex philosophical meditations on values and life in an incurious age." This special Tuesday Evenings presentation provides insight into Mosley's own work while setting the stage for the series of animated shorts he organized for the Modern, which begins March 12.
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Founded | August 11, 1937 |
Members | 59,500 |
Country | United States, Canada |
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Key people | Robert McEllrath, International President |
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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii and Alaska, and in British Columbia, Canada. It also represents hotel workers in Hawaii, cannery workers in Alaska, warehouse workers throughout the West and bookstore workers in Portland, Oregon. The union was established in 1937 after the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike, a 3-month-long strike that culminated in a 4-day general strike in San Francisco, California, and the Bay Area. It disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO on August 30, 2013.
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Longshoremen on the west coast ports had either been unorganized or represented by company unions since the years immediately after World War I, when the shipping companies and stevedoring firms had imposed the open shop after a series of failed strikes. Longshoremen in San Francisco, then the major port on the coast, were required to go through a hiring hall operated by a company union, known as the "blue book" system for the color of the union's membership book.
The Industrial Workers of the World and the Communist Party had both attempted to organize longshoremen, sailors and fishermen in the 1920s. The Communist Party's union never made much headway on the West Coast, but did attract a number of former IWW members and other militants, such as Harry Bridges, an Australian-born sailor who became a longshoreman after coming to the United States. Those activists soon joined the International Longshoremen's Association, despite their reservations about its reputation for corruption and lack of militancy, when passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933 led to an explosion in union membership in the ILA among West Coast longshoremen.
Those militants, known as the "Albion Hall group" after their usual meeting place in San Francisco, made contacts with like-minded activists at other ports. They pressed demands for a coastwide contract, a union-run hiring hall and an industrywide waterfront federation and led the membership in rejecting the weak "gentlemen's agreement" that the conservative ILA leadership had negotiated with the employers. When the employers offered to arbitrate, but only on the condition that the union agree to the open shop, the union struck every West Coast port on May 9, 1934.
The strike was a violent one: When strikers attacked the stockade in which the employers were housing strikebreakers in San Pedro, California on May 15, the employers' private guards shot and killed two strikers. Similar battles broke out in San Francisco and Oakland, California, Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. When the employers made a show of force in order to reopen the port in San Francisco, a pitched battle broke out on the Embarcadero in San Francisco between police and strikers. Two strikers were killed on July 5 by a policeman's shotgun blast into a crowd of picketers and onlookers. This incident is known as Bloody Thursday and is commemorated every year by ILWU members.
When the National Guard moved in to patrol the waterfront, the picketers pulled back. The San Francisco and Alameda County Central Labor Councils voted to call a general strike in support of the longshoremen, shutting down much of San Francisco and the Bay Area for four days, ending with the union's agreement to arbitrate the remaining issues in dispute.
The union won most of its demands in that arbitration proceeding. Those it did not win outright it gained through hundreds of job actions after the strikers returned to work, as the union gradually wrested control over the pace of work and the employer's power to hire and fire from the shipping and stevedoring companies. Union members also engaged in a number of sympathy strikes in support of other maritime unions' demands.
The March Inland and expansion to Hawaii[edit]
The union commenced the "March Inland", in which it organized the many warehouses that received the goods that longshoremen handled, both in the ports themselves and further removed from them, shortly after the successful conclusion of the 1934 strike. The union eventually organized warehouses throughout the United States.
The union also led efforts to form Maritime Federation of the Pacific, which brought all of the maritime unions together for common action. That federation helped the sailors union win the same sort of contract after a long strike in 1936 that the ILA had achieved in 1934. Rivalries between the two unions, however, soon broke the federation apart.
The ILWU also established strong unions on the docks in Hawaii during this time. In the next decade, despite the concerted opposition of the employers, the military and most of the political establishment, it also organized sugar and pineapple workers there. The ILWU's work changed the political climate in Hawaii, confronting the hold on power that the Big Five had exercised for half a century.
Joining and leaving the CIO[edit]
On August 11, 1937, the Pacific Coast district, with the exception of three locals in the Northwest, formally seceded from the ILA, renaming itself the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, after the ILA attempted to reorganize the existing locals, abandon representation of warehousemen and reverse the unions' policies on issues such as unemployment insurance. Harry Bridges was elected President of the new union, which quickly affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Bridges became the West Coast Director for the CIO shortly thereafter.
Bridges' star within the CIO began to wane, however, as the Communist Party began to lose ground within the CIO. When the CPUSA began to attack Roosevelt in the months after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact in 1939, the CIO responded by abolishing the position of West Coast director of the CIO, limiting Bridges' authority to California.
The United States government lost every effort it made to deport Bridges, revoke his naturalization, or prosecute him for denying that he was a member. The CIO, on the other hand, did not consider itself bound by the decisions of the courts or administrative agencies on this issue; after Bridges came out, along with other CP-allied labor leaders, against the Marshall Plan and for Henry A. Wallace's presidential campaign, the CIO expelled the ILWU in 1950 for being dominated by communists.
Survival outside the CIO and return to the AFL-CIO[edit]
Expulsion had no real effect, however, on either the ILWU or Bridges' power within it. The organization continued to negotiate agreements, with less strife than in the 1930s and 1940s, and Bridges continued to be reelected without serious opposition. The union negotiated a groundbreaking agreement in 1960 that permitted the extensive mechanization of the docks, significantly reducing the number of longshore workers in return for generous job guarantees and benefits for those displaced by the changes.
The agreement, however, highlighted the lesser status that less senior members, known as "B-men," enjoyed. Bridges reacted uncharacteristically defensively to these workers' complaints, which were given additional sting by the fact that many of the "B-men" were black. The additional longshore work produced by the Vietnam War allowed Bridges to meet the challenge by opening up more jobs and making determined efforts to recruit black applicants. The ILWU later faced similar challenges from women, who found it even harder to enter the industry and the union.
Bridges had difficulty giving up his position in the ILWU, even though he explored the possibility of merging it with the ILA or the Teamsters in the early 1970s. He finally retired in 1977, but only after ensuring that Louis Goldblatt, the long-time Secretary-Treasurer of the union and his logical successor, was denied the opportunity to replace him.
The Inlandboatmen's Union, whose members operate tugs, barges, passenger ferries and other vessels on the West Coast, and who had formerly been part of the Seafarers International Union of North America, merged with the ILWU in 1980. The ILWU rejoined the AFL-CIO in 1988, and disaffiliated with it in 2013.[1]
Disaffiliation from the AFL-CIO[edit]
The ILWU disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO on August 30, 2013, accusing the AFL-CIO of unwillingness to punish other unions when their members crossed ILWU picket lines and over federal legislative policy issues.[2]
The ILWU in recent years[edit]
The ILWU represents 42,000 members in over 60 local unions in the states of California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii. An additional 4,000 members belong to the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, which constitutes the Union's Marine Division. Another 14,000 members belong to the autonomous ILWU Canada.
Jimmy Herman led the union from 1977 to 1991, when David Arian replaced him, followed by Brian McWilliams in 1994. James Spinosa defeated McWilliams in the election for ILWU President in 2000. The current International President is Robert McEllrath, a Longshore worker from Local 4 in Vancouver, WA, who was elected in 2006 and reelected in 2009.
1999 representation election[edit]
On April 22, 1999, the ILWU won a representation election for more than 300 workers at the gigantic Powell's bookstore chain headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The workers there became ILWU Local 5.
2002 slowdown and lockout[edit]
The ILWU was accused of engaging in a slowdown of work on docks in 2002, as an alternative to a strike, to support its contract demands in negotiations with the Pacific Maritime Association. The union has documented that productivity was in fact stable at that time, while the employer claims to have contradictory data. The employers responded to the slowdown with a lockout, disallowing the workers to do their jobs. The Bush administration sought a national emergency injunction under the Taft-Hartley Act against both the employers and the union, and threatened to move longshore workers from coverage under the National Labor Relations Act to coverage under the Railway Labor Act, which would effectively prevent longshore workers from striking. (This is a long-time goal of the PMA and other companies whose workers the ILWU represents[3]
The Longshore Contract that resulted from 2002 negotiations expired on July 1, 2008. The ILWU and the PMA reached a tentative agreement for a new 6-year Longshore Contract in July 2008. In the following weeks, the ILWU membership voted to approve the new contract.
Iraq War protest[edit]
On May 1, 2008, more than 10,000 ILWU members in all 29 West Coast ports voluntarily[citation needed] gave up a day's pay to protest the Iraq war and demand a safe return of American troops. ILWU President Robert McEllrath told the New York Times, "Longshore workers are standing down on the job and standing up for America. We're supporting the troops and telling politicians in Washington that it's time to end the war
See also[edit]
- Bernstein, Irvin. The Turbulent Years: A History of the American Worker, 1933-1941. Paperback edition. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1970. ISBN 0-395-11778-X (Originally published 1969.)
- Kimeldorf, Howard. Reds or Rackets?: The Making of Radical and Conservative Unions on the Waterfront. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1992.ISBN 0-520-07886-1
- Larrowe, Charles. Harry Bridges, The Rise and Fall of Radical Labor in the U.S. Rev. ed. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1977. ISBN 0-88208-032-6
- Nelson, Bruce. Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshoremen and Unionism in the 1930s. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1988. ISBN 0-252-06144-6
- Quin, Mike. The Big Strike. New York: International Publishers Company, 1996. ISBN 0-7178-0504-2
- Selvin, David F. A Terrible Anger, The 1934 Waterfront and General Strikes in San Francisco. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8143-2610-2
- "Dockworkers Protest Iraq War, New York Times, May 2, 2008
- ^ "ILWU disafilliates from AFL-CIO". International Longshore and Warehouse Union. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Longshore Union Pulls Out of National AFL-CIO." Associated Press. August 31, 2013. Accessed 2013-08-31.
- ^ Mongelluzzo, Bill. "(Ports) No help from Washington: congressional action to rein in the ILWU would face long odds" Journal of Commerce Week November 04, 2002
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Longshore Workers and Their Unions, from the Waterfront Workers History Project, focuses on the ILWU and the US West Coast.
- Collection Guide to the 1934 International Longshoremen's Association and General Strikes of San Francisco at The Bancroft Library
- The Pacific Longshoreman (1935-1937), newspaper on the Labor Press Project
Further reading[edit]
Archival collections[edit]
- Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific Records. 1934-1985. Approximately 90 cubic feet. At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- International Longshoremen's and Warehouse's Union Fishermen and Allied Division, Local 1 Records 1933-1988. 4.58 Cubic Ft. ( 5 boxes) At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Pacific Coast Pensioners' Association (ILWU), Local 1 (Raymond, Wash.) Photographs. 1981-1987. 0.33 cubic feet (1 box). At the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Fishermen and Allied Workers Division, Local 3 records 1935-1981. 12.94 Cubic Ft. At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Marine Cooks and Stewards Union records. 1954. 3 items. At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- John Caughlan Papers.1933-1999. 54.55 Cubic ft. (85 boxes, 3 oversize folders, and 2 vertical files) At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Transcript of Interview of Frank Jenkins by R.C. Berner June 6 & 28 1972, in Seattle Washington. At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Phil Lelli Papers 1933-2004. 10.45 Cubic Ft. (11 boxes and 1 vertical file). At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Ronald Magden Papers. 1879-2003. 28.27 cubic Ft. ( 34 boxes) At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Jean Gundlach Papers. 1960-1985. .21 cubic foot (1 box). At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Jake Arnautoff Papers. 1935-1991. .28 cubic feet plus 1 vertical file. At the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Jack Price Papers. 1935-1967. 0.84 cubic feet (2 boxes). At the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- David Olson Papers. 1915-2008. 6.06 cubic feet (6 boxes and one oversized folder). At the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.


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I repeatedly get stuck in the same behavioural patterns. How do I get rid of my behaviour?
Sri Sri: Why do you do the same mistakes again and again? We think it is giving us some joy, some pleasure. We should not eternalize or generalise problems.Some people keep saying: 'I'm always in problems'. If you are always in a problem, then how will you know when you're in one! Knowledge always comes when you experience a contrast.People say: 'Everyone is sick in town.' Perhaps, it could be only 40-50 percent of the population and not everyone.Generalising and eternalising problems like 'Everybody is bad' will not allow you to rise above challenges. It will pull you down. Just by being aware about the problem, it will drop off.If someone keeps saying: 'I have to do this, 'I have to do this,' then you feel tired just thinking about it.Just relax. Silence is the mother of all virtues. Let go. Silence is the mother of all qualities, all abilities.
Are the thoughts in the mind created within or come from outside?
Sri Sri: You get more thoughts than me. Then you're an expert at generating thoughts. You should know. Sit and find out.
They say God is omnipresent and they have vahanas (vehicles). Like Nandi (the sacred cow) for Shiva and the mouse for Ganesha. What is the significance of these?
Sri Sri: The Divine energy is carried through different symbols. The Parmatma is One.Yet different aspects of that Divinity are carried through different symbols.It is so interesting. Our ancient people had the concept of opposites. The mouse is so small and the elephant is so big. Yet, the knowledge of an elephant (Ganesha) is riding on a small mouse (his vahana).Kabir (a renowned Indian saint) did not study in a university. He had his Guru mantra. With one little mantra, he went into Samadhi (the deepest meditative state) and his consciousness blossomed.The Divine Mother comes on a tiger. The Divine Mother is the most delicate feminine form of Divinity and She comes on one of the most ferocious of animals.The commander-in-chief of the armies of the Gods, Karthikeyan, comes on a peacock. The peacock is associated with art and music.There is a deeper significance to these symbols.Goddess Saraswati (Goddess of Knowledge) is sitting on a rock. The rock does not move anywhere. Goddess of Wealth (Goddess Lakshmi) sits on a lotus flower in water. Wealth is unstable. You don't know when the share market is going to be unstable – how money can come and go.The very fact that most Gods and Goddesses are sitting on a lotus flower depicts a fully blossomed consciousness. Only when the consciousness is fully blossomed, does Divinity ride on it.Like the lotus flower whose petals transform from being concave to convex. Perhaps in those days, there weren't any chrysanthemums. Otherwise, they would have put some Gods and Goddesses on chrysanthemums.Your real wealth is your inner strength. Your inner sense of fullness and not your bank balance is your real wealth.You may have lots of money in the bank, but if your mind is fearful and small, then what is the point?Today a gentleman came from Mandya (a small town in Karnataka) to meet me. He has two houses and doesn't have a job. He wants to sell one house and use the money to start a business. He wants to donate the other plot for a meditation centre.He insisted that I take the land. The land costs several millions of dollars. He had even come with the land papers. I took the papers and told him: 'This is mine, but it will be with you. You take care of it. You keep it. You start your business, make your life stable, make your finances better. I'm not going to accept it.'What I'm saying is that those who have very little have big hearts to give. I appreciate it. This is the most precious offer. That man came with his wife and mother. They kept saying, 'Guruji, please make a Temple of Knowledge over here. We have benefitted so much from the courses, we want others to enjoy.'Just the gesture is enough. The heart that wants to do gets blessings.Isn't it so interesting? Values of humanness and generosity are still alive on this planet.People with big hearts are still alive.I remember on the last day of the Silver Jubilee (The Art of Living celebrated 25 years of service in 2006), I met all the volunteers. As I was leaving, a 25-year-old boy came up to me, gave me an envelope and began to cry. He grabbed my feet and hands and sobbingly said: 'Thank you, please accept this.'I took it and asked him what he did for a living. He was a labourer from Kerala (an Indian state) and had come to do seva for 15 days. 'Guruji, I don't know how to express my gratitude. My life has changed. Please accept this.' (Pointing to the envelope.)I opened it and saw that it had Rs 5,000. It must have been his salary of two months.I asked him about his family responsibilities. He has a mother, sister and is the eldest of two sons. I took Rs 100 from the amount and told him: 'This money is worth millions to me. Take the rest of the amount home.'All that we need is to have a heart to do something. Nature will help you.God will help you.
How important is money in pursuing goals, career and achievements? If we don't have enough, will we achieve our goals?
Sri Sri: If you go with a 'lack consciousness', then any amount of money won't be enough for you. You will have thoughts like: 'What will happen in my old age? What is going to happen?'One day, however much you feed your body, it is going to go.Money is a means. Earn money, don't spend foolishly. People are ready to spend money on parties, weddings , garments…yet when it comes to giving to a good cause, I don't know where that stinginess comes from.You should put that sankalpa: 'I will get what I need. I will never suffer from a shortage.'
How much power is there in imagination?
Sri Sri: Well, there is a story.Once, Mulla Nasruddin imagines that he is dead. He was so convinced that he is dead, that if someone asked him to sign a paper he would say: 'How can a dead man sign a paper?'If someone asked him a question, Mulla would say: 'How can you ask a dead person a question?'If someone called him on the phone, he would say: 'Hello who's this? Mulla Nasruddin is dead!'This went on for months and years. His wife was fed up. She couldn't live with him anymore.On someone's suggestion, she took him to a psychiatrist.Mulla Nasruddin told the doctor: 'All these people don't believe that this (pointing to himself) is a dead body.'The doctor asked Mulla Nasruddin: 'What are the signs of a dead body? Blood is not there, theheart doesn't pound….'Mulla Nasruddin: 'Yes, you're correct!The doctor thought to himself: 'I found a way to cure him.'He took a pin and pricked Mulla Nasruddin. 'Look, blood is here!' the doctor told his patient. Mulla Nasruddin then said: 'Ha, ha doctor. Today I discovered that even a corpse bleeds!'Now you have a proof in me. Re-write your medical books!'That could be the power of imagination!
What is self-respect? How is it different from ego?
Sri Sri: Self-respect is respecting yourself irrespective of what others call you.A thousand years ago, when India was attacked in the North east, a saint was captured.The captors tried to humiliate the saint, chained his legs and wanted to sell him as a slave.The saint kept smiling. He said: 'A slave is on sale. Who wants to buy him?'There are many examples of people who were humiliated in the world. Yet they kept on walking with their heads held high.In self-respect, you keep your composure. Ego needs someone else to be there. When you're all alone, there is no ego. When someone comes in, then the ego comes up. Your body language changes. If someone pokes you, then your ego gets hurt.Nobody can take away your self-respect.Just keep smiling and be happy,Embrace the ups and downs of life and continue walking.Do whatever you can do for others.
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