[FairfieldLife] As usual, I have a tinear for what makes for a good slashdot submission
http://slashdot.org/submission/3413435/transcendental-meditation-crazy-effective-in-reducing-ptsd-in-war-refugees http://slashdot.org/submission/3413435/transcendental-meditation-crazy-effective-in-reducing-ptsd-in-war-refugees OF course if massive numbers of someone care to go to the above link and upvote, then my losing streak would be over. L
Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14
From: steve.sun...@yahoo.com steve.sun...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forumFF Ledger 3/14/14 Sure Judy, you seem to feel it's important to apply a rigorous standard in setting where it really doesn't matter much. But that's your prerogative of course. Sometimes that pays dividends here, I think. Oftentimes not. Nitpicking over unimportant trivia that doesn't matter in the slightest as part of trying to demean someone they don't like is their whole ACT. Now that they can't lure the people they don't like into arguing with them one-on-one (because most people have wised up) they try to start bullshit threads like this one to lower the whole tone of the forum and drag other people down to their level just trying to plod through them looking for something more meaningful to read. It's a form of revenge they act out in response to being ignored. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : It's actually not fine, because it's misleading to those who know what the word means. Basic rule of thumb: If you don't know what a word means and are too lazy to look it up, don't use it. In this case, it appears that the idea was to show off by using a fancier, more technical term when the word article would have sufficed and been perfectly clear. But the more technical term was used incorrectly, and lack of clarity was the result. I would have liked to have seen a full transcript, so I asked for the URL. The response to that request revealed the error, which Richard has been compounding with his own irrelevant comments about legal documents and school records, which had nothing to do with the issue. I think for the great majority, (probably 99.9%) of people who have some education, and for purposes of a chat room, the use of the term transcript in this instance was fine. I think everyone understood it for what it was. Now, maybe it, if someone felt so inclined it might warrant some minor clarification. But doesn't it seem a little out of whack to attempt make some over sized issue out of this. You might want to direct that last comment to Richard. (Of course, you're now attempting to make it an over sized issue yourself without even having understood what the problem was.) But perhaps grudges must always supersede general cordiality. No, grudges aren't a factor here, except perhaps for yours against me. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : You are in delusion too much of the time, Richard. I don't know if you really believe your convoluted posts or if you do it on purpose to amuse yourself. You are losing/have lost all credibility with this MO. The point was to clear up Share's lack of knowledge about using the word transcript to mean article - it was an inaccurate use of the word in the way she was applying it. Your post is completely irrelevant and meaningless. Case closed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : From now on and henceforth, on FFL, a transcript means any written record of a speech, debate, or a discussion; and shall not be used as a legal document in any case law; or submitted to a school board as a record of grades and course completed. To reiterate: A transcript is any written record of a speech, debate, or discussion. There are no legal documents on this chat site. Case closed. On 3/16/2014 10:45 AM, authfriend@... wrote: A transcript is a complete, verbatim written record of everything that was said, without narrative interpolations (except perhaps for [laughter] or [applause]). A transcript is a complete, verbatim written record of everything that was said, without narrative interpolations (except perhaps for [laughter] or [applause]). You are overruled 2-1: On FFL and most other discussion groups, a transcript means any written record of a speech, debate, or discussion, not a legal document. Sorry, you don't make the rules around here. Now take your seat, Ms Stein.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Master
From: anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Master I like this one: If at the end of our journey There is no final Resting place, Then we need not fear Losing our Way. Ikkyu ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : The only master worth listening to: “don't hesitate, get laid - that's wisdom sitting around chanting what crap” - Ikkyu, Zen monk-poet (1394-1481)
Re: [FairfieldLife] As usual, I have a tinear for what makes for a good slashdot submission
From: lengli...@cox.net lengli...@cox.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 7:43 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] As usual, I have a tinear for what makes for a good slashdot submission http://slashdot.org/submission/3413435/transcendental-meditation-crazy-effective-in-reducing-ptsd-in-war-refugees OF course if massive numbers of someone care to go to the above link and upvote, then my losing streak would be over. Dream on. Do you have any idea how pathetic this sounds, that you feel like a loser if you can't get people to believe the same crap you believe? The phrase Get a life springs to mind. Lawson, you continue to point at bogus research supporting TM while ignoring more robust real-time research invalidating it. If TM can't eliminate stress (demonstrated by a tendency to...uh...riot) in people practicing it pretty much all day, every day, it sure isn't going to do anything for Vets.
[FairfieldLife] Happy Cultural Genocide Day
Don't forget to raise a pint of green beer today to toast the memory of the guy celebrated for religious persecution of a minority. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2012/03/saint-patrick-druids-snakes-and-popular-myths.html
[FairfieldLife] Just think!
If you were reading Fairfield Life with an email client and had chosen to create filters to send all posts from just FOUR chronic arguers/nitpickers/stalkers here, you'd have been able to skip 148 posts just so far this posting week. Think of the far more valuable things you might have been able to do with that wasted time. Besides, you'd be able to reply to the more interesting posts without using Neo...
[FairfieldLife] The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things
Shades of Nabby! Listen to some TV talking head proving himself an idiot by raving about a Sri Yantra crop circle. In terms of FFL content, most of us here know that it was created by a former TMer than many of us knew, Bill Witherspoon. The fascinating thing is to read the comments. People SO want to believe in Woo Woo that they go bat-shit crazy when someone tells them who really created it and what name to Google to find out more. It's like reading Fairfield Life after one of the TMO scandals... :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNqp4CgTWEg
Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy Cultural Genocide Day
turq, I'm 50% Irish and I will NOT be wearing green today. For one thing, I'm a woman. For another, I'm a tree hugger in this lifetime so pretty sure I was a druid in ancient times. Probably a witch too. Anyway, St. Patrick is my least favorite alleged saint! He seems like such a sour puss, giving Christianity a bad name! On Monday, March 17, 2014 3:16 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: Don't forget to raise a pint of green beer today to toast the memory of the guy celebrated for religious persecution of a minority. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2012/03/saint-patrick-druids-snakes-and-popular-myths.html
[FairfieldLife] New TV series review: Crisis
Like most people, I checked out the first episode of this series because Gillian Anderson is in it. It has been a real pleasure seeing her back on the TV screen in Hannibal and in her own UK series The Fall. She is more gorgeous than ever at age 46, and as far as I can tell, a better actress than ever. Seeing her interact with Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lechter's shrink really provides the high points of that series. But she's only one player in an incredibly strong ensemble cast that also includes Dermot Mulroney, Lance Gross, Rachael Taylor and others. And the writers seem up to snuff, because an *enormous* amount of back story had to be filled in during this pilot episode to make not only the characters believable, but to put their relationships with other characters on the table as well, and I thought they pulled this off well. Yes, it's Yet Another Police/FBI Procedural, but it was tautly plotted. Besides, it has Gillian Anderson in it. :-) The basic plot is that a busload of over-privileged Washington-area high school kids on their way to a field trip is kidnapped by an incredibly professional group of people for unknown reasons. One of the kids is the President's son, but it's not clear he's the one the kidnappers were after because he was only added to the trip a couple of days ago, and the plans to pull this off must have taken months. Most of the other kids are the progeny of high rollers, 1%-ers, and royalty from around the world. Tracking them are Rachael Taylor as an FBI agent whose estranged sister (Anderson) had a kid on the bus, and Lance Gross as the Secret Service agent who was literally on his first day on the job protecting the President's son when his partner shot him and helped to kidnap the kid. Can you say bad first day? I think you can. :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h2E3h23Ozs
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: ‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return t o skies as stealth nuclear weapon
Richard, one thing for sure, it'll make a great movie someday! Which sounds and is calloused and makes me realize how being so connected to other parts of the world is good in some ways, but not so good in other ways. I have to remind myself that these are real people who probably suffered and might now be dead. That's a tragedy. But somehow it's been reduced to internet topic which creates a strange detachment. I guess the neo Advaitniks would say that's a good thing. And I don't know why I'm picking on them so much lately! But yeah, that Texas semiconductor company is a big clue. Duh! On Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:44 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/16/2014 9:19 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: Why would they need this 777 to load with explosives? Just take one out of the fleet, or buy something along those lines. Plus they've pretty much eliminated the element of surprise, right? Everything is on heightened alert now. One theory that I am following has the plane being cyber-jacked by the Chinese government using a software program in an iPhone, which was the cause of the change in altitude and direction. The iPhone connection software included a highly sophisticated program for landing the plane somewhere in China. It's not the plane that they wanted, it was the internet engineers that were among the passengers.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14
Thanks, Judy, it didn't feel right. Meaning, I'm almost 66 and there was nothing dockety in my memory banks except from TV lawyer shows. But I liked the idea that there is a term for partial transcripts. Ok, back to: it was an article that contained part of a transcript of the meeting. On Sunday, March 16, 2014 10:40 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Share apparently doesn't realize that Xeno's post has to do with legal transcripts specifically and has no relevance to the issue we've been discussing. Docket is not typically used for a nonlegal transcript. Share, you missed his point. Here it is: How many here would implicitly trust a transcript proffered by the TMO? Feel free to substitute the word docket. Thanks, Xeno, I learned something new. Next time, I'll use the word docket (-: from Xeno's post: A related term used in the United States is docket, not a full transcript. On Sunday, March 16, 2014 5:02 PM, anartaxius@... anartaxius@... wrote: TRANSCRIPT - LAW A transcript is a written record of spoken language. In court proceedings, a transcript is usually a record of all decisions of the judge, and the spoken arguments by the litigants' lawyers. A related term used in the United States is docket, not a full transcript. The transcript is expected to be an exact and unedited record of every spoken word, with each speaker indicated. During a proceedings a judge may have certain comments stricken from the record, and they still, along with the order to strike, must appear in the transcript. Such a record was originally made by court stenographers who used a form of shorthand abbreviation to write as quickly as people spoke. Today, most court reporters use a specialized machine with a phonetic key system, typing a key or key combination for every sound a person utters. Many courts worldwide have now begun to use digital recording systems. The recordings are archived and are sent to court reporters or transcribers only when a transcript is requested. Many US transcripts are indexed by Deposition Source so that they may be searched by legal professionals via the Internet. Transcripts may be available publicly or to a restricted group of persons; a fee may be charged. Transcripts have been reported by defendants and lawyers to have been altered by judges, who have the legal right to make corrections in grammar and spelling, but not to alter the content. If you have obtained transcripts and you feel that they do not represent what was actually said in court, then you should file a formal complaint to the court and ask that you be allowed to review the actual audio tape with the court reporter. If you are given the run around about listening to the tape then file a complaint with the Attorney General’s office, but most importantly, send your complaint to every Congressman (or MP) in the country with your complaint. You must complain and be as loud as you can because if you do not fight for justice then the system will only continue to screw you as well as others. Ordering transcripts prior to a decision may help to promote Justice, as this is prior to final 'corrections' made by the judge after making his/her decision. What a transcript is supposed to represent and what it turns out to be may not necessarily be the same thing. If a transcript is available but there is no other source of the same material, such as an unedited audio recording, there is no logical way to know, unless one was one of the participants, that the transcript is verbatim. And relying on human memory to recall something verbatim is not a trustworthy source. How many here would implicitly trust a transcript proffered by the TMO? =
Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14
Yes, Richard, but it won't be an official transcript so don't try to get into grad school with it! (-: On Sunday, March 16, 2014 10:05 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/16/2014 9:50 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Hey Share, what's on the docket for tomorrow? If Share has already logged off, you can probably read a transcript here in the morning.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Master
Me too! On Mon, 3/17/14, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Master To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, March 17, 2014, 3:19 AM Quite beautiful - you have such a gift, for the song, within the language - you know what I'm sayin' - what's Ikkyu's cell? I want to call that dude. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : this one's better: “that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it gets I wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind” ― Ikkyu, On Sun, 3/16/14, anartaxius@... anartaxius@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Master To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, March 16, 2014, 10:37 PM I like this one: If at the end of our journey There is no final Resting place, Then we need not fear Losing our Way. Ikkyu ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : The only master worth listening to: “don't hesitate, get laid - that's wisdom sitting around chanting what crap” - Ikkyu, Zen monk-poet (1394-1481)
Re: [FairfieldLife] The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things
http://exopermaculture.com/2013/06/22/bill-witherspoons-oregon-desert-land-art/ Witherspoon's own account of creating this one and a couple others. On Mon, 3/17/14, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, March 17, 2014, 8:38 AM Shades of Nabby! Listen to some TV talking head proving himself an idiot by raving about a Sri Yantra crop circle. In terms of FFL content, most of us here know that it was created by a former TMer than many of us knew, Bill Witherspoon. The fascinating thing is to read the comments. People SO want to believe in Woo Woo that they go bat-shit crazy when someone tells them who really created it and what name to Google to find out more. It's like reading Fairfield Life after one of the TMO scandals... :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNqp4CgTWEg
Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14
Any report of what was said at a gathering, if it contains any quoted words at all, may be said to be a partial transcript or to contain part of a transcript of the meeting. So that is really not a useful way to put it; it doesn't tell you anything, and it may mislead folks to think the report consists only of part of a transcript, or that someone took a significant chunk of a transcript and stuck it into the report. Best to use transcript to mean what I defined it as to Richard, and article or story or report to mean a narrative account that contains quotes. Partial transcript would work only for the last two possibilities I mentioned above. Thanks, Judy, it didn't feel right. Meaning, I'm almost 66 and there was nothing dockety in my memory banks except from TV lawyer shows. But I liked the idea that there is a term for partial transcripts. Ok, back to: it was an article that contained part of a transcript of the meeting. On Sunday, March 16, 2014 10:40 PM, authfriend@... authfriend@... wrote: Share apparently doesn't realize that Xeno's post has to do with legal transcripts specifically and has no relevance to the issue we've been discussing. Docket is not typically used for a nonlegal transcript. Share, you missed his point. Here it is: How many here would implicitly trust a transcript proffered by the TMO? Feel free to substitute the word docket. Thanks, Xeno, I learned something new. Next time, I'll use the word docket (-: from Xeno's post: A related term used in the United States is docket, not a full transcript.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Master
On 3/17/2014 7:54 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: Me too! So, you believe in Buddhas.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14
As he does so often, Barry barges into a thread without having bothered to read the whole thing, and as a result gets things wrong (especially if he's piling on to a post from someone unreliable, like Steve or Richard, as he does here). And of course he further distorts the situation he's commenting on by reading it into his own contrary-to-fact fantasies, as he also does here. What actually happened is that Share misused the term transcript, which created a misunderstanding. She was corrected, the misunderstanding was straightened out, and that would have been the end of it had not Richard, Xeno, and Steve leaped to defend her from having made a mistake, making a huge deal of a very minor problem that had already been solved. (Just imagine, by the way, how Barry would have responded if someone he doesn't like had used, say, a computer term inaccurately.) Sure Judy, you seem to feel it's important to apply a rigorous standard in setting where it really doesn't matter much. But that's your prerogative of course. Sometimes that pays dividends here, I think. Oftentimes not. Nitpicking over unimportant trivia that doesn't matter in the slightest as part of trying to demean someone they don't like is their whole ACT. Now that they can't lure the people they don't like into arguing with them one-on-one (because most people have wised up) they try to start bullshit threads like this one to lower the whole tone of the forum and drag other people down to their level just trying to plod through them looking for something more meaningful to read. It's a form of revenge they act out in response to being ignored. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : It's actually not fine, because it's misleading to those who know what the word means. Basic rule of thumb: If you don't know what a word means and are too lazy to look it up, don't use it. In this case, it appears that the idea was to show off by using a fancier, more technical term when the word article would have sufficed and been perfectly clear. But the more technical term was used incorrectly, and lack of clarity was the result. I would have liked to have seen a full transcript, so I asked for the URL. The response to that request revealed the error, which Richard has been compounding with his own irrelevant comments about legal documents and school records, which had nothing to do with the issue. I think for the great majority, (probably 99.9%) of people who have some education, and for purposes of a chat room, the use of the term transcript in this instance was fine. I think everyone understood it for what it was. Now, maybe it, if someone felt so inclined it might warrant some minor clarification. But doesn't it seem a little out of whack to attempt make some over sized issue out of this. You might want to direct that last comment to Richard. (Of course, you're now attempting to make it an over sized issue yourself without even having understood what the problem was.) But perhaps grudges must always supersede general cordiality. No, grudges aren't a factor here, except perhaps for yours against me. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : You are in delusion too much of the time, Richard. I don't know if you really believe your convoluted posts or if you do it on purpose to amuse yourself. You are losing/have lost all credibility with this MO. The point was to clear up Share's lack of knowledge about using the word transcript to mean article - it was an inaccurate use of the word in the way she was applying it. Your post is completely irrelevant and meaningless. Case closed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : From now on and henceforth, on FFL, a transcript means any written record of a speech, debate, or a discussion; and shall not be used as a legal document in any case law; or submitted to a school board as a record of grades and course completed. To reiterate: A transcript is any written record of a speech, debate, or discussion. There are no legal documents on this chat site. Case closed. On 3/16/2014 10:45 AM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: A transcript is a complete, verbatim written record of everything that was said, without narrative interpolations (except perhaps for [laughter] or [applause]). A transcript is a complete, verbatim written record of everything that was said, without narrative interpolations (except perhaps for [laughter] or [applause]). You are overruled 2-1: On FFL and most other discussion groups, a transcript means any written record of a speech, debate, or discussion, not a legal document. Sorry, you don't make the rules around here. Now take your seat, Ms Stein.
Re: [FairfieldLife] The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things
On 3/17/2014 3:38 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: People SO want to believe in Woo Woo that they go bat-shit crazy when someone tells them who really created it and what name to Google to find out more. Some people do want to believe in Woo Woo, but there is only one single person that actually BELIEVES Rama Lenz was able to levitate up in the air. You can Google this event if you want to, but the only place this is mentioned is on FFL. Which is kind of strange , since Barry claimed the Rama flying event occurred in front of a large group of people. So, I wonder why Barry went bat-shit crazy when I told him that he created this Woo Woo event in his own mind. Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternative View of Deepak Chopra
Why it makes no sense to suspect the pilot of terrorism or hijacking because of his political views: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/03/pilot_zaharie_ahmad_shah_supported_anwar_ibrahim_was_he_a_terrorist.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/03/pilot_zaharie_ahmad_shah_supported_anwar_ibrahim_was_he_a_terrorist.html Plus which, he and his wife were already either divorced or separated, although they are (or were until very recently) still living in the same house. And all his children are grown. (He has one grandchild.) The notion that he was terribly upset because his wife had left him and taken the kids is just sensationalized gossip with no basis in fact. I've seen no solid evidence that he had any family problems. For all we know, his wife had been planning to move into her own place, and the day before Flight 370 was her scheduled moving day. lot of evidence pointing to the pilot. family problems. (wife and son moved out day before flight), and anger at government, (attended trial of opposition leader he strongly supported, and who was sentenced to jail, day of flight) for those who may not be keeping up
Re: [FairfieldLife] Springtime is Wartime for Washington
Well, I'm sure the people of Austria and the Sudetenland wanted to be annexed as well back in the 30's. No biggie there. On Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:59 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : Yes, I'd dispose of the nest for sure. Look online...gotta bb gun? yes, whole arsenal of bb and pellet guns. (backyard activity) (no animals though) have you ever seen aerosol paint cans explode? They've probably made a real mess in there. understatement!! Wear a mask, maybe. yes, definitely I had mice that came in the kitchen every year while we were on vacation in Whistler. I would have to remove and clean everything and set traps. I killed 7 one year in short order with peanut butter. And we caught a few and took them to a nearby park. And, the cat did a bang up job outside with mice and moles for several years. Then, after about a month, they would leave and I wouldn't see them until the next year. I couldn't figure how they were getting in until I had water damage and found out there was a big hole in the drywall behind the sink. Problem solved. I wasn't a fan of poison but it was a huge hassle. doesn't take much of an opening, to create an opening, if you know what I mean. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : They've got the run of the whole length of the eves, and I have access to only one little part. I think I will remove the nest, unblock the hole and try to coax them out. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : Yeah, either that or just take the nest out. They might have to abandon this year's chicks, but hopefully the birds will relocate. It would be a lot easier if they find a new home. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Great Idea. I can get to the next. It is reachable. And I can open the window during the day. So, I'll put the nest next to the window. Thanks ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : Can you get to the nest? Open the window. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Yes, I guess that would be a problem. Here's what I was faced with today, (and I don't mean to belittle the Crimean Tatars), I am trying to fix up a building we own and turn it into rental property. There was an area in the eves where a family of pigeons was getting in. With all the noise, I thought they had left, and I blocked up the hole yesterday with some bricks. But this morning I saw two of them running around, and a nest with two eggs in it. I also saw that the eves area was much larger than I thought, so there was no way to try to catch them, or shoo them out of a window. So, I am resigned, I think to just let them die there. But because the wall is all torn out, I may go up tomorrow, and open a window, and see if they will fly out. But truthfully, I also think they may just be a casualty of the circumstances. So, how far do we, or the international community go, to make sure the Crimea Tatars aren't oppressed? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/16/2014 6:36 PM, steve.sundur@... wrote: If the people of Crimea wish to be a part of Russia, why is it that big of a deal? Maybe because the indigenous inhabitants, the Crimean Tatars, want to be free and not deported to Siberia gain?
[FairfieldLife] Old MIU Story
Was talking to an old buddy of mine whom I met at MIU - he was there for 8 years total cuz he got 2 grad degrees and his undergrad there - spent some time in the summers on staff. He liked other points of view which led him to being a big Charlie Lutes fan, and led him also to attend one Robin Carlson meeting. As he put it, They must have had spies at the meeting cause the day after I went I got hauled into the administrators office for a lengthy interrogation with the TM-Sidhi administrators and James Beddinger. He said that for years after that event whenever he applied for any kind of WPA they questioned him about Robin Carlsen and his affiliation with RC. He also told me he had two friends that really got into going to see RC - these were students who of course were required to go to Dome twice a day, and after the MIU people got wind of their interest in RC they tried to kick them out of the Dome since it was feared they would be doing other techniques but these two boys apparently took them to court and the judge ruled that since according to MIU rules Dome attendance was a mandatory part of the school curriculum and these boys had paid their tuition, they were legally entitled to attend. Well, evidently James Beddinger was not aware of this, or didn't care because as my friend put it: There we were in the Dome gettin' ready to do program, right in the beginning you know, when everybody is settling down and still filing in and here comes James telling my two friends to leave, that they were not welcome in the Dome anymore. Before they could argue much, up popped Bill Goldstein who told James he couldn't remove them because of the judge's ruling. James didn't like it at all, especially when one of my buddies offered him some sass about it, right to his face. Since I never cared for Little Jimmy I liked this story quiet a bit.
Re: [FairfieldLife] The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things
On 3/17/2014 8:03 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: http://exopermaculture.com/2013/06/22/bill-witherspoons-oregon-desert-land-art/ Witherspoon's own account of creating this one and a couple others. You are really getting good at these Google Searches! Can you do a Google Search for the Rama levitation event? Just key in IF, Rama, THEN, levitation, ELSE woo woo. Thanks. The subject of the Oregon Yantra comes up on FFL about every five years: It wasn’t. it took them quite a few days, working in the hot sun. I just took a while before the National Guard pilot noticed it. I know the guys involved and see them regularly to this day: Bill Witherspoon, Bob Hoerlein, Mark Petrick, I think Michael Cain, a few others. I’ve seen photos of them working on the project. I believe in aliens and tend to believe they are involved in many of the crop circles, but they weren’t involved in the Oregon yantra. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/184865 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/184865
Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14
On 3/17/2014 8:16 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Best to use transcript to mean what I defined it as to Richard, and article or story or report to mean a narrative account that contains quotes. We do know that a transcript was made - all MUM student meeting are recorded. The article in the story quoted the transcript, that's clear. What we don't have is the entire transcript. A transcript is any written record of a speech, debate or discussion. The real question is: Why did Judy butt in and try to NITPICK Share again? Which leads to the bigger question: Why is Judy always butting in and NITPICKING everyone on the forum? Some people just feel better when they have someone to nitpick, I guess. Go figure. What would be best is to stop making such a big deal out of conversational word usage on a discussion group and stop all the petty nitpicking that prevents the free flow of information. That's what I think.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Springtime is Wartime for Washington
And ... and and if the people of California want to secede and be part of Mexico again, what's wrong with that? On Monday, March 17, 2014 7:06 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote: Well, I'm sure the people of Austria and the Sudetenland wanted to be annexed as well back in the 30's. No biggie there. On Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:59 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : Yes, I'd dispose of the nest for sure. Look online...gotta bb gun? yes, whole arsenal of bb and pellet guns. (backyard activity) (no animals though) have you ever seen aerosol paint cans explode? They've probably made a real mess in there. understatement!! Wear a mask, maybe. yes, definitely I had mice that came in the kitchen every year while we were on vacation in Whistler. I would have to remove and clean everything and set traps. I killed 7 one year in short order with peanut butter. And we caught a few and took them to a nearby park. And, the cat did a bang up job outside with mice and moles for several years. Then, after about a month, they would leave and I wouldn't see them until the next year. I couldn't figure how they were getting in until I had water damage and found out there was a big hole in the drywall behind the sink. Problem solved. I wasn't a fan of poison but it was a huge hassle. doesn't take much of an opening, to create an opening, if you know what I mean. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : They've got the run of the whole length of the eves, and I have access to only one little part. I think I will remove the nest, unblock the hole and try to coax them out. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : Yeah, either that or just take the nest out. They might have to abandon this year's chicks, but hopefully the birds will relocate. It would be a lot easier if they find a new home. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Great Idea. I can get to the next. It is reachable. And I can open the window during the day. So, I'll put the nest next to the window. Thanks ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : Can you get to the nest? Open the window. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Yes, I guess that would be a problem. Here's what I was faced with today, (and I don't mean to belittle the Crimean Tatars), I am trying to fix up a building we own and turn it into rental property. There was an area in the eves where a family of pigeons was getting in. With all the noise, I thought they had left, and I blocked up the hole yesterday with some bricks. But this morning I saw two of them running around, and a nest with two eggs in it. I also saw that the eves area was much larger than I thought, so there was no way to try to catch them, or shoo them out of a window. So, I am resigned, I think to just let them die there. But because the wall is all torn out, I may go up tomorrow, and open a window, and see if they will fly out. But truthfully, I also think they may just be a casualty of the circumstances. So, how far do we, or the international community go, to make sure the Crimea Tatars aren't oppressed? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/16/2014 6:36 PM, steve.sundur@... wrote: If the people of Crimea wish to be a part of Russia, why is it that big of a deal? Maybe because the indigenous inhabitants, the Crimean Tatars, want to be free and not deported to Siberia gain?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14
Actually, it isn't clear that the reporter quoted a transcript. She may have recorded the meeting herself on an iPhone or other device, then played the recording as she was writing her article, stopping at the interesting bits and transcribing the quotes herself. It's not impossible MUM made its own transcription and gave it to her, but as a journalist, she may have wanted to make her own recording and use that instead in case MUM had done any fiddling with its transcript. Best to use transcript to mean what I defined it as to Richard, and article or story or report to mean a narrative account that contains quotes. We do know that a transcript was made - all MUM student meeting are recorded. The article in the story quoted the transcript, that's clear. What we don't have is the entire transcript. A transcript is any written record of a speech, debate or discussion. The real question is: Why did Judy butt in and try to NITPICK Share again? Which leads to the bigger question: Why is Judy always butting in and NITPICKING everyone on the forum? Some people just feel better when they have someone to nitpick, I guess. Go figure. What would be best is to stop making such a big deal out of conversational word usage on a discussion group and stop all the petty nitpicking that prevents the free flow of information. That's what I think.
[FairfieldLife] Re: ‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return t o skies as stealth nuclear weapon
My friends are all talking about a UFO connection.the entire plane was beamed up
Re: [FairfieldLife] As usual, I have a tinear for what makes for a good slashdot submission
Notice the willful distortion in Barry's comments. Lawson did not say he would feel like a loser if folks didn't believe what he does. Losing streak referred humorously to his perception of his inability to post good slashdot submissions (see the subject heading). Also, of course, Barry has no evidence that the studies Lawson cites are bogus research. Nor is it the case that the recent pundit kerfuffle automatically disproves the effectiveness of TM for Africans suffering from PTSD. The situations are rather obviously not comparable. Barry has had a wonderful time dumping on the pundit program--finally, something he can legitimately criticize!--but it clearly hasn't taken the edge off his compulsion to demonize TMers. From: LEnglish5@... LEnglish5@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 7:43 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] As usual, I have a tinear for what makes for a good slashdot submission http://slashdot.org/submission/3413435/transcendental-meditation-crazy-effective-in-reducing-ptsd-in-war-refugees http://slashdot.org/submission/3413435/transcendental-meditation-crazy-effective-in-reducing-ptsd-in-war-refugees OF course if massive numbers of someone care to go to the above link and upvote, then my losing streak would be over. Dream on. Do you have any idea how pathetic this sounds, that you feel like a loser if you can't get people to believe the same crap you believe? The phrase Get a life springs to mind. Lawson, you continue to point at bogus research supporting TM while ignoring more robust real-time research invalidating it. If TM can't eliminate stress (demonstrated by a tendency to...uh...riot) in people practicing it pretty much all day, every day, it sure isn't going to do anything for Vets.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: ‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return t o skies as stealth nuclear weapon
From: marty...@yahoo.com marty...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 3:56 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: ‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return t o skies as stealth nuclear weapon My friends are all talking about a UFO connection.the entire plane was beamed up Do your friends tend to look like this?
Re: [FairfieldLife] New TV series review: Crisis
I'm starting to wonder if the Waltons of the telecom industry: the Roberts family are better at running media companies than a telecom. Maybe they ought to spin off Comcast (breaking it up in the process) and just run NBC-Universal. I don't have OTA (which may be how you got the show so soon since folks can just record it off the air and in an hour post an HD MP4 torrent with commercials trimmed. It's on Hulu+ for me and there is a pile-on of new episodes for Monday night. Those Who Kill on AE has been shelved after two episodes. I watched the pilot and thought it was okay and then the original Danish version and the US version is pretty much the same thing just compressed from 90 to 44 minutes. The only thing they may have changed from the Danish version was that the crime professor ran even more on hunches in the Danish version which tended to turn out correct and perhaps they thought that dumbed down Americans wouldn't like that. On 03/17/2014 03:47 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: Like most people, I checked out the first episode of this series because Gillian Anderson is in it. It has been a real pleasure seeing her back on the TV screen in Hannibal and in her own UK series The Fall. She is more gorgeous than ever at age 46, and as far as I can tell, a better actress than ever. Seeing her interact with Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lechter's shrink really provides the high points of that series. But she's only one player in an incredibly strong ensemble cast that also includes Dermot Mulroney, Lance Gross, Rachael Taylor and others. And the writers seem up to snuff, because an *enormous* amount of back story had to be filled in during this pilot episode to make not only the characters believable, but to put their relationships with other characters on the table as well, and I thought they pulled this off well. Yes, it's Yet Another Police/FBI Procedural, but it was tautly plotted. Besides, it has Gillian Anderson in it. :-) The basic plot is that a busload of over-privileged Washington-area high school kids on their way to a field trip is kidnapped by an incredibly professional group of people for unknown reasons. One of the kids is the President's son, but it's not clear he's the one the kidnappers were after because he was only added to the trip a couple of days ago, and the plans to pull this off must have taken months. Most of the other kids are the progeny of high rollers, 1%-ers, and royalty from around the world. Tracking them are Rachael Taylor as an FBI agent whose estranged sister (Anderson) had a kid on the bus, and Lance Gross as the Secret Service agent who was literally on his first day on the job protecting the President's son when his partner shot him and helped to kidnap the kid. Can you say bad first day? I think you can. :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h2E3h23Ozs
[FairfieldLife] Violet and Daisy mini movie review
Violet and Daisy is a New York indie comedy about a couple of teenage girl assassins who find things complicated when they go to do a hit on a man. It stars Saoirse Ronan (How I Live Now), Alexis Bledel (A Girl Walks into a Bar) as the teens and the late James Gandolfini as the man they are to assassinate. There are also cameos with Danny Trejo and Tatiana Maslany (Black Orphan). There is some violence in the film but overall it is a quirky comedy and has the earmarks of a stage play redone as a movie. It's on Netflix for you Netflixers: http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Violet_Daisy/70212151
Re: [FairfieldLife] Just think!
On 3/17/2014 3:28 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: If you were reading Fairfield Life with an email client and had chosen to create filters to send all posts from just FOUR chronic arguers/nitpickers/stalkers here, you'd have been able to skip 148 posts just so far this posting week. Think of the far more valuable things you might have been able to do with that wasted time. It's actually easier to just refrain from clicking on a messages if you don't want to read them. Think of the far more valuable things you might have been able to do with the wasted time making filters.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Springtime is Wartime for Washington
No, we Californians want to secede and form a new country probably taking in Oregon and Washington. Oh, SoCal can join Mexico though. Why secede? Because the Red States are getting more money back from the feds than Blue California and we pay in a lot. And California has one of the largest economies in world. On 03/17/2014 07:23 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: And ... and and if the people of California want to secede and be part of Mexico again, what's wrong with that? On Monday, March 17, 2014 7:06 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote: Well, I'm sure the people of Austria and the Sudetenland wanted to be annexed as well back in the 30's. No biggie there. On Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:59 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : Yes, I'd dispose of the nest for sure. Look online...gotta bb gun? yes, whole arsenal of bb and pellet guns. (backyard activity) (no animals though) have you ever seen aerosol paint cans explode? They've probably made a real mess in there. understatement!! Wear a mask, maybe. yes, definitely I had mice that came in the kitchen every year while we were on vacation in Whistler. I would have to remove and clean everything and set traps. I killed 7 one year in short order with peanut butter. And we caught a few and took them to a nearby park. And, the cat did a bang up job outside with mice and moles for several years. Then, after about a month, they would leave and I wouldn't see them until the next year. I couldn't figure how they were getting in until I had water damage and found out there was a big hole in the drywall behind the sink. Problem solved. I wasn't a fan of poison but it was a huge hassle. doesn't take much of an opening, to create an opening, if you know what I mean. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : They've got the run of the whole length of the eves, and I have access to only one little part. I think I will remove the nest, unblock the hole and try to coax them out. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : Yeah, either that or just take the nest out. They might have to abandon this year's chicks, but hopefully the birds will relocate. It would be a lot easier if they find a new home. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Great Idea. I can get to the next. It is reachable. And I can open the window during the day. So, I'll put the nest next to the window. Thanks ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : Can you get to the nest? Open the window. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Yes, I guess that would be a problem. Here's what I was faced with today, (and I don't mean to belittle the Crimean Tatars), I am trying to fix up a building we own and turn it into rental property. There was an area in the eves where a family of pigeons was getting in. With all the noise, I thought they had left, and I blocked up the hole yesterday with some bricks. But this morning I saw two of them running around, and a nest with two eggs in it. I also saw that the eves area was much larger than I thought, so there was no way to try to catch them, or shoo them out of a window. So, I am resigned, I think to just let them die there. But because the wall is all torn out, I may go up tomorrow, and open a window, and see if they will fly out. But truthfully, I also think they may just be a casualty of the circumstances. So, how far do we, or the international community go, to make sure the Crimea Tatars aren't oppressed? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/16/2014 6:36 PM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... wrote: If the people of Crimea wish to be a part of Russia, why is it that big of a deal? Maybe because the indigenous inhabitants, the Crimean Tatars, want to be free and not deported to Siberia gain?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14
On 3/17/2014 6:05 AM, Share Long wrote: it was an article that contained part of a transcript of the meeting. So, it was an article that contained a partial transcript. Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Students inquire about pandits during forum FF Ledger 3/14/14
On 3/17/2014 8:37 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: What actually happened is that Share misused the term transcript, which created a misunderstanding. It was a partial transcript quoted in a newspaper article - everyone seemed to know that. You are the nitpicker that created all the confusion. It was a clear case of NITPICKING on Share. The only confusion is why don't you like Share? Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] As usual, I have a tinear for what makes for a good slashdot submission
On 3/17/2014 10:23 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Barry has had a wonderful time dumping on the pundit program--finally, something he can legitimately criticize!--but it clearly hasn't taken the edge off his compulsion to demonize TMers. Apparently Barry doesn't want to talk about his case of cognitive dissonance concerning his claim to have seen Rama levitate in front of a large group of people. I guess to talk about it would cause him even more mental stress and discomfort. Go figure. In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the excessive mental stress and discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
[FairfieldLife] BIG science discovery
Max Tegmark, a cosmologist at M.I.T., wrote in an email, 'I think that if this stays true, it will go down as one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science.' He added, 'It’s a sensational breakthrough involving not only our cosmic origins, but also the nature of space.'” What is this amazing discovery? Read about it in this piece by the NYTimes' superb science writer, Dennis Overbye: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/science/space/detection-of-waves-in-space-buttresses-landmark-theory-of-big-bang.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/science/space/detection-of-waves-in-space-buttresses-landmark-theory-of-big-bang.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Just think!
On 03/17/2014 09:15 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 3/17/2014 3:28 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: If you were reading Fairfield Life with an email client and had chosen to create filters to send all posts from just FOUR chronic arguers/nitpickers/stalkers here, you'd have been able to skip 148 posts just so far this posting week. Think of the far more valuable things you might have been able to do with that wasted time. It's actually easier to just refrain from clicking on a messages if you don't want to read them. Think of the far more valuable things you might have been able to do with the wasted time making filters. Like making filters is time consuming? Takes less than a minute. The other advantage of an email client is it acts like a graph of FFL OCD topics. :-D
Re: [FairfieldLife] Just think!
On 3/17/2014 12:01 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Like making filters is time consuming? If the other Barry makes a filter for all the people he doesn't like, who would he have left to argue with? It seems like a kind of chicken-shit thing to do - to filter out your primary target audience. Go figure. You have to realize were talking about a guy that doesn't even understand how to post with Neo and who used to be on AOL for ten years or more. Just think!
Re: [FairfieldLife] As usual, I have a tinear for what makes for a good slashdot submission
The TMO invests in scientific studies for marketing purposes. Other organizations could do that but they don't want to spend the money or time. As they see it if their meditation program works for you then great and if it doesn't go try something else. On 03/16/2014 11:43 PM, lengli...@cox.net wrote: http://slashdot.org/submission/3413435/transcendental-meditation-crazy-effective-in-reducing-ptsd-in-war-refugees OF course if massive numbers of someone care to go to the above link and upvote, then my losing streak would be over. L
Re: [FairfieldLife] BIG science discovery
On 3/17/2014 11:42 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Max Tegmark, a cosmologist at M.I.T., wrote in an email, 'I think that if this stays true, it will go down as one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science.' He added, 'It’s a sensational breakthrough involving not only our cosmic origins, but also the nature of space.'” What is this amazing discovery? Read about it in this piece by the NYTimes' superb science writer, Dennis Overbye: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/science/space/detection-of-waves-in-space-buttresses-landmark-theory-of-big-bang.html Thanks for the information. So, how does this big science discovery compare to Barry witnessing Rama levitating? I would think that if anyone saw Rama hover in mid-air above a crowd of people, that it would have been first-page news and a science breakthrough, bigger even than the first human use of fire. Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Just think!
My retention policy on Thunderbird is set to 10 days. Hence I have Recent Mail, Last 2 Days, Last 5 days and few other filters. I don't filter out anyone because I can just these the stream of threads using Thunderbird. One click and I can have just the posts listed by date and another click they are organized by topic. That, of course, is built in. One other filter sends any post that has Bhairitu in it to a sub folder so I can prioritize those for reply. The only time I use Neo is to post a picture since Yahoo seems to strip any embedded picture. Also using Neo logged in tended for some silly reason screw up my Yahoo News settings. Logged out it returned to normal. Go figure. On 03/17/2014 10:51 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 3/17/2014 12:01 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Like making filters is time consuming? If the other Barry makes a filter for all the people he doesn't like, who would he have left to argue with? It seems like a kind of chicken-shit thing to do - to filter out your primary target audience. Go figure. You have to realize were talking about a guy that doesn't even understand how to post with Neo and who used to be on AOL for ten years or more. Just think!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Master
This is a very good one too. These days I find, mostly, even when I have a fixed destination I really don't focus on that at all. If the car breaks down, then that is the current destination, and one takes it from there. Things whiz by, and then at some point one is somewhere, but not really somewhere else. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: anartaxius@... anartaxius@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Master I like this one: If at the end of our journey There is no final Resting place, Then we need not fear Losing our Way. Ikkyu ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : The only master worth listening to: “don't hesitate, get laid - that's wisdom sitting around chanting what crap” - Ikkyu, Zen monk-poet (1394-1481)
[FairfieldLife] Re: BIG science discovery
Interesting discovery. So, does that mean that it's possible for human's to eventually travel at super-luminal speed? How can the universe break its own speed limit, which is the speed of light? It appears that scientists will have do some more explaining with this new discovery.
[FairfieldLife] Re: ‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return t o skies as stealth nuclear weapon
Yes...just not as hunky.
Re: [FairfieldLife] As usual, I have a tinear for what makes for a good slashdot submission
The problem with this is if you do scientific research for the purpose of marketing then there is strong tendency to be subject to confirmation bias. You want to sell the product and negative or neutral results are not going to do this. So there is also the tendency to suppress results that do not agree with the desired outcome, and possibly tinker with positive results to make them look even better. This is how you corrupt your search for scientifically derived knowledge. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : The TMO invests in scientific studies for marketing purposes. Other organizations could do that but they don't want to spend the money or time. As they see it if their meditation program works for you then great and if it doesn't go try something else. On 03/16/2014 11:43 PM, LEnglish5@... mailto:LEnglish5@... wrote: http://slashdot.org/submission/3413435/transcendental-meditation-crazy-effective-in-reducing-ptsd-in-war-refugees http://slashdot.org/submission/3413435/transcendental-meditation-crazy-effective-in-reducing-ptsd-in-war-refugees OF course if massive numbers of someone care to go to the above link and upvote, then my losing streak would be over. L
[FairfieldLife] Re: BIG science discovery
The Big Bang Theory, if correct, shows that space can expand. There has been one idea of a spaceship drive that makes use of the principle: the Alcubierre Warp Drive. 'An Alcubierre Warp Drive stretches spacetime in a wave causing the fabric of space ahead of a spacecraft to contract and the space behind it to expand. The ship can ride the wave to accelerate to high speeds and time travel.' http://www.andersoninstitute.com/alcubierre-warp-drive.html http://www.andersoninstitute.com/alcubierre-warp-drive.html = ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : Interesting discovery. So, does that mean that it's possible for human's to eventually travel at super-luminal speed? How can the universe break its own speed limit, which is the speed of light? It appears that scientists will have do some more explaining with this new discovery.
[FairfieldLife] Re: BIG science discovery
Xeno, I've heard of this theory. But nobody knows at this time how to build a warp drive. If someone did, then humans can go anywhere and in the universe. It may also imply that humans can go backward and forward in time by this warp drive or time machine. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : The Big Bang Theory, if correct, shows that space can expand. There has been one idea of a spaceship drive that makes use of the principle: the Alcubierre Warp Drive. 'An Alcubierre Warp Drive stretches spacetime in a wave causing the fabric of space ahead of a spacecraft to contract and the space behind it to expand. The ship can ride the wave to accelerate to high speeds and time travel.' http://www.andersoninstitute.com/alcubierre-warp-drive.html http://www.andersoninstitute.com/alcubierre-warp-drive.html = ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : Interesting discovery. So, does that mean that it's possible for human's to eventually travel at super-luminal speed? How can the universe break its own speed limit, which is the speed of light? It appears that scientists will have do some more explaining with this new discovery.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: ‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return t o skies as stealth nuclear weapon
On 3/17/2014 9:56 AM, marty...@yahoo.com wrote: My friends are all talking about a UFO connection.the entire plane was beamed up If the plane was beamed up, why did it fly over two Malaysian Air Force radar stations? Go figure. To me, Blank said, that suggests at least one of the pilots was trying to scramble jets to intercept. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-probe-digs-into-past-of-all-on-board-missing-boeing-777/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: ‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return t o skies as stealth nuclear weapon
On 3/17/2014 6:02 AM, Share Long wrote: But yeah, that Texas semiconductor company is a big clue. Theories surrounding the connection between Freescale and the plane include some kind of cloaking device that turned the plane invisible. 'Freescale Semiconductor: 20 Employees on Board Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane' http://www.theepochtimes.com/freescale-semiconductor/20-employees-on-board/ http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/562572-freescale-semiconductor-20-employees-on-board-missing-malaysia-airlines-plane/
[FairfieldLife] Re: BIG science discovery
Time Travel As objects within the warp bubble are not moving (locally) faster than light, the mathematical formulation of the Alcubierre metric is consistent with the conventional claims of the laws of relativity (namely, that an object with mass cannot attain or exceed the speed of light) and conventional relativistic effects such as time dilation would not apply as they would with conventional motion at near-light speeds. [from Wikipedia]: Calculations by physicist Allen Everett show that warp bubbles could be used to create closed timelike curves in general relativity, meaning that the theory predicts that they could be used for backwards time travel. While it is possible the fundamental laws of physics might allow closed timelike curves, the chronology protection conjecture hypothesizes that in all cases where the classical theory of general relativity allows them, quantum effects would intervene to eliminate the possibility, making these spacetimes impossible to realize (a possible type of effect that would accomplish this, discussed in more detail in the chronology protection conjecture article, is a buildup of vacuum fluctuations on the border of the region of spacetime where time travel would first become possible, causing the energy density to become high enough to destroy the system that would otherwise become a time machine). Some results in semiclassical gravity appear to support the conjecture, including a calculation dealing specifically with quantum effects in warp drive spacetimes which suggested that warp bubbles would be semiclassically unstable, but ultimately the conjecture can only be decided by a full theory of quantum gravity. Miguel Alcubierre briefly discusses some of these issues in a series of lecture slides posted online, where he writes beware: in relativity, any method to travel faster than light can in principle be used to travel back in time (a time machine). In the next slide he brings up the chronology protection conjecture, and writes The conjecture has not been proven (it wouldn’t be a conjecture if it had), but there are good arguments in its favor based on quantum field theory. Notice that the conjecture does not prohibit faster than light travel. It just states that if a method to travel faster than light exists, and one tries to use it to build a time machine, something will go wrong: the energy accumulated will explode, or it will create a black hole. Another potential problem with the drive is it might take impossibly high amounts of energy to work, supposing it could work in the first place. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : Xeno, I've heard of this theory. But nobody knows at this time how to build a warp drive. If someone did, then humans can go anywhere and in the universe. It may also imply that humans can go backward and forward in time by this warp drive or time machine. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : The Big Bang Theory, if correct, shows that space can expand. There has been one idea of a spaceship drive that makes use of the principle: the Alcubierre Warp Drive. 'An Alcubierre Warp Drive stretches spacetime in a wave causing the fabric of space ahead of a spacecraft to contract and the space behind it to expand. The ship can ride the wave to accelerate to high speeds and time travel.' http://www.andersoninstitute.com/alcubierre-warp-drive.html http://www.andersoninstitute.com/alcubierre-warp-drive.html = ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : Interesting discovery. So, does that mean that it's possible for human's to eventually travel at super-luminal speed? How can the universe break its own speed limit, which is the speed of light? It appears that scientists will have do some more explaining with this new discovery.
[FairfieldLife] MERU GLOBAL SPRING ASSEMBLY
Web version https://www.mgcwp.org/ico/emailing/2014/2014-04-17-23_Global_Spring_Assembly/2014-04-17-23_Global_Spring_Assembly.html Welcome to the Global Spring Assembly with Maharishi’s Worldwide Movement Family in MERU, Holland Full Assembly: 17 - 23 April 2014 Weekend Assembly: 19 - 21 April 2014 Easter Monday: 21 April 2014 The Rajas, Raj Rajeshwaris, and Ministers of the Global Country of World Peace warmly invite all Governors, Sidhas, and Meditators from all countries to participate in the Global Spring Assembly—Blossoming of Pure Consciousness—at MERU. http://www.meruevents.com/celebrations/2014/Spring_2014/ Click to see the video http://www.meruevents.com/celebrations/2014/Spring_2014/ Daily Highlights Group Programme—Deepen your inner experience of Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme by joining your friends in extended group programme in the peaceful and serene environment of MERU. The experience of deep rest over many days results in a profound reduction of accumulated stress and tension, providing a foundation for the unfoldment of higher states of consciousness, inner happiness, and support of Nature in all aspects of daily life. “Cultural Integrity means all those values which are necessary to culture life, and to live life spontaneously in the direction of evolution. The result of cultural integrity is happiness, affluence, and harmony within the nation and complete impenetrability from any disturbing influences from outside. Cultural integrity is, therefore, the foundation stone of invincibility for the nation.”— Maharishi Culture, Consciousness, and Natural Law: Living Unity in the Field of Diversity Featuring historic lectures by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Presented by the Ministry of Religion and Culture of the Global Country of World Peace This course was structured by Maharishi to bring the understanding of how Consciousness-Based Culture can meet the crucial challenges of today’s ever-changing world. What is the basis for cultural conflict and what can be done to prevent it? Is it possible to maintain one’s cultural identity in an increasingly globalized world? What is the importance of cultural traditions and mother tongue in promoting enlightenment? How does culture connect individual and cosmic intelligence? What five fundamentals are essential for cultural integrity? A FORMULA FOR UNITY IN DIVERSITY From the rain forests of Latin America to the deserts of the Middle East, from the mountains of Europe to the islands of the Pacific, Nature structures life in specific channels of intelligence, which promote life in each environment. A vital culture offers a unique connection between our indvidual identity and cosmic destiny. However, never before has culture been so challenged as it is in today’s globalized world. One sees every nation struggling to maintain its cultural identity. In addition, increasing cultural diversity is creating enormous social pressures that break out into conflict again and again. Everyone should know how the principles and practices of Maharishi’s Consciousness-Based Culture can simultaneously preserve mankind’s precious ancient and diverse traditions yet promote progress in a world of peace and unity. COURSE THEMES • Cultural Integrity: Life According to the Natural Law of the Land • Maharishi’s Absolute Theory of Cultural Integrity • Cultural Integrity and Enlightenment • Cultural Integrity and World Peace COURSE LEADERS This course is led by Dr. Chris Crowell, Minister of Religion and Culture, and Dr. Ann Crowell who have worked extensively with Maharishi to bring his programmes for cultural integrity throughout the world. Special Rudrabhishek Peace Yagya by the Maharishi Vedic Pandits Enliven the impulses of Creative Intelligence that reside in your own self-referral awareness. On Easter Monday 21 April at 10:00 am at the Brahmasthan of Maharishi Peace Palace, MERU. http://www.meruevents.com/testimonials/ Enjoy watching a video of wonderful experiences of course participants at MERU Assemblies and read some of their comments: Click HERE http://www.meruevents.com/testimonials/ to see the video Maharishi Gandharva Veda Concert Three Generations One of the world’s finest musicians, legendary violin virtuoso Padmabhushan Dr. Mrs. N. Rajam needs no introduction. Her magical fingers enchant the tuneful strings of the violin to create a divine and sublime atmosphere. She is the recipient of three of the highest civilian honours of the government of India: Padma Bhushan, Sangeet Natak Acadami, and Padma Shri. Dr. Rajam will be joined by her world-renowned daughter, Grammy award nominee and maestro of repute, Dr. Sangeeta Shankar, and her own talented and effulgent daughters Ragini and Nandini. Together they create an unforgettable experience, transporting the audience to heavenly bliss through the eternal music of nature, and bringing mind,
[FairfieldLife] Re: BIG science discovery
Excellent. Really. The idea of that period of cosmic inflation always sounded a bit convenient in that it helped get from one favoured prediction (the big bang) to our current understanding of how space is (nice and smooth) but without having any evidence. And now, here it is! I'm constantly amazed that people come up with ideas as extraordinary as that and then someone painstakingly sets up an experiment to test it. That's the way science works obviously, but it's great to see it in action. Another giant leap for all mankind. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Max Tegmark, a cosmologist at M.I.T., wrote in an email, 'I think that if this stays true, it will go down as one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science.' He added, 'It’s a sensational breakthrough involving not only our cosmic origins, but also the nature of space.'” What is this amazing discovery? Read about it in this piece by the NYTimes' superb science writer, Dennis Overbye: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/science/space/detection-of-waves-in-space-buttresses-landmark-theory-of-big-bang.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/science/space/detection-of-waves-in-space-buttresses-landmark-theory-of-big-bang.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: ‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return t o skies as stealth nuclear weapon
Maybe there were some TMers on board and they foolishly did the flying sutra during prog, thus altering local gravity and sent the plane into orbit? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, martyboi@... wrote : My friends are all talking about a UFO connection.the entire plane was beamed up
[FairfieldLife] Re: BIG science discovery
No John, they've already explained this. Inflation occurred immediately after the big bang and before particles had formed so it was space and not the information inside that expanded. Information is anything that can be distinguished from anything else. There was nothing to move faster than light, which is handy because it can't. Nothing can be accelerated to the speed of light as mass becomes infinite at that speed, you won't ever get there. To accelerate just ONE particle to light speed you would need to use the entire universe (including the particle) as fuel. We are stuck here until someone comes up with a way round it. Don't hold your breath. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : Interesting discovery. So, does that mean that it's possible for human's to eventually travel at super-luminal speed? How can the universe break its own speed limit, which is the speed of light? It appears that scientists will have do some more explaining with this new discovery.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Just think!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZvfvibFup4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZvfvibFup4
[FairfieldLife] Re: The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things
I think crop circles are 100% human artefacts. It has been show how easy it is to make them. The explanation that they are made by an alien intelligence is a highly improbable explanation. From a scientific point of view, ignoring this explanation is standard procedure unless a much higher quality source of evidence is discovered. If this is the way they, the aliens, are attempting to communicate with us, it is incredibly stupid. If they really wanted us to know they exist, they would be a lot more direct than doing what is incredibly ambiguous as far a means of communication. It could be that all the aged cheese one finds in markets packaged in plastic neat rectangular blocks is some kind of digital code being communicated to us by aliens, because aged cheese is normally found in wax-covered wheels. Wait a minute! Wheels of cheese are round, just like crop circles. Oh boy. We are really on to something here. The moon is round, wheel-shaped too. Nabby, you need better evidence. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nabby wrote : Quite revealing post from the Turq. He does not include in his universe even the possebilities that real Crop Circles excist. Why are some people so stuck in Kali Yuga that change is ruled out once and for all ? Is it a Buddhist misunderstanding shining through, after all they believe that Sat Yuga will only happen in 310111 years from now, or some such absurd number. One can but feel sorry for these souls. About 5% of the Crop Circles are manmade. It is but impossible to judge if one is real or faking from a picture, it must be analyzed on the ground. Its fake if the straws are broken not bent and if it layed down with perfect symmetries or if the ground is muddy. The Crop Circles are happening all over the world and is a project in corraboration between our Space Brothers and Maitreya to prepare Mankind for completely new sources of energy that we soon will be able to enjoy, independent of sources of energy known to man today. Unfortunately, for some souls dedicated to old, outdated and stale religions these huge leaps of progress for mankind will not be enjoyed in this lifetime.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things
You are mistaken. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : I think crop circles are 100% human artefacts. It has been show how easy it is to make them. The explanation that they are made by an alien intelligence is a highly improbable explanation. From a scientific point of view, ignoring this explanation is standard procedure unless a much higher quality source of evidence is discovered. If this is the way they, the aliens, are attempting to communicate with us, it is incredibly stupid. If they really wanted us to know they exist, they would be a lot more direct than doing what is incredibly ambiguous as far a means of communication. It could be that all the aged cheese one finds in markets packaged in plastic neat rectangular blocks is some kind of digital code being communicated to us by aliens, because aged cheese is normally found in wax-covered wheels. Wait a minute! Wheels of cheese are round, just like crop circles. Oh boy. We are really on to something here. The moon is round, wheel-shaped too. Nabby, you need better evidence. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nabby wrote : Quite revealing post from the Turq. He does not include in his universe even the possebilities that real Crop Circles excist. Why are some people so stuck in Kali Yuga that change is ruled out once and for all ? Is it a Buddhist misunderstanding shining through, after all they believe that Sat Yuga will only happen in 310111 years from now, or some such absurd number. One can but feel sorry for these souls. About 5% of the Crop Circles are manmade. It is but impossible to judge if one is real or faking from a picture, it must be analyzed on the ground. Its fake if the straws are broken not bent and if it layed down with perfect symmetries or if the ground is muddy. The Crop Circles are happening all over the world and is a project in corraboration between our Space Brothers and Maitreya to prepare Mankind for completely new sources of energy that we soon will be able to enjoy, independent of sources of energy known to man today. Unfortunately, for some souls dedicated to old, outdated and stale religions these huge leaps of progress for mankind will not be enjoyed in this lifetime.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: ‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return t o skies as stealth nuclear weapon
On 3/17/2014 4:52 PM, salyavin808 wrote: Maybe there were some TMers on board and they foolishly did the flying sutra during prog, thus altering local gravity and sent the plane into orbit? There is probably more evidence that TMers got on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and did the flying sutra during prog, than there is evidence that Rama levitated in front of a large group of people and filled the room with golden light.
[FairfieldLife] Re: BIG science discovery
Salyavin, you might like to see two posts by Sean Carroll on this. They're WY over my head, but maybe not over yours. This was written Sunday; Carroll knew what was coming and was doing some preparation: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2014/03/16/gravitational-waves-in-the-cosmic-microwave-background/ http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2014/03/16/gravitational-waves-in-the-cosmic-microwave-background/ This is his update from today, following the announcement (pretty pictures!): http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2014/03/16/bicep2-updates/ http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2014/03/16/bicep2-updates/ Excellent. Really. The idea of that period of cosmic inflation always sounded a bit convenient in that it helped get from one favoured prediction (the big bang) to our current understanding of how space is (nice and smooth) but without having any evidence. And now, here it is! I'm constantly amazed that people come up with ideas as extraordinary as that and then someone painstakingly sets up an experiment to test it. That's the way science works obviously, but it's great to see it in action. Another giant leap for all mankind. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Max Tegmark, a cosmologist at M.I.T., wrote in an email, 'I think that if this stays true, it will go down as one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science.' He added, 'It’s a sensational breakthrough involving not only our cosmic origins, but also the nature of space.'” What is this amazing discovery? Read about it in this piece by the NYTimes' superb science writer, Dennis Overbye: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/science/space/detection-of-waves-in-space-buttresses-landmark-theory-of-big-bang.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/science/space/detection-of-waves-in-space-buttresses-landmark-theory-of-big-bang.html
[FairfieldLife] Keith Richards Ron Wood - You got the silver 2007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8ijaUa0EZY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8ijaUa0EZY
[FairfieldLife] Was Dean Vendetta XM - For Dr. D
Any grown up person who decides to learn something completely new is my brother ! I do that all the time, it is as if the freshness of the new reshapes my body. I'm a fluteplayer but marvel at those guitar-players; how do they do it !! All cudos to you for wanting to learn to play the guitar ! If you want my advice; do take a teacher. Sitting with a Master is a very interesting thing and will speed up the learning immensely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMhqqEfiO3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMhqqEfiO3Q Other guitar heros include these two obvious fellows, the chap at the left is actually a master-guitarist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzRYQz_ramI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzRYQz_ramI A guitarist extraordinare: Bill Frisell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO-1Euq2RBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO-1Euq2RBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3nzloBmuPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3nzloBmuPE Guitar-playing on a high level: John Scofield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WPGdjZr8PI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WPGdjZr8PI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqCyb_jGAMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqCyb_jGAMo (Snake Dance) Another American guitarist of high esteem is Ry Cooder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6ymVaq3Fqk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6ymVaq3Fqk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-e0XvZHYGAlist=RD_oYzxkfzJZ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-e0XvZHYGAlist=RD_oYzxkfzJZ0 Enjoy ! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : added the model ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Any opinions on this guitar? I bought one, with a 10 watt amp - hasn't arrived yet. Dean is made in USA, and the reviews liked it. Comments from B2 or Curtis or anyone who maybe has had experience with this one - apparently far superior to the crummy starter electric guitars sold. Also picked up Rock Prodigy Learn Guitar Lesson 1, which isn't as flashy and gamey as Rocksmith. I heard it takes four years to get good, and a lifetime to master - sounds like a plan, along with my many others...
[FairfieldLife] Another for Dr.D and the lovers of the guitar
John McLaughlin The 4th Dimensiom - La 2 2011 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYEfzkV7Tug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYEfzkV7Tug
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sci-fi = theology for moderns
Re It seems to me that the pseudo gravity is caused by the relationship of the edge of the space station to the centre.: And what is that relationship? Is a rotating space station in motion or not? You are at liberty to regard it as stationary (as there is no Absolute Space as a reference field) so how can the station know it's rotating and so should provide that pseudo-gravity effect? If it works why isn't everyone working towards constructing one today? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : It's six O'clock in the morning and I'm all bleary eyed but it seems to me that the pseudo gravity is caused by the relationship of the edge of the space station to the centre. As long as the edge stays in a fixed position to the middle you will be pushed away regardless of your position or speed relative to anything else, distant or not. Due to the inverse square law effect we aren't pulled off the earth towards the sun even though it's gravity is stronger as it's much further away. So the centrifugal effect of our space station won't be overridden by anything unless it's massive and close. The only way you would become weightless is if you were the axis point connected to the centre that is now your edge. Philosophically you could say that anything is the centre of the universe but you can't change the fact that small things are attracted towards (or falling towards) bigger things so you'd have to stop the space station and somehow swing it around yourself to create the effect you are looking for. Newtonian physics still works for things like us at slow speeds. Or maybe that's all too obvious, I need a coffee. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Talking about 2001: a Space Odyssey reminds me of a puzzle I've ruminated over for decades. This query is for physicists on FFL. If you're not a physicist stop reading now - unless maybe you live in Fairfield and are a friend of John Hagelin. In which case can you tap him on the shoulder, ask him for his thoughts on my conundrum and let me know what he says. At the start of the film we are approaching a doughnut-shaped space station. The station is rotating. Why? Well, think of a schoolboy with a conker on a string. He twirls his conker and the centrifugal force keeps the string taut. The concept is that a circular space station is set in circular motion. The centrifugal effect means that those inhabitants living on the edge of the circle would find themselves in a pseudo-gravitational force so could walk around as if they were on the surface of the Earth. Neat, yes? But here's the thing: how does the space station know it is rotating? Why shouldn't we regard it as stationary and the planets around it are the one's in motion? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3oHmVhviO8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3oHmVhviO8 Isaac Newton came up with a thought experiment: suppose a bucket containing water being spun on the end of a rope. The centrifugal force would make the water creep up the sides of the bucket. That's basic and acceptable. But suppose the bucket on the end of the string was suspended in outer space? Why would the water creep up the side of the bucket? Newton's answer was that there is a background of Absolute Space - ie, a really existing environment of three-dimensional space in which we live. The rotating bucket/conker/space station rotates in reference to Absolute Space so that ensures the effects we expect. That's nice. But what makes us twitchy is this thought: if a god was to decide to move the Universe exactly 30 metres in some direction what difference would we notice? And we see immediately we would notice no difference whatsoever. So it's a difference that doesn't make a difference! But doesn't that suggest Absolute Space is a redundant concept? Then along came Einstein. He rejected Newton's concept and replaced it with relativity and space time. The position of an object only makes sense with respect to another object to which it has a relative position. That's the new orthodoxy. But then the obvious question is: in Einstein's universe would Newton's spinning bucket see the water rising when the bucket was spun? In other words, would a rotating space station give its inhabitants the sense of gravity? Austrian physicist Ernst Mach thought the answer was Yes. He believed that just as a spun conker was spinning in relation to the gravitational pull of the Earth, a rotating bucket in space was spinning in relation to the surrounding galaxies. The problem with his answer is that 1) the gravitational effects of distant galaxies is minute; and 2) if Einstein had thrown out Absolute Space as a theoretical theory then, for all practical purposes, Mach was re-introducing Absolute Space a de facto reality. So would Kubrick's rotating space station actually work as a viable environment? I'm not aware of any plans to build
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternative View of Deepak Chopra
Judy, you may be right. But there is just one thing. People have been know to be petty, and to take petty disputes to unreasonable lengths. Do you sort of know what I mean? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Why it makes no sense to suspect the pilot of terrorism or hijacking because of his political views: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/03/pilot_zaharie_ahmad_shah_supported_anwar_ibrahim_was_he_a_terrorist.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/03/pilot_zaharie_ahmad_shah_supported_anwar_ibrahim_was_he_a_terrorist.html Plus which, he and his wife were already either divorced or separated, although they are (or were until very recently) still living in the same house. And all his children are grown. (He has one grandchild.) The notion that he was terribly upset because his wife had left him and taken the kids is just sensationalized gossip with no basis in fact. I've seen no solid evidence that he had any family problems. For all we know, his wife had been planning to move into her own place, and the day before Flight 370 was her scheduled moving day. lot of evidence pointing to the pilot. family problems. (wife and son moved out day before flight), and anger at government, (attended trial of opposition leader he strongly supported, and who was sentenced to jail, day of flight) for those who may not be keeping up
[FairfieldLife] Re: ‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return t o skies as stealth nuclear weapon
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 - a DC-4 - vanished over Lake Michigan in 1950. The plane has never been found even though there is an annual search for the wreckage using sonar. The Malaysian plane has a flight data recorder but that only transmits a beep for 30 days. If it's in the Indian Ocean we may never know what happened.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things
you only believe in them because Benjy Creme says they are real - if he had said they were man made you would be denouncing every single one that turned up On Mon, 3/17/14, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, March 17, 2014, 10:48 PM You are mistaken. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : I think crop circles are 100% human artefacts. It has been show how easy it is to make them. The explanation that they are made by an alien intelligence is a highly improbable explanation. From a scientific point of view, ignoring this explanation is standard procedure unless a much higher quality source of evidence is discovered. If this is the way they, the aliens, are attempting to communicate with us, it is incredibly stupid. If they really wanted us to know they exist, they would be a lot more direct than doing what is incredibly ambiguous as far a means of communication. It could be that all the aged cheese one finds in markets packaged in plastic neat rectangular blocks is some kind of digital code being communicated to us by aliens, because aged cheese is normally found in wax-covered wheels. Wait a minute! Wheels of cheese are round, just like crop circles. Oh boy. We are really on to something here. The moon is round, wheel-shaped too. Nabby, you need better evidence. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nabby wrote : Quite revealing post from the Turq. He does not include in his universe even the possebilities that real Crop Circles excist. Why are some people so stuck in Kali Yuga that change is ruled out once and for all ? Is it a Buddhist misunderstanding shining through, after all they believe that Sat Yuga will only happen in 310111 years from now, or some such absurd number. One can but feel sorry for these souls.About 5% of the Crop Circles are manmade. It is but impossible to judge if one is real or faking from a picture, it must be analyzed on the ground. Its fake if the straws are broken not bent and if it layed down with perfect symmetries or if the ground is muddy. The Crop Circles are happening all over the world and is a project in corraboration between our Space Brothers and Maitreya to prepare Mankind for completely new sources of energy that we soon will be able to enjoy, independent of sources of energy known to man today. Unfortunately, for some souls dedicated to old, outdated and stale religions these huge leaps of progress for mankind will not be enjoyed in this lifetime.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternative View of Deepak Chopra
There's no evidence of that either in the pilot's case. But if you feel the need to dispute the news reports, that's up to you. Judy, you may be right. But there is just one thing. People have been know to be petty, and to take petty disputes to unreasonable lengths. Do you sort of know what I mean? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Why it makes no sense to suspect the pilot of terrorism or hijacking because of his political views: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/03/pilot_zaharie_ahmad_shah_supported_anwar_ibrahim_was_he_a_terrorist.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/03/pilot_zaharie_ahmad_shah_supported_anwar_ibrahim_was_he_a_terrorist.html Plus which, he and his wife were already either divorced or separated, although they are (or were until very recently) still living in the same house. And all his children are grown. (He has one grandchild.) The notion that he was terribly upset because his wife had left him and taken the kids is just sensationalized gossip with no basis in fact. I've seen no solid evidence that he had any family problems. For all we know, his wife had been planning to move into her own place, and the day before Flight 370 was her scheduled moving day. lot of evidence pointing to the pilot. family problems. (wife and son moved out day before flight), and anger at government, (attended trial of opposition leader he strongly supported, and who was sentenced to jail, day of flight) for those who may not be keeping up
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why the Pundits Rioted
I was certainly curious about someone regarded so very highly by Maharishi, I was not looking for family status at the time so much as just biographical information, nothing for you to be alarmed about.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things
RightDr. Michael Shermer goes into some of the (in his opinion) reasons why people are TB - True Believers in anything, especially when contrary to the evidence.. He goes into the influences of supposed non-physical beings as offering explanations for supernatural occurrences. You can't argue with such people - no matter what you say, they'll just say something like (Cuz Mr. Creme says so). ... On the other hand, Shermer switched his allegiance away from Evangelical Christianity to scientific athiesm, which in many cases blocks the mind from examining the Supernatural in a true light of truth. One of Shermer's points: TB tend to believe in Absolutist terms (either l00% true or 100% false) and they can't tolerate situations in which: a. the truth is unknown b. the truth is midway between extremes, or c. simply unknowable, or d. variants such as true some of the time, but at other times not truet, or true for some people but not others. Since TB seem to always know what is right, it has to be 100% right all the time in their worldview. Typical example: Evangelicals are certain (because their KJV Bible says so); that everybody who's not a Believer in Jesus is automatically going to Hell. However, the Catholic Bible has Tobit and Maccabees. In the latter, prayers for the dead are encouraged. Generally speaking, Evangelicals don't pray for the dead since they believe people are judged instantaneously and sent to either Heaven or Hell, with no progression (Purgatory) allowed. Looks like this leaves out the Hindus and Buddhists. ..My pov: Where one goes at death depends on a. to Whom one is devoted to, if any, and b. moral status and storehouse of bad karma. As to complete athiests with no Spiritual inclinations, or non-devotional Advaitins, more research is needed on that. ... .
[FairfieldLife] Jail time!
Another huckster bites the dust - can't wait till the leadership of the TMO all follow him to jail. Maybe they will be in the same cell block! http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-kevin-trudeau-sentenced-20140317,0,832577.story
[FairfieldLife] Re: The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things
I think a complex design circle cut 200 metres deep into a stone hill that appeared overnight would be a bit more impressive demonstration than one in a field of straw flattened with wood planks. That would reveal some technological expertise that is something beyond what can be done with pre-industrial-revolution technology, and even ours today. A space-faring civilisation can't be so clueless as to not understand that a demonstration of logic, mathematical power, and technological prowess requires some exceptional evidence in the eyes of a scientifically oriented observer. A stone age tribesman might be impressed with a cigarette lighter, but not us. For example, Carl Sagan's plaque that was sent on the Voyager spacecraft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque). If we were really dumb, instead of launching an admittedly primitive spacecraft out of the solar system, we could have launched stone models of trilobites instead, or even better actual fossils. But how would another civilisation interpret such an offering? Stone models would be really puzzling, while actual fossils might be interpreted as possibly life on a planet that long ago exploded or was destroyed, fragments cast out into interstellar space. A stone model might be interpreted as the remnants of a primitive civilisation also cast into space by some disaster. Ask yourself this: what kind of demonstration would convince you that Zeus, the King of the Gods, is real? Then apply that logic to any other fantastical situation. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nabby wrote : You are mistaken. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : I think crop circles are 100% human artefacts. It has been show how easy it is to make them. The explanation that they are made by an alien intelligence is a highly improbable explanation. From a scientific point of view, ignoring this explanation is standard procedure unless a much higher quality source of evidence is discovered. If this is the way they, the aliens, are attempting to communicate with us, it is incredibly stupid. If they really wanted us to know they exist, they would be a lot more direct than doing what is incredibly ambiguous as far a means of communication. It could be that all the aged cheese one finds in markets packaged in plastic neat rectangular blocks is some kind of digital code being communicated to us by aliens, because aged cheese is normally found in wax-covered wheels. Wait a minute! Wheels of cheese are round, just like crop circles. Oh boy. We are really on to something here. The moon is round, wheel-shaped too. Nabby, you need better evidence. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nabby wrote : Quite revealing post from the Turq. He does not include in his universe even the possebilities that real Crop Circles excist. Why are some people so stuck in Kali Yuga that change is ruled out once and for all ? Is it a Buddhist misunderstanding shining through, after all they believe that Sat Yuga will only happen in 310111 years from now, or some such absurd number. One can but feel sorry for these souls. About 5% of the Crop Circles are manmade. It is but impossible to judge if one is real or faking from a picture, it must be analyzed on the ground. Its fake if the straws are broken not bent and if it layed down with perfect symmetries or if the ground is muddy. The Crop Circles are happening all over the world and is a project in corraboration between our Space Brothers and Maitreya to prepare Mankind for completely new sources of energy that we soon will be able to enjoy, independent of sources of energy known to man today. Unfortunately, for some souls dedicated to old, outdated and stale religions these huge leaps of progress for mankind will not be enjoyed in this lifetime.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The human tendency to find a Woo Woo explanation for things
On 3/17/2014 8:53 PM, yifux...@yahoo.com wrote: Dr. Michael Shermer goes into some of the (in his opinion) reasons why people are TB... The Rama guy I studied with had this particular siddhi down pat. He could just lift off and hang ten in mid-air pretty much whenever he felt like it. - TurquoiseB https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/topics/63670
[FairfieldLife] Buck in Unity
I was in Unity last nite and meditated there this morning too. Unity Village, Kansas City. Was there last week too passing through. It was really a nice place to meditate. The chapels were nice places to meditate. They were a bunch of spiritual transcendentalists that came out also at the time of the New Thought Movements [google New Thought later for the fun of it] of the late 19th and early 20th Century who though fundamentally transcendentalists in experience couched themselves in 'practical christianity'. Was a big deal in its time. Unity Village in Kansas City, Mo. is sort of like Fairfield, Iowa is now to the TM movement in the USA. An artifact of a time. -Buck back in the Meditating Community of Fairfield, Iowa
[FairfieldLife] Re: Buck in Unity
. Like TM now, their [Unity] founding generations are passed and gone and their successive continuing elders then of the 20th Century height of their movement (1920-30-40-50's) are gone now too with their deep check-books. Like TM now is post-founder, the trick their Unity foundation boards of trustees are dealing with is trying to keep engaged whatever subsequent stalwart-generational members there are of their Unity Churches out in the world so that when those folks [baby-boom] pass away some of their check-books can come to support the physical-plant of even their Unity mecca -Unity Village in Kansas. Om, I was in Unity last nite and meditated there this morning too. Unity Village, Kansas City. Was there last week too passing through. It was really a nice place to meditate. The chapels were nice places to meditate. They were a bunch of spiritual transcendentalists that came out also at the time of the New Thought Movements [google New Thought later for the fun of it] of the late 19th and early 20th Century who though fundamentally transcendentalists in experience couched themselves in 'practical christianity'. Was a big deal in its time. Unity Village in Kansas City, Mo. is sort of like Fairfield, Iowa is now to the TM movement in the USA. An artifact of a time. -Buck back in the Meditating Community of Fairfield, Iowa
