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|2,317 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|2 - 3 nights
One of the closest possible communities to Walt Disney World (less than 3 miles away), Emerald Island is a quiet oasis in which to spend your vacation. Emerald Island is an exclusive gated community less than a mile from the world famous US Highway 192 where you will find shops, restaurants, and entertainment.
This spacious villa offers all the amenities of your own home and with everything we could need ourselves! The villa has two master en-suites (one is on the second floor and the other on the first floor) with king and queen size bed and its own large private bathroom, one queen bed for the 3rd room, two kid rooms with twin beds, and a queen size sofa sleeper. It comfortably sleeps up to 12 people. It is managed locally so you always have someone to call on in case of a problem.
Wireless internet, cable TV, free long distance calls within US. Every bedroom has a LCD TV. Living room has 42' LCD TV. Pool table, air hokey table, PlayStation2 console with games.
Screen enclosed pool area has a super-sized pool, patio-set under Lanai, lounge Chairs, zero-gravity chairs, free Gas BBQ grill, and child-safety fence for enjoying the famous Florida sunshine!
Best location:
The Emerald Island Resort offers an array of complimentary amenities, which are available to guests. The 4,000 square foot club house has a fitness centre, volley ball and tennis court, sauna, computer access to the Internet, heated community pool and spa pool, Video games room, together with children's play area and Tikki Hut, and is the perfect place to get to know other families. The Clubhouse is very near a trail for walking, jogging or biking which winds through the community's natural woodland setting.
For any golfers in your party the fabulous Mystic Dunes Golf Club is just a few minutes away. There are many other world renown golf courses designed by golf greats within 30 minutes drive, such as Grand Cypress Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus); Orange County National Golf; Orange Lake Country Club (Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay); Walt Disney World Golf Courses (Pete Dye, Tom Fazio , Joeseph L. Lee); Celebration Golf Club(Robert Trent Jones); ChampionsGate Golf Resort (Greg Norman) etc..
This is a popular Florida villa in a quiet location yet within easy reach of the main attractions, including Disney, Universal Studios, and SeaWorld. It's less than 30 from Orlando airport. Within easy reach by way of Interstate 4 to the east are Tampa, Busch Gardens, and the white sand beaches of the Gulf Coast, whilst to the west lie Kennedy Space Center, Daytona, Cocoa Beach and the Atlantic Coast, etc...Famous Orlando Premium Outlets around 15 minutes and The Florida Mall around 25 minutes driving. You definitely will find a lot of great bargains down there.
Kids friendly:
No fight for TV channels. Every bedroom has a LCD TV. Living room has 42' LCD TV. Total of 6 TVs. Pool table, air hokey table, and PlayStation2 game console with many games are ready to add more fun to your stay.
A baby equipment package including high chairs, strollers and baby monitors are free for your use.
The best community resort, the 4,000 square foot club house has a fitness centre, volley ball and tennis court, sauna, computer access to the Internet, heated community pool and spa pool, Video games room, together with children's play area and Tikki Hut, and is the perfect place to get to know other families. The Clubhouse is very near a trail for walking, jogging or biking which winds through the community's natural woodland setting.
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This villa was in a great neighborhood, a gated comunity resort, the kids really enjoyed the pool, and a morning Walk is a must l, also the BBQ is perfect, everything was beyond expectations, thanks to Ann that responded al my e mails fast!!
I had an awesome experience and would recommend this home to anyone. This beautiful home is in a beautiful development and only a few minutes a way from the parks. The rooms are very spacious. Very clean home and very well maintained. The layout and the amenities were great. It felt like home. This is the second year I have rented from Ann and Gary. They are great to rent from. They were prompt, caring and respectful with all their responses. I know I will be in touch with them next year for our next vacation. HIGHLY recommended by my family. You won't be disappointed.
I booked this home for 2 weeks in January 2014. The booking agent told me the home was a luxury home in a great location. The location is good and close to the Disney parks. The home itself shows signs of aging and wear in many places (carpet, lanai, grill, microwave, countertops, game room, landscaping, and interior paint). While we were there a maintenance person shared with me the home is booked so often the owners don't have time to keep up with needed repairs. I was expecting more, especially after reading all of the 5 star reviews. I have rented over 10 homes from VRBO before and this one has been the only one that has not met my expectations. The home is in a good location, with average to deteriorating condition.
We are regulars to Disney World having gone the past 5 out of 6 years, and this stay at this home was all we were promised. It was nice being about to easily accommodate our party of 9 with everyone having the space to spread out and enjoy our week long vacation. Whether it was a nice swim in the big pool, watching TV, cooking our meals, enjoying the converted playroom/garage or just lounging around, this was an excellent residence. And of course, I would be remiss to not mention the price. This is one of the best weekly rates we have found for all of the Emerald Island Resort for a home of this size and the amenities provided. The owner is very responsive, and we had absolutely no criticism about any aspect of the home. Highly recommend.
we have party of 8 people and stayed in this beatiful home. The house is the great condition,supper clean and a log room for everyone. The pool is so big so we can really do some swimming. we will be back to this house for sure and we can not wait for our next vacation in orlando.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at this vacation home in Orlando. The Emerald Isle location is great, very close to everything including Disney. The house came with a pool table and air hockey table which provided lots of enjoyment for the kids. The wifi was very fast as we used many computers, phones, etc.. The pool was very large and heated so we were able to swim even at this time of the year. The kitchen and family room had plenty of room to move around and the kitchen was stocked with the supplies we needed. 5 bedrooms, including two downstairs made it very convenient for the entire family, especially the grandparents who were able to stay/sleep downstairs.
I would recommend this house to those that are interested. 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms make it one of the larger houses in the area, easily accomodating the 8 individuals in our group.
Golf: There are many superb golf courses within easy reach including Remington, Hunter's Creek, Kissimmee Bay, Poinciana, Championsgate with two Greg Norman designed courses, Reunion with three courses designed by Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicholas, Highland Reserve, Providence, Remington, Orange Lake, Diamond Back, and Falcon's Fire to name just a few.
|Rate Period
|Weekend Night
|Monthly *
Fall Special
Aug 28 2017 - Dec 15 2017
2 night minimum stay
My Standard Rate
3 night minimum stay
|Refundable damage deposit
Calendar on this site is not updated. Please email or call us for availability.
* $300 (or higher for longer bookings ) security deposit is required at the time of booking.
* Pool/spa heating is optional, discount for longer stay.
* Stays of 7 days or less incur cleaning fee.
* A 13% tourist tax is applied.
* Rates for Holidays vary depending on demand.
Our calendar is not updated here. Contact us for availability and exact rate for your stay.
* Approximate monthly rate. Actual rate will depend on the days of the month you stay.


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Development Committee
of various kinds of documents like conveyence deed,saleee deed,
gift deed, rent deed,will, GPA,SPA etc in case of properties located
in south delhi district is done in the office of Sub-Register V
which is a wing of the office of
Deputy Commissioner South.
The Registration of documents is made under the provisions of the
Registration Act, 1908:
As per Section 32 of the Registration Act, 1908 every document to
be registered under the Act shall be presented at the registration-office
a.by some person executing or claiming under the same, or, in the
case of a copy of a decree or order, claiming under the decree or
order, or b.by the representative or assign or such a person, or
c.by the agent of such a person, representative or assign, duly
authorized by power-of-attorney and authenticated in manner hereinafter
As per Section 33 of the Act, for the purpose of section 32, the following
powers-of-attorney shall alone be recognized:
a.if the principal at the time of executing the power-of-attorney resides
in any part of India in which the Act is in force, a power-of-attorney
executed before and authenticated by the Registrar or Sub-Registrar within
whose district or sub-district the principal resides;
b.if the principal at the time aforesaid (resides in any part of India
in which this Act is not in force), a power -of-attorney executed before
and authenticated by any magistrate;
c.if the principal at the time aforesaid does not reside in India, a power-of-attorney
executed before and authenticated by a Notary Public, or any Court, Judge,
Magistrate, (Indian) consul or Vice-Consul, or representative of the Central
government and duty authenticated by the collector of Stamps.
Provided that the following persons shall not be required to attend at
any registration-office or Court for the purpose of executing any such
power-of-attorney as is mentioned in clauses (a) and (b) of this section,
i.persons who by reason of bodily infirmity are unable without risk or
serious inconvenience so to attend; ii.persons who are in jail under civil
or criminal process; and iii.persons exempt by law from personal appearance
in court.
Endorsements are made under Section 52, 58 and 60 of the Registration
Act on the document after completion of formalities before Sub-Registrar.
5.The delivery of document is made on the production of the receipt issued
by the cashier in respect of the document at the time of presentation.
Q. Which papers/document/fees, do I take with me?
1.Document required to be registered ( in duplicate) 2.Two Passport size
photographs of both parties. 3.Two witnesses. 4.Proof of identification
of each party and witnesses i.e. election Identity Card, Passport, identity
Card issued by Govt. of India, Semi govt. and Autonomous bodies or identification
by a Gazetted officer. 5.In case the property is/was under a lease from
D.D.A., L&DO, M.C.D., Industries Department, Labour Department of
Delhi Govt. etc., permission of lessor for registration of the document.
6.No objection Certificate under section 8 of Delhi Land (Restriction
and Transfer) Act, 1972 from Tehsildar of the Sub Division of the District
to the effect that the property is not under acquisition. (in case of
L & Do and DDA colonies) Copy of conveyance deed, if the property
is freehold.
Q. What will be the criteria used while deciding my case?
1.The document is submitted to the Reader for scrutiny. After scrutiny,
the Reader indicates the Registration fee required, on the document itself.
2.The due registration fee is to be deposited with the Cashier against
a receipt. 3.After depositing the fees, the documents are required to
be presented before the Sub-Registrar or the clerk deputed / assigned
this duty, by the parties in accordance with Section 32 of the Registration
Act, 1908.
Q. When will I get the response?
You should be getting the response normally within 15 days.
Collector of Stamp functions / Locations

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Economic Governance Index (EGI) Gauges Doing Business in Asia
Event: March 26, 27, 28 & April 1, 2008
Berkeley, CA – March 26, 2008
Palo Alto, CA – March 27, 2008
San Francisco, CA – March 28, 2008
Washington, D.C. – April 1, 2008
The Asia Foundation has pioneered a tool called the local "Economic Governance Index" (EGI) as a way to measure business-friendliness of local governments in Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. The EGI highlights provinces most open to private enterprise and least encumbered by red-tape when it comes to business set up, for example: entry and licensing costs, inspections and registration waiting periods, transparency, access to training and legal institutions.
The governments of these provinces have embraced the EGI as a tool to help them measure local reforms and government performance, and there has been public increased attention when index standings are announced, resulting in competition among provinces. As a result, businesses and entrepreneurs have begun to see it as a useful means of deciding where to put businesses. A team of economic experts are hosting a series of programs this Spring on this compelling index. We hope you are able to join one of the presentations.
Expert Speakers:
Bruce Tolentino, Director of Economic Reform and Development Programs at The Asia Foundation, San Francisco
Edmund Malesky, Asia Foundation partner and Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
Veronique Salze-Lozac'h, Regional Director of Economic Reform and Development Programs, The Asia Foundation, Cambodia
Neil McCulloch, Director of Economic Programs, The Asia Foundation, Indonesia
Berkeley – Wednesday, March 26, 2008: 10:00 am-1:00 pm, lunch included
UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) Library
109 Moses Hall, U.C. Berkeley Campus, Berkeley
Co-sponsored by Center for South Asia Studies, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, and Institute of Governmental Studies
Palo Alto – Thursday, March 27, 2008: 4:30–6:00pm
Stanford University's Donald L. Lucas Conference Center
Corner of Galvez and Serra Streets, Stanford University Campus, Palo Alto
Co-sponsored by Stanford's Center for International Development
San Francisco – Friday, March 28, 2008: noon–2:00 pm, lunch included
The Asia Foundation's Haydn Williams Conference Room
465 California Street, 8th floor, San Francisco
Co-sponsored by Cal-Asia Business Council
For Bay Area events listed above, please reply by March 19, 2008 to firstname.lastname@example.com or 415 743-3347 with your name, affiliation, contact information, and the location/date of the one EGI presentation you would like to attend.
Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, April 1, 2008
For more information about the Washington D.C. event, please contact The Asia Foundation's Washington office at email@example.com.
Space is limited at all locations.
You will be sent a confirmation within 2 business days of your request.
Labor Migration: A Gender-Neutral Lens to Human Trafficking
July 12, 2017
In.CoDe: Indonesia's Competition for Civic Tech Apps
Program Snapshot
CNBC: APEC Connect App to Crack the Export Market
July 7, 2017
Media Coverage
New York Minute: The Asia Foundation Helps Women Economically, Socially, and Politically
July 7, 2017
Media Coverage
Girls Empowerment Storybook Collection Now Available from Let's Read!
July 3, 2017
Contemporary Asian Perspectives on South-South Cooperation Published by Korea Development Institute
San Francisco
June 30, 2017
Annual Report 2016
Addressing the critical issues facing Asia
Annual Report 2016
Addressing the critical issues facing Asia


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Mass Graves Found at Irish Prison Site
Friday, August 02, 2013
CORK, IRELAND—Up to 250 burials have been found within a walled cemetery on Spike Island in Cork Harbor. The graves hold the bodies of prison inmates who died during the Great Famine of the nineteenth century. The prison, notorious for overcrowding, disease, and malnutrition, was opened by the British as a response to an increase in crime and unrest during the famine. "This project aims to give a voice to the men and boys who were incarcerated and died in the prison during the Victoria era, broadening our understanding of the role of the convict prison as one of the mechanisms by which the empire was established and maintained," said Barra Ó Donnabháin of University College Cork.
First World War booze, Russian bear grease, Mediterranean mystery religion, and exploring under Algiers
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With Alienware's recent M17x laptop still relatively fresh, why would the Dell subsidiary launch a new model? The new M17 (minus the "x") system trades Nvidia graphics for ATI (including a multi-GPU CrossFireX option) and also includes optional Intel Quad Core 2 Extreme CPUs. Those new parts drive the price up quite a bit, but a more basic configuration is actually very affordable (at least when talking about Alienware), starting at just $1,399.
The M17 skips the recent slablike redesign of Alienware's laptop line and goes back to an older chassis, similar to the one we saw in last year's Area-51 m9570 model. Our test system includes dual ATI Radeon HD 3870 GPUs, 64-bit Windows Vista, 3GB of RAM, and a 7,200rpm 160GB hard drive for $1,999. The quad-core CPU options, which we have not had a chance to test, would add between $850 and $1,200 to the price. Our review unit features a dual-core, Penryn-class Core 2 Duo P8400 processor.
We ended up with a gaming rig that sat somewhere between the $6,000 M17X configuration we reviewed and the $1,350 Gateway P-7811FX, our current favorite bang-for-your-buck desktop replacement. The gaming scores on the M17 were better than the cheaper Gateway's by a significant margin, but in everyday computing tasks, the systems were fairly evenly matched (with the Gateway delivering about twice the battery life).
We're disappointed with the backward move to an older, clunkier body, but the new M17 is certainly worth considering if you're specifically interested in ATI graphics or quad-core processors.
|Price as reviewed / Starting price
|$1,999 / $1,399
|2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
|3GB,1066MHz DDR2
|Hard drive
|160GB 7,200rpm
|Intel P45
|ATI Mobility Radeon HD3870 (x2)
|Operating system
|Windows Vista Premium SP1 (64-bit)
|Dimensions (WD)
|16.1x11.5 inches
|2.1 inches
|Screen size (diagonal)
|17.1 inches
|System weight / Weight with AC adapter
|9.5/12.5 pounds
|Desktop replacement
The recent Alienware M17X had a radical (for Alienware) redesign, with a matte black all-over finish that made the entire thing look like an imposing slab of high-frame-rate granite. In contrast, the M17 has gone back (for reasons we're not entirely clear on) to the previous Alienware laptop design last seen on 2007's m9750 desktop replacement. It's a step backward, aesthetically, as we said of the m9750, "A sleek, sophisticated desktop replacement, this is not."
For gaming, there's little chance you'll use the built-in touch pad instead of an external mouse, but we're still not entirely happy with any of Alienware's touch pads. The large touch pad on the M17X sits flush with the remainder of the wrist rest and is delineated only by a backlit outline. It looks cool, but can be hard to use--you can't tell when your finger goes off the edge without looking. The touch pad on the M17 is more traditional, but is smaller and seems dwarfed by the large wristrest area. We did, however, like the Alienware Command Center, a software application for controlling system preferences, which included some helpful touch pad options, such as a palm sensitivity slider (so your palms don't accidentally set off the touch pad while typing) and an adjustable scroll zone.
The 17.1-inch wide-screen LCD offers a 1,920x1,200-pixel native resolution, which is standard for high-end desktop replacements (a 1,440x900-pixel screen is also available for $200 less). The high 1,920x1,200-pixel resolution means that onscreen text and icons are extremely tiny, but you can also can fire up video games at superhigh resolutions and view HD video at 1080p.
|Alienware M17
|Average for category [desktop replacement]
|VGA-out, HDMI-out, Integrated ATSC TV tuner
|VGA-out, S-Video, HDMI
|Stereo speakers, headphone/microphone jacks, digital out, optical out.
|Stereo speakers with subwoofer, headphone/microphone jacks.
|3 USB 2.0, mini FireWire, SD card reader, eSATA port
|4 USB 2.0, mini FireWire, SD card reader
|modem, Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n wireless, Bluetooth
|modem, Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n wireless, optional Bluetooth
|Optical drive
|DVD burner
|DVD burner or Blu-ray
Our $1,999 configuration included twin GPUs in a Crossfire configuration, but for the $1,399 base price, you get a single 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870, the same Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 CPU and 160GB hard drive, and a lower-resolution 1,440x900 display. You also trade down from 3GB of RAM to 2GB, lose the backlit keyboard, 802.11n wireless, and TV tuner. In the other direction, upgrading to a Core 2 Quad Q9100 is an extra $850, and upgrading to a Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300 is a hefty $1,200 upgrade. Adding a nonrecordable Blu-ray optical drive adds $300.
As configured, our review unit was a capable performer in our application benchmark tests, though the less expensive Gateway P-7811FX delivered comparable performance. Not surprisingly, Alienware's high-end flagship M17x laptop, which we reviewed with a powerful 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 CPU, outperformed both. (Of course, both Alienware systems are configurable with higher- and lower-end processors.)
Gaming is where the M17 really needs to shine, and it makes an able job of it, with two ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 GPUs in a CrossFireX configuration. While the twin Nvidia GeForce 9800 GPUs in the M17X model got 119 frames per second in Unreal Tournament III at a 1,920x1,200-pixel resolution, the M17's ATI graphics were not far behind, delivering 104 frames per second in the same test. The Gateway P-7811FX, our current favorite gaming laptop for the budget-minded, scored a respectable, but not as impressive, 58 frames per second. Anecdotally, we loaded up a more challenging game, the recently released Far Cry 2, and got 30 frames per second at 1,280x1,024 with graphics settings on high. Both Nvidia and ATI can give to your laptop plenty of gaming muscle these days, and we're pleased to see Alienware offering consumers of a choice of CrossFire or SLI.
The Alienware M17 ran for a mere 1 hour and 25 minutes on our video playback battery drain test. That's about average for a high-end desktop replacement and explains why these systems spend most of their time plugged in.


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has some wonderful insights about dreams
and the near-death experience he had. He
states, "When I recovered, I was very
surprised and yet very awed about what
had happened to me. At first all the
memory of the trip that I have now was
not there. I kept slipping out of this
world and kept asking, "Am I alive?"
This world seemed more like a dream than
that one. Within three days, I was
feeling normal again, clearer, yet
different than I had ever felt in my
life. My memory of the journey came back
later ... What happens when we dream? We
are multi-dimensional beings. We can
access that through lucid dreaming. In
fact, this universe is God's dream. One
of the things that I saw is that we
humans are a speck on a planet that is a
speck in a galaxy that is a speck. Those
are giant systems out there, and we are
in sort of an average system. But human
beings are already legendary throughout
the cosmos of consciousness. The little
bitty human being of Earth/Gaia is
legendary. One of the things that we are
legendary for is dreaming. We are
legendary dreamers. In fact, the whole
cosmos has been looking for the meaning
of life, the meaning of it all. And it
was the little dreamer who came up with
the best answer ever. We dreamed it up.
So dreams are important."
is a common term within the creation narrative
for a personal, or group, creation and for what
may be understood as the "timeless time" of
formative creation and perpetual creating. They
believe every person essentially exists
eternally in the Dreaming. This eternal part
existed before the life of the individual
begins, and continues to exist when the life of
the individual ends. Both before and after life,
it is believed that this spirit-child exists in
the Dreaming and is only initiated into life by
being born through a mother. It was believed
that, before humans, animals, and plants came
into being, their "souls" existed; they knew
they would become physical, but not when. And
when that time came, all but one of the "souls"
became plants or animals, with the last one
becoming human and acting as a custodian or
guardian to the natural world around them. These
indigenous Australian societies share the notion
that human beings and society were created in a
distant time period referred to as the
which the Aborigines considered sacred time.
Simultaneously, the Dreamtime refers to the
realm of the spiritual, which is coextensive
with the time of creation. As the name
indicates, the Dreamtime realm can be reached
during dreams. Many of the rituals of Aboriginal
religion also link the everyday world of human
existence with the Dreamtime. As one might
anticipate, at death the true soul returns to
the eternal Dreamtime realm, where it had
resided prior to birth.
the Bible and other sacred scriptures, the term
"death" and "sleep"
are used interchangeably. Sleep has
traditionally been called "death's sister." The
Bible is filled with instances of people who are
visited in their dreams by heavenly figures to
convey an important message. In the Old
Testament, Jacob had a dream of a heavenly
"stairway" on the Earth which extended into
heaven with angels ascending and descending on
it. Jacob's description of this "stairway" could
be a crude description of the NDE tunnel. "And
he dreamed, and behold a stairway set up on the
Earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and
behold the angels of God ascending and
descending on it." (Genesis
Scholars believe that the
Book of Revelation
is an account of a dream or a series of dream by
John the Revelator. The reason it is believed to
be a dream is because the symbolism found in the
Book of Revelation is remarkably similar to the
prophetic dream symbology of the prophet Daniel
in the Book of Daniel.
is much evidence that our dreams are actually
out-of-body experiences and journeys to other
realms. In one study by consciousness researcher
Dr. Charles Tart,
a test subject was documented to have left their
body during sleep in order to read a 5-digit
number from a remote location. The test subject
was successful in returning the correct number.
The odds of correctly guessing a random 5-digit
number is 1 in 100,000. Yale University
Pediatric Cancer specialist
Dr. Diane Komp
reported that many dying children have
near-death experiences which often occurred
during dreams. One boy told Dr. Komp that Jesus
had visited him in a big yellow school bus and
told him he would die soon. The boy died as he
predicted. Clear evidence from sleep
laboratories shows that we all dream nightly.
Our dream periods come in cycles, typically
about ninety minutes apart. Most dreams happen
during these times of unusual body and brain
behavior called REM - rapid eye movement. Of
course, the mind is active all night long, not
just during REM periods. Dreams usually happen
about five or six times each night and they
range in length from just a few minutes up to
thirty minutes or more, with longer dreams more
likely near morning.
symbolism is the universal archetypal language
of the soul according to
Carl Jung, MD,
the founder of analytical psychology and dream
researcher, was inspired tremendously by his own
near-death experience. During the early part of
this century, while psychologists such as
Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung were demonstrating
the clinical importance of dreams,
Edgar Cayce
was providing people with guidelines for what
has become one of the most practical approaches
to dreams. Much of the metaphysical information
that Cayce would discover during his out-of-body
journeys dealt with the subject of dreams and
dream interpretation. Perhaps one of the most
important insights gained from Cayce's
revelations is the fact that each of us is aware
of much more about ourselves, our physical
bodies, our surroundings, even our lifestyles,
at subconscious levels than we realize when
we're awake.
During the dream
state, our minds become open to many different
levels of our own unconscious where all of our
previous conscious experiences are stored. Also
stored there is information which rarely come to
conscious awareness. The subconscious mind has a
remarkable talent for finding solutions to
problems. It can also assist us with
self-evaluation and providing practical guidance
for any question we may have. It even makes it
possible for us to have psychic experiences.
The Cayce material
reveals that dreams can diagnose the causes of
our physical illnesses, point out thoughts and
emotions that we haven't dealt with on a
conscious level, and suggest ways to improve our
relationships with others. While we dream, we
can become aware of our entire being --
physically, mentally, and spiritually. The Cayce
material shows that dreams are the easiest and
most natural way for us to contact our inner,
higher selves. According to Cayce, dreams are
experiences with our very soul - our
subconscious mind. Because dream symbolism is
the language of the soul, it pays for everyone
to learn how to interpret their dreams.
Tom Harpur,
the author of the book and documentary,
Life After Death,
discovered this true report while researching
his book on near-death experiences:
following was dreamt by a dying woman in her
hospital room:
"A lit candle
suddenly appears on her window sill.
"The candle
goes out.
"A terrifying, suffocating blackness
envelopes everything.
"Then, the candle relights
but on the other side of the closed window."
The woman died
shortly after relating this dream to a nurse.
What did the
dream mean? It must have been
significant because, after all, this was
the last dream the dying woman ever had
- the final manifestation of her
unconscious mind in this world.
According to
the celebrated psychiatrist and dream
Marie Louise
Von Franz,
and based on her analysis of over 10,000
dreams of the dying, the meaning being
communicated is that the light of the
individual, one of the common metaphors
for life that we've heard so often, goes
out at death but is miraculously renewed
on the other side. In other words, the
spirit seems to live on. This dream then
illustrates perfectly a profound insight
of the great psychoanalyst and mentor of
Dr. Marie Louise
Von Franz, Carl Jung, who once
stated, "The
unconscious psyche believes in a
life after death."
According to Jung, dream
symbols which exist in the very depths of the
soul behave as if the psychic life of the
individual will continue. In Dr. Von Franz'
words, "These symbols depict the end of bodily
life and the explicit continuation of psychic
life after death. In other words, our last
dreams prepare us for death."
of the strangest cases in the history of dream
research is described in the documentary,
The Secret World of
Dreams. It
describes the amazing story of a woman named
Claire Sylvia, a 47-year-old drama teacher from
Boston and former professional dancer with
several modern dance companies. In 1983, she was
diagnosed as having primary pulmonary
hypertension - an often fatal, rare progressive
disease which causes blood vessels in the lungs
to collapse. Her health slowly deteriorated
until she was forced to give up her job and
became home bound. She was also dependent on
oxygen and could only move around in a
wheelchair with great difficulty. A heart-lung
transplant was her only hope and the risks
involved were considerable.
Soon after the
transplant, she began having strange and
incredibly vivid dreams about a young man she
didn't recognize. Eventually, Silvia realized
that the young man in her dreams was the
18-year-old organ donor whose heart and
lungs resided in her chest. Through her
continuing dream contacts with her donor, she
learned a lot about him including his name. She
then decided to do some research to find out if
this "heavenly" information was correct. Her
research proved that it was indeed correct.
Silvia then met the young man's grieving family
and Silvia shared with them the amazing story of her
contact with him through her
Claire Silvia died in August of 2009 from a
blood clot in her lung; 21 years after her
heart-lung transplant. The following is the detailed account of
her amazing story:
"My mother was basically dying,"
says Amara, "She prepared herself
for death and she was preparing me
for her death. She labored to get up
in the morning to go to the
bathroom. Her breathing was labored
and I was afraid every morning
whether she would be alive or not.
Then Silvia's
bizarre dreams began to unfold.
"I started to have a series of
dreams. One dream was that I had the
transplant and I had to drink four
glasses of milk a day. At the time I
questioned this, I said, 'I wonder
what this means? Where does this
four glasses of milk come in at? I
don't understand what this means.'
"And there was no explanation so I
just let it go. I lived each day
with a thought and a prayer that I
would live till the next day and
that I would live to see my daughter
graduate from high school which was
about a year away."
Finally, Silvia's
prayers were answered.
"The phone rang and it was the
transplant coordinator. She very
calmly said, 'We officially got
permission to do heart and lung
transplants and we have a donor for
you today.'
"I was speechless. All I could say
was, 'Oh my God. Oh my God!'"
Within hours, Silvia was
rushed into surgery and after a delicate three-hour
operation, she awoke.
"I knew that I would have to take an
anti-rejection drug, cyclosporine.
They injected a certain amount of
this liquid into two little cups of
milk. Then at night, I repeated this
same process. I realized that these
were the four cups of milk a day in
my dream.
"At first I didn't accept it, I kept
saying, 'I must have gotten this
information from someplace.'
"I kept checking around and nobody
told me. Then I thought, 'This is
bizarre. I don't know why and I
still don't.'"
It was May of 1988, and
Silvia's operation was Connecticut's Yale-New
Haven Hospital's first successful heart-lung
transplant on a female patient.
Five days later,
journalists were invited into the hospital to
interview Silvia in the intensive care unit.
During the press conference, a reporter asked
"Now that
you've had this operation, what do
you want right now more than
Silvia replied:
"To tell you
the truth, right now I'd die for a
Silvia was momentarily
stunned by what she had just said, not so much
because it was flippant, but because of the fact
that she does not like beer and has never liked
When Silvia returned
home, another sequence of unexplained
occurrences began. Her taste in food changed
dramatically. Five weeks after the operation,
when she was allowed to drive for the first
time, and she headed straight for Kentucky Fried
Chicken - a fast food she had never previously
enjoyed. She couldn't explain this sudden
craving. Nor could she explain many other
apparent changes in her personality, such as,
why she was starting to look at women the way a
man might look at women, for example, or why her
favorite colors are now green and blue rather
than the hot shades of pink, red and gold she
used to prefer. Other strange things occurred.
Sylvia started eating green peppers, a vegetable
she had formerly meticulously picked out of
Around this time Sylvia
had a strong, unexplanable desire to visit
France. On her return, just when Silvia thought
her life couldn't get any stranger - it did - in
another mysterious dream.
"I'm in an open field and it's very
light. It's daytime and I'm in a
playful relationship with a young
man whom I see clearly. He is tall,
has sandy colored hair and his name
is Tim L.
"I come back and say
goodbye to him and as we approach
each other, we kiss, and as we kiss,
I feel as if I inhale him into me.
It's like taking this enormous
breath. And I know that he will be
with me together forever. But it
also seemed that this man in my
dreams, whom I knew as Tim, must be
my donor.
"I was very curious to find out who
my donor was because of all the
things that were happening to me and
because of the dreams I was having -
and the feeling of living with his
Claire became convinced
her donor was trying to communicate with
her. She contacted the hospital but they
informed her that donor records were
confidential. When all hope seemed lost, her
friend Fred Stern called to tell her of a
message he received in his own dream.
"I had a clear image of a dream,"
says Fred Stern, "that we had gone
to the basement of the public
library and had seen in the Portland
newspaper a story on either the
third or fourth page several days
before her operation. A story about
the boy who was killed and whom she
had gotten her heart from."
Claire and Stern made
arrangements to meet at the local library.
"I met Fred at the public library
and we looked at the papers the week
preceding my transplant. Sure
enough, the day before my
transplant, as was in his dream, the
obituary of a young man who was
killed in a motorcycle accident. He
was 18 years old. His name was Tim
L. as it was in my dream. It felt
like my heart stopped beating for a
moment. I was standing up and I
remember getting kind of weak all
over. My knees went a little weak.
It was a shock."
According to Fred Stern:
"It was almost like magic, like some sense of
knowing. It is just wonderful to be
a part of it - this unfolding."
It turned out that Tim
L. had died in a motorcycle accident shortly
before Silvia's life saving surgery. She had
received the organs of Tim Lamirande, 18, of
Saco, Maine.
"I was shocked because now it became
more real. Now I had all the
information. I had the family's
name. I had details. This person
really existed."
Wanting to know more
about her donor, Silvia wrote to Tim's family
in Maine and made arrangements to meet them.
"I was very excited," says Tim's
sister, Lee Ann, "and the whole
family was very excited to meet
Sylvia then met the
Lamirande family. According to Fred Stein:
"She [Claire
Silvia] was very apprehensive
because she didn't know what she was
going to meet, but she was warmly
received, particularly by Tim's
sisters. They were very positive and
said how much Claire's atmosphere
and behavior reminded them of their
brother. What was important too was
that we had come to the conclusion
from her dreams that the donor must
have been a hyperactive person, and
the family confirmed this, saying
that when he was little he had to be
kept on a leash because otherwise he
would run off, and at the time that
he died he was holding down three
jobs as well as attending college."
Tim's sister, Lee Ann,
"It was like meeting my
brother all over again for the very
first time - seeing him alive again.
Claire was very warm towards us. She
was loving. She was loving like Tim
was. There was so much feeling that it
was absolutely exhausting."
told the Lamirande family about her dream.
Afterward, Tim's sister replied:
"My first
reaction to Claire's dream was one
of disbelief. I really didn't
believe it until she just started
describing things about my brother - like how he was tall and wiry. She
described him almost to a T. She was
getting the information from her
dream. She described how Tim was
loving and that he came to her and
wanted to be a friend. I just kind
of felt that, 'Yeah, that's what Tim
would do.'"
Silvia told them:
"When I met the
family, I was trying to corroborate
some of the things that had been
happening to me. I asked them if he
happened to like green peppers and
they said, 'Oh, yes, he used to love
green peppers. He'd fry them up with
"They told me his favorite food was
chicken nuggets and that he had
apparently just bought them before
he died because they had to pull
them out of his motorcycle jacket
when they found him. When they told
me that I said, 'Oh my God!'"
The Lamirande's also
confirmed that Tim liked beer. And Sylvia's
burning desire to visit France was also
explained. The Lamirandes were French Canadian.
Tim's favorite colors were also blue and green.
One night after visiting
the family, Sylvia dreamt that 22 motorcycles
were being revved up to be driven round town to
commemorate some event. In the morning she
realised it would have been Tim's 22nd birthday.
To celebrate, she asked a friend with a
motorcycle to take her for a ride. It was, she
said, "exhilarating."
Tim's sister Jackie
would she have a dream about her
donor unless God was trying to tell
her in a way who we were and trying
to make it easier for her to get to
us so she could see that there was
good out of everything she went
Silvia stated:
"All the images that have come to me
since the transplant are, in and of
themselves, having to do with this
new part of me."
Over the years, Sylvia
kept in touch with Lamirande's family. When
Silvia died in 2009, Joan Lamirande said,
fighting back tears in a telephone interview
from her home in Saco:
"She was a wonderful person. As long
as she was living it was as if my
son was still alive. Now that she is
gone, I know that my son is gone."
The implications of
Sylvia inheriting personal characteristics of
her donor are astounding. This is because it
supports "cellular memory" which is the
hypothesis that memories can be stored - not
just in the brain - but in all the cells of the
human body. One particular study published in a
2008 edition of Nature called
Cellular Memory Hints at the Origins of
Intelligence is suggestive of cellular
memory; however, mainstream medical science does
not acknowledge memory outside of the brain is
possible. If it were possible, it would mean
medical science would have to re-evaluate the
accepted view that all memory is stored in the
brain, much like data is stored on a computer's
hard drive. Nevertheless, research in Israel
indicates that 34% of people who have undergone
heart transplants have had some kind of
experience of what is now known as "trait
transfer." Perhaps the reason more people have
not come forward is that there is a great deal
of denial going on. There is also an
interpretation of quantum mechnanics called the
Holographic Principle and its associated
Holonomic Brain Theory which mathematically
allows for quantum information to be stored
holographically in the universe - assuming
quantum consciousness is true and the brain
does, in fact, functions like a quantum
biological computer. There are articles,
such as this one, which seems to affirms
even more that cellular memory is true.
Many people reported they had been
contacted by a deceased loved one while
they were sound asleep. Because they
didn't have any other name for their
experience, they usually called it a
dream. However, most quickly added, "But
it just wasn't like an ordinary dream."
We call these
experiences sleep-state
after-death communication (ADCs) and
they are a very common type of ADC. The
following dream ADCs are reprinted here
by permission from
Bill and Judy
Hello From Heaven.
There are many
significant differences between an ordinary
dream and a sleep-state ADC. A dream is
generally fragmented, jumbled, filled with
symbolism, and incomplete in various ways.
Though some are very intense emotionally, they
typically have a quality of unreality about them
and are often soon forgotten.
In contrast,
sleep-state ADCs feel like actual face-to-face
visits with deceased loved ones. They are much
more orderly, colorful, vivid, and memorable
than most dreams. In fact, some may be
after-death visions that occur during sleep.
The following reports
are examples of sleep-state ADCs in which a
deceased loved one broke into an ordinary dream.
Robin is the director of
a child care center in
Florida. She had this
timely visit from her
grandfather several
years after he died of a
heart attack in his
"I was in my first year
at college, sleeping in
my dorm room. I was
dreaming about something
when Grandpa broke into
my dream! He was right
there, and I could smell
his cologne and tobacco
and feel his warmth.
"He seemed concerned and
"He said, 'Lock the
windows! Lock the
windows! You're supposed
to remember to take care
of yourself! Lock the
"It was a definite
"I woke up startled and
sat up and looked
around. My room had one
set of windows that
looked out onto a
courtyard and another
set over by the fire
escape. So I got up and
locked all the windows.
"About half an hour
later, there was a
scream from the girl in
the room down the hall.
A man had come up the
fire escape and
apparently had tried my
windows, and then he had
gone on to hers. Later
he was caught!
"Grandpa appeared when
support was obviously
needed. He proved that
he would be with me
Ann is an art framer in
Maryland. She was 21
years old when she was
contacted by her 18 year
old brother, Barry, who
had died in a motorcycle
"After Barry was killed,
I was feeling so angry
and bitter at the world.
About a month later, I
had what I call a dream,
but it wasn't a dream.
It was like I was
talking to him
"I was in the backyard
at my parents' cottage,
and Barry came walking
towards me. He was
wearing jeans and a
flannel shirt - his
usual costume. His
blond, curly hair was
full of light. He looked
"He seemed very happy,
content, and full of
love. He seemed worldly,
like he knew everything
- no doubts, no
questions, just full of
confidence. A beautiful
light was behind him and
around him - a gorgeous,
warm light.
"I said, 'Barry, what
are you doing here?'
"He looked at me and
said, 'I came to tell
you that everything is
all right.'
"I asked, 'What do you
mean? Didn't it hurt
when you died?'
"Barry said, 'It did for
a minute. It felt like a
squeezing sensation.
Then I was riding down a
dark tunnel. And all of
a sudden, I came into
this beautiful,
brilliant white light.'
"He kept smiling at me,
and I was feeling full
of love and light
myself. It was so
"He said, 'I just want
to tell you that I love
you, Ann.'
"Then he turned around
and walked away.
"I immediately woke up,
and all the anger and
frustration I felt were
gone. I really believe
Barry came to tell me he
was fine so that I would
be okay. I call it a
dream, for not being
able to give it another
name. But it really
Greg is a 20 year old
college student in West
Virginia. He had this
rendezvous with his
friend, Evan, who was
electrocuted in an
industrial accident at a
construction site at age
"Evan and I were best
friends for nine years.
We did everything
together, except when we
were at school or
working or started going
out with girls.
"Two nights after Evan
died, I had a dream. I
was where the road
splits and facing each
other, and everything
was lifelike.
"We were really excited
about seeing one
another. Evan was so
happy and cheerful. He
appeared the same as
always and in good
health. He had a great
big smile on his face.
"I asked him, 'What
"He said, 'I was up
putting a light fixture
on a twenty-foot pole
when I hit some
electrical wires.
Something happened and I
started to fall.'
"He put one hand
vertically and one hand
horizontally to show me
how he fell.
"Evan said he felt
scared at that moment,
and then he felt nothing
"He said, 'I promise, I
didn't mean for that to
also wanted to assure me
that he suffered none
whatsoever through that
"He told me he didn't
want any of us worrying
about him or being
extremely sad that he
was gone because he was
in a great place. He was
well taken care of and
very happy, waiting for
us to join him someday.
Then I woke up.
"I never had a dream
like that before. It was
very special to me that
I was able to
communicate with Evan
after he died. It was
like we parted with the
realization that we will
be back together
Janet is a nurse in
North Dakota. She became
a bereaved mother when
her 4 year old son,
Toby, died of a brain
"This occurred
approximately one year
after my son died. I
recall the dream as if I
had just had it last
night. I was standing on
a river bank and looking
over at Toby on the
other side.
"His side was a lush
green with beautiful
trees. The water was a
beautiful blue, and
there were birds I could
hear. It was a paradise,
like the Garden of Eden.
Everything was so quiet
and peaceful.
"Toby was standing in
grass and flowers up to
his waist, close to the
edge of the river. He
was a little boy, the
same little guy that I
lost. He was wearing a
striped T-shirt and blue
jeans and was so very
real and happy.
"I kept trying to get
over to Toby, but I
couldn't. He looked up
at me and spoke with
such a calmness.
"He said, 'No, Mom, you
can't come over here.
I'm okay. I'm fine. But
you can't come over
"He had to tell me that
several times because I
wanted to cross the
river to be with him.
"Toby was calming me
like an adult would. I
almost felt like a child
in comparison, as if an
older, wiser person was
talking to me. He was
telling me to settle
down and realize that
his life is good now. He
gave me the sense that
he is at peace and that
he's where he belongs.
"The dreams seemed so
real, as real as life
itself. When I woke up,
I felt crushed that the
dream was over. And yet
I felt so comforted by
Rosemarie is an
administrative assistant
in North Carolina. She
had this enlightened
dream about 4 months
after her grandmother
died of cancer at age
"One night when I was
sleeping, I saw my
grandmother - it was
like a beautiful dream.
She was right there with
me. It felt like we were
on another realm or in a
different dimension.
"I only saw her face and
shoulders - she was very
young and beautiful.
Grandma looked like she
was a girl in her early
twenties. I was
surprised she was so
youthful, but I
recognized her instantly
as my grandmother. It
was like she could
choose to be whatever
age suited her.
"As she came closer, she
was glowing and
radiating love. I felt
an energy and warmth
envelop me. It felt like
a very nice, tingling
massage. I was overcome
with this feeling of
unconditional love, like
nothing I had ever done
was wrong.
"I was telling her over
and over, 'I love you. I
love you. I love you.'
"She was saying, 'I know
you do. I'm happy and
I'm fine. You don't have
to worry about me
anymore. I'm in heaven.'
"Grandma affirmed there
is a heaven, and that no
matter what you've done,
in God's eyes you are
forgiven. You are pure,
and you are loved in the
way only he could love
you. It touched me so
deeply that I knew it
was true.
"All of a sudden, I
realized I was sitting
up in bed and Grandma
was gone. But I didn't
grieve for her after
that at all."
Gayle is an artist in
North Carolina. The
ordinary dream she was
having was interrupted
by her 21 year old son,
Alex, who had drowned in
a boating accident:
"I had been under a lot
of distress, as any
mother is with the loss
of her child. Two days
after his burial, I woke
up around 5:00 in the
morning. I couldn't
sleep and went into the
living room and sat
down. I keep praying,
'God, please! I have to
know where my son is. I
have to know if he's
"I felt impressed to go
back to bed, so I lay
down and fell asleep. I
started dreaming that I
was in the kitchen
fixing breakfast for my
two younger sons - and
Alex walked in!
"I realized he wasn't
supposed to be there. So
I spoke aloud and said,
'Alex is here!'
"His brothers looked at
me like, 'What are you
talking about?'
"Then I realized they
couldn't see him - I was
the only one who could.
"Alex had the most
glorious smile on his
face. He had a glow, a
celestial radiance. His
expression was one of
complete peace,
happiness, and
"I walked up to him and
said, 'Alex, you are
with Jesus, aren't you?'
"He put his hands on my
shoulders, and I put my
hands around his waist,
and he said, 'Yes,
"Then I woke up with the
most peaceful feeling
because I knew Alex was
okay. I know his spirit
is with God and that he
is waiting for the time
the rest of us will be
with him."
"From an
endless dream we have come. In an
endless dream we are living. To an
endless dream we shall return."
- Kushi
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Algebra Help
Continuous Functions and Discontinuities
A function that is continuous is a function whose graph has no breaks in it; i.e. it is a continuous curve. Generally speaking, a function is continuous if you can draw its graph without picking up your pencil. Notice, on the graph of y = sin(x), that the function is completely connected at all points. Many functions, however, will have isolated points where they are not connected. These problem points are called discontinuities. There are three types of discontinuities:
Discontinuity 1: Asymptotic Discontinuities
In the function we know that the domain is limited to all real numbers except 1 and -8. Often, the most interesting points in a function are the problematic points, and indeed, we can see in the graph that the function behaves very strangely at the holes in the domain.
It may be revealing to look at the values of the function approaching one of the problematic points, x = 1:
As we approach x = 1 from the left side, with increasing x values, the y value drops to lower and lower negatives. The graph shows us that the y value seems to approach - from the left as the x-value approaches x = 1, marked by the dotted line. This represents a discontinuity, since the function is not connected over the dotted line. Specifically, this type of discontinuity is called an asymptotic discontinuity. The dotted lines represent asymptotes; they are values for which the function never takes a value, yet still approaches. The asymptotes we see with this function are called vertical asymptotes because they are vertical lines. There are also horizontal asymptotes. To see horizontal asymptotes, try graphing the function . It should have a horizontal asymptote at y = 2. In order to figure out where horizontal asymptotes occur in a function, check out the section on limits.
In general, asymptotes occur when a function approaches infinity at a specific value of x or y. If a function has values on both sides of an asymptote, then it cannot be connected, so it must have a discontinuity at the asymptote. We look for asymptotes at points where the denominator is zero because: when the denominator gets close to zero and becomes very small, it makes the value of the function very large. For example, if we look at the fraction , i.e. divide 5 by 0.1, we get that it equals 50. If we make the denominator smaller, the value of the fraction gets larger: = 500, = 500000. This tells us that the closer to zero that the denominator is, the larger the value of the fraction. In other words, we've demonstrated
Discontinuity 2: Point Discontinuities
Point discontinuities are also called removable discontinuities or removable singularities.
Sometimes we come across functions that are defined differently for a certain point. Consider the function . We defined the value of the function to be 1 at the point x = 3, yet, the rest of the function is dictated by . We can see in the graph that the function is continuous except for the tiny hole in the curve at x = 1. It is discontinuous at a single point, and this discontinuity is called a point discontinuity.
In general, point discontinuities occur when a function is defined specifically for an isolated x-value. However, this does not guarantee a point discontinuity. For example, if we change our function slightly to it becomes continuous. This is because we have defined the value of the function at f(3) precisely to be the value of the function at x = 3. In this case, we did not define the value at = 3 to be different from what it would be if the function were . Then there is no discontinuity. Compared to our last function with a point discontinuity, we moved the point back up to the function to "plug" up the hole, and it is now continuous. Always remember, if a function is defined like this, to check if the isolated point is a point discontinuity or just a trick.
Point Discontinuities also arise when our function has a denominator that can be equal to zero, but that part of the denominator can also be cancelled out with a like term in the numerator. Consider the function . If we try to find the value of the function at x = 2, we end up getting . 0/0 represents an undefined number - i.e. the function does not exist at that point. However, if we restrict the function to a domain that does not include x = 2, we can simply cancel out the and be left with . This leaves us to define the function as . We have effectively removed the discontinuity to show that the function behaves exactly like , except at x = 2, where it is undefined.
In conclusion, point discontinuities also occur when we can cancel a term in the denominator and the numerator. They occur at the values for which the cancelled term is equal to zero. In our example, we removed x - 2, and x - 2 = 0 at x = 2. If we were to remove sin(x), we would have point discontinuities at integer multiples of π, since sin(π) = sin(2π) = sin(3π) = sin(nπ) = 0 for any integer n.
Discontinuity 3: Jump Discontinuities
Jump discontinuities are also called simple discontinuities, or continuities of the first kind.
Just as we can define a function at a specific point, we can also define a function in specific regions. Consider the function For all intents and purposes, we can consider it two seperate functions - one that is defined for x less than or equal to 1 and another function that is defined for x greater than 1. It is useful to think of it this way when we eventually use integration, differentiation, and other such mathematical tools. However, as it is written, f is a single function, called a piecewise function, since it is defined piece-by-piece. Note that the function adheres to our definition of being continuous.
Now, suppose we change our function slightly to . The two pieces now have a different value at x = 1, and we can see in the graph that our function f seems to "jump" from one branch to the other. Note this this jump makes the function discontinuous. We refer to this as a jump discontinuity.
Notice that the function's discontinuity is entirely dependent on the value of the two branches of the function. Because of this, we can't just look at a piecewise function and immediatlely see if there is a jump discontinuity. Look at the following animation, which essentially moves the linear branch of the piecewise function down, and note that it is only continuous at one point. In this demonstration, we graph the function and the animation changes the value of c.
Jump discontinuities occur where the function approaches two different values from either side of the discontinuity. In our example, on the right side of x = 1, the function is approaching the value f(1) = 5. On the left side of x = 1, the function is approaching the value f(1) = 1. Thus, it has a jump discontinuity. Formally, we can check this by checking if the left-hand limit and the right-hand limit of the function correspond to the same value at a given point. For more information about left-hand and right-hand limits, please check out the limits page.
Example 1
We have to check the following function for discontinuities:
We begin by looking at the first branch of the function. First, note that it has an x in its denominator. This tells us that it has a problem in its domain at x = 0. As the values for x get very small, the value of the function approaches infinity, so we have an asymptotic discontinuity at x = 0. We also have to check if the branches correspond to the same value at x = 2. The first branch yields and the second branch yields . We can see the functions approach different values at x = 2 so there is a jump discontinuity at x = 2. There are no other discontinuities.
Determine whether the following functions are continuous. If they are not, determine where their discontinuities are and classify them as asymptotic, point, or jump discontinuities.


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A failed reduction gear shaft of indigenous rotary engine was sent to this laboratory for investigation. Examination revealed fracture in the collar of the shaft adjacent to the semi-circular groove meant for locking purpose. Fractographic study showed that the fracture was intergranular in nature. Further examination revealed that the shaft was case carburized and hence, the intergranular mode of fracture was a consequence of overload failure. It was discovered that at the location of fracture, because of localized grinding, the collar thickness was reduced to less than one third of that of the original thickness. It was learnt that grinding was carried out because of the problem in fixing the locking bolt. Analysis suggests that the thickness of the collar after the grinding operation was not adequate enough to support the design load and hence, the occurrence of overload failure.
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100 Years and CountingWritten by Curt Cox
I love them, and it might shock anybody who knows them, but my in-laws are a persistent, hardheaded and uncompromising lot! Now, I'm sure I am not the first person to ever think that of their spouse's kinfolk, but I don't think the majority of the time it is meant as an enormous compliment, as I do with 100 percent sincerity.
A couple of weekends ago I had the opportunity to help them celebrate the centennial anniversary of their family's ranching operation in the Big Horn Basin. You can't argue with the fact that it takes some form of long-ingrained genetic grit for one family to hold on to a business, let alone a single ranch, for five generations of ownership over a period of 100 years. I am sure it helps, looking back over the family history, that they have always been well educated, progressive, hard working and highly intelligent.
I really enjoyed listening to the stories my wife's grandparents and parents told over the weekend. There is a lot that takes place over 100 years, and it was an honor to get to sit and listen to them as they recalled the triumphs, trials and tribulations that the family and the ranch have endured. Regardless of the obstacles that arise, whether it is tough economic times, untimely deaths in the family or a long list of other attritions that can affect any family that has made a living with one business over a long period of time, they have withstood them all.
I have always enjoyed studying history, so I got a kick out of looking through all of the old, grainy black-and-white pictures of their ranch throughout the years. I was especially struck when I came across one picture in particular that was taken from the top of a hill overlooking the ranch looking down the creek. Today, when you stand on top of the same hill as the photographer stood those many years ago, you can see modern machinery shops, numerous irrigation pivots and a feedlot. Despite that, standing in the exact same spots, are the round pen, corrals and open-faced shed seen in the old picture. They may have gotten a few new poles and have had a board or two replaced over the years, but there they stand.
It was exciting that over 150 neighbors, friends and family from as far away as Texas, Wisconsin, California, central Nebraska and South Dakota came to the ranch to help celebrate with an evening barbeque. As with any event in agriculture, everyone who arrived started off by asking how they could help, and the volunteers outnumbered the work by a wide margin. I am not sure when the final guest went home that night because my wife's grandparents were still visiting with quite a crowd when I wandered up the hill to bed. They have been around for a majority of the ranch's existence, so it didn't shock me that they could outlast me for one evening.
I hope that all of you take the time to celebrate and share your heritage and operation's milestones. It is an opportunity to shine a positive light on our industry and show the world where it is we come from and why it is that we do what we do.
Until next time,
Looking BackWritten by Curt Cox
As the year draws to a close, I find myself looking back over the past 12 months, taking stock of what has taken place around me and looking forward to what the coming year might have in store.
Upon this reflection it became clear to me fairly quickly that in the whole scheme of things, not much has changed in my life from this time last year. I have switched the brand of toothpaste I am using and AI'ed my cows to a couple of new bulls this year, but I did not really make any changes that affected the trajectory of my life. It is not as if the opportunities did not avail themselves, but as the dust settles on the year, all the major decisions resulted in my family and me staying on the current heading and course that we were on a year ago.
I am trying to decide exactly how I feel about this. I mean, change is a good thing, right? The Wyoming Livestock Roundup celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. This gave us cause to pull out the old archives, and when you compare the difference between those first papers and what we are able to put out today, the difference is amazing. The paper hasn't developed into what it is today by accident. Major choices have to be made all the time to advance the quality of the publication we put out. With that being said, I do not look back with regret on any of the choices I made this year or think my life would have been changed for the better, had I done things differently.
This brings me to the other side of the coin and to the question, am I lucky that I have made it through the past year without being forced into making any decisions that would have had major impacts on my life? Consider, for instance, the producers who lost a significant number of their livestock in winter storm Atlas. They have been forced into making a choice on whether or not they want to go on ranching and all that might mean, considering the devastation, both economically and emotionally. I obviously feel blessed that I was not required to make a decision anywhere near that magnitude this year.
In general I would have to say that I am comfortable with where my life has led, which could be a major contributor to my complacency in keeping with the status quo over the past year. I mean, "if it's not broke, don't fix it," right? I can already see, looking forward to this coming year, there will be a number of things that have the potential to require more significant contemplation than anything that came up this year. Life has a way of putting you in situations that require a decision which involves significant risk regardless of what you chose to do and many times just doing the same thing that you have been doing isn't among the options.
Knowing this makes me feel blessed for this past year and the way things have worked out. I am sure it will not always be this way. I hope you, too, can look back at this past year and be pleased with what you see also. Let me be among the first to wish you a happy and prosperous New Year!
Until next time,
AmbushedWritten by Curt Cox
I was recently asked to speak to the Casper Chamber of Commerce "Leadership Casper" class during their Agriculture day. I had the pleasure of speaking at the same event last year and really enjoyed it. I tried to keep my presentation simple and straightforward both times. Last year, I walked the class through a flow chart following the cattle cycle from the cow-calf producer to consumers. I then explained why beef prices had gone up in the grocery stores and figures showing that cattle producers were still not getting rich because their input costs had also gone up. I concluded with a general, "Hoorah!," please-don't-forget-those-of-us-involved-in-agriculture-have-to-feed-the-growing-world, go-hug-a-farmer type finale to my presentation. I thought it went well. After I was done the class had a number of questions, and we had what I felt was a good discussion. Overall I thought the class enjoyed my presentation.
This year I followed much the same strategy – a cattle cycle flow chart followed by Natrona County agricultural statistics that would give the class an idea of the impact of agriculture and the cattle business here locally. I concluded with the same "Hoorah!" ending. What followed was not the same friendly questions and discussion that occurred last year.
It all started innocently enough with a question about where grassfed beef fit into my cattle cycle flow chart, which led to further discussion of grassfed beef and natural versus organic. Then it happened, seemingly out of nowhere – she struck me like a cow kicking a gate – I get lambasted with a question or accusation, I am not really sure which, regarding what one young lady felt was the cold hard truth – that our industry in general, and at the time it felt like maybe even me in particular, was having an unprecedented negative impact on society at large by unjustly treating food animals with hormones and antibiotics.
Looking back now, I know I needed to have facts, figures and a well thought out argument to even attempt to address her deeply held opinions on the matter. I should have tactfully and respectfully tried to side step the issue, maybe even referring her to experts who might be able to offer concrete facts to dispel what I personally believe to be lies spewed out by the various anti-agriculture acronyms.
Me being me – stubborn and somewhat hard headed – I instead just tucked my chin and charged right out into the middle of the minefield. It is all kind of a blur from there. My response was filled with hastily recalled facts that I tried to muster into a coherent argument, which I fear failed to even make a dent in her strong beliefs on the matter.
In the end they did applaud me for my presentation, but I can assure you that in the future I will be more prepared to handle these kinds of topics, if I ever have the opportunity to address a similar group.
I don't know if any of you have had similar experiences, but I caution you to be ready to address these kinds of topics when you are addressing the general public, regardless of what you are planning to talk about. Hopefully, if you get ambushed the way I did, you will be prepared to defend our industry.
See you down the road,