[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi speaks on Karma (1962)

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "anatol_zinc"  wrote:
>
> excellent talk by Maharishi given in 1962, but here is my comment 2009:
> it is hard to follow Maharishi's advice( last few paragraphs ) during
> these extremely difficult times ;
> and it seems it was hard for Maharishi to follow his own advice;
> 
> this was given in 1962, so for a few decades, he did really well
> 
> focusing only on positivity, it seemed to me,
> 
> but then he started to call President  Bush a rakshasa( a demon ); so
> these are truly difficult times for everyone
> 
> but the advice Maharishi gave is still excellent
> 
> and wise to try ones best
> 
> 



That to which one gives one's attention grows stronger in one's life, 
therefore, speaking ill of someone makes the influence of evil stronger in 
one's life, which retards evolution.

Maharishi's advice about speaking well of others (found throughout the Vedic 
literature: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=10806621169&topic=7189 )is 
only an aid to
the ignorant -- for an ignorant person, it's dangerous to spiritual
growth to speak ill of others, because it necessitates bringing in
that impurity from others and situating it in one's brain, in order
to speak ill of others. But for MMY and other enlightened people,
there is no danger of their minds becoming contaminated, since they are 
stationed in total awareness that cannot be contaminated or overcome by 
anything, so there is no need to avoid speaking ill of others because of a 
concern about impeding spiritual growth for themselves. What enlightened people 
say is just the voice of nature responding to the needs of the time --
the earth is terribly burdened now by wrongdoing, and MMY's harsh
criticism is just the cry of nature to stop mucking things up.




> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > From an audio  (No 8) recorded in Hochgurgel in 1962
> >
> > (Thanks to Jörg Schenk)
> >
> >
> > Maharishi speaks about  Karma
> >
> > Some selected points:
> >
> > Maharishi: Who is the doer (of the Karma)?  The doer is the ego,
> the
> > mind. Although the senses perform the action, but the senses are not
> the
> > doer. The doer is the thinker within. So the thinker, as long as it is
> > associated with the body, it is associated with the body. But the doer
> is
> > that thinker, that subtle body, that  Jiva.  If he casts away this
> body,
> > goes to the other body, he will be caught by that action in the other
> body.
> > Body doesn't matter. What matters is the doer and what he has done
> >
> > As I was saying, the vibrations (of the Karma) return from the wall,
> from
> > the sun, from millions of miles. There are galaxies in the world from
> where
> > the light takes millions of years to reach the earth. When the
> vibrations
> > reach so far and strike against that and then will be rebound and come
> back,
> > millions of years have passed already. So the effect of the Karma done
> now
> > is not received all at once. It keeps on being received from time to
> time,
> > for (?) all eternity.
> >
> > The effect in the vicinity of the doer is maximum, but the effect is
> created
> > throughout the universe, whatever little effect at far distances, but
> it is
> > created and all this effect has to come back
> >
> > Every second that we are producing some Karma, we are storing the
> fruit of
> > that Karma to be born for millions of years
> >
> > Thoughts are the seed of Karma, very powerful seed. The seed in its
> seed
> > status is very potent. If you have thoughts of injuring a man, you
> have
> > injured the whole creation, already injured in the subtle state
> >
> > Future after death depends on what a man has done throughout life. But
> the
> > next goal, where he will be born, mainly depends on the desire at the
> time
> > of death, the desire at the time of death
> >
> > Question:  Is there a difference of a bad Karma done intentionally or
> > unintentionally?
> >
> > Maharishi:  Intentionally, because his attention was there, then the
> effect
> > will be more intensive. But the effect will be on the same line
> >
> > Question: If I have a bad son and have to beat him, is this bad Karma?
> >
> > Maharishi:   It is the Karma of the son that brings him beating and it
> is
> > the Karma of the father that makes him sorry
> >
> > If I do some sin and in this room there is no one, I think nobody has
> seen
> > it. But it has been exposed to the whole universe. Everyone in the
> universe
> > knows it. And somehow that will be delivered to us back by all the
> agencies
> > in the universe, knowing or unknowing.
> >
> > You can't stop the evolution. If you commit sin in the room, then you
> are
> > creating sinful vibrations. And sinful vibrations means, wherever they
> go
> > they damage the evolution of that thing.
> >
> > Someone speaks ill of the other and plans damaging him, very
> underknees
> > plan, nothing on the surface, damaging t

[FairfieldLife] Ford v the chicken tax

[bob_brigante]

http://snipurl.com/s1yz9  [online_wsj_com] 

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Jeru - Please pass this on to anyone you think knows him!!!

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk"  wrote:
> Now, how about the addresses of Jeru's victims?  Aren't they more deserving 
> of your and my largess than the perp?
>

*

People can change -- one of the most famous saints in India is Valmiki, who 
used to be a bandit:

http://www.iloveindia.com/spirituality/gurus/valmiki.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan steps down as MUM Chairman

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71"  wrote:
> >
> > MUM Development Office notice: Bevan held the top position for 31 years as 
> > Chairman of the Board of Trustees of MUM.  Now, Dr. J Abramson is taking 
> > his place.
> >
> 
> Trustee, President, Prime Minister, Chancellor.
> Prime witness.
> 
> Now this is a development.  One big fish and large weight removed.  
> Will make an insightful read to see those minutes of the Raja meetings on 
> this one.  Hopefully the minutes will get posted soon.
> 
> 31 years presiding over the long decline?  
> 
> Is some fantastic and moving news for the university community. Fabulous 
> development for the TMmovement.
> 
> Jai Adi Shankara,
> 
> -D in FF
>

*

Bevan continues to be President of MUM (and Prime Minister of the Global 
Country), he just is not Chairman of the Board of Trustees anymore. If they 
were really unhappy with Bevan, he would not have his other posts either.

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Jeru - Please pass this on to anyone you think knows him!!!

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> - Original Message - 
> From: Debra   Poneman 
> To: Debra   Poneman 
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 6:22 PM
> Subject: Jeru - Please pass this on to anyone you think knows him!!!
>  
> p.s. I just tried to send him some books on Amazon and they wouldn't accept
> the address I had sent you initially.  I went on the federal prisons website
> and they had this address:
> 
> Je-Ru Hall REG # 139-19-016
> FPC YANKTON
> PO Box 700
> Yankton, SD 57078
> 
> ...I tried it and it worked!  Sorry for the confusion and thanks for all
> your replies.  Maybe we should spread out our book sends over the next few
> weeks so prison people don't get up-tight that he's getting too 
> many things!!!
> 
> Dear Friends of Jeru (and if you're getting this and you're not a friend of
> Jeru, you might want to become one!!),
> 
> According to Jivan, Jeru had been moved around a lot.  Now it seems he is
> finally in one place.  So I just thought that he probably would really
> appreciate it if we sent him letters and books or magazines.  According to
> another friend who was in jail in Illinois, there's no reading material
> unless someone sends it to you.
> 
> THIS IS IMPORTANT:  He is not able to receive any other types of packages.
> Only letters.  He can receive books or magazines only if they are ordered
> directly from a reputable source (like Amazon or Barnes and Noble) and sent
> directly from the company to him (don't do the "New and Used from only."
> because then the mailing label will not say Amazon).  Any books sent from an
> individual or from any source other than a main distributor will be
> rejected.
> 
> Je-Ru Hall REG # 139-19-016
> Federal Prison Camp
> P.M.B 700
> Yankton, SD 57078
> 
> And if anyone is heading west, he is only a 5 or 6 hour drive from FF in
> Yankton, South Dakota.
> 
> I am sure he would LOVE to hear from you.  
> 
> Love,
> Debra
>

*

I'm sorry for anybody who's locked up, but at least Hall will be released in 
April 2013 -- I really feel sorry for this dude:

http://snipurl.com/s1b2j  [www_bop_gov] 

[FairfieldLife] MSAE's Eyre Coach of the Year

[bob_brigante]

"I am honored to receive this award on behalf of Maharishi
School," said Mr. Eyre. "Maharishi School tennis players follow
a new athletic paradigm," Coach Eyre explained. "Instead of 'no
pain, no gain', our motto is `train without strain.' We invest
in rest for tennis success."

http://www.heartlandconnection.com/sports/story.aspx?id=352829

[FairfieldLife] Cowabunga: surf pics

[bob_brigante]

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/showcase-54/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sand artist Kseniya Simonova

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , "raunchydog" 
wrote:

> The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one
in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths
out of a population of 42 million.
>
> http://snipurl.com/s0ie2 
>

**

Few people know of the 30s Ukrainian holocaust instigated by Stalin
which killed ~7 million Ukrainians because they were reluctant to join
collective farms. Stalin sent in troops to confiscate the entire
harvest, then posted troops at the borders of Ukraine to keep people
from leaving. http://www.faminegenocide.com/resources/unknown.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Failing trajectory of the private health insurance system

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nelson" 
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote:
> >
> >
> >
http://trueslant.com/rickungar/2009/09/20/the-inevitability-of-an-americ\
\
> > an-single-payer-health-system/
> >
<http://trueslant.com/rickungar/2009/09/20/the-inevitability-of-an-ameri\
\
> > can-single-payer-health-system/>
> >
> > excerpt
> >
> > "Amidst the ideological back and forth that is the health care
reform
> > debate of 2009, recent studies reveal a growing reality that each of
us
> > can easily understand, no matter what our ideological point of view.
> >
> > It will not be long until the private health insurance model will no
> > longer work –for anybody.
> >
> > It's got nothing to do with public options or single payer advocates
> > just as it will have nothing to do with those prepared to defend
> > America from socialism at all costs.
> >
> > The simple fact is that single-payer, government controlled health
care
> > is inevitable because the trajectory of the private health insurance
> > system reveals that it is doomed to fail – and sooner than we
might
> > realize.
> >




> Government run mail used to be three cents too.
>


***

Plot
 
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tory.svg/450px-US_Postage_History.svg.png] 

[/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png] 
 Nominal and inflation adjusted
first-class postage rates in the US
Taking the above data and plotting it yields the graph shown to the
right. The dark plot is the actual issued price of the stamp and the
light plot is the price adjusted for inflation and is shown in 2008 US
cents  .

This plot shows that, despite the rise in the nominal cost of a
first-class stamp, the adjusted cost of the stamp has stayed relatively
stable. The large jumps in the early 1900s are because a change by a
single penny was large compared to the cost of the stamp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_Postal_Service_rat\
es
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_Postal_Service_ra\
tes>

[FairfieldLife] LBJ Medicare Victory: 'Don't let dead cats stand on your porch'

[bob_brigante]

President Obama
  faces perhaps the ultimate presidential
test in the weeks ahead: maneuvering a big health care bill through a
fractious Congress. For tips on how to manage it, there's no better
advisor than Lyndon B. Johnson
 , who won Medicare
  over fierce opposition
in 1965.  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/weekinreview/20word.html

[FairfieldLife] LBJ Medicare victory: ‘Don’t Let Dead Cats Stand on Your Porch’

[bob_brigante]

President Obama
  faces perhaps the ultimate presidential
test in the weeks ahead: maneuvering a big health care bill through a
fractious Congress. For tips on how to manage it, there's no better
advisor than Lyndon B. Johnson
 , who won Medicare
  over fierce opposition
in 1965.  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/weekinreview/20word.html

[FairfieldLife] Failing trajectory of the private health insurance system

[bob_brigante]

http://trueslant.com/rickungar/2009/09/20/the-inevitability-of-an-americ\
an-single-payer-health-system/


excerpt

"Amidst the ideological back and forth that is the health care reform
debate of 2009, recent studies reveal a growing reality that each of us
can easily understand, no matter what our ideological point of view.

It will not be long until the private health insurance model will no
longer work –for anybody.

It's got nothing to do with public options or single payer advocates
just as  it will have nothing to do with those prepared to defend
America from socialism at all costs.

The simple fact is that single-payer, government controlled health care
is inevitable because the trajectory of the private health insurance
system reveals that it is doomed to fail – and sooner than we might
realize.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Who is it, That seeks...War?...'

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert G." 
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 no_reply@ wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert  wrote:
> > >
> > > The Israelis, do not want war...the people in Israel, do not want
war...
> > Quite right the Israelis don't want war, they just want to steal
other people's land without having them fight back. If only people
wouldn't fight back when they have their property stolen from them then
we wouldn't have war.
> >




> So, it's all about real estate, that people are inspired to kill each
other...
> It's it's a matter, of who is more organized, who has the better
weapons, and who is more brutal and inspired to wipe out the 'enemy'...
>
> I believe that is how the Europeans conquered the people who lived
quite fine, for thousands of years, before the 'European Invasion'...
>
> So, why don't you give your land back...It was all stolen from the
Native Americans...
>
> Whose gonna be first to give the land back?
> Anyone?
>
> Robert.
>




~80% of the indigenous peoples of America were killed by disease that
Europeans brought in with them, thus making it possible for Europeans to
settle and displace the native peoples:

"On an estimate of approximately 50 million people in 1492 (including 25
million in the Aztec Empire and 12 million in the Inca Empire), the
lowest estimates give a death toll due to disease of 80% by the end of
the 16th century (8 million people in 1650).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of_American_indigenous_p\
eoples


However, there is no mechanism like the diseases that killed in the
Americas that will allow the Israelis to overcome the great population
advantage that Arabs and Muslims enjoy (the current military dominance
that Israel enjoys courtesy of American military aid will be gone in the
foreseeable future because the A/M world has the means to achieve
military parity or superiority). So, when the Arab and Muslim world gets
as educated and organized as the Europeans and Americans who imposed
Israel on the region at a time when the A/M world was weak, Israel will
have to go. So, moral issues aside, practical people who are concerned
about the welfare of the Jews in Israel should recognize the
inevitability of the end of the Israeli regime and move somewhere else.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anyone planning to ge the flu shot?

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"  
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk"  wrote:
> >
> > I don't think I will. 
> 


> Neither will I. Any time I start coming down with something, I dose up on 
> Vit. C and colloidal silver, and it's usually gone very quickly, often 
> overnight.
>

***

You'd look cool in a different shade:

http://www.silvermedicine.org/argyria.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: The TM Rishikesh ashram, the original Peace Palace, was funded by...

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk"  wrote:
>
> ...none other than Doris Duke, who gave the movement $100,000 towards its 
> purchase back in the day. This according to Herrera-Cooke in "Beyond Gurus".
> 
> Duke, eccentric billionaire, was once acquited of killing a boyfriend whom 
> she ran down with her car...she claimed her foot slipped on the accelerator 
> or some such nonsense.
> 

*

The run-over guy was probably not her boyfriend, since he was reputedly a gay 
interior decorator -- however, she did have something of a history of attacking 
guys who pissed her off. It was probably the vile influence of that inherited 
tobacco wealth, which depresses the consciousness and fortune of those who 
inherit it -- same thing with the Kennedys inheriting Joe's rumrunning loot.

"Few around her ever dared to tell her when she was wrong. In 1963, as her 
relationship with jazz pianist Joey Castro was disintegrating, she stabbed him 
in the arm. 

``I suppose you're going to the police about this,'' she said to him. ``I said, 
`Don't be so corny,' '' he told a biographer. ``We never talked about it 
again.'' 

By 1966, Duke had doubled her inheritance by shrewd investing; the only women 
richer were Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. She 
decided to restore the family's rundown Newport mansion, Rough Point, with the 
help of a gay friend, a handsome interior and set designer named Eduardo 
Tirella. 

They also worked together to set up the Newport Restoration Foundation to 
restore historic houses in Newport. Jacqueline Kennedy, of nearby Hammersmith 
Farm, was the first vice president. 

Tirella, however, was tiring of dancing attendance on the demanding Duke and 
felt his career as a set designer was being stymied. Duke didn't like the idea 
of his leaving her employ. 

On Oct. 7, 1966, Tirella and Duke were leaving Rough Point about 5 p.m. in her 
station wagon. Tirella drove to the huge iron gates, put the car into park, and 
got out to open the gates. 

Usually, Duke slid over to the driver's seat and drove the car through, while 
Tirella closed the gates. This time, the car surged forward and blasted through 
the gates, crushing him to death. 

Duke told a witness she had ``started to go forward and put her foot on the gas 
instead of the brake.'' It was a rental car she had only driven once, with a 
new style of automatic transmission. 

Was she drunk? Witnesses said she was dazed and incoherent. She was never 
tested for drugs or alcohol, and police later found nothing wrong with the car. 

Was it intentional? Police said they had no reason to think so, calling it a 
``freak accident.'' Duke herself blamed the car. Tirella's family sued; four 
years later, Duke was found negligent and ordered to pay $75,000. 

http://www.projo.com/specials/century/month9/0961.htm

[FairfieldLife] Re: "District 9" not welcome in Nigeria

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> The thing the movie forgot was Nigeria leads the world in Internet scam 
> artistry!  :-D
> 
> 
> bob_brigante wrote:
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090919/ap_en_mo/af_nigeria_district9
> > <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090919/ap_en_mo/af_nigeria_district9>
> >
> >
>

***

Bad public image is the least of Nigeria's problems:

http://snipurl.com/rzpau  [online_wsj_com] 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peace Palace for sale for $45 million | The Real Deal | New York Real Estate News

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" 
 wrote:
> At least the Dallas Area Capital got built.  Had wonderful courses in
> it.  They had the good sense to have it struck by Jewish Lightening
> though probably didn't have insurance on it.
>

**

I don't mind how the Jew torches buildings for insurance money, that's just 
their good business practice, but I have to draw the line when they kill 
Christian babies for their blood ceremonies.

[FairfieldLife] "District 9" not welcome in Nigeria

[bob_brigante]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090919/ap_en_mo/af_nigeria_district9

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peace Palace for sale for $45 million | The Real Deal | New York Real Estate

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/peace-palace-at-70-broad-street-buil
> > t-by-american-bank-note-company-for-sale-for-45-million-by-global-country-of
> > -world-peace
> >
> 

> The location is fantastic and the building is lovely.  The TMO just finished 
> major , major interior renovations about a  year ago and the place sparkles - 
> they cleaned the stone facade. 
> 
> In general the real estate market in Manhattan is weak - down 20%.  BUt 
> perhaps that location and price range is unaffected.  I am guessing that they 
> are selling because the TMO feels the mortgage payments are too high and the 
> building is too big for their needs. I wonder if  they will even have a space 
> in New YOrk City after this sells.
>



The TMO paid $5.5M in 2004(5?) and spent ~$2.2M on renovations, making the $45M 
price about six times too much, maybe worse given the weak real estate market.

There is no mortgage -- they paid cash. The reason why they are selling is 
because it's an embarrassment for Hagelin to keep touting the group in 
Fairfield as being responsible for the market run-up which is no more. Hagelin 
had a vision of being able to sit in a grand bldg in the middle of the 
financial district and take credit for everything good happening in the markets 
correlated to the rising numbers of meditators in the domes -- now that he 
can't do that without being laughed at, the bldg has got to go, and they'll 
rent some small space for a TM center.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Who is it, That seeks...War?...'

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote:
> >
> > The Israelis, do not want war...the people in Israel, do not want
war...


> Quite right the Israelis don't want war, they just want to steal other
people's land without having them fight back. If only people wouldn't
fight back when they have their property stolen from them then we
wouldn't have war.
>




"No one hates a Jew like a Zionist"—

http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/books/12575/disengagement/


*

I am absolutely in favor of a safe place for Jews to live, especially
after the terrible losses during WWII (although the Gypsies were also
victims of a Holocaust that nobody cares about because Gypsies are not
prominent in world affairs like Jews).

The problem with Zionism is that Israel will never ever be that safe
place. If it were possible to reason with Zionist loonies, then a
rational solution like the Jews moving elsewhere would be possible --
but of course, no rational solution is possible when you are dealing
with religious fanatics who think that some guy from Brooklyn has the
right to throw an Arab off his land because "God gave us this land."

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramraj TV

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69"  wrote:
> http://www.ramrajtv.com
> I have yet to ever see this site function as advertised
> 
> 

*

For months, a screen popped up asking for a username and password, but it seems 
to be working fine now without this popup -- I just clicked on the video screen 
and some beautiful chanting with a very pacific Girishji -- very nice. Oops, 
spoke too soon, the feed quit after about two mins...restart after a couple 
more mins, must be having bandwidth problems.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jimmy Carter, Jews, and calling others "racist"

[bob_brigante]

> I can, of course, cite you instances of the Muslim world threatening Israel 
> with anhiliation.  Why just today, the President of Iran did just that.
>


***

"Ahmadinejad says Holocaust a lie, Israel has no future"

*Well, he's half-right...

[FairfieldLife] BMW plugin electrodiesel: 0-60 in 4.8s

[bob_brigante]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-neil18-2009sep18,0,820738.column

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jimmy Carter, Jews, and calling others "racist"

[bob_brigante]

> "...When former President Jimmy Carter revealed that Israel has more than 150 
> nuclear weapons, 

**

Regardless of Carter's motives, revealing Israel's massive arsenal, nearly 
equal to China's ( 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons ) is exactly 
what Israel wants: an explicit and credible statement about the extreme 
retaliatory and deterrent power of Israel, which Israel could not state itself 
without creating problems in its relationships, especially with the United 
States with its laws against supporting nuclear proliferation (a stance which 
is pretty much out the door after India and Pakistan).

However, this is really a fool's game. Just as the U.S., after WWII, thought it 
was on top of the world due to its nuclear monopoly until the Russians and 
other burst that bubble, Israel's ability to threaten the Arab/Muslim world is 
only going to last a few more years until oil-rich states finance a much larger 
arsenal and no amount of diplomatic or military pressure is going to stop that.

[FairfieldLife] Saints course at MUM

[bob_brigante]

MUM Review:

Seminar Offered on Experiences of Saints

A unique six-session seminar, titled "In Their Own Words: Experiences of
the
Saints of Christianity, Judaism and Islam," is currently being offered
to
the community.

Taught by Evan Finkelstein, the seminar is highlighting the divine
experiences of great saints from these three traditions in the light of
Maharishi's teachings on higher states of consciousness.

The sessions are being held on six consecutive Wednesday evenings,
starting
on September 9. All sessions begin at 8:00 p.m., in Dalby Hall of the
Argiro
Student Center. Those who missed the first session may still enroll in
the
seminar.

The cost for six sessions is $60 with a 10% discount for Invincible
America
Course Participants; the fee for full-time students, faculty, and staff
is
$10.

Quotes from Maharishi and many writings of Christian, Jewish and Muslim
saints are being discussed and explored; there will also be a PowerPoint
presentation and time for comments and questions.

An example of the quotations is this by Abd Al-Karim Jili: "It is the
Holy
Spirit which witnesses to man's innate perfection, the Spirit is man's
real
nature and within him is the secret shrine of the Divine"

[FairfieldLife] TMO lists its NY bldg: $45

[bob_brigante]

They're finally trying to get rid of that white elephant:

http://www.trulia.com/property/1086825034-70-Broad-St-New-York-NY-10004


more  descriptive article, pics:

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/09/17/on_the_market_make_the_craziest_fi\
di_mansion_ever.php


  [2009_9_70broad.jpg]

[FairfieldLife] Splendid view of Uranus

[bob_brigante]

For you astronomy fans, Uranus is readily visible with binoculars in the south 
sky to the lower left of Jupiter.

[FairfieldLife] $15B from soda tax?

[bob_brigante]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/business/17soda.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM in Mongolia

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero"  wrote:
> >
> > http://www.tinyurl.com/nbdrbq
> >
> 
> 
> What I find fascinating is that they've introduced a variation on the 
> meditation and the mantra is actually "sung" from the throat.
> 
> Amazing video:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M3YFK3sJ54
>

**

The people of Tuva are probably most famous for overtone or throat singing -- 
physicist Richard Feynman was a big fan of Tuvan singing ( 
http://www.fotuva.org/newsletters/wheel.html ), but Mongolia and Sardinia and 
other places also do it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone_singing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stenger on "matter"

[bob_brigante]

> Whenever I get pronged by the concept "three" I try to see if the three gunas 
> can be congruent with the "threeness" I've happened across.
> 

***

I don't see a reference to a maintenance operator in physics (the maintenance 
operation is referred to, however: http://snipurl.com/rwx1n  [books_google_com] 
 ), which would correspond with rajo-guna, but the creation operator (sattva) 
and annihilation operator (tamas) are well-established:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_and_annihilation_operators

Shiva: personification of tamas

Vishnu: personification of rajas

Brahma: personification of sattva

This trinity appears after the creation of Maya, and in the mirror of Maya, 
Krishna appears as Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma for the sake of creation-play.

[FairfieldLife] Reagan v Medicare

[bob_brigante]

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/09/07/090907taco_talk_lemann


excerpt 

"One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on
a people has been by way of medicine. It's very easy to disguise a
medical program as a humanitarian project. Most people are a little
reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who
possibly can't afford it." This was Ronald Reagan, in 1961,
speaking in opposition to an early version of Medicare, the big federal
health-insurance program for senior citizens. An important station on
Reagan's road from actor to politician—coming between the
national barnstorming he did as a spokesman for General Electric and his
sensational campaign speech for Barry Goldwater, in 1964—was the
eleven-minute recording from which this quotation comes. It was called
"Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine," and the
American Medical Association distributed it to its members.

Reagan believed that government health insurance for senior citizens was
a Trojan horse: the real goal was universal health care and then full-on
socialism. So it was important to resist sentimental appeals: "Now,
the advocates of this bill, when you try to oppose it, challenge you on
an emotional basis. They say, `What would you do, throw these poor
old people out to die with no medical attention?' That's
ridiculous, and, of course, no one has advocated it."

Four years later, Congress passed Medicare, the emblematic achievement
of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Politics is moved less by new
ideas than by the ability of politicians to bend the direction of
history, even slightly. Government health care had been a leading item
on the liberal agenda at least since Harry Truman first proposed it, in
1946. When Reagan made his recording, the time for federal health care
had not yet come; what had changed by 1965 was the martyrdom of John F.
Kennedy, which made Congress and the public far more amenable to liberal
reforms, and the legislative skill of Lyndon Johnson. The first law
putting substantial federal money into needy local schools passed at
around the same time, and for the same reasons. So did the first tough
civil-rights law since Reconstruction. But health care for all was, even
in the heyday of the Great Society, a step too far.

[FairfieldLife] Diversity is healthcare reform's worst enemy

[bob_brigante]

Diversity is healthcare reform's worst enemy. White America has never
liked social insurance for people of color

"From the beginning, attempts to create a universal welfare state in the
U.S. have been thwarted by the fears of voters that they will be taxed
to subsidize other Americans who are unlike them in race or ethnicity or
culture. The original Social Security Act passed only after domestic
workers and farmworkers -- the majority of black Americans, in the 1930s
-- were left out of its coverage, at the insistence of white Southern
politicians.

excerpt http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/15/race/

[FairfieldLife] TM & ADHD

[bob_brigante]

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/muom-men091409.php


excerpt

Over 50% reduction in stress and anxiety, and improvements in ADHD
symptoms

One recent study, published in the December 2008 issue of the
peer-reviewed Current Issues in Education
 , followed a group of
10 middle school students with ADHD who were practicing the
Transcendental Meditation technique twice a day in school. After three
months, researchers found over 50% reduction in stress and anxiety, and
improvements in ADHD symptoms.

"The effect was much greater than we expected," said Sarina J.
Grosswald, Ed.D., a George Washington University-trained cognitive
learning specialist and lead researcher on the study. "The children also
showed improvements in attention, working memory, organization, and
behavior regulation."

Grosswald said that after the in-school meditation routine began,
"teachers reported they were able to teach more, and students were able
to learn more because they were less stressed and anxious."

Prior research shows ADHD children have slower brain development and a
reduced ability to cope with stress.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doctors Strongly Support Public Option

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam"  wrote:
>
> The New Hampshire Medical Society found 
> that most of its members would prefer a 
> public option, too.
> 


***


Doctors support the public option now because they have been promised a better 
deal than they are getting from HMOs:


http://snipurl.com/rvuc8  [www_latimes_com] excerpt:

"The American Medical Assn., after 60 years of opposing any government overhaul 
of healthcare, is now lobbying and advertising to win public support for 
President Obama's sweeping plan -- a proposal that promises hundreds of 
billions of dollars for America's doctors.

Of all the interest groups that have won favorable terms in closed-door 
negotiations this year, the association representing the nation's physicians 
may have taken home the biggest prizes, including an agreement to stop planned 
cuts in Medicare payments that are worth $228 billion to doctors over 10 years.

In addition, the proposal that would require all individuals to obtain medical 
insurance includes premium subsidies to ensure that their doctor bills would be 
paid.

The AMA, which many still regard as the country's premier lobbying force, is 
providing money and grass-roots backing for these and other reforms.

Critics charge that, although doctors will be among those with the most to gain 
financially, the AMA -- unlike the pharmaceutical and insurance industries -- 
made relatively few concessions in return. The drug industry, for example, 
pledged $80 billion in cost reductions. Health insurers agreed to give up 
restrictions on preexisting conditions.

"To our knowledge, this deal is better than those negotiated so far by drug 
companies, hospitals or health insurers," said Dr. Henry Simmons, founder of 
the National Coalition on Health Care, which represents labor, business and 
medical provider interests. "The question is why."

Health industry analyst Robert Laszewski, a former insurance company executive 
who tracks health policy for industry clients in Washington, thinks that all of 
the major interests that once opposed reform, including insurance and drug 
companies, have received sweetheart deals in exchange for their support.

[FairfieldLife] Dumb and dumberer: US too stoopid to have coherent health care

[bob_brigante]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/health/policy/14kidney.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Show Some Respect, Boy

[bob_brigante]

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

People are still mad at that congressman who heckled the President.
Today one of President Obama's advisers called Joe Wilson "A pimple on the ass 
of progress."Then the adviser stressed that removing a pimple from the ass of 
progress would be covered by Obama's healthcare plan.

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi University will receive funding from the National Institutes of Health

[bob_brigante]

Millions of dollars to Iowa for research
Associated Press
09/14/09 4:51 PM EDT
WASHINGTON — The University of Iowa and Maharishi University will
receive funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct
biomedical research.

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that
funds National Institutes of Health research, announced the $2.69
million in funding for the universities on Monday.

According to Harkin, the funds will keep Iowa on the cutting-edge of
medical research

The funds going to Iowa is part of the $10.4 billion secured for medical
research across the United States in the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Show Some Respect, Boy

[bob_brigante]

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien 

  œ People are still mad at that congressman who heckled the President. 
Today one of President Obamafs advisers called Joe Wilson gA pimple on the 
ass of progress.h Then the adviser stressed that removing a pimple from the 
ass of progress would be covered by Obamafs healthcare plan.

 
 

[FairfieldLife] Pandits doing an evening Aarti performance by the river

[bob_brigante]

http://www.vedicpandits.org/newsletter/2009_09_04.html#view

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ride of a lifetime: Tesla Roadster

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> j_alexander_stanley wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" shempmcgurk@
wrote:
> >
> >> There's another question I have...and this applies to the Prius
> >> as well: is it correct to say that with electric motors, there is
> >> practically no sound when it is accelerating or going at a
> >> constant speed?
> >>
> >
> > Yep. The Tesla taking off slowly out of the parking lot sounds not
at all unlike that Prius backing out of a parking space right in front
of Revelations Bookstore in FF the other day. They're both basically
silent (until, of course, the gas engine fires up in the Prius). As far
as I could tell, the only things making significant noise in the Tesla
are the fans and electrically driven air conditioning compressor up
front that are also used to actively chill the battery pack's
circulating liquid coolant.
>
> Blind folks are complaining about the electric cars because of their
> silence. Wouldn't be surprised if manufacturers add some kind of sound
> when the car is running. Audio file of a motor running maybe? :-D
>



Tesla Roadster Electric Car Virtual Engine Noise - Lots of Fun!

Now this one was good for a few chuckles. The National Federation of the
Blind, among other groups, has lobbied hard for all electric cars and
dual-mode hybrids to be equipped with noisemakers while in motion to aid
the blind in traveling safely as pedestrians.

BRABUS's solution for the Tesla's silent electric motor is to fit the
car with what they are calling the space sound generator. The idea of
driver-selectable engine noise programs, which are relative to throttle
load, is just too fun. Want a big displacement V8 in your Tesla? How
about the whine of a turbo rotary? BRABUS even offers otherworldly
sounds called 'space' and 'warp' unlike anything coming from a fossil
burner.

The Tesla tuning package is available now, that is if you can get your
hands on one of the rare $100,000 Tesla Roadster electric sports cars.
If you don't make 8 figures, better get in line.


The Very First Tuned Electric Car Comes From BRABUS:  BRABUS
Customization Program for the Tesla Roadster

Official BRABUS Press Release

The first tuned electric car comes from BRABUS: The first project of the
future cooperation between Tesla Motors, Inc. and the new BRABUS
business division Zero Emission
 
celebrates its world debut at the 2008 Essen Motor Show. BRABUS
(www.brabus.com) presents an exclusive customization program for the
Tesla Roadster, the world's first electrically powered production
sports car.

The new BRABUS logo with added lightning bolt is the trademark of BRABUS
Zero Emission vehicles
 .

To give the sports car a more exciting sound the BRABUS electronics
specialists have developed a `space sound generator.' The
occupants on-board the Tesla Roadsters can choose from several simulated
engine sounds including that of a typical V8 combustion engine, a
racecar engine and two futuristic soundscapes named `Beam' and
`Warp.' The volume of the sound is dependent on the momentary
power output of the electric motor.
**   Long article on the Tesla in August 24 edition of The New Yorker --
Tesla thinks it's going to sell a million units a year in a decade,
hardly seems realistic (subscription required to read full article)
abstract:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/24/090824fa_fact_friend

[FairfieldLife] Re: Photoshopping Hubble pics

[bob_brigante]

> Why are the Images in Black and White?
> Thecameras on Hubble are equipped
> with a wide varietyof filters that
> allow astronomers to investigate   
> celestial objects as they appear over a broad
> range of the electromagnetic spectrum from the
> ultraviolet to the infrared. 

**

Maybe someday they'll have the capacity to produce images that are not B/W, but 
not false colored either. There's a place for false color and B/W, but I can 
look up and see Betelguese's red even though it's ~640 light years away, and I 
would like to see accurate color photography too.

[FairfieldLife] IowaCare: hafasst health program for hicks

[bob_brigante]

Few counties benefit from Iowa health care program
 
 
 
 

Associated Press - September 13, 2009 12:04 PM ET 

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A program that offers a package of limited health 
benefits to low-income adults faces renewal in January, but some people are 
complaining the program leaves out much of the state.

That's because people seeking care can only go to the University of Iowa 
Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, except those who live in Polk County, who 
can seek a waiver to seek treatment at a Des Moines hospital.

The state's Medicaid director acknowledges the program, called IowaCare, isn't 
ideal, but says there's no room in the budget to open up the program to 
hospitals statewide.

That means hospitals in places far from Iowa City still get stuck with the bill 
by uninsured adults who can't afford care.

[FairfieldLife] Photoshopping Hubble pics

[bob_brigante]

http://www.slate.com/id/2227828/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Letter to the Editor

[bob_brigante]

> Alcohol and tobacco are already taxed, but I doubt the revenue is applied in
> the way I'm suggesting. It should be. Here's the part no politician will
> touch, especially in Iowa: we should also be taxing high fructose corn
> syrup, a major cause of the obesity epidemic, red meat, and anything else
> scientifically proven to cause poor health. 

**

This assumes that there is some sort of concensus about HFCS as there is about 
tobacco, and that's just not anywhere remotely the case, so no wonder that 
legislators could not advocate any anti-HFCS stance:


http://snipurl.com/rsabz  [www_eatright_org] 

High fructose corn syrup is frequently mentioned in the media as a major 
culprit in the increased incidence of obesity among Americans. Many of the 
claims against high fructose corn syrup have suggested that this corn sweetener 
is metabolized differently than sucrose. The American Medical Association (AMA) 
recently concluded that high fructose corn syrup "does not appear to contribute 
more to obesity than other caloric sweeteners." The AMA called for further 
independent research, and recommends that consumers "limit the amount of all 
added caloric sweeteners to no more than 32 grams of sugar (8 teaspoons of 
sugar) daily based on a 2,000 calorie diet…". Most scientific experts now agree 
that high fructose corn syrup and sucrose produce similar effects on human 
metabolic responses. Studies comparing high fructose corn syrup and sucrose 
have found no significant differences in fasting blood glucose, insulin, leptin 
and ghrelin. Satiety studies of the two sweeteners have found no differences in 
appetite, feelings of fullness or short-term energy intakes.

Studies conducted with abnormally high levels of pure fructose (which are not 
found in the human diet) that are misinterpreted as being representative of 
high fructose corn syrup may have led to confusion about the relationship 
between high fructose corn syrup and obesity. However, high fructose corn syrup 
and sucrose both contain about 50 percent fructose and 50 percent glucose. When 
these two monosaccharides are consumed together in roughly these proportions, 
glucose appears to moderate or `balance' fructose. 

Bottom Line: 
High fructose corn syrup may be used as a sweetener in processed foods and 
beverages and is nutritionally equivalent to sucrose. Both sweeteners contain 
the same number of calories (4 per gram) and consist of about equal parts of 
fructose and glucose. Once absorbed into the blood stream, the two sweeteners 
are indistinguishable. No persuasive evidence supports the claim that high 
fructose corn syrup is a unique contributor to obesity, however, like all 
nutritive sweeteners, it does contribute calories. This is where moderation and 
portion size become important. The greater the consumption of foods and 
beverages containing large amounts of added sugars of any kind, the more 
calories are consumed, influencing weight gain. The source of the added sugar — 
whether sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, honey or fruit juice concentrate — 
should not be of concern; rather it is the amount of total calories that is 
important. Overall, carbohydrates and sugars in foods and beverages can be 
enjoyed in moderation as part of a balanced diet and active lifestyle. HFCS is 
a controversial topic and although not all nutrition professionals will readily 
accept the scientific evidence, this paper represents an evidenced-based, 
balanced perspective. 

[FairfieldLife] Geothermal may set off quakes

[bob_brigante]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/science/earth/11quake.html

[FairfieldLife] On 9/11/2001 NYSE closed @ 9605...On September 11th 2009,

[bob_brigante]

On September 11th 2001, Dow Jones closed @ 9605...On September 11th
2009, Dow Jones closed @ 9605

A harbinger of disaster?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Weight Control Research (was How Bevan got so big?)

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nelsonriddle2001"  
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > http://snipurl.com/rq3et <http://snipurl.com/rq3et>  
> > [www_onlineprnews_com]
> > 
> > "It has been known for some time that stress, and fatigue are probable
> > causes of obesity. It's also well know that the Transcendental
> > Meditation Program is an effective solution for stress management. So
> > according to researchers using the Transcendental Meditation Program to
> > control weight was just the next logical step.
> > 
> > Brain Chemistry and Weight Loss through Meditation
> > Unlike diet or exercise which achieve weight loss by focusing on
> > improving the physical body, the Transcendental Meditation Program
> > addresses the problem of weight gain by correcting mental imbalances.
> > 
> > When the brain is not functioning correctly it sends incorrect messages
> > to the body resulting in abnormal food cravings, unneeded fat deposits,
> > and an overly slow metabolism.
> > 
> > There is not one type of mental imbalance that causes obesity.
> > 
> > Several different independent studies each show how a particular
> > imbalance in the brain is responsible for weight gain. One common
> > imbalance is low serotonin levels, caused by stress, fatigue, and an
> > imbalanced diet. Another common imbalance is incorrect functioning of
> > the hypothalamus, which can be triggered by many factors including
> > stress and diet.
> >


>   Did you note the role of MSG and HFCS in the equasion?
>

*

I don't know if MSG and HFCS are widely recognized as having some responsible 
for obesity (clearly, some researchers think so -- and televangelist Pat 
Robertson is ballistic on HFCS and diet soda ingredients), but they are almost 
certainly not factors in Bevan's diet -- his diet is ayurvedic, with 
ingredients and cooking that would be healthy if it wasn't for the fact that he 
just plain eats too much.

[FairfieldLife] Fairfield dairyman runs for Iowa ag secretary

[bob_brigante]

http://www.ottumwacourier.com/local/local_story_253004111.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Solar Healing

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > >
> > > http://solarhealing.com/
> > >
> > 
> > *
> > 
> > This sungazing is really exceptionally foolish, and will damage your eyes:
> > 
> > "The practice of sungazing is highly controversial, as there is 
> > considerable evidence that looking directly at the sun for even brief 
> > periods of time may cause blindness or severe damage to the eye.[2] Solar 
> > retinopathy is a form of damage to the eye's retina due to solar 
> > radiation[3] that frequently results from sungazing during a solar 
> > eclipse.[4] Although vision loss due to this damage is generally 
> > reversible,[3] permanent damage and loss of vision have been reported[5]. 
> > Most eye care professionals advise patients to avoid looking directly at 
> > the sun,[6] during solar eclipses and otherwise, indicating that they are 
> > taking their vision into their own hands by doing so.  
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungazing
> 
> 

> Sungazing is to be practised within 1 hour after sunrise and 1 hour before 
> sunset only. Totally harmless and very, very healthy.
>

***

You embrace a lot of silly stuff that I have never criticized because it's 
harmless, like that stuff about crop circles, which is pulled off exclusively 
by drunken hillbilly pranksters. But sungazing is a real threat, perpetrated by 
a truly evil and cynical individual who, incredibly, claims not to eaten 
anything but sunlight (and the odd cup of tea) since 1995. If you want to put 
your eyes in the hands of a monster, that's your problem, but I felt that it 
would be right to point out how brainless that choice is.

[FairfieldLife] Weight Control Research (was How Bevan got so big?)

[bob_brigante]

http://snipurl.com/rq3et   
[www_onlineprnews_com]

"It has been known for some time that stress, and fatigue are probable
causes of obesity. It's also well know that the Transcendental
Meditation Program is an effective solution for stress management. So
according to researchers using the Transcendental Meditation Program to
control weight was just the next logical step.

Brain Chemistry and Weight Loss through Meditation
Unlike diet or exercise which achieve weight loss by focusing on
improving the physical body, the Transcendental Meditation Program
addresses the problem of weight gain by correcting mental imbalances.

When the brain is not functioning correctly it sends incorrect messages
to the body resulting in abnormal food cravings, unneeded fat deposits,
and an overly slow metabolism.

There is not one type of mental imbalance that causes obesity.

Several different independent studies each show how a particular
imbalance in the brain is responsible for weight gain. One common
imbalance is low serotonin levels, caused by stress, fatigue, and an
imbalanced diet. Another common imbalance is incorrect functioning of
the hypothalamus, which can be triggered by many factors including
stress and diet.

[FairfieldLife] Beach Boys concert article

[bob_brigante]

http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/beachboys-090809

[FairfieldLife] Re: Solar Healing

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
>
> http://solarhealing.com/
>

*

This sungazing is really exceptionally foolish, and will damage your eyes:

"The practice of sungazing is highly controversial, as there is considerable 
evidence that looking directly at the sun for even brief periods of time may 
cause blindness or severe damage to the eye.[2] Solar retinopathy is a form of 
damage to the eye's retina due to solar radiation[3] that frequently results 
from sungazing during a solar eclipse.[4] Although vision loss due to this 
damage is generally reversible,[3] permanent damage and loss of vision have 
been reported[5]. Most eye care professionals advise patients to avoid looking 
directly at the sun,[6] during solar eclipses and otherwise, indicating that 
they are taking their vision into their own hands by doing so.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungazing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why AI is a dangerous dream

[bob_brigante]

> The common cold, which had not existed there before
> and to which people had no immunities, killed an 
> estimated half of the indigenous population of 
> North and South America.
> 

***

Nonsense. Smallpox was a big killer in the Americas, but not the common cold.

"Insidiously, smallpox made its way around the world leaving devastation in its 
wake. The Crusades, the expansion of the Arab world, and the colonization of 
the Americas—wherever an infected individual came in contact with peoples 
previously unexposed—contributed to the spread of smallpox. Smallpox reached 
Europe in the 5th century and was a leading cause of death in the 16th and 17th 
centuries. It affected everyone, regardless of age, sex, or socioeconomic 
status. The commoners of Europe were hit particularly hard. An estimated 
400,000 died from smallpox every year during the 18th century. One third of the 
survivors were scarred and many were blinded. 

In the 1500s, the Spanish and Portuguese transported the disease to the New 
World, which decimated the Aztec and Inca populations in Mexico and South 
America. Likewise in North America, European colonizers carried the smallpox 
virus that devastated the native populations there. Sadly, the first documented 
use of smallpox as a weapon can be attributed to the British, who gave blankets 
contaminated with smallpox to troublesome Native American Indians in Quebec in 
the late 18th century to intentionally expose them to the virus. 

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cpc-pubs/mceleney.htm

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'How Bevan Got so Big?'

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "babajii_99"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"  wrote:
> >
> > On my 6 month course (Barry Wright was on it, too) in St. Moritz in 1977, 
> > Bevan was the liason between Seelisburg and our course; he'd come about 
> > once a month.
> > 
> > At the time, he was totally normal weight.  He was about 5'10" and about 
> > 170 lbs.  Good looking fellow who was the most natural leader I have ever 
> > met before or since in my life.  And inspiring.
> > 
> > That's why all that happened afterwards is so surprising to me...all the 
> > stories of him being so evil and all that.
> >(snip)
> I know I must have some personal issue with Bevan, of which, I'm not sure 
> why...





> I just feel, he's had an overall restrictive feeling for the movement, for 
> maybe it's just my reminiscing about another time and place...
> 

***

The leaders of a group appear to be the source of growth or restriction, but it 
is actually the average group consciousness that is directing their activity -- 
as MMY says, leaders are the footballs of group consciousness. We were glad to 
see that idiot Bush go, but the underlying average value of group consciousness 
is still incoherent, and not much good can happen.

[FairfieldLife] USA nuke numbers down by 93% since 60s

[bob_brigante]

"Total American warheads reached more than 32,000 in the 1960s but dropped to 
10,500 just before Start was signed in 1991. This year, the Federation of 
American Scientists reported that the United States had already reduced its 
deployed strategic nuclear warheads to 2,200, more than three years ahead of 
the Moscow Treaty schedule

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/world/09arms.html

**

Some of the willingness to lower nuke counts may be attributable to the great 
improvements in targeting accuracy since the 60s. The NORAD Cheyenne Mountain 
facility, for instance, used to be considered nearly invulnerable, 
necessitating many nuke missiles to try to knock it out,  but:

"By the time I was inside Cheyenne Mountain, we knew it was vulnerable to a new 
generation of high-yield, highly accurate Soviet intercontinental ballistic 
missiles (ICBMs). 
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080505/astore

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long-time TM'er still alive

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero"  wrote:
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956544/
> I think
>

**

Efrem almost certainly dumped TM when he became a fundie:

"Zimbalist was an early practitioner and proponent of Transcendental 
Meditation, as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, prior to his conversion to 
Christianity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efrem_Zimbalist,_Jr.

[FairfieldLife] Why AI is a dangerous dream

[bob_brigante]

It is my contention that AI, and particularly robotics, exploits natural
human zoomorphism. We want robots to appear like humans or animals, and
this is assisted by cultural myths about AI and a willing suspension of
disbelief. The old automata makers, going back as far as Hero of
Alexandria, who made the first programmable robot in AD 60, saw their
work as part of natural magic - the use of trick and illusion to make us
believe their machines were alive. Modern robotics preserves this
tradition with machines that can recognise emotion and manipulate
silicone faces to show empathy. There are AI language programs that
search databases to find conversationally appropriate sentences. If AI
workers would accept the trickster role and be honest about it, we might
progress a lot quicker.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327231.100-why-ai-is-a-dangerous\
-dream.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'How Bevan Got so Big?'

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "j_alexander_stanley" 
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ‘How or Why... Bevan Got so Big?’
> > > 
> > > Simple: too much food. And, of course, with my paleo diet bias and 
> > > knowledge of what Roos eat, I put the blame on excessive consumption of 
> > > sugars and starches.
> > >
> > 
> > **
> > 



> > Early adopters of TM were predominately eccentric or misfits
> ie
> like the people here who enjoy beating up on fatty
> 

*

I'm not beating up on fatty, if you were thinking that. In fact, although I 
rarely like what Bevan has to say, he does make realistic comments on the 
Maharishi Channel which calmly bring some of Hagelin's and others' loopier 
comments more down to earth. And Bevan is simply the best sort of manager that 
an organization full of goofs could tolerate. 

And being obese is a real problem with severe consequences for managerial 
functioning, not something that is merely unsightly -- older obese people have 
poorer brain functioning:

Expanding waistlines may cause shrinking brains http://snipurl.com/romed  
[www_newscientist_com] 

BRAIN regions key to cognition are smaller in older people who are obese 
compared with their leaner peers, making their brains look up to 16 years older 
than their true age. As brain shrinkage is linked to dementia, this adds weight 
to the suspicion that piling on the pounds may up a person's risk of the brain 
condition

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'How Bevan Got so Big?'

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "j_alexander_stanley" 
 wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert  wrote:
> >
> > ‘How or Why... Bevan Got so Big?’
> 
> Simple: too much food. And, of course, with my paleo diet bias and knowledge 
> of what Roos eat, I put the blame on excessive consumption of sugars and 
> starches.
>

**

Early adopters of TM were predominately eccentric or misfits. Whether Bevan 
falls into that characterization or not, it's not surprising that the TM Prime 
Minister overeats as a stress reaction to all the unpleasant people in the 
movement. When TM becomes more popular, mainstream members of society will 
start to outnumber the fringers who have so far mainly peopled the movement 
(not that the average human being is anything to write home about in the 
Kaliyuga).

[FairfieldLife] Bacteria: strippeddown versions of humans?

[bob_brigante]

Bacterial society is based on a chemical language called quorum sensing.
To detect how many of its own species, or members of another bacterial
species, are in the immediate vicinity, each bacterium secretes a
certain molecule into the environment. The greater the number of
molecules it can sense, the more fellow bacteria it knows are out there.

This is often a trigger to act. Some bacteria will attack a person or
any other host only after establishing that there is a quorum -- a
large-enough army to overcome the host's immune defenses. The strategy
helps explain the virulence of a number of human ailments, including
cholera, pneumonia and food poisoning.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125236107718690619.html

[FairfieldLife] USA increase weapons sales

[bob_brigante]

The United States signed weapons agreements valued at $37.8 billion in
2008, or 68.4 percent of all business in the global arms bazaar, up
significantly from American sales of $25.4 billion the year before.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/world/07weapons.html

[FairfieldLife] Snark

[bob_brigante]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/29/digital-media-celebrity-snar\
k

[FairfieldLife] Immigration map

[bob_brigante]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-ex\
plorer.html

[FairfieldLife] Suicide bombers pay for privilege

[bob_brigante]

A second analysis with Palantir uncovered more details of the Syrian
networks, including profiles of their top coordinators, which led
analysts to conclude there wasn't one Syrian network, but many. Analysts
identified key facilitators, how much they charged people who wanted to
become suicide bombers, and where many of the fighters came from.
Fighters from Saudi Arabia, for example, paid the most -- $1,088 -- for
the opportunity to become suicide bombers.

Such details helped local law enforcement break up some of the rings,
said one U.S. official familiar with the work. It also revealed the
extent to which al Qaeda was relying on mercenary smuggling networks,
rather than true believers, to get suicide bombers into Iraq.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125200842406984303.html

[FairfieldLife] Crazy ants

[bob_brigante]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125208889680087103.html

[FairfieldLife] Home greenscreening

[bob_brigante]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/technology/personaltech/03pogue.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Matt Taibbi Health Care Reform: Sick and Wrong

[bob_brigante]

> Actually the MAJORITY 77% of the people want a choice for a public
>option or single payer. But the numbers tell another story, as well.


***

"Earlier in the week, after pollsters for NBC dropped the word "choice"
from their question on a public option, they found that only 43 percent
of the public were in favor of "creating a public health care plan
administered by the federal government that would compete directly with
private health insurance companies."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/20/new-poll-77-percent-suppo_n_264\
375.html

[FairfieldLife] Right Wing Lunacy Getting Worse?: Der Pat

[bob_brigante]

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/03/buchanan_msnbc/index.h\
tml



MSNBC pulls Buchanan column sympathetic to Hitler

Pat Buchanan has often posed something of a problem for MSNBC. He's a
frequent contributor on the network, and he does, after all, have a long
history of extremely controversial positions, like writing of AIDS in
the early 1980's, "The poor homosexuals -- They have declared war
against nature, and nature is exacting an awful retribution."

For the most part, though, MSNBC has looked the other way when it comes
to Buchanan. A column he wrote in which he appears pretty sympathetic to
Adolf Hitler, though, might have been the last straw -- at least for
MSNBC.com.

In the piece, which was reprinted on MSNBC.com and caused a fair amount
of controversy, Buchanan wrote:

[I]f Hitler was out to conquer the world ... Why did he let the British
army go at Dunkirk?

Why did he offer the British peace, twice, after Poland fell, and again
after France fell? 

Because Hitler wanted to end the war in 1940, almost two years before
the trains began to roll to the camps 

Indeed, why would he want war when, by 1939, he was surrounded by
allied, friendly or neutral neighbors, save France. And he had written
off Alsace, because reconquering Alsace meant war with France, and that
meant war with Britain, whose empire he admired and whom he had always
sought as an ally.

As of March 1939, Hitler did not even have a border with Russia. How
then could he invade Russia?

Winston Churchill was right when he called it "The Unnecessary
War" — the war that may yet prove the mortal blow to our
civilization.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Matt Taibbi Health Care Reform: Sick and Wrong

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog"  wrote:
>
> I got a copy Rolling Stone for Matt Taibbi's Sept, 3 article. Depressing. 
> It's not on the web yet. Matt breaks down the five steps Congress took to be 
> sure no bill would pass:
> Aiming low
> Gutting the public option
> Packing it with loopholes
> Providing no leadership 
> Blowing the math
> 
> "In a series of video interviews for RollingStone.com, Taibbi explores one of 
> our system's most severe flaws, explains how the government wedged itself 
> into an awkwardly damning position, and looks at how the proposed bill would 
> change the ordinary American's life.
> 
> Perhaps the biggest flaw in the American health care system is that 31 
> percent of costs are associated with administration and paperwork. Here 
> Taibbi examines the easiest way to eliminate the red tape:"
> 
> http://snipurl.com/rl5k7
> http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2009/08/19/matt-taibbi-on-health-care-reform-sick-and-wrong/
>

*

It's a democracy with a lot of people who dont give a fk about others, so the 
Congress goes along with the public will of the majority -- most people have 
health insurance, so the haves are simply telling the havenots, via Congress, 
to sod off. No surprise here.

[FairfieldLife] vark.com answer system

[bob_brigante]

The trouble w/yahoo answers is that many incompetent people, 12 yr old kids 
mainly it seems, will answer and rarely have anything useful to say -- vark.com 
is supposed to be more useful:

http://vark.com/

from the NYT tech guy:

Got a Burning Question? Ask the Net
By DAVID POGUE

There's plenty of nastiness on the Internet--mean stuff,
dirty stuff, snarky stuff--but there's also an incredible
amount of kindness and support to be found. Next time
you're looking for something wildly entertaining and
enlightening to do online, check out a site like
answers.yahoo.com
http://answers.yahoo.com/
or answerbag.com
http://www.answerbag.com/
On these sites, you can pose a question--any question at
all--and crowdsource the answer. You watch and wait as the
vast masses chime in with their opinions on your questions.

(Currently on the Yahoo Answers home page: "What's the best
brand of handball?" "Baby waking up often. Please help me?"
"Is it true that if you have alopecia, you have to shave
your head?" And so on.)

There are a few problems with the Yahoo/Answerbag method,
though. First of all, they're so scattershot. You post your
question, and you just hope that someone who knows the
answer might stumble upon it. There's no attempt to get
your question to precisely the *right* person.

Second, it's public. Obviously, you can use a cryptic login
name, but still--your question, which might be personal or
embarrassing--is out there for all to see. It's just
somehow a little creepy.

Until recently, I'd been relying on Twitter for all my
obscure-question-answering needs. Often I'd ask for help on
some tweaky Photoshop filter setting or a detail of some
1950's Broadway show--and sure enough, someone or other
would always know the answer. But often, I'd get 60
replies, meaning I'd wasted the time of 59 people--and this
technique doesn't work at all if you don't have a lot of
followers.

Last week, I stumbled upon a new, better way to harness the
Net for answers: Vark.com
http://vark.com/
You send your question to Aardvark (the full name of the
service) using a chat program like Google Talk/Gmail Chat,
AIM, MSN or Yahoo Messenger (an iPhone app is coming soon),
where you've added Aardvark as a buddy. You can also send a
question by e-mail to aardv...@vark.com or on Twitter. At
the moment, you have to have a Facebook account before you
can get started; that's how Aardvark gets its initial idea
of your social network.

The service makes no attempt to blanket the Internet with
your question. In fact, it forwards your question only to
people who have specifically declared themselves to have
expertise on your subject--and, furthermore, only people
who are already in your online social circle. If there's
nobody with expertise among that group, Aardvark extends
its search to friends *of* your friends, and so on. Trust
me, it works; I've never gotten a bad answer.

How does it choose who gets your question? It factors in
"related topics in peoples' profiles, how you're connected
to people, who you trust about related topics, your history
of training Aardvark, people who share your favorites (for
taste-related questions), people in the right location (for
location-related questions), and other mysterious factors."

I've used Aardvark several times apiece for professional and
personal queries, and I've been astounded by its utility
every time. The answers are on my screen between 60 seconds
and five minutes after I've asked them: private, targeted,
and generally accurate.

When I was working on a column about U.S. cellphone ripoffs,
I asked: "In Europe, are both senders and receivers of text
messages and phone calls billed for each message?"

Ding! Paul from Fleetwood, England responded: "Depends what
you mean: country to country or domestic?"

I responded: "I was thinking domestic." His answer:
"Domestically, it is only the send who pays for both texts
and calls. This is the case in all EU countries."

I asked: "My Honda Fit got a pea-sized windshield ding from
a pebble. Since it's not in my line of vision, is this
something I need to get fixed (because it might grow or
something)?"

Ding! In two minutes, there was a reply from Andrew: "They
tend not to grow. But watch it closely, as what might
happen (worst case) is that it will slowly 'spider' out.
But usually not."

You can follow up with a respondent, which I did. I asked
him what made him qualified to answer my question. He told
me: "I've just always been a real car enthusiast since I
was a kid, and I wrote articles for a Honda owners' club
newsletter in college." Works for me!

Two minutes after that, another reply came from Ethan in New
York, NY: "You don't need to get it 'fixed,' i.e., take it
to an auto glass shop... But what you should do is head to
AutoZone or Pep-boys. They have a product (I forget the
exact name) that's a glass sealer. It will bond with the
glass around the ding, and prevent it from spreading into a
larger crack. Should be about $10-$15."

And so on.

[FairfieldLife] Re: How I got well in India for $50

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" 
 wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:14 PM, bob_brigante wrote:
> >
> >
> > My neighbor with a brain tumor got a visit from Apria's giant van yesterday,
> > but I doubt if a doc was aboard -- you can still get a actual doctor house
> > call in England, but that's pretty much a gone John here.
> >
> > http://www.apria.com/about_apria/1,2746,512,00.html
> 
> In my part of the US nurse practitioners are becoming very popular.
> And even those people are overkill.  You really don't need a family
> physician (4 year residency required) or general practitioner to
> handle most problems.  An EMT or medic would do.  I've been treated
> quite adequately by nurse practitioners where I live, at Gatwick
> Airport when I took ill before a flight back to the US, and in
> Boulder.
> 
> IRRC nurse practitioners are becoming very popular in places like
> Iowa, especially in the area of anesthesia.  I needed day surgery a
> few years ago and was kind of shocked when I was introduced to my
> anesthetist, a nurse practitioner.  But I've never received such care
> and concern as I have from her.  Whenever my blood oxygen saturation
> dropped, she'd be at my side urging me to breathe and giving me some
> Vicodin.  I had a deviated septum repaired.  These make it difficult
> to breath and also hurt.
> 
> Considering the care I get from my gp, I'd much rather walk into a
> fire station and ask to be seen by an EMT.
>

***

There's another level of skill in some states, like here in CA, where they have 
"physician assistant," with much more education than a nurse or nurse 
practitioner:

http://www.pac.ca.gov/forms_pubs/what_is.shtml

But it would clearly be better (and cheaper) if there were simply more people 
allowed to attend medical school, like in India -- but the doctors' union, the 
AMA, is not about to let "too many" doctors bring down their income. Actually, 
what is bringing down doctor income these days are HMOs, who have reduced 
physician wages through the HMOs' bargaining clout so that now dentists make 
more on average than physicians (though that is shaky now because in this 
recession many people are deferring elective dental procedures):

"Dentists' incomes have grown faster than that of the typical American and the 
incomes of medical doctors. Formerly poor relations to physicians, American 
dentists in general practice made an average salary of $185,000 in 2004, the 
most recent data available. That figure is similar to what non-specialist 
doctors make, but dentists work far fewer hours. Dental surgeons and 
orthodontists average more than $300,000 annually.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/business/11decay.html 

[FairfieldLife] Snow Leoptard joke

[bob_brigante]

http://snipurl.com/rkyys  [voices_allthingsd_com] 

[FairfieldLife] Re: How I got well in India for $50

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , "It's just a ride"
 wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:46 PM, bob_brigantemailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > wrote:
> > http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/03/india/index.html

>
> The wheel is moving but the hamster is dead.
>
> I'm not that old but when I got sick, my parents called the doctor.
> The doctor arrived, diagnosed and if he didn't have the required drug,
> phone the pharmacy, which delivered a few minutes later.  Costs were
> about the same as the ones in the Salon article.
>

*

My neighbor with a brain tumor got a visit from Apria's giant van
yesterday, but I doubt if a doc was aboard -- you can still get a actual
doctor house call in England, but that's pretty much a gone John here.

http://www.apria.com/about_apria/1,2746,512,00.html

[FairfieldLife] How I got well in India for $50

[bob_brigante]

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/03/india/index.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: A question for Nelson Riddle (and others, if they want)

[bob_brigante]

> I know that in California over 50% of the 15-day
> "background checks" to purchase a handgun are 
> never done, because the infrastructure does not
> support it. For anyone who submits out of state 
> addresses, they cannot possibly get information
> from the out-of-state police departments within
> 15 days, so they just don't bother.
> 
> And *none* of the background checks would discover
> that this person was writing prolifically to the
> Internet urging people to kill the Clintons and
> Obama. That is not part of the *scope* of the
> background check, which looks only for previous
> felonies and misdemeanors.
> 

**

The FBI claims that background checks are instantaneous:

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/nics.htm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Robberies force halt of pizza deliveries in Iowa City

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "meowthirteen"  wrote:
>
> --
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Nice response Bob
> Live bliss !
> See bliss!
> Give bliss!
> 
> Have a beautiful world!
> 
> Enjoy your days!
> There is so much beauty in the world!
> 

**

"The wise man enjoys what is pure if it comes to him unsought, borne down by 
the river of life. 
If there are impurities borne down by the river of life or by circumstances, 
the wise man is unconcerned about them, as in deep sleep.

http://snipurl.com/rk54s  [www_venkatesaya_com] 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Robberies force halt of pizza deliveries in Iowa City

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride"
 wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:54 PM, bob_brigante
no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Iowa City is only about 50K population, so this is kind of
surprising:
> >
> > IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - There is some disagreement among operators of
2
> > fast-food restaurants over the safety of delivering pizza to a
section of
> > Iowa City after two armed robberies of delivery drivers.
> >
> > A Pizza Pit delivery driver was robbed Aug. 29 in southeast Iowa
City, the
> > same area where a restaurant delivery woman was robbed late Monday.
While no
> > one was arrested in the first robbery, authorities say two men are
in
> > custody for the second crime.
> >
> > Dan Alexander, the manager of the Pizza Pit said Wednesday his
restaurant
> > will not deliver to southeast Iowa City.
> >
> > However, the manager of a Pizza Hut located near the neighborhood
says
> > he'll continue to deliver to the area. Bob Crandall says his drivers
carry
> > little cash and are trained to know their delivery area and be wary
of
> > suspicious activity.
> >
> > Information from: Iowa City Press-Citizen,
http://www.press-citizen.com/
> >
>
> Have you been to Iowa city? I'm something of an urbanologist. I
explore
> the best and worse parts of a town, on foot. Iowa City looks to have
> population strata no different than similar towns.
>

I was living in Iowa City in 1991 when that Chinese guy killed a bunch U
of I folks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Iowa_shooting
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Iowa_shooting>

Iowa City has always had a substantial undercurrent of violence,
including its sometimes triggerhappy cops, like this disgusting incident
in 96:

http://state29.blogspot.com/2006/09/jay-shaw-responds-to-insensitive-iow\
a.html
<http://state29.blogspot.com/2006/09/jay-shaw-responds-to-insensitive-io\
wa.html>

There are a number of neighborhoods around the country where pizza is
not delivered because of the level of violence, and those neighborhoods
are almost always African-American. I didn't know that IC had a 'hood,
but I guess the Southeast is a black neighborhood:

http://snipurl.com/rk45r <http://snipurl.com/rk45r>  
[www_press-citizen_com]


> Wait a minute. Wasn't Iowa City in the news a few months ago because
thugs
> were beating up on and stealing money from college bar patrons outside
the
> bars? All this within a block or two of Health and Wellness/Iowa City
> Capital of the Age of Enlightenment and purveyor of all things with
> Maharishi's particular stamp on them.
>
>
>
> > The wheel is moving but the hamster is dead.
> >
>


Whatever way that people want to live, they get to live -- therefore,
the violence and stupidity of the Kaliyuga, because that is what people
want to do, and the infinite flexibility of Brahman means that people
get what they want. The Kaliyuga is slated to last another 427,000
years, but it can be terminated early, just as the life of a man who is
full of wrongdoing is full of disease and easily put to an end.

However, the Kaliyuga is not ended because the majority of people want
it to end -- it's not a democratic decision where it's put to a vote.
The Kaliyuga ends because people who expand their awareness and live
lives full of bliss , instead of violence and misery, feel the pressure
of unhappiness from wrongdoers, and begin to silently appeal to Krishna
to protect them.  Krishna then comes to earth as the 10th incarnation of
Vishnu in the Yugic cycle, Lord Kalki, and moves the unrighteous to
another location so that they can continue to live hell, but just not
hell on earth -- an eminently fair solution.

The problem in ending the Kaliyuga early is that this transition cannot
happen quickly, or the reaction from the ignorant and unhappy will douse
the transition before the critical mass of righteous and happy people is
reached which will invoke Krishna's appearance.

So just practice patience and good humor, and the Sat Yuga will
eventually roll around...even if it takes another 427K yrs.

Bob

http://purnakama.web.officelive.com/default.aspx
<http://purnakama.web.officelive.com/default.aspx>

[FairfieldLife] Robberies force halt of pizza deliveries in Iowa City

[bob_brigante]

Iowa City is only about 50K population, so this is kind of surprising:

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - There is some disagreement among operators of 2
fast-food restaurants over the safety of delivering pizza to a section
of Iowa City after two armed robberies of delivery drivers.

A Pizza Pit delivery driver was robbed Aug. 29 in southeast Iowa City,
the same area where a restaurant delivery woman was robbed late Monday.
While no one was arrested in the first robbery, authorities say two men
are in custody for the second crime.

Dan Alexander, the manager of the Pizza Pit said Wednesday his
restaurant will not deliver to southeast Iowa City.

However, the manager of a Pizza Hut located near the neighborhood says
he'll continue to deliver to the area. Bob Crandall says his drivers
carry little cash and are trained to know their delivery area and be
wary of suspicious activity.



Information from: Iowa City Press-Citizen, http://www.press
 -citizen.com/

[FairfieldLife] hybrid crops bred for size and color

[bob_brigante]

http://www.motherjones.com/photoessays/2009/08/veggie-slideshow


Eating all your vegetables
  was
a lot better for you in the '50s. Store-bought veggies weren't as pretty
back then, but according to USDA
 
data, they were packed with a lot more nutrients than their modern
counterparts. The likely reason for the nutritional drop is that hybrid
crops are often bred for size and color, not nutrients
 .

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vishnu the Creator?

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Brahma is traditionally called "The Creator," the 
> > > > personification of rajas guna, but MAPI seems to be
> > > > saying that Sattva (personified by Vishnu, 
> > > > traditionally termed "The Maintainer") is
> > > > responsible for creation:
> > > > http://www.mapi.com/ayurveda_health_care/newsletters/ayurveda_saatvic_mind.html
> > > >
> > > > "Sattva is the most superior of all gunas. Sattva in
> > > > the Universe is responsible for Creation. Inside our
> > > > own self, it gives us the ability to visualize well,
> > > > think right, do good and act in accordance with the
> > > > laws of nature.
> > 
> > > "Responsible for" in this context seems to mean 
> > > "maintains" or "upholds," not "creates."
> > >
> > 
> > **
> > 
> > I don't see that, since MAPI goes on to say "Rajas
> > stands for action. In cosmic terms, Rajas is responsible
> > for Maintenance and Nurturing of what has been created."
> > -- which appears to swap the usual roles/guna-character
> > of Vishnu and Brahma.
> 

> I think it's just poorly written. "Action" doesn't really
> suggest "maintenance." But note they use the same term as
> for Sattva, "responsible for."
>

***

In his Gita commentary, Maharishi says that "Tamas destroys the created state; 
sattva creates a new state while the first is being destroyed." So Brahma the 
Creator IS the personification of sattva, while Vishnu the Maintainer is the 
personification of rajas, and Shiva personifies tamas. This fits in with MMY's 
description of Shiva as silence and Vishnu as dynamism (although I had always 
thought that Vishnu personified sattva and a google search will reveal that 
many think this to be the case):

"Shiva, the administering intelligence of infinite silence in the universe 
co-exists with Vishnu, the administering intelligence of infinite dynamism... 
http://www.mou.org/courses/descriptions/index.html
 
 MMY's comments on the Gita Ch 4 V 13:

"Krishna: The fourfold order was created by Me according to the division of 
gunas and actions.

Though I am its author, know Me to be the non-doer, immutable

Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, verse 13

The entire creation is the interplay of the three gunas. When the primal 
equilibrium of sattva, rajas and tamas is disturbed, they begin to interact and 
creation begins. All three must be present in every aspect of creation because, 
with creation, the process of evolution begins and this needs two forces 
opposed to each other and one that is complementary to both.

Sattva and tamas are opposed to each other, while rajas is the force 
complementary to both. 

Tamas destroys the created state; sattva creates a new state while the first is 
being destroyed. 

In this way, through the simultaneous process of creation and destruction, the 
process of evolution is carried on. The force of rajas plays a necessary but 
neutral part in creation and destruction; it maintains a bond between the 
forces of sattva and tamas. Thus all three gunas are necessary for any state of 
manifested life.

fourfold order': mathematically, the three gunas may combine with each other in 
six possible ways. The first Guna is the primary element, and the other is the 
secondary element.

1.Sattva - Rajas
2.Sattva - Tamas
3.Rajas - Sattva
4.Rajas - Tamas
5.Tamas - Sattva
6.Tamas - Rajas
Combinations of 2 and 5 are not possible because of the contrast in the nature 
of sattva and tamas. Thus the three gunas have only four possible combinations.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, The Bhagavad Gita: Chapters 1-6

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who was to blame for the Black Death?

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante  wrote:
> >
> > The NYT article includes a detail from the Friese Chronicles 
> > showing the 1349 massacre of Erfurt Jews in Germany, who were 
> > blamed for the Black Death
> > 
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/health/01plague.html
> 
> Excellent article, Bob, one that links (in my mind,
> at least) what I was saying last week about the rush
> to bring an untested flu vaccine to market and shoot
> everybody up with it, and the gun nuts who store up
> guns to "be prepared" for when the guvmint comes to
> take their guns -- and their liberty -- away from
> them.
> 
> Both phenomena, IMO, are linked by two things -- 
> the first is FEAR, and the second is the rush to
> Do Something to reinforce the delusion that one is 
> "in control," that one can *fight* one's FEAR if 
> one just has enough guns or enough vaccines.
> 
> Vaccines are great, when they have been thoroughly
> tested. Given the level of FEAR and panic in the air
> over H1N1, there is *simply no possibility* that the
> tests on that vaccine are going to be thorough enough.




The NYT thinks it won't matter much anyway:

"Our own take is this: A swine flu epidemic this fall and winter is likely to 
infect more people than a normal flu, but the virus will not be abnormally 
lethal. If it spreads rapidly after schools open, we will have to face it 
without vaccine, which will not arrive in substantial quantities until the 
swine flu epidemic has peaked. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/opinion/01tue1.html

[FairfieldLife] Paris: Le Pipi patrol video

[bob_brigante]

http://snipurl.com/rj1ag  [online_wsj_com] 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vishnu the Creator?

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante  wrote:
> >
> > Brahma is traditionally called "The Creator," the 
> > personification of rajas guna, but MAPI seems to be
> > saying that Sattva (personified by Vishnu, 
> > traditionally termed "The Maintainer") is
> > responsible for creation:
> > http://www.mapi.com/ayurveda_health_care/newsletters/ayurveda_saatvic_mind.html
> >
> > "Sattva is the most superior of all gunas. Sattva in
> > the Universe is responsible for Creation. Inside our
> > own self, it gives us the ability to visualize well,
> > think right, do good and act in accordance with the
> > laws of nature.
> 

> "Responsible for" in this context seems to mean 
> "maintains" or "upholds," not "creates."
>

**

I don't see that, since MAPI goes on to say "Rajas stands for action. In cosmic 
terms, Rajas is responsible for Maintenance and Nurturing of what has been 
created." -- which appears to swap the usual roles/guna-character of Vishnu and 
Brahma.

[FairfieldLife] Vishnu the Creator?

[bob_brigante]

Brahma is traditionally called "The Creator," the personification of
rajas guna, but MAPI seems to be saying that Sattva (personified by
Vishnu, traditionally termed "The Maintainer") is responsible for
creation:

http://www.mapi.com/ayurveda_health_care/newsletters/ayurveda_saatvic_mi\
nd.html


"Sattva is the most superior of all gunas. Sattva in the Universe is
responsible for Creation. Inside our own self, it gives us the ability
to visualize well, think right, do good and act in accordance with the
laws of nature.

Rajas stands for action. In cosmic terms, Rajas is responsible for
Maintenance and Nurturing of what has been created. In human beings, the
Rajasic guna or quality means giving a concrete shape to dreams, being
motivated and taking action. Excess of Rajas, however, leads to an
unsettled and perpetually restless mind.

Tamas supplies us with the ability to finish or complete what was
generated by Sattva and Rajas. In the context of the Universe, Tamas
stands for Destruction. While some may see Tamas as a negative guna,
ayurvedic philosophy says Tamas has its own role in the scheme of
things. It weans us from the old and the lifeless, urging us to move on
and invest in that which is still alive.

[FairfieldLife] Who was to blame for the Black Death?

[bob_brigante]

The NYT article includes a detail from the Friese Chronicles showing the 1349 
massacre of Erfurt Jews in Germany, who were blamed for the Black Death

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/health/01plague.html

[FairfieldLife] Whose fault was the Black Death?

[bob_brigante]

 
[http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/08/31/science/01plague-190.jpg\
]

a detail from the Friese Chronicles showing the 1349 massacre of Erfurt
Jews in Germany,

who were blamed for the Black Death

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/health/01plague.html

[FairfieldLife] We are all Madoffs

[bob_brigante]

"Beyond the illegality of Madoff's scam, why didn't he consider his
responsibility to his clients, to their future, and even to his own?
Didn't he know that there would be a day of reckoning, that he couldn't
keep up the crazy, fancy footwork indefinitely, that sooner or later his
whole deceitful house of cards would come crashing down?
As pleasurable as it is to cast stones at genuine villains, let's pause
and redeploy the above housing metaphor, as in "people in glass houses
shouldn't throw stones." Or try a biblical admonition, as in Matthew
7:3: "And why beholds thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
considered not the beam that is in thine own eye?"

Because the horrifying reality is that in our fundamental relationship
to the natural world—which is, after all, the fundamental
relationship for everyone—we are all Madoffs.

http://snipurl.com/riaaw    [chronicle_com]

[FairfieldLife] This El Nino may favor Atlantic storms

[bob_brigante]

> [El Nino tends to cause jet streams to move south over the US, bringing cool
air from Canada, and tends to reduce the number of Atlantic hurricanes.]
>
>



The typical El Nino was characterized by a reduction in the number of Atlantic
hurricanes, but some forecasters think that this year's atypical (because of a
different Pacific location) El Nino will actually increase Atlantic
storm/hurricane activity:

"Researchers reported their findings in a recent issue of the journal Science.

El Niño is a periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean that usually leads to a
quieter storm season. This new mode of El Niño, however, appears to cause more
Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes.

"This new type is resulting in a greater number of hurricanes with greater
frequency and more potential to make landfall," says study co-author Peter
Webster of Georgia Tech's School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

The heart of the traditional El Niño warming occurs in the Eastern Pacific, very
close to the South American coast; the recently discovered El Niño occurs
thousands of miles to the west in the central Pacific Ocean, near the
International Date Line.

http://tinyurl.com/lup6al

[FairfieldLife] Iowa "protects" its pigs

[bob_brigante]

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/22/us/0822FAIR_7.html

[FairfieldLife] FEMA ignores Iowa hicks

[bob_brigante]

"So far, Iowa has been promised $3.1 billion in federal assistance for
housing, infrastructure and business recovery, but only $689 million has
been distributed, and local officials estimate its damage need at
something more like $8 billion to $10 billion. The state suffered $1.6
billion in infrastructure damage alone.
In Cedar Rapids, city officials estimate that they need close to $6
billion.

The slow pace of the money flow for long-term recovery has held up
crucial decisions about what is going to be rebuilt in the city of
120,000 people. Whole communities are waiting to hear about buyouts and
demolitions, new levees
  and flood plains. Many are in limbo, and
the frustration level is rising. Some residents are still living in FEMA
mobile homes
 . Even City Hall
remains displaced
 .

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/us/28cedar.html


http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/28/us/0828CEDAR_3.html

[FairfieldLife] No flu vaccine for you!

[bob_brigante]

http://www.lvrj.com/news/55332592.html

"The evidence shows, he said, that as a group seniors need the vaccine
less than younger age groups.

"It appears that older people have a pre-existing immunity to the H1N1
virus," he said.

Americans up to 24 years of age, CDC statistics reveal, are about 20
times more likely to contract the virus than people older than 65.

People ranging in age from 25 to 49 are five times more likely to be
burdened by the virus than seniors. And men and women in the 50 to 64
age bracket have a three times greater chance of catching the virus than
those older than 65.

"We're not saying they (seniors) shouldn't be vaccinated," Fiore said.
"But despite our best efforts and a huge effort by the federal
government, we won't have enough of the vaccine in the early going, and
we had to make some tough decisions about who gets it first."

CDC researchers have suggested that the immunity older adults appear to
enjoy was built up either because they either were infected with or
vaccinated against an older seasonal flu strain that closely resembled
H1N1.

[FairfieldLife] Global warming & Yogic Flying

[bob_brigante]

http://snipurl.com/rg01y   
[www_expressbuzz_com]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Should you be forced to get the Swine Flu Vaccination?

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't even know if I'd be eligible for a flu shot.
> > > There's a shortage, and I don't think I'm in a high
> > > risk category. 59 yrs. old. Not pregnant.
> > 
> > **
> > 
> > Probably only the most at-risk people should get the flu
> > vaccine, based on recent experiences with flu vaccination:
> 
> Oy, Bob, this story is NOT about the flu vaccine.
> 
> It's about Tamiflu and Relenza, antiviral medications
> you take in pill or nasal spray form to *treat* the flu.
> Nothing to do with the vaccine AT ALL.
> 
> PLEASE don't confuse the issue!!!
>



My speed reading, again. Aside from the question about the efficacy of 
antivirals, vaccines are no cure-all when it comes to flu:

Waste of Time?

Yes and no... the flu vaccine will be more effective some years than others. 
The CDC predicted that the vaccine developed for the winter of 2003/2004 wasn't 
going to be effective against most cases of the flu because the strains covered 
by the vaccine weren't the same as the strains that were common. Highly 
targeted vaccines work, but only against their targets! There's no point in 
accepting the risks of a vaccine for a disease you can't get. When the flu 
vaccine is on-target, it's more effective. Even then, the vaccine isn't perfect 
because it uses inactivated virus. Is that bad? No. A live vaccine is more 
effective, but much more risky.

Bottom line: The flu vaccine varies in effectiveness from year-to-year. Even in 
a best-case scenario, it won't always protect against the flu. The CDC study 
didn't say that the vaccine didn't work; it says the vaccine didn't protect 
people from getting sick. Even with imperfect effectiveness, the vaccine is 
indicated for certain people. In my opinion, however, the vaccine isn't for 
everyone and certainly shouldn't be required for otherwise healthy people.
 
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howthingswork/a/aa011604a.htm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Should you be forced to get the Swine Flu Vaccination?

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride"
 wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 5:23 PM, bob_briganteno_re...@yahoogroups.com
wrote:
> > "Indiscriminate use of antiviral medications to prevent and treat
influenza
> > could ease the way for drug-resistant strains of the novel H1N1
virus, or
> > swine flu, to emerge, public health officials warn -- making the
fight
> > against a pandemic that much harder.
> >
> > Already, a handful of cases of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 have been
reported
> > this summer, and there is no shortage of examples of misuse of the
antiviral
> > medications, experts say.
>
> Remember Cipro, the wonder drug of 2001 everybody stocked, available
> in the US via shady mail order?



Recently had a UTI. The doctor said
> Cipro was out of the question. To many bugs are now resistant to it.
>


***



http://www.sciencecodex.com/unlocking_the_secret_of_the_bladders_bouncer\
s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Should you be forced to get the Swine Flu Vaccination?

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> I don't even know if I'd be eligible for a flu shot. There's a
shortage, and
> I don't think I'm in a high risk category. 59 yrs. old. Not pregnant.
>


**

Probably only the most at-risk people should get the flu vaccine, based
on recent experiences with flu vaccination:

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-tamiflu24-2009aug24,0,46646\
54.story


"Indiscriminate use of antiviral medications to prevent and treat
influenza could ease the way for drug-resistant strains of the novel
H1N1 virus, or swine flu, to emerge, public health officials warn --
making the fight against a pandemic that much harder.

Already, a handful of cases of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 have been reported
this summer, and there is no shortage of examples of misuse of the
antiviral medications, experts say.

People often fail to complete a full course of the drug, according to a
recent British report -- a scenario also likely to be occurring in the
U.S. and one that encourages resistance. Stockpiling is rife, and some
U.S. summer camps have given Tamiflu prophylactically to healthy kids
and staff, and have even told campers to bring the drug to camp. Experts
anticipate more problems in the fall as children return to school and
normal flu season draws nearer.

"Influenza viruses mutate frequently and any viral resistance could be
acquired easily," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National
Center on Immunization and Respiratory Disease at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. "It won't surprise us if we
see resistance emerge as a bigger problem in the fall or in the years
ahead."

Prescribed in pill form, Tamiflu (oseltamivir) works by preventing the
flu virus from leaving infected cells and spreading to new ones. Because
a vaccine against pandemic H1N1 influenza will not be widely available
for several months, Tamiflu and to a lesser extent Relenza (zanamivir),
an antiviral that acts similarly, are key medical tools for fighting the
pandemic in the meantime.

On Friday, however, the World Health Organization advised doctors that
even those who are sickened with swine flu do not need to be given
Tamiflu or Relenza if they are only mildly or moderately sick and are
not in a high-risk group (such as children under 5, pregnant women and
those with an underlying health condition).

Both drugs can help prevent illness in people exposed to the virus and
reduce illness severity in people already sickened with it. On Aug. 14,
after U.S. national soccer team forward Landon Donovan was diagnosed
with H1N1 flu, players, coaches and support staff of the U.S. and Galaxy
teams were advised to take Tamiflu as a preventive measure.

Tamiflu was chosen a few years ago for stockpiling by the federal
government to deal with future pandemics.

Health authorities in the United States and elsewhere are keeping a
sharp eye on prescriptions of the drug as they prepare for a surge of
H1N1 cases in the fall. The U.S. government has issued detailed
guidelines   on
prescribing antivirals. But health professionals may not follow the
recommendations or may give in to patients who pester them for
prescriptions that are ill-advised, said Dr. Robert Schechter, acting
chief of the immunization branch of the California Department of Public
Health.

"These medicines can be very helpful to those who could get very sick,"
Schechter said. "But excessive use will accelerate the development of
resistance and lead to the lack of a medication for everybody."

Anxiety over indiscriminate use is growing, and taking the medications
cavalierly is not without consequence. British health authorities
reported Aug. 2 that cases of side effects from Tamiflu had doubled in
the prior week, coinciding with the July 24 launch of a program in
England to provide antivirals to anyone with H1N1 influenza who requests
it over the phone or online.

In the first three days of the program, 150,000 packets of Tamiflu were
dispensed and 293 cases of side effects were reported. Tamiflu can cause
vomiting, diarrhea and mild neuropsychiatric effects.

Some U.S. health authorities have also expressed concern over misuse of
the medications. Last month, the CDC urged directors of summer camps to
stop handing out Tamiflu to healthy campers.

Americans are known to hoard antivirals: A 2006 study showed that
heightened anxiety over a possible avian flu pandemic caused Tamiflu
prescriptions to soar 300% in 2004 and 2005.

Just as with antibiotics, of central importance to antivirals' success
is taking them properly, including completing the recommended course.

However, a study published in late July found poor adherence among
children in London who took Tamiflu for prevention of pandemic H1N1 in
the spring.

Less than half of the grade-school-age children and only 76% of the 13-
a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Denied, to Invincible America

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , "dhamiltony2k5"
 wrote:
>
> Folks saying good-bye.  The last few days I learned that five
long-time friends are leaving Fairfield now.  From different circles. 
Long-time meditators.  From different parts of the meditating community.
>


***

Jefferson County unemployment rate is 7.9%, higher than Iowa's 6.5%:

http://www.iowaworkforce.org/lmi/laborforce/etables/area51.txt


http://www.iowaworkforce.org/news/XcNewsPlus.asp?articleid=81&cmd=view


It might be that some people simply can't make it in FF anymore --
either they lost their job, or their business is not going well because
of the lack of paying customers.

Unemployment rate is nearly 15% where I am in SoCal, so FF's 8% looks
pretty good -- although in a town of 9500 people, work is sparse anyway,
regardless of the unemployment rate.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

[bob_brigante]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"  wrote:
> 
> My exercise of choice is hiking.  However, for the 4 months a year when the 
> temperatures in the Phoenix area are 100 degrees plus, hiking is not possible 
> except in early morning. 

***

http://snipurl.com/qrben  [www_sears_com] treadmill $314

I use an exercise bike <$200 with a wide bench type seat so as not to cramp the 
package.

[FairfieldLife] Brazilian tourist postcard

[bob_brigante]

http://www.aids.gov.br/muitoprazer/index.php?q=diganao

[FairfieldLife] M-school in NH won't open

[bob_brigante]

http://sentinelsource.com/articles/2009/08/21/news/local/free/id_368708.\
txt


excerpt

School officials hope the technique, when combined with a regular course
of instruction, will allow the Maharishi Academy to join Phillips Exeter
Academy in Exeter and St. Paul's School in Concord among New
Hampshire's elite college preparatory schools.

The cost for the 2008-09 school year would have been $38,250, including
$25,000 for tuition, $9,750 for room and board, and $3,000 for expenses
such as books, uniforms and athletic equipment.

"Rather than start with just a handful of students, our board
thought it would be better to start on a good, strong footing,"
Colby said. "We still have them (the students) on file. We're in
communication with them. Most of them are eager to apply again next
year."

School officials initially set an ambitious estimate of 200 students for
the first school year. The academy would then grow toward a total
student body of 400.

That number has been pared down several times, first to between 50 and
75, then to 30 or 40, and now to a minimum of 15 to 20.

"We could've started with a handful," Colby said. "Our
fixed costs would've been greater than our income. It's not a
good way to start a school because of the financial risks involved.

"There's also kind of a critical number with kids. If
there's too small a group, they feel social pressure in a
sense."

But 15 or 20 is feasible — "We're able to break even at a
lower level than we thought we could," he said.

Only one of the 15-20 applicants was a child of parents who practice
transcendental meditation, Colby said. The rest came from referral
organizations supporting primarily inner-city kids in subpar schools, he
said.

[FairfieldLife] http://vedicpandits.org/

[bob_brigante]

http://vedicpandits.org/