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CHAPTER VII. OTHER TORNADOES. The tornado in East Kansas—In Southeast Missouri—Great damage in Illinois—Water-spout at Metropolis—Many distinct whirlwinds—Effect of forest and prairie fires—Tornado of Charleston, 1761—Tornadoes at Natchez, 1840 and 1842—The Marshfield storm, 1880—Remarkably small loss of life in tornadoes—Tornadoes in foreign lands Great Disasters and Horrors by Allen H. Godbey (1864 - 1948), part 6 Podbean Amazon Apple Stitcher Facebook Our Patreon Donate

On this episode of "Master Minds w/ Bro. Shem El", we will discuss about the 3-Step Ladder in Moorish Science and how to it relates to one's daily life. Some of the things we will discuss are: What is belief? What is faith? What is fruition? What is the Three as it relates to Divinity? What is visualization? Why must we use our imagination? Do we really see things in the physical? And much, much Moor! We will touch on the metaphysical aspects of Chapter VII of the Circle Seven as well as other spiritual writings. This topic will be of interest to many regardless of your religious or ideological background. You don't want to miss this show!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shem-el/support

On this episode of "Master Minds w/ Bro. Shem El", we will explore the subject of divine interpretations of spiritual texts. We will be speaking on topics such as: What is an Egyptian Adept? Did Noble Drew Ali use the Bible? Is the Bible good or bad for the masses? What is understanding/overstanding/innerstanding? What is a demiurge? Should we discard allegorical meanings of the scriptures? And much, much Moor! We will touch on the metaphysical aspects of Chapter VII of the Circle Seven as well as other spiritual writings. This topic will be of interest to many regardless of your religious or ideological background. You don't want to miss this show!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shem-el/support

This week is our first reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis.The full book is available online here:https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavisContent warnings for this episode as a whole:SlaveryPregnancyRapeDeathTortureRacismBloodAnd abuse related to multiple of the above topics. [Part 1 – This Week]1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOODFirst half – 01:32[Part 2]1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD (Second half)[Part 3]2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS[Part 4 - 5]3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN'S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN[Part 6]4. RACISM IN THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT [Part 7]5. THE MEANING OF EMANCIPATION ACCORDING TO BLACK WOMEN [Part 8]6. EDUCATION AND LIBERATION: BLACK WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE[Part 9]7. WOMAN SUFFRAGE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY: THE RISING INFLUENCE OF RACISM[Part 10]8. BLACK WOMEN AND THE CLUB MOVEMENT[Part 11]9. WORKING WOMEN, BLACK WOMEN AND THE HISTORY OF THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT[Part 12 - 13]10. COMMUNIST WOMEN[Part 14 - 15]11. RAPE, RACISM AND THE MYTH OF THE BLACK RAPIST [Part 16 - 17]12. RACISM, BIRTH CONTROL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS [Part 18-19]13. THE APPROACHING OBSOLESCENCE OF HOUSEWORK: A WORKING-CLASS PERSPECTIVEFootnotes:1) – 01:54Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, American Negro Slavery: A Survey of the Supply, Employment, and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime (New York and London: D. Appleton, 1918). See also Phillips' article “The Plantation as a Civilizing Factor,” Sewanee Review, XII (July, 1904), reprinted in Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, The Slave Economy of the Old South: Selected Essays in Economic and Social History, edited by Eugene D. Genovese (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1968). The following passage is included in this article:The conditions of our problem are as follows:1. A century or two ago the negroes were savages in the wilds of Africa. 2. Those who were brought to America, and their descendants, have acquired a certain amount of civilization, and are now in some degree fitted for life in modern civilized society. 3. This progress of the negroes has been in very large measure the result of their association with civilized white people. 4. An immense mass of the negroes is sure to remain for an indefinite period in the midst of a civilized white nation. The problem is, How can we best provide for their peaceful residence and their further progress in this nation of white men and how can we best guard against their lapsing back into barbarism? As a possible solution for a large part of the problem, I suggest the plantation system. (p. 83)2) – 02:41 Observations on the special predicament of Black women slaves can be found in numerous books, articles and anthologies authored and edited by Herbert Aptheker, including American Negro Slave Revolts (New York: International Publishers, 1970. First edition: 1948); To Be Free: Studies in American Negro History (New York: International Publishers, 1969. First edition: 1948); A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States, Vol. 1 (New York: The Citadel Press, 1969. First edition: 1951). In February, 1948, Aptheker published an article entitled “The Negro Woman” in Masses and Mainstream, Vol. 11, No. 2.3) – 02:54Eugene D. Genovese, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made (New York: Pantheon Books,1974). 4) – 02:59John W. Blassingame, The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South(London and NewYork: Oxford University Press, 1972). 5) – 03:06Robert W. Fogel and Stanley Engerman, Time on the Cross: The Economics of Slavery in the Antebellum South, 2 volumes. (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1974.)6) – 03:12Herbert Gutman, The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750–1925 (New York: Pantheon Books, 1976) 7) – 03:23Stanley Elkins, Slavery: A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life, third edition, revised (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1976)8) – 04:16See Daniel P. Moynihan, The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, Washington, D.C.: U.S.Department of Labor, 1965. Reprinted in Lee Rainwater and William L. Yancey, The Moynihan Report and the Politics of Controversy (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1967).9) – 05:53See W. E. B. DuBois, “The Damnation of Women,” Chapter VII of Darkwater (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920).10) – 06:44Kenneth M. Stampp, The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Antebellum South (New York: VintageBooks, 1956), p. 343. 11) – 07:57Ibid., p. 31; p. 49; p. 50; p. 60. 12) – 08:55Mel Watkins and Jay David, editors, To Be a Black Woman: Portraits in Fact and Fiction (New York: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1970), p. 16. Quoted from Benjamin A. Botkin, editor, Lay My Burden Down: A Folk History of Slavery (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1945).13) – 11:30Barbara Wertheimer, We Were There: The Story of Working Women in America (New York: Pantheon Books, 1977), p. 109. 14) – 13:21Ibid., p. 111. Quoted from Lewis Clarke, Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis and Milton Clarke, Sons ofa Soldier of the Revolution (Boston: 1846), p. 127. 15) – 13:49Stampp, op. cit., p. 57.16) – 14:44Charles Ball, Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man (Lewistown, Pa.: J. W. Shugert, 1836), pp. 150–151. Quoted in Gerda Lerner, editor, Black Women in White America: A Documentary History (New York: Pantheon Books, 1972), p. 48. 17) – 15:30Moses Grandy, Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy: Late a Slave in the United States of America (Boston: 1844), p. 18. Quoted in E. Franklin Frazier, The Negro Family in the United States (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. First edition: 1939).18) – 16:19Ibid. 19) – 17:00Robert S. Starobin, Industrial Slavery in the Old South (London, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1970), pp. 165ff. 20) – 17:26Ibid., pp. 164–165 21) – 17:43Ibid., p. 165. 22) – 17:54Ibid., pp. 165–166.23) – 18:02“Iron works and mines also directed slave women and children to lug trams and to push lumps ofore into crushers and furnaces.” Ibid., p. 166. 24) – 18:32Karl Marx, Das Kapital, Kritik der politischen Ökonomie, Erster Band (Berlin, D.D.R.: Dietz Verlag, 1965), pp. 415–416: “In England werden gelegentlich statt der Pferde immer noch Weiber zum Ziehnusw. bei den Kanalbooten verwandt, weil die zur Produktion von Pferden und Maschinen erheischte Arbeit ein mathematisch gegebenes Quantum, die zur Erhaltung von Weibern der Surplus-populationdagegen unter aller Berechnung steht.” Translation: Capital, Vol. 1 (New York: International Publishers, 1968), p. 391. 25) – 18:53Starobin, op. cit., p. 166: “Slaveowners used women and children in several ways in order to increase the competitiveness of southern products. First, slave women and children cost less to capitalize and to maintain than prime males. John Ewing Calhoun, a South Carolina textile manufacturer, estimated that slave children cost two-thirds as much to maintain as adult slave cottonmillers. Another Carolinian estimated that the difference in cost between female and male slave labor was even greater than that between slave and free labor. Evidence from businesses using slave womenand children supports the conclusion that they could reduce labor costs substantially.”26) – 19:49Frederick Law Olmsted, A Journey in the Back Country (New York: 1860), pp. 14–15. Quoted in Stampp, op. cit., p. 34. 27) – 20:15Karl Marx, Grundrisse der Kritik der politischen Ökonomie (Berlin, D.D.R.: Dietz Verlag, 1953), p.266. “Die Arbeit ist das lebendige, gestaltende Feuer; die Vergänglichkeit der Dinge, ihre Zeitlichkeit,als ihre Formung durch die lebendige Zeit.”28) – 23:48Quoted in Robert Staples, editor, The Black Family: Essays and Studies (Belmont, Cal.: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., 1971), p. 37. See also John Bracey, Jr., August Meier, Elliott Rudwick,editors, Black Matriarchy: Myth or Reality (Belmont, Cal.: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., 1971),p. 140.29) – 24:30Bracey et al., op. cit., p. 81. Lee Rainwater's article “Crucible of Identity: The Negro Lower-Class Family” was originally published in Daedalus, Vol. XCV (Winter, 1966), pp. 172–216.30) – 25:05Ibid., p. 98. 31) – 25:31Ibid32) – 25:50Frazier, op. Cit.33) – 25:31Ibid., p. 102 34) – 26:50Gutman, op. Cit.35) – 27:45The first chapter of his book is entitled “Send Me Some of the Children's Hair,” a plea made by a slave husband in a letter to his wife from whom he had been forcibly separated by sale: “Send me some of the children's hair in a separate paper with their names on the paper.... The woman is not born that feels as near to me as you do. You feel this day like myself. Tell them they must remember they have a good father and one that cares for them and one that thinks about them every day.... Laura I do love you the same. My love to you never have failed. Laura, truly, I have got another wife, and I am very sorry, that I am. You feels and seems to me as much like my dear loving wife, as you ever did Laura.You know my treatment to a wife and you know how I am about my children. You know I am one man that do love my children.” (pp. 6–7) 36) – 28:16Ibid. See Chapters 3 and 4. 37) – 29:20Ibid., pp. 356–357. 38) – 30:31Elkins, op. cit., p. 130. 39) – 31:22Stampp, op. cit., p. 344.

Oggi vi leggo il Capitolo VII del mio romanzo The Genetic Scanner — Revision 3.0. Finalmente il significato del titolo inizia a diventare più chiaro. Non solo, ma ritorna, ancora una volta, una citazione da Star Wars. The Genetic Scanner — Revision 3.0 (English) (lulu.com) Il mio romanzo è disponibile anche in inglese. Today I'm reading Chapter VII of my novel The Genetic Scanner - Revision 3.0. Finally, the meaning of the title begins to become clearer. Not only that, but a quote from Star Wars returns once again. My novel is also available in English. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/corgiov/message

On this episode of "Master Minds w/ Bro. Shem El", we will talk about the realm of falsehood, which is also known as the illusion, the matrix, and "the simulation". As it says in the Bible, "And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it." Some of the things we will discuss are: What is naught? How do you recognize what is illusion? Is perception really reality? Can everyone truly become "enlightened"? How are people subjugated and controlled? How do the illusionists demonstrate power? Why is the illusion now being disrupted? How should we respond? And much, much Moor! We will touch on the metaphysical aspects of Chapter VII of the Circle Seven as well as other spiritual writings. This topic will be of interest to many regardless of your religious or ideological background. You don't want to miss this show!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shem-el/support

 Persons suffering from excessive grief often seek relief by violent and almost frantic movements, as described in a former chapter; but when their suffering is somewhat mitigated, yet prolonged, they no longer wish for action, but remain motionless and passive, or may occasionally rock themselves to and fro. The circulation becomes languid; the face pale; the muscles flaccid; the eyelids droop; the head hangs on the contracted chest; the lips, cheeks, and lower jaw all sink downwards from their own weight. Hence all the features are lengthened; and the face of a person who hears bad news is said to fall. [Charles Darwin. opening of Chapter VII, EEMA] In this episode we discussed Chapter VII - Low Spirits, Anxiety, Grief, Dejection, Despair. Although the title of the chapter covers a variety of emotions, we, following Darwin's lead, focused solely on grief. Darwin identified a group of muscles that are involved in creating the grief-stricken visage we are familiar in others. The inner ends of the eyebrows are raised, the outer ends depressed while the corners of the mouth are drawn downward. Overall the face takes on an elongated expression and the furrows in the brow take on an distinctive horse-shoe shape. In the podcast we discussed how the chapters we have read from Darwin's text Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals so far reads more like a field guide, with textbook description of the facial muscles involved in exhibiting the expressions, than a intellectual analysis of the adaptive value of the emotions. Sarah, so far, has not been impressed. We hope that will come later in the text. We all agreed that Grief is an emotion associated with loss and we explored in the podcast how universal is that view of grief and are there other emotions associated with grief that are universal? Sarah introduced us to a paper that examined how universal emotional concepts were in terms of linguistics and if there is similarity in emotional meaning across cultures. In seems that cultures in close geographical location share a greater similarity in meaning for identified emotions than cultures that are separated by distance. It seems that there are universal emotions but what feelings that are associated with those emotional states are varied and often culturally defined.James questioned the adaptive value of adults exhibiting grief for the loss of non-related individuals. Sarah mentioned Neese's argument that we are expressing the loss of a known commodity - someone we have a strong relationship with that does not require accounting for altruistic behaviors - so their death is a loss felt as a loss of investment.   The paper discussed was:Jackson, Joshua Conrad, et al. "Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure." Science 366.6472 (2019): 1517-1522.The opening and closing theme to Discovering Darwin is "May" by Jared C. Balogh.The interlude music was from Hee Haw

In this episode, Ben provides a brief biography of Pope Francis, followed by a brief biography of St. Ignatius de Loyola, and wraps up with Chapter VII of Occulta Philosophia Libri Tres.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rockymountainmason)

On this episode of "Master Minds w/ Bro. Shem El", we will discuss the subject of power. Some of the things we will discuss are: What is power? What is force? How does it work? What is sovereignty? Is there such a thing as "White Power" or "Black Power"? How are people subjugated and controlled? How do the illusionists demonstrate power? How do you know the amount of strength you have? And much, much Moor! We will touch on the metaphysical aspects of Chapter VII of the Circle Seven as well as other spiritual writings. This topic will be of interest to many regardless of your religious or ideological background. You don't want to miss this show!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shem-el/support

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘Introduction’ and subsections ‘Chaff from the Grain, Going Forth’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 19 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Introduction [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘Introduction’ and subsections ‘Chaff from the Grain, Going Forth’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 19 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Introduction [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘Parts of a Whole’ and the subsection ‘The Wat Pah Pong Sangha’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 20 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Parts of a Whole (part 1) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘Parts of a Whole’ and the subsection ‘The Wat Pah Pong Sangha’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 20 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Parts of a Whole (part 1) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘Parts of a Whole’ and subsections ‘Visiting Monks, Luang Ta, Temporary Monks, Nikaya’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 21 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Parts of a Whole (part 2) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘Parts of a Whole’ and subsections ‘Visiting Monks, Luang Ta, Temporary Monks, Nikaya’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 21 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Parts of a Whole (part 2) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘Parts of a Whole’ and subsections ‘Disrobing, Like Rain About to Fall’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 22 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Parts of a Whole (part 3) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘Parts of a Whole’ and subsections ‘Disrobing, Like Rain About to Fall’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 22 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Parts of a Whole (part 3) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘Parts of a Whole’ and the subsection ‘Samana’ and the next section ‘The Marvel of Instruction’ with the subsection ‘Modes of Teaching’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 23 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Parts of a Whole (part 4) and The Marvel of Instruction (part 1) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘Parts of a Whole’ and the subsection ‘Samana’ and the next section ‘The Marvel of Instruction’ with the subsection ‘Modes of Teaching’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 23 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Parts of a Whole (part 4) and The Marvel of Instruction (part 1) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘The Marvel of Instruction’ and subsections ‘Modes of Teaching, Wordly Winds, Transmitting the Theory’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 26 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 2) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘The Marvel of Instruction’ and subsections ‘Modes of Teaching, Wordly Winds, Transmitting the Theory’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 26 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 2) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘The Marvel of Instruction’ and subsections ‘Working is Dhamma Practice, Toraman', was given by Ajahn Amaro on 27 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 3) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘The Marvel of Instruction’ and subsections ‘Working is Dhamma Practice, Toraman', was given by Ajahn Amaro on 27 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 3) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘The Marvel of Instruction’ and subsections ‘Joy in the Dhamma, Governance in the Sangha', was given by Ajahn Amaro on 28 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 4) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘The Marvel of Instruction’ and subsections ‘Joy in the Dhamma, Governance in the Sangha', was given by Ajahn Amaro on 28 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 4) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘The Marvel of Instruction’ and the subsection ‘Delegation’ and the next section ‘A Well-rounded Training’ with the subsection ‘Putting Forth Effort’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 29 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 5) and A Well-rounded Training (part 1) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘The Marvel of Instruction’ and the subsection ‘Delegation’ and the next section ‘A Well-rounded Training’ with the subsection ‘Putting Forth Effort’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 29 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 5) and A Well-rounded Training (part 1) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘A Well-rounded Training’ and subsections ‘Patipada, Knowing Now, Mai Nae, Por Dee’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 30 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – A Well-rounded Training (part 2) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘A Well-rounded Training’ and subsections ‘Patipada, Knowing Now, Mai Nae, Por Dee’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 30 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – A Well-rounded Training (part 2) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘A Well-rounded Training’ and subsections ‘Learning From Nature, Working With Sensuality’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 31 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – A Well-rounded Training (part 3) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII ‘Polishing the Shell’, section ‘A Well-rounded Training’ and subsections ‘Learning From Nature, Working With Sensuality’, was given by Ajahn Amaro on 31 January 2020 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – A Well-rounded Training (part 3) [2020] appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

Part 1 of Episode 8 is the audio version of Chapter VII of Tertium Organum by P.D. Ouspensky read by Alice Flanagan. Ouspensky discusses how mathematics does not sense dimensions and proposes that this is possibly because dimensions don’t exist as ‘separate units’ per se because if they did, mathematics would be able to define this. This chapter is the last chapter where Ouspensky uses his analogies to describe the experiences of different dimensions and explores the concepts of Euclidian and Non-Euclidean geometry to further explain our concepts of dimensionality. However he comes back to the original hypothesis which proposes that our experience of the three-dimensional world is confined to our receptive apparatus, to our psyche. This is a short chapter but ends spectacularly with the only ‘Ouspensky rant’ to be found in the book where he tears down the value of analogy to finding the complete answer to the enigmas of the world noting that analogy has been useful to getting us thus far on the journey but now we must continue on a different path. To listen to the panel discussion of this chapter, see Part 2 of this episode.

"I am no man"!!! The Witch-King has met his match!!! The Bywater Post: please send your "Tolkien Stories" to anunexpectedpod@gmail.com We will read and share those on the podcast! You can also leave us a voicemail by calling: (740) 422-9395 [3 min max]. Feel free to ask us a question, read a chapter summary, sing a song, or tell your story! Join the group discussion at https://www.facebook.com/uptalkintolkien If you'd like to send us something please address it to:  The ShireP.O. Box 96Amanda, OH 43102 The reread will continue on September 1st! Make sure to read Chapter VII of Return of the King  If you'd like to support the show and get access to additional Middle Earth content then hit us up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/uptalkintolkien Patreon exclusive podcast series include:  There and Back Again – Lane’s travelog for New Zealand traveling LOTR fans Peekin’ in the Palantir- Predictions about the show/future of middle earth Hobbit's Guide to Middle Earth – Middle Earth history discussions

This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Myanmar's mass-atrocities against the Rohingya minority, qualified by UN sources as a genocide, is one of the most pressing accountability challenges of our time. This has resulted in a mass-exodus of up to 1 million refugees in neighbouring Bangladesh with harrowing stories of violence. Given the failure of the UN Security Council to make a Chapter VII referral to the ICC, what options are available for eradicating impunity?

This essay explores a dual-mandate that I have; a general repudiation of the socialist tendencies that many on the Left are so fetched by, as well as offer whatever insight or attention I can to a pressing geopolitical concern.  In that vein, let's turn our gaze to Venezuela.I will do my best to maintain a respectable amount of indignation throughout.Bus driver turned much-disputed President Mr. Nicolas Maduro has amassed an impressive litany of crimes against humanity since assuming office back in 2013.Despite plunging his own country into misery, desolation and bankruptcy, Mr. Maduro has ordered the expansion of an entirely civilian militia by one million members. This army has come to be called the National Bolivarian Militia and will be a reserve force to complement  Maduro's "official" cadre.  The announcement was made during a ceremony honoring late President Hugo Chavez's return to power after a failed attempt at a coup d'etat. This seems fitting enough. I've often described Mr. Maduro as Mr. Chavez's dauphin, proud to carry on Chavez's tradition of avarice, subversion and poverty.In fact, late last year, no less than five South American countries as well as, oddly enough, Canada have asked that Venezuela be placed under international investigation for crimes against humanity. The request has been submitted to the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for various offenses dating back to 2014, less than one year after Maduro succeeded Chavez.I would like to add a few offenses I myself have noticed for the ICC's concern on the off chance their President, Chile Eboe-Osuji happens to come across this humble essay.My gorge first began to rise toward Maduro as I read of the horrible atrocities committed just last year when it was reported that Maduro and his ilk were ordering that doctors withhold oxygen from patients who needed it. As Nicolas Casey reports in a rather insightful article (link below), "The Cuban doctors said they were ordered to go door-to-door in impoverished neighborhoods, offering medicine and warning residents that they would be cut off from medical services if they did not vote for Mr. Maduro or his candidates".In fact, I would like to quote a full paragraph from a 400-page report that was generated by the Organization of the United States (OAS). This paragraph is from page 5 of its executive summary. Full link below:"With more than 12,000 Venezuelans arbitrarily detained since the election of President Maduro in 2013,equating approximately seven people, per day, every day since his election, Part I, Chapter VII, detailsthe use of arbitrary detention or the severe deprivation of liberty on both a mass and targeted scale toterrorize and silence the population. The number of political prisoners in Venezuela is the highest it hasbeen since the military dictatorship of the 1950s, with close to 676 political prisoners at the height of the2017 protests. After stabilizing at around 220 in the first four months of 2018, the number of politicalprisoners spiked again in the weeks leading up to the fraudulent presidential elections of May 20, 2018. Asof May 13, 2018, there were 338 political prisoners behind bars. Since 2013, more than 1,300 people havebeen held as political prisoners. Detention facilities operate autonomously, regularly ignoring court ordersto free those in detention. The evidence also disclosed the criminal complicity of judges and prosecutors inordering these arbitrary arrests, imprisonments, and deprivations of liberty."I don't want to be accused of relying too heavily on this report but I want to share one more paragraph commenting on the unfortunate relationship between the drug crisis and government. This is from page 31:"In addition, the government’s involvement in organized crime and drug trafficking has become anincreasing concern whereas the Vice President of Venezuela was designated a “Narcotics Trafficker” by theUS Treasury Department in 2017,with allegedly billions assets frozen; two nephews of Venezuela’s FirstLady have also been convicted of drug trafficking in a New York federal court; as well as a growing numberof indictments against senior government and military officials. Recent reports also describe the threat ofa growing presence of terrorist groups engaged in money laundering and drug trafficking networks. Asthe security situation worsens, it increases the threat against peace and security in neighboring countries."That final sentence in my view was a major factor in those five neighboring countries reporting Maduro's Venezuela to the ICC to begin with.Now one cannot mention Venezuela to an American reader without commenting on its Socialistic campaign. Oscar Wilde in his essay "The Soul Of Man Under Socialism" famously said that Socialism "frees us from the sordid necessity of having to live for others".Venezuela was once famously the richest country in South America, with the largest proven fossil-fuel reserves in the world. In 2017, the per capita GDP has shrank 40% since 2013 when Maduro took office.Venezuelan defector Giannina Raffo said it best, “Socialism not only takes away from people the access to basic food and medicines, but also creates an environment in which life is worth nothing.”.The whole mess in fact started with Hugo Chavez, who in 1992 known as Lieutenant Colonel, led several units against the government in a failed coup attempt. After the government released him from prison and unwittingly made him a martyr, Chavez started promulgating the courageously stupid idea of Socialism and went into terrific tantrum over the matter after winning the presidency in 1998. By the way, immediately after he won the election, many Venezuelans sent their valuable property to Miami to avoid possible confiscation. One would struggle to think of a more perversely amusing and apt metaphor for socialism in its true form.In 2006, after winning re-election, Chavez began widespread seizures of his constituent's personal property. Thousands of private businesses were nationalized – including media outlets, oil and power companies, mines, farms, banks, factories, and grocery stores.My parting appeal to you, dear reader, will have to take two forms:1) Follow our VP as well as 50 other countries worldwide to appeal the United Nations  to "dethrone" Maduro's seat and formally recognize Juan Guaidó as the country's true leader and2) Repudiate Socialism, domestically and embrace the wonderful and surprising altruism that springs forth from Capitalism. Trust that Adam Smith's invisible hand will show in full force as it will more often and not.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/17/world/americas/venezuela-cuban-doctors.htmlhttp://www.oas.org/documents/eng/press/Informe-Panel-Independiente-Venezuela-EN.pdfhttps://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/venezuela-unprecedented-economic-collapse-by-ricardo-hausmann-2017-07?barrier=accesspaylog

Shane Rangi is our SPECIAL GUEST! He's just a little Maori Boy from the East Coast. We had a wonderful time talking with Shane about his experience during LOTR, Narnia, and other films. Go follow his instagram for some interesting food reviews @stuntmaori The Bywater Post: please send your "Tolkien Stories" to anunexpectedpod@gmail.com We will read and share those on the podcast! You can also leave us a voicemail by calling: (740) 422-9395 [3 min max]. Feel free to ask us a question, read a chapter summary, sing a song, or tell your story! Join the group discussion at https://www.facebook.com/uptalkintolkien If you'd like to send us something please address it to:  The ShireP.O. Box 96Amanda, OH 43102 The reread will continue on March 10th! Make sure to read Chapter VII of Book 4 or Chapter XVIII of The Two Towers. If you'd like to support the show and get access to additional Middle Earth content then hit us up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/uptalkintolkien Patreon exclusive podcast series include:  There and Back Again – Lane’s travelog for New Zealand traveling LOTR fans Peekin’ in the Palantir- Predictions about the show/future of middle earth Hobbit's Guide to Middle Earth – Middle Earth history discussions

The Pool is Forbidden ... like seriously ... you're not allowed in! Frodo and Faramir get even closer during chapter XVIII of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers. The Bywater Post: please send your "Tolkien Stories" to anunexpectedpod@gmail.com We will read and share those on the podcast! You can also leave us a voicemail by calling: (740) 422-9395 [3 min max]. Feel free to ask us a question, read a chapter summary, sing a song, or tell your story! Join the group discussion at https://www.facebook.com/uptalkintolkien If you'd like to send us something please address it to:  The ShireP.O. Box 96Amanda, OH 43102 The reread will continue on March 10th! Make sure to read Chapter VII of Book 4 or Chapter XVIII of The Two Towers. If you'd like to support the show and get access to additional Middle Earth content then hit us up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/uptalkintolkien Patreon exclusive podcast series include:  There and Back Again – Lane’s travelog for New Zealand traveling LOTR fans Peekin’ in the Palantir- Predictions about the show/future of middle earth Hobbit's Guide to Middle Earth – Middle Earth history discussions

People leave work early so they can get home to watch The Beat with Ari Melber. He explains politics, the law-and hip-hop-like nobody else on TV. At our March episode Ari explored the world of cable news and how he manages to keep it all straight when events are cascading around us minute by minute. And that includes the names of all the Russian oligarchs. Ari was joined by author of "Zucked" Roger McNamee - discussing his superb (NY Times) book about the dangers of Facebook. Peter Riegert read Chapter VII of our serialized novella "Author to Come," written by author Shalom Auslander (Foreskin's Lament, Hope: a Tragedy). Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA Ann Temkin explained the museum's current shopping spree. And there was a special appearance by Mo Rocca and CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Martha Teichner. Jazz Legend Jay Leonhart leads the 1-Train Band.

Join Caitlin, Rachel, and Emily as they discuss Chapter VII of the Hobbit, Flies and Spiders. Characters Bilbo – Our heroic hero The Dwarves – there’s a lot of them. Spiders – they are large, and creepy and we do not like them The Elf King – he’s a bit of a dick.   Here […]

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' subsection 'Por Dee' to 'Learning from Nature,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 8 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Well Rounded Training (part 2) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' subsection 'Por Dee' to 'Learning from Nature,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 8 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Well Rounded Training (part 2) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' part of subsection 'Governance of the Sangha' to 'Delegation' and the section 'A Well Rounded Training' until 'Mai Nae,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 7 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 4) and The Well Rounded Training appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' part of subsection 'Governance of the Sangha' to 'Delegation' and the section 'A Well Rounded Training' until 'Mai Nae,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 7 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 4) and The Well Rounded Training appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' subsection 'Toraman' to 'Joy in the Dhamma,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 6 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 3) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' subsection 'Toraman' to 'Joy in the Dhamma,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 6 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 3) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' subsection 'Modes of Teaching (cont.)' to 'Working is the Dhamma Practice,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 5 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 2) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' subsection 'Modes of Teaching (cont.)' to 'Working is the Dhamma Practice,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 5 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – The Marvel of Instruction (part 2) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' section 'Parts of a Whole' and the subection 'Samana' and the next section 'Marvels of Instruction' until 'Modes of Teaching,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 4 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Parts of a Whole (part 2) and The Marvel of Instruction (part 1) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' section 'Parts of a Whole' and the subection 'Samana' and the next section 'Marvels of Instruction' until 'Modes of Teaching,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 4 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Parts of a Whole (part 2) and The Marvel of Instruction (part 1) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' section 'Introduction' until the end of this section and the next section 'Parts of a Whole' and the subsection 'The Wat Pah Pong Sangha,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 3 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Introduction and Parts of a Whole (part 1) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

This reading and comment, from the chapter VII 'Polishing the Shell,' section 'Introduction' until the end of this section and the next section 'Parts of a Whole' and the subsection 'The Wat Pah Pong Sangha,' was given by Ajahn Amaro on 3 March 2018 during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. The post Chapter VII – Introduction and Parts of a Whole (part 1) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

Editor's note: On December 3, 1912, The Times Educational Supplement published a letter entitled, “Miss Mason on the Montessori System.” The following year, five introductory paragraphs were added to the letter, and it was published as Chapter VII of The Basis of National Strength. Two years after that, the original text of the 1912 letter (without the added paragraphs) … The post The Montessori System first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Editor’s note: On December 3, 1912, The Times Educational Supplement published a letter entitled, “Miss Mason on the Montessori System.” The following year, five introductory paragraphs were added to the letter, and it was published as Chapter VII of The Basis of National Strength. Two years after that, the original text of the 1912 letter (without the added paragraphs) …

Who is Tom Bombadil? The ring takes a backseat as we discuss Chapter VII of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. The "Master" takes "good" care of our Hobbits! The Bywater Post is still flooded with mail. We love it and we share it! Join the discussion at https://www.facebook.com/uptalkintolkien The reread will continue on April 22nd! Make sure to read Chapter VIII, Fog on the Barrow-downs. We'll see you in a fortnight! If you'd like to support the show and get access to additional Middle Earth content then hit us up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/uptalkintolkien Patreon exclusive podcast series include:  There and Back Again – Lane’s travelog for New Zealand traveling LOTR fans Peekin’ in the Palantir- Predictions about the show/future of middle earth Wandering Wizards - Ezra explores the world of the Istari and the lore of the wizards Middle-Earth SmackDown – Who would win? Character vs Character!

So many Willow tree references! A spell of disorientation takes over as we discuss Chapter VI of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. It's under the hedge and into the old forest we go. The Bywater Post is still flooded with mail. We love it and we share it! Join the discussion at https://www.facebook.com/uptalkintolkien The reread will continue on April 8th! Make sure to read Chapter VII, In the House of Tom Bombadil. We'll see you in a fortnight! If you'd like to support the show and get access to additional Middle Earth content then hit us up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/uptalkintolkien Patreon exclusive podcast series include:  There and Back Again – Lane’s travelog for New Zealand traveling LOTR fans Peekin’ in the Palantir- Predictions about the show/future of middle earth Wandering Wizards - Ezra explores the world of the Istari and the lore of the wizards Middle-Earth SmackDown – Who would win? Character vs Character!

This week on StoryWeb: Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian writer and philosopher, is known for his epic, huge-canvas novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina. But I am also a fan of his much shorter work, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, a novella that has deeply moved me every time I have read it. The work is titled The Death of Ivan Ilyich because it is precisely not about Ivan’s living but about his passing from life (limited as his was) to death. The reader knows from the start – from the very title – that Ivan Ilyich will die. Indeed, the opening scene includes the announcement of his death to his former colleagues and is followed immediately by the scene of his funeral. Freed from that suspense, the reader can focus, as Tolstoy does, on Ivan Ilyich’s experience of dying. After the funeral scene, Tolstoy backs up 30 years and briefly tells the story of Ivan Ilyich’s life as a lawyer in the Russian Court of Justice. He went to law school as expected, married as expected, had children as expected, and moved up through the career ranks as expected. Ivan Ilyich at all times did what was expected of a man from his background. As Tolstoy writes, “Ivan Ilyich’s life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible.”   One day when hanging curtains in his new home, he falls and injures his side. Over time, the injury does not subside but instead becomes worse, until the pain is unbearable. Finally, Ivan Ilyich has no choice but to leave his job as a magistrate and take to his sick bed.   By far my favorite scene is the one in which Ivan Ilyich’s servant, Gerasim, comes in to Ivan’s sickroom and holds his master’s legs up for him. It is the only position in which Ivan does not feel pain. Ivan’s wife and children can hardly be bothered to visit Ivan at his deathbed. They are always in a hurry, ready to move back into their “real” lives as soon as possible. God help them if they had smart phones! But Gerasim stays with Ivan, sits with him, listens to him, but most importantly reaches out to him with the healing power of human touch. It is supremely intimate: one person being fully present with another human being, one person bearing witness to another’s life . . . and death. I described Leo Tolstoy at the beginning of this episode as a writer and philosopher. I suppose that many people think of him only as a writer and that those who know of his philosophy may dismiss it. It did have some rather outlandish components. Tolstoy declared his celibacy even though he was still married, much to his wife’s surprise and profound disappointment. He gave away virtually all of his inherited fortune so that he could live a life of poverty. And he renounced the copyrights to his earlier works, assigning them instead to his increasingly estranged wife. In addition, the constant presence of spiritual disciples in the Tolstoy household deeply angered Tolstoy’s wife. One source says that the Tolstoys’ later life as a couple was “one of the unhappiest in literary history,” because “Tolstoy's relationship with his wife deteriorated as his beliefs became increasingly radical.” Despite the unorthodox nature of Tolstoy’s philosophy, it proved influential, especially to 20th-century leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I especially admire his deep, abiding emphasis on love. Eschewing the trappings of conventional religion, Tolstoy developed his own version of Christianity. He very much subscribed to Jesus’s primary teaching, which held that the old commandments had now been replaced with one overarching commandment: “Love one another.” In fact, so deeply did Tolstoy embrace Christ’s teachings (especially those in the Sermon on the Mount) that he has been described as a Christian anarchist and pacifist. It is important to note that The Death of Ivan Ilyich was written after Tolstoy’s deep and profound spiritual conversion. Indeed, Gerasim represents the highest calling: he loves Ivan. He reaches out to another human being with love, compassion, caring. You can read the full novella online – or buy a hard copy for your collection. You can gain insights into Tolstoy’s last days by watching the film The Last Station, based on the novel by Jay Parini. For links to these resources, visit thestoryweb.com/Tolstoy. Listen now as I read Chapter VII from The Death of Ivan Ilyich. This is the scene in which Gerasim takes care of Ivan Ilyich tenderly and holds his master’s legs. How it happened it is impossible to say because it came about step by step, unnoticed, but in the third month of Ivan Ilych's illness, his wife, his daughter, his son, his acquaintances, the doctors, the servants, and above all he himself, were aware that the whole interest he had for other people was whether he would soon vacate his place, and at last release the living from the discomfort caused by his presence and be himself released from his sufferings. He slept less and less. He was given opium and hypodermic injections of morphine, but this did not relieve him. The dull depression he experienced in a somnolent condition at first gave him a little relief, but only as something new, afterwards it became as distressing as the pain itself or even more so. Special foods were prepared for him by the doctors' orders, but all those foods became increasingly distasteful and disgusting to him. For his excretions also special arrangements had to be made, and this was a torment to him every time—a torment from the uncleanliness, the unseemliness, and the smell, and from knowing that another person had to take part in it. But just through his most unpleasant matter, Ivan Ilych obtained comfort. Gerasim, the butler's young assistant, always came in to carry the things out. Gerasim was a clean, fresh peasant lad, grown stout on town food and always cheerful and bright. At first the sight of him, in his clean Russian peasant costume, engaged on that disgusting task embarrassed Ivan Ilych. Once when he got up from the commode too weak to draw up his trousers, he dropped into a soft armchair and looked with horror at his bare, enfeebled thighs with the muscles so sharply marked on them. Gerasim with a firm light tread, his heavy boots emitting a pleasant smell of tar and fresh winter air, came in wearing a clean Hessian apron, the sleeves of his print shirt tucked up over his strong bare young arms; and refraining from looking at his sick master out of consideration for his feelings, and restraining the joy of life that beamed from his face, he went up to the commode. "Gerasim!" said Ivan Ilych in a weak voice. "Gerasim started, evidently afraid he might have committed some blunder, and with a rapid movement turned his fresh, kind, simple young face which just showed the first downy signs of a beard. "Yes, sir?" "That must be very unpleasant for you. You must forgive me. I am helpless." "Oh, why, sir," and Gerasim's eyes beamed and he showed his glistening white teeth, "what's a little trouble? It's a case of illness with you, sir." And his deft strong hands did their accustomed task, and he went out of the room stepping lightly. Five minutes later he as lightly returned. Ivan Ilych was still sitting in the same position in the armchair. "Gerasim," he said when the latter had replaced the freshly-washed utensil. "Please come here and help me." Gerasim went up to him. "Lift me up. It is hard for me to get up, and I have sent Dmitri away."     Gerasim went up to him, grasped his master with his strong arms deftly but gently, in the same way that he stepped—lifted him, supported him with one hand, and with the other drew up his trousers and would have set him down again, but Ivan Ilych asked to be led to the sofa. Gerasim, without an effort and without apparent pressure, led him, almost lifting him, to the sofa and placed him on it. "Thank you. How easily and well you do it all!" Gerasim smiled again and turned to leave the room. But Ivan Ilych felt his presence such a comfort that he did not want to let him go. "One thing more, please move up that chair. No, the other one—under my feet. It is easier for me when my feet are raised." Gerasim brought the chair, set it down gently in place, and raised Ivan Ilych's legs on it. It seemed to Ivan Ilych that he felt better while Gerasim was holding up his legs. "It's better when my legs are higher," he said. "Place that cushion under them." Gerasim did so. He again lifted the legs and placed them, and again Ivan Ilych felt better while Gerasim held his legs. When he set them down Ivan Ilych fancied he felt worse. "Gerasim," he said. "Are you busy now?" "Not at all, sir," said Gerasim, who had learnt from the townsfolk how to speak to gentlefolk. "What have you still to do?" "What have I to do? I've done everything except chopping the logs for tomorrow." "Then hold my legs up a bit higher, can you?" "Of course I can. Why not?" and Gerasim raised his master's legs higher and Ivan Ilych thought that in that position he did not feel any pain at all. "And how about the logs?" "Don't trouble about that, sir. There's plenty of time." Ivan Ilych told Gerasim to sit down and hold his legs, and began to talk to him. And strange to say it seemed to him that he felt better while Gerasim held his legs up. After that Ivan Ilych would sometimes call Gerasim and get him to hold his legs on his shoulders, and he liked talking to him. Gerasim did it all easily, willingly, simply, and with a good nature that touched Ivan Ilych. Health, strength, and vitality in other people were offensive to him, but Gerasim's strength and vitality did not mortify but soothed him. What tormented Ivan Ilych most was the deception, the lie, which for some reason they all accepted, that he was not dying but was simply ill, and that he only need keep quiet and undergo a treatment and then something very good would result. He however knew that do what they would nothing would come of it, only still more agonizing suffering and death. This deception tortured him—their not wishing to admit what they all knew and what he knew, but wanting to lie to him concerning his terrible condition, and wishing and forcing him to participate in that lie. Those lies—lies enacted over him on the eve of his death and destined to degrade this awful, solemn act to the level of their visitings, their curtains, their sturgeon for dinner—were a terrible agony for Ivan Ilych. And strangely enough, many times when they were going through their antics over him he had been within a hairbreadth of calling out to them: "Stop lying! You know and I know that I am dying. Then at least stop lying about it!" But he had never had the spirit to do it. The awful, terrible act of his dying was, he could see, reduced by those about him to the level of a casual, unpleasant, and almost indecorous incident (as if someone entered a drawing room defusing an unpleasant odour) and this was done by that very decorum which he had served all his life long. He saw that no one felt for him, because no one even wished to grasp his position. Only Gerasim recognized it and pitied him. And so Ivan Ilych felt at ease only with him. He felt comforted when Gerasim supported his legs (sometimes all night long) and refused to go to bed, saying: "Don't you worry, Ivan Ilych. I'll get sleep enough later on," or when he suddenly became familiar and exclaimed: "If you weren't sick it would be another matter, but as it is, why should I grudge a little trouble?" Gerasim alone did not lie; everything showed that he alone understood the facts of the case and did not consider it necessary to disguise them, but simply felt sorry for his emaciated and enfeebled master. Once when Ivan Ilych was sending him away he even said straight out: "We shall all of us die, so why should I grudge a little trouble?"—expressing the fact that he did not think his work burdensome, because he was doing it for a dying man and hoped someone would do the same for him when his time came. Apart from this lying, or because of it, what most tormented Ivan Ilych was that no one pitied him as he wished to be pitied. At certain moments after prolonged suffering he wished most of all (though he would have been ashamed to confess it) for someone to pity him as a sick child is pitied. He longed to be petted and comforted. He knew he was an important functionary, that he had a beard turning grey, and that therefore what he longed for was impossible, but still he longed for it. And in Gerasim's attitude towards him there was something akin to what he wished for, and so that attitude comforted him. Ivan Ilych wanted to weep, wanted to be petted and cried over, and then his colleague Shebek would come, and instead of weeping and being petted, Ivan Ilych would assume a serious, severe, and profound air, and by force of habit would express his opinion on a decision of the Court of Cassation and would stubbornly insist on that view. This falsity around him and within him did more than anything else to poison his last days.    

Hans-Georg Rück ist Professor an der Universität in Kassel in der Arbeitsgruppe Algorithmische Algebra und diskrete Mathematik. Im Rahmen des diesjährigen Weihnachtsworkshops der Arbeitsgruppe Zahlentheorie und Algebraische Geometrie an unserer Fakultät sprach er zu Drinfeld automorphen Formen. In unserem Gespräch gehen wir der Frage nach, was das ist und zu welchen strukturellen Einsichten diese Werkzeuge dienen können. Automorphe Form ist ein sehr alter Begriff. Ausgangspunkt sind holomorphe Funktionen z.B. auf der oberen komplexen Halbebene. Statt Funktionen in einer komplexen Variablen werden jedoch Gruppen angewendet. Die automorphen Formen zeichnen sich dadurch aus, dass sie Invarianzeigenschaften unter bestimmten Gruppen haben. Ein einfaches Beispiel für so eine Invarianzeigenschaft ist, wenn eine Funktion z.B. den gleichen Wert für die komplexen Zahlenwerte z und z+1 hat - also periodisch ist. Ein Beispiel für eine komplexere Operation ist es, die Zahl z nicht in eine Funktion einzusetzen, sondern eine Matrix auf sie anzuwenden. Historisch entstanden sind solche Fragestellungen z.B. dadurch, dass man den Umfang von Ellipsen ausrechnen wollte. Gelöst wurde diese Frage mit Hilfe der Weistraßschen ℘-Funktion. Diese erfüllt eine algebraische Gleichung - die sogenannte elliptische Funktion. Hiervon werden ganze Klassen von Funktionen abgeleitet. Insbesondere auch die automorphen Funktionen. Interessant daran ist, dass man gut mit automorphen Funktionen rechnen kann. Die automorphen Formen haben die angenehme Eigenschaft, dass Reihendarstellungen häufig nach einer endlichen Zahl von Gliedern abbrechen und auch Integrale sich durch solche endliche Reihen darstellen lassen. Außerdem hängen sie mit elliptischen Kurven zusammen, die letztlich ein wesentlicher Zugang waren, um den Satz von Fermat zu beweisen. Im Kontext der hier betrachteten Drinfeld automorphen Formen werden statt ganzer Zahlen als Argumente Funktionenkörper als Werte eingesetzt. Ein einfacher Funktionenkörper ist die Menge der Polynome in x. Er lässt sich (so wie der Körper der ganzen Zahlen auf rationale Zahlen erweitert wird) auf rationale Funktionen erweitern. Das Rechnen mit meromorphen Funktionen und Potenzreihen kann man auf Polynome übertragen. Geometrische Interpretationen sind recht einfach. Für die Gruppe GL(2) ist das Grundgebilde eine unterteilte Gerade also ein endlicher Graph. Da es in der Regel Funktionen auf endlichen Gebilden sind, kann man es gut mit Hilfe eines Computer ausrechnen. Die nächsten Schritte in der Untersuchung der Drinfeld automorphen Formen müssen nun sein: Die L-Reihe bestimmen und Werte an kritischen Stellen bestimmen. Hier besteht ein einger Zusammenhang zur Riemannschen zeta-Funktion. Literatur und Zusatzinformationen J-P. Serre: A course in Arithmetic, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer-Verlag, 1973. Insbesondere ist das "Chapter VII, Modular Forms" wichtig. M. Waldschmidt (ed.): From Number Theory to Physics, 2nd ed, Springer-Verlag, 2010. Wichtig ist besonders Kapitel 4 zu Modular Forms. D. Zagier: Modular Forms of One Variable, Sommerkurs, 1991. E.-U. Gekeler et.al: Proceedings of a Workshop on Drinfeld Modules, Modular Schemes and Applications, World Scientific, 1997. J. Bruinier e.a. The 1-2-3 of Modular Forms: Lectures at a Summer School in Nordfjordeid, Norway, (ed. K. Ranestad) Universitext, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 2008. F. Januszweski: L-Funktionen, Gespräch mit G. Thäter im Modellansatz Podcast, Folge 53, Fakultät für Mathematik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 2015.

In this episode we decided to break from the standard form of the podcast and discuss two chapters at once instead of the traditional single chapter per episode. Episode 7 covers Chapter VI - Difficulties with the Theory and Chapter VII - Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection. We note that Chapter VII is really more of a vanity press project where Darwin dedicates a whole chapter to personally rebuke the concerns and critiques of Mr. St. George Mivart, a fellow biologist who published criticisms against Origin of Species.St. George Mivart, as Charles Darwin saw him Transitions.  "First, why, if species have descended from other species by fine gradations, do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms? Why is not all nature in confusion, instead of the species being, as we see them, well defined?” pg 212James used the imagery of a rainbow to argue that we often ignore the transitions or force transitional forms into the more distinct categories.  The biggest challenge of a transitional form is that it is a challenge that increases exponentially with each attempt to address the lack of transitions. We discussed that if you see Species A and Species C and believe they are closely related then the criticism of lack of transition can be leveled at the evolutionist. If the transitional form Species B is found in the fossil record then the challenge for transitional forms doubles because now you must find the transition between A & B and B & C. Each new transitional form increases the demands for more transitional forms. Sarah made the argument that the transitional challenge is often the case of moving the goal posts.The other challenge of transitional forms is that speciation can occur in two major patterns - anagenesis and cladogenesis. This figure represents the two forms of speciation.figure from http://krupp.wcc.hawaii.edu/In anagenesis the species goes through transformation such that the original form is replaced by the new form and both are recognized as unique species. This shift in form can often occur quickly so that there is little opportunity for fossil evidence of the forms or the transitional forms are quickly replaced by the new forms.Old photographs of common dog breeds show how quickly we have modified the breeds in just 100 years. A summary of this can be found at Science and Dogs website where we collected this intriguing comparison of how the bull terrier has changed over the past 100 years. Of course these are not true species but the premise is the same, shifting from one form to another can occur quickly and no transitional forms remain for comparison. This is where my rainbow metaphor comes to play.The other form of speciation is called cladogenesis which involves a subset of the species that diverge from the ancestral form. Josh spoke about bat bugs and bed bugs and how they share an ancestry but it would be difficult to find the specific transitional individual between bat and bed bugs.image from http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2105a.htmlSaltations"It has been asked by the opponents of such views as I hold, how, for instance, could a land carnivorous animal have been converted into one with aquatic habits; for how could the animal in its transitional state have subsisted? [220]"The evolution of whales, at one time a challenge to Darwin, have now become one of the best examples of evolution. The fossil record for whale evolution is robust because the ancestors of whales were semi-aquatic or aquatic mammals and their remains would often sink to the silty bottom of the ocean or bay where they lived. Buried in the mud the remains would quickly become entombed so their skeletons remained intact. Our current understanding of whale evolution is beautifully represented by this graphic from Berkeley website.A nice video animation summarizes the proposed process of whale evolution and it can be watched here. As Darwin argues, the large differences in forms that we see today developed over long periods of time with successive accumulated changes in form. The scale involved in the process, millions of years with many millions of individuals is often difficult for humans to appreciate or comprehend.James talked about the flying squirrel and how cute it is. Here is his photographic proof of its cuteness. flying squirrel in Kentucky, cutest animal on earth?Complex Structures The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder, but when I think of the fine known gradations, my reason tells me I ought to conquer the cold shudder. - Charles Darwin in a letter to Asa Gray (February 1860).The complexity of the eye with all of its intricate interconnecting parts seem, at first blush, to be too complex to have been formed by natural selection. This has historically been a difficult problem to solve because the eyeball does not fossilize so we are left to look for examples of eye evolution by looking at extant species. However, modern biology using molecular techniques and studying the genes involved in the production of the eye have beautifully reconstructed how a camera-like eye of vertebrates could have evolved from a simple light sensing structure seen in primitive chordates like the hagfish.hagfish with slime - photo from ecouterreThere a nice TED talk with awesome graphics that summarizes our current state of knowledge  of how the eye evolved. The opening and closing theme to Discovering Darwin is "May" by Jared C. Balogh. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Balogh/Revitalized_Eyes/MAY Copyright: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

We start with some feedback and thoughts on the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, criminal law, and Christian’s brush with Upstream Color greatness. Also Joe’s thank-you notes. Then we’re joined by Mary Ellen O’Connell to talk about international law, weapons, hacking, Stuxnet, war, and killer robots. Mary Ellen maintains that the law we have is perfectly capable of dealing with what seem like new challenges. This show’s links: Mary Ellen O’Connell’s faculty profile and writing Danielle Allen, Our Declaration The Declaration of Independence Upstream Color Dan Goodin, Meet “badBIOS,” the Mysterious Mac and PC Malware that Jumps Airgaps Oral Argument 70: No Drones in the Park (guest Frank Pasquale) Mary Ellen O’Connell, 21st Century Arms Control Challenges: Drones, Cyber Weapons, Killer Robots, and WMDs About Stuxnet Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including Article 51, which Mary Ellen references Mary Ellen O’Connell, Banning Autonomous Killing Special Guest: Mary Ellen O'Connell.

Continuing in the Book Of Romans in Chapter VII, Hope it blesses you!!

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The Account of Moses and the Pharaoh is one of the best known in literature. Moses is an archetype for heroism. Few historic personalities have been called upon to accept a heavy burden of leadership under the conditions in which Moses was called. This podcast on Chapter VII which deals with Moses and the Israelites offers an opportunity to consider the heroism and constancy of Moses as a model for our service to Jesus. Moral herosim is acquired in our determination to follow Jesus Christ and make the correct moral choices. Below are the section dividers according to our class notes: 1. Introduction 0:00 2. I. The Birth and Rescue of Moses 1:35 3. II. Moses Rebels (handout) 7:43 4. III. The Burning Bush (handout) 11:10 5. IV. The Message to Pharaoh 15:35 6. V. The Plagues (handout) 19:05 7. VI. The Passover 25:20 8. VII. The Passover Lamb as a Type of Christ 27:11 9. VIII. Escape from Egypt 33:36 10. IX. Spiritual Food in the Wilderness 35:45 11. X. The Covenant at Sinai (handout) 37:37

The study is dedicated to the poetry of South African post-Apartheid women's poetry. Working with the primary texts, the poems themselves, the focus is on different aspects of identity which are major topics in South African poetry in general. The second and main part of the study looks into the most obviously recurring themes of contemporary South African women’s poetry: • ethnic identity, the identity within a certain group of society and the depiction of the relations between the ethnic groups, is treated in Chapter VI, • gender identity, a discussion of gender problems and womanhood and motherhood, in Chapter VII and • professional identity, being an artist, a woman poet, in Chapter VIII.