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2020 Aug Review and September goals

Every year, I write a list of new activities I want to pick up. One such item which was on the list for the past 4 years finally is off the check list in 2020. This was none other than Chess. My husband and I play at least one game of chess every night after dinner. Since both of us were new, the first few days when I won every game he attributed it to my meditation. To up his game, he started practising online too with computers and other players. Now my only chess teacher is my husband. We discuss the learnings after every game irrespective of who wins.

Review of August

1.Mindful Walking
Even though I had a very small target of just 10 steps daily, this has changed my style of walking forever. I am someone who is always on the run. Now when I am running in the house too, I remind myself of mindfulness.
2.Thank you notebook
I haven’t covered this with a lot of names yet. But I made it a point to add one statement everyday. To make it a tough and useful exercise, I started by writing thank you notes for people who I find it very difficult to be thankful for.
I finished reading How to walk, Breaking the habit of being yourself, The surrender experiment, Write it down, make it happen, Three Thousand Stitches. I started 10 x rule, Journeys of a lifetime but these will take time to finish. I am currently reading Autobiography of a yogi.

Plans for September

I can stay in a plank for 37 seconds without a lot of effort. In order to improve my core stability, I want to try this everyday till I reach 120 seconds effortlessly. I will not make it difficult. Instead I will target for 1 second more daily.
2.Record a 30 sec video of myself
I am a camera shy person. It has been a really long time since I addressed a huge gathering. In order to not let fear creep in, I want to practise 30 sec – 1 minute video of myself. This helps me identify my choice of words and body language to work on improving them.
How was your August? What are your plans for September?
Happy September!

Book Review – The untethered soul

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If there is one book which I referred to everyone I spoke to since I read it, it is Untethered soul. The book has a soul which moves your soul to do what is the need of the hour. I read so many books on spirituality and awareness but no other book could convince me the need for meditation as much as this book did. It is one of the best reads of 2020. You may find the concept repetitive but it is just to drive home the point. The analogies Singer uses makes the concepts imprinted in your mind for future retrieval.

Ch1 The voice inside your head
When energy builds up inside, you want to do something about it. When you talk, that energy gets released.
Ch 2 Your inner roommate
The inner roommate keeps chattering all the time. No solution is possible if you are lost in the energy of the problem. “Who sees this? Who notices the inner disturbance” Asking these questions is the solution to your every problem.
Ch3 Who are you?
Exploring the question “Who am I?” helps you go deeper inside.
Ch4 The Lucid self
Our awareness is constantly lost in the objects around us. Whenever you want to recenter, say hello to the inside world and listen to the voice
Ch5 Infinite energy
There is infinite energy available. Food doesn’t help much when you are mentally and emotionally drained. But when you are in love, you have unlimited energy and you are never tired. To unlock this unlimited energy all the time, you need to be open and receptive. You block your heart to situations based on your previous experiences but that is just cutting you from your source of energy but not really protecting you.
Ch6 The secrets of spiritual heart
When you keep closing your heart, you start storing energy patterns called samskaras. Once they fill up, it will lead to a state of depression.
Ch7 Transcending the tendency to close
The more you protect yourself, there is little spontaneous joy and excitement. When you start watching your thoughts and stop blocking your heart, the real spiritual growth happens and you feel the change in energy levels
Ch8 Let go now or fall
Life gives you problems to grow. If you start protecting yourself from problems, they will get tougher. If you let go in the beginning, a growth happens and it doesn’t reoccur.
Ch9 Removing your inner thorn
When you have an insecurity inside you and you avoid situations which will activate them will not help in your growth. When it gets activated, notice it like a third person.
Ch10 Stealing freedom from your soul
Mind always tells you that you need to change the outside world to fix your inner problems. Relieve the mind from its job of fixing the outside world for you. When it tells you to do something, don’t participate in the conversation.
Ch11 Pain, the price of freedom
Change involves challenging what is familiar to us and daring to question our traditional needs for safety, comfort and control.
Ch12 Taking down the walls
The more you sit in the seat of witness, the more you feel independent.
Ch 13 Far, far beyond
To go beyond, you must keep going past the limits that you put on things. Your mental model bothers you, because it doesn’t incorporate reality. When you stop doing things which make you comfortable, you see why you are doing them. There are two ways you can live: you can devote your life to staying in your comfort zone, or you can work on your freedom
Ch 14 – Letting go of false solidity
Clinging creates the bricks and mortar with which we build a conceptual self. If you stop clinging, you will see why the tendency to cling was there.
Ch 15 – The path of unconditional happiness
In life, there is only one choice to make – Do you want to be happy? But we often confuse this with external conditions. The question really means is “Do you want to be happy irrespective of whatever happens?” Any condition you create will limit your happiness.
Ch 16 – The spiritual path of nonresistance
Stress only happens when you resist life’s events. You are generally using will to resist – that which has already happened or which hasn’t happened yet
Ch17 – Contemplating death
You don’t need more time before death. Live every moment of you life and let it fill you completely
Happy Meditation!

Book Review – How to walk

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Thich Nhat Hanh books give me a sense of peace just by reading. That was the only selling point of this book for me. I picked this book for understanding how to adopt mindful walking into my life. But the book did not have any real tips.

The book has a similar structure of ‘how to sit’. It is an easy read but reading it in one go defeats the purpose of the book. The best way to read this book is to read only one chapter a day to remind or motivate yourself to walk mindful daily. The book has a few anecdotes which get stuck in your head and push you to adopt mindful walking.

  • The first thing to do is lift your foot. Breathe in. Put your foot down, first your heel then your toes. Then breathe out.
  • When we return to our breathing, we return to the present which is our home.
  • Every time we take a step, we appreciate the solid earth underneath us
  • When we walk with others, the collective energy of mindfulness we generate is very powerful
  • Make a contract with staircase and walk mindfully whenever you walk on those stairs

  • Most of us walk without any chains, yet we aren’t free

Happy Walking!

2020 July Review and August goals

July had been more about my professional life than about my personal life. I found it hard to strike a balance between the both. I was spending my free time also studying the concepts related to work. The initial struggle of doing things which are beyond your current capacity is sort of more intimidating than exciting. But this struggle goes on till I bring the level to challenging and only a bit outside my comfort zone.

Review of July

1.Anulom Vilom
The major plan for July included doing Anulom Vilom daily after Kapalbhati. But in reality, I was running short of time after kapalbhati and was not really able to do anulom vilom right after that. So I moved this routine to night time just before sleeping. I did around 60 minutes of anulom vilom over the entire month which was much lower than what I had in mind. But since that set a baseline, this month, I am going to target 120 minutes of anulom vilom.
2.Reading gita
I instead attended gita classes for a few days but they turned out more about chanting hare rama hare krishna than learning the essence of gita. I had to pause it and get back to the book where I just went through the introduction and first chapter. I am afraid if the book is really helpful because it emphasises more on bhakti yoga for which I am not really ready yet.
In July, my reading list was E-squared, Headspace guide to meditation, Prana and pranayama, The Life‑Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Miracle of mindfulness, What your clutter is trying to tell youTiny Habits, Biology of belief.
Completed a few and a few are still in progress. I will start publishing the book reviews soon.

  • I started writing in my gratitude diary that today is a new day with new opportunities. That sort of helped me deal with a crisis in work and helped me set the day on a positive tone.
  • I extended my gratitude diary to the night to write about the things I am grateful for in the day
  • I also started writing my goals (mostly the big ones) as I read that writing down your goals helps you look for opportunities to achieve them
  • I started meditating twice a day and extended mindfulness into daily routines. Looking forward to experiencing visible changes with this extended mindfulness practice.
  • I started keeping my phone inside the locker during working hours which has reduced the number of times I unlock the phone to half. This has not only reduced the mindless browsing and scrolling but also helped in spending the time in focusing on my breath
  • I started learning badminton. For now, I have learnt only wrist movements.

Plans for August

1.Mindful walking
As a part of my mindfulness practices, I want to focus on mindful walking next. I am always on the run. My friends often say that it is very difficult to walk at my speed. Now, if I reduce the speed of my footsteps, I can slow down the speed of my thoughts.
To make this a habit, I will start with 10 mindful steps every morning. From the time I wake up from bed till I reach the bathroom, I will take mindful steps, breathing in and breathing out. In a day, when I stay at home, I walk around 4000 steps. In the beginning, converting everything to mindful steps might overwhelm me. So I will increase it by 20 steps every week. If I am able to do more, that is great. But the aim is to have the smallest number of steps to start with.
2.Thank you Notebook
For every person I have known so far, I will write a note in my personal notebook on why I am grateful for whatever they did for me. At the same time, I write a note why I should forgive the differences if there are any. This exercise is similar to what I planned last time but this time, I won’t be sending out any messages.That way, I will not hesitate to write down.
I will do this exercise before my night gratitude exercise.
How was your July? What are your plans for August?
Happy August!

Book Review – Yoga Nidra

Yoga nidra is a gift to mankind which helps in easy relaxation. I have been fascinated by yoga nidra and went to great lengths to make it a point to attend group sessions on yoga nidra. The magic it created in me made me go back to it over and again. When I got a chance to read this book, I wanted to understand what are the variations I can use in my daily life without needing external help.
I didn’t need to know about its uses because I practically received the benefits already. The book explained to me the reasons behind various instructions which I followed in the yoga nidra session. I didn’t know the requirement of why I should feel that my body is heavy and then again it is light before. Here I got to know that it is used to keep the mind alert. I didn’t know that order of rotation is important and I end up using my own convenient order. The order is important to establish pranic flow. All these days I have been scouring for methods to release energy from the suppressed feelings and here I get to know how the symbols used in yoga nidra already do the job for me.

  1. The ordinary things you do daily are not exactly relaxation in scientific terms
  2. There are 3 types of tensions – muscular, emotional,mental.Unless you relieve them, you will not feel refreshed even after a good night’s sleep
  3. If you are trying to change with your intellect, your results are superficial.
  4. Using sankalpas in yoga nidra, the author changed thousands of lives including criminals.
  5. Mind is extremely receptive in the state of yoga nidra.
  6. A person’s basic nature can’t be changed. It can be observed looking at his spontaneous acts
  7. Sankalpa is a major aspect in yoga nidra. Using this, you can achieve your destiny
  8. Even though sankalpa can be used to eradicate bad habits, it should be used for achieving self actualization which in turn helps in eradicating the bad habits. A greater understanding of sankalpa is needed before it is put to use.
  9. This process brings you to watch the subconscious and unconscious levels of karma, samskaras. Experiences like levitation might also occur.
  10. It has the power to active extra sensorial perception
  11. Yoga nidra and hypnosis are not the same. In hypnosis, you go into deep sleep and the brain is completely shut down whereas in yoga nidra you don’t sleep and your brain is fully awake. Ida and pingala are closed in both hypnosis and yoga nidra but in hypnosis sushumna is also closed whereas in yoga nidra sushumna takes the work of ida and pingala.
  12. The order of rotation is important because it establishes a pranic flow
  13. The images which are provided in the yoga nidra session are meant to release the energy which repressed thoughts hold.
  14. It is advisable to record the instructions or use a guided tool initially because you don’t want the brain to be working in an active state trying to recollect the order.
  15. It can be also used in a short way as a divider between work life and home life

Further Reading

  1. Learn how to use mandalas to clear the archetypes

Yoga nidra is useful to increase your learning capacity, reduction in stress, intrauterine growth in pregnant woman, reduction in hypertension, control of psychosomatic diseases, depression including suicide prevention and much more.
What are you waiting for? Go ahead and read the book to understand the science. If you don’t need the theory, record your own audio of the original instructions or use guided audios to start practising yoga nidra twice a day.
Happy relaxation!

Book Review – What your clutter is trying to tell you

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After reading The Life changing magic of tidying up, I wanted to read deeper books on decluttering. Reading the description of what is your clutter trying to tell you, I felt that this book will have answers to the questions I had in mind. I won’t consider this as a mind opening book except for the concept of boundary setting. From the culture I come from, boundary setting is the rudest thing you can ever do. But this is what I needed to hear. This one concept made the book a good read for me. The other good points in the book is the way Richardson points out how the physical clutter you hold is related to the mental beliefs you hold. The book has action points for each chapter to make you do the thinking. Rest of the book is just okay. It is short and easy. I was half expecting Richardson to write a story on his journey of moving from 2000 sq ft to 230 sq ft but that story has not been discussed in detail.
The book starts with making the reader think about the clutter and the ways in which it might be telling a story which the reader is ignoring. It sets the tone to go deeper into understanding the clutter. Then he moves on to the inner critic we all have and how we find it difficult to get past the comfort zone, in this case, living with clutter. Then he mentions the top cluster hotspots and causes of them. In the next chapter, he addresses the causes of clutters in depth where he talks about the boundary setting. Later on, he provides insights on how we hold on to clutter since we can’t get rid of certain beliefs. In the last two chapters, he addresses how to get rid of the clutter.

  • Causes of clutter
    • Excess weight is usually a protection from other’s energy, painful relationships and nasty self-talk
    • Physical clutter is sometimes the side effect of draining relationships. It is usually caused by the emotional clutter
    • Car clutter tells that you are constantly on the run
    • Hidden clutter is always calling for your attention and fuels your inner critic on what you should be doing
  • Boundary setting – Practise disappointing challenge by saying no at least 3 times a day. Start with low risk relationships. Say no whenever you don’t really want to help and if helping drains your energy
  • Statistically, we wear 20% of our clothes 80% of the time. It is time to regularly declutter the clothes you no longer wear
  • Even though it is tough, declining hand me downs which are an obligation help you save clutter
  • Look out for I might need this someday syndrome, retail therapy ( buying goods to feel better)
  • When you keep items gifted by old relationships which you no longer have, they take up the energy which prevents the formation of new relationships

To think:

  • If clutter were no longer an obstacle, what would you then have time for?
  • We pile on the stories in our minds, making it bigger, heavier, and more intimidating than it needs to be
  • Do you believe it is not spiritual to have financial abundance?
  • Fear of rejection is a reason you can’t lose weight
  • Sometimes the person you need to forgive is yourself
  • She is not an asshole. She is just wounded.

Further reading

  • The art of extreme self care

Book Review – The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

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I had great expectations from the book when I picked it up. It came up in many book recommendations and it was one of the famous books on the subject of decluttering. But I was disappointed. I finished the book in one night as there was not really any engaging content. The author goes on and on about her obsession for tidying up and how she chose a profession which involves that and helps clients tidy up without a rebound. She randomly quotes examples of different clients and their clutter. Then she ends the book saying there are no real rules except for deciding for yourself what you really need. The book and her profession looked like works on only one principle of the nudge a person needs to clean up. She doesn’t talk anywhere about how to prevent the new things from piling up after the clutter is cleared to prevent the rebound she keeps mentioning in the book.
The best thing I like about the book is the author asks you to visualize how you want the house to be and then start discarding everything which doesn’t bring you any joy.

Mistakes in tidying up

  • Tidying up by location instead of category
  • Sending the clutter to parents
  • Keep things  “just because”
  • Folding seems like extra work because you will wear it again

  • Designate a spot for every category in the house
  • The proper order is to place the clothes that are lighter in colour at the front and gradually progress to darker colours at the back
  • Fold each piece of clothing into a simple rectangle
  • Use photos, posters and ornaments to decorate the inside of cupboards
  • No music while cleaning up the house
  • Easy first and difficult ones last
  • If you feel someone else is untidy check yourself first
  • Visit model homes, ideal lifestyle
  • Hanging takes up more space than folding

Other benefits

  • People lost weight after letting go off the clutter

Food for thought

  • Letting go is even more important than adding
  • We attend seminars because we feel the passion of teacher and experience the learning environment
  • When we fold we should put heart into it and thank clothes for protecting our bodies
  • What you wear in the house impacts your self image
  • An attachment to past or anxiety about the future

Further reading

  • Learn more about Feng shui
  • The art of discarding by Nagisa Tatsumi

Happy Tidying up!

2020 June Review & July Goals

The first half of 2020 has been tough for all of us. Under pressure, you either break or have a breakthrough. If you continue to look at yourself and the world around you the same way as you always did, you might just break. Coming out of your comfort zone and looking at everything else including yourself as an outsider might give you a breakthrough. The one thing which helped me survive this half year was my perspective to look at things as an outsider. Will you give it a try?

Review of June

1.Physical Health
In June, I wanted to increase the number of Surya Namaskaras I do daily. But only after starting it, I realised that the quality matters more than the quantity. Initially I started off with 5 rounds daily, doing them for the heck of it but that didn’t feel right over the time. I slowed down and did just one round a day. But I made sure that I was breathing right and stayed for a longer time in each pose. That made me feel satisfied.
2.Mental Health
Even though I had been pracitising Kapalbhathi seriously from March, I was not able to do it for more than 3 minutes. This month, just by increasing it by one everyday, I made it to 18 minutes. But later when I read about how it generates a lot of heat in the body, I limited it to 15 a day. My breathing has never been so deeper and clearer.
Another task, I planned for the month was to forgive and thank people. Forgiving the past mistakes when times are good didn’t really make a huge difference for me. Thanking people for no occasion also felt weird. I dropped these two exercises in the first 10 days. May be I will pick them up later when the time is right.
I was busy with my academic research proposal and could not find time to read the other books much. I finished Visualization for weight loss and Emotion code. Currently reading yoga nidra, Psycho Cybernetics and Intention Experiment.
I have been heavily investing my time in picking up python coding skills from various courses on Coursera. Challenging yourself beyond your comfort zone makes you feel accomplished.

Plans for July

1.Physical health
I have started a 30 days split challenge. Each day, I do a set of exercises which help in opening up the hip flexors. With the amount of time spent in the chair looking at the screen, working on splits helps in relieving the lower back pain. Technically, achieving splits in 30 days is an overachievement. Realistically, I will keep trying for 90 days to see the outcome.
2.Mental Health
a) Anulom Vilom
After practising Kapalbhati and enjoying the fruits of it, I want to extend it to Anulom Vilom to make it a complete package.
b) Reading Gita
One of my friends mentioned that reading Bhagavad gita was a life changing experience for him. I may not be able to finish it this month, but I am going to put it on my desk and read a verse now and then during the breaks I take from office work.
How was your June? What are your plans for July?
Happy July!

2020 May review and June Goals

May hasn’t been the month it was planned to be like. It has taken me by surprise and unlocked a new version of me.

Review of May

1.Book Reviews
I wrote 6 book reviews against the target of 12. I barely reached my goal. But that is completely okay. Writing book reviews for books which I didn’t make notes meant that I go through the book from scratch again and write notes. It was good to revisit the books once again but given other schedules it didn’t seem a priority. It was also not helping the very reason I chose to write which was to get back to writing.
The best thing that happened to me this month was that I finally started cooking a variety of dishes rather than living on dal chawal. It not only kept my mouth watering but also helped in flow of my creative juices. For a year, I was just surviving on the minimum varieties I knew and now I am able to make every dish which comes to my mind. This was a part of me which I never saw before. I am glad cooking happened to me finally.
The only book I could finish this month is Letting go. The rest of the books which I am reading are Blink, Practising power of now, 100 side hustles, Frequency – Power of Personal Vibration, Future board, Asana Pranyama Mudra Bandha
Now that I am back into the habit of writing book reviews, you can expect reviews of the above books as and when I finish them.
I received 3 months unlimited coursera access which got me to binge watch courses leaving me no time for voraciously reading books. I will also write reviews of the non academic courses and also share my learnings in the upcoming articles.
Lockdown has given me the chance to get in touch with a few old friends who certified that they can see a visible change in me from the time we last spoke a few years ago. That was a definite boost to strive for continuous improvement.

Plans for June

Though the initial plan was to stick to only one activity per month, since I am going to work from home for the rest of the year given the pandemic situation, I chose to expand the targets.
1.Physical health
I currently practise body weight exercises and am happy with the progress I made. But I want to add a bit of yoga also to my routine to make it a part of my identity. The main target for the month is to start with 3 rounds of Surya Namaskara daily and increase the number by one daily based on the comfort level. I don’t have an end target number to reach but I just want to focus on pushing myself to the next comfortable level of rounds instead of just sticking to one.
2.Mental health
a) Thank you letter
I am going to write a thank you letter to every person who made a difference to my life even if it is in the smallest possible way. This activity is inspired from my gratitude diary which has helped me stay sane through this lockdown. While growing up, I was never taught to express love. Now when I have to express all of this, it sort of feels weird. But then I think I will go ahead and bring a smile on a dear one’s face in this tough time.
b) Forgive
We block a lot of good things in life because we hold on to regrets. From the book, Letting go, I realised that one of the most important ways to increase your energy level is to remove all these blocks. Since I was clueless on how to let go, I chose to follow 21 days forgiveness plan by Vanzant. Apart from that, whoever I write a thank you letter to, I will write a forgiving letter but won’t send it to them. That way, I will genuinely feel good about the thank you letter after letting go of the entire resentments I hold.
I am totally excited to unlock the next level of flexibility in my body and unblock my energy blockages by forgiving and letting go the resentments and spreading smiles through the thank you letters.
How was your May? What are your plans for June?
Happy June!

Book review- Letting Go : The Pathway To Surrender

After reading all the books on mindfulness, the secret behind staying in the present is letting go of the past. I searched for practical tips on letting go and found this book.
Hawkins gives you a different perspective towards how to approach life and explains each of them with examples on how it changed lives and quotes the research material wherever available.
In retrospection, this is not a book to read as a nighttime story and get done with.I haven’t learnt letting go by the time I was done with it. There is no step by step instruction or everyday exercises which I can follow to make it a practice. That was a disappointment for me. Otherwise, the various other information about emotions and energy levels was quite useful for me as I have been searching for books on that topic since a very long time. According to my understanding, you are majorly stuck at one level, but we can fluctuate between various levels throughout the day.
You can benefit from the book, if you read it for the first time to understand the content and pick it up again to read one concept at a time and absorb it deeply and make it a part of your identity before you move to the next one.

Detailed Review

Chapter 1 – Introduction
The foreword and preface were boring enough to question my choice of picking up the book. But when I read the plethora of options people choose to deal with life from psychotherapy to meditation and everything in between but nothing seems to work for them, that is when I fell in love with the book. I thought Hawkins was going to introduce me to something which I haven’t tried before. But after that he again bores you with high promises being made on how he is going to make your life better without coming to the point.
Chapter 2 – The Mechanism of Letting go
This chapter was mind opening for me. I wonder why no one taught how to handle emotions back at school. Hawkins says that there are three ways to handle emotions : suppression, expression and escape. If you ever wondered how Netflix sustains itself, it lives off on your need to escape from emotions.  All the heart attacks at a young age are from the repressed and suppressed feelings. You are mistaken like me if you thought expressing is the best way to deal with feelings. When you express, you are giving the feeling greater energy to take over your life and also the remnants of expression are going to be suppressed.
“Letting go involves being aware of a feeling, letting it come up, staying with it, and letting it run its course without wanting to make it different or do anything about it.”
Now this sounds so simple. But how to do it in real is why I picked this book. How do I know when I am resisting the feeling or letting it run its course?
“To be surrendered means to have no strong emotion about a thing: “It’s okay if it happens, and it’s okay if it doesn’t.”
Now this is the crux of Bhagavad Gita too, do your work and don’t expect the results.
Chapter 3 – The Anatomy of Emotions
Here is where it gets interesting. I only knew before that there are negative, neutral and positive emotions. But Hawkins introduces you to a scale of emotions with an energy tag for each of them. Lowest on the scale is Shame and highest is Peace. In this chapter, he only gives a brief description of each. Anything which is below the level of courage is negative. At the level of courage, you repairing one area of your life helps in other areas of life too.
Chapter 4 – Apathy and depression
Starting with this chapter, he gives a detailed description to give yourself a reality check on where you stand in the energy scale and what you can do to embrace the let go technique.
1.I can’t vs I won’t
“Most “I can’ts” are really “I won’ts.” Behind the “I can’ts” or the “I won’ts” is frequently a fear. Then, when we look at the truth of what is behind the feeling, we have already moved up the scale from apathy to fear.”
2.Blame – Playing the victim card
“One of the laws of consciousness is: We are only subject to a negative thought or belief if we consciously say that it applies to us. We are free to choose not to buy into a negative belief system.”
“when we let go of blame, we experience forgiveness.”
3.Getting the positive energy
“choose to be with other persons who have resolved the problem with which we struggle”
Chapter 5 – Grief
“ Acceptance is different from resignation. Resignation says, “I don’t like it, but I have to put up with it.”
“God, Grant me the
Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the
Courage to change the things I can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.”
“Where am I looking to get love rather than to give it?”
“Internal joy comes from pleasure of giving and loving then we are really invulnerable to loss”
Chapter 6 – Fear
“What one holds in mind tends to manifest. What this means is that any thought which we consistently hold in mind and consistently give energy to will tend to come into our life according to the very form in which our mind has held it.”
“The more fear we hold, the more fearful situations we attract to our life”
Chapter 7 – Desire
“the essential point of freedom is whether we have chosen consciously to fulfil a certain want, or whether we are just being blindly run by unconscious programs and belief systems.”
“Desire, especially strong desire (e.g., cravingness), frequently blocks our getting what we want.”
“identify the goals and then let go of wanting them”
“the unconscious will allow us to have only what we think we deserve”
Chapter 8 – Anger
“The way to offset this anger is to acknowledge and relinquish the pride, surrender our desire for the pleasure of self-pity and, instead, view our efforts on behalf of others as gifts. We can experience the joy of being generous with others as its own reward.”
Chapter 9 – Pride
“The attempt to suppress pride out of guilt simply does not work.”
“Pride is sometimes seen as a motivator of achievement, what would be its higher level substitute? One answer would be joy. What is wrong with joy as the reward for successful achievement, rather than pride?”
Chapter 10 – Courage
This chapter doesn’t have any suggestions. It only talks about how great a state courage is to be in.
“On the level of courage, we really start becoming conscious. It dawns on us that we have the freedom and the capacity to choose.”
Chapter 11 – Acceptance
“I’m okay,” “You’re okay,” and “It’s okay.”
Chapter 12 – Love
“Forgiveness is an aspect of love that allows us to see life events from the viewpoint of grace.”
“Out of humility, all opinions about others are surrendered”
Chapter 13 – Peace
It is a state achieved by people like Buddha. Just good to know about it but might be impractical to reach it.
Chapter14-Chapter 20
From here on, it is loads of theory backed by research and examples. You can feel free to skip these chapters unless you are not convinced that letting go works.
Happy letting go!

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Re: [Amps] Henry 2003 Filter for 20002A Amp

Subject: Re: [Amps] Henry 2003 Filter for 20002A Amp
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:20:31 -0400 (EDT)
List-post: <>
If you send the filter to me I can tune it.  I'll do ya' better than a spectrum
analyzer.  I have two Agilent 2 port network analyzers here in my lab at work.
You pay shipping both ways, and I'll take care of it.  I have connector
adapters for UHF, N, BNC, SMA and SMP.

Steve Fraasch, K0SF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Bonner" <>
To: "Roger" <>,, "W0UN -- John
Brosnahan" <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:43:26 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
Subject: Re: [Amps] Henry 2003 Filter for 20002A Amp

I would think the tuning on this filter would require a spectrum analyzer or
other high tech devices to set properly.

I wouldn't touch it unless somebody has already been diddle sticking it.

The 3002 device is completely fixed components.

I'm having a bit of trouble following each reply as I've seen 2003, 2002,
3002, and 3003 referenced.

But having the actual name in one post brought it home.

The amps will run without the external filter if yours is screwed up.
You will have to get a hold of somebody with the equipment to re-tweak it
back in as it will require actually sweeping the thing and setting the
attenuation points.

I've never done one and Henry doesn't have anybody working anymore.

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger []
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:31 AM
To:;; W0UN -- John Brosnahan
Subject: Re: [Amps] Henry 2003 Filter for 20002A Amp

This looks like a simple, inexpensive, and good remedy if needed.

Roger (K8RI)

> If you need to replace the Henry 3002 filter here is a good article
> on a harmonic filter design with reference to the original article.
> 'Stub Filters Revisited' by John Regnault, G4SWX, Radio Communication
> (RSGB), November 1994
> --John  W0UN

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Re:Posting replies....
From: Didier Juges <>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 21:43:35 -0600
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Since there seems to be a shortfall of tower topics to talk about, I will say that:

If you properly edit the message you are responding to so that only the relevant portion is left, and you are only commenting on ONE question, concept or statement in the original message, it does not matter very much if you "top post" or "bottom post" (is that a proper term?)

However, sometimes you want to respond independently to a number of elements in a single message, there of course it is necessary to place your response immediately following the statement you are responding to, and break down the original message into fragments if necessary, with each fragment being followed by your comment, so that it is obvious what you are commenting on.

That's the way I usually do it now and I have not been flamed (for that) yet :-)

In my case, it is a result of using e-mail for more than casual business correspondence. I have found that in business, it is not always appropriate or practical to edit a message you are responding to, and in many cases, I prefer to keep the entire original message, particularly when I copy my response to people who did not necessarily receive the original message. In this case, the thread can get quite long, and top posting is a necessity. So, on newsgroups, I tend to do the same thing out of habit (which is not necessarily a good reason for doing things, I'll admit.)

netiquette is about practicality and efficiency. Nothing says that it cannot change to reflect current ways of doing things, and current tools that make it more convenient. The internet was created by people who did not want to do things the old way, so let's not get ourselves locked into an old way just because that's the way we did it back then. By the way, I was there back then, posting to BBS's, uucp and then usenet through a 300 baud modem I built in the early 80's.

Didier KO4BB

At 07:54 PM 1/3/2004, Zach White wrote:
A: Because it's not how conversation flows.
Q: Why shouldn't I top post?

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HM&F image folder ,,,

Hi All :-) the sun has been shining all day and instead of spending time getting my lily white legs bronzed I shut myself in my craft room and had a play ,,,, I had the house to myself ,, DH at work and DD sitting her art exam ,,, time for me to have a play with no interruptions !! :-)

I made this little folder to hold some House Mouse stamped images.. now for those of you that have received stamped images from me ,, my apologies ,, I generally just pop them in a boring envelope :-/

I followed the fab sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge who are celebrating their 3rd Blogoversary !! Congratulations to them , it is one of my fave challenges and I try to join in as often as poss :-)

I used my very cute Amanda Writes stamp ,,, this has to be THE most versatile stamp ever ,, just write what the occasion is for and no one expects a mouse to write neatly so it doesn’t matter if your handwriting sucks like mine !! :-) I coloured her with copics and inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. The papers are Basic Grey from the Manila paper pad. I used a Martha Stewart Mouse Halloween border punch. I used some Jillibean Soup twine and I used a button as a fastener so a piece of twine, fastened at the back could wrap around it . The mouse feet are made using a very old Penny Black stamp that I think is retired now ,,, shame ,, Sad smile

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Sketch Saturday ,, Sketch + Blog Hop

Creative Stamp Friends ,,,,, Gift Package

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Sentimental Sundays ,,,, Anything But a Card

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Papertake Weekly ,,,, Dawny’s Sketch :-)

Hi all :-) Hope all is well with you all :-)

Well another Tuesday arrives in no time and we have a new sketch challenge over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fab $20 spree on offer for one lucky entrant !! :-)

For my card I used one of my new House Mouse stamps, this one is called Muscle Mouse, I love the weight sweeties on a cottton bud ,,, soo cute :-) I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with an orange chalk ink. The papers are Basic Grey Sweet Threads, I love the colours in this pad ,, lovely ! The sentiment was stamped using a Lawn fawn clear Harolds Alphabet set. I added some Star Dust stickles, a few eyelets, ribbon and buttons to finish Smile

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some goregous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the PTW to see them :-)

Challenges :

The Cheerful Stamp Pad ,,, for a special reason ( I am hoping for good exam results for my DS ,, need to make another one too for DD !! )

Craft Your Passion ,,, What a Guy

Cupcake Craft ,,, Orange/Yellow/Green/White ,, I have pink too is that OK ,, if not delete my entry :-)

Dream Valley ,,,,, Stamp Something

Cupcake Inspirations ,,, Inspirational photo ,, I have all of the colours

Catch the Bug ,,,, Bright Colours

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You clean yourself up, call all the parents. Of course, everyone is understanding and happy holi quotes you the best. Everyone of course, except little Johnny’s dad. He’s upset because he can’t possibly take two days off in row. But alas, you hang up the phone and crawl into bed. You have lost a day’s pay and have the plague to thank for it.

Now, the first thing that ought to do is look for a car insurance policy which fits your budget, your driving record and the type of coverage which you require. In other words, you have to be practical. It doesn’t matter if you pick a low coverage plan or something which costs a little more than what others are getting. What matters is that you pick something which fits your needs at the present. There will be plenty of time for changes later on.

Of course, things aren’t quite that simple. Even after you’ve carried out the task of compiling various quotes, there is still have the work of looking for the most comprehensive policy for the least amount of money, something which requires a little more work.

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“The “A Prayer for Gloria” (title of journal) series is about family and faith, but our world is far more diverse. As long as you are respectful, coherent and thought-provoking with your emails, your thoughts will be printed — whether you believe in God or not.

Also tuning in to your spouses talents, hobbies, and interests don’t hurt either. For example husbands if your wife loves watching Dancing with the Stars and wishes in her dreams to become a ballroom dancer become her genie and go purchase an eight-week course of ballroom dancing at your local dance studio. On the other hand for the ladies, if your man enjoys the tune of a certain instrument like maybe a guitar go out and invest in just that with maybe some lessons to back him up.

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malmazuke says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:45am

Original, but not very fun on a pc

jrap says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:49am

that's okay, i didn't need any sleep after making games for 48 hours anyway.

Lacaranian says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:49am

Was the "why is my head hurting?" autobiographical? Because parasites are no laughing matter. Good entry!

Colorvade says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:15am

Well that was novel. One of the more original and accurate takes on the theme.

jtpup0 says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:20am

Awesome, I thought it would be cheerful and happy, but then I looked beneath the surface.

furriKira says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:29am

That was weird... morbid... and somehow comical.
Quite entertaining but quite offsetting for younger audiences as well.

It's good overall.

Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:33am

I like that you automatically remove the last bits of the top layer if it's empty enough.

JavadocMD says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:28am

Wow. Disturbing and satisfying all at the same time.

Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:42am

That was a whole new level of creepy. :P

Yozz says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:47am

ahmeni says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:07am

gikdew says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:24am

Nice one, a little bit laggy

Kar says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:29am

That was amazing! Maybe not a real game as it is defined, but the great concept of game/app!

manabreak says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:53am

Not technically a game, but... It was quite original, I have to admit. :p

John Drury says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:56am

Difficult to scratch with a mouse.

Crefossus says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:56am

Great fit to theme.

GAFBlizzard says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:58am

This is impressive and creative, but in the "Please seek psychological help" way rather than the "This is a good thing" way. :/ I realize it may be artistic expression, but please consider it.

Techblogogy says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:12am

That was unexpected

Custard Games says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:26am

That was.... dark. Yet somehow it really intrigued me. I'm not sure I'll ever understand it... xD

terraco says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:43am

As an aspiring psychopath I can see I still have a long way to go. Thanks for opening my eyes

hissssssssss says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:52am

I love the children's-book aesthetic! You expect something different from what actually shows up.

Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:37am

Well that was different and some of the things made me lol.

Nice work.

Chaoclypse says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:45am

Weird and morbid. Interesting!

Druid says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:38pm

Maybe boring, but art is amazing!

Foofur says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:48pm

Disturbing but funny in a way. Really fits the theme.

Caridorc says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 1:38pm

This was so unexpected and 'beneath the surface'... Scary sometimes but very intense and interesting. Very good!

flrn says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 1:43pm

fun, sometimes I went through multiple layers at once though

madhoe says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:14pm

...I did not just spend 15 minutes just scratching pages off, did I?

PapyGaragos says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:09pm

It's nice to see a game that uses the theme as a mechanic instead of using it as a context :)
That's a nice graphical effect you have there, removing a layer feels right. Also I like the (rare) sounds effects :)

Korwegian says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:51pm

WHUT?! WHUT?! WHUT?! O_O Can you make the cocaine scratch 'n sniff?

Tanner says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:33pm

Nice! How many pictures have you made?

Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:44pm

Neat ! It's really fun and addictive ! It reminds me Molyneux's Curiosity : what's inside the cube :) Great job !

lamphj says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:55pm

Creepy! nice job :)

mollymus says ...
Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:43pm

Pretty cool tech, but could've used some actual gameplay:p Extra points for your approach on the theme!

MidCry says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:11am

Some how remind me of Cube (22 Cans) ... Good Job

TomCooper3D says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:22am

nice work! i felt the urge to scratch through to the bottom and erase the whole game all at once. damn your layer limit

Newt_ says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:04am

Well, that was...unique.

shuanDang says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:45am

...I saw an apple and got hungry... Way to ruin my appetite!

Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:18am

I played in fullscreen at night... now I can't sleep hahaha
I lol'd many times though
Awesome mechanics!

Lost King says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:44am

Haha, wasn't expecting some of the things I found inside. This was great. Good job!

Secret_Tunnel says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:01am

That was a really freaking cool concept. For a second I thought there might be some sort of secret confidential war document under there or something and the game was gonna take a huge twist... THAT would have blown my mind. But yeah, take this concept and make my dream game. I'll be waiting.

danidre14 says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:12am

Ahhh I liked it. Spiders! Worms! Very fun indeed.

Skywilly says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:29am

Very fun and the theme is perfectly respected ;)

Logun says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:43am

Very pleasant to discover all these images ! :) I can't stop digging !

Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:04am

Pretty brilliant. Love the uncovering effect (will have to dig into the source for this) :) I went through all the pics until the started repeating and assume that was all there was? I really enjoyed myself. Fun on a basic level.

greysphere says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:18am

Cool, you turned my Cintiq into a new gaming platform! That was really disturbing. Good sense of humor ... I hope?

Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:54am

Not sure if the scrapping is gonna end or not :v
I choose to end it myself. Might've better if something happened and ended it. :)

Jonochrome says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:01pm

Awesome idea and presentation, although I managed to severely glitch out the game with loads of layers at once several times. Unless that isn't a glitch, but it sure feels like it wasn't intended.

conormn says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:58pm

That was really great! Incredibly well executed too! Well done.

Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:27pm

great concept.. im a sucker for particles :)

Mekuri says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:17pm

This was different- I imagine it's more entertaining and satisfying on a tablet- Nonetheless points for originality and good use of the theme!

Afal says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:55pm

Cool! Don't have a tablet but I can imagine it works pretty well with the revealing mechanic :)

Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:09pm

Freaky man!

rubna says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:40pm

very original! Scratching stuff away was very satisfying :3 Maybe it would have been cool if there had been some sort of underlying narrative thing, but that's just an idea.

Great work!

IAmSpencer says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:11pm

That was really unique gameplay mechanic. Great take on the theme, kept me interested. Good job :)

GFM says ...
Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:52pm

This was really interesting and funny... but it got tiresome with a mouse...
Still, I played until it started repeating and the some more. Really nice game!!

Boodog says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:16am

Good job! Pretty original :)

Secret_Tunnel says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:35am

Oh wait, I didn't realize that there was more to it than just that first and second layer! Alright, this was pretty great. Glad I played it a second time!

Jake_Cohen says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:18am

This was super neat! I wish i owned a tablet

TobiasW says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:58am

Haha - I like it. It's certainly not very fun to play on a computer, but I have no idea how I'd do it otherwise, so who am I to criticize that? The child-book like look and feel is well executed either way.

While it wasn't fun to *play*, it certainly was a lot fun to see all the different unexpected images and the things that happened.

I'd love to have the same with music (maybe something inappropriately upbeat?) - and in a non-random order. Especially not with things repeating before I've seen everything.

Apart from that: I quite enjoyed it. Thanks a lot!

noom says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:54am

I thought this was going to be pleasant and almost like a children's story book. I feel very uncomfortable right now.

RyotaRaven55 says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 6:27am

Creepy...yet very good. Good job!

rojo says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:25am

Scratching off the surface of each page was pretty satisfying.

Hypnohustla says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:33am

Great thinking on the theme. 5 stars on that department definitely. :) Those spiders were a really cool addition. Thanks for making this, really happy to have played it :)

Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:18am

Nice concept, the scratching is fun! Not to sure about the message though :)

spotco says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:58am

lol wut
(played on a tablet too, so I got the real experience)

randoman says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:25am

I liked the animation, but it gets tiresome after some time.

Filecreation says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:32am

Kind of dark humor, but theres nothing wrong with that.
It did bug out the first time I ran it, where it wouldnt stop "cleaning" the slates. Maybe its an idea to put in a button that you need to press to clean the top layer off.

I loved the whole scratch-off-surface though!

ezolotko says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:33pm

Yeah. This is it.

pancakecity says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:03pm

There was a glitch on one of my playthroughs where parts of random pages appeared and disappeared suddenly, and bugs and spiders kept spawning. I was horrified

Gins says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:19pm

This is a book I wouldn't read to my kids ._.
At least not unless they really deserve it :)

orangepascal says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:53pm

interesting take on the theme, could use a bit more gaming elements I guess, but it sure kept me busy for a while :)

Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:54pm

Great game, keeps you going until you've seen it all, or at least you think you've seen it all...! :) Very creepy, too!

metkis says ...
Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:06pm

Interesting premise, I wish there was more of a game to it.

BoneDaddy says ...
May 1, 2014 @ 2:06am

This is beyond awesome. The lighting on the tile is really good. The creepiness of the maggots and the spiders! I LOVE IT! I think it might be a bit glitchy though

SonnyBone says ...
May 1, 2014 @ 8:56am

I want to crawl inside your skull and eat my way out - 5/5

tomvert says ...
May 1, 2014 @ 9:38am

What ??? My family is robots ??? Funniest entry yet ! :D I love it. Perfect dark humour, the scratching mechanic matches the theme perfectly. Perfect for tablet !

conno1234 says ...
May 1, 2014 @ 2:05pm

The scratch off effect was so cool!

recursor says ...
May 1, 2014 @ 5:41pm

Very cool effect rubbing away the layers and quite an original idea.

badlydrawnrod says ...
May 1, 2014 @ 8:21pm

That is very clever. I was surprised by the spiders.

Loneshark says ...
May 2, 2014 @ 12:40am

Well that was certainly different!

hyouko says ...
May 2, 2014 @ 2:02am

Delightfully gross.

jacklehamster says ...
May 3, 2014 @ 4:52am

Interesting idea, but I would have liked some sort of story to follow. The images seem a bit random

GamerTaters says ...
May 3, 2014 @ 11:51am

Great interpretation of the theme. Very original. That parasites one was pretty dark, wasn't expecting it. Well done.

Thorig says ...
May 3, 2014 @ 3:31pm

Not really a game, but a nice entry.

petey123567 says ...
May 3, 2014 @ 7:15pm

Really came alive when those bugs came out! :)

JaJ says ...
May 4, 2014 @ 12:59pm

Very unique and great use of theme. Really, really cool!

XenosNS says ...
May 4, 2014 @ 2:22pm

Lovely idea

lorniebear says ...
May 4, 2014 @ 2:47pm

Good mood, whether or not the mood was disturbing is another question

May 5, 2014 @ 2:15am

AWESOME. I loved the part where that punk found out he had parasites. He was a jerk anyway.

Garris says ...
May 5, 2014 @ 5:36am

Very good use of theme, and extremely innovative/unique. It felt a little janky on pc, but you some things just work better on tablets. Good job, and that was a rad alligator.

gmaker says ...
May 5, 2014 @ 6:42pm

its high five!!

wschorn says ...
May 5, 2014 @ 10:55pm

May 6, 2014 @ 5:03am

Ha, great :D

I love how you don't explain anything, and you figure it out via going "what do I around hereohhhhhhhhh"

Nezzhil says ...
May 6, 2014 @ 4:44pm

Weird, dark , but interesting idea

zebi24 says ...
May 7, 2014 @ 11:02am

I like this a lot, such a cool effect to scratch the surface, really unique, the most interesting entry so far.

c1tr00z says ...
May 7, 2014 @ 8:05pm

Very cool and strange. Eat pill bro, i hope your head stop hurting!

BadPaul34 says ...
May 10, 2014 @ 11:52am

Original concept, great way to read tablet books for kids! Clever use of the theme. Would have been great with more noises or some music :)

elefantopia says ...
May 11, 2014 @ 12:21am

Wow, I didn't think I would enjoy scratching off the pages as much as I did. Creepiness with the spiders! Very cool entry.

King_Mew says ...
May 12, 2014 @ 1:03am

Well, that was interesting. It was a bit glitchy for me and I ended up going through multiple layers with one stroke for some reason. Unless that was intended?

Moosefly says ...
May 17, 2014 @ 12:25am

That picture did not prepare me for what was coming! Even though it isn't much of a game, it was a superb experience with a satisfying amount of interactivity. I think it worked really nicely on a computer too, even though on a tablet this would've probably been epic. Now you just need to create more content and wait for while the cash rolls in :P.

klianc09 says ...
May 17, 2014 @ 3:06pm

Really great, but scratching multiple surfaces at once can get quite laggy.

Nanolotl says ...
May 19, 2014 @ 3:46am

Very original idea, and was quite amusing. It would have been more enjoyable if it was limited to only removing one layer at a time though as I feel like I missed things by only ever seeing half of some layers. (That may have been a bug, but I'm not sure)

rylgh says ...
May 19, 2014 @ 6:44am

Yeah... removing multiple layers at once was an ill-conceived feature, not a bug.

Thanks for the feedback, and thanks to everyone else for theirs as well.

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PORTS: Ports to other platforms can be done after the deadline. That said, the sooner you finish your port, the sooner people can play your game, improving your chances of placing in the final results. For best results, provide a Web version of your game, or a Windows version with no dependencies. Also be sure to rate about 20 games to improve your visibility.

MY GAME DOESN’T SHOW UP: If you can’t find your game, it’s usually because the URL to your downloads are missing ‘http://‘. Fix your URLs ( and you will show up.

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Guest Blog Box of Books

This is a guest post that reviewer and book blogger Karen Laird asked me to write for  ShadetreeBlogging.  It’s part of her Box of Book series. Thanks for including me, Karen!

Box of Books

One box? One? Oh, the agony! There’s no weight limit for this Box of Books, right? Because while compiling the list I realize my selections are weighty tomes!

My choices clearly reflect my love of learning, metaphysics, art, history, the classics, and the exotic.  Hope this Box is sturdy!

  1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin: Darcy and Elizabeth…their story never gets old! “I’m all astonishment!”
  2.  The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George: A delicious saga of love, lust, power, and ancient Egypt.
  3. Vanity Fairby William Makepeace Thackeray: Fun-fun-fun! A Regency era  Desperate Housewives. And good for a cry too.
  4. Bible: King James Version
  5. The Zohar: This is the guide to ancient Jewish mysticism, aka Kabbalah.
  6. The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich: Better than visiting an Art Museum.
  7. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon: History! Yummy!
  8. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence: A sweeping romantic war story about Lawrence of Arabia.
  9. The Complete works of Shakespeare: Well, I do have a degree in English literature so not including The Bard is a literary sin!

10: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: One of my faves. Gothic creepy at it’s finest.

11:  The Clothing of the Renaissance World by Ann Rosalind Jones and Margaret F. Rosenthal: Both the detailed descriptions and exceptional woodcut prints in this 500-page text appeal to my fashionista side. Folks knew how to dress back then! (Well, at least the nobility.)

12. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie: I recommend this book to my students. I tell them to memorize it if they want to rule the world. Mwahaha

13. Gardners’ Art Through the Ages by Richard G. Tansey and Fred S. Kleiner: With extensive commentary and beautiful photos it’s a  visual and educational feast.

14 & 15:  The Far Pavilions volumes 1 & 2 by M.M. Kaye: A tale of love, war, maharajas, the Himalayas, and India.

Now, all I need is Box of TIME to read and reread all these treasured volumes!

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Mark Saunders Builder of Beach Homes on Coastal Living’s Best Beach in North Carolina

Posted on July 27, 2020 in News

Developer Mark Saunders has been building coastal homes in the Holden Beach area for more than 35 years.

The summer issue of Coastal Living® magazine named Holden Beach “The Best Beach in North Carolina”. During the current travel environment, eastern U.S. vacationers are, more than ever, appreciating all that southern North Carolina beaches offer. Most summer weeks of island rental homes are at 100% occupancy and many oceanfront homes are already reserved for 2021. As the #1 Vacation Rental Builder on the island of Holden Beach, we want to make certain that you know, whether your plan is for a revenue-producing vacation home that you and your family can use part-time or an island retreat strictly for your enjoyment, now is the time to build. Interest rates are at historical lows and construction costs are currently stable.

When you choose to work with Mark Saunders Luxury Homes®, you’ll also receive a huge added bonus – Coastal Vacation Resorts. When your beach home has been designed and construction is complete, let CVR market, manage and rent it for you. We provide superior management services and we will work hard to create pleasing vacations for your valued guests, which will generate a significant annual income stream for you. Our oceanfront office is located on Holden Beach, immediately upon turning right at the bottom of the bridge. Our Guest Services Representatives, Property Manager, Housekeeping Supervisor, Maintenance Team, Marketing Director, Reservationists, and Accounting Manager are all in-house and dedicated to managing every aspect of your rental property, making home ownership and income generation worry-free.

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Heartburn and Pregnancy

“Doctor! What can I do? I’m burning up!”

Linda was 7 months pregnant and the heartburn was overwhelming. To her, it seemed constant. She couldn’t lie down at night. The discomfort of her bulging belly was nothing in comparison.

Linda has a lot of company. Heartburn (a symptom of gastro-esophageal reflux disease or GERD) occurs in one-quarter to one-half of all pregnant women. It usually begins in the first or second trimester of pregnancy and continues throughout the remainder of the pregnancy. Fortunately, the heartburn is usually mild and intermittent, but frequently enough, it is troublesome or severe. Complications of GERD (esophageal bleeding, trouble swallowing, loss of weight, etc.) are uncommon. In non-pregnant circumstances, heartburn is easily and successfully treated since there are several types of medication that are highly effective in relieving heartburn. The problem is that we do not know how safe these medications are for the developing fetus, and no one is going to test them in pregnant women to find out! About the best we can do is test them in pregnant animals at doses much higher than would ever be used in humans.

The cause of GERD during pregnancy is a bit more complicated than in the non-pregnant state. The basic cause–reflux of acid from the stomach into the esophagus–is the same. Similar to the situation with GERD in the non-pregnant state, the lower esophageal sphincter (the muscle at the lower end of the esophagus that normally prevents acid from refluxing) is weak in pregnancy. This probably is an effect of the high levels of estrogens and especially progesterones that are part of pregnancy. This weakness resolves after delivery. It is not known whether unexplained, transient relaxations of the sphincter, a common cause of reflux in the non-pregnant state, also occur in pregnancy. It also is not known if the contraction (motility) of the esophagus above the sphincter–a common contributor to GERD in the non-pregnant state–is impaired in pregnancy and is responsible for delaying the clearance of acid from the esophagus back into the stomach. What makes pregnancy different is the distortion of the organs in the abdomen and the increased abdominal pressure caused by the growing fetus. These changes clearly promote the reflux of acid.

The management of GERD during pregnancy involves many of the same principles as management in the non-pregnant state. Specifically, the so-called “lifestyle” changes should be meticulously followed. The two feet of the head of the bed should be raised on 6 to 8 inch blocks. Alternatively–and perhaps more conveniently–a 6 to 8 inch wedge-shaped foam rubber pad should be used to elevate the upper body. It is important that the foam be firm enough to truly elevate the upper body. The wedge should also extend all the way to the waist so that the entire chest is elevated. Lying on the left side at night may decrease acid reflux just as it does in non-pregnant patients with GERD. (In this position, it is physically more difficult for acid to reflux into the esophagus.) Occasionally, it may be necessary to sleep in a recliner chair at a 45-degree or greater angle. Any specific foods that aggravate heartburn should be avoided (e.g., coffee, cola, tea, alcohol, chocolate, fat, citrus juices, etc.) Frequent, small meals should be eaten rather than three large meals, and the last meal of the day should be early in the evening. After meals, pregnant women with heartburn should not lie down. After the evening meal, no further liquids should be consumed. (The more empty the stomach at bedtime, the less likely there will be reflux of acid.) Smoking, of course, should be discontinued for several reasons, including the fact that it aggravates reflux. Chewing gum also may be helpful. Chewing gum stimulates saliva which contains bicarbonate. The saliva and bicarbonate are swallowed,and the bicarbonate neutralizes the acid that has refluxed into the esophagus.

If lifestyle changes are not adequate, treatments with substances that are minimally absorbed into the body (and, therefore, not a potential threat to the fetus) should be started. Such treatments include antacids (e.g., Maalox, Mylanta), alginic acid/antacid combination (Gaviscon), and sucralfate (Carafate). The most reasonable starting regimen is antacids alone, one hour after meals and at bedtime. It may be necessary to alternate magnesium and aluminum-containing antacids to avoid diarrhea or constipation . If antacids are not effective alone, then the antacids should be continued and alginic acid/antacid added. The antacids and alginic acid/antacid should be taken after meals and at bedtime, more frequently if necessary.

If sucralfate is being used, it should be taken one-half hour before or after doses of antacids or alginic acid/antacid for maximal effect. (Sucralfate acts by coating and protecting the lining of the esophagus and stomach and is more effective in an acidic environment.) A small study in pregnant women has shown sucralfate to be successful in relieving heartburn. Further, studies in animals have not shown effects of sucralfate on the fetus.

Some antacids, alginic acid/antacid, and sucralfate contain aluminum, and small amounts of aluminum are absorbed into the body. However, the extra aluminum does not accumulate in the body unless there is impairment in the function of the kidneys, which normally excrete the excess aluminum. Therefore, absorption of aluminum probably does not represent a problem for the fetus unless the mother has kidney impairment.

Theoretically, magnesium-containing antacids could slow labor. (Intravenous magnesium has been used therapeutically to slow labor that is progressing too rapidly.) This potential problem, however, would only apply to magnesium-containing antacids taken just prior to labor and is not of concern earlier in pregnancy.

Antacids may interfere with iron absorption, and iron is important for the growing fetus. Nevertheless, pregnant women usually receive supplemental iron and a slight decrease in iron absorption (considering the use of supplements) should not result in a deficiency of iron. Moreover, insufficient iron intake or absorption is easily detected in blood tests as iron deficiency anemia.

If antacids, alginic acid/antacid, and sucralfate are not effective in controlling heartburn, probably the safest absorbed drugs that can be given are the H2 antagonists, specifically, cimetidine (Tagamet), ranitidine (Zantac), and famotidine (Pepcid). Although there are no studies in pregnant women, animal studies have shown no effects on the fetuses of pregnant animals. Nizatidine (Axid) should not be used because effects on the fetuses of animals have been shown, although at much greater doses than those used in humans.

Proton pump inhibitors are similar to the H2 antagonists with respect to their safety. Lansoprazole (Prevacid), rabeprazole (Aciphex), pantoprazole (Protonix), and esomeprazole (Nexium) have been shown to be safe when tested in pregnant animals, but because they are newer, experience with them is less than with the H2 antagonists. They should be used only when H2 antagonists in normal doses fail to control heartburn. Omeprazole (Cimetidine, Zegerid) probably should be avoided since although there are nostudies in pregnant womenshowing problems, it has been shown to have effects on the fetuses of animals at very high doses in some studies.

Concerns about the use of H2 antagonists and proton pump inhibitors are greatest during the first trimester when small drug-induced alterations in fetal development can result in major abnormalities at birth. Concerns are less during the second trimester and even less during the third trimester when most critical development of the fetus already has taken place.

Metoclopramide (Reglan) is used infrequently in treating GERD. Effects on the fetuses in animals has not been demonstrated and it can be used in pregnancy. Because of its neurologic side effects, however, it should be the drug of last resort.

This information is provided by MedicineNet.


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Field Courses

Bring M&A Source educational courses to your organization, office, or event!

The M&A Source now allows certain organizations to offer courses at their own events; cutting down on travel time and expenses for your members and employees. Check out these courses  available to be taught in the field:

  • Course #324 – Business Valuation for M&A
  • Course #325 – Business Valuation in M&A: The Income Approach
  • Course #350 – M&A Opportunities in the Health Industry
  • Course #363 – Overcoming Complexities of Selling Manufacturing Companies
  • Course #368 – Obtaining Quality Engagements with Quality Sellers through Networking
  • Course #369 – The Subtle Art of Educating the Client
  • Course #383 – Keys to successful outcomes in the Due Diligence process
  • Course #388 – Marketing in Today’s World
  • Course #415 – The Art of Deal Making as a Buy-Side Advisor – A Report from the Trenches
  • Course #416 – Helping Sellers Identify the Most Suitable Buyer & Type Transaction When Selling Their Company
  • Course #426 – Determining Required Working Capital
  • Course #427 – Working Capital Skills Development Lab
  • Course #428 – Tax Returns and hidden key points for M&A
  • Course #441 – The Life Cycle of a Private Equity Transaction
  • Course # 442 – Fundamentals of Lower Middle-Market Private Equity – Teasers and CIMS
  • Course #470 – Adding Value by Developing Industry Expertise
  • Course #481 – Managing an M&A Auction in the Lower Middle Market

If you would like to schedule a field course, please review the guidelines below before completing the form to request course approval.

Questions? Email

Field Course Rules and Regulations

Through the M&A Source, M&A advisors and business brokerage professionals are able to advance their understanding of the industry and sharpen their skills, enabling them to develop a more successful practice.  By taking a variety of courses, members can earn the prestigious Merger & Acquisition Master M&A advisor (M&AMI) designation. The M&AMI is an elite designation that affords professional growth and marketability unlike any other in the M&A profession. Members can also earn the Certified M&A Professional (CM&AP) Certificate through a separate program.

The M&A Source offers courses at our bi-annual conference, but some courses are made available for instruction outside of these events to select groups. Courses can be offered by other M&A or Main Street associations and their affiliates, or by companies wishing to enhance the knowledge level of their employees.

M&A Source Manager and Education Chair must approve all field courses.

To Schedule a Field Course

The affiliate/organization will designate one contact person who will communicate with the M&A Source Manager to facilitate the scheduling and implementation of the course.

At least 45 days prior to the date of the event, the affiliate/organization must notify M&A Source staff of the date and location of the course. Please contact

The affiliate organization must use M&A Source Education Committee approved and certified instructors to teach the course. The M&A Source staff will assist in finding an M&A Source approved instructor. The affiliate organization offering the course will be completely responsible for all expenses involved in producing the event, which normally will include the instructor expenses, facility charges, any meal costs, and all promotional costs incurred. The M&A Source will not be responsible for any payment related to the event. M&A Source does not give exams for courses offered, unless requested by affiliate organization at time of requesting the course. If requested the Instructor will come prepared with exams and allow time at the end of the course to take the exam.

The M&A Source staff will post the course information to M&A Source’s educational calendar.

All required course materials will be shipped directly to the field course location by the M&A Source. Course materials typically include the participant guide and any necessary handouts and evaluation forms. Items such as name tent cards are to be printed by the organization if desired.

Field Course Request Form

All courses offered by the M&A Source are 4 hours/4 credits.

The affiliate group will cover the cost of the instructor at the same rate as they are paid for teaching at a conference,  which is $500 per 4 hour course.   The cost for attendees to take the course is a fee determined by M&A source of not less than $55 per person, and an amount necessary to cover printing and shipping and handling cost attendee.

Instructor(s) fees payable directly to instructor at time of course presentation:

  • One-half day course (4 hours): $500
  • Transportation: The travel allowance for instructor includes local transfers, round-trip coach airfare or best-cost airfare. This amount should be agreed upon between the instructor and the sponsoring organization before travel commences. If instructor should travel by car the cost to travel is reimbursed based on IRS standard mileage rates for business in the year course is being taught.
  • Lodging: Allowable room rates are those being charged for the site hotel or other hotel approved by the sponsoring organization. The allowance should include room costs for one night and no more than two nights.
  • Meals: The recommended per diem for meal and personal expense is up to $75 per day of instruction ($50 per half-day courses).
  • Miscellaneous: Out of pocket expenses as required by the course instructor.

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Course

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Course

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (optional)

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  Course

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.  Break

2:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Course

Within seven (7) days after the completion of the course:

The contact should mail the final roster of attendees and completed evaluation forms to M&A Source Headquarters. This will be used for attendee’s course credit.

The contact will mail one check for total course fees.


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More Things in Mouths

Found in The Art of Looking Sideways:

17.3.1974 7.25 p.m. Leeds-London train

The woman in the corner seat wears a green velvet coat trimmed with imitation fur, and knee-length maroon suede boots. She falls asleep, sinking into the corner of the seat. Her red velvet skirt slides up around her thighs; her mouth falls open and is reflected in the window, superimposed on the night landscape outside. The train runs parallel with a motorway: cars and lorries rush into her mouth, their headlights on full. She wakes up coughing.

Ian Breakwell’s Diary. 1964-1985

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Unions in Manitoba and across the country have been pushing for CPP expansion for decades, despite the fact that union Collective Agreements provide workplace pension plans for many union members. Here’s why:

  • Fewer than 40% of Canadian workers have access to a workplace pension plan. In the private sector, that number drops to less than 25%, and for workers under 29, top just 13%.
  • Today, even workers with a workplace pension plan or alternative savings are vulnerable to financial insecurity in retirement. Fewer employers are offering workplace pensions and more workplace pensions are seeing reduced benefits.
  • The CPP follows workers from job to job, keeps up with the cost of living, and pays out benefits for life, regardless of how the stock market performs.

Unions believe we all have a responsibility to work to end seniors’ poverty – a terrible problem which disproportionately affects women in their senior years. We also know that pensions are crucially important not only to the well-being of workers and their families, but to the economic health and vitality of our communities as well.

Find out more about what the expanded CPP will mean for you

While labour is pleased with the recent CPP improvement, still more needs to be done to ensure retirement security for all, including:

  • Recognizing the time that parents, especially women, take away from the paid workforce to raise children.
  • Removing penalties for workers with disabilities who take time away from work due to their disabilities.
  • Increasing the CPP income replacement rate further, raising the ceiling on pensionable earnings and further enhancing the portion of employee contributions that are tax-deductible.

You can find out more about different pension and savings options, like

  • The Canada Pension Plan
  • Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
  • Workplace pension plans – also see your union Collective Agreement
  • Registered retirement and other private saving options

at the following government resource sites:

You can also learn more about the state of pension plans in Manitoba, how workplace pension plans are coming under increasing attack, and the advantages of Defined Benefit (DB) plans over Defined Contribution (DC) plans by reading the CCPA – Manitoba’s new report Pensions in Manitoba at

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