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The strongest cyclone in years to buffet the Philippines knocked out communications and power as residents took shelter Monday, while flooding in Vietnam swept away a bus and 20 of its passengers, including a boy taken from his mother's grasp by the raging waters.
Super Typhoon Megi, crossing the northern Philippines, was expected to add to the already heavy rains that have fallen on much of Asia. In China, authorities evacuated 140,000 people from a coastal province ahead of the typhoon.
Megi could later hit Vietnam, where flooding has caused 30 deaths in recent days, in addition to those missing and feared dead after a bus was snatched off a road by surging currents Monday.
Megi packed sustained winds of 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour and gusts of 162 mph (260 kph) as it made landfall midday Monday at Palanan Bay in Isabela province, felling trees and utility poles and cutting off power, phone and Internet services in many areas. It appeared to be weakening while crossing the mountains of the Philippines' main northern island of Luzon.
With more than 3,600 Filipinos riding out the typhoon in sturdy school buildings, town halls, churches and relatives' homes, roads in and out of coastal Isabela province, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) northeast of Manila, were deserted and blocked by collapsed trees and power lines.
One man who had just rescued his water buffalo slipped and fell into a river and probably drowned, said Bonifacio Cuarteros, an official with the Cagayan provincial disaster agency.
As it crashed ashore, the typhoon whipped up huge waves. There was zero visibility and radio reports said the wind was so powerful that people could not take more than a step at a time. Ships and fishing vessels were told to stay in ports, and several domestic and international flights were canceled.
Thousands of military reserve officers and volunteers were on standby, along with helicopters, including six Chinooks that were committed by U.S. troops holding war exercises with Filipino soldiers near Manila, said Benito Ramos, a top disaster-response official.
"This is like preparing for war," Ramos, a retired army general, told The Associated Press. "We know the past lessons, and we're aiming for zero casualties."
In July, an angry President Benigno Aquino III fired the head of the weather bureau for failing to predict that a typhoon would hit Manila. That storm killed more than 100 people in Manila and outlying provinces.
This time, authorities sounded the alarm early and ordered evacuations and the positioning of emergency relief and food supplies days before the typhoon hit. The capital was expected to avoid any direct hit, though schools were closed.
Megi was the most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines in four years, government forecasters say. A 2006 howler with 155-mph (250-kph) winds set off mudslides that buried entire villages, killing about 1,000 people.
In central Vietnam, officials said 20 people on a bus were swept away Monday by strong currents from a river flooded by recent rains unrelated to Megi, while another 18 survived by swimming or clinging to trees or power poles.
One survivor treaded water for 3 1/2 hours as the current pushed her downstream and she was forced to let go of her 15-year-old son due to exhaustion. The boy is among the missing.
Officials said 30 other people died in central Vietnam from flooding over the weekend, and five remain missing.
Megi could add to the misery.
"People are exhausted," Vietnamese disaster official Nguyen Ngoc Giai said by telephone from Quang Binh province. "Many people have not even returned to their flooded homes from previous flooding, while many others who returned home several days ago were forced to be evacuated again."
China's National Meteorological Center said Megi was expected to enter the South China Sea on Tuesday, threatening southeastern coastal provinces. The center issued its second-highest alert for potential "wild winds and huge waves," warning vessels to take shelter and urging authorities to brace for emergencies.
Floods triggered by heavy rains forced nearly 140,000 people to evacuate from homes in the southern island province of Hainan, where heavy rains left thousands homeless over the weekend, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.
Thailand also reported flooding that submerged thousands of homes and vehicles and halted train service. No casualties were reported, and nearly 100 elephants were evacuated from a popular tourist attraction north of the capital.
Associated Press writers Jim Gomez, Teresa Cerojano and Hrvoje Hranjski in Manila; Margie Mason and Tran Van Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam; and Chi-Chi Zhang in Beijing contributed to this report.
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In a world chock-full of bad ideas, the makers of the GoSmart Clip have found a way to stand out. The device is actually quite simple in form. It's a plastic phone holder that clips onto many smartphones, and utilizes an elastic strap to adhere itself to the steering wheel. The device retails for $29.95, and it comes in both red and black.
A $30 price tag isn't too horrible for any chunk of useful plastic, but this testament to distracted driving takes "smart" to an entirely different level. The device is obviously for those who like to play on their phone when they're going 75 miles-per-hour, though the device's FAQ page tells owners not to text and drive and recommends using Bluetooth when you're on a call. That was responsible of them. And if you're wondering if the device blocks the gauge cluster, we're guessing the answer is almost always yes. But don't worry, the FAQ says that if the gauges are blocked, simply move the device too 11 o'clock or 1 o'clock on the steering wheel. Problem solved, right?
With over 5,000 deaths per year attributed to distracted driving, the GoSmart seems like one of the worst accessories ever. Luckily, the company made a video to prove how sturdy the device is, and you can check it out by hitting the jump.
If the airbag goes off, look out!
pretty handy if you use your phone for the GPS, or as a speakerphone.
stupid, another argument for self driving cars!
Is It Just Me ? I Don't Have A Phone Turned On When I'm Driving. Why ? I'm Driving !
Call me old-fashioned, but I've rejected a lot of this knee-jerk cell phone stuff. I own 2 for some reason (long story - doesn't matter), but I plan ahead (or catch-up later) instead of constantly communicating about my every move. I live out where everything is peaceful. Why spoil it. What did people do before cell phones ?
This morning on TV was a local story about a 20 year-old who was just killed last night when his Jeep had the top sheared off while passing under an 18-wheeler parked on the side of a highway. I hope it wasn't a cell phone that killed him. What a waste. What a shame.
I bought a cell phone and a plan when I got my first boat. I figured I'd probably never be more than the phone's distaqnce limitation from the antennea's (I was right), and if anything happened, swimming while pulling a boat would prove to be very, very difficult.
Since then, I've kept that phone, gotten another for the wife, and use them all the time. It's my primary form of communication (except computers). I've found that not using a headset should be a crime and not using the phone at all makes for some extremely long, boring drives. I regularly go on trips of up to 2200 miles at a shot. Without companionship (even of the voice on the side of my head style), leads to some really boring trips, and my buddies help keep me alert, too, which just goes to make me safer for myself and everyone else.
If you don't use one, I have no problems with that. I don't think anyone should have problems with people using them...with limitations (hedsets, no school zones, no texting).
I think the little device in this article is a stupid idea. It could easily interfere with your handling of the vehicle in an emergency situation, and definitely interfere with viewing your guages. But that's just my opinion.

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This Surah takes it name from the first Ayat, قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّـهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّـهِ وَاللَّـهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ "Certainly has Allah heard the speech of the one who argues with you, [O Muhammad], concerning her husband and directs her complaint to Allah. And Allah hears your dialogue; indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing." (58:1)
There are 22 Ayat in this Surah.
In this Surah instructions have been given to the Muslims about the different problems that confronted them at that time. From the beginning of the Surah to verse 6 legal injunctions about dhihar have been given, along with which the Muslims have been strictly warned that it is contrary to their profession of the Faith. That they should still persist in the practices of ignorance after they have accepted Islam, that they should break the limits set by God, or refuse to abide by them, or that they should make their own rules and regulations contradictory to them. For this there is not only the punishment of disgrace and humiliation in the world but in the Hereafter too there will be strict accountability for it.
In v. 7-10 the hypocrites have been taken to task for their secret whisperings and consultations by which they conspired and intrigued against the Prophet, and because of their hidden malice and grudge greeted him, like the Jews, in a manner as to wish him ill instead of well. In this connection, the Muslims have been consoled, as if to say: "These whisperings of the hypocrites can do no harm to you; therefore, you should go on doing your duty with full trust in God." Besides, they have also been taught this moral lesson: "The true believers, when they talk secretly together, do not talk of sin and transgression and disobedience to the Messenger, if they have to talk secretly together they should talk of goodness and piety."
In v. 11-13 the Muslims have been taught certain manners of social behaviour and given instructions to eradicate certain social evils which were prevalent among the people then as they are today. If some people are sitting in an assembly, and more people arrive, they do not show even the courtesy as to squeeze in so as to make room for others, with the result that the new-comers have to keep standing, or to sit in the door-way, or to go back, or seeing that there is enough room yet start jumping over the people's heads to find room for themselves. This often used to be experienced in the Prophet's assemblies. Therefore, God gave the instruction, as if to say: "Do not behave selfishly and narrow mindedly in your assemblies, accommodate the new-comers also with an open heart."
Likewise, another vice found among the people is that when they go to visit somebody (an important person, in particular), they prolong their sitting and do not mind at all that encroaching upon his time unduly would cause him hardship. Then, if he tells them to leave, they mind; if he himself rises up from their assembly, they complain of his lack of manners; if he tells them indirectly that he has some other business also to attend to, for which he needs time, they turn a deaf ear to his request. The Prophet himself also had to experience such misconduct from the people, who in their earnestness to benefit by his teaching did not at all see that they were wasting his precious time so badly needed for other important works. At last, God in order to eradicate this bad manner, enjoined that when the people are asked to rise up from an assembly, they should rise up and disperse.
Another vice prevalent among the people was that each person wished to have secret counsel individually with the Prophet without any real need, or would like that he should approach him during an assembly and whisper something to him. This was not only embarrassing for the Prophet but also annoying for the people who sat in the assembly. That is why God imposed the restriction that anyone who wanted to consult him in private, should first give something away in charity. The object was that the people should be warned of this bad manner and made to give it up. Thus, the restriction was kept in force for a short while, and when the people had corrected their behaviour, it was withdrawn.
From verse 14 to the end of the Surah members of the Muslim society, which was a mixture of the sincere Muslims and the hypocrites and the waverers, have been told plainly as to what is the criterion of sincerity in Islam. One kind of Muslims are those who are friends with the enemies of Islam: they do not hesitate for the sake of their interests to be treacherous to the religion which they profess to believe in; they spread all sorts of doubts and suspicions against Islam and prevent the people from adopting the Way of God. But since they are part of the Muslim community, their false profession of Faith serves them as a cover and shield. The second kind of Muslims are those who, in the matter of God's Religion, do not care even for their own father, brother, children, and family, to say nothing of others. They do not cherish any feeling of love for the person who is an enemy of God and His Messenger and His Religion. God in these verses has explicitly stated that the people of the first kind, in fact, belong to Satan's party however hard they may try to convince others of their Islam by swearing oaths. And the honour of belonging to God's party is possessed only by the Muslims of the second kind. They alone are the true Muslims: they alone will attain to true success, and with them alone is God well pleased.
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَسِعَ سَمْعُهُ الأَصْوَاتَ لَقَدْ جَاءَتْ خَوْلَةُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَشْكُو زَوْجَهَا فَكَانَ يَخْفَى عَلَىَّ كَلاَمُهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا } الآيَةَ
It was narrated from 'Aishah that she said, "Praise be to Allah Whose hearing encompasses all voices. Khawlah came to the Messenger of Allah complaining about her husband, but I could not hear what she said. Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: 'Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you concerning her husband, and complains to Allah. And Allah hears the argument between you both.'" Sahih - Sunan Nasa'i no. 3460
There is no hadith to tell as to when this incident of pleading and arguing took place, but there is a hint in the subject matter of the Surah on the basis of which it can be said with certainty that it happened sometime after the battle of the Trench (Shawwal, 5 A.H.). In Surah 33: al-Ahzab (The Confederates), God while negating that an adopted son could be one's real son, had just said this and no more; "And God has not made those of your wives whom you divorce by dhihar your mothers." But in that Surah there was nothing to the effect that to divorce a wife by dhihar was a sin or a crime, nor anything about the legal injunction concerning it. Contrary to it, in this Surah the whole law relating to dhihar has been laid down, which shows that these detailed injunctions were sent down some time after the brief reference to it in Surah 33: al-Ahzab (The Confederates).


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Per the offal: "Fulham FC can confirm that Keanu Marsh Brown has today left the Club by mutual consent."
Never played a minute for the first team, but was on the bench for those memorable wins over Shaktar, Juventus; a few other random Europa Games. Had a pretty productive spell at MK Dons the second-half of last season, and even played a part in the Dons' playoff run. This season he was loaned out to Dundee United, but that was quickly cancelled after Marsh Brown failed to adapt to that coastal spot on the Firth of Tay.
Speaking of loans, it's been wayy too long since the last report. My apologies, this year's crop seems to be more tedious than others.
David Stockdale started and made 4 saves in Ipswich Town's 3-2 loss at Nottingham Forest on Saturday. On November 5, he started and made 3 saves in Ipswich Town's 3-2 win to Doncaster. On October 29 he made one save in Ipswich's 4-1 loss at Millwall. Portsmouth.
Bjorn Helge Riise an unused sub in Pompey's 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on November 5. His loan deal expired on November 17. He made just two appearances for the club. One could argue a reason for that was manager Steve Cotterill's departure for Forest on October 14.
Carlos Salcido started, played 90 minutes, had 1 shots in Tigres' 1-0 win at Pachuca on Sunday. On November 6 he came off the bench in the 64th minute in Tigres' 1-0 win at Puebla. On October 26 he started but played 18 minutes in Tigres' 1-0 loss at Guadalajara.
Lauri Dalla Valle was an unused sub in Dundee United's 1-0 win over Hearts on Saturday. On November 5 he came off the bench in the 80th minute in Dundee United's 3-1 loss at Rangers. On October 29 he started and played 52 minutes in their 4-1 win at Dunfermline in the Scottish Cup. On October 25 he started and played 55 minutes in the their 2-2 draw with Falkirk.
Danny Hoesen started, played 90 minutes, in Fortuna Sittard's 0-0 draw with Almere City on October 28. On Novemer 5 he played 90 minutes in Fortuna Sittard's 1-0 loss to FC Eindhoven. I'm sure he played more than this, but Google Translate and Dutch is difficult.


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- For the chapter in Lord of Chaos by the same name, see Lord of Chaos/Chapter 1.
Lion on the Hill is a sword form. Other than the name, nothing is known about it. Rand al'Thor flows through this form while sparring against five men in Caemlyn.[1]
This form is probably an allusion to the epigraph of Lord of Chaos, and to the chapter in which this form appears, also entitled "Lion on the Hill." The imagery suggests Rand is the Lion on the Hill. In a related imagery, the Daughter of the Nine Moons described Matrim Cauthon as a lion taking his "ease on a hilltop."[2][3]


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Robustness and U.S. Monetary Policy Experimentation
We study how a concern for robustness modifies a policymaker's incentive to experiment. A policymaker has a prior over two submodels of inflation-unemployment dynamics. One submodel implies an exploitable trade-off, the other does not. Bayes' law gives the policymaker an incentive to experiment. The policymaker fears that both submodels and his prior probability distribution over them are misspecified. We compute decision rules that are robust to misspecifications of each submodel and of the prior distribution over submodels. We compare robust rules to ones that Cogley, Colacito, and Sargent (2007) computed assuming that the models and the prior distribution are correctly specified. We explain how the policymaker's desires to protect against misspecifications of the submodels, on the one hand, and misspecifications of the prior over them, on the other, have different effects on the decision rule. Copyright (c) 2008 The Ohio State University.
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Photographer's Note
Trek up from the charming town called Pindaya, we arrived to a Danu village. Danu is one of fiftynine tribes in Shan State of Myanmar. According to a source of an official book, there are even 135 ethnic groups living together in Myanmar. Danu people will say they are also Burmese and they came up to the mountains. They are simple, kind and religious (buddhist) people. Their economy depends on Agriculture. Mostly they grow tea leaves up on the mountain.
If you visit to a house in Myanmar(Burma), you will be provided with green tea in general and it is growed in many parts of Myanmar, including Shan State. Green Tea from Pindaya is famous in the country. We rest in this house and the woman is preparing tea for us. It was a very delicious tea. :) Yummy..
I correct it in PS CS2. The original picture turn out burned in the window and tea pot area. When I adujust with Hilight (and shadow), the smoke around the tea pot became normal. I also turn it into gray scale mode. I like both color and b&w. Please tell me which one is better. Workshop is also welcomed. Thank you for ur time with my picture.
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barrufeto_77 (28886) 2005-10-19 7:13
Hi Yeah.
A lovely daily life shot!! REally nice capture!
Regards, Oscar
sebautourdumond (3108) 2005-10-19 7:29
Hi Yeah,
I like your picture, a really beautiful dayli life shot. I love the attitude of this girl and the light comes by the door.
C'est une très jolie photo.La lumière, le cadrage et les couleurs donnent beaucoup d'atmosphère à cette photo.
gringofil (0) 2005-10-19 7:47
WOW...this is just...splendid. I really like the light you captured here, the woman's position in the frame is perfect and the smoke is the icing on the cake and finishes off the composition. Such a wonderfully peaceful scene you've captured here. I works wonderfully well and goes into my faves for sure. Well done!
alon (1289) 2005-10-19 7:54
What a stunning atmosphiric shot! Composition and light are great.
By the way, welcome to TE!
Can I dare to call this this photo "The Teamaid" from Yeah ?
This is a lovely capture and a great composition reminds me the painting "The Milkmaid" from Vermeer. Same lighting coming from the window, the color, the woman, etc.
Man, this is brilliant !
banyanman (7789) 2005-10-19 8:04
This is a fabulous shot, Yeah. Great composition and lighting. Well done. Cheers . . . David
Dionysos (1234) 2005-10-19 8:17
Magic. Very successful lighting and composition.
Bien (4745) 2005-10-19 8:30
Hi Yeah, This really is an exceptional photograph! The composition is so perfect it feels like watching a painting: All items contributing to the ritual of tea making are so carefully put as if a painter set up a scene. The elegant and meditative attitude of the woman is beautiful. The way the light falls in and enlightens the cooking pot and its steam really adds to the mysticism of this image. It's just brilliant, wow! Congratulations! Sabine
Luko (14000) 2005-10-19 9:02
I already told you I liked this one very much when I saw your print, I guess I'm not the only one who'll like it down here.
Everything has been said about the light, but Alsom comment really nailed the point, comparing it to Vermeer paintings.
Good informative note too.
fkk (2039) 2005-10-19 9:05
merhaba yeah;
excellent composition, wonderful photo
etkileyici bir fotograf, gercekten konuyu cok iyi anlatan bu kareyi cok sevdim kutluyorum, bravooo
gnfreire (26) 2005-10-19 9:39
Great photo. Light, collors, contrast and definition very good.
stefanocer (10642) 2005-10-19 11:19
Excellent job , the atmosphere is really great .
waysai (609) 2005-10-19 12:58
Great lights and composition. Everything placed nicely: the lady, the teapot and the jar. Nothing to complain. If you have other photo with the lady right hand place on the handle of the teapot or starting the fire, that would be priceless.
tinamunk3 (6408) 2005-10-19 14:07
Hi Yeah,
Great shot that shows us what happens inside the house of a local family.
The smoke creates a very special atmosphere.
:-) Tina
everlasting (15914) 2005-10-20 7:19
Very nice daily life shot, Yeah, teh atmosphere here is perfectly captured.
Burberry1 (6041) 2005-10-22 9:52
Wonderful capture of a daily life.
The exposure is perfect and I like the mood here.
I even have an impession of smelling the tee.
Very well done,
jurarafal (265) 2006-12-06 16:43 [Comment]
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- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2004-10-00
- Categories: Daily Life
- Camera: Nikon Coolpix 775, Nikkor 35-70mm
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): Polly put the kettle on [view contributor(s)]
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Got up early and... we felt the heat!! Goodbye winter, welcome summer! We ran to breakfast and found the traditional Costa Rica's Breakfast : Gallopinto.
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Bumpy road! It took us 4 hours to do 120 kms... welcome to the bumpy roads of Costa Rica. It was around 4h30 pm when we saw the volcano...wow! really amazing!
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Just very glad we did that, even though i was terrified with the fact that there are around 133 species of snakes in Costa Rica, and that we could find many on those trails.....:s The moon was full and we could perfect see the small eruptions of lava on the volcano from a hanging bridge, 45 mts high! Just amazing...a "memorable moment"
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Rising fuel bills: Concern over govt 'Green Deal'
When the temperatures are falling, it's time to wrap up and turn up the central heating. But what if you can't afford the gas or electric bills?
For single dad John Wesley, it became a choice of heating or eating.
"The house was very cold and the living room never warmed up," he told me.
"So I had to wrap myself up in a duvet just to watch the TV."
What he needed was an overcoat - not for himself, but for his Nottingham home.
John's three bedroom house in Aspley now has wrap around insulation, part funded under a government energy efficiency scheme. He's delighted with the improvement.
"From the room being cold, it gets warmed up within 15 minutes and after half an hour, I can switch off the central heating," he added.
"The warmth of the room stays constant. I hardly lose any heat at all. No need for duvets now and I can see the difference in lower energy bills."
Fuel poverty
The government recommends a living room should be heated to around 21 degrees centigrade.
That's just enough to make the room warm and snug. But if you spend more than 10% of your income on those gas and electric bills, you are deemed to be in fuel poverty.
According to government figures, 22% of households in two Nottingham parliamentary constituencies, East and North, are in fuel poverty, that's one of the highest rates in Britain.
Up to 850 homes - both rented and private - on the 1930s Aspley estate had insulation improvements. Then government funded dried up.
"In 2006, there were 2.2 million people classified as fuel poor," Miranda Cumberbatch, of the Nottingham Energy Partnership, told me.
"Now, the number of households in fuel poverty is in excess of five million. That's a huge increase."
The partnership is an independent charity that's behind Aspley's warm homes make-over.
"The average home now costs £1,400 a year to heat and fuels costs are rising," added Miranda.
But the coalition government's scrapped many of the last Labour government's home insulation schemes - including one only last week, Warm Front. That's turned up the political temperature.
"MPs are being contacted by constituents who are trying to get help from Warm Front," the Ashfield Labour MP Gloria De Piero told a parliamentary debate.
"But they're being told they must wait or have not had the answer that they need in these freezing temperatures. These are elderly and vulnerable people. It is nothing short of a disgrace."
The Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey says the coalition has a big plan to tackle rising energy bills.
The Green Deal is the government's revamped answer. It includes subsidies for insulation, new boilers and solar panels. It was piloted in Nottingham.
"Government policy is designed specifically to drive a wedge between global energy prices and energy bills, now and in the future," said Mr Davy.
"It is designed to enable us to cushion and insulate people from the hikes in global fossil fuel prices as best we can."
But for organisations at the coalface of delivering energy efficient homes, the policy change involves a real financial worry.
"As we move to these more new advanced energy saving measures and new policies, there's a definite funding gap," said Miranda Cumberbatch.
"For solid wall insulation and harder-to-treat properties, you are looking at costs of between £6,000 to £10,000. Which is a far cry from £200 to £400 pounds for loft or cavity wall insulation," she added.
As the thaw sets in, it won't just be mercury rising. One research group, the Energy Bill Revolution, estimates the number of families in fuel poverty within three years will rise to nine million.
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SHANKSVILLE, Pa., Sept. 23 — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Sunday made his first visit to the field in rural Pennsylvania where United Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. Later, during a fund-raising stop in Pittsburgh for the ground zero memorial, he said the project had nearly reached its $350 million goal.
In Shanksville, the mayor presented a flag that had flown over ground zero to an official with the National Park Service, which oversees the temporary memorial at the field. The flag was then raised at the site.
"It really was very moving," he said during his fund-raising appearance in Pittsburgh, 80 miles away. "I thought to myself, 'You know, there's no difference between New York City, a big city of 8 million people, and Shanksville, Pa., a town of a few thousand.' In the end, it's all the same thing: We lose people, sadly, to protect those things that we love, and we've got to make sure this does not happen again."
Mr. Bloomberg has been a rainmaker for the Sept. 11 memorial since he became chairman almost a year ago, helping to raise $190 million. He announced on Sunday that the memorial had raised $325 million, up $25 million since April.
But while that effort has flourished over the last year, fund-raising for the Flight 93 National Memorial has languished, with just $12.5 million collected toward a $30 million goal.Continue reading the main story
"It's a little bit of envy," said Deputy Superintendent Keith Newlin of the National Park Service. "But I'm pretty confident the rest of that money is going to come."
The pace of fund-raising has been criticized by the memorial's own committee members. Some of them fear that it could put at risk the goal of opening the permanent memorial by the 10th anniversary of the crash.
"We're at a place where there's very little slack in the timeline to raise the money," said Patrick White, vice president of the Families of Flight 93, which is helping with fund-raising.
The National Park Foundation is about to roll out a new campaign to raise the rest of the money, but officials said that they were hoping to receive advice from Mr. Bloomberg, and that they also would not mind a donation from him.
Saying that Mr. Bloomberg gave $15 million from his own fortune to the Sept. 11 memorial, Mr. White said in a phone interview, "That right there would kill the debate about whether we'd reach our fund-raising goal."
Mr. White said officials with the Flight 93 Task Force hoped to meet with Mr. Bloomberg next month, when the group, which normally meets in Somerset, Pa., holds its quarterly meeting in New York City. Mr. Bloomberg said he was open to helping the Flight 93 memorial.
Mr. White said he was surprised to learn that the ground zero project, previously called the World Trade Center Memorial, announced last month that it had changed its official name to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.
He said he had not been aware that the word "national" had been included in the name, just as it is in the Flight 93 National Memorial, a name approved by Congress. "I don't know where the seat of a national memorial for Sept. 11 might rightfully be," Mr. White said. "I think it's a self-described and proclaimed name. It isn't official, and ours is designated by Congress."
Mr. Bloomberg did not see any conflict. "I think this country is big enough to use the word 'national' multiple times," he said.
In Pittsburgh the mayor appeared along with a traveling exhibit that features pictures, two 37-foot-long steel beams from the twin towers and a short film about the 9/11 attacks.
Visitors are invited to sign the beams, which will be included in the construction of the Sept. 11 museum, and to make a donation.
Mr. Bloomberg took another ground zero flag to Pittsburgh, where it was presented to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl by Mickey Kross, a retired lieutenant for the New York Fire Department who survived the collapse of the north tower. Pittsburgh was the fourth stop for the exhibit, and Mr. Bloomberg said the tour would expand to at least 25 stops around the country.
The tour has raised about $1 million, mainly from small donations from about 7,000 visitors. Officials decided to set up the exhibit on a street near Heinz Field in hopes of attracting some of the thousands of fans who came to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers play the San Francisco 49ers.
The juxtaposition created strange feelings for some visitors, a number of them wearing black and gold Steeler regalia.
"It's going to be a little tough to go to the game now," said Steve Sloka, 31, of Canonsburg, Pa., who stopped in and watched the seven-minute film in the exhibit. "But it's important to stop and remember."Continue reading the main story


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The X-Plane command-line tools ("xptools") are a collection of tools for editing scenery. The current set includes:
- DSFTool - converts DSF files to text format and back.
- DDSTool - converts PNG files to DDS format.
- ObjConverter - converts 3DS and DXF files to X-Plane 8 OBJ format.
- ObjView - a simple 3-d viewer for X-Plane OBJ files.
- XGrinder - a drag-and-drop front-end for the command-line tools (DSFTool, DDSTool, and ObjConverter).
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For the 26th year in a row generous Victorians have directly supported the management of clinical trials in their region.
In fact, more than $15 million has been invested into Victorian clinical trial departments since the Clinical Trials Management Scheme began in 1988 with the majority of that investment only possible thanks to donations made to Cancer Council Victoria.
Most recently, $800,000 was distributed this year to 43 hospital sites around the state (see Figure 1 below). This included $600,000 in donations to Cancer Council Victoria and a $100,000 grant each from the Victorian Department of Health and from the Victorian Cancer Agency.
Clinical trials are the best way of testing a new treatment, or seeing whether a particular treatment works better than another. The scheme helps pay for staff to run clinical trials and provide recruitment data. The figures show the number of people taking part in clinical cancer trials in Victoria has grown from 594 people in 1988 to 2021 people last year. In total, more than 37,000 Victorians have elected to take part in a trial over the past 26 years.
Cancer Council Victoria CEO Todd Harper said: "Many people with cancer are now living longer, with a better quality of life due to clinical trials. Some of the best clinical trial work in the world is being done here in Victoria and we are incredibly proud to have played a supporting role in that work thanks to the ongoing generosity of our donors."
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Go online to www.cancervic.org.au/trials to find out more or to search for a cancer clinical trial in Victoria. Alternatively you can call the Cancer Council Helpline on 13 11 20 to speak with an oncology nurse or talk to your treating doctor.


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BSU, NTC: Recalibration plan for $5 million shortfall unveiled
The comprehensive plan to deal with a $5 million budget shortfall for 2011-12 and 2012-13 for Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College is being detailed today by President Richard Hanson in different meetings and forums.
The recalibration plan involves eliminating four academic programs (about six staff positions), reducing 18 programs (about 33 staff positions), at least 10.38 administrative and non-academic staff positions and two athletic programs (two coaches and 35 athletes). Some student services offices will also be integrated.
According to a news release:
The four academic programs to be eliminated are art history, environmental landscaping, massage therapy and one program yet to be confirmed.
The 18 programs to be reduced are visual arts, English and speech, history, philosophy, modern languages, music, physics, environmental studies, economics, mathematics, computer science, psychology, sociology, accounting, technological studies, physical education, health and sport, professional education and automotive.
The 10-11 administrative positions to be eliminated are a library tech, in communication and marketing, trades, a physical plant supervisor, in telecom, clerical, counseling and Optivation.
The two athletic sports to be dropped are men's indoor and outdoor track and field.
The Center for Extended Learning would be integrated by melding the staff of CEL with the Records and Admissions Offices and creating the AVP for Strategic Partnerships and Information Services.
The cuts are planned in response to the economic challenges Minnesota is facing with its $6.2 billion budget deficit.
The issues are not unique to BSU and NTC. Similar situations are facing other Minnesota State Colleges and University institutions.
"Our recalibration is intensely focused on our students and their learning," the news release stated. "We are committed to efficient, timely and cost-effective programming and support for our students."
The plan was planned to not include across-the-board cuts.
"We are shaping and sculpting the university and college to be more ready for the challenges of higher education in 2020 and beyond," the news release said.
Because of that, the plan focuses on emerging programs.
Two positions are set to be added to the business program and one position would be added to the mass communication program.
A goal would be to strengthen to Native American studies and Ojibwe language programs to become nationally distinctive.
A recommendation is being made to the faculty to have a coordinated curricular infusion centered on leadership, ethics, informatics and environmental sustainability.
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics programming - STEM - is planned to have renewed importance and relevance through increased grant activity, outreach and scholarly activity.
There also will be a renewed commitment to university access for potential students in Minnesota, including first-generation students, modest-income families and their children, and Native American students from the three nearby tribes (White Earth, Red Lake and Leech Lake).
The university and college anticipate an initial short-term drop in enrollment.
Spring and fall enrollment numbers remain high and the systems are looking at a 5 percent increase in credits. Applications are also up from one year ago.
BSU juniors and NTC first- and second-year students who are currently enrolled in programs that are being eliminated will be able to complete their programs.
An Institutional Distinctiveness Agenda is also planned, which will have the goals of raising student completion rate by 20 percent; create a three-year baccalaureate program, with testing to beginning in fall 2011; reduce students' loan dependency by 25 percent; and create within students and graduates a power and forward-looking sense of societal relevance in terms of employability, competence and motivation.


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Plans For 200 Homes At Weymouth Stadium Revealed
8:59am 6th December 2012
(Updated 12:28pm 6th December 2012)
The last in a pair of public consultations on the relocation of Weymouth Football Club has been held.
Dozens of people turned up to St Aldhelm's Church last night (Wednesday 5th December) to look at plans for 200 homes on the site.
Wessex LLP - who own the land around the Bob Lucas - has proposed the move.
Chickerell Town Council says they won't allow the ground to be used for anything but leisure and members unanimously voted against plans for any residential development around or on the stadium site, last month.
The first Public Consultation took place earlier in the week.
Public feedback will help shape a final design before a planning application is submitted.
In a statement, Weymouth Football club has tried to assure fans and local residents they're listening to all the options on the table and nothing has been decided yet. They say any new stadium must be superior to the existing one.
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Mojokerto opengceremony and first stage
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After a very long flight from Brussels to Surabaya (with stopovers in Frankfurt, Taipei and Jakarta) I finaly arrived in Mojokerto where I installed myself in the hotel from the organisation and had a short sleep. About 2 ours later my Indonesian teammate woke me up to get ready for the officel openingsceremony and team presentation of the tour de east Java 2007.
The openingsceremony was a great show with lots of local dansers and music. For the team presentation we had to climb into an old army jeep whitch drove us in a parade trough the city of Mojokerto. Every street was packed with people who were cheering and taking pictures of us. Once we got back to the starting point it was time for a walking dinner where we could get a taste of the local food.
The next day it was finaly time to get in action. At 1:00PM local time and under a tropical hot sun it was time for the 1st stage a criterium of 65km in the streets of Mojokerto. It was a very hard an fast race with an avarage speed of 44.5km/Hr. I became 16th in the bunch sprint and was prety satisfied of my race.
Later that day after a good shower and some sleep me and my team-mates Bjorn, Soren and mario decided to start with a tradition for the rest of the week. As we only get rice to eat in the hotel we went eating KFC after the meal we drove into town to find a massage salon where we had a great relaxing massage. To finish the day we bought a big bottle of local beer and had a descussion about what our tacticks would be the next day.


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Richard Linklater's SLACKER inspired a generation of American filmmakers by exploring the subculture of Austin, Texas in a loose narrative with a tapestry of quirky characters. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of that iconic movie, 24 of Austin's top filmmakers banded together to update SLACKER with their own perspectives on the city.
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Amarr Championships: Time to Rule (Schedule and Rules)
Welcome contenders and capsuleers alike! The Amarr Championships are upon us. To help guide you through one of the most sacred events to the Amarr Empire, here are some details on the upcoming schedule and rules. Schedule of Sanctity The initial two rounds of the Amarr Championship will take place on the 8th, 14th and 15th of November.Read full post


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Interesting Take On Andrew Witty's Tenure By Erika Kelton For Forbes..
It's good to see at least one mainstream news outlet has the balls to publish the truth about CEO Andrew Witty's tenure at the helm at GSK over the past decade- however I would like to see more discussion about the 3 Billion dollar fine for what it actually was: a whitewash and NOT justice for consumers or patients- or in the words of Whistle-Blower Greg Thorpe– a mere "gift to GSK"…
Also, Perhaps Erika Kelton (the author of this Forbes article) could further explain to the public, why so little of this Department of Justice complaint involved Paxil (Seroxat/Paroxetine)? Considering that Paxil (Seroxat) has been GSK's most controversial drug, I would like to know why was the focus of the investigation on Advair (GSK's least dangerous drug when compared to drugs like Paxil) and also why do the other whistle-blowers- recruited at the time- not speak out about the sham investigation and white-wash fine?
My e-mail is always open to information and discussion Erika (if you're reading!). I have much more information about GSK than I have published on this blog- several whistle-blowers have contacted me over the years, and some of these stories haven't even been covered in the news at all, or online even.
Anyhow, here's her Forbes article…
(ps- most of the info in this article could be gleaned straight from my blog- as I have been documenting GSK for ten years now- and have often done deeper digging than most journalists)
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With Andrew Witty's Departure, Will GlaxoSmithKline Say Goodbye to Fraud?
Erika Kelton ,
I write about whistleblower matters involving fraud and other issues.
GSK has made headlines during Witty's tenure, but for all the wrong reasons.
The company should scratch internal prospects off the list.
Glaxo SmithKline recently announced that its CEO, Andrew Witty, will be out the door as of March 31, 2017 – a development many were expecting.
GSK has made headlines during Witty's tenure, but for all the wrong reasons.
Glaxo needs to make major changes after CEO Andrew Witty (on right) leaves the company next year.
Corruption, bribery, illegal marketing, contaminated drugs and collusion are some of the "highlights" of Glaxo's business practices that were revealed during Witty's nine years at the helm.
Witty oversaw Glaxo's "Hall of Shame" when the following entries were added:
A $3 billion payment to the US to settle whistleblower allegations leading to civil and criminal charges that the company had marketed a number of its top-selling drugs for unapproved uses that in many cases endangered patients' lives and health. It is the largest healthcare fraud settlement ever paid. (My firm represented the leading whistleblowers.)
A $750 million payment to settle whistleblower allegations that led to civil and criminal liability for manufacturing contaminated drugs at its facility in Puerto Rico and selling them.
A $489 million fine by a Chinese court for bribery and corruption charges based on allegations its China division paid doctors to prescribe Glaxo's drugs. (A record penalty for China.)
Accusations of bribing doctors to prescribe Glaxo's drugs in at least 11 other countries: Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Syria and United
Arab Emirates.
A fine of roughly $54.5 million by Britain's Competition & Markets Authority for allegedly paying generic drug makers illegally to delay the launch of cheaper versions of Glaxo's Seroxat, an antidepressant.
A fine of about $9 million imposed by India's Competition Commission for allegedly colluding with Sanofi India in bidding to supply a meningitis vaccine to the government for Haj pilgrims.
That's a record that won't be missed.
On the bright side, Witty's announced resignation provides an opportunity for Glaxo to clean up its act.
Glaxo reportedly is considering external as well as internal candidates for the top spot. The company should scratch internal prospects off the list.
Witty came up through the ranks and landed in the CEO office after more than 20 years of slogging his way up from management trainee. Although Witty surely knows the business well, he was also part of a culture that was not healthy. Only an outsider with great resolve has a chance of reshaping the business to respect compliant and ethical practices.
Given Glaxo's recent history, the board of directors should ensure that Witty's replacement does more than drive up profits. A dramatic cultural shift at GSK is long past due.
A good place to start would be to listen to employees when they blow the whistle internally, particularly given the billions the company has paid to resolve significant problems whistleblowers have exposed. Glaxo will find that being open to whistleblower concerns could be very profitable in more ways than one.
Erika Kelton is a whistleblower attorney and partner at Phillips & Cohen LLP. http://www.phillipsandcohen.com. Follow @Fraudmatters.


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Contemporary knowledge about God, Evolution, and the meaning of human life.Methodology of spiritual development.
After the story with Hamilcar, Pythagoras became revered for his art as a healer. The noble Persians began to seek his help.
One day, one of the Persian commanders, surrounded by several armed soldiers approached the place where captive priests were resting on a halt, among whom were Pythagoras and Hamilcar.
Hamilcar watched with some trepidation, ready to step in and defend Pythagoras, when soldiers surrounded him.
"Do not worry, I am not in danger," Pythagoras assured him.
Beside the Persian nobleman who came to Pythagoras, one of his slaves was standing and holding a cage with a falcon.
The Persian had started talking:
"Look, Greek! I shot this falcon a long time ago and wanted to train him so he could hunt for me. But its wounded wing still does not heal. They say you are a great healer? So show me your skills! Or can you not cure the bird? If it does not heal, then we have to roast it on a spit, as it will be worth nothing!"
Pythagoras opened the cage.
"Be careful, Greek! That thing pecks painfully, sticking its claws, ready to escape whenever possible! And then we will have to catch it throughout the entire desert," the Persian laughed.
But the falcon came over trustfully onto the hand of Pythagoras. Pythagoras stroked the falcon tenderly and said something to it in Greek… After a few movements of the healing hand, the bird spread its wings confidently and soared into the air.
The healed falcon was hovering against the background of the sun in the sky, like giving thanks to his savior!
"What have you done?! Why did you let him go?!"
"It is not worth causing evil to anyone! Every life is sacred! In Egypt, Horus the falcon is a symbol of the Deity, who is the controller of lives and destinies of all beings! The release of this little winged resident of the desert you can consider as great luck! Involuntarily saving this bird's life can improve your destiny! You would have been seriously injured in the upcoming battle and spent the rest of your days languishing in captivity. But you have the opportunity now to avoid this fate!
"Did you ask me to heal the bird? I did it! Moreover, I have almost saved you from the miserable fate of a slave. If you will understand me now, then you will be only slightly injured in the upcoming battle, but you will escape captivity!
"You can thank me for salvation or curse me for the loss of the falcon. It will be your choice and this choice will change your life as well.
"The state of hate or gratitude, and any other state and thoughts of the person are very important in formation of his own destiny in the near and distant future!"
The Persian was so surprised by the event that he did not even have any desire to be angry:
"Can you see the future? Such a small thing like a bird in a cage is capable of affecting my life?"
"The future is easy to see. In fact, people create their own destiny right now! And whoever knows the Laws by which everything that develops can estimate the opportunities for future development of a person's life as easily as you can calculate your gold coins, adding or subtracting them.
"Of course, in order to see the destinies, the good knowledge of the past of each soul is required. But whoever sees not only the body, but also the soul, can easily recognize its past and its quality, and opportunities in the present. That means he can easily foresee the future! The falcon — it was a sort of sign sent by the Divine Power which warned you of a threatening misfortune!"
"Were you also sent by this Force to explain this sign to me?"
"Can you see it? Your understanding has extended: you said it yourself!"
"Which gods do you worship, Greek, that give you such abilities?"
"People call the Divine Power by different names. They usually worship certain symbols of this Force, but without understanding Whom exactly they worship. They pray about the fulfilment of their own desires, about a harvest, rain, family happiness, love, success, military victory… There are many names of 'gods' that people are serving in the temples of different countries. Nations differ not only in languages, but every human tribe is searching for ways to connect people to that Force Which controls everything. They are searching for this Force through certain images, which they have named the gods of harvest, sky, fire, Earth, Sun, or various human characteristics — from love to hate… And 'mediators', priests, have gained great profit for themselves from the humiliating worship of those people. It is happening almost everywhere on Earth now.
"Although Primordial Divine Consciousness is called by different names, His Power does not change.
"Even though people worship false 'gods', Divine Power does not stop manifesting Its Laws."
… This time Pythagoras spoke not only for the Persian. He understood that for Hamilcar, his words were much more understandable and important.
But the events and circumstances also have allowed this Persian to hear what Hamilcar needed to know the most. And other people who were listening to the conversation could learn a bit from this too…
Pythagoras continued:
"The Laws remain eternal by which everything exists in the Universe!
"The principles of Harmony and Love lie at the foundation of everything.
"If the person does not break the Laws of Harmony, Justice and Kindness, then he will soon be able to recognize how Divine Power controls the destinies and events."
"It is not seen in the world of what you call harmony and justice!" said the Persian, mockingly. "We have conquered half of the world! And you desire that winners do not enjoy the fruits of their victories?"
"You, 'the winners' will inevitably get the fruits! But only they won't be as sweet and beautiful as they seem to you now!…
"I warned you because you are smart and can comprehend what I am saying!"
"In your opinion, what should I do now to avoid misfortunes?"
"The main thing that you've got to understand: the earthly life in the body is not eternal! Earthly riches and power will inevitably end with the life of the body! All the accumulated earthly riches can be suddenly lost by man! The life in the body can be interrupted at any time — and then comes what people call death!
"The unknown posthumous world scares ignorant people. That is why sacrifices and other rituals were invented to quench this fear and supposedly to appease the 'gods'…
"But the rituals and ceremonies don't change anything! And bloody sacrifices only aggravate the darkness, where souls can enter!… The posthumous life of man will not be great if afterwards his dead will be killed and buried along with him: wives, horses, servants, and luxurious golden items!
"Whatever everyone personally deserves, that will inevitably meet him on the other side of this threshold, after leaving the body!
"Only acts of kindness and justice will improve one's own destiny! Who does not show anger, hatred and violence, that person frees himself from this in the afterlife!
"Posthumous existence does not burden those who spent their whole earthly life in kind emotions!"
"How can I thank you, Sage, for your lesson?"
"First and foremost — by its acceptance!"
"And what about the whole caravan of slaves and valuables which I am obliged to protect? Isn't that the reason that I can also become a slave in the future?"
"You are right and this is also! But there are some current circumstances in your life which depend on you and some of them you cannot change.
"With regard to the current situation, you can stop the violence and cruelty toward prisoners that are placed under your command. This is in your power!
"Also, I would like to have the possibility to move freely within the limits of this camp and to heal the prisoners, as well as to teach my disciple this healing art."
"Well, Greek, I will try to ask this permission for you!"
… The Persian left, accompanied by his guards who didn't understand anything from this conversation, but then they told everybody how the Greek priest had spoken the bird language, then had cured this bird and let him go…
Hamilcar and Pythagoras continued the conversation.
Hamilcar asked:
"All my life I observed how the strong people prevail over the weak ones and by doing that they obtain wellbeing for themselves. Hence, the power is nevertheless necessary for life and it brings success?"
"In the case when the power of the person is directed to virtuous objectives, it helps to successfully approach the Perfection! But if it is not…
"Yes, in life often those who are stronger prevail over those who are weaker. This is similar to how the predators overcome their prey.
"But if the lion's violence over his prey comes naturally for the beast, the violence of some people over others makes the second much worse than predatory animals!
"After all, the lion does not kill his victim because of his anger, but only with the purpose to get something for food, which will allow him to survive. Humanity has fallen down so low that people kill others for the sake of acquisition of wealth and the imaginary power over the earthly expanse which cannot belong to the kings, no matter how much they are boasting over the conquered lands!
"Yes, the one who is purposeful possesses the power, and can 'triumph' over the weak people… And it seems like a fair wind of fate carries him from one achievement to another… But if the purposes of man belongs to a world of darkness, than those 'successes' are imaginary! They only aggravate the severity and the pain that he will receive as a 'reward'! Such 'victories' sometimes are worse than defeat for future destiny!
"A lot of terrible and devastating wars still must happen on Earth in order to make the people understand how great it is to live in peace!
"To live in peace and harmony with oneself, without having the internal destructive contradictions between thoughts, desires and emotions, finding peace and integrity — it is possible for a certain person, no matter what the circumstances surrounding him! But the whole human community can appreciate the advantages of living in harmonious communal development, not in the enmity and violence of some communities over others! You and I, we aim to carry this knowledge to other people!
"You can see clearly now in the ruined Egypt which has come to its end, the harm of violence of one country over another, of one nation over another.
"And King Cambyses who now dared to assign the title of pharaoh to himself will get something very soon that he was 'conquering' all his life: an extremely inglorious death and a terrible posthumous existence where he, in particular, will see all his mistakes…
"And the word pharaoh in fact means the House of God! The only one worthy to wear this title, who united in Himself the Divine Trinity:
"joined the Infinite Power of United Creator in His Universal House,
"became a manifestation of His Creative Fire,
"made his body as an instrument for the manifestation of the Divine Spirit, the United Will of the Whole!
"Cambyses will soon die a non-heroic death and he will not even have time to enjoy his looted wealth and the power over huge conquered territories.
"And such a fate befalls all tyrants and the invaders who are blinded by the lust of power, who believe that they will be able to obtain satisfaction from the possession of wealth which they did not create, and the power over countries which they conquered. Their vast empires always start to fall apart from the inside, like a tree, rotten in the core. And then, just a gust of wind is enough to make this tree to fall.
"In the same way, the aging body will perish if this person has failed to create the peace and harmony in oneself…
"Thus the countries and even whole civilizations perish…
"Indeed, those people who are under the leadership of tyrants for a war campaign, they also dream to own those things which they will conquer and those people whom they want to make slaves!
"Strongly visible is the decay of souls of invaders, when we observe after the conflagration war those unfortunate people who lost all they had possessed, and now they are pulled as slaves into foreign lands!
"And then, the empires and their governors perish who wanted to rule by ignoring the Laws of Harmony of the Whole!
"How important it is to understand that in reality everyone possesses only that which he manifests himself!
"Once the Gods told me:
'All that is actually yours — that can you take with you after the death of your body. All the rest does not belong to you. Having all the rest, it is an illusion!
'Only the experience which was absorbed by the soul, only the love, purity, and wisdom that the soul became, actually has real value! This integral wealth that can be saved and accumulated from one life to another! These are the qualities that should transform into the Divine Qualities!
'And then, the soul becomes Flame of Love and acquires the right to merge with the Creative Power of the Whole!'"
Anna Zubkova
Lessons of Pythagoras
Books(author and editor Dr.Vladimir Antonov)
Classics of Spiritual Philosophy and the Present
How God Can Be Cognized. Autobiography of a Scientist, Who Studied God
Forest Lectures on the Highest Yoga
Bhagavad Gita with Commentaries
Tao Te Ching
The Original Teachings of Jesus Christ
The Gospel of Philip
The Teachings of Babaji
Sathya Sai Baba — the Christ of Our Days
The Teachings of Don Juan Matus
Life for God
Anatomy of God
"Bubbles of Perception"
Agni Yoga
Spiritual Heart — Religion of Unity
Spiritual Work with Children
Atlantis and the Atlanteans
Pythagoras and His School
The New Upanishad. Structure and Cognition of the Absolute
On the Other Side of the Material World
Book of the Warrior of the Spirit
Parables of Lao Tse
Divine Parables
Dialogues with Pythagoras
Lessons of Pythagoras
Parables about the Elder Zosima
Book of Those Born-Again in the Light. Revelations of Divine Atlanteans
Sufi Parables
Parables of the Masters
Story about Princess Nesmeyana and Ivan
To Understand God
Fairy Tales of Grandpa Vanya
Story of True Magic
Teachings of God on the Achieving the Spiritual Perfection
The Saga of Odin
Avalokiteshvara: On Reaching Nirvana
Gold Tablets of Atlanteans
Divine Tales of Slavic Lands
Kayr — On the Path and Travelers
Legend of Rada and Alexey
Ariadne. Pythagoras? School in Crotone
"Fakir. The Science of Miracles"
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