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Thus well-prepared, the Contemplative Munis, emerging from the Caves of the Himalayas, went out for expeditions in all Four Directions of the Earth, and conquered the multitudes of the Devils that are the Corrupt Words, and banished them into the Seven Holes in the World of Palata, the World below the Muladhara Chakra. And thereby sanctified the Earth again and filled Her with the power of Merit and Virtue.
From that moment they rediscovered, realized within the Light of their Pure Souls the very Original Words that had been revealed as the Shabda Prajapatis, the World Progenitors. But now they articulate very seldom. When they speak, they have taught now their future offspring to speak with great care only the words that are beneficial, measured, pleasant. Otherwise, emphatically holding the vow that Silence is the true ornament of the mind, therefore they mostly communicate by the Vibrations of the Mind. Now the Cosmic Celestial Poison of Sound [cacophonic sound (kolahala) + celestial poison (kalakuta) = kolahala-kalakutam), which formerly entered by way of the ear into all the organs of the free-flying birds and diving residents of the ocean, no longers prevails, no longer poisons the internal organs and the minds of the living beings, no longer leads them towards their own destruction.
It is when such Silence prevails that the communication is from mind to mind, like the main strings of a stringed instrument that once touched produce the same sound in sympathetic strings. So the communication in minds occurs without words. And this then becomes the expression of truly silent affection. These Contemplative Beings are now living in freedom, seeing their own selves in the form of all selves and listening to the Light that is the subtle Sound of the Soul. And Shantih, the Peace with the Queen of the Universe now reigns supreme, again because the beings have found the right therapy, which is a pacified, saintly mind. And the Earth is filled with the smile of such saintly minds. And what the Great Lady of the Universe, Shakambhari Devi, had promised in silence, came to be true. For the World that had become copper-colored now was turned green by Her gracious compassion. This we have been told by the Balladeers of Silence, those who orally pass on the history of the phenomenon of Silence. We were told this in our minds, and into your minds we pass on this narrative.
Those who with the Cool Waters of the Peace of Silence annulled the Fire of the Celestial Poison of Decibels and of Cacophonies, unto those Great Minds we offer our homage. Namah. With joined hands. With bowed heads. Namah to the Bow that is Meditation. Namah to the Arrow that is Silence. Namah to that siddhi that makes us shoot right to the target. Namah to the Vibration of the Mind. They whose Silence is the All-Sheltering Banyan Tree that grants us the Shade of Wisdom. They who have kindled the Sacrificial Fire of Silence within. Unto those Gurus we say Namah, but only in our Silent Mind. OM.
The strains of Ganga-stuti (Hymn to Ganga] coalesce with the evening calm. You make way passed the dust-spewing bulldozers and trucks to the tent where Sundarlalji Bahaguna sits as if in a trance. He looks much like the 'half-naked fakir' who inspires him and his cheerful young niece by his side adds to this image. [That is the image of Gandhi.] The debt to Gandhi is explicit: "It was Gandhiji who gave me courage. My first fast for the public cause was in August 1948 when I was prevented by state authorities to enter this very town where the dam is being built. It was one week long, and I won. This current fast is the sixth, and the going is tougher. But I am ready to surrender myself to the Almighty's wishes," he writes, much to the consternation of his fellow environmentalists who would much rather that he beat a temporary retreat and allow them to take over the struggle. Next to Bahuguna's tent a community meal awaits you, and anyone who come, eats.
The leader's wife and comrade-in-arms, Vimala, is busy ladling out the delicious meal of rice and dahl and chappatis, which she has cooked, ably assisted by Sudesha Ben, an associate from the CHIPKO movement. [CHIPKO is the movement of clinging to the trees when the contractors and loggers come.] The meal over, the congregation moves back to the main tent where the figure of the fasting leader provokes pangs of guilt, because we have eaten. Conversation is conducted in whispers so as not to disturb the meditating Sundarlalji. "How does he keep himself going?" you ask one of his long-time associates. The leader answers your inquiry. "Today the surgeon came to see me. Doctors are amazed to see my normal blood pressure and pulse rate. I told them that they have no instrument to measure the energy input I get from prayer, devotional songs, and Silence." He has a prescription to offer medical men. "Include yoga and naturopathy in your science, for that is the secret of spiritual power and happiness." Add to this his current diet of water with a small . . . , suggested by Swami Chidananda of the Shivananda Ashram in Rishikesh. "Natural electrolytes," explains Dr. Mitrashiva of the Voluntary Health Association of India. All have admiration for Sundarlalji's endurance. "Hunger, however, does not keep the Satyagrahi [Grasper of Truth, Believer in Firmness in Truth] awake," assures his associate. Five a.m. finds the group doing a morning perambulation through the town, singing bhajans while Sundarlalji meditates in his tent. On alternate days he undergoes a fomentation and massage in true Naturopathy style. Silence descends upon the site for half and hour every morning as all members observe a mauna-vrata [vow of silence], after which the congregation chants the Vishnu-sahastra-nama [the Thousand Names of Lord-the-Preserver], and then the members go about their daily tasks. At four p.m. they meet again to recite the Gita.
I shall not try to read the entire excerpt. He did manage to force the Prime Minister of India to suspend the construction for the time being. The reason I am reading this to you is not to talk to you about problems in India. There is no more division of nations in the world. Fire and wind do not carry passports. The ozone layer has no citizenship. But my point here is the method. The method for what? Not method for saving the ecology of the earth. First there has to be this individual preparation, this ability to Silence, this ability to fast for forty-five days and carry on the daily tasks — giving press interviews and meditating. There has to be something in the personality. You have to be a spiritual person to lead a spiritual movement, to succeed. The force has to come from within, and you have to know that this force is not definable in political terms in forms of organizational constitutions or exterior methods that one adopts.
I always say, and I repeat here, that Gandhi was not fighting for the independence of India. He was only perfecting himself. When you work on purifying yourself, the purity overflows the bounds of your personality because the natural definition of self-purification is that it overflows and it inundates all in your surroundings, and your Silence cools the world. There has to be sufficient Silence in you. If you continue to blame those who are in your surroundings or were, for your present condition in your individual life or personal life, then also in the collective life of the planet you will do the same.
Remember that Love is first; the beloved is found after. I have let you sit silent on that sentence. Joy is first; it meets the exterior stimuli much after. Love, Joy, Consciousness, God are synonymous. Seek the contents, the meanings of any one of these words, and the rest come along, being the same. Love is not a feeling; it is a palpable force. Joy is not a state of experiencing a temporary sentiment; it is a force, a palpable force that fills you up from inside. If you do not know how to let it fill you up from inside, all the exterior alambanas [supports] that you hang onto for love and joy are going to crumble to dust one after another. They will vanish because you banish them from your life. It is through celibacy, through intensifying the prana-force, through Silence, through meditation, that you will discover within yourself the Source of Love, the Source of Joy. In the ancient texts on the philosophy of bhakti [devotion] it is said Love is God. The name of Prema (Love). Elsewhere in the Upanishadic texts we are told, "Joy is God (Anandam Brahman). Love is God. Joy is God. Love is Joy.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm making sense. I'd like to refer you a lecture I gave some years back in Minneapolis. I believe it is under the title of "Sentiment Without and Object." And then there is another one titled "Emotions You Have Not Experienced Enough." I'd like you to listen to those two with reference to what I am saying here. Sentiments, states of mind, are not created by exterior forces. Within you is a Reservoir. Within you are the Winds that blow in the surface of that Reservoir. Only if you could look there, not in the mud and mire of the unconscious associations, but a vast, pure Sky, which is the same as the depths of this Lake of Peace and Silence within you.
I have in two recent cassettes read out two different excerpts from two different versions of the Ramayana epic in which I have spoken of God's dwelling place. In India many times you come across names like that, Ramnivas, meaning 'the Lord's Dwelling Place.' I wish you to become a Ramnivas, the Lord's Dwelling Place.
unto Him my prostrations, my homage — Namah.
He Whose breath is the words of inspiration.
[the entire cycle of creation and dissolution].
To Him, again and again, my homage — Namah.
sing hymns which are the vibrations of those particles.
to Him, again and again, my homage — Namah — Namah.
He sits on a vast altar.
serving as strings for the instruments.
within the pathways of sushumna.
that includes our Earth, my homage — Namah.
showing their teeth, the stars.
Unto Him — Namah — my homage.
And observe His laughter in their breasts, the stars.
May that laughter dwell within me.
May all those space rivers flow within my sushumna.
And may that very flow be my homage to Him, my Namah.
the Word of homage, 'Not Mine' — Namah — Namah.
In 1941 the Luftwaffe introduced the FW190 providing a formidable foe to the RAF's fighters. The Mk IX was a significant improvement on the Mk V. It had a top speed of 409 mph at 28,000 feet, an increase of 40 miles per hour. Its service ceiling rose from 36,200 feet to 43,000 feet. It could climb at 4,000 feet per minute, providing a match for the new German fighter.
With a project as complex as the construction of the ITER machine and plant it is easy to lose sight of the big picture over the many intricate details. Angie Jones from the MOMENTUM consortium makes sure that this doesn't happen. She fiercely defends the need to look at the construction project with the eye of an eagle.
Angie Jones (right) regularly meets with colleages on the worksite to see progress and problems firsthand. Here, she gets briefed by her health and safety manager, Leanne Dargacz.
The MOMENTUM Joint Venture joined ITER's quest for fusion energy in the summer of 2016 as Construction Manager-as-Agent (CMA). Its main task, according to Project Director Angie Jones, is to bring all the strands together and make sure that the ITER machine and plant are assembled and installed on time, safely and in compliance with budget.
"Our mission is to manage, coordinate, and supervise assembly and installation activities on behalf of the ITER Organization. As CMA, we share industry best practice for large construction projects, and adapt it for implementation at ITER."
MOMENTUM is led by Wood (UK, formerly Amec Foster Wheeler) in partnership with Assystem (France) and KEPCO Engineering and Construction (Korea).
Based on already completed scientific and engineering work, MOMENTUM puts together controllable construction work packages for the contractors, who in turn break them down into installation work packages. "These detailed packages allow us to monitor and measure the work as the construction manager," says Jones.
Jones and her 70 colleagues are fully focused on their mission as ITER's construction management partner. They deliver processes and procedures for all phases: construction preparation, project management, contract management, interface management, site coordination, construction supervision and completion.
The biggest part of her job is integration—bringing all the elements together and identifying gaps. This means raising the focus from specific engineering and manufacturing tasks to the long-term goal--achieving First Plasma in 2025.
It all comes down to perspective, according to Jones. "Chickens keep pecking on the ground, never looking up to see what's going on elsewhere. But the eagle can see everything from a great height," says Jones. "We must shift to a project delivery culture in which construction needs drive the engineering and procurement priorities.
Angie Jones is used to taking on large and demanding engineering projects, often in far-flung or testing locations. "Challenge motivates me," she says. An engineer by background, she started her career at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US, dealing with the remediation of nuclear waste and the decommissioning of obsolete nuclear research reactors. She later managed the demolition of several obsolete space launch complexes at the US Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Her job as a contractor for the US government brought Jones to work in many different countries. Just before starting on site at ITER, she was contracted by the US Air Force Space Command to build a radar station and power plant on the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, to create a space surveillance system to protect satellites against space debris.
She calls it the "right-to-left approach," where the end goal—completing the installation—defines the construction project schedule in all its phases.
Jones named her high-level strategy meeting with the MOMENTUM leadership team the "eagle meeting." This is where the team works together to identify transversal challenges and to bring solutions to the ITER Organization.
As might be expected, it took some time for the CMA partner to find its place among pre-existing ways of working. The political nature of ITER was also a new challenge for Jones—requiring the team to go beyond industrial construction expertise and be diplomats as well. And in front of engineers, scientists and project administrators who, for some, had already spent a decade on this project, it was necessary for the MOMENTUM team to persuade others that it shared the same commitment to making ITER a reality. "Today, I feel more of a partner than ever before," she says.
Jones has begun to see the fruit of her persistent efforts. The MOMENTUM delivery organization has evolved along with the ITER Organization to prepare for the phase ahead, and it is now fully aligned with clear lines of authority for quick decision making to deliver on the construction objectives. "It's been worth it to work so hard for these synergies over the last 17 months," she concludes.
The first three Articles of the United States Constitution set up the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches of Government that comprise the structure of the United States governing body. Article III of the Constitution deals specifically with the Judicial Branch of the United States, providing for the general architecture of the judicial system.
Section 1 of Article III states that there should be a sole high court, the Supreme Court, that shall have the vested judicial powers of the United States. However, it also provides for inferior courts to help with the function of the judicial system and to allow for a better structure to delegate judicial power.
It is of worthy note that the Constitution does not actually provide for an established number of judges to hold office in the Supreme Court. Article III only requires that there be only one Federal court. However, the number of Supreme Court Justices would be established later through additional statutes, setting the number at nine. There is one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices appointed to the Supreme Court.
The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 was the landmark statute that was introduced in the first session of the United State Congress. The Judiciary Act established the Unites States Federal Judicial Branch. Article III of the United States Constitution states that one Supreme Court is to be vested with the nation's judicial powers. Initially, this provision was met with dispute and opposition, for many feared that establishing all judicial powers into a single court would leave the door wide open for tyranny. Many of the opponents suggested that the Supreme Court powers be delegated among local courts as well. However, Congress would establish the Supreme Court with the intentions of having broader jurisdiction of the Federal power, which would allow for enforcement of national laws at the State level.
The Act would give the Supreme Court jurisdiction over all civil matters between states, the states and the United States, and over matters dealing with ambassadors and diplomatic officials. The Act would also state that there would be six Supreme Court Justices, one being a Chief Justice and the other five being Associate Justices.
The Judiciary Act would also create both the Office of Attorney General and the United States Marshal’s Service that would serve each individual judicial district also created by the Act. These judicial districts were created in each of the eleven states that ratified the Constitution. Each State would have one district, with the exception of Massachusetts and Virginia, each of which would have two. The Judiciary Act of 1789 would also allow for the power of the Supreme Court to issue writs of mandamus, but this would later be declared unconstitutional in the landmark case of Marbury v. Madison.
Merging rap, afropop and afrofunk into a solid tune with a message, Kiddblack releases his first single for 2019.
For his first single for 2019, Kiddblack dives into the intricacies of relationships and social media.
On ‘Snapchat’, Kiddblack employs Darkovibes to deliver a stunning vocalized chorus. Snapchat preaches the falsities of social media relationships and it’s realities. Kiddblack calls out his lover on her lies and manipulation. She claims she loves him but acts otherwise, puts up a front for social media and his friends, but in reality it’s all false.
The Ghanaian rapper and member of the ground breaking La Meme Gang collective, Kiddblack tackles this common problem of millenial relationships over a twangy electric guitar production by Frank Sowah Boye.
Snapchat tackles a common social problem among millenials and Gen z: A disassociation with reality and strong bond to a make believe world enabled by social media.
Proving to be a fan favourite and favourite among many hip hop lovers, Kiddblack has collaborated with Ghanaian heavyweights such as EL, Joey B, Sarkodie, R2Bees and more. The Ghanaian born rapper has released a myriad of singles including ‘About you’, ‘Flexin’’ and also appeared on La Même Gang’s hit song ‘Godzilla’.
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Penny took a while to appreciate the Maramures way of life, but now speaks Romanian very well and knows all the local woman by first name. Whereever Penny lives she doesn’t want to leave. For the last five years it’s all been about Siwa and desert, but now we have completed our first villa here in Breb – Penny can’t get enough of the place and now equally loves to be in Maramures in the summer and Siwa Oasis in the winter.
Penny was a key component in building the villas and ran the building projects on her own for most of the summer in 2010 due to Duncan having to be in Bucharest. As the renovating of Casa Mic has come to an end, Penny has enjoyed the journey from repairing the foundations to fitting the shower and picking crockery, but is now looking forward to taking care of our guests.
Penny has a way with the locals, they all warm to her and she to them. Penny loves taking guests out into the village of breb and surrounding countryside to visit people we know and the sights we love.
Penny’s one of the boys when she wants to be and gets on with all the farming ways of Breb. Penny grew up on a farm herself in Hampshire England and was a three day event rider running her livery before she met Duncan and they moved to London. It all comes naturally to Penny; the getting stuck in and working with the locals, same stuff, just different location and different century.
I think it takes a special person to leave a great life in the UK and set off in search of another paradise. Penny is special and has stuck by all the mad ideas, the failed ideas, the… well we won’t mention those ideas – and has helped steer the Somewhere Different ship in the right direction to where it is now.
We have arrived in our new ‘paradises’ and Penny has found what she knew all along. Your paradise is in your head, but stunning surroundings and a simple way of life do help, along with the fact that we are out of the rat race and live our lives like the locals.
Penny loves nothing more that sharing our way of life with our guests and will hopefully be in inspiration for any of you who come and stay with us in Breb, who are thinking or dreaming of leaving the rat race too.
So what are you waiting for? Have a look at our Transylvania Tours and come and hang out with us.
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At the conclusion of this course, a student will have more intermediate Excel skills. The student will be able to work more efficiently with data. This includes the following: intermediate level functions, tables, data validation, sparklines, and more advanced editing options.
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The current difficulties surrounding France’s sale of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russia mark another awkward chapter in the country’s history of arms sales.
France currently ranks fifth among the world’s largest arms exporting nations, according to the independent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The country accounted for 4% of global exports between 2009-2013, down from 9% between 2004-2008, placing it behind only the US, Russia, Germany and China.
Although France is by no means the only country to have a checkered history with regards to arms exports, it nevertheless has made some significant missteps in recent history. And the memory of these might help explain, at least in part, the French government’s hesitation over handing over the first of the Mistral warships to Russia while the crisis in Ukraine rumbles on.
Here are a few of France’s least-proud moments.
Wiki CommonsAn Exocet anti-ship missile.
In the early 1980s the French-built anti-ship Exocet missile, which skims over the water at a height of 1-2 metres, making it hard to detect by radar and difficult to hit with conventional arms, was much in demand. According to reports it had been ordered by 25 nations, including Iraq, Peru, Pakistan and Syria as well as Argentina’s military junta that had seized power in a 1976 coup.
By 1982 France had supplied five of these missiles to the country. Then on April 2, 1982, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands, which had been held by Britain for 150 years, beginning the Falklands War.
France’s then President Francois Mitterrand responded to the invasion by declaring an embargo on any further French arms sales and assistance to Argentina (although later reports suggested a French technical team remained in the country to ensure that the weapon system was in working order). But the presence of the Exocet missiles remained a major concern for British military commanders.
Their fears proved well-founded. On May 4th one of the Exocets hit the British destroyer HMS Sheffield, killing 20 of her crew and sinking the ship.
The sinking of the Sheffield was a high-profile demonstration of the Exocet system’s effectiveness, and may actually have boosted demand for the missiles. One customer in particular took a keen interest in acquiring them — Iraq.
The Iraqi leadership regarded the aircraft as the ideal weapons system to launch an effective attack on the Iranian terminal in Kharg and oil traffic to Iran. The Dassault company…offered to sell the Iraqis twenty-four of the Mirage F-1 fighters that had been upgraded to carry and fire two Exocet missiles each…In the meantime, the French government agreed to ‘lease’ Iraq five Super Étendard fighters from its own naval inventory.
Unfortunately the deal rocked the already delicate relations between Iraq and its neighbour Iran, with the Iranian leadership indicating that it would amount to a casus belli if the planes were delivered.
Undeterred, the French government pressed on launching “Operation Sugar”, whereby five French fighter pilots employed by the Dassault company equipped with false passports secretly flew the five jets to the Qayarah West base in northern Iraq, according to Razoux. The flight included having to refuel on a French aircraft carrier based off Cyprus and a brief stop-off in Turkey before flying along the Turkey-Syria border at low altitude to avoid Syrian radar.
Whether the delivery was spotted or not by Iran remains unknown, but two weeks after their delivery a truck bomb hit a building in the Lebanese capital Beirut where a contingent of French paratroopers were stationed. The French authorities believed the attacks were ordered by Iran.
Over the next few years France delivered 29 Mirage F-1s to Baghdad in deals that were worth as much as $US500 million, some of which was paid for with crude oil according to the US Library of Congress. While French aircraft were used extensively in the 1984 tanker wars between Iraq and Iran, these same aircraft became a major problem only three years later.
Wiki CommonsUSS Stark after it was hit by two Exocet missiles.
On the night of May 17, 1987, the USS Stark was hit by two Exocet missiles fired by an Iraqi F-1 Mirage jet. In the words of a US Navy report the attack was “unprovoked and indiscriminate”, as the Stark was in international waters at the time. It resulted in the death of 28 crew members, although the ship itself was rescued after its crew fought a blaze that lasted for 24 hours.
In October 2004, the European Union ended 11 years of sanctions against Libya. In particular, the deal included easing an arms embargo in exchange for a commitment from the Gaddafi government to give up the development of weapons of mass destruction.
That deal paved the way for European arms dealers to rekindle their relationship with the country. And so they did.
Between 2004-2009 the EU granted export licenses for €834.5m worth of arms and ammunition to the former Italian colony. The vast majority of this was provided by Italy, Germany, the UK and, of course, France.
Europa/Business InsiderTotal arms sales to Libya between 2004-2009.
Perhaps unsurprisingly considering their shared history, Italy was the largest provider of arms to Tripoli in the five years after the end of the embargo, selling around €277 million worth to the country. However, France came a close second with just over €210 million worth of military exports.
Once again France’s hold on the military jet market was in evidence, with the country securing €126 million worth of contracts with Libya pipping Italy as the largest supplier of planes over the period. Furthermore, it was also the largest supplier of bombs, rockets and missiles to the former pariah state.
Indeed in 2008, France sold just shy of €9 million worth of munitions to Gaddafi.
Three years later the West, with France among the leading protagonists, was drawn to intervene in Libya as the country descended into a brief but bloody civil war that saw forces loyal to Gaddafi fire into residential neighbourhoods. Although there is no suggestion that any of the countries that supplied arms to the country could reasonably have known what would transpire, it was a stark reminder of the risks inherent in these types of deals with potentially unstable states.
As the charts above show, France is far from the only country that has seen arms deals come back to bite it. Yet with all of these awkward historical examples, it is perhaps no surprise that French President François Hollande has proven reluctant to OK the sale of the Mistral ships while the situation in Ukraine remains so unstable.