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The moral of the story is not listening to or reading the words of men as though they were speaking for God.
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I'm leaving this here pretty much as I found it aside from a few minor corrections. It was meant to be shared so the copyright restrictions don't apply. The ******* division is where the parable stops and some editorializing was added.Quoting: Raymantheheretic
This story starts with a book. The book is held dear by an entire planet's population. The book is a blueprint, a how to, a how not to, live your life. All who use the guide swear by it for one compelling reason. It works. They need only accept it as truth to see it work in their own lives.
As with any good book it was not put together and published overnight. Sections of the book were handed down, first by word of mouth, then printed in the language of each reader as soon as could be managed. Things being as they were, by the time the book was completed there had been plenty of argument brewing. The author had set a snare inside each section to trap those that would pretend to accept the book's whole truth. The snare worked so well that the first group to get the printed portions claimed it as their own for all time before the story was halfway finished. After all, they could prove it by pointing to the parts that said so. They and another group even passed up the last installment claiming it hadn't anything to do with their book.
The trouble was the book offered two points of view, God and mans, side by side. The author allowed each reader to make the choice of how much of each view was being offered and which one to follow. Either way the reader leaves the book thinking he follows God's way alone. Readers clinging to man's version of events always ended up making life miserable for those around them.
The author saw all this coming. The author also saw it the way to get readers a complete hard copy in every language so the entire readership could all view it together and unveil the surprise ending. He planned it that way so he could make all the people really happy for a long time to come. People being the way they are, there was no other way for them to get it right. The author placed a major snare in the last installment and let people argue about it for 2000 years.
God alone was aware the big bad scary monster that all the people feared lay safely in his hand.
God alone was aware the stench of death coming from the New Testament was that of one of His own beloved characters, a stinking gas bubble easily pricked by His will. That is what is required to remove man's view from God's Word. The number of his name is left to fight over. The name of the beloved character is Paul.
We The People are the only big bad scary monsters left to fear. By that I mean all of us, every single one including me. We need to learn to stop using our world like Babylon The Whore. Our job is to take care of it and each other until the next scary set of instructions needs to be written.
Read the two versions of creation in Genesis. Why two?
Follow Paul starting in Acts. The bulk of the new testament is mainly composed of the letters of Paul written to enable murdering the word at long distance and for quite some time. To this day. This is not news to all but serves to iron out wrinkles that now separate all those trying to love the one True God. Don't remove the words of Paul but examine them in a new light. As The False Prophet. Remove the chains of man's view from all the Word for it to work and be of use to all.
I have some comments about this I would share here also but for now this seems plenty on its own. I ask that anyone with their Bible panties in a bunch over this go into deep prayer before responding and not automatically start shooting from the hip. Please?
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Some day a reformation in the Christian church may strike deep enough to get back to the unadulterated religious teachings of Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. You may preach a religion about Jesus, but, perforce, you must live the religion of Jesus. In the enthusiasm of Pentecost, Peter unintentionally inaugurated a new religion, the religion of the risen and glorified Christ. The Apostle Paul later on transformed this new gospel into Christianity, a religion embodying his own theologic views and portraying his own personal experience with the Jesus of the Damascus road. The gospel of the kingdom is founded on the personal religious experience of the Jesus of Galilee; Christianity is founded almost exclusively on the personal religious experience of the Apostle Paul. Almost the whole of the New Testament is devoted, not to the portrayal of the significant and inspiring religious life of Jesus, but to a discussion of Paul's religious experience and to a portrayal of his personal religious convictions. The only notable exceptions to this statement, aside from certain parts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, are the Book of Hebrews and the Epistle of James. Even Peter, in his writing, only once reverted to the personal religious life of his Master. The New Testament is a superb Christian document, but it is only meagerly Jesusonian...
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Hey guys this is my list for this summer. Ill be working for Outward Bound up in Leadville for the summer and we will have some time off to do some quick over night hikes. This is my list for those outings. This list does have some creature comforts in it, reason being I'm trying to show some people and guides at Outward Bound how you can comfortably go lighter and still be safe.
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Couple of areas I see you can reduce weight
Rain cover. This weighs 1/4 of the weight of your pack and water can stiil leak in through pack straps. I use a trash compactor bad inside of my pack which weighs 40g.
Phone charger only bring if you have a place to chage obviously on short overnight you dont need it
Flip flops – do you need them? And for a light weight alternative you can take a blue foam pad, trace out the shape of your foot and a strap, then duck tape the strap. I think mine were under 2 oz for the pair. http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=46709
Water Capacity. You look like you have a lot. Do you need it all or could you leave 1 or 2 containers behind?
Other that that your the only thing that looks heavy is that you have almost 2 lbs of misc stuff. Looking through it it all looks usefull but it ends up being about 20% of your basweight.
Thanks for then good advice Greg, those are all great ideas!
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Objective: To examine the changes in rates of methods of suicide in Australian states and territories between 1988 and 2007.
Design and setting: Meta-analysis of suicide mortality rates and suicide methods (hanging, shooting, gassing, poisoning, jumping from a height, drowning, use of a sharp implement) for males and females in Australian states and territories in the decades 1988–1997 and 1998–2007.
Main outcome measures: Changes in use of suicide methods from 1988 to 2007; changes in the overall suicide rates and in rates for each method of suicide in Australian states and territories between 1988–1997 and 1998–2007.
Results: There was a decline in rates of shooting, gassing, poisoning and drowning in males and a decline in shooting, gassing, jumping from a heiight and drowning among females, but an increase in hanging by both males and females in the decade 1998–2007 when the compared to 1988–1997. There was significant variation in the rates of and trends in methods of suicide between the states and territories of Australia between 1988–1997 and 1998–2007.
Conclusions: The decline in rates of suicide in most parts of Australia coincides with a reduction in the availability of lethal methods. Consideration should be given to further measures to limit the availability of lethal methods of suicide.
In 1997, there was a peak in the number of suicides in Australia, when 2720 deaths were classified as suicide, giving an overall non-age-adjusted rate of 14.7 per 100 000. Over the next 10 years, the total number of suicides fell so that in 2007, 1880 deaths were classified as suicide, an overall non-age-adjusted rate of 8.9 per 100 000.1 Although the number of deaths from suicide fell, this does not appear to be the result of a decline in suicidal ideation or rates of attempted suicide. The 1997 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (NSMHW) found a 12-month prevalence of suicidal ideation of 2.9%, and that 0.3% of the population had attempted suicide.2 In the 2007 survey, those figures were 2.3% and 0.4%, respectively.3
A comparison of 2007 NSMHW data and completed suicide rates suggests that as few as one in 40 suicide attempts results in a fatality. However, a recent Australian study estimated that 12% of patients arriving at a hospital after a suicide attempt died,4 and there is wide variation in the lethality of methods used. For example, the estimated mortality from self-shooting is 90%, from attempted hanging is 83% and from jumping from a height is 60%, whereas fewer than 3% of suicide attempts by self-poisoning or by sharp implement result in death.4
In this study, we examine the rates of suicide by method of suicide in the Australian states and territories in each of the two decades between 1988 and 2007. During this period, Australia introduced one of the world's first national suicide prevention strategies,5 and measures to reduce the availability of some lethal methods of committing suicide, including the firearms "buy back" scheme6,7 and the introduction of catalytic converters in all new cars.8 There was also a major change in the pattern of prescription of antidepressant medications, with a decline in the use of tricyclic antidepressants and an increase in the use of the less toxic serotonin re-uptake inhibitors.9
The reduction in firearm suicide in Australia in the past two decades is well known,6,10 but we were unable to locate any studies reporting changes in the rates of suicide by other methods. Our hypothesis in this study was that any reduction in suicide would result mainly from the decreased availability of some lethal methods, including gassing, shooting and non-gas poisoning (referred to here as "poisoning"), and that methods of suicide that are less amenable to regulatory control, such as hanging, drowning, use of a sharp implement and jumping from a height, would not have declined.
Suicide deaths coded using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9 (ninth revision) and ICD-10 in each Australian state and territory were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for each of the 20 years between January 1988 and December 2007 (Brooke Black, Information Consultant, ABS, personal communication).11 Suicide rates were calculated for hanging, strangulation and suffocation (ICD-9, 953; ICD-10, X70); non-gas poisoning (ICD-9, 950; ICD-10, X61, X66, X68 and X69); poisoning with gas (ICD-9, 951 and 952, ICD-10, X67); use of firearm or explosive (ICD-9, 955; ICD-10 X72–X75); jumping from a height (ICD-9, 957; ICD-10, X80); self-stabbing and cutting (ICD-9, 956; ICD-10, X78); and drowning (ICD-9, 954; ICD-10, X71) for each state and territory for each year, and for the two decades 1988–1997 and 1998–2007. ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes for suicide are highly comparable.12,13
ABS figures for the population of males and females in June of each year in each state and territory were used to calculate annual non-age-adjusted suicide rates.14 The sum of suicides and populations in each year of each decade was used to calculate male and female suicide rates for each suicide method in each state and territory in the two decades. Poisson regression analysis was used to assess the changes in suicide method over the 20 years from 1988 to 2007 after controlling for the total number of suicides.
A planned meta-analysis was undertaken. First, meta-analyses were used to calculate a pooled national rate of suicide by any method for each decade. The two decade-long periods were chosen to increase the accuracy in the rates of suicide in regions with small numbers and to minimise the effect of delayed coroners' verdicts. Second, meta-analyses were used to estimate a national suicide rate for each method of suicide in each decade. Thus, a third set of meta-analyses was used to examine changes in the national rates of suicide by method of suicide, as small changes in method in the more populous states could conceal significant but opposing trends in the less populous states in any analysis of national rates. Meta-analysis was used to estimate rates and changes in rates in all three analyses because pooling of results by simple addition might not be valid because of heterogeneity, and might conceal significant variations in state and territory suicide rates.15 Rate ratio was used as the measure of effect size. The two decades were regarded as independent samples because of the large demographic changes in Australia over that time. The choice of a fixed or random effects meta-analysis was made on the basis of an assessment of statistical heterogeneity in suicide rates (between states and territories in both periods) using an I-square statistic, and on the basis of statistical heterogeneity in the rate ratios after the examination of changes in suicide rates.16
Meta-analysis was conducted using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) version 2 (Biostat, Englewood, NJ, USA). CMA uses the same computational algorithms to weight studies by inverse variance and to calculate effect sizes and pooled estimates as are used in the Cochrane Collaboration and other systematic reviews.
In 1988, the national male suicide rate per 100 000 males per annum was 21.0. The most common methods were shooting (5.93), hanging (5.14), gassing (4.43) and poisoning (2.56). Less common methods were jumping from a height (0.84), drowning (0.43) and suicide by sharp implement (0.43). Other methods, including electrocution, immolation and jumping in front of moving vehicles, accounted for a total of less than 1.17 per 100 000 per annum.
In the following 10 years, there was a trend towards an increase in suicide by males, to a peak in 1998 when the national suicide rate was 28.3 per 100 000. This peak was associated with a near doubling of the rate of hanging, and occurred despite a 60% fall in firearm suicides between 1988 and 1998. Between 1998 and 2007, there were declines in suicides by hanging (by 29%), gassing (by 69%), shooting (by 34%), jumping (by 29%), use of sharp implements (by 25%) and drowning (by 46%). By 2007, the total male suicide rate had fallen to 13.9 per 100 000 per annum, a decline of 51% in 10 years. Suicides by methods other than hanging, shooting, gassing, poisoning, jumping, drowning or sharp implement declined as a proportion of suicides and, by 2007, accounted for 2.7% of suicides.
Poisson regression analysis showed a rise in the proportion of all male suicides by hanging over the period 1988 to 2007, but a decline in the proportion of suicides by shooting, gassing, poisoning and drowning. The proportion of suicide by jumping and sharp implement remained unchanged. (Box 1).
In 1988, the national female suicide rate per 100 000 females per annum was 5.64. The most common method was poisoning (2.25) at a rate that was similar to that of males (2.56). Suicide by other methods was less common in females, and the rates of hanging (1.09) gassing (0.83), shooting (0.38), jumping (0.30), drowning (0.35) and use of sharp implements (0.02) were all lower than for males. Over the next 10 years, there was a decline in suicide among females by all methods except hanging, which rose by 75% to 1.93 per 100 000 per annum, resulting in a small rise in the overall rate of suicide for females.
In the decade from 1998 to 2007 there was a 26% decline in the total female suicide rate, to 3.96 per 100 000 per annum as a result of declines in suicides by hanging (by 10%), gassing (by 63%), shooting (by 74%), jumping (by 38%), drowning (by 20%) and use of sharp implements (by 29%).
Poisson regression analysis showed an increase in the proportion of all female suicides by hanging over the period 1988 to 2007, but a decline in suicide by shooting, poisoning and drowning, and no change in the proportion of female suicides by gassing and use of sharp implements (Box 1).
Between 1998 and 2007, New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory had lower rates of male suicide than the other states and less than half the rate in the Northern Territory (Box 2). In the decade 1988 to 1997, there were no significant differences between the states and territories in the suicide rates of females. However, from 1998 to 2007 the rates of female suicide in the Tasmania and NT were significantly higher, and the rates in NSW and the ACT were lower than the other states (Box 2). The ACT, NSW and Vic had lower rates of female suicide for most methods of suicide than South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia and Tas in both decades. During 1998 to 2007, the NT had the highest rate of male suicide and female suicide by hanging and sharp implement, and the highest rate of female shooting suicide.
In 1998 to 2007, Tas had the highest rate of male gassing and shooting. In NSW, rates of both male and female suicide by jumping were about twice those of other mainland states.
Between 1988–1997 and 1998–2007, there was a small but significant decline in the pooled Australian suicide rate for males and a smaller and statistically non-significant decline in the rate for females (Box 2). In the case of both male and female suicide, this result concealed significant differences between states and territories. NSW and Qld had a significant fall in both male and female suicide, Vic and WA had significant declines in male but not female suicide rates, and the NT had a significant increase in male suicide.
Male hanging increased significantly in every state and territory over the two decades. Rates of hanging by females also increased significantly in every state, but had a non-significant fall in the ACT.
Shooting suicides by males declined significantly in every state and territory. There were significant declines in shooting suicides by females in NSW, Qld, SA and WA. Male suicide by gassing declined significantly in NSW, Vic, Qld, WA and the NT. Female gassing declined significantly in NSW. Male and female suicide by poisoning declined in NSW, Vic and Qld, while female suicide by poisoning increased significantly in the ACT. Male suicide by jumping from a height declined in NSW, Vic and Qld, but increased in the NT. Female suicide by jumping declined significantly in NSW, but not in other regions. Male suicide by drowning fell in NSW but increased significantly in the NT. Female drowning decreased significantly in NSW and Qld.
Using meta-analysis, we found evidence of a modest but statistically significant decline of 8% in the pooled estimate of male suicide in Australia over the past 20 years, indicated by a rate ratio of 0.92 between the two decades (Box 2). Despite the fall in national rates of suicide among males, there was a significant increase in suicides among males in the NT. Meta-analysis did not show a significant decline in female suicide in Australia, despite significant falls in female suicide in NSW and Qld.
Considered nationally, the falls in male suicide were due to significant reductions in shooting, gassing and poisoning, and occurred despite an increase in suicide by hanging. There were similar changes in the methods of suicide used by females. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that that measures to control the availability of firearms, the requirement for new cars to be fitted with catalytic converters and the decline in the prescription of tricyclic antidepressants have resulted in a decline in total suicide rates.
In contrast to shooting, gassing and poisoning, hanging suicides by males and females increased, rare suicides by sharp objects were unchanged, and jumping from a height declined only among females. The absence of a demonstrable fall in the rates of suicide by these methods might be because they are difficult to regulate. The exception was drowning, a rare method of suicide that might never be regulated, that declined significantly among males and females.
The higher rate of suicide by jumping in NSW relative to other states might be explained by the ready access to cliffs and the greater number of high bridges and tall buildings in the Sydney region. The increase in male suicides in the NT, due to very high rates of jumping, hanging and, according to these statistics, drowning, has been discussed elsewhere.17
A potential limitation of our study is that there has been debate about the quality of ABS suicide data, and whether differences in the way suicide has been defined and identified have influenced the reported rates of suicide.18,19 The main limitation of ABS data is the reliance on coronial verdicts, which are often delayed and sometimes pass an open verdict as to the cause of death. An investigation of under-reporting of suicides in ABS data, using data from 2000 and 2005, found that about 9% of cases in which there might have been suicidal intent were coded as having an "ill defined and unknown" cause (ICD-10, R95–R99), and a further 13% of cases that might have been suicides had no recorded cause of death.20 Suicides by hanging and self-strangulation were found to be more likely to result in open verdicts. However, despite some variation from year to year, systematic under-reporting of suicide occurred in all the years of this study, with the delayed findings of coronial inquiries appearing in the figures for subsequent years. The ABS has improved its methods for recording suicide, but some of the reduction in rates of suicide deaths reported in this study might be the result of the use of non-suicide codes in some of the years pending a verdict of a coronial inquiry.
Although the limitations of the ABS data may have resulted in underreporting of suicides, the most common method of suicide leading to uncertain coroner's verdicts was hanging, with potential underreporting in the ABS data.18,19 However, our results have shown that hanging became the most common method of suicide in the later, second decade of study.
Suicide in Australia might be reduced by three broad types of public health measure. First, the provision of mental health services to a greater proportion of previously untreated mentally ill people might prevent some suicides — there is evidence that the early treatment of psychotic illness can reduce suicide attempts.21,22 However, in the past decade, there was only a modest increase in the proportion of mentally ill people receiving treatment, from 32.5% in 1997 to 34.9% in 2007.23A second approach would be to attempt to identify and treat high-risk individuals. This is also unlikely to be especially successful, because methods of assessing suicide risk have only modest sensitivity and specificity, and because suicide is rare.24,25 The limited capacity to predict who will commit suicide is evident from the statistic that more than 2% of the Australian population experience suicidal ideas in any given year, but fewer than one in 10 000 complete suicide. Hence, the intervention that would be most likely to further reduce the rate of suicide would be to further limit the availability of lethal means (Box 3).
1 Changes in use of suicide methods over time in Australia 1988–2007*
ns = not-significant. * Poisson regression, controlled for using the total number of suicides. † Regression coefficient.
2 Meta-analyses of rates (per 100 000 male or female population) of Australian state and territory suicide methods during 1988–1997 and 1998–2007 and of the rate ratio between these periods
3 Ways that may further reduce the availability of lethal methods of suicide
Make benzodiazepines an S8-category drug and reduce the quantity that can be dispensed at one time.
Ban the storage of firearms in the home in urban areas, so that all recreational weapons are stored in approved repositories.
Regulate to install motor-exhaust gas sensors linked to engine immobilisers.
Ban long, pointed kitchen knives to reduce self-stabbing, as well as the stabbing of other people.26
Erect protective barriers at well-known jumping points.27,28


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French prosecutors have asked a judge to put Continental Airlines and four people on trial for manslaughter. The case arises from the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet shortly after takeoff from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport that killed 113 people, including four on the ground. The prosecutor's office in suburban Paris says it submitted the recommendation for trial in late February. The court isn't bound to follow the prosecutors' suggestion and it's unclear when the judge would respond to the request. French investigators blamed the crash of the Air France Concorde on a titanium strip left on the runway by a Continental Airlines DC-10. The metal strip caused one of the Concorde's tires to burst, which sent debris flying that punctured the jet's fuel tanks. Houston-based Continental maintains that it wasn't responsible for the crash.
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are offering rival election year budget plans that highlight the trade-offs the next president is likely to face. Democrats are offering a $3 trillion plan that aims to ultimately balance the budget. It would provide increases for many domestic programs, but assumes increased tax revenue will come in when President Bush's tax cuts expire in about three years. The Republican alternative would preserve those cuts as well as other tax breaks. The price includes cuts in Medicare and Medicaid as well as housing and community development programs. Debate over the budget resolution sets the stage for follow-up bills affecting taxes and benefit programs and annual appropriations bills. Unless the follow-up legislation is passed, the budget debate has little real effect but does lay out party priorities. The first votes are not expected until Thursday.
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Record spending has helped push the federal deficit to a record high over the past five months. The Treasury Department says the deficit for the budget year that began October 1st is up 62 percent from the red ink for the same five-month period a year earlier. The current $263.3 billion deficit is an all-time high. Just for February, the government ran in the red by $175.6 billion, a record for any single month. The White House predicts the deficit will reach $410 billion as the economic slowdown cuts into tax revenues. The Bush administration and some economists hope growth will pick up in the second half of this year as the government's tax rebates and business tax breaks ripple through the economy.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. Beside Route 101 here, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, sits a building with what may be the only pink Rotary Club insignia in the world. The building is the Madonna Inn, where not only the signs but also the lampposts, Coca-Cola machines and the leather banquettes in the dining room are the same bright shade of pink.
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5 haunted Shanghai spots
It shouldn't surprise many that Shanghai, with its infamous past, should be teeming with citizens of "another world."
Ranging from mythical to sad to downright creepy, their stories must be told.
Nine Dragon Pillar
Who hasn't been curious about the glittery, dragon-gilded column smack in the middle of Chengdu Bei Lu and Yan An Lu?
One urban legend has become increasingly popular, developing into a bigger and darker tale over time:
When elevated highway construction workers hit a snag while digging to erect the central pillar at the intersection of Yan'an Lu and Beigdu Bei Lu, a local priest was called in and discovered that deep below the earth, a sleeping dragon had made its home. The workers' constant pounding had awaken it from its centuries-old nap.
After many offerings, apologies and prayers, the priest told the workers to erect a beautiful pillar to calm the grumpy beast.
Mysteriously, the priest, young and in perfect health, is said to have dropped dead the very next day.
Nine Dragon Pillar, intersection of Yan'an Lu and Chengdu Bei Lu 延安路, 近成都北路
Jing'an Park
Jing'an District, in particular the environs surrounding the city's oldest and most famous temple, is a bona fide hangout for Shanghai's ghostly citizens.
Daniel Newman, director of of Newman Ghost Tours (firstname.lastname@example.com) and a true ghost tour aficionado, explains that this laid-back and popular city haunt has an eerie past.
Barring old folks and history geeks, few know it was once the site of an expat cemetery and crematorium. One of the city's 10 foreign cemeteries, it was exhumed in the mid-1950s.
Spirits are said to be lurking about in every nook and cranny with a number of reported "disturbances."
"The park is said to be haunted by tree ghosts that can predict lottery numbers," says Newman. "The most famous spirits are Jing'an Park's water ghosts that try to pull unwitting passers-by into the water."
So, beware of those rippling lily pads.
Jing'an Park, corner of Huashan Lu and Nanjing Xi Lu 华山路, 近南京西路
Paramount Theatre
Known for decades as a "grand dance hall," this art-deco gem was once a full-service pleasure palace catering to top opium dealers, gangster types and an occasional glitterati.
Years passed along with the glamor, glitz and a fair bit of opium, but what allegedly remains is the ghost of a young taxi dancer. After refusing a dance with a Japanese solider, she was shot dead in retribution.
Paramount's night-shift staff claim they see this lonely waif practicing her solitary dance moves in the building's original dance floor on the fourth floor.
During a 1990s renovation, an unfortunate soul met his maker under falling scaffolding. Not quite ready to cross over to the other side -- seems he never did -- the building's management has received endless complaints of mysterious falling objects of all sizes from the windows above. You have been warned.
Paramount Theatre, 218 Yuyuan Lu, near Wanhangdu Lu 愚园路218号, 近万航渡路
A "deadly" tea service
This ominous, burned-out shell of a building near the beginning of Nanjing Lu, once a thriving 1980s hotel, scores high on our "heebie jeebie" scale.
According to local legend, a young hotel waitress who had been having a bad day spilt some tea on a customer. Whisked away by an angry boss, she was locked in a room as punishment.
Next, a horrific fire swept through the building and claimed the young girl's life.
Though now vacant of guests, but far from empty, Newman notes "local residents claim to see the face of the gloomy young girl peering out from her eternal home."
"She incidentally doesn't take too kindly to visitors in her house, as construction crews and potential new owners can attest to, some never lasting more than a few hours inside the building," he says.
Word soon spread about the ghostly encounters and this building remains empty.
Nanjing Xi Lu, near Yongyuan Xi Lu 南京西路, 近永源西路
Plaza 66
Plaza 66's construction days were filled with endless havoc.
Desperate developers eventually called in a feng shui master to find out what was holding up the project, only to discover the culprit was apparently an ancient goddess living in the foundation.
Like her scaly companion (with slightly narcissistic tendencies) she would only be satisfied with a new building design and an incense stick burned in her honor.
"The design of the building was accordingly altered to resemble a burning incense stick, and has stood solidly ever since," notes Newman.
Plaza 66, 1266 Nanjing Xi Lu, near Shaanxi Bei Lu 南京西路1266号, 近陕西北


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Tibetan / Vajrayana
Vajrayana Buddhism is most closely associated with Tibet and can be characterized by the figure of the siddha, the master whose spiritual realization is so profound that he or she has power over the phenomenal world, and in whom the profundity and vastness of absolute truth is fully and completely manifested. Many of our most well-known authors come from this tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
[Note: The tags for the various schools are not definitive as many books span multiple traditions, etc. They are meant to use as a starting point for exploring this collection.]
The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa
A New TranslationPowerful and deeply inspiring, there is no book more beloved by Tibetans than The Hundred Thousand Songs, and no figure more revered than Milarepa, the great eleventh-century poet and saint. An ordinary man who, through sheer force of effort, faith, and perseverance, overcame nearly insurmountable obstacles on the spiritual path to achieve enlightenment in a single lifetime, he stands as an exemplar of what it is to lead a spiritual… Read More
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The Life and Visions of Yeshe Tsogyal
The Autobiography of the Great Wisdom QueenThe many layers of the heroic life of Yeshé Tsogyal, Tibet's best-known dakini and female master, are revealed in this inspiring work. Translated here for the first time, this terma, or "hidden treasure," presents an outer narrative of her birth, family, and struggles in a traditional male-dominated society; an inner account of her meetings with the great master Padmasambhava; and a secret chronicle of her retreat at Chimpu and her… Read More
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The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
The Great Biography by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Other StoriesThe foremost torchbearer of the ecumenical Rime movement, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959) dedicated his life to the study, practice, and propagation of all the schools and lineages that are collectively known as Tibetan Buddhism. The staggeringly long list of teachings he received and transmitted in turn testifies to the depth of his appreciation of all aspects of the Dharma, and the roster of his eminent students reveals how his… Read More
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The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi
British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist NunShe was the first Western woman to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun—but that pioneering ordination was really just one in a life full of revolutionary acts. Freda Bedi (1911–1977) broke the rules of gender, race, and religion—in many cases before it was thought that the rules were ready to be challenged. She was at various times a force in the struggle for Indian independence, spiritual seeker, scholar, professor, journalist, author,… Read More
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Lessons from the Life and Songs of Tibet's Great Yogi
He went from being the worst kind of malevolent sorcerer to a devoted and ascetic Buddhist practitioner to a completely enlightened being all in a single lifetime. The story of Milarepa (1040–1123) is a tale of such extreme and powerful transformation that it might be thought not to have much direct application to our own less dramatic lives—but Chögyam Trungpa shows otherwise. This collection of his teachings on the life… Read More
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Tibetan Zen
Discovering a Lost TraditionUntil the early twentieth century, hardly any traces of the Tibetan tradition of Chinese Chan Buddhism, or Zen, remained. Then the discovery of a sealed cave in Dunhuang, full of manuscripts in various languages dating from the first millennium CE, transformed our understanding of early Zen. This book translates some of the earliest surviving Tibetan Zen manuscripts preserved in Dunhuang. The translations illuminate different aspects of the Zen tradition, with… Read More
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The Epic of Gesar of Ling
Gesar's Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as KingThe epic of Gesar has been the national treasure of Tibet for almost a thousand years. An open canon of tales about a superhuman warrior-king, the epic is still a living oral tradition, included on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This book is a translation of the beginning portion of this enormous corpus, covering all the events from Gesar's divine conception to his human birth… Read More
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Buton's History of Buddhism in India and Its Spread to Tibet
A Treasury of Priceless ScriptureThis fourteenth-century Tibetan classic serves as an excellent introduction to basic Buddhism as practiced throughout India and Tibet and describes the process of entering the Buddhist path through study and reflection. It begins with setting forth the structure of Buddhist education and the range of its subjects, and we're treated to a rousing litany of the merits of such instruction. We're then introduced to the buddhas of our world… Read More
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The Epic of Gesar of Ling
Gesar's Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as KingTibet's great national literary treasure, the epic of Gesar, is the equivalent of the Iliad or the Odyssey in the West. It arose out of a comparable oral tradition, beginning in the eleventh century, and is now considered the longest single work in the world literary canon. King Gesar's exploits are full of magic and high adventure, and are also models of Buddhist teaching: Gesar came to be widely regarded… Read More
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History of the Karmapas
The Odyssey of the Tibetan Masters with the Black Crown
Masters of esoteric knowledge and miraculous practices, the lineage of the Karmapas is the earliest of all the recognized incarnate lineages and is said to descend from the great Indian tantric master Tilopa through a chain that includes Naropa, Marpa, and Milarepa. The Karmapas are distinguished by their black crowns, said to have been woven by dakinis and symbolizing the activity of the buddhas. Unlike other Tibetan Buddhist lineage… Read More
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Before I start my review, I'd like to begin with a little context.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus, the Vita port of Ninja Gaiden Sigma (an enhanced port of Ninja Gaiden Black, which was an enhanced update of Ninja Gaiden for the first Xbox), launched alongside Sony's new handheld in February 2012.
Ninja Gaiden 3 was released in March of the same year for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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Twelve months. Four Ninja Gaiden titles. Only one of them was an original game.
I can't be the only one that sees a problem with this.
There's really not much of a point going through the specifics of this game compared to the two previous editions of this game. Combat is still the same highly-stylized combo-driven system, and it still feels a bit too rigid compared to other highly-stylized combo-driven systems. Platforming segments break up the monotony of combat, and only serve to highlight the rigidity of the controls. You'll find and upgrade new weapons and magic, fight ninjas, demons, and a menagerie of some of the craziest bosses in video game history. It's all competent, but lacks the magic and hardcore difficulty of the first Ninja Gaiden/Black/Sigma game.
The Vita version makes a few new additions to spice things up, though they're largely unnecessary. The "Hero" Play Style returns from the first Sigma Plus, allowing novice players to finish the game by putting blocking and evading on auto-pilot whenever Ryu's health gets too low. You'll also get a few new costumes (oh, boy!), the ability to use the touch-screen for different controls (like using the bow), as well as a new "Ninja Race" mode, which forces players to move through the various levels as quickly as possible.
Does this game need to exist? A portable version of the first Ninja Gaiden game was a great idea – Ninja Gaiden/Black/Sigma is largely considered one of the greatest action games of the Xbox/PS2 era, and it's great that we have a portable edition of it. Ninja Gaiden 2, however, was considered mostly OK by a large majority of critics, and it's hardly the necessary experience that the first game was. Even with the Vita's meager library, you could do far better, and in a sea of choices, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus drowns itself with above-average gameplay, unnecessary additions, and technical issues. It's not a bad game – just superfluous.
- For better or for worse, it's a competent portable version of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
- The new modes and additions aren't unwelcome…
- …just kind of pointless
- It actually feels a bit too easy
- Some rather jarring framerate hiccups and texturing problems
- How many more ports of these games are we going to get?
- Graphics: 70
- Audio: 70
- Controls: 75
- Gameplay: 75
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Sked, Alan (2004) Living on one's wits: J. A. Blackwell's vain attempts to become British Consul in Hungary. In: Peter, Laszlo and Rady, Martyn, (eds.) British-Hungarian Relations Since 1848. SSEES occasional paper series,62(62). School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, London, UK, pp. 13-31. ISBN 9780903425735
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Despite His Claims, Djou's Been Serving Corporate Special Interests – Not Honolulu Families
Despite His Claims in TV Ad, Charles Djou's Been Serving Corporate Special Interests – Not Honolulu Families
What's interesting about Charles Djou's new TV ad isn't what he says, it's what he doesn't say.
Djou doesn't talk about his long record of supporting corporate special interests over the needs of families in Hawaii.
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Djou doesn't discuss his plan to abolish taxes on health insurance companies – the same insurance companies that have recently proposed double-digit premium increases in many states.
Djou doesn't discuss his efforts to slash the first responders' budget in Honolulu or his disastrous plan that would impair radio systems used by emergency personnel. And he doesn't bring up his proposal to cut sewage funding, which would help ensure Oahu doesn't face another massive sewage spill, like Waikiki's major 2006 spill, that would close beaches and hurt the economy.
He doesn't address his timid, politically-motivated semi-endorsement of the effort to subject Hawaiian seniors' Social Security benefits to the whim of the stock market and greedy Wall Street traders, and cutting Social Security benefits for those under 55.
And, not surprisingly, Djou doesn't discuss his plan to offer huge tax breaks for the rich and his opposition to tax cuts for middle-class Honolulu families.
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- Djou told the American Spectator that President Bush "had the right idea" in addressing Social Security reform "but wasn't willing to say he supported a specific plan because" he'd be attacked "for wanting to destroy Social Security." [American Spectator, 3/12/10]
- In his Congressional campaign, Djou has argued that the current structure of health insurance in the U.S. is an anachronism and that the insurance market be made a more "normal" individual choice. [http://www.Djou.com/issues.html, accessed 3/8/10]
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- Djou argued for eliminating taxation for insurance companies. [Statement of Rep. Djou, 2/15/02; Page 221 of 2002 House Journal; Statement of Rep. Djou, 4/30/02; Page 1062-1063 of 2002 House Journal]
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