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Young Survival Coalition National Headquarters Moves to 61 Broadway, NY, NY
Young Survival Coalition National Headquarters Moves to 61 Broadway, NY, NY
New York, NY - (July 26, 2006)
Relocation Increases Organization's Ability To Help
Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer
As of August 1, 2006, The Young Survival Coalition (YSC) (www.youngsurvival.org), the only international, non-profit network of breast cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to the concerns and issues that are unique to young women and breast cancer, is moving its national headquarters to 61 Broadway, in lower Manhattan.
The move will enable the organization to expand its action, advocacy and awareness programs offering peer-support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer as well as educating the medical, research, breast cancer and legislative communities about breast cancer in premenopausal women and to persuade them to address the issues specific to this underserved population.
The relocation will also enhance the YSC's ability to foster a committed, connected and diverse community of young women worldwide who share a breast cancer diagnosis, and offer both them and their loved ones a place to turn.
"We are thrilled to be moving our headquarters to the heart of New York City's Financial District," said Michele Przypyszny, CEO of the Young Survival Coalition. "The larger space will accommodate our expanding staff and provide an uplifting work environment for them and for the dedicated volunteers who have spurred the incredible growth of the YSC over the past eight years. We look forward to building partnerships with our new neighbors in the Financial District and to better serving our constituency."
New contact information for the Young Survival Coalition, as of August 1, 2006:
61 Broadway, Suite 2235
New York, NY 10006
646-257-3000 (main)
646-257-3030 (fax)
Please note: All email addresses remain the same, as do the YSC's ResourceLink email and toll-free phone number.
About the Young Survival Coalition
Based in New York, the Young Survival Coalition is the only international network of breast cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to the critical concerns and issues unique to young women and breast cancer. Through action, advocacy and awareness, the YSC seeks to educate and influence the medical, research, breast cancer and legislative communities to address breast cancer in women 40 and under, and to serve as a point of contact for young women living with breast cancer.
Founded in 1999 by three women under the age of 35 with breast cancer, the YSC today has more than 10,000 members consisting of survivors, supporters, and members of the medical community. The YSC has eight affiliates nationwide and constituents worldwide.


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The Office on Volunteerism and Community Service (OVCS) has prepared for the 2013-2014 AmeriCorps Program Year and on January 11, 2013, OVCS published the AmeriCorps*State Request for Proposals (RFP). Applications will be due on March 7 by 3:00pm EDT. Between the publication date and the due date, OVCS will host an optional grant pre-proposal webinar for prospective applicants. Virginia-based public and nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations, higher education institutions, and public agencies, are eligible to apply. AmeriCorps grants assist groups in recruiting, training and placing individuals, as AmeriCorps members, to meet critical community and human needs. Is your organization right for AmeriCorps? Launch the "Interactive AmeriCorps Program Selector for Organizations."
For more information contact: Amanda S. Healy, AmeriCorps Program Manager, Office on Volunteerism and Community Service, Virginia Department of Social Services, 804-726-7072, 800-828-1120 TDD, email@example.com.
You can also find out more about AmeriCorps in Virginia at vaservice.org.
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Bravo Greater Des Moines announced today the hiring of Sally Dix as executive director of the organization. Dix was selected from an extensive pool of local and national candidates evaluated by a search committee led by Bravo Board President Sharon Krause with the assistance of Arts Consulting Group, a national arts & culture consulting firm.
"Our committee completed a very comprehensive search process over the past six months. We received a tremendous response both locally and nationally. After extensive interviews, Sally Dix became the clear choice to lead Bravo forward," said Krause. "Sally's experience, education and local perspective of the community bring innumerable assets to Bravo and the central-Iowa region. We are fortunate to have such talent and professional passion within our community."
Prior to joining Bravo, Dix was the Blue Zones Engagement Manager for Wellmark® Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® where she played a key role in managing the Blue Zones Project brand and built strong relationships with stakeholders across Iowa.
Before Wellmark, Dix was the Executive Director of the Iowa Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure where she led strategic planning, board development and fundraising efforts to strengthen the Affiliate's work in the fight against breast cancer. She also worked for nearly 10 years for the Science Center of Iowa as the Vice President of Communications where she led the planning, opening and launch of the new $62 million facility that opened in 2005.
Dix earned her Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University, a Master of Arts from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Iowa.
The selection of Sally Dix as executive director beginning on January 2, 2014 kicks off a comprehensive vision and strategic planning process for Bravo.
"Bravo plays an important role in enhancing quality of life in Greater Des Moines," said Dix. "I'm thrilled to be joining the organization at this exciting time as we look to new ways to strengthen and promote our vibrant cultural community."
Bravo made grant awards totaling more than $3 million to 58 arts, culture and heritage organizations this year. With a 37 percent increase over the previous year's awards, this is a record-breaking funding level for Bravo. As Bravo continues to grow, Dix will lead the organization to identify needs and develop a clear vision for the arts and culture sector in the region.
Sixteen partner local governments – Altoona, Ankeny, Bondurant, Carlisle, Clive, Des Moines, Grimes, Indianola, Johnston, Norwalk, Polk City, Polk County, Urbandale, Waukee, West Des Moines and Windsor Heights– have committed a portion of their hotel/motel tax revenues through the establishment of 28E agreements with Bravo Greater Des Moines that distributes funding through an annual competitive granting process.


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College Hockey:Fan vote created to name NCHC championship weekend
The NCHC's championship weekend will be held March 21-22 at the Target Center in Minneapolis and fans can vote on the name for the event. Finalists as selected by league staff are NCHC Frozen Faceoff, NCHC Final Faceoff, National Collegiate Hockey Championship and the NCHC Fabulous Four.
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Makeup is an art form that some have mastered, and others -- well, they're still working on perfecting their skills.
Glendale makeup artist Giovanissa De Luca, or "Jo" as her clients and friends call her, is one of the few that has taken the term "practice makes perfect" literally and spreads her fabulousity onto others. The Makeup by Giovanissa artist gets inspiration from the client and transforms a person's natural beauty to something that some clients can't even believe.
"To me, everyone's face is like a beautiful picture frame," says Giovanissa. "When you see a beautiful picture frame you can see the vision of what picture you would like to place inside."
That inspiration drives Giovanissa to transform her clients, not only aesthetically, but also with their self-confidence. She loves to make everyone feel beautiful and glamorous.
For those practicing to perfect their art form, Giovanissa does hear about many misconceptions about makeup. She says that many feel that when getting their makeup done, they will end up with a cakey look or one that doesn't cover their imperfections.Giovanissa says that every makeup artist has their own technique and it is important to talk to the artist and fully understand what looks they specialize in. When you walk into a makeup session with Makeup by Giovanissa, you will have the opportunity to get to know who will be painting your face and in return, she will do her best to fully understand what your day-to-day makeup usage is and what you're comfortable with.
With so many cosmetic brands competing for sales and lifelong fans, Giovanissa loves everyone's favorite MAC eye shadows because of their "beautiful pigmentation and vibrant colors". She also is a fan of Sephora's Makeup Forever HD foundations because of its ability to be a build-able, flawless coverage all while remaining invisible under high definition cameras.
For anyone not wanting to shell out hundreds for makeup that tends to run out eventually, she also loves the drugstore L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara because "it thickens lashes evenly and smoothly, leaving them soft with virtually no flakes and a luxurious look." She also explains that part of the makeup craft, is knowing your brushes and using good quality ones. Giovanissa's favorite brushes come from MAC and Sigma.
With some holiday always around the corner, knowing what makeup trend is happening is crucial for not just a makeup artist, but any lover of creative beauty. Giovanissa loves a smokey, metallic eye, and for something like New Years Eve, glitter can be your friend.
"Glitter, glitter and more glitter," exclaims Giovanissa. "Red, sultry lips, matte color nails and a sexy cat eye."
When asked what advice she has for up and coming makeup artists, Giovanissa says to study magazines and determine what kind of makeup artistry is right for them.
"Practice, practice, practice," says the Makeup by Giovanissa artist. "Most importantly, do not be afraid to follow your dream."


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Origin: Probably London
Date: c. 1740 -1750
7.7 cm height
Marks/Maker: Signed 'Barenger'
Heraldry: Hellier quartering Harris and Penn, with Huntbach quartering Cooke and another, probably Fowke, in pretence.
Presented or bequeathed by Sir Samuel Hellier (d. 1784); WA1949.381
T. Schroder (2009), no. 412
Gold and silver-gilt cane heads, chased, enamelled or decorated in other ways were a common form of male adornment and together with decorative watch cases and snuff boxes were considered important fashionable accessories. The embossed scenes on this cane represent the parable of the Good Samaritan.
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This literary lass and her group of like-minded bookish babes meet each month to discuss a book. Their goal is to find a restaurant that somehow coordinates with the storyline. Once they read The Help and discussed it over chocolate pie at Rathbun's Blue Plate. Another time, they headed to Campisi's to chat about Cleopatra: A Life. For Replay, they went to Fireside Pies on Inwood, which used to be George, which used to be The Riviera. Good stuff. This month, she needs help.
We are reading The Husband's Secret. It's set in Australia. We are NOT going to the Outback Steakhouse. The only suggestions I had was Dakota's where we ride the elevator 'down under' the street. Any good ideas?
Or maybe we can figure out the restaurant first and then match the book. Come on, you don't have anything better to do on this glorious day.


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Learning Together: A Study of Six B.A. Completion Cohort Programs in Early Care and Education (Year 2 Report)
By Marcy Whitebook, Laura Sakai, Fran Kipnis, Dan Bellm, and Mirella Almaraz
During the Year 2 interviews of the Learning Together study, the students resoundingly reported that the cohort model enabled them to access and succeed in a B.A.-level education in a way that would not otherwise have been possible. The students reported progress in overcoming the challenges described in the Year 1 report, and decreasing their reliance on some of the program supports as they progressed through the program. The students also identified the importance of employer support in successfully pursuing their educational goals.
Download the Year 2 report (pdf)
Read more information about the Learning Together project, or read the Year 1 report, Year 3 report, or Year 4 report.


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Everyone who participates in a tagging event must complete a liability/photo release form. Click here for pdf or click here for Word, print the form, fill it in and bring it along. The tagging leader will also have blank forms available.
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Is Kate Middleton pregnant? On April 12, Us Weekly reported that Prince William dropped what sounded like a major hint regarding his (potential) second child. While on tour in New Zealand with his wife and their son, Prince George, William greeted locals and accepted gifts -- and when he received one particular gift from a woman in Cambridge, he said something that suggested he and Duchess Kate would soon be welcoming another child.
According to the report, Prince William was given a hand-made wool shawl for Prince George and when he thanked the woman, he said something interesting. "You might have to make another one soon," William allegedly told the woman. While this could mean that he and Kate are already planning on baby #2, it could also mean something else. William could have been referring to the growing size of his adorable son.
If Kate Middleton is pregnant, she isn't showing yet -- not even close. She has been parading her gorgeous svelte figure all over New Zealand, not looking the least bit pregnant. Chances are, if she was only a month or two pregnant, Prince William wouldn't have said anything. And then of course there is always that chance that the woman misheard William -- or that she made the story up for media attention (success!).
As People Magazine points out, Prince William said that one baby is "enough for now" about a month ago. While it seems clear that he and Kate Middleton will have more children, Prince George is only 8-months-old. Perhaps another pregnancy will come in about a year... but probably not now. When do you think another royal baby will be on the way?
When Kate Middleton is pregnant (officially), the palace will make a formal announcement. As was when the royal couple were expecting their first child, there was an official announcement made when Kate was about three months along. The world will be elated for the royal family but no one expects any official news any time soon. It's super fun just watching Prince George grow and the world seems content with that... for now.


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The University of Texas System has approved our revised Objectivity in Research policy, which will be effective Aug. 23, 2012. The Conflict of Interest (CoI) web page contains a link to the "Draft" policy that will be implemented.
The revised policy contains significant revisions to the previous policy and incorporates changes that meet updated federal requirements governing disclosure and reporting of Financial Conflicts of Interest. As we have said, the new policy will affect all individuals who are responsible for the design, conduct or reporting of research.
The revised policy requires completion of Conflict of Interest training by all individuals who are responsible for the design, conduct or reporting of research at least every four years. A web-based training module has been implemented and training may be completed at any time.
Upon completion of Conflict of Interest training, all affected researchers will be required to complete a web-based Financial Interest Disclosure form that is in the final stages of testing. Additionally, the revised policy requires completion of the Financial Interest Disclosure form annually or when changes occur.
For information on the new PHS policy, see the Frequently Asked Questions at the National Institutes of Health website. At the university, the Office of Research Support has updates on its Conflict of Interest page.
Important University Research Deadlines
The University of Texas at Austin Stimulus Package Web page is online.
NOAACollaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program
Deadline: Oct. 31, 2012
Energy Efficiency & Renewable EnergyUnsolicited Proposals
Deadline: Continuous
Improving Marine and Hydrokinetic and Offshore Wind Energy Resource Data
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2012
Systems Developmental Biology for Understanding Embryonic Development and the Ontogeny of Structural Birth Defects
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Sept. 4, 2012; Application, Oct. 4, 2012
NIOSH Small Research Program
Deadline: Oct. 16, 2012
NIOSH Exploratory/Developmental Grant Program
Deadline: Oct. 16, 2012
Design of Engineering Material Systems
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2012
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Deadline: Oct. 17, 2012
Computational and Data driven Materials Research
Deadline: Oct. 31, 2012
National Endowment for the ArtsResearch: Art Works
Deadline: Nov. 6, 2012
American Cancer SocietyPriority Focus in Cancer Control and Prevention Research Program: Health Disparities Research
Deadline: Oct. 15, 2012
Hearing Health FoundationEmerging Research Grant
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Oct. 31, 2012; Application, Dec. 14, 2012
[Have you or a colleague won a research-related prize or honor? Let the Research Alert know.]
Brady Cox, who joins the Cockrell School of Engineering faculty this fall, received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Cox received his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in 2006.
Cox was selected for the Presidential award because of his work on non-intrusive subsurface imaging using seismic surface wave methods. These tests are used to determine the layering and dynamic properties of foundation soils under a building site, which is necessary information for designing structures to resist earthquake damage. Cox's research focuses on making these methods more reliable.
Last week, the Research Alert noted that Brent Waters, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, received a PECASE award.
New and current postdoctoral researchers are invited to a Postdoc Orientation and Resource Fair from 11:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sept. 5, 2012 at the Avaya Auditorium in the ACE building.
The session includes speakers, door prizes and food. Download the agenda here.
Register through TXClass, course number SP800.
Funding will soon be available for 2012-2013 Research Grants, Special Research Grants, Subvention Grants, and Undergraduate Research Fellowships.
Information and applications for all programs are available at the Vice President for Research website. Early application is recommended. Please direct questions to Liza Scarborough or 471-2877.
(In a post on its Green blog, the New York Times reported on a study by Cliff Frohlich, associate director of the Institute for Geophysics, about the correlation between injection wells and small earthquakes.)
"I wanted to get a better understanding of the earthquakes that aren't bothering anyone," Dr. Frohlich said in an interview. "We need to get better statistics on where quakes occur in relation to injection wells. We can't get a handle on the big picture if we only look at quakes that get people riled up."
RESEARCHER: Daniel Bolnick, associate professor, Section of Integrative Biology, principal investigator
AGENCY: National Science Foundation
A fundamental puzzle in evolutionary biology is whether evolution is repeatable: if many identical starting populations were exposed to the same type of novel environment, would they all evolve the same adaptations? Would the adaptations result from changes in the same underlying genes? This research project aims to answer both questions using a small fish, the threespine stickleback, as a study subject. The same ocean-dwelling form of stickleback colonized many separate river basins when the glaciers melted about 12,000 years ago, providing a naturally occurring experiment to test the repeatability of evolution.
The researchers will measure environmental, morphological, and genetic divergence between adjacent lake and stream populations of stickleback, from each of 16 watersheds that represent separate instances of evolved lake-stream differences. They will then apply state-of-the-art statistical analyses to measure the extent to which differences between lake and stream types have evolved repeatedly or are unique to each watershed. Genetic analysis will reveal the extent to which repeated morphological differences result from evolutionary changes in the same genes.
The project will reveal general principles of how predictable evolutionary change is, and pioneer relevant statistical methods. Such principles and methods are vital to anticipating how pests or diseases may evolve in response to pesticides or drugs, or how species will adapt to climate change. In addition, the project will pair up leading biological researchers with high school biology teachers and pre-service teachers-in-training, giving K-12 science teachers practical research experience involving fundamental principles of evolutionary biology.
The Research Alert is an electronic publication from the Office of the Vice President for Research at The University of Texas at Austin. It includes news of research honors and awards, news of research programs and deadlines, researchers quoted in news media, a listing of funding opportunities and a look at a current research project. It is available by e-mail and on the Web.
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Kindergarten Girl Answers The Age-Old Question, "What Would You Do If You Were The Ruler Of The World?"
Same here, little girl, same here.
Thanks to Rob, who doesn't rule anything but is still trying to build an outerspace magnifying glass big enough to vaporize earth with sunlight. That...that might actually work. Let me know if you need another lens polisher.


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Master of Arts Degree in Journalism
On-Campus and Online Degree Overview
Do you want to tell stories that make a real difference in the lives of others? Your career in journalism begins the moment you start taking classes in our on-campus and online Master of Arts in Journalism program which immerses students in the converging media of broadcast, print and Internet storytelling. As a student, you will explore journalism from a Christian worldview and gain an in-depth knowledge of story composition and reporting for broadcast, print and interactive media applications, and you will engage in numerous student projects designed to teach you how to get your work published and distributed through various media outlets.
Master of Arts in Journalism Highlights
Curriculum: View courses and descriptions.
Length: 33 credits. May be completed in 12 months. Students may begin the program in the fall, spring or summer semesters.
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Results: Master of Arts in Journalism.
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Features: Courses are designed to guide students through a progression of learning experiences so that they might master multiple professional skills in how to create story content for a wide range of media, including print publications, text, audio, video, mobile, social media, and internet platforms. Students engage the relevant communication theory, law, ethics, aesthetics, editorial decision-making, writing, editing, design, and production skills to prepare students for today's marketplace.>
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Two major acoustic events are coming up this weekend, and I plan to post reviews and photos both here and on my Facebook page.
This evening will be the annual IDC Music Fest with a barbeque and a music concert featuring acoustic artists including Elijah Vincent, Skylar Geer and Garret Williams, and no doubt more. Watch out for my review tomorrow.
On Friday evening, Saturday evening, and Sunday afternoon, we have THE FINAL YEAR OF Acoustic All-Stars Music Festival 2014, featuring an exceptional array of artists on two stages at Fats Grill. The line-up so far is:
Friday, August 15: 7pm: Scotty Haze (Main Stage, 1 Hour 15 min.)
8:15: Richard Tyler Epperson (Side Stage, 45 minutes)
9pm: Brian Bingham (Main Stage, 1 Hour 15)
10:30: Dustin Wayne (Side Stage, 45 minutes)
11:15: Chad & Kristo (Main Stage, 2 Hour Max)
Saturday, August 16:
7pm: Melody Pulsipher (Main Stage, 1 Hour 30 Minutes)
8:30pm: Holy Revolver (Side Stage, 1 Hour)
9:30pm: W James Woods(Main Stage, 1 Hour)
10:30pm: Brandon 'Buddy' Barker (Side Stage, 45 Minutes)
11:15 Juana Ghani (Main Stage, 2 Hours Max)
Sunday August 17
12pm: Steve Bassett (Main Stage, 1 hour)
1pm Judd Warrick (Side Stage, 1 Hour)
2pm: Bob Bland (Main Stage, 1 Hour)
3pm: Chris Orrock (Side Stage, 1 Hour)
4pm: Jim Fish Svendsen (Main Stage, 1 Hour)
5pm: Morgan Snow (Side Stage, 1 Hour)
6pm: Otter Creek (Main Stage, 1 Hour)
I will be reviewing these performances each day of the event, so stay tuned and PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to my feed as I need your subscriptions. Currently I need at least two more subscribers, so if you like my articles and reviews please click on the green Subscribe button under my profile photo on any of my reviews.
Check out my previous reviews on Examiner.com of some of the artists who will be performing in these events, including those linked below. Come to the events I will be reviewing if you want to enjoy some excellent musicians' performances this weekend.
Suggested Links
- Acoustic Bash II at Bar Deluxe, July 25, 2013
- Melody Pulsipher delights diners at Rovali's Ristorante Italiano, Ogden, 8-3-13
- IDC Backyard Barbecue - an excellent concert in Herriman, UT, June 20, 2013
- Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter captivates hometown audience in Midvale
- Spectacular Fire Dancing at Bar Deluxe with Juana Ghani, July 3-4, 2014


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Tim Anderson
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Goodwell, Okla.- Each year, Oklahoma
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are Tim Anderson and Danae Fieser.
Anderson and Fieser were selected as the 2006 Male and Female
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All-Heartland Conference Men's Basketball Team honors
as a guard. He demonstrated his work ethic and leadership
all season, playing through most of it with an eye injury.
He averaged 5.6 ppg., had 27 steals and led the Aggies in
assists. Anderson, a social studies major, also works hard
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Scott accepted an invitation by CU Athletic Director Mike Bohn to help acknowledge what he termed "a celebration of the future . . . there was interest from the alumni base in meeting me and looking forward to the new beginning of the Pac-12. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to come back and show our conference's support for Colorado coming in."
Before Scott was introduced at the luncheon, which drew upwards of 1,200 to the Hyatt Regency Downtown Convention Center, he addressed a variety of topics with local media and CUBuffs.com:
- Expected revenue from the Pac-12 in 2011. The original plan was for CU to leave the Big 12 Conference for the Pac-12 in 2012. But with Utah exiting the Mountain West and beginning Pac-12 competition in 2011, all parties were in agreement that CU should do the same. Because of the expected move in 2012, CU initially was told it would receive no revenue from its new league in 2011. That's changed. "When CU reached out to us and said they would like to come early, we said we'll work and figure out as best we can - but it was always clear we couldn't tear up our TV contracts, which is our major source of revenue. So we just said we'll have to figure out what we do about it," Scott said. "The agreement that we reached is that they will get a pro-rata share of new revenue, incremental revenue by virtue of playing. They will get several million dollars next year from us because we were highly successful in negotiating our championship game deal. They will get money even though we didn't guarantee them money . . . but it won't come anywhere close to what they're foregoing and what the buyout will be (about $6.9 million to leave the Big 12). I think that payback will wind up being a very prudent financial move more based on the future TV deal."
- Pocketing revenue from televised non-conference football and basketball games. CU won't have that option, Scott said: "They'll be in our TV package next year and that's the rationale for them getting some share. But in our conference, conference games that are not televised as part of our TV package . . . they will have the right to sell. I don't know how many, but typically there might be two, three or four games that won't be on ESPN, ABC or Fox that they'll have the right to sell. So that could be an incremental revenue stream - and there could be others. We're going to keep talking about other ways we could help (CU)."
- Playing this fall's CU-California football game as scheduled. Negotiations between the schools are on-going, Scott said, calling playing the game "problematic in different respects." If the game, originally scheduled for Sept. 10 in Boulder, is played it would be considered non-conference. "It wouldn't make sense for one team to have more conference games than someone else," Scott said. He conceded that it would be "a little awkward . . . but if it happens, I'd just chalk it up to one of those transition issues that you have to deal with when the conference expands - kind of like the reason we had to do a one-year deal for a Pac-12 championship football game." CU's 2011 schedule shows Sept. 10's opponent to be announced.
- The ESPN-Texas network's bearing on Pac-12 TV negotiations. The parties recently announced a 20-year, $300 million deal, and Scott said, "If anything, I think it will be positive in that we've stated our sincere interest in a Pac-12 network. I think the only other conference network out there is the Big Ten. I think the fact that ESPN has made the level of investment they've made in (a network with Texas) validates that there's a market . . . in that case it's a school network, not a conference. But in my view is if they can get that kind of money for a one school network with the kind of programming they're going to have on it, it bodes extremely well for what we're going to do, what kind of premium product we're going to have as a 12-team conference." The Pac-12's TV negotiations will get underway later this month and will be "a pretty extensive and intensive process that I expect to last several months," Scott said, adding that an outcome before this summer is unlikely. Who in the TV world is interested? "I would just say that there's a lot interest, a lot of national interest in the Pac-12, in some of the changes we've made, what we want to do. The cable TV business is very robust right now." Scott said the Big Ten network offers a model to be analyzed by the Pac-12: "We're very fortunate that (it) exists so that you could study what they've done well, if they were going to do it again, what they would do differently. They were the first; I'm sure compromises were made along the way. We've got the benefit of their experience." He also said the business aspects of a possible Pac-12 network "have to make sense" and called being in control of your own network "very attractive." Most professional leagues have their own networks and website operations, noted Scott. A huge bonus for the Pac-12 would be in exposure for the conference's Olympic sports: "Our schools are prolific in terms of the Olympic sports' success . . . it's a way to promote and distinguish what's unique about this conference," Scott said.
- The use of charter flights for Pac-12 basketball travel. Currently, Pac-10 schools rarely, if ever, travel via charter in basketball. CU's men's and women's teams do it routinely, and there has been some concern about travel in the 2011-12 season. Scott said the Pac-10 does not have a policy prohibiting the use of charters and that "going forward, we're looking at everything with a fresh set of eyes." But the future use of charters likely hinges on the Pac-12's game days; the Pac-10 men now play on Thursday-Saturday, the women play on Friday-Sunday. The exceptions are in-state rival games (UCLA-USC, Washington-Washington State, etc.). Game days in hoops will be addressed in the new league's TV negotiations, and Scott said, "My view is we've limited our national exposure and our revenue by only playing two nights. We're going to look at the issue afresh. We're certainly going to consider playing on different nights - not just Thursday and Saturday. However, if we do that there's a very high premium in our conference on minimizing missed class time. If we move off of the Thursday-Saturday (schedule), by definition we're going to move into charters for basketball so teams can get there and back and not miss anymore class." He also said the concept of "travel partners" - CU likely would be paired with Utah - "works really well . . . we won't come off it just to come off it."
- The possibility of expanding beyond 12 schools. The Pac-12 has achieved its comfort zone, or as Scott put it, "Twelve seems to be the magic number . . . the logical step." In part, that's because NCAA rules state a league needs 12 members to hold a championship football game, and creating divisions is simpler with a dozen teams. "Having said that . . . I don't think we've seen the end of expansion discussions," Scott added. "There was a lot of traction around the idea of a super-conference - 16 teams." He said that coming from the "pro sports world (tennis)," he found college sports "very fragmented . . . everything I know about sports and the commercial side of sports suggests that there would be more value for everyone if there was further consolidation. I think we will see a day when we go to 16-team conferences. But I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon." Still, he added that anything the Pac-12 does structurally will include the "flexibility" that would allow for future expansion.
- Pac-12 ends, odds. Could cross-scheduling of fall sports - i.e., football, cross country, volleyball - at one site on the same weekend be considered in the Pac-12? Scott called the concept "interesting . . . I think (now) it happens more by happenstance, but it's a neat idea." . . . . The CU men's and women's teams have several doubleheaders this season. Could that idea be explored for men's and women's same-opponent games in the Pac-12? Scott also termed that proposal "interesting." . . . . With the addition of two new members, Scott said the Pac-10 isn't likely to increase its bowl tie-ins beyond the current six: "Pretty much all bowl deals are done; everyone did four-year agreements."
- Luncheon morsels: Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam made his first public appearance at a CU-related event since winning the award in 1994. Salaam said with the hiring of Head Coach Jon Embree and Offensive Coordinator Eric Bieniemy, "I had to come out." He elicited laughs reading his letter of application to La Jolla Country Day School, where he played eight-man football . . . . Former Buffs Coach Bill McCartney predicted "an extraordinary season is about to unfold" for two reasons: CU's move to the Pac-12 and the hiring of Embree and the staff he's assembled. "Mac" said Embree's staff "matches up with any" assembled during the McCartney Era . . . . After McCartney concluded an impassioned address, Embree followed and said, "Now you see why USC, UCLA and Ohio State didn't get me." Embree, a Cherry Creek tight end, was recruited by all three super-powers . . . . Former Buffs quarterback Darian Hagan was CU's running backs coach for the past four seasons. Embree retained him, but in the role of recruiting coordinator. But, noted Embree, Hagan "will be back on the field soon." . . . . Among the CU traditions Embree will go about restoring is the "big-game bricks" featured in a lower-level hallway that leads to the dressing room in the Dal Ward Athletics Center. The "big-game bricks" formerly featured the date and score of a CU win against ranked opponents, or a the date and score of a game that was significant for another reason. Embree said the tradition begins anew with Hawaii - the debut of the Embree Era (Sept. 3, Honolulu) . . . . Embree had hopes of adding another local signee on Thursday to his first recruiting class. But when that didn't happen, he adjusted the total of "flipped" recruits - those who initially committed to another school but signed with CU - from eight to seven. Three of those recruits previously committed to fellow-Pac-12 member Washington. Said Embree: "I think Washington is going to be our new rival." . . . . Embree paid tribute to in-state signees Marc Mustoe (offensive lineman, Arvada West) and Brady Daigh (linebacker, Mullen) for staying at home to play . . . . Overall, Embree said his first recruiting class "improves our speed, athleticism and toughness." . . . . Just over $75,000 was raised at for the athletic department at this year's luncheon. The attendance almost tripled that of last year.
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College Hockey:New Western Michigan coach looks for leaders to build program
Western Michigan's Jeff Blashill is one of three new head coaches in the CCHA, but he's familiar to everyone in the league. He may have spent the last two seasons coaching the USHL's Indiana Ice — where he won the Clark Cup as a rookie head coach in 2009 — but he was an assistant at Miami for six seasons and a goaltender for Bob Daniels at Ferris State (1994-98).
He knows the league, he spent years honing his craft alongside Enrico Blasi in Oxford and he's a proven winner. He also was an assistant under Daniels when the Bulldogs won the 2002-03 regular-season CCHA title.
That he sounds like he knows what it takes to rebuild in Kalamazoo comes as no surprise.
"Our success is going to depend on the culture that we're able to create," Blashill said. "Most of that's off the ice. We're going to need to create a culture that guys want to choose greatness on a daily basis, that they understand it's a daily choice that we're going to make, and that it takes great work and great sacrifice to achieve that."
Blashill sounded like he channeled Blasi when he talked about "having a group of guys who are going to commit to each other, to a Bronco hockey family, guys that are selfless, care about their teammates' success equal to their own."
After all, it seems to be working in Oxford.
The way to do this, said Blashill, "starts with our captains." Ian Slater is the captain, with seniors Max Campbell and Ryan Watson as alternates.
"The leadership, I think, is the No. 1 component for us to start to build our success and start to make progress creeping up in the CCHA standings," Blashill said.
"There are other good players on our team. There's talent in place here, but I think those are the guys who are going to be real critical as we do begin."
The other good players include forwards Greg Squires, J.J. Crew and Jared Katz, none of whom netted 10 goals last season. In fact, no one on the Broncos squad reached the 10-goal plateau in 2009-10.
"We did not score very many goals last season," Blashill said. "The point we're trying to get across to our guys … is that a lot of time goal scoring doesn't happen on your first effort and it's going to take a second, and a third, and fourth — learn to be relentless.
"If we do that, our goal scoring will increase because we do have skill in place here. I think we're going to score by committee."
The Broncos do return two recognizably good defensemen in Mike Levendusky and Tyler Ludwig. Jerry Kuhn is one of three returning goaltenders, but the only one to have seen time in net last season; he played seven games.
"The standards will be set high," Blashill said. "Whether we reach them or not in our first year has yet to be seen.
"We want to create a culture — and I think we have this here — where guys love being Broncos."
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Unbound Captives is not Stowe's only passion project. In 2008 her friend Haggis invited her to Haiti to meet Father Rick Frechette, a physician and Catholic priest dedicated to providing the country's poor with essentials for living. Haggis heads up Artists for Peace and Justice, a group that helps fund Father Frechette's work with the St. Luke Foundation for Haiti, and he asked Stowe to join him for the same reason he asked her to be the centerpiece of his boys' night: "She's ballsy, and she can hold her own."
Many celebrities have gravitated to Haiti, but, Father Frechette says, "it's easy for us to see who's here for adventure and who's here for commitment. From the start, Madeleine was here for commitment. We engage in a lot of dialogue about a lot of things: the horrors we see, the things we're planning, what crazy idea might be worth trying out. Her feedback is poignant and astute and wise." Ironically, the exposure-phobic actress has persuaded the priest to increase his visibility. Stowe burnished his website and accompanied him to Washington to explain his progress and the need for funds.
Since 2008, Stowe has flown to Haiti several times a year. If she's in the country on a Thursday, she goes with Father Frechette and his team on their weekly trip to Port-au-Prince's public morgue, helping to slip bloated corpses into body bags and tucking a rosary into each before taking them for burial. "It's tragic," she says. "Little babies are the hardest to see. The men have to light cigarettes and drink rum to obliterate the stench—which I can't do because I'd be on the floor. These guys are committed to taking the dead on to the next world. They sing incredible Creole songs." The work is difficult, but Stowe loves it. "It connects me to the living," she says. "I see these broken bodies as a reminder of what has to be done down there."
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With her TV show, her film project and her commitment to bringing attention to Haiti, it's unlikely that in the near future anyone will be asking where Madeleine Stowe has gone. Still, the star predicts, she will "probably continue to drop off the face of the earth from time to time." In your fifties, she believes, "you really want to put the burn on, to do as many things in life as possible, go where you haven't been, experience what you haven't experienced, leave a body of work that's significant to you. I feel very good about this period of time."
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The Druid Trail, when complete will be a four-mile multiple use section along the Druid Road right-of-way connecting the future Duke Energy Trail and the existing Pinellas Trail. This section connects residential areas, Clearwater High School and Glen Oaks Park. The section will also offer an alternative to access retail along Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard. Part of this section has been constructed from the Glen Oaks Park to the Pinellas Trail. The section between the Duke Energy Trail and Glen Oaks Park is anticipated to be constructed in 2016.
The Courtney Campbell Trail is a 8' to 12'-wide paved path that will allow pedestrian and bicycle access along the entire southern side of the Courtney Campbell Causeway, from the Veterans Expressway in Tampa to Bayshore Boulevard in Clearwater, as well as connecting to recreational trails on both sides of the Bay. The 5.5-mile portion in Tampa / Hillsborough County, including a 45'-high bridge, was completed in Fall 2013. The remaining 4-mile section in Clearwater / Pinellas County will be completed in May, 2015. For more information, please visit http://www.tbrpc.org/scenic/cctrail.shtml.
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Running Time: 140 Min.
Director: Jules Jordan
Company: Evil Angel
Cast: Tiffany Mynx, Lauren Phoenix, Jules Jordan, Mark Wood, Trent Tesoro, April Flowers, Brian Pumper, Mika Tan, Kaylynn, Brett Rockman
Critical Rating: AAAA 1/2
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All of Jordan\'s titles move extremely well. This one shouldn\'t by any different. Several copies in new releases and your anal and Evil Angel sections.
We figure any title that boasts wall-to-wall pre-nom-worthy scenes deserves to be an Editor's Choice. So OK, only four of Ass Worship 5's five scenes are pre-nominatable. Big fucking deal. We're making it an Editor's Choice anyway.
Hey, it's not for nothing that director Jules Jordan had the biggest night of any individual at the 21st AVN Awards back in January, taking home no less than six statuettes, including one for this line (Best Anal-Themed Series) and one for this title's immediate predecessor, Ass Worship 4 (Best Anal-Themed Feature).
And with AW5, Jordan doesn't break his stride and looks most definitely to be in the running for those same two awards some 10 months from now. Pre-nom Ass Worship 5 for Best Anal-Themed Feature and the line, if Jordan streets AW6 before Sept. 30, for Best Anal-Themed Series.
AW5 is chock full of blisteringly hot A-list babes - most of them showing off their delectable fish netted derrieres in glorious close-up (this reviewer wanted to lick his TV screen at times) - and damn near consistent wank-worthy action, all wrapped in typical Jordan/Evil Angel crisp, handsome, production values, which serve to give the title the overall feel of a full package accomplishment.
The opener has Lauren Phoenix and April Flowers, looking like a pair of fishnet, whore-heeled twins, engaging Toni Ribas in a loud, sweaty, entangled suck/fuck/anal/d.p.(care of some toys)/facial. Pre-nom it for Best Threeway and Phoenix, as we've stated before, for Female Performer of the Year. If she continues this same take-no-prisoners pace the rest of the year, she's a virtual lock. …
Scene two features AVN Hall of Famer Tiffany Mynx, who's never looked better - Jordan seems to have resurrected her career - in a hot anal pairing with her director worthy of a Best Sex Scene Coupling - Video pre-nom. That's followed by long, luscious Kaylynn, one of the most criminally under-utilized beauties in porn, getting the air-tight treatment from Brett Rockman, Mark Wood and Trent Tesaro, then subjected to one of those massive triple facials Jordan regularly cums up with. Pre-nom it for Best Group Sex Scene - Video.
Scene four features the real discovery of this title, at least for this reviewer, gorgeous, big-lunged Mika Tan, adorned in (at least in the beginning) practically spray-painted-on PVC hot pants and monster spikes, taking big Brett up her keyster (you'd scream too) before he blows on her butt. She then clamps her pussy back down onto Mr. Super Stud's still-stiff tool, which fucks her some more, shooting a second load onto her fine, fine face. This one, too, deserves a Best Sex Scene Coupling - Video pre-nom.
The closer features the appropriately named Olivia O'Lovely in a threeway with Brian Pumper and Mark Wood, which, largely 'cause she's not the most hot-wired performer in Porn Valley, is a bit more tepid then what preceded it.
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The Essence of Wisdom of the Upanishads
This page is intended for people with a logical mind and not for those with unreasonable beliefs.
The aim of this page is to outline the basics of ancient Eastern thought, coded in the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.
Vedantic knowledge is quite ancient. Many of the early ideas developed in ancient times in the East were converted into Sanskrit verses and preserved in the Upanishads. The basic assumption of this philosophy comes from a golden rule which has been preserved in the Isavasya Upanishad:
'Isavasyam idam sarvam'
Meaning Isam (the One God) is present here and everywhere.
Nothing exists separate from the One God, because God is present everywhere.
A religious study is not attempted in this page. A lot of myths have come into existence in course of time, and one has to steer clear of them. Many Gods and Goddesses are worshipped, and the One God has been almost forgotten. Intelligence and freedom of thought has been largely replaced by fanaticism, pointless rituals, hysteria and silly stories, and anyone daring to think otherwise is discouraged. This page gives an entirely different view.
evam paramparaprapthamimam rajarshayo vidu: sa kalaneha mahatha yogo nashta: paramthapa [Bhagavad Gita, chapter 4, verse 2]]
Those great men of ancient times, for generations, knew this yoga or knowledge. This knowledge became lost across the long ages.
Popular misconceptions about Vedanta
Myth 1 : Vedanta teaches that the world is 'non-existent' and 'illusionary'. That what we see is 'false'.
Answer : That line of thinking is an off-shoot from Sri Sankaracharyar's ideas, nowadays popularly called 'Advaita Vedanta'. But Vedantic thought is very ancient, even before the Upanishadic time. Vedanta does not teach that the world is 'non-existent'. Instead, ancient wisdom warns that if you try to throw away everything and escape, you will be neither 'here' nor 'there'. Vedanta gives you strength to face your problems, not run away from them. It teaches that, to reach God, you will have to go through this world properly, and not away from it.
Myth 2 : Vedanta teaches that God is just a consciousness. It says that God has no mind of It's own.
Answer : That is confusion due to poor understanding. Vedanta teaches that the Supreme Soul has Universal Consciousness. Not having a 'body' or 'brain' like us is NOT a limitation for God. God is All-Powerful.
Myth 3 : Vedanta is very difficult. It is fit for scholars only.
Answer : God's presence is best felt among good people, not scholars. Vedanta is easy to grasp, but the balance is difficult to implement in practical life if one does not have a devotion to God. And most knowledge comes from corroboration within oneself, if one is on the right track.
The Three Factors in the Universe
1.Purushothama (Also called Aksharatheetha, Iswara, Isam, Paramathma (Supreme Soul), One God.
2.Akshara (Also called Aksharabrahma, Avyaktha, Sath(=true-stuff), Paraprakrithi)
3.Kshara (The perishable or changing matter. (Also called Asath)
Yet these three factors are same in a unique way. The how of it is explained in the following sections.
Iswara, Aksharabrahma and the perishable world are well explained in the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads. It is said that Akshara or the Cosmic Body has been "manifest" from the One God, and so Akshara exists in the One God and is part and parcel of it; even indistinct from each other. Everything in the perishable material world exists in Akshara and is part and parcel of it. This shows how all the three factors are actually the same, and at the same time explains why these factors have distinct facets from each other. The verses imply that the whole universe is alive and One, because the One God pervades everything.
The word Brahma means 'to grow' or 'to expand' or 'to swell'. It indicates the present state of the True-Stuff of the universe. This expansion is the character or guna of the Brahma. But Iswara is above all gunas. Brahmanda (=Brahma-egg) is considered to be the pre expansion state of Brahma at the beginning of creation of the universe.
Akshara is everywhere and is indestructible by any material means. (Ekam sath = The True-Stuff is One)
The Supreme Soul
From the Bhagavad Gita
na jayathe mriyathe va kathachith nayam bhuthua bhavitha va na bhuya:
ajo nithya: shashwathohayam purano na hanyathe hanyamane shareere [Chapter 2, verse 20]
That Supreme Soul or Paramathma or Iswara was never ever born, nor does It die. And since It is now, it does not mean that It will not be. That Soul is unborn, is always, forever, and ancient also. As the (human) body is killed, It is not killed.
dehi nithyamavadhyohayam dehe sarvasya bharatha
thasmath sarvani bhuthani na thwam shochithumarhasi [Chapter 2, verse 30]
This Being in all these bodies (Soul) is everlasting and cannot be killed. So you are not supposed to be sorrowful about any of these creatures.
anthavantha ime deho nithyasyoktha: shareerina:
anashinohaprameyasya thasmath yudhasya bharatha [Chapter 2, verse 18]
The bodies of all these people have an ending in the future, it is said. But these bodies have their being in That body, the Cosmic Body or Aksharabrahma, which is imperishable, is always (not limited by past, present or future), and cannot be recorded (documented). So, do your duty.
avyakthadeeni bhuthani vyakthamadhyani bharatha
avyakthanidhananyeva thathra ka paridevana? [Chapter 2, verse 28]
These creatures or bodies are Avyaktha (unclear, in Aksharabrahma) at the beginning (before birth), they become Vyaktha (clear to the senses) at the middle, and again become Avyaktha at the end (after death). In this, why lament?
brahmano hi prathishtahamamrithasyavyayasya cha sashwathasya cha dharmasya sukhasyaikanthikasya cha [chapter 14, verse 27]
I (Iswara) am the basis or seat of the imperishable Brahma, the everlasting dharma (course of right action), and definitely of all joy.
From Isavasya Upanishad
yastu sarvani bhutanyatmanyevanupasyati
sarvabhutesu catmanam tato na vijugupsate
The person who indeed clearly perceives all creatures and objects in the Athma (Soul) only, and in all creatures and objects the Athma (Soul), do not (cannot) wish or want concealment.
From Shwethashwatharopanishad
swabhavameke kavayo vadanthi kalam thadhanye parimuhyamana: devasyaisha mahima thu loke yenedam bhramyade brahmachakram
Many intelligent people say that the world happened due to the character or disposition of the Supreme Soul. Some say time is the reason. But none of those intelligent people do comprehend, they are all under illusion. The reason for the world and the rotation of the wheel of Brahma is the Glory of the Supreme Soul.
Sarvajeeve sarvasamsthe brihanthe asmin hamso bhramyathe brahmachakra prithagathmanam preritharam cha mathwa jushtasthathasthenamrithathwamethi
This massive wheel of Brahma is pervaded by the Supreme Soul, the Immense One, which is the Cause of all, and the Life of all, and the Base of all. It assumes that It is separate for a while (as the various manifest beings) before being welcomed back by Itself and enjoys It's immortality.
Some more verses which help in understanding the concept of Aksharabrahma, is placed at Stuff and style of the universe
The essence of the Vedas
The word meaning of Veda is knowledge.
1. Rigveda - from Ithereya upanishad
Prajnanam Brahma: Inherent knowledge is Brahma.
Prajnane prathishtitham prajnanethro loka: prajna prathishta prajnanam Brahma is the verse.
Prajnanam means inherent knowledge. It is the Soul Itself. Everything rests in prajnanam or inherent knowledge, prajananam is the whole world, prajnanam is Brahma.
There are three types of knowledge - jnanam, vijnanam and prajnanam. Jnanam is learned knowledge, Vijnanam is proper understanding of the learned knowledge put into practice with skill, and Prajnanam is inherent knowledge. When one gets true knowledge (jnanam), it slowly becomes understanding, by which we automatically begin to walk the path (vijnanam). This is not a smooth process, problems surface about our understanding and we may be forced to retrace our steps many times. But in this process, inherent knowledge (prajnanam) about our true selves correlate with vijnanam and begin to surface. Prajnanam is not learned from outside, instead, it surfaces from inside.
2. Samaveda - from Chandogya upanishad
Tat twam Asi: That is you.
The search for God culminates in this vision within.
3. Yajurveda - from Brihadaranyaka upanishad
Aham Brahmasmi: I am Brahma.
The perishable I (the body, mind and intellect) exist in the infinite Cosmic Body or the Brahma.
4. Atharvaveda - from Mandukya upanishad
Ayam Atma Brahma: This Atma is Brahma.
The Atma or Soul, or the One God pervading in each and every individual living being, is equated with the infinite Cosmic Body or the Brahma.
What makes us believe that we are only the perishable body?
Man cannot perceive either the One God, or It's Cosmic Body, the Aksharabrahma. This is because there is access outside through only five sense organs, and perception only through the intellect. And there are also two strong Blocks binding the mind strongly to the body - 1. The block of Pain - pleasure. 2. The block of Likes - Dislikes. These are caused by akshara (paraprakrithi), with it's inherent three gunas (characters), namely sathwa, rajas and thamas.
Maya does not mean that what man perceives of the world is nonexistent. Maya just means that man is not seeing the whole truth but only a small part of it; and even parts of the truth that he perceives is not in the correct way. Illusion is different from non-existence. For example, for all practical reasons, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. If it doesn't, all life on earth would end. Yet we know that the sun does not rise in the east, it is only an illusion, the earth rotates round its own axis and goes round the sun instead. Once we comprehend something, our perception changes accordingly.
daivee hiesha gunamayee mama maya durathyaya
mameva ye prapadyanthe mayametham tharanthi the [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, verse 14]
This Maya of Mine, made up of the three gunas, is indeed difficult to cross over, but those who take refuge in Me (the Universal Soul), they cross over this.
Priesthood and God-Men
A knowledgeable society will neither support nor encourage priesthood. This is because every individual will be perceived to be equally in Iswara. There will be no scope for middle-men. That is why the Advaitic concept has never been favored by any established religion or priest.
At the most a teacher may be needed, that is all.
yamimam pushpitham vacham pravadanthyavipashchitha:
vedavadaratha: partha nanyadastheeni vadina: [Chapter 2, verse 42]
kamathmana: swargapara janmakarmabhalapratham
kriyavisheshabahulam bhogaishwaryagathim prathi [Chapter 2, verse 43]
bhagaishwaryaprasakthanam thayapahrithachethasam
vyavasayathmika budhi: samadhau na vidheeyathe [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, verse 44]
Uncomprehending, unwise people utter and discuss flowery words from the various religious texts, bragging that there is nothing else. People who are full of desires, who believe in heaven as the goal, people who believe in rebirth and an assortment of special activities as the rewards for their actions, people who believe in the attainment of pleasures and riches as most important, people with such stolen minds, cannot be steady in intellect to firmly stay in the truth.
A true teacher will always encourage his students to find their way to the One God. He will never encourage others to pray to him. Therefore, if a person comes and tells you - "I am God, bow before me", rest assured. Whatever strength of intellect that person might have, he still lacks knowledge about himself and others.
maya thadamidam sarvam jagadavyakthamoorthina mathsthani sarvabhoothani na chaham theshwavasthitha [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9, verse 4]
This total Universe is pervaded by Me through Avyaktha (Akshara); all beings everywhere exist in Me, but I do not dwell in them.
We are all in God, but God is not limited to within us.
avyaktham vyakthimapannam manyanthe mamabudhaya: param bhavamajanantho mamavyayamanuthamam [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, verse 24]
Foolish people who do not know My Indestructible Nature, Incomparable Greatness, and Supreme Position in the universe, they think of Me who is not even ever clear to the senses, as a mere human or form.
If you are seeing the One God who is everywhere, in a person also, then there is nothing wrong. But if you are seeing a person as God, then you have got everything wrong.
Way of life of the knowledgeable person
Advaita's teaching is two fold - It first teaches that everything in our 'kshara' world is utterly insignificant (completely time-bound and space-bound, that too very short and small), including ourselves (even if one is the Most Important Person on earth!). There should be no doubt about this. Thus it teaches us to take our life very lightly and destroys the 'ego'. Even great galaxies die and become nothing. Secondly it teaches us to do every duty with skill and responsibility and be productive to the society, so that we can act one with the Cosmic Body and know true happiness.
For every person, the realization of God should be from within himself. The attempt to find Godliness within oneself needs no priest. It is this attempt that counts for lasting happiness and peace.
Devotion is very important in the pursuit to know the truth and be one with it. Therefore devotion to anything is encouraged so long as it is kept in mind that anything and everything is pervaded by the One God. There are many ways but only ONE final destination. The many great poets of ancient times considered devotion to be the easiest way and actively encouraged it.
A strong sense of devotion to the One God within oneself gives a strong empathy to the true self within, which elevates the person from his usual forages in the perishable world, and helps him live in equanimity, doing his duty according to his dharma.
He knows that only the One God is his own. Everything else, including his body, his relatives, his wealth, all he will have to leave one day. Only the time and manner varies. On the face of it, this knowledge offers the indispensable truth and is fit for strong people only. However there is a lot more positivism in this concept. Actually, nobody is going anywhere. And we all have this eternal being within ourselves.
Therefore, from asking and pestering God for perishable items in the material world, the knowledgeable person associates his true self with the One within, which is everlasting; and stops running after the material world and lives happily, without the twin opposites of either renunciation or greed, performing his duties with devotion.
The Good, the Bad and the One God
In Eastern philosophy, the One God is neither good nor bad. These opposites form the necessary basis for the creation of any social being, the greatest example being man. Iswara is not bound by them.
Dharma is the course of right action. It differs in every living being. The dharma of man is not applicable at all for another life form. For a lion or tiger, the dharma is entirely different. For example, the inherent cruelty in the nature of a lion or tiger cannot be taken as "wrong".
The dharma of man is different from the dharma of a tiger. Man is manifested by the One God as a social being. His inherent nature is therefore good, which is in the nature of the human conscience. Therefore the happy and successful life of man in society depends on these concepts, and it can be taken that the One God favors the collective good in society. That is why it is impossible for an antisocial person to understand Advaitic knowledge. It would be like trying to write on water with a pen.
Within the human society, the dharma of a soldier is different from the dharma of a scientist. What is dictated by society holds a strong authority in the dharma of man, as discoursed in the Bhagavad Gita, to the warrior, Arjuna.
Society has a "collective mind", and it may have bad elements, like bad thoughts. In an ignorant society, there will be various religions, laws, police, judiciary, even army, and strict punishments. None of these are to be dishonored. If one feels need for improvements, that person can well try. But here again the dictum appears to be - first obey the law, then try to improve on it. At the same time there is no need to feel fanatic about anything. And all these laws or religion will have imperfections, and they will all point to betterment of oneself rather than more and more external laws.
The joke is that when the ignorant society disregards this arrow to the individual self and goes on making more and more external laws, every one of them will only provide more and more loopholes.
In a knowledgeable society no external law or weapon are required. An example of the latter is the ancient Indus valley civilization.
Actually, every individual is a unique variation, and has his own 'religion' or beliefs. The religion matures with the progress of the individual. This knowledge accommodates all these views.
When a person sees great tragedies and evil, and understands the temporary nature and perishability of this world, and still continues to do his duty for the betterment of society and against evil, with evenness of mind in success and failure by knowing that the rule of the One God is so complete and that he is but only an instrument, that person is called sthithaprajna, the Stable Minded. This state represents the highest level of knowledge in Vedanta.
Renunciation of the world
Since all forms of life are manifestations of Iswara, renunciation is not the way of life. This goes against the person's dharma. Work or karma is a source of happiness. How it is, is explained in the following section on yoga.
1. yoga: karmasu kaushalam [Bhagavad Gita, chapter 2, verse 50]
Yoga is skill in action or duty.
2. yogastha: kuru karmani sangam thyakthwa dhananjaya
sidhyasidhyo: samo bhuthwa samathwam yoga uchyathe [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, verse 48]
Do work or duty disregarding attachment. Whether you are successful in your task or not, stay balanced and be steadfast in yoga. Yoga is this balance, this evenness of mind in success and failure.
karmanye vadhikarasthe ma bhaleshu kathachana
ma karmabhalahethurbhurma the sanghohasthwakarmani [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, verse 47]
You have power only for action. Not even once do you have power to decide the fruits of your endeavors, namely success or failure. So your actions or duty should not be performed keeping in mind these factors. Also, for you, attachment to inactivity or indifference should not happen.
So do your best without worrying about the outcome, says Bhagavad Gita:
Karmajam budhiyuktha hi bhalam thyakthwa maneeshina:
janmabandhanavinirmuktha: padam gachandhyanamayam [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, verse 51]
Those intelligent people, who think about the truth, who perform their duty or endeavor with skill, and with the evenness of mind with regard to success or failure (yogis), become totally freed from the restraints or shackles from birth onwards, and surely reaches the state of no sorrow.
sanyasasthu mahabaho du:khamapthumayogatha:
yogayuktho munirbrahma nachirenadhigachathi. [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, verse 6]
Sanyasa (renunciation, strict control) without yoga is difficult or sorrowful, but those thoughtful people or yogis, doing their duty, quickly become one with or function in union with the Cosmic Body.
Happiness and freedom
Levels of happiness
indriyani paranyahurindriyebhya: param mana: manasasthu para budhiryo budhe: parathasthu sa: [Bhagavad Gita, chapter 3, verse 42]
The sense organs are great or noble, it is said, but more than senses, the mind is great, the intellect is greater or higher than the mind, and the soul or life is greater than the intellect.
1. At the sensual level: Happiness obtained from the senses may be called pleasure. Examples - a beautiful scenery, good food, or a good song.
Happiness at this level has two main drawbacks - 1. It is temporary. 2. It also has a ceiling or limit - any pleasurable sensation is perceived as 'boring' after some time.
2. At the level of the mind: This may be called 'joy', for want of a better term.
All pleasures do not give happiness of mind. Some may lead to profound grief.
vishayendriyasamyogad yat thadagreamrithopamam pariname vishamiva thatsukham rajasam smritham [Bhagavad Gita, chapter 18, verse 38]
The pleasure that arises from contact of the sense organs with the objects, which feels like nectar at first, but is like poison in the end, that happiness is called Rajasic.
People sacrifice some of their pleasures to get happiness of mind. Therefore this level is subtler but stronger than the first.
Happiness at this level is deeply influenced by social norms.
"Peace of mind" is happiness. "Freedom of worry" is happiness. Since mind is receptive, happiness in this level is "being", not "thinking". It is "letting go". If a person is constantly thinking about himself and "worried about being happy", that person can never be happy. People usually have lots of hobbies, likes, friendships, interests and diversions, which make them deeply involved. Joys last longer than pleasures, but they too are not permanent. They also depend much on factors outside - like the situations that people are in, present 'trends', other peoples' views and behavior etc.
Happiness at the first two levels has a trap. In an unstable person, objectives like money, power, and sensual pleasures can create longing-thoughts (sankalpa) about them. This leads to the so called chain of samsara, which is anticipation - disappointment - longing - fulfillment - desire - and when blocked, anger and frustration; when fulfilled, increased longing and anticipation. The tragedy is that such desire and longing (sankalpa) is actually for illusionary happiness, because the happiness that these people crave to get from such things are never worth for so much addiction, painful plotting and suffering. By their deluded mind they also make others suffer.
3. At the level of the intellect: This may be called 'delight', for want of a better term.
Sometimes people find themselves in situations where they have everything in the material world which are perceived in the mind as joys, but still they feel depressed. For normal people, this is because the intellect has identified a problem which the mind declines or dislikes to accept. The mind, in its natural state, always wants to be "free", to "let out of control". But you cannot run away from this problem, therefore you are depressed.
The intellect is the decision making, rational control above the mind. With practice, one can identify thoughts, pick up what is wanted, and wipe out the rest. This clarity of the intellect provides one freedom from worry, and helps decision making. It can be achieved by meditation and concentration.
Solving problems, helping others, sacrifices we make for a better good, doing one's duty with skill, self control, etc. all give rise to delight at the level of the intellect.
We see many great people, willingly undertaking hardships and untold miseries for what they have decided to be a for greater good. Such people are willing to sacrifice their present happiness of mind for happiness at a higher level. Therefore happiness at the level of the intellect is subtler but stronger than happiness of the mind.
yad thadagre vishamiva parinameamritopamam that sukham sathwikam prokthamathmabudhiprasadajam [Bhagavad Gita, chapter 18, verse 37]
That which feels like poison in the beginning, which evolves towards the end to be like nectar; born of happiness due to knowledge and self-realization, that happiness is said to be sathwik (pure).
4. At the level of jeevan (life): When one begins to perceive the 'other' eternal and all-embracing part of oneself, the ego begins to accept the other part also, and the intellect now willingly begins to submit to the jeevan or life, which is the Soul, or Iswara. Submission of the intellect can be made a lot easier by developing a strong devotion to God. At this stage, one may feel an 'Unbecoming' of one's ego. Many people develop a fear at this stage that they would willingly sacrifice everything in the material world in this state of mind, if they go further. But there is no cause for fear, as it does not mean one is to throw away any responsibility, including that to one's own perishable body. The feeling at the fourth level can be called 'bliss', and the happiness is subtler but stronger than at the level of the intellect.
Man is free to be happy at any of these levels. The two things to be borne in mind are 1. That happiness at one level should not conflict with its higher level, and 2. Should not fall into the trap of sankalpa leading to the chain of samsara as explained earlier. If it does, agony is what one gets, instead of happiness.
From the discussion it is evident that man's happiness cannot be judged simply by how much of perishable items he has, such as wealth, friends or relatives, or even his standard of life. No two people will be equal in their happiness even if all their possessions are equal in quantity. We see many people in the grasp of dreaded diseases, yet remaining perfectly peaceful in their life.
Knowledge of happiness gives proof that none of our values has to be ignored, and nothing bad has to be done, to be happy. Knowing the limitations of happiness at various levels give men real freedom. Instead of being slaves to the senses and greed, men become the masters, with strength to control, pick and choose. From animal, man evolves.
Knowledge about happiness can change the hardest of criminals.
In the Upanishadic times, men were not spoken of as good or bad. Instead, they were recognized into two types - the learned and the ignorant.
As a person ages, the pleasures and joys that he had so much relished in childhood would become boring and that person will gradually feel that he cannot enjoy them as he had done in his youth. This is a natural process. What is actually happening is that the person is "growing" to the third and fourth levels of happiness as he ages and becomes more mature. In India, tradition respects older people.
True happiness of the Soul is said to be the highest bliss that any human being in the world can achieve. But the Soul is hidden from the intellect by a multitude of pain-pleasure attachments and like-dislike ties which developed from interaction with the perishable world (kshara), beginning right from birth. Hence, these two are, naturally, the two opposites which we have to outgrow to become one with the Absolute Truth. When the mirror of a person's mind begins to get clear from the dust and dirt of these numerous pain-pleasure attachments and sankalpa, it begins to shine with wisdom, and pure and radiant happiness, reflected from Within. All we have to do is to stop running after pleasures and attachments; relax, and clear the mind...
yohantha:sukhohanthararamasthathantharjyothireva ya: sa yogi brahmanirvanam brahmabhuthohadhigachadhi [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, verse 24]
The one with happiness from Inside, the one who is in union with Inside (Universal Soul), and the one with light (knowledge) from within, that yogi becomes the true manifestation of this base or Brahma, and becomes one, and acts as one, with the Cosmic Body.
bahyasparsheshwasakthathma vindathyathmani yathsukham sa brahmayogayukthathma sukhamakshayamasnuthe [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, verse 21]
Similar to a person who is not bound by outside pleasures but enjoys happiness in the Athma (Universal Soul) within, the person who perceives Brahma in and as every body or thing feels everlasting joy.
The verse correlates with the mahavakya "Satchidananda Brahma", meaning pure, true happiness of mind is Brahma.
The Most Delightful Thing about the Advaita philosophy is that, when you are on the correct path, knowledge which correlates and corroborates with your study comes from within you. That is the real proof that you are on the right track.
Levels of consciousness
ya nisha sarvabhuthanam thasyam jagarthi samyamee
yasyam jagrathi bhuthani saa nisha pashyatho mune [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, verse 69]
To that which is night for all beings, the self-controlled man is awake; that to which all other beings are awake, is night for the sage (muni) who sees.
Jagrad: In this state, both indriyas (senses) and mind are active. We are 'awake' and 'aware' of the changing part of the world (kshara) by these two factors.
Swapna: The state of dreaming. In this state, the indriyas (senses) are asleep, but the mind is partially 'awake' and 'aware'.
Sushupthi: This is the state of deep sleep, in which both Indriyas and mind are fully asleep. We are not 'aware' or conscious.
Thureeyam: This is a state reached by meditation, beyond the awareness of time-space assumptions of the kshara world, and thus being One with the Immortal Part. (Attained not through the senses or the mind. Therefore this state is spoken of as 'unknowable', yet 'attainable'.) It is being One with the Universal Consciousness (the Soul). There is no attachment to the body or to anything pertaining to the Kshara world at this level.
Breaking the Block of Pain
mathrasparshasthu kauntheya sheethoshnasukhadukhada:
aagamapayino:nithiasthamsthithikshaswa bharatha [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, verse 14]
Cold, heat, pleasure and pain happen by the contact of sense organs with their objects. They come and go. They are temporary. Knowing this, you endure them.
Pain is perceived from two sources.
1. Body pain. Body pain is perceived by two faculties - a). the senses and b). the mind. Pain is 'known' only when the senses and the mind are awake.
When the senses sleep there is no pain. (eg. When a sensory nerve is cut off, the area that it innervates can no longer feel pain. Leprosy is also an example. And we all know what happens during local anesthesia)
When the mind sleeps, again there is no pain. (eg. unconsciousness, deep sleep, and the state called thureeyam mentioned before)
2. Mental (emotional) anguish. All emotional pain are of two types - one that comes from fear or apprehension, and the other that comes from sense of loss. In Vedanta, the study about yoga removes fear or apprehension, and study about the Universal Soul of yours removes both the fear and the sense of loss.
Breaking the Block of Dislikes
If a person feels either hatred or enmity to any other person, or if he is averse to any object in the world, he would feel utterly 'baffled' in putting this knowledge to practice. He cannot find God in them. Thus two exercises are important in living with this knowledge. 1. The training to try to rectify the mistakes of another fellow being, without any feeling of hatred or enmity. 2. The training to keep the body clean without aversion to any object.
The importance of these two can never be underestimated and if started from childhood itself, it is more advantageous. For the first, knowledge that the other person is God Itself would be the beginning. When one gives something to another person, he is giving to God. When he helps others, he is offering to God. For the second, aversion to an object is because of its relation to the perishable human body, and this knowledge will suffice. The 'bad object' is either an unwanted substance to the body, or harmful to it. This is a subjective feeling with relation to the human body, as we find millions of microorganisms feeding on even the most 'deplorable' substances. But at the same time one is not encouraged to neglect the protection to the human body, but is required to keep it clean, as it is the temple of God.
Idam shareeram kauntheya kshethramithyabhidheeyathe edadyo vethi tham prahu: kshethrajna ithi thadwida: [Bhagavad Gita, chapter 13, verse 1]
This body is the Temple of God, it is said. The one who knows, that person is called kshethrajna (One with knowledge of the temple) by the wise.
Breaking the Block of Sankalpa
sankalpaprabhavan kamamsthyakthwa sarvanasheshatha: manasaivendriyagramam viniyamya samanthatha:
shanei: shaneiruparameth budhya drithigraheethaya athmasamstham mana: krithwa na kimchithapi chinthayeth [Bhagavad Gita, chapter 6, verses 24,25]
Letting go all desires arising from sankalpa (enticing thoughts about material pleasures), and using the mind to completely control the sense organs, let the person, with his firm intellect, make the mind established in his self (Soul). Thus little by little, let him separate the mind from the material objects. Let him not think of anything.
Iswara and Brahma - significance of perception
Knowledge about the Soul enables a person to endure any suffering, disease and death, with strength and equanimity. Life cannot be explained away easily as 'for pleasure', or 'for play'. It is said that knowledge about the Soul burns away all fear, as fire burns away dry leaves.
yada bhuthaprithagbhavamekasthamanupasyathi thada eva cha vistharam brahma sampadyathe thada [Bhagavad Gita, chapter 13, verse 30]
When a person perceives all different manifestations or bodies (inanimate or living) and himself residing in one (Brahma), and from that one (Brahma) itself, the person perceives expansion or differentiation of all these bodies also, then that person becomes one with the Cosmic Body or Brahma itself.
Ihaiva thairjitha: sarggo yesham samye sthitham mana: nirdosham hi samam brahma thasmath brahmani the sthitha: [Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, verse 19]
Here, those men whose mind perceive sameness in everything, they have won in their life, because what is Equal, Without Blemish, is Brahma, therefore they become part of and reside in Brahma.
thatha: param brahmaparam brihantham yatha nikayam sarvabhutheshu gudam vishwasyaikam pariveshtitharamisam tham jnathwamritha bhavanthi [From Shwethashwatharopanishad]
Isam (One God) is greater than the kshara and greater and nobler than the Brahma. It is in all beings yet resides in them secretly, pervades all and encompasses the universe from all sides. True knowledge about this Being makes any person immortal.
Yada pashya: pashyathe rukmavarnam kartharamisam purusham brahmayonim thada vidwan punyapape vidhuya niranjana: paramam samyamupaithi [From Mundakopanishad]
The learned person who accurately perceives this golden, all powerful Isam (Soul), and It's birth canal (cradle) for everything which is the Brahma, that person becomes detached and goes beyond even all sin and virtue, and reaches the absolute sameness in everything, the One God.
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