Superstorm Sandy: Death toll hits FIFTY and damage set to top $50BILLION | Mail Online

Superstorm Sandy: Death toll hits FIFTY and damage set to top $50BILLION | Mail Online: "The city's mayor Lorenzo Langford was denounced by Governor Christie after he advised people not to evacuate and 500 had remained in flimsy shelters, only a block from the beach.

Christie said on Monday that the decision was 'stupid and selfish’ because the precarious location of Atlantic City would place rescue workers in danger. "

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Startup company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Startup company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A company may cease to be a startup as it passes various milestones, such as becoming profitable, or becoming publicly traded in an IPO, or ceasing to exist as an independent entity via a merger or acquisition. Companies may also fail and cease to operate altogether. Recently the patent assets of these failed startup companies are being purchased by what are derogatorily known as "Patent trolls" who then take the patents from the companies and assert those patents against companies that might be infringing the technology covered by the patent.[8]"

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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Audio Book | Eric Ries | Download The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Audio Book | Eric Ries | Download The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses: "The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning”, rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product-development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute.
Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs - in companies of all sizes - a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it’s too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.
©2011 Eric Ries (P)2011 Random House"

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Publishers Note: All the above info is from:

Is the propert and original content by Eric Ries.

http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B005LXV0HI&source_code=GO1DG9048SH080912&mkwid=titles&gclid=CL2P693nq7MCFQ-f4AodLm0AXg

Startup company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Startup company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A startup company or startup is a company or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.[1] These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets. The term became popular internationally during the dot-com bubble when a great number of dot-com companies were founded.
Lately, the term startup has been associated mostly with technological ventures designed for high-growth.Paul Graham, founder of one of the top startup accelerators in the world, defines a startup as: "A startup is a company designed to grow fast."

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Startup company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Startup company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A startup company or startup is a company or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.[1] These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets. The term became popular internationally during the dot-com bubble when a great number of dot-com companies were founded.
Lately, the term startup has been associated mostly with technological ventures designed for high-growth.Paul Graham, founder of one of the top startup accelerators in the world, defines a startup as: "A startup is a company designed to grow fast."

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Startup company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Startup company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A startup company or startup is a company or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.[1] These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets. The term became popular internationally during the dot-com bubble when a great number of dot-com companies were founded.
Lately, the term startup has been associated mostly with technological ventures designed for high-growth.Paul Graham, founder of one of the top startup accelerators in the world, defines a startup as: "A startup is a company designed to grow fast."

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Startup company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Startup company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A startup company or startup is a company or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.[1] These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets. The term became popular internationally during the dot-com bubble when a great number of dot-com companies were founded.
Lately, the term startup has been associated mostly with technological ventures designed for high-growth.Paul Graham, founder of one of the top startup accelerators in the world, defines a startup as: "A startup is a company designed to grow fast."

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Problem words

Problem words: "space bar   
Use space bar to refer to the space bar on the keyboard.




stand-alone   
Hyphenated.




startup, start-up   
Noun form is one word: "The configuration file is read at startup."

Adjectival form is hyphenated: "The names are in the start-up file."

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Anti Obama.net

Anti Obama.net: "President Obama has apparently chosen to ignore what may be the greatest scandal in the history of science. He will attend the world conference of global warming beneficiaries in Copenhagen as if the science behind global warming is solid and reliable. Emails and documents leaked from the Climate Research Unit in England have revealed a coordinated campaign to falsify the data, punish critics, and suppress the truth about global temperature change."

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This is one of the reasons I need to start my own Anti-Obama.US website. Many people are against Obama just because he is a democrat which IMHO is the worst possible reason. This reason will make absolutely no difference in the upcoming election. Reason for me being personally against Obama are forthcoming.

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 5

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 5: "The Supreme Living Being in His feature as the transcendental puruṣa incarnation, who is the Lord's plenary expansion, impregnates the material nature of three modes, and thus by the influence of eternal time the living entities appear.

SB 3.5.27: Thereafter, influenced by the interactions of eternal time, the supreme sum total of matter called the mahat-tattva became manifested, and in this mahat-tattva the unalloyed goodness, the Supreme Lord, sowed the seeds of universal manifestation out of His own body.

SB 3.5.28: Thereafter the mahat-tattva differentiated itself into many different forms as the reservoir of the would-be entities. The mahat-tattva is chiefly in the mode of ignorance, and it generates the false ego. It is a plenary expansion of the Personality of Godhead, with full consciousness of creative principles and time for fructification."

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Sanders Say:

There is an expression which I have learned by reading the Bhagavad Gita As It Is by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, many years ago (which 1st came  into my hands at Port Authority, NYC when I was around 16 years old on my way to a reunion of an American Youth Hostels bicycle trip to Canada lead by Floyd (that was his first name... no not Pink Floyd...sheesh)..

The expression is chewing what has already been chewed. The premise of reincarnation is elucidated and expounded upon in this book. The past, present and future as explained as karmic reactions explains how so much of what goes in today's world is so mundane, mainly because we have been there and done that many times before.

Chewing what has already been chewed. 

Things which only provide fast temporary relief are of this nature because they are derived from the "sum total of matter called the mahat-tattva" elsewhere in The Bhagavad Gita, these material hankerings we all have is explained as Krsna's (just figure on using G-d to avoid any "your religion-my religion type of argumentation) inferior energy which the swami often refers to using the sanskrit term, Krnsa's powerful Yoga-Maya, or just Maya for short.

One of my favorite verses I recall from the Swami's book is an example used explaining how Krnsa may enter this world (obviously if he so chooses- yet this is disputed by some who insist that G-d is and must be incorporeal) and not become entrapped by this inferior "illusory" energy. The analogy used is perfect!

Om-Tat-Sat:

The spider weaves a web to entangle its potential sources of food, yet the spider itself does not become entangled in its own web. 

In my own humble opinion, one of the principles stated by Maimonides in his 13 principles; that G-d is incorporeal and does not have a body (of any sort, in the past present or future) is one of these fundamental 13 principles of faith which is included in the daily prayer. The prayer says that anyone who does not believe these principle's is an apikoros (non believer).

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0002_0_01180.html

  

Therefore, I (simply because I have a belief) that if G-d wanted to take on any sort of form... well he most certainly can) by this definition become labeled as apikoros (and I most certainly am a complete believer in G-d)  It is my "personal belief" that this particular principle is included in the list of 13 to teach us something far more subtle. However if one finds themselves to actually be born into a religion which simply does not allow sincere inquiry and questioning on some of the more esoteric and complex beliefs then it is certainly understandable for one to look outside of such a restrictive environment. 

The particulars regarding myself (like so many other things in my life) are of course not the usual. That is, I was not given a specific "tradition" of learning as part of my early childhood (or even the usual pre- bar mitzvah track) yet I was always (yes always) a very spiritual inquisitive person. 

According to one of the 13 principle's of Maimonides, G-d is incorporeal. According to the Bhagavad Gita... the explanation I am expounding upon here, is G-d is omnipotent (He can do anything) and omnipresent (he can be anywhere... at the same time... ?) ...

Rather than take on the Rabbis and lose my share in the world to come I would rather simply state that it only makes sense that if G-d wanted to "be corporal" that he could be corporeal. Yet now taking on this particular argument I do see the conundrum. 

  How could "one" be corporeal and remain omni-pressent?

I would rather ask that question remain part of a very fine religion, then to be drummed out the religion for thinking about something too deeply. 

There is a bigger issue here, and that should be readily obvious to those who know my story. That being why I am delving into all this Bhagavad Gita stuff, instead of sticking with the strictly Jewish sources? 

The answer to that question is huge, and would take me quite a bit of time and words to explain. The simple "readers digest" answer however is this:

I have always been interested in the very deep, and highly esoteric mysteries of creation. I have never danced around questions or been satisfied with simple answers or highly dogmatic concepts. Does that mean that I am unfit for any religion, not in my opinion, far from it. I believe that I am one of these people who needs the longer and more complex explanation. Often things as important as religion are treated on a very simplistic level. Such a level, has never been nor never will be the starting point for me. 

Time is short and there is little time to dance around valid questions. 

Stephen C. Sanders

October, 14, 2012- 3:48 am

I am exhausted!

     

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Verse 12

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Verse 12: "Canto 1: Creation Chapter 8: Prayers by Queen Kuntī and Parīkṣit Saved
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.8.12

tarhy evātha muni-śreṣṭha

pāṇḍavāḥ pañca sāyakān

ātmano 'bhimukhān dīptān

ālakṣyāstrāṇy upādaduḥ

SYNONYMS

tarhi — then; eva — also; atha — therefore; muni-śreṣṭha — O chief amongst the munis; pāṇḍavāḥ — all the sons of Pāṇḍu; pañca — five; sāyakān — weapons; ātmanaḥ — own selves; abhimukhān — towards; dīptān — glaring; ālakṣya — seeing it; astrāṇi — weapons; upādaduḥ — took up.

TRANSLATION

O foremost among the great thinkers [munis] [Śaunaka], seeing the glaring brahmāstra proceeding towards them, the Pāṇḍavas took up their five respective weapons.

PURPORT"

PURPORT

The brahmāstras are finer than the nuclear weapons. Aśvatthāmā discharged the brahmāstra simply to kill the Pāṇḍavas, namely the five brothers headed by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and their only grandson, who was lying within the womb of Uttarā. Therefore the brahmāstra, more effective and finer than the atomic weapons, was not as blind as the atomic bombs. When the atomic bombs are discharged they do not discriminate between the target and others. Mainly the atomic bombs do harm to the innocent because there is no control. The brahmāstra is not like that. It marks out the target and proceeds accordingly without harming the innocent.

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Gita

Gita: "seen as the main literary support for the great religious civilization of india, the oldest surviving culture in the world. the present translation and commentary is another manifestation of the permanent living importance of the gita." thomas merton, theologian "i am most impressed with a.c. bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada's scholarly and authoritative edition of bhagavad-gita. it is a most valuable work for the scholar as well as the layman and is of great utility as a reference book as well as a textbook. i promptly recommend this ed"

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Gita

Gita: "no work in all indian literature is more quoted, because none is better loved, in the west, than the bhagava d-gita. translation of such a work demands not only knowledge of sanskrit, but an inward sympathy with the theme and a verbal artistry. for the poem is a symphony in which god is seen in all things....the swami does a real service for students by investing the beloved indian epic with fresh meaning. whatever our outlook may be, we should all be grateful for the labor that has lead to this illuminating work.""

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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Verse 12

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Verse 12: "TRANSLATION

O foremost among the great thinkers [munis] [Śaunaka], seeing the glaring brahmāstra proceeding towards them, the Pāṇḍavas took up their five respective weapons.

PURPORT

The brahmāstras are finer than the nuclear weapons. Aśvatthāmā discharged the brahmāstra simply to kill the Pāṇḍavas, namely the five brothers headed by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and their only grandson, who was lying within the womb of Uttarā. Therefore the brahmāstra, more effective and finer than the atomic weapons, was not as blind as the atomic bombs. When the atomic bombs are discharged they do not discriminate between the target and others. Mainly the atomic bombs do harm to the innocent because there is no control. The brahmāstra is not like that. It marks out the target and proceeds accordingly without harming the innocent."

Atomic Weapons- are lousy and exceedingly gross because they do not discriminate between guilty or innocent friend or foe, however the 'karmic weapons" of the supreme lord are infallible, and specific and very fine and never miss creating the proper "cause-effect" reaction designed to cure our transgressions.

An original purport culled from the translation I randomly landed on based on my 'vedic research" on the Cayo-munio verse I learned over twenty years ago yet have never "completely forgotten". When one truly learns "eternal wisdom" it does not fade like so many other mundane topics/

Stephen C. Sanders
October 14, 2012  

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 5

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 5: "O Maitreya, O friend of the distressed, the glories of the Supreme Lord can alone do good for people all over the world. Therefore, just as bees collect honey from flowers, kindly describe the essence of all topics — the topics of the Lord.

SB 3.5.16: Kindly chant all those superhuman transcendental activities of the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead, who accepted incarnations fully equipped with all potency for the full manifestation and maintenance of the cosmic creation.

SB 3.5.17: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The great sage Maitreya Muni, after honoring Vidura very greatly, began to speak, at Vidura's request, for the greatest welfare of all people.

SB 3.5.18: Śrī Maitreya said: O Vidura, all glory unto you. You have inquired from me of the greatest of all goodness, and thus you have shown your mercy both to the world and to me because your mind is always absorbed in thoughts of the Transcendence."

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Ah, the reference to Muni-

Utta (something) I am transliterating the sanskrit from memory (the sing-song tune) means Sutta Goswami said " Atma-Ram (the liberated soul) Caya Munio.. (still working on it) possibly... "The great sage Maitreya Muni" ...

S.Sanders, 10/14/12

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 5

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 5: "The Status Quo Chapter 5: Vidura's Talks with Maitreya
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam

SB 3.5.1: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Vidura, the best amongst the Kuru dynasty, who was perfect in devotional service to the Lord, thus reached the source of the celestial Ganges River [Hardwar], where Maitreya, the great, fathomless learned sage of the world, was seated. Vidura, who was perfect in gentleness and satisfied in transcendence, inquired from him.

SB 3.5.2: Vidura said: O great sage, everyone in this world engages in fruitive activities to attain happiness, but one finds neither satiation nor the mitigation of distress. On the contrary, one is only aggravated by such activities. Please, therefore, give us directions on how one should live for real happiness."

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Yes I think I have repeated something.

Stephen C. Sanders-10/14/12

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3: "SB 3.4: Vidura Approaches Maitreya

SB 3.5: Vidura's Talks with Maitreya

SB 3.6: Creation of the Universal Form"

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Chapter Headings-

Roger Zelazny wrote an excellent book- with Krsna themes abounding. Lord of the Light. (I believe there may have been multiple volumes). - Maitreya was somehow in the title. Great stuff.

S. Sanders 10/14/12

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 9 Chapter 1

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 9 Chapter 1: "SB 9.1.7: Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King, subduer of your enemies, now hear from me in great detail about the dynasty of Manu. I shall explain as much as possible, although one could not say everything about it, even in hundreds of years.

SB 9.1.8: The transcendental Supreme Person, the Supersoul of all living entities, who are in different statuses of life, high and low, existed at the end of the millennium, when neither this manifested cosmos nor anything else but Him existed.

SB 9.1.9: O King Parīkṣit, from the navel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead was generated a golden lotus, on which the four-faced Lord Brahmā took his birth."

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Sutta Goswami said: (and I paraphrase to the best of my recollection using the sing -song tune emblazoned in my memory-

Utta ... Atmarama Cayo munio...

For the liberated soul- the reactions (Karma) of birth and death fall from him like pearls from a strand. Such a soul is very rare.

S. Sanders- 10/14/12  

The Order of Time: Personal - Vedic Scriptures:A Song of Fortune- A modern Gita

The Order of Time: Personal - Vedic Scriptures:A Song of Fortune- A modern Gita: "In this book the victory of the Word is presented as the essence of the classical song of God about the science of yoga: the Bhagavad Gîtâ. From this story we learn that we by the consciousness of yoga are able to overcome all hindrances. The knowledge of self-realization"

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The science of self-realization.

S. Sanders 10/14/2012

BHAGAVAD GITA OF ORDER: CHAPTER 5

BHAGAVAD GITA OF ORDER: CHAPTER 5: "He who dedicates all his works to the spiritual forsaking of his attachments is never affected by sin like a lotusleaf is in the water. (11) With their body, mind and intelligence purified yogis even with their senses are acting in giving up the attachments for the sake of the soul. (12) United in giving up the fruits they unflinching attain perfect peace while the ones unconnected in the desire to enjoy the results are entrapped in attachment."

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Ah its all coming back to me why I cannot simply be continuously engaged in learning a seemingly endless mountain of facts, details and regulations that are directly related to any sort of positive outcome.

Stephen C. Sanders
October 14, 2012

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Chapter 14

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Chapter 14: "BG 14.5: Material nature consists of three modes — goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes.

BG 14.6: O sinless one, the mode of goodness, being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one from all sinful reactions. Those situated in that mode become conditioned by a sense of happiness and knowledge.

BG 14.7: The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kuntī, and because of this the embodied living entity is bound to material fruitive actions."

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The ultimate dilema of "the conditioned soul"- how to live in the world of action and "work to obtain the fruits which are required for mere existence (even though almost everyone desires so much more in their "pursuit of happiness" and not to become trapped in an insatiable downward spiral for the pursuit of temporary pleasure which have no bounds.

Stephen C. Sanders- on detachement October 14, 2012.

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 5

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 5: "SB 3.5.2: Vidura said: O great sage, everyone in this world engages in fruitive activities to attain happiness, but one finds neither satiation nor the mitigation of distress. On the contrary, one is only aggravated by such activities. Please, therefore, give us directions on how one should live for real happiness.

SB 3.5.3: O my lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to show compassion to the fallen souls who are averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord.

SB 3.5.4: Therefore, O great sage, please give me instruction on the transcendental devotional service of the Lord, so that He who is situated in the heart of everyone can be pleased to impart, from within, knowledge of the Absolute Truth in terms of the ancient Vedic principles delivered only to those who are purified by the process of devotional service."

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And with this an entire new path has been opened, and possibly yet another slew of websites.

Stephen Sanders

"After me, the deluge"- Louis the XIV-builder of the Versailles Palace-France (before the revolution).

SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM (Bhagavata Purana); the story of Krishna

SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM (Bhagavata Purana); the story of Krishna: "The Fortunate One is thus the Lord who is known in different forms or incarnations, but also the devotees are part of His reality and are also called bhâgavata when they are of  pure devotion. Thus there is the Lord in His many appearances, the devotee with as many faces and the book. They are all called Fortunate. To be fortunate means to be of the opulence, or to carry, or live by, the fullness of God's riches, beauty, fame, power, knowledge and detachment."

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Webmasters note:

Unfortunately for those who truly understand the meaning of detachment (regardless of their ancestral religion) who have delved into books like the Bhagavad Gita, or other more detailed Vedic sources (such as the one quoted) may eventually come to realize that obtaining the fruits of ones labor (work=money) and remaining detached is quite a narrow path to walk.

Stephen Sanders.

 

SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM (Bhagavata Purana); the story of Krishna

SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM (Bhagavata Purana); the story of Krishna: "Emperor Parîkchit, who had difficulty respecting the classical wisdom. This emperor is there as a model for us normal people who seek their stability in the wisdom. This knowledge was conveyed by S'uka in disciplic succession  (paramparâ),  to those who teach by example (the âcâryas), the science of devotional service (bhakti)."

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