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How the Pyramids Were Built.September 14, 2011 0 Comments
Should readers object that I have chosen a single unfortunate misstep (everyone makes mistakes) out of 600+ pages of otherwise careful analysis to prove a point, similar strictures apply to the Ogilvie-Herald/Lawton 'analysis' of pyramid building. Now, this is not quite the same situation as Domingo's forensic work, which is the result of a carefully developed methodology that commonly works in practice. Here, Ogilvie-Herald and Lawton do not incriminate themselves in a single glorious paragraph, but rather over the space of some 60 diffuse, ultimately self-contradictory pages.
This comes from their entry in the Daily Grail website but it is a resume of their treatment of the subject in their book:
"Our readers will be aware that our research for Giza: The Truth led us to come out in favour of the orthodox explanations as to when the Giza pyramids were built (c. 2500 B.C.) and why (primarily as funerary edifices, but accepting that there was a great deal of esoteric symbolism and ritual involved). As to how they were built, we feel that there is no conclusive evidence in the pyramids themselves which requires us to look outside of essentially orthodox explanations, even in the "worst" case of the 70-tonne granite blocks which had to be dragged up (in our view via a spiral ramp) to between one third and one half of the height of the Great Pyramid to form the ceilings/floors of the King's and Relieving Chambers. Nor do we feel that the logistics of Khufu building the Great Pyramid in something like 20 years—or even his father Sneferu's achievement of erecting three sizeable pyramids in a similar period—were impossible, or required anything other than massive commitment and dedication to a national cause, and superb project management skills. This is notwithstanding our boundless admiration for the quality of the workmanship, and our acceptance that, for example, tube drills were used with great skill— albeit that we do not believe at this stage that these tools were powered by anything other than human or animal labour...
"However there are two areas in which we might be said to depart from the orthodox line. The first is that of acoustics, where ongoing work by researchers such as John Reid is suggesting that the ancient Egyptians had a highly advanced understanding of acoustic properties and design— although we feel it is critical that such theories be evaluated in the context of, for example, other 4th Dynasty pyramids such as those at Dashur, as opposed to concentrating exclusively on the Great Pyramid and to a lesser extent its counterparts at Giza. And the second is that of sonic levitation— which is clearly not entirely unrelated..."
Here again, as non-engineers and non-movers-of-stone, they beg to differ with the engineers, quarrymen and crane drivers familiar with moving huge chunks of heavy matter. These acknowledged experts in various relevant fields assert that their own level of expertise is insufficient to account for the very large fact of carefully fitted 200- ton blocks in the Sphinx and Valley temples and 70-ton blocks in the King's chamber halfway up the pyramid. After concerted studies of the problems involved in pyramid building, they maintain that no known, simple method of ramps, levers and sledges (which was apparently all the ancient Egyptians had at their disposal) explains their ability to move the stones into place.
In and of itself, that expert opinion does not mean that the Egyptians couldn't have done it that way. What it does mean is that Ogilvie-Herald and Lawton's characteristically uninformed conviction that that is how they did do it is as arrogant as it is uninformed.
To support that conviction there are only the opinions of non-engineer Egyptologists, which are by definition suspect, and a single clever but manifestly inappropriate ramp-and-rope experiment by Mark Lehner in which average size 1/2 - 2 ton blocks, similar to those in the core masonry of the Great Pyramid were successfully but roughly wrestled more or less into place up mud-slicked rubble ramps to the height of twenty feet. (Note: When the cameras weren't trained on the action, a bulldozer was pushing the recalcitrant blocks into easy striking distance. Shortage of time was the reason given.)
Most technological methods tend to have inherent, self-imposed limits. What works with a ton does not, in and of itself, mean that it will work with 70 or 200 tons.
But now, having thrown their joint inexpertise in behind orthodoxy— while ignoring all those informed contrary opinions, along with the 70-ton blocks—they reverse themselves and decide that ramps/levers/unlimited manpower will not suffice, after all, to explain the 200-ton blocks in the Sphinx and Valley Temples. What will? Well, acoustic levitation maybe? And off they go on another diffuse ramble into the resonant properties of the King's Chamber and 'burial' chambers of the Red Pyramid (Dahshur), citing various sound experiments done there and then off into the sound levitation experiments that we, in our "Mystery of the Sphinx" video, cited as a possibility in principle. In principle because, at present an elaborate space-age machine is capable only of levitating a pea-size pebble. They speculate that, hey! if the resonant properties of the chambers cited above are deliberately 'tuned' to specific frequencies (I think they are, too) then maybe that knowledge combined with some (totally unidentified and undemonstrable) ancient Egyptian, gravity-reversing technology was what put the 200-ton blocks into place after all.
But of course, if they had such a technology in place for 200-ton blocks, then why go to the prodigious trouble of building gigantic building ramps to put the smaller stones of the pyramids into place? The point is that orthodox explanations for how the pyramids were built do NOT—except in principle— suffice to explain how they were built, while the speculation about acoustic levitation is no better, actually worse, since we DO know the Egyptians had ramps, ropes and plenty of manpower, while they do not appear to have had anything resembling an acoustic technology...
Even Zahi Hawass acknowledges that no one REALLY knows how the pyramids were built, (though he, too, ascribes to the ramp theory in one form or another). The credentialed engineers, quarrymen and crane drivers, on the other hand, tend to believe that since they can't figure out how the task was accomplished with simple technology, it couldn't have been done that way. But this is erring in the other direction. In other words, the field is open.
It seems to me that the best way to approach this game is very gingerly ... and systematically. And to this end I offer my own contribution — the result of vast (non-expert) reading of the various experts who've played this game.
There are, it seems to me, but four possible explanations for building the pyramids, none of them necessarily mutually exclusive.
A. A simple technology (ramps/ levers/sledges) brilliantly applied.
This is of course the only solution allowed by Egyptologists, even though we cannot reproduce such results today. On the other hand, despite what the starry-eyed New Agers (and indeed, the hard-nosed engineers) may say, this cannot be dis-allowed. Put a violin in my hands and I will quickly prove to you that music cannot be wrung from this intractable device. But give the violin to a virtuoso and out comes Bach's Partita or the Paganini Violin Concerto. Just because we can't move 200-ton blocks up a ramp doesn't mean they couldn't.
B. A hard technology for which there is no evidence.
This sounds on the surface outrageous, but who knows what ancient technology may have looked like. Suppose, 5000 years from now, a computer is found, and technology at that time does not use electricity or microchips and there is no record of such instruments. Computers turn up in archeological digs but they are mute bits of plastic with no moving parts. They might be fobbed off as ceremonial/ religious artifacts (with some justification perhaps). Who could guess that the Library of Congress could be stored on a few internal chips, or that prodigious mathematical calculations could be performed on them with the touch of a few keys? Maybe certain familiar but mysterious symbols of Egypt—the djed column for instance—were actually technological devices, and we just don't know how to use them? Who knows?
C. A soft technology — mind power—for which, by definition, there can be no evidence, and the knowledge was a priestly secret and/or references in the texts have been mistranslated.
The Egyptians were very good at keeping secrets; the texts refer to secret knowledge over and over again. It was the garrulous Greeks, Pythagorean defectors, who let the secrets outs of the bag. Ancient Egyptian, unlike Sanskrit, is not a living tradition and has had to be reconstructed from scratch mainly by scholars hostile to a mystical and esoteric tradition. Thus, possible references to such a soft technology may have been misunderstood or ignored. Yogis, Zen masters, advanced martial artists, and shamans can routinely perform physical feats that to the rest of us look and are impossible. But there is a volume of evidence to prove they can do it.
D. Aliens dunnit.
I personally like this explanation less than the others. I prefer to think that people rather like ourselves, but unencumbered with our stultifying and banal rationalist/materialist baggage, did it. Still, anyone who looks seriously into UFO literature has to acknowledge that something is going on out there and they (whoever 'they' may be) are periodically coming here. Why I cannot imagine. But who knows? We go up there, why shouldn't they come down here—and once here, for alien reasons of their own, build pyramids?
The point is that the facile assurances given by Ogilvie-Herald/Lawton endorsing the orthodox viewpoint are illegitimate, their exclusion of contrary, genuinely informed opinion is typical of their selective bogus scholarship, and their long-winded acoustic levitation hypothesis is pure speculation and self-contradictory besides. We still don't know how the pyramids were built. Period. Full stop. Over to you...
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The budget committee is recommending an operating budget of nearly $21 million for the fiscal year 2013-2014. If approved, it represents an increase of less than 1.19 percent over the current operating budget, according to Business Administrator Steve Martin.
Superintendent Brian Cochrane focused on four main objectives when developing his recommended budget, including special education, technology, common core standards and building and grounds. Cochrane recommended an increase of more than $800,000. However, Martin stressed Monday that the budget committee ultimately cut more than $500,000 in cuts from the original proposed budget.
"Budget increases outside of the district's control, including the New Hampshire Retirement System's rate increase of $229,591, the transportation contracted rate increase of $29,538 and the budgeted health insurance rate increase of $19,441 were all absorbed by reductions throughout the budget," says a memo written by Martin.
The proposed budget also includes the hiring of several additional special education teachers and paraprofessionals needed to meet individual education plan requirements in 2014, he said.
The school district is anticipating a reduction of about $811,000 in revenue next year, the major contributor being a decrease in the state education adequacy grant, according to the memo.
If the budget is approved by voters at the polls next month, the school portion of the tax rate will increase from $12.79 to $14.12 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
If adopted, school property taxes (local and state) would be about $5,277 for a home assessed at $320,000, which is up about $430 from the current rate. A home assessed at $240,000 would see an increase from $3,636 to $3,958, or a $322 hike.
Voters are also being asked to support $110,000 for salary increases associated with a two-year collective bargaining agreement reached between the Litchfield School District and the Litchfield Education Association. A separate warrant article will ask voters to authorize the retention of year-end unassigned general funds for the purpose of emergency expenditures, or to reduce the tax rate - up to 2.5 percent of the fiscal year's net assessment.
On Wednesday, residents will have the opportunity to amend all of the warrant articles before they are placed on the ballot for the March 12 election. Wednesday's deliberative session will begin at 7 p.m. at Campbell High School, 1 Highlander Court.
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| Yoga Classes in Bethel Connecticut
|Yoga Style: Variety of styles for beginning & intermediate students
78 Stony Hill Rd. (Rt 6)
Bethel, Connecticut 06801
|Contact:Gloria Owens
YogaSpace offers over 30 classes a week in variety of styles in our brand new Bethel, CT studio, featuring cork floors, ceiling fans and beautiful lighting. We serve beginners as well as seasoned yoga students. Our instructors are some of the leading teachers in Northern Fairfield County. Creating safe space is our seva (service) and sharing yoga is our passion! Our studio also features a yoga shop with gear, clothing, books, music, jewelry, gifts and more.
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|The Recharging Station
|Yoga Style: Hatha
241 Greenwood avenue
Bethel, Connecticut 06801
|Contact:LuAnn Moratto or Sharon K. Cravens
Gentle hatha style yoga for all. We would love you to come and experience yoga in this wonderful healing center. Monday and Thursday evening from 5:30 - 6:45. Any questions please give us a call.
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|Marlene Tendler Yoga
|Yoga Style: Iyengar Inspired
105 Walnut Hill Road
Bethel, Connecticut 06801
|203 744-3686
|Contact:Marlene Tendler
This practice focuses on body awareness and alignment. It is therapeutic helping to build strength and stamina while maintaining proper alignment, encouraging balance, flexibility, and mental attentiveness. Props are used to modify poses to meet individual physical needs and to enhance the benefits of a pose. Private and group classes are held in a serene, well-equipped home studio.
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| Yoga Classes in Danbury Connecticut
3.70 Miles Away
|No Place Like OM LLC
45 Padanaram Road, Store 4
Danbury, Connecticut 06811
|(203) 743-6353
|Contact:Melinda Wilkins
Meditation, Kripalu Yoga, and Yoga Classes are also offered at No Place Like OM with owner, Marc Howard. Marc's classes focus on breathing, stretching, meditation and relaxation.
At their Danbury Yoga Studio, No Place Like OM is now featuring Satsang, Pranayama, Chant, Meditation, and Asana with Yoga Alliance Member and Instructor, Rob Farella. Rob also offers Hatha Yoga (Anusara-style).
Along with Yoga Classes, this Danbury Yoga Studio and retail store also offers Reiki and has created a community of healers, artists, crafters, and teachers of different traditions who support, educate, and help mend our bodies, our minds, and our spirits as we move through life. Using an holistic approach, owners Marc Howard and Melinda Wilkins, along with other talented individuals teach with equanimity and through a connection with Spirit in the most comfortable setting imaginable where you can learn, relax, strengthen, laugh, grow, and in the process, heal.
Marc also teaches Yoga through Ann's Place in Danbury. If you are a cancer survivor, currently in treatment or are supporting someone with cancer, please contact Ann's Place in Danbury, Connecticut for more information. Marc also offers Adaptive Yoga for those suffering with Multiple Sclerosis.
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|No Place Like OM, LLC
|Yoga Style: Kripalu
45 Padanaram Road
Danbury, Connecticut 06811
|203 648-6613 or 203 947-9187
|Contact:Marc Howard
Retail store and Yoga studio in the Barbarie Square plaza. Classes information available online at www.noplacelikeom.net. Come see the transformation.
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|Rob Farella Yoga
|Yoga Style: Hatha
14 Rodline Road
Danbury, Connecticut 06811
|203 300-1893
|Contact:Rob Farella
Have you ever wondered if there is a way to . . . De-stress your life? Build strength and flexibility? Find more energy? A regular yoga practice is the answer!
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Arm Balances & Inversions Workshop Saturday September 27th @ 1pm-3pm Sunday 4pm ct-yogaspace.com Public Class "Free will donation class" Thursday 6pm Catylst Fitness "Rock your Asana"
Classes provide clear instruction on the proper alignment of foundational yoga postures and breathing. No two classes are exactly the same, allowing you to experience, practice and master a variety of basic yoga poses that build strength, increase flexibility, improve posture and decrease stress. Recommended for beginners who want a solid foundation to build from, and also great for experienced students who desire a gentle pace.
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|Yoga for Health
|Yoga Style: Kripalu Yoga
48 Wedgewood Drive
Danbury, Connecticut 06811
|Contact:Rochelle Schwartz
I am a certified Kripalu yoga teacher. Through the breath work (pranayama) I teach students to breath with their entire body. A full yogic breath (Dirgha) brings energy (prana) into every cell in the body -breathing in fresh cool air and exhaling warm stale air, toxins and anxieties. After the breath work - great emphasis is placed on stretching. You actually leave my class one inch taller. We then practice the postures of yoga (asanas) and class ends with a wonderful guided relaxation (shavasana). Hot stones are placed on your palms and third eye and you are covered with a warm blanket. Shavasana is a very important part of yoga - all the breath work, stretching and postures are integrated while you relax and restore. "The difference between yoga and exercise is that exercise has a goal and yoga is a journey." Come to my studio to experience yoga. All you need to bring is yourself and a desire to be restored, rejuvenated and relaxed.
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| Yoga Classes in Redding Connecticut
4.96 Miles Away
|Open Sky Yoga Barn
|Yoga Style: all styles
95 Cross Highway
Redding, Connecticut 06896
|Contact:Cathy Whelehan
Emodiment of Love We are all connected by the breath The willingness to show up changes us The practice of all forms of yoga in community supports connection, awakening & transformation The practice of good alignment in yoga has healing, therapeutic values We are all students continually growing and evolving Practicing with curiosity rather than ambition leads to more awareness Honest conversations about vulnerability and shame can change the world Joy is Contagious
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|Breathing Yoga
|Yoga Style: hatha
7 Hill Rd.
Redding, Connecticut 06896
|Contact:Barbara Templeton
Barbara Templeton is a certified yoga teacher trained in the traditions of Krishnamacharya. A member of the Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapists she received her formal training at the Kripalu Center and has studied with Mark Whitwell and Srivatsa Ramaswami. She teaches group and private lessons to children and adults tailored to meet the needs of the individual. Barbara also teaches meditation, yoga for the back and yoga nidra, a deep relaxation with inner awareness. She can be contacted at barbara@breathing yoga.com
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|Blackbird Yoga
|Yoga Style: Anusara and Vinyasa
28 Main Street
Redding, Connecticut 06896
Blackbird Yoga is a progressive yoga studio for all people with a non-competitive and encouraging atmosphere. Our teachers are well trained professionals who love what they do and thrive on your success. Our 1500 sq. ft. sun drenched studio and impeccable decor is a sanctuary to those looking to de-stress, exercise and improve their overall well-being.
We offer yoga class's everyday of the week & weekends 52 weeks a year, for beginners, intermediate and advanced yogis as well as special workshops for expectant mom's, kids, meditation and self-improvement.
Blackbird is located in Georgetown's historic downtown area. It is located just one hour from New York City on the New Haven Metro North Line. Georgetown is home to several local restaurants and boutiques including the popular Georgetown Saloon, Olive's Market, Swirl's Ice Cream, The Dance Conservatory and Rancho Allegro's. Georgetown is located at the point where the towns Ridgefield, Redding, Weston and Wilton meet, with a population of over 100,000 within a 10 mile radius, making it a very hot spot!
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| Yoga Classes in Newtown Connecticut
5.95 Miles Away
|Inner Spaces by Karen
|Yoga Style: Vinyasa Krama (tradition of Krishnamacharya)
Newtown, Connecticut 06470
|Contact:Karen Pierce
Professional Organizer & Yoga Therapist. Helping transform lives... inside and out. Group & Private Sessions. Specialize in therapeutic yoga, children & teens. Author of YogaBear, Yoga for Youngsters and contributor to Yoga In America.
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|Place of Peace Yoga
|Yoga Style: Hatha/Gentle
11 S Main St
Newtown, Connecticut 06470
|Contact:Laurie Baldwin, RYT, CYT
Place of Peace Yoga is a Hatha-based yoga company located in Newtown, CT. Group classes are taught at local area churches, and private sessions are available as well. Yoga Instructor training received through Yahweh Yoga Training Academy, Chandler, AZ
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|I3 Yoga
|Yoga Style: Kripalu / Multi-Style
46 hoseye coach road
Newtown, Connecticut 06482
|(203) 231-1943
|Contact:Laura Schrader R.Y.T
Laura (R.Y.T) is a Kripalu Certified Yoga teacher who teaches a unique style of flowing, strengthening and relaxing postures.
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| Yoga Classes in Ridgefield Connecticut
7.34 Miles Away
|The Yoga Shala
|Yoga Style: Ashtanga
49 Ethan Allen Hwy
Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877
|Contact:Valerie Schneiderman
The Yoga Shala in Ridgefield, Connecticut is dedicated to teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in the tradition of Sri K Pattabhi Jois. Classes are offered in the Mysore style, as well as guided format. Other classes include yoga for Kids/Teens, meditation and yoga nidra sessions. Workshops and Teacher Trainings. The Yoga Shala is a registered school with Yoga Alliance (RYS 200) and Valerie Schneiderman, the shala's director holds Yoga Alliance's highest registration, ERYT 500. Serving the communities of Ridgefield, Wilton, Redding and Weston, CT in addition to Northern Westchester, NY.
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|Yoga Style: Hatha/Vinyasa
635 Danbury Rd.
Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877
|203 403-2522
|Contact:Rob Young
Move2Wellness center offers Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi-Gong, meditation and more. Tai chi class forming now.
Move2Wellness also offers a variety of therapeutic massages . . . see website for details
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|Lightdancer Yoga and Wellness
|Yoga Style: Sivananda, Jivamukti-Inspired
39 Clayton Place
Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877
|Contact:Miriam Zernis
Traditional/classical yoga with attention paid to stress reduction, enhancing flexibility, proper diet, proper breathing, meditation and relaxation. Sivananda advanced certification. Private and group classes for all levels. Reiki classes and holistic lifestyle counseling also available. Please call or e-mail for more information.
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|Buddhi Mat Power Yoga Studio
|Yoga Style: Power Vinyasa
66 Danbury Road
Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877
|Contact:Lyn Gerfin Kehoe
Power Vinyasa yoga classes taught in a heated room. Power Vinyasa Yoga is an athletic, breath guided yoga practice. For those interested in the life changing affects of yoga but enjoy a physical challenge as well. All levels. The only studio in the area offering 200 Hour Power Yoga Teacher Training, a Yoga Alliance registered program.
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|Yoga Style: Power, Ashtanga
27 Cooper Hill Rd.
Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877
|Contact:Flo Pritchard
The Momma Flo is yoga for women on the go! Focusing on power, ashtanga and pre-natal yoga for women of all ages and experience levels. As moms we know that sometimes we just have to let go, let it be, give up and give in to this wild ride called life. The Momma Flo meets you where you're at so you can go with the Flo-ga! Private and semi-classes available in your home or my studio. For more info check me out on Facebook: The Momma Flo Namaste
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| Yoga Classes in North Salem New York
9.66 Miles Away
|Anne Ondrovic
|Yoga Style: Hatha
North Salem, New York 10560
|914-391-6620 and 079035-69714
|Contact:Anne Ondrovic
Anne, a graduate of the Omega Institute, is a Registered Yoga Teacher and conducts one on one training only in North Salem, NY and London, UK. 10560 and W1G 9NZ
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| Yoga Classes in Easton Connecticut
10.16 Miles Away
|A New Earth Yoga
|Yoga Style: Yoga Synthesis
35 Laskay Drive
Easton, Connecticut 06612
|Contact:Robert La Valle
Inspired by the wisdom of Eckhardt Tolle, "A New Earth Yoga" is a synthesis of various styles of yoga based upon utilizing every breath, heartbeat, and action as a vehicle to evolve the mind, body and spirit.
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| Yoga Classes in South Salem New York
9.29 Miles Away
|Rippowam Yoga
|Yoga Style: Viniyoga
17 North Lake Circle
South Salem, New York 10590
|Contact:Stephanie Harding
My yoga classes emphasize the breath and coordinating the breath with movement, with adaptations for each individual. I offer private sessions and small group classes in my home studio. I also teach classes in Mount Kisco, Rye, Yonkers and White Plains, NY, and am available for private sessions.
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| Yoga Classes in Monroe Connecticut
8.27 Miles Away
|My Yoga Place
|Yoga Style: Hatha / Raja
494 Main Street Suite 6
Monroe, Connecticut 06468
|203 459-9642
|Contact:Marianne / Vince
My Yoga Place is your local Monroe yoga studio. Come and let the warm, welcoming environment envelope you, and let yoga take your body and mind to a state of focused relaxation. Owners Vince and Marianne, both certified instructors in the ancient practice of yoga, are dedicated to guiding you toward a stronger, more limber body and a place of inner peace. Classes for all levels, ages 13 and up and from beginner to experienced.
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A field reporter for a new Dutch television talk show plans to use heroin and other illegal drugs on the air during the weekly program on issues that concern young people, producers said Wednesday.
The announcement of "Shoot Up and Swallow," scheduled to premiere as a late-night show Oct. 10, sparked an outcry. Even in the liberal Netherlands, where marijuana is sold and used openly, the proposed drug use by reporter Filemon Wesselink is illegal.
Justice Ministry spokesman Ivo Hommes said it was not immediately clear whether Wesselink could be prosecuted. Possession of any amount of heroin is illegal, but in practice police usually do not arrest anyone with less than a half gram of the highly addictive narcotic…


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The Bachelorette Review: America's Most Hatedat . Comments
Natalie Getz is a former Bachelor hopeful and the first-ever winner of Bachelor Pad.
In reviewing The Bachelorette for TV Fanatic this season, she brings her unique experience of having been through this insanity, as well as her spot-on commentary on the men seeking Emily Maynard's heart.
Was this week any better? Are The Bachelorette spoilers proving accurate so far? What man is emerging as one of the biggest d-bags in show history? Who really put the wind in Emily's sails this week?
Read on for Natalie's take on Episode 4 ...
Ryan is TV's most hated man right now, that's for sure.
On top of all the nasty remarks he had to say, the worst was this: "Emily, you have millions of people watching you and little girls that look up to you as a role model and your off making out with Arie."
"This doesn't make you look good. You need to watch yourself."
He is so insanely jealous that he is the typical guy that puts down his girl to get what he wants. This is a sick, disturbing quality. The only reason Emily is keeping this dork is because he is great for TV entertainment.
We love to hate him, that's for sure!
The five worst quotes heard on The Bachelorette this week:
1. "I'm athletic and a charming guy and, you know, all of those things. God really blessed me." - Ryan.
Just because you can beat little kids at sports doesn't make you athletic.
2.) "I need to evaluate Emily, because she may not be worthy of me." - Ryan.
Ryan, you are stupid.
3. "I'm really sure that I am a really good catch." - Ryan.
Ryan, I am really sure that a girl could certainly catch something from you.
4.) "Emily has potential, but then again, I feel like I'm called to something bigger, ya know?" - Ryan.
Yaaaaa... no, Ryan. I don't know.
5.) "If I was The Bachelor, I'd open my heart up and I think that would be neat for everybody to see." - Ryan.
It would be neat to see anyone BUT you become the next Bachelor.
The best worst quotes heard on The Bachelorette this week:
1. Emily: "When I'm sitting on my front porch I find myself thinking of you." (to Arie during their one on one time)
These two are so cute I can't even stand it!
2. Arie: "Doug is like The Hulk. Doug angry. Doug smash. Doug sad."
Doug cry.
3. Emily: "I don't work out."
Somewhere, Ryan is freaking out.
4. Emily: "I can't wait to come back to Bermuda with my husband and our babies."
Whoever she picks better have some strong swimmers.
5. Jef: "When I think about you, I like you."
Jef is always so nervous, it doesn't always come out right. I feel like he thinks about her and likes her all the time :)
Episode rundown:
Emily takes her boyfriends to Bermuda. Doug gets the first one on one date and is freaking out because he is on his period. He continues to fight with every single guy taking all of his frustrations out so that he doesn't hit Emily.
She gives him the rose. She then takes a bunch of them on a group date.
Divided into two teams, they compete for more time with her. Emily put Jef and Arie on the same team paired up with the biggest athletes so that they would win and she didn't have to spend time with people she isn't in to.
Ryan makes a complete fool of himself in front of America and Emily and Jef gets the rose. The two on one was so boring that I fast forwarded through it. Nate cries, Wolf gets the rose. Finally, the rose ceremony arrives.
Ryan, again, makes himself look like the biggest d-bag in the world. Charlie gets sent home.
I don't know where to go as I don't do facebook but if RYAN is as WONDERFUL as he thinks he is why is he alone? Simple, anyone that in love with themselves usually end up alone. I love the show but am getting so tired of these morons that they put on. I don't think it does the show good its just really annoying.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........and Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Like...like...like, is Emily the most boring person ever?
I love how there is no mention of Michael not getting a rose. This guy got absolutely zero air time that it wasn't even noticeable when he didn't receive a rose. I didn't like his hair from the beginning, and how he at 26 years old said he had never been in love before... really? Not exactly the man Emily is looking for.
the new bacherollete is absolutley not good. She has a rather indifferent attidtude and does not respect herself. Why would guys want her if shes not even that great shes had lips after lips on her. Disgusting. Most these guys just awnna be on tv in my opinion she should pack up and just be a prostitute. Cause thats waht she is. If she wasnt on tv kissing a lot of guys she would be called a slut. but just cause its on tv it seems right..
I do not like Ryan , she should have sent him packing and kept Charlie. Ryan is an egotistical guy that wants a trophy wife and would not touch you when you are pregnant as he would not be attracted to you if you gain any weight and would pressure you to lose the weight right away. Guys like that deserve to be alone!
OH and if they make Ryan the next Bachelor I will not be watching!
I know Emily wanted Jef to kiss her but the have not spent alot of time together so I think he just was unsure if she would want a kiss from him or not at this time, so I think when they have a one on one he will kiss her! I choose Jef or Sean for Emily!
Next week I bet Kalon runs his mouth off and he is the one she tells to leave as I can not see it being anyone else. Doug has to go! He has a temper and he may be sweet around but the temper would show eventually!


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update" program from the RME site. This MUST be run in Windows. Do NOT
try it under any form of Linux, Wine or DOS in Linux, etc. It won't
I doubt I have the file anymore. The best bet is the RME driver
archive directory.
I'm not sure what they are supplying here anymore. It's been too long
since I've looked. If required I could reboot into Windows and
possibly check versions tomorrow. Unfortunately hdspconf under Linux
doesn't list the installed firmware version like the Windows version
If the right version doesn't show up on that page you should write RME
support and ask them for a copy of the HDSP firmware update program
circa 2004 or 2005. Let them know you are running Linux. I'm sure they
can help you get the right version.
Note that I haven't touched firmware in a few years as there is no
support for any Alsa developer to support these cards and the new
firmware. Disappointing, yes, but the cards work very well under Linux
with the right version installed.
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I've never been to Pete's Pond in Botswana, but from the looks of these videos, it seems like it's a tough terrain for baby elephants to navigate. These little guys can hardly stay on their bell shaped feet. P.S. Elephants have weird looking legs.
- The stakes are pretty low in this clip. Watch as this baby elephant lazily slips in and out of the pond.
- I wouldn't want to get any elephant angry, and the trumpeting elephant in this video is hardly an exception.
- Having never traveled to Botswana, it's hard for me to say if this clip also takes place there, but I'm going to guess that it does because it features an elephant slipping and falling down.
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SLOMO – The Skating Doctor (old_oaks)
This doctor gave up everything just to skate. The link will take you to a nicely done short documentary that may or may not inspire you.
This doctor gave up everything just to skate. The link will take you to a nicely done short documentary that may or may not inspire you.
Just out for a rip! This Canadian fella is pretty entertaining, if you can get past the goofiness which is mostly an act. His latest stunt made it to HuffPo and a few other outlets. Since you probably don't follow him, while they're jumping appliances, the term "'pliance" actually describes someone's goofy looking mellon. If you've every seen someone with out of proportion facial features, screwed up hair or is mentally nuts, his 'pliance is just dickered!
So have a quick gander at what's going on up in old Inwoods boys. Either at the HuffPo link or the direct youtube link. (NOTE: SOME LANGUAGE)
Have you wondered why Chicago's homicide rate has been declining? Have the gang bangers all been killed? Did they all move? Maybe Garry "Streetlight" McCarthy is cooking the books? It's a bit of a read, but it's a simple equation. If you don't like the numbers, change how you count them!
The 5.11 Tactical Duty Kilt is coming back in a couple weeks for a limited release. See the video here… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK8T6p2vgNM
The Dolly Parton song 9 to 5 has been remade to accommodate Obombacare. This short video chronicles the advantages of only working 1 to 5!
This has to be the best 2 minutes of reality television I have ever seen! Bernice get's punted off a 2 story parking deck.
This has to be the MOST idiotic anti-gun dip wad I've ever seen. The article doesn't do the stupidity justice. This youtube clip (.30 caliber magazine clip, lol!) really shines on this guy's brilliance.
Here's the full video.
What did Moochie eat that caused this mess? Burritos? Butter? A tub of Marscapone? Kobe beef? Maybe this is an everyday occurrence, but her staff wasn't there to help? Poor Oprah needed to put a hat on to fix the problem!
If today's BLS survey looks dismal, just wait until next month when they change the survey and you cannot compare it to previous months!
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It will be difficult to start reading this one. Right away they come out with the transgender crap. But apparently there's liberals who love guns but not the NRA, so they formed their own group, of about 1000 members. lol!
The Robertson's Duck Commander joined up with Mossberg. I dunno, but $150 is too much for that 715T, $510 is outrageous! Best commercial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvhHpW3zPxU
Obombacare enrollment video. Eye bleach recommended, you can't unsee what you've seen.
The Head Narcissist flies the flag at half staff for Mandela plus he's going back to Africa (wish he'd stay there) to start his Kwanza vacation early. yet he never dropped the flag for Margaret Thatcher or visited upon her death. Who had a bigger influence upon the US, Mandela or Thatcher?
If I recall, there's a few circuit geeks here. This takes the breadboard to a new level. I'm not into the whole "crowd fund" deal, but think they hit their target and hopefully I can get my hands on a kit!
Neat clip of a father and son assembling a pair of Glocks. Dad does it blindfolded, jr. needs a bit more strength.
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The original Underworld, released six years ago, introduced a high-concept/low-excitement war between vampires in fetish gear and videogame-caliber werewolves — and "in the spirit of equanimity," someone wrote at the time, "the movie both sucks and bites." No such draw here: This deadly prequel explaining the roots of the bloodsucker-fangface grudge match is a 92-minute detainment in Sucksylvania. Like the first two movies, it's too glum and humorless to wring any fun from its dorky premise: At least seven-eighths of this one takes place in a dreary, monochromatic castle, and much of that is in a dungeon. Though he is chained up with other "lycan" slaves, werewolf messiah Lucian (Michael Sheen) pursues a love that dare not howl its name with vampire princess Sonja (Rhona Mitra), while her aristocratic dad, Viktor (Bill Nighy), skulks around like a Balkan Ming the Merciless. In lieu of advancing a story, the third Underworld repeats incessantly — multiple bloody floggings, multiple captures, multiple trudges back to the dungeon — while the cinematography does its best to evoke the many-hued visual splendor of an ashtray. Mincing around like a bored old glam rocker and hissing threats from behind neon eyes, Nighy seems to be the only person on set who found a glint of amusement in his part. He fares better than poor Sheen, a scraggly Wolverine who made a more credible vampire-slayer opposite Frank Langella's Nixon.
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Betsy Sharkey Becomes LAT Film Critic
Former entertainment editor Betsy Sharkey has a new post at the LA Times as film critic.
*Spoiler Alert*
Sharkey got into hot 'Sex and the City Fan' water in June when she mentioned some plot point about Mr. Good Bar or something.
From LAT:
To the idea of adding a few words of warning for those who might not want to read further because they haven't yet seen the movie, said Sharkey, "Two weeks into the run of a film, I'm just not sure it makes sense — where do we draw the line — three weeks out? When it goes into DVD release?"
Spoiler alert: Don't read articles about movies you haven't seen and want to be surprised by. That's why you READ about films…to be informed.
Our congratulations to Miss Sharkey on the move.
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Amidst clouds of a very corporate-looking dry ice bonanza, Ericsson yesterday unveiled their second new Volvo Open 70. The new stead, designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian and built by Killian Bushe and his team in Ericsson headquarters, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden, is the fourth Volvo Open 70 penned by the brilliant Argentinean designer. As the team's press release pointed out, the day was
Ground outby Gordon West, Posted June 26, 2008
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"My Grampian sloop is fairly heavy, but it performs well in a breeze. However, my arm gets tired holding the tiller to keep the boat sailing in a straight line. Would moving the foot of the mast forward or aft help correct this problem?"
-- Harry Newiger, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Win Fowler replies: Several things could be causing this problem—it's
Race Charters in the Caribbeanby Amy Ullrich, Posted June 25, 2008
Caribbean regattas aren't the sole province of locals and sailing journalists. Three big ones—the St. Martin Heineken Regatta (early March), BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (early April), and Antigua Sailing Week (late April)—have non-spinnaker charter divisions, and several charter companies allow their boats to enter.
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I use Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for my planning documents, and I use four different worksheets. The main sheet covers a full year of sailing (I know, that sounds llke a lot of planning but I have found that it is very helpful to me) while the other sheets detail my plans for a long trip in the spring, plus shorter weekend trips and another long trip


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1596 New Petchburi Road - Bangkok - 10400 - Thailand Hotel Website | | (66-2) 255-4444-9
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Excellent serviceSubmitted by: ROWENA in 15/01/08
- Age Group: 51 - 60
- From: Australia
- Traveller type: Cheap Getaway Holiday Maker
This hotel we were booked in for 16 days, the room was very big (deluxe)breakfast at the restraunt was inclusive in the price...all you can eat. Pool area and rooms cleaned every day. Had my bag & husband's passport stolen, hotel staff took me to police station in executive car with translator.Such a nice hotel that while we were we enjoyed the hotel to the fullest,Always clean and friendly staff, cake shop in entrance to lobby after 4pm they reduce cakes by 50%.Take the lift or stairway to other levels 45/50 rating only complained, carpet needs to be re stretched or new carpet in hall ways outside rooms.
Top Local Tips for Bangkok
taxi Get a taxi down town and to airport on street not from reception and haggle price, use a meter
taxi Get a taxi down town and to airport on street not from reception and haggle price, use a meter
Bargining If you are offered something for a certain price, say its too much and offer half of what they have said and go from thier. Often the best price is made from just walking away, and the Thai will consider this unlucky and call you back with rock bottom prices.
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- Address: 1596 New Petchburi Road - Bangkok - 10400 - Thailand
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- 13 Coins Tower Hotel Ratchada Bangkok, Thailand Distance: 11 km / 6.8 mi
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Find minimal spanning tree in biograph object
[Tree, pred]
= minspantree(BGObj)
[Tree, pred] = minspantree(BGObj, R)
[Tree, pred] = minspantree(..., 'Method', MethodValue, ...)
[Tree, pred] = minspantree(..., 'Weights', WeightsValue, ...)
|Biograph object created by biograph (object constructor).
|Scalar between 1 and the number of nodes.
Tip For introductory information on graph theory functions, see Graph Theory Functions.
[Tree, pred] = minspantree(BGObj) finds an acyclic subset of edges that connects all the nodes in the undirected graph represented by an N-by-N adjacency matrix extracted from a biograph object, BGObj, and for which the total weight is minimized. Weights of the edges are all nonzero entries in the lower triangle of the N-by-N sparse matrix. Output Tree is a spanning tree represented by a sparse matrix. Output pred is a vector containing the predecessor nodes of the minimal spanning tree (MST), with the root node indicated by 0. The root node defaults to the first node in the largest connected component. This computation requires an extra call to the graphconncomp function.
[Tree, pred] = minspantree(BGObj, R) sets the root of the minimal spanning tree to node R.
[Tree, pred] = minspantree(..., 'PropertyName', PropertyValue, ...) calls minspantree with optional properties that use property name/property value pairs. You can specify one or more properties in any order. Each PropertyName must be enclosed in single quotes and is case insensitive. These property name/property value pairs are as follows:
[Tree, pred] = minspantree(..., 'Method', MethodValue, ...) lets you specify the algorithm used to find the minimal spanning tree (MST). Choices are:
'Kruskal' — Grows the minimal spanning tree (MST) one edge at a time by finding an edge that connects two trees in a spreading forest of growing MSTs. Time complexity is O(E+X*log(N)), where X is the number of edges no longer than the longest edge in the MST, and N and E are the number of nodes and edges respectively.
'Prim' — Default algorithm. Grows the minimal spanning tree (MST) one edge at a time by adding a minimal edge that connects a node in the growing MST with any other node. Time complexity is O(E*log(N)), where N and E are the number of nodes and edges respectively.
Note: When the graph is unconnected, Prim's algorithm returns only the tree that contains R, while Kruskal's algorithm returns an MST for every component.
[Tree, pred] = minspantree(..., 'Weights', WeightsValue, ...) lets you specify custom weights for the edges. WeightsValue is a column vector having one entry for every nonzero value (edge) in the N-by-N sparse matrix. The order of the custom weights in the vector must match the order of the nonzero values in the N-by-N sparse matrix when it is traversed column-wise. By default, minspantree gets weight information from the nonzero entries in the N-by-N sparse matrix.
[1] Kruskal, J.B. (1956). On the Shortest Spanning Subtree of a Graph and the Traveling Salesman Problem. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 7, 48-50.
[2] Prim, R. (1957). Shortest Connection Networks and Some Generalizations. Bell System Technical Journal 36, 1389-1401.
[3] Siek, J.G. Lee, L-Q, and Lumsdaine, A. (2002). The Boost Graph Library User Guide and Reference Manual, (Upper Saddle River, NJ:Pearson Education).
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MUSKOKA LAKES - Handheld radios are the last relic in Muskoka Lakes of a funding program that took some of the weight of firefighter needs off Canadian tax payers.
Now the community will have to pay.
Muskoka Lakes firefighters gathered in Port Carling Wednesday, Feb. 13 to learn how to use new equipment funded partly by a federal grant. Handheld radios, two for each of the 10 stations in the township, beeped in the room as firefighters turned them on while listening to an instructor explain how to use them.
Muskoka Lakes is one of the last townships to receive funding from the Joint Emergency Preparedness Program before the program ceased to exist last year.
Fire Chief Richard Hayes said they are trying to send a message to the federal government to bring the program back.
"Our plea is to the federal government to reinstate that program so that smaller communities in the province and in the country can benefit from that larger bowl of cash. It definitely helps maintain and upgrade our systems," he said.
The federal program has been helping communities since 1980, splitting the costs of emergency training, equipment, planning and exercises with the communities.
The Muskoka Lakes fire department has used the fund many times for things such as emergency generators to maintain and upgrade their systems.
Hayes said the most recent funding enabled the fire department to purchase 20 hand-held radios and two mobile repeaters.
The two applications totaled $32,070; the grant covered 45 per cent of the cost while the township footed the other 55 per cent.
The repeaters act as towers and increase reception, particularly in the township's southern areas where the radios don't always work on their own.
"Communications is one of the first things that gets blamed when something goes wrong, because it is," Hayes said.
He said having the radios would not have drastically changed the outcome of any of the emergency situations in recent years, but it will ensure firefighters will now have someone to talk to the whole way through if extra help is needed or something goes wrong.
"We've always got ways that we can go around it, like cellphones work, but that then takes away from the focus of the incident because now you've got to try and fix another problem," he said.
The training on Wednesday night showed firefighter representatives from each Muskoka Lakes station how the system works so that they can trouble shoot and have a standard operational channel that works.
Hayes is thankful for the funding that brought them the equipment.
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