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Eben Alexander, MD
Humanity's Pathway to Oneness
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In 1975, IANDS was founded by a courageous group of idealistic researchers, intent on sharing revolutionary findings from the study of near-death experiences. What resulted is documentation of countless reports from souls who have witnessed the reality of the spiritual realm. NDEs are the "tip of the spear" in the awakening that is now emerging from the scientific study of consciousness. Age-old mystical traditions have always known the oneness of our existence, a concept long ago left behind by the modern secular world. Coming full circle, Western leading-edge science can validate that we are connected through one, eternal consciousness, and we live in a mental and spiritual universe. Knowledge learned from NDEs not only transforms the individual experiencer, but also brings an opportunity to us all about how to bring oneness into our lives. Experience the rich vibrations of the spiritual realm using the eternal Om audio recording from Sacred Acoustics.
Learn the evidence that demonstrates consciousness is eternal
Discover how oneness is supported by science, ancient mysticism and reports of firsthand experiences.
Experience a meditative sound journey using Sacred Acoustics audio technology to cultivate a connection to the oneness we share.
Bruce Greyson, MD
IANDS: From Research to Relevance
IANDS originally stood for International Association for Near-Death Studies. However, as the organization has focused more and more on providing support and services to near-death experiencers and less and less on research, it may be time to rebrand IANDS the International Association for Near-Death Services. I will review the history of IANDS from its founding as a collective of researchers to a source of support for experiencers and their significant others, and for reliable information for the general public. The COVID-19 pandemic has produced unprecedented global death anxiety with persistent societal and psychological consequences. That combined with global climate change and worldwide political and social unrest suggest a greater than ever need for IANDS to promote a larger perspective on life and death today.
Mark Anthony, JD
The NDE Zone: Connected by the Light from the Cosmic to the Subatomic
Throughout history people have seen "The Light" during Near-Death and Shared-Death Experiences, Death Bed Visions and After Death Communication. Understanding NDEs reveals how these phenomena are interconnected.
Einstein said, "There is no matter there's only energy which vibrates at different frequencies." In physical form our consciousness/soul/spirit resides in the slower energetic vibration of the body. Once released it transitions to the higher energetic vibration of the Other Side dimension.
NDEs, SDEs, DBVs and ADC all occur between these two dimensions—The NDE Zone.
In tandem with a dynamic PowerPoint presentation Mark Anthony takes the audience on an illuminating and entertaining journey into the PAST to uncover how contact with the NDE Zone has impacted humanity. From the cosmic to the subatomic Mark will explain our PRESENT understanding of The NDE ZONE through quantum physics and conclude by looking toward FUTURE discoveries yet to be revealed from The NDE Zone.
Oscar Miro-Quesada, MA
NDE's, OBE's and UFO's: Harbingers of Human Planetary Evolution
Based on his own non-ordinary transformational experiences of encounter with other-dimensional realities, Oscar will illumine the relationship between NDE's, OBE's and UFO's as catalysts for global human spiritualization. Understood from a shamanic perspective, all opportunities that allow the 'thinning of the veil' between spiritual and material worlds are best approached as a rite-of-passage—an initiatory befriending of Great Originating Mystery for restoring sacred trust between humankind and our living, sentient earth. Being a respected shamanic elder from Peru, a seasoned researcher of multidimensional anomalous phenomena, and having had three Near Death Experiences of his own, at ages two, ten, and thirty-three, Oscar dives deep into our cosmic soul where the relationship between consciousness, matter and spirit is generously illumined as a divine gift from Source.
Karen Newell
Nancy Rynes, BSc
Using NDE Wisdom and Spiritual Creativity to Thrive during Challenging Times
Events of the last year have affected nearly everyone on the planet. Therapists are seeing record numbers of patients for depression and anxiety, and worries about the future keep people hobbled by fear and uncertainty. Are there ways to easily enhance peace and connection in our lives, ways that derive from the lessons of NDEs? Nancy Rynes discusses a few of her own challenges, and walks the audience through how she used simple NDE lessons and Spiritual Creativity to make life a little easier and a lot more peaceful.
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Stephanie Arnold, BA
Why Doctors & the Media Are Sharing My NDE Story and How You Can Share Yours
Life changes in seconds. 37 Seconds to be exact. Pregnant with her second child, Stephanie had detailed premonitions she would die giving birth. No one believed her, until it happened. Exactly the way she said it would.
Armed with new information and inquisitive doctors wanting to know how she saw everything before and after her NDE, Stephanie went in search for answers. This led her to a deeper knowledge of understanding, empathy and meaning in her experience. But not without doubting herself and her abilities for many years. Her NDE has opened the conversation between doctors and patients all over the globe and the world as she knew it has permanently changed.
One story can change the world. Stephanie will share the what, when and how it all merged and help give you the best tools to prepare you to tell your own story.
PMH Atwater, LHD
Panelist: How NDE/Spiritual WIsdom Can Nourish Today's Children Discussion Group; Panelist: IANDS 40th Anniversary Group Discussion
PMH Atwater, L.H.D. began her research of the near-death phenomenon in 1978, after having had three near-death experiences within three months. To date, her work covers nearly 5,000 adult and child experiencers. Some of her findings have been verified in clinical studies, among them the prospective study done in Holland and published in Lancet Medical Journal (12-15-01). For this talk, she combines her work in near-death states with the research she did in the sixties in her home state of Idaho where she started Idaho's first non-profit metaphysical corporation called Inner Forum. Over 3,000 people learned about altered states of consciousness, mysticism, psychic phenomena, and the transformation of consciousness under this aegis. She has been given many awards, several from IANDS.
Tricia Barker, MFA
Let's Collectively Imagine a Future of Breakthroughs in Healing and Supportive Spiritual Community
Objective: I want audience members to see how to let go of denser energies and move into the light of their own healing. I will give examples of how it is possible to spread love and kindness in this world while also protecting oneself from attack and damaging energies. What kind of future are we collectively imagining? Let's imagine one of greater light, playfulness, abundance, spiritual community, collaboration, and kindness. Let's remind the world that our stories from the afterlife are a gift to humanity, and that gift is the ability to bring more heaven to earth in tangible ways. This talk will discuss how the lessons of my near-death experience and the lessons from other near-death experiences can be practically applied to our lives, our businesses, and our communities.
Nancy Evans Bush, MA
Reckoning: Discoveries After a Traumatic Near-death Experience
For 40 years, while talking to IANDS and the world at large about the importance of acknowledging distressing NDEs, I have been been working to find a believable understanding of my own experience. That endeavor is discussed in Reckoning: Discoveries after a Traumatic Near-Death Experience. This conference presentation is a look at basic issues which I believe most need attention if we are to move beyond fascination with the horrifying aspects of distressing NDEs into a more developed grasp of what it means to Be.
Diane Corcoran, PhD, RN
Moderator: NDEs in the Military/Veteran's Discussion Group Moderator: Gap of Care for the Near-Death Experiencer Panel Panelist: IANDS 40th Anniversary Discussion Group
Dr. Diane Corcoran obtained her PhD in Nursing from the University of TX at Austin in 1981. At that time she was also serving as an Officer in the U. S. Army - with a career that lasted 25 years. She heard her first NDE account from a young soldier. In 1981 a new organization was incorporated and is now known as the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS). Diane has served on the Board of Directors numerous times and this includes many years as President. She helped facilitate research conducted on the reality of events which we now know as Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). Diane now has her own consulting firm and that young soldier in Vietnam -- he had told Diane about his NDE before there was a name for these type experiences.
Ingrid Garcia-Hansen Honkala, PhD
Why are We Here? Why Do We Forget What We Are? What Is Our Purpose?
From my NDE at age two, I became aware of other dimensions of life and was gifted with guidance from Beings of Light. Through my connection with the spirit realm, I've been given clear answers to key questions such as: Why are we here? Why do we forget? What is our Purpose? The answers I receive are clear, direct and simple, and include analogies to explain complex and deep subjects in a way that are easy to understand, remember and integrate. This presentation will bring us closer to realizing the spiritual qualities of our true nature. If our essence is that of Love, Peace and Joy then the true question is: What am I doing to disturb it? Through contrast and challenge we show each other where we are in our spiritual evolution. Learn how our challenges don't need to turn into sufferings, but into a conscious doorway to awareness and awakening. We are the Light of Consciousness and according to the Beings of Light, "Our Purpose is to Be the Light, and our Mission is to Shine It."
Jose Hernandez, BE
(w/ Randy Kolibaba)
Embracing the Masculine: Helping Men Make the Shift into the New Paradigm
The hardest and often saddest reality that many people come to in their lives is that the life they're living is not what they envisioned for themselves. What if you could change your life by merely changing how you think? Would you do it?
In this sometimes funny, but moving and compelling story, Randy will share intimate details about his life including many incidents he was involved in during his career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. His story includes having to take a man's life in the line of duty as well as the personal impact it had on him witnessing first hand the horrific acts of genocide in war torn Kosovo, Yugoslavia.
This interactive journey of self-exploration will demonstrate that life is truly a gift not to be wasted. It will encourage readers to realize that there are no "do-overs" or "rewind" buttons in life.
One of the biggest misconceptions we face in life is believing that we have time to wait for and, create that elusive "Someday".... We don't!
Jan Holden, EdD,
LPC-S, ACMHP
Moderator: Three Physician Near-Death Experiencers and Panelists Moderator: The Evolution and Integration of Near-Death and Related Experiences Moderator: IANDS Movie Night Premiere of "Living with Ghosts"
After 31 years on the University of North Texas (UNT) Counseling Program faculty, Jan Holden retired in 2019 as Professor Emerita of Counseling. Beginning in 1988 with her doctoral dissertation, her primary research focus has been counseling implications of near-death and related experiences. In this research area she has over 50 refereed journal publications and over 100 national and international presentations and has received numerous awards and honors. Since 2008 she has served as editor-in-chief of the International Association for Near-Death Studies's scholarly Journal of Near-Death Studies, and she serves currently as that association's President. Her website is www.janholden.com.
Barbara Ireland, BFA
The Creative Power of Your Thoughts: How to Create Joy Instead of Suffering
My NDE focused on how repetitive, negative thoughts are the SOURCE of problems in people's lives. I will recount my NDE and how this lesson was illustrated to me, then describe how I released the pattern of "looping" negative thoughts when I returned – and how that increased my happiness, health, and success.
Most of us "loop" on negative past events and future scenarios. What we don't realize, is the tremendous CREATIVE FORCE of those thoughts. Until we understand this, and clean up the "stories" that wreak havoc in our lives, we are fated to continue to create suffering in relationships or finances, health or happiness.
However, we also have the choice and ability to create tremendous positive shifts in all areas of our lives, by consciously working with the creative power of our thoughts.
I will provide techniques to release the negative "stories" we tell that create pain, then lead a meditation to help people begin to use the power of their thoughts for extraordinary joy.
Randy Kolibaba
(w/ Jose Hernandez)
Jody Long, JD & Jeffrey Long, MD
Evidence of the Afterlife: Groundbreaking New Findings from the Largest Near-Death Experience Study Ever Reported
Jeffrey Long, M.D. has scientifically studied over 3500 near-death experiences (NDEs). He will review his NDE research that found powerful evidence of the afterlife. Dr. Long will present his current groundbreaking investigation of the content of NDEs that address humankind's ageless questions which include: Is there an afterlife? What is the afterlife like? Is heaven a reality? This is the largest scientific investigation of sequentially shared experiences exploring the nature of the afterlife ever reported. Insights into the afterlife from NDEs do not seem explainable by pre-existing cultural or religious beliefs. The evidence-based and inspiring conclusion of this study is that the afterlife is real.
David Maginley, MDiv
(w/ Rebecca Valla, MD)
Your Ego IS Your Homework - How NDE's direct us to meet and manage our Ego
We have felt the need to help individuals come to a greater self-awareness of the work that is laid out in the personalized message of the NDE/STE. We plan a virtual(only) presentation to be followed by a Workshop(also virtual). We will help our attendees understand Identity - and to separate out Ego-Identity and True Self, or Spiritual Identity. We will bring in the similarities between Trauma, and Extraordinary Spiritual Experiences, where transformation can be facilitated through the shattering of Ego boundaries; and the explosive acceleration of creative forces. We plan to show a 3 minute video by Alan Watts(The Dream of Life), and to have other illustrative images which evoke the non-material world consciousness of our human experience. Our final emphasis will be on the need for love - for ourselves, and for our world. We want our participants to come to a visceral, heart-centered knowledge that we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Jeff O'Driscoll, MD
Normalizing Shared-Death Experiences Among Medical Providers
While near-death experiences are increasingly discussed among medical providers, including incidence, proposed mechanisms and long-term impact on experiencers, far less attention is given to shared-death experiences, which may be as common or more common among medical providers. By sharing personal experiences and experiences for colleagues, this presentation will initiate the normalization of shared-death experiences among medical providers and invite collaboration and research into the phenomena.
Spencer Olsen, BMus & Jeffery Olsen, BA
Same Road, Two Different Experiences - NDE and Non-NDE, Aftermath and Outcome
Father and son (Jeffery Olsen & Spencer Olsen) share their two drastically different experiences of an auto accident that took the lives of half their family. Jeffery (the Father) having profound Near-Death Experiences, Out-of-Body Experiences and After-Death Communications, while Spencer (the Son, only 7 years of age at the time of the accident) had no NDE nor mystical experience at all and was left to navigate grief, loss and trauma as an innocent child. Now, the two come together to share where their paths have taken them and why. And how they are bonded beyond the experience through a unifying knowledge of love.
Peter Panagore, MDiv
The Great Global Awakening: Artfully Languaging the Ineffable
How do we speak about The Unspeakable or describe The Indescribable? How do we frame the timeless? Or explain the Thingless-ness of Nothingness? Noetic wisdom lingers as an aftereffect of every mystical experience, such as an NDE, or even that time when your dead beloved visited you wordlessly saying, "Love" like a download of pure love to your soul. "My dead sister came to me to say she loved me" carries little of the truth of the experience.
Words can't carry your experience, but words are all we have. Our languaging problem has plagued mystics geniuses as diverse as Jesus, Rumi, Patanjali, and Loa Tzu. They solved it simply once they understood the keys. Once you know the keys that they used, including metaphor, simile, myth, paradox, and symbol, every book by every genius will open for you and show you hidden truths within. Every mystic was a code-switcher.
"Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language."
― Meister Eckhart
Kirsty Salisbury
Moderator: Experiencers Global Discussion Group
Kirsty Salisbury is a speaker, podcaster and coach exploring the topics of life, death and experiences in between. Following a Near Death Experience at 12 years of age, Kirsty is passionate about widening the conversation around death and the afterlife. Through her podcast 'Let's Talk Near Death' Kirsty shares personal stories of life after near death, and events of significant spiritual transformation.
Kirsty is the NZ (Auckland) Leader of IANDS (The International Association of Near Death Studies), a certified IANDS ISGO Facilitator, and host of the Auckland Online Death Cafe.
Outside of her podcast, Kirsty is a certified Funeral Celebrant and Author. Her books 'A Life by Design' and Let's Talk Life Design' help to empower others to delve deeper into the topics of resilience, regrets, and how we can create opportunity through effective habits.
Kimberly Clark Sharp, MSW, LICSW
Panelist: IANDS 40th Anniversary Discussion Group
Co-Presenter:Netflix "Surviving Death" Episode One at Seattle IANDS
Author of "After the Light;" founder and president of Seattle IANDS; named "one of the forty most influential people under the age of 40 in the Pacific Northwest" in 1987 for her contributions to the field of death and dying; founder of the Department of Social Work the world's first bone marrow transplant center; pioneer in the field of Critical Care Social Work; Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Washington (retired).
Brian Smith, BSc
Learning the Lessons of an NDE Without Having an NDE
Brian Smith is a life coach and a grief guide. He is the author of the book Grief 2 Growth, and the host of the Grief 2 Growth podcast.
Brian suffered from a debilitating fear of death for most of his life. He researched the afterlife extensively to overcome this fear. In 2015, his daughter, Shayna Elayne, at the age of 15 years old, suddenly transitioned. This accelerated Brian's search and led to his starting his grief guidance career. Brian is currently a member of the Board of Helping Parents Heal and is the Vice President of the SoulPhone Foundation.
Rebecca Valla, MD
(w/ David Maginley, MDiv)
Hila Baruch, LLB
Hila Baruch of IANDS Israel talks about her NDE and the Universal Language of the Soul
In this presentation I will describe step by step my profound NDE that I experienced six years ago, this happened after having surgery that left me with an open blood vesicle, this led me to Bleed out and leave my body and to experience the deepest most powerful and real experience of my life. I will take the audience with me step by step reliving my spiritual journey with them. And I will share the insight I gained that changed my life. I will explain the levels and dimensions I visited beginning with my Hospital stay, the stages of leaving my body during my surgery, meeting my deceased loved ones, receiving answers to all the questions I had asked all my life, I will then describe the world of darkness and the house of judgment that was for me the house of mercy there I had my life review. the next stages that I will share are my Meeting with spiritual entities and then my long journey back to earth through the sea.
Chris Batts
NDEs and Suicide Prevention
I will discuss my childhood, young adulthood, and the culture and society that surrounded me and contributed to my depression and hopelessness. I will discuss my near-death experience in detail and how my main mission has become suicide prevention.
Jim Bruton, BA
(w/ Diana Marquez Lyons DiFranco, MSW, LISW)
What Now? Near-Death Experiences and their Integration
If 5% of the world has had a Near-Death Experience, that's 60 million more people than live in the United States (2021 USA population is 331,420,000). The global postings of NDEs, indicate a statistically significant percentage of similar attributes. As Experiencers come to grips with this shift in consciousness, they report amusing and frustrating after-effects. This presentation discusses the 3rd phase that follows, the integration of the NDE into one's life and the challenges in coping with that reality. NDE stories are plentiful but actionable information for the phase of coping is sparse. Every day, the Experiencer wakes up asking, "Is what was true yesterday still true today?" An emerging version of themselves reacts to the world in new ways because they are experiencing themselves differently. Instead of Big Answers, this presentation uses Big Questions as a way orient then navigate the new internal landscape.
Anthony Cicoria, MD
The Greatest Hoax of All Time: The True Nature of Man
I have spent the last 27 years trying to understand my NDE/OBE and what it meant; concluding that we have been lied to by church and state from the beginning of history. My research into Quantum Physics, ancient Summerian writing, pre-biblical writings not included in the Bible, The RA material,and numerous other sources tells me that we are not alone in the universe; and more importantly, man has dualism...a spiritual self and a physical self. The spiritual self is eternal and has non-local consciousness with connection to everything.
Christine Clawley, MA, LPC
Shamanism, Mysticism, Indigenous Healing, and Modern Encounters with the Non-Ordinary Reality
This lecture will explore ancient religious and spiritual practices aimed to imitate the near-death experience to bring back spiritual or esoteric knowledge for the benefit of individual healing or the survival of a society. This presentation will explore practices from various cultures throughout ancient and modern history and explore how attitudes and perspectives were impacted by the rise of the scientific method, philosophical materialism, and the industrialization and how these attitudes are changing in the current climate.
Diana Marquez Lyons DiFranco, MSW, LISW
(w/ Jim Bruton, BA)
Claudia Edge
(w/ Janet Tarantino)
Boots on the Ground in the Divine Army of Awareness
Claudia Edge and Janet Tarantino will moderate a two-person 60-minute presentation interjecting their similar past/present/future experiences where pertinent. Janet will talk about the past/present/future moments God revealed to her in her 3rd NDE. God told her: "These moments matter. Understand them." Claudia will interject that she received a similar communiqué in a dream vision when her guide told her, "dreams matter." Both presenters compare how they both saw—future child/children and how Claudia helped her son pick out his body. Janet will interject about her mother viewing other bodies before she died. Their conversation will cover the coinciding aspects pertinent such as—we have contracts with other souls/specific life moments are preplanned for learning. Every moment matters, and we can utilize our spirit team daily using open awareness to detect their clues, ending our talk with the bigger picture and how our talk can help them.
Evelyn Elsaesser, BA
Investigation of the Phenomenology and Impact of Spontaneous After-Death Communications (ADCs)
Spontaneous After-Death Communications (ADCs) occur frequently, with an estimated 50-60% of people, in particular mourners, having experienced one or more spontaneous ADCs. Testimonies collected on all continents and for centuries suggest this phenomenon to be universal and timeless. We have conducted a research project entitled Investigation of the phenomenology and impact of spontaneous and direct After-Death Communications (ADCs) from February 2018 to January 2020. With 1,004 completed questionnaires in the three languages of the survey (English, French and Spanish), this is the largest multilingual collection of spontaneous ADCs worldwide. Quantitative research findings will be presented, illustrated with ADC accounts. Research findings show that ADCs are deeply consoling and transformative experiences which are highly valued by experients. The impact of these spontaneous contacts on the belief system and the beneficial consequences for the bereavement process will be highlighted.
Daniel Endy, BSc
NDEs Compared to the Spiritual OBEs of Emanuel Swedenborg
Respected 18th century scientist and inventor, Emanuel Swedenborg began having extensive spiritual experiences over the course of 31 years. From the age of 53 in 1744 until his death in 1772 at the age of 84 he visited the spiritual realms almost daily.
Swedenborg wrote that the Lord had opened his 'spiritual eyes' so that he could freely visit heaven and hell and converse with spiritual beings of all sorts. Today we call these OBEs. He was accompanied by spiritual beings and given 'guided tours' of the spiritual realms. He took extensive notes and wrote 19 books detailing his experiences. He brought scientific rigor to his spiritual studies and became known as a philosopher, theologian, and mystic in addition to his extensive scientific credentials.
This presentation provides a detailed examination the extensive similarities between Emanuel Swedenborg's unparalleled spiritual experiences and the common attributes of what we call "near-death experiences."
Julie Exline, PhD
(w/ Kathleen Pait, MA)
Exploring Psychological Processes Related to After-Death Communication
We are two representatives from clinical psychology who wish to help bridge the divide between the mental health field and the IANDS realm. We will discuss spiritually transformative experiences (STEs), with an emphasis on after-death communication (ADC), from the mental health perspective. Our goal is to illuminate some psychological processes that may occur as people process ADC. The first aim of this presentation is to explore how the field has historically trained mental health providers to interpret reports of ADC. Next, we will illustrate some human processes that can occur in relation to ADC, including provider and client perspectives. We will discuss how the mental health field can improve its spiritual literacy, and how mental health providers can support individuals who have ADCs and who also struggle with mental illness. Finally, we will suggest ways in which the clinical and spiritual realms can be complementary.
Bence Fazekas
Light of Love - Heritage of the Love and Tibor Putnoki
Tibor Putnoki went through a near-death experience in 1994. His NDE lasted for 9 minutes. This experience not only changed his earlier life entirely, but also gave inspiration for the rest of his life: "People need to be told, they need to know, not to live and act as they do, and I did".
Since this experience, he walked on the path he called "active love" and he founded and worked at the Light of Love Public Benefit Foundation.
As the leader of the Light of Love Movement, I would like to introduce the acting love in the manifested heritage of Tibor: the activity of our organization and the importance of active love in our everyday life.
Cathy Gabrielsen
Transforming after an NDE: Manifesting Paranormal Gifts
Join Cathy as she shares her story of healing from two near-death experiences AND cancer. Discover how Cathy healed from the negative effects of her NDE's and how she found the extraordinary gifts of trauma. Learn how to heal after an NDE and how to manifest your own paranormal gifts!
Miguel Gaona, MD, PhD
On the Other Side of the Tunnel: A Journey from the Brink of Death to the Light Beyond
It is an informative but scientific approach, carried out by a forensic neuropsychiatrist, to the near death experiences (NDE). With numerous testimonies from people all over the world who have suffered the "tunnel effect", the more or less complete sequence of events that precede death is explained. A journey out of life and back to it, in which topics such as: the sounds of death, light, astral travel, visits from relatives who died before death, techniques to approach an NDE are discussed from a scientific point of view but in a very comprehensible manner.
Neurology, brain and spirit are fully compatible and open up new avenues for understanding these spiritual experiences.
Joyce Hawkes, PhD
Waking Up: The Journey from NDE to Service
An NDE is a doorway to another realm, and it takes some time to recover from the crash course in altered awareness and figure out what to do next. Through words and images take that journey into the past, the present and the future with Joyce Hawkes, a scientist/atheist, who went there and came back utterly changed. Allow yourself to feel the pull and notice how you are drawn to the horizon of your own legacy to humanity – the nudge to serve before you go.
Rev. Karen Herrick, PhD
The Spirituality of C. G. Jung – His Soul & Near-Death Vision
Carl Jung had a mid-life crises in 1913 when his six-year association with Sigmund Freud ended due to a difference regarding the unconscious. He plunged into a crises where all his friends and acquaintances dropped away. He felt his unconscious had an intelligence and he decided to see what he would find if he dropped into it. He discovered his soul.
He also described another painful period of adjustment regarding his NDE which he recalled as a vision. He detached from his physical body and floated in space approximately 1,000 miles above earth. Both painful periods aided in his complete creation of Analytic Psychology. Transpersonal Psychology was created later so spiritual experiences would not be pathologized.
Daniel Jones, PhD
How Knowledge Presented by NDEs Can Assist During the Coming Global Evolutionary Transition
Earth is currently near the end of a planetary period of chaos affecting all aspects of the planet, as seen by biospheric degradation of the planet (weather, oceans, earthquakes), animal species vanishing, social systems deconstruction (religions, financial, political, medical). Some studies indicate we are entering a Sixth Extinction. I suggest we need to revisit our perception of Reality to fully understand the implications of this chaos.
Humanity as a whole has been conditioned to only perceive the external, materialistic world as the
basis for life, many not realizing there is an internal world of energy just as dynamic, which NDE'ers are demonstrating.
Humanities perception of Reality is focused in the wrong direction. Science, religions, and social conventions believe life emerges from the physical. This is not the case. Those who have experienced an NDE show there is another Reality to be experienced.
Michael Kinsella, PhD
(w/ William Peters, MA, MEd)
Comparing and Contrasting Shared Death Experiences (SDEs) to Near-Death Experiences (NDEs)
This presentation draws upon a study of over 100 personal shared death experience reports to compare and contrast SDEs to NDEs. Some researchers have identified SDEs as being identical to NDEs in terms of features, effects, and interpretations. However, there are a number of unique features of SDEs of which audiences familiar with NDEs may be unaware. By comparing and contrasting SDEs and NDES, audiences will have the opportunity to apply knowledge about NDEs in order to better understand SDEs.
Michele Knight, PhD
Uneasy Bedfellows: After-death Contact and the Influence of the Senses
This paper reports findings from a retrospective, non-experimental doctoral research study exploring after-death contact (ADC) experiences which occurred to 21 bereaved men and women (the embodied) after they had experienced the death of someone close (the disembodied).
The study utilises a qualitative Heuristic (Moustakas, 1990) research design, methodology and strategy of enquiry, and takes an interpretive approach to data analysis. It acknowledges and responds to the need for empirically robust transpersonal social science research, and draws from and is informed by the grief narratives of the bereaved, who during their bereavement experienced random, unexpected and unsought encounters of those close to them who had died; the returning deceased.
Findings are consistent with humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow's conception of knowledge gained in what he describes as peak experiences; insights, revelations or mystical illumination (1964, p.19).
Robert Kopecky
Near-Death Experiences Are Spiritual Technology: Timeless Lessons of My Three NDEs
A lecture/presentation starting with a description of my 3 very different NDEs; and the 3 timeless lessons learned from each; leading to an exploration into the qualities and differing natures of NDEs—mine and others—as instructive inter-dimensional phenomena; and how these consistent qualities, principles, and "custom-made" phenomena of NDEs describe an underlying Spiritual Technology that informs and directs all of life on Earth, before and beyond. We examine the extra-dimensional properties NDEs share, and how these commonalities describe the field of limitless potential that NDEs arise within.
We explore my three lessons–what an OBE teaches us about our true spiritual nature; what a Life Review teaches us about timeless principles; and what being Forced Back Into Life teaches us about the karmic purpose of our spiritual self within the fundamental field of Consciousness; and how we can we access and interact with this Spiritual Technology to co-create our lives.
Jeffrey Kripal, PhD
(w/ Elizabeth Krohn, BBA)
How Near-Death Experiences Shape and Influence our Present Life, Future Life, and Afterlife
When Elizabeth Krohn got out of her car with her two young sons on a rainy night in September 1988, she couldn't have anticipated she would within seconds be struck by lightning and have a near-death experience. When Elizabeth recovered, her most fundamental understandings of what the world is and how it works had been completely transformed. She found herself able to interact with those who had died, and she began to have inexplicable and unwelcome prescient dreams predicting upcoming news events. Elizabeth will discuss surviving the trauma of being struck by lightning, the wonders of her subsequent near-death experience, and how she successfully navigates and thrives in her new life.
Jeffrey Kripal will discuss how we can use information gleaned from a near-death experience as an empowering tool. He will discuss his groundbreaking new idea on how we are shaping our own experiences in the future by how we engage with near-death experiences in the present.
Elizabeth Krohn, BBA
(w/ Jeffrey Kripal, PhD)
Robin Aisha Landsong, BA
Using Creativity to Communicate the Wisdom You Gained in Spiritual Experiences
Your NDE, STE, or Mystical Experiences have the potential to heal people, inspire groups, and transform culture. How do we find effective communication so listeners can be reached in their current state of thinking? How do we watch for clues when it is safe to offer our wisdom story?
Hilary Leehane, BA, CHt
Hypnosis and NDE Recovery
Over the last year and continuing on until the conference and into next year, I have been interviewing Near Death Experiencers and taking them through the hypnosis process to access the memories associated with their NDE. I am also taking Experiencer's that don't quite recall their experience to see if they can recover any memories that they might have lost. Hypnosis is a wonderful tool to access the memories and recover any pieces of their NDE that they may have had trouble recalling. After studying NDE's for the last 8 years I have seen how many do not recall as much as they would like, or they feel that lessons or messages are lost afterwards and they often feel lost themselves. Through much research and taking people through the process I am looking to help Near Death Experiencers obtain information that has been lost so they might feel whole again.
William Letson, BSc
The Divine Universe, NDE'rs and You: The Impossible & Unbelievable Straight Scoop
In 1994, while working as a firefighter, Bill Letson had a profound NDE. Fifteen years later he set out to discover first-hand the true nature of ourselves and our earthly journey. His story weaves together the notion of the incredible power of our emotions, intentions, thoughts and motivations. How our earthly mission is to align with our infinite & eternal divine mind and to live our lives by the wisdom of a compassionate heart. To strive to be peaceable, friendly, kind, and fearless in our thoughts and emotions and how this highest vibrational living will free us from the cycle of rebirth. The presentation infers this simple message is subtly throughout our popular entertainment media and there for us when we're ready to receive it.
Elke Macartney, BA
NDE from Both Sides of the Veil
After effects of the NDE require integration by both the Experiencer and those who are "left behind:" their loved ones and caregivers.
Long time spiritual teacher Elke Macartney will explore the NDE from both the perspective of the experiencer (her husband), as well as being the witness to several Near Death and almost death experiences of her husband.
Upon his return to this side of the veil, Elke's husband Jim's near death experience affected him in profound ways—physical, emotional, mentally and spiritually. As the one who was "left behind" and had to perform CPR on Jim, she also experienced profound after effects, including: Post traumatic stress, her new role as caregiver, profound spiritual experiences and more. Since Jim's death in 2020, Elke continues to experience messages from the other side.
Barbara Mango, PhD
(w/ Lee Witting, MDiv, DMin)
How Educating Healthcare Workers, Clergy and Families About NDEs, NDAs and STEs Leads to Patient-Centered Care for Those Nearing Death
Dr. Mango will define the term nearing death awareness and differentiate it from the term near-death experience. Dr. Mango will share how her educational background in Metaphysics and a lifetime of STEs enabled her to provide the necessary comfort, support and validation of her dying father's NDA experience during his final weeks in hospice care. Dr. Mango will discuss how her patient-centered compassionate care approach helped facilitate the emotional healing of their relationship, allowing her to experience shared STEs with her father and being a witness to his final transformation from atheist to believer in the afterlife. Dr. Mango will compare and contrast her compassionate care approach with that of relatives who openly shared their denial of the reality of his experiences which exacerbated his level of distress. From a chaplain's perspective, Rev. Witting will share his observations.
Suzanne Mays, AA & Robert Mays, BSc
Near-Death Experience Evidence That There Is No Death
Near-death experiences (NDEs) provide three main areas of evidence that there is no death. First, NDE evidence of veridical perceptions in the physical realm during cardiac arrest or coma imply that the mind separates from the physical body and operates independent of it. In addition, apparitional NDEs show that the mind is an objectively real entity. Secondly, there is strong NDE evidence that the separate mind entity interacts with physical processes including neural activations in the brain to produce awareness. Thirdly, the continuity of awareness throughout NDE, especially involving deceased persons, are implicit evidence of personal survival after death, especially when the decedent was not known to the NDEr or was known but was not known to have died. Shared death experiences (SDEs) including veridical perceptions and shared life reviews show a continuity from an NDE to the transmaterial realm at the time of physical death.
David Oakford, BACC
Soul Bared: A Metaphysical Journey
Topics are a description of his death from a drug overdose. He learned about the structure of the physical body as it relates to energy vibration. There is a description of how death felt. He learned about souls, time, thoughts and scenes of the past events in his life. There is a life review and insights concerning reincarnation and David's personal future. David gained an understanding of the nature of the universe. He felt extreme, indescribable feelings of love, joy and peace. David experienced insights concerning energy dynamics, the light, the senses, and an awareness of the future. Other insights include the world of spirit, the spirit city, guardian angels, Jesus, the structure of the universe with a border. There is a description of a return to the physical life and what happened afterward.
Kathleen Pait, MA
(w/ Julie Exline, PhD)
Marieta Pehlivanova, PhD
Support after an NDE: types, benefits, and barriers
The NDE literature and popular culture have focused on positive aftereffects of NDEs, such as greatly increased compassion, spirituality, and appreciation of life, as well as decreased fear of death, among others. However, many NDErs may experience challenges in integrating the experience and find it difficult to talk about their NDE with medical professionals or loved ones, for fear of rejection, ridicule, a label of mental illness or simply lack of understanding. At the same time, specialized professional help is limited by the scarcity of counselors or health professionals familiar with NDEs. In this talk, I will present online survey data from an exploratory study of the types of professional help, therapy, and support groups near-death experiencers have sought out to process their experience, and whether those have been helpful. The study included 167 NDErs, as well as a smaller group of counselors who have worked with NDErs in addressing their therapeutic needs.
Jennifer Kim Penberthy, PhD
Findings From an International Study
1. Define what an After Death Communication (ADC) is.
2. Describe the different kinds and aspects of ADCs.
3. Describe the impact of ADCs on the participants in the presented research.
4. Describe how to ethically and effectively interact with someone sharing their ADC.
William Peters, MA, MEd
(w/ Michael Kinsella, PhD)
Mark Pitstick, DC
The Life Review: What Would Yours Be Like If You "Died" Today, and How Can You Improve It?
If your body perished today, what would your life review be like? What positive changes can you make NOW so your life review is a work of art? Dr. Pitstick will share four ways you can make that happen:
1. Know the life review is a loving and instructive – not judgmental and punitive process.
2. Understand original Aramaic and Hebrew language meanings that clarify what heaven and hell really are.
3. Learn about the Life Review Technique and how it can improve your future life review. Ken Ring PhD, found you don't have to nearly die to benefit from a life-review. Rather, self-work and visualization during deep relaxation can create lasting positive changes. Dr. Ring gave Mark permission in 2000 to share this technique.
4. Make a 'mini-life review' part of your daily selfcare practice. In just a few minutes per day, you can improve your here and now experience whether you seem to be living on earth or elsewhere.
Erika Annabelle Pratte, PhD
Wellbeing Impacts and Clinical Implications of NDEs
This presentation discusses the findings of a PhD thesis which investigated how NDErs experience psychological challenging aftereffects and how their wellbeing is impacted. This was done through mixed methods involving a questionnaire analyzed via statistical testing, content and thematic analysis, and interviews analyzed via interpretative phenomenological analysis. The findings of these multiple analyses discovered relationships between certain features of the NDE, age of when the NDE occurred, and wellbeing domains. It also focused on key challenges that NDErs endorsed to explore what impacts integration of those challenges, and what mental health professionals may need to consider when working with NDErs as clients.
Suzanne Price, MA
Understand Afterlife Communication in Waking, Dream and Contemplative States
This presentation will explain and contextualize Afterlife Communication. Suzanne will present recent personal
examples from being contacted numerous times shortly after her significant other-partner transitioned in 2020, as well as from spiritual and scientific literature. Suzanne is a frequent speaker for the TeslaTech annual conference and has presented talks for the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE), US Psychotronics Association (USPA) and other organizations.
Anne Ross, PhD
Near-Death Experiences Should Constrain Models of Reality
Near-death experiences require a scientific explanation, that is a third person explanation. However, current physics has many missing links so if we try to explain NDEs using the current scientific paradigm we end up with incomplete, contorted, explanations. However, assuming a new paradigm, one which takes consciousness to be everywhere in the universe we should be able to formulate more adequate theories. In this paper it is argued that physics theories should take the NDE and require the whole experience to be explained by physics. It will also be argued that science derives its first hypotheses from experience and that, at the end, a theory of everything should also incorporate experience. In addition, the NDE will be a missing link required to unify physics and understand the nature of fundamental reality. I suggest that in order to model fundamental reality quantum computer simulation will be required and that any such model should be constrained by near-death qualia.
Christian Sundberg, BBM
A Journey from Pre-Birth to Human: Why We Come to Earth
Christian will give a presentation about his pre-birth memory, with the focus being on the reasons why we choose to accept the "veil of forgetfulness" and come to Earth.
Janet Tarantino
(w /Claudia Edge)
Greg Thompson, BA
Living with My Spirit Guides
A life with spirit guides is discussed. The experience started at the age of 5 months and continues through the life of the presenter with multiple methods of communication. Included are direct contact with his guardian angel and numerous guidance communications with his spirit guides. His spirit guides have been with him during hard times such as near death and also being on death watch when he gave up but was not allowed to die. The speaker has also been asked by his spirit guides to help others die and to live in critical moments. Hear how his awareness has grown as he has gotten older.
Rosemary Thornton
Remembering the Light: How Dying Saved My Life
When Rose's husband committed suicide at their home, she fell into a pit so deep and dark that medical professionals expressed doubts that she would ever recover.
Two years later, Rose was diagnosed with cancer, and during a "minor medical procedure," she died, and had no heart beat for 10+ minutes.
In heaven, she was told that if she agreed to return to earth, she'd be completely restored to perfect health, physically, emotionally and mentally. As a nice bonus, her friend (who'd witnessed her death) was instantly transformed from an avowed atheist to a believer when an angel visited him while he waited in the hospital hallway.
The story of Rose's "temporary death experience" has garnered more than 3 million views on a wide variety of video platforms, including a recently released documentary (Life to Afterlife: Death and Back 2) and the prevalent comment shared by viewers is, "This is the best NDE story that I've ever heard."
Ann Charlotte Valentin, NMD
Souls Journey through Time and Space
We are all part of a consciousness transformation. As more and more people are experiencing NDE's and sharing our stories, as well as the help from all of those that are experiencing a spiritual awakening without an NDE, it is helping us move our fellow humans of our global community to a higher vibrational frequency and consciousness awareness. We are going through an enlightenment process and paving the path for future illumination for all. We are all interconnected through our ancestors DNA and the invisible energetic grid that connects all that is. Our own vibrations affect all that is around us, and as we expand our own consciousness, we not only transform ourselves, but also heal our past ancestral lineage as well as future generations by creating illumination and enlightenment for past, present and future souls.
Nancy van Alphen, BA
Soul Sleuthing: How Clues Inform our Past, Present and Future Incarnations
The clues we drop for ourselves prior to our lifetime on earth are uncanny. Planned during the pre-birth process, they are intended to subconsciously keep us on our chosen path of learning during a given lifetime, and over various incarnations. Join me on a thrill ride as I share awe-inspiring clues from my own and others' journeys. Then, be inspired to do some soul-sleuthing of your own!
Rev. Jim Webb, MSc, MBA
Merging Heaven And Earth
This channeled presentation provides experiential guidance familiar with those who have experienced NDEs that enables them to leverage their NDE into living a more balanced, peaceful, spiritual fulfilling life and fulfill the purpose of their NDE.
Lee Witting, MDiv, DMin
(w/ Barbara Mango, PhD)
Marjorie Woollacott, PhD
Powerful Spiritual Awakenings: Kundalini and Spiritual Evolution
In Eastern traditions the spiritually transformative awakening of Kundalini energy is considered the biological mechanism that drives both individual enlightenment and evolution toward higher consciousness. These experiences include spontaneous awakenings, e.g. in meditation, emotional crisis, and during an NDE. An interview questionnaire was used to collect descriptions of both the physical and mystical experiences associated with energetic awakenings in 300+ participants. Subjects reported the experience was mystical, involving feelings of expansion and a sense of being enveloped in light or love. 85% reported unusual flows of energy through or around the body. Transformational changes included increased sensory sensitivity, creativity, and changes in beliefs e.g., a sense of unity, and immortality. Participants reported a lack of understanding of the phenomenon by healthcare professionals, resulting in an inability to address experiencers' needs.
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Greta Thunberg: Teen tells UK politicians 'listen to climate scientists'
April 23, 2019 admin 0 Comments Climate, Greta, LISTEN, politicians, scientists, teen, tells, Thunberg
A teenage climate change activist has urged British politicians to "listen to the scientists" on climate change.
Greta Thunberg, 16, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she did not expect to change their minds single-handedly, saying: "We need to do that together."
The Swedish teenager, who inspired the school climate strikes movement, is expected to meet party leaders later.
She also praised the work of Extinction Rebellion, as climate change protests continued into their second week.
Miss Thunberg said her message for politicians was: "Listen to the science, listen to the scientists. Invite them to talk.
"I am just speaking on behalf of them, I'm trying to say what they've been saying for decades," she said.
'Non-violent disruption'
The teenager sparked an international youth movement after she staged a "School Strike for Climate" in front of the Swedish Parliament in August last year.
Since then she has met Pope Francis and addressed the European Parliament. Speaking about her newfound fame, she said: "It's unbelievable, I can't really take it in."
The interview comes as Extinction Rebellion activists took over part of the Natural History Museum on Monday.
More than 1,000 people have been arrested since the protests began in central London a week ago.
Miss Thunberg, who spoke to the crowds in Marble Arch on Sunday, told the BBC that disruptive action "definitely has a lot of impact".
Asked whether it was necessary, she said: "As long as it's non-violent, I think that could definitely make a difference."
'No point in anything'
Miss Thunberg said she first heard about climate change aged about eight years old. "I was just very moved," she said.
"When I was 11 I became very depressed," she added. "It had a lot to do with the climate and ecological crisis. I thought everything was just so wrong and nothing was happening and there's no point in anything."
After realising she could make a difference, she said she promised herself that "I was going to do something good with my life".
The teenager also admitted that, when she first told her parents of her plan to miss school every Friday, they "weren't very fond of that idea".
In the wide-ranging BBC interview, Miss Thunberg said that having Asperger's had helped her in life: "It makes me different, and being different is a gift I would say. It also makes me see things from outside the box.
"I don't easily fall for lies, I can see through things. If I would've been like everyone else, I wouldn't have started this school strike for instance."
Asked what she would say if she met US President Donald Trump, she said: "I can't really say anything to him that he hasn't heard before.
"Obviously he's not listening to the science and to what we have to say so I wouldn't be able to change his mind."
In 2017, Mr Trump announced the US would withdraw from the 2015 Paris agreement on tackling climate change.
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A: Yes asphalt is 100% recyclable.
A: RAP stands for 'Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement', asphalt pavement material that has been removed from paved surfaces and/or reprocessed (recycled).
Q: How is Asphalt Recycled 100%?
A: Asphalt chunks or millings are loaded into an asphalt recycler. The recycle tumbles and heats the material. After approximately 20 minutes of heating the hot mix asphalt is typically 300F and ready for laydown using conventional techniques.
Q: How is Asphalt Recycled at a Hot Mix Asphalt Plant?
A: First the RAP asphalt millings and/or broken chunk asphalt is crushed and screened to the appropriate size. Then, with the use of a special RAP collar fitted to the asphalt plant, RAP is introduced and mixed with virgin materials. The hot mix asphalt plant is able to recycle 30% (sometimes more) RAP into the final 'virgin' mix.
Q: What is the Cost Benefit of 100% Asphalt Recycling?
A: There is a profit/savings potential of $30.00-$80.00/ton recycled. The wide savings range relates directly to the range in asphalt costs across the USA. Contractors and municipalities can recycle their RAP materials for approximately $18.00 /ton using a PT-PRO Series Recycler. If hot mix purchased at the asphalt plant cost $78.00/ton, then there is an effective savings of $60.00/ton. Therefore, an owner operator recycling 50 tons/day for 30 days, will yield a savings/profit of $90,000.
Q: Is Asphalt Recycling Good For The Environment?
A: Yes, Asphalt Recycling benefits the environment in many ways. In particular, it reduces quarrying, mining and oil consumption. Every year, approximately 75 million tons of asphalt is recycled. Asphalt recycling reduces our consumption of scarce natural resources (aggregate and asphalt) and simultaneously keeps 75 million tons of material out of US landfills. Recycling asphalt also dramatically reduces the consumption of resources such as fuel, machinery, transportation and labor when compared with producing virgin asphalt materials.
Q: Where Does RAP Come From?
A: Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement is typically acquired when asphalt pavement surfaces are milled off prior to repaving and when asphalt is removed during pavement repairs or prior to replacement. Most RAP material is the byproduct of asphalt pavement that has been removed from driveways, roadways, parking lots, highways and airports.
Q: What's the Composition of RAP?
A: RAP, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement is composed of a mixture of high quality, well graded aggregate that is coated with asphalt cement.
Q: What's the Asphalt Content of RAP?
A: On larger projects, RAP is removed using a milling machine which grinds the asphalt into small pieces. On smaller jobs like driveways, roadways and utility repairs a skid-steer or backhoe is often used to remove the asphalt pavement.
A: The asphalt content of RAP is typically found to be around 4%-6%.
Q: Is Asphalt The Most Recycled Material In The USA?
A: Yes, according to the Federal Highway Administration 73 million tons of reclaimed asphalt pavement is reused every year. This is nearly twice as much as paper, glass, aluminum and plastics combined.
Q: How Do Paving Contractors Dispose of RAP?
A: Many contractors do not have a facility for processing (crushing and screening) RAP or for reusing RAP. Rather than paying a tipping fee at the landfill the contractor will often dispose of the RAP at the hot mix plant, which charges a small fee and then recycles the RAP and resells it.
Q: Is There a Carbon Saving From 100% Asphalt Recycling?
A: Yes, according to a study conducted in the UK by Accord Highways and Stafford-shire County Council in 2007, the VEB Asphalt Recycler was used to recycle 2,500 Metric Tonnes of recycled asphalt and yielded a 1,596 tonnes reduction in carbon emissions.
Q: How Does 100% Asphalt Recycling Benefit Paving Contractors?
Q: How Does 100% Asphalt Recycling Benefit Municipalities?
A: Asphalt recycling benefits cities, county and state highway departments through: reduced hot-mix costs through recycling, eliminating RAP disposal costs, reduced reliance on the hot-mix plant, ability to produce hot mix material 24/7, ability to produce virgin asphalt (with certain asphalt recyclers) and the ability to eliminate wasted labor costs required when using cold patch for pothole repairs.
Q: Is 100% Recycled Asphalt Durable?
A: Yes, properly graded RAP with sufficient asphalt content, that is 'properly' recycled (not overheated and properly mixed) will perform nearly identically to virgin asphalt.
Q: What's the Life Expectancy Using 100% Recycled Hotmix?
A: The results should be very similar to that of using a virgin hot mix asphalt. The biggest determining factor effecting material performance for both virgin and recycled asphalt is proper preparation of the repair site and adequate compaction by the crew.


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["The Westerner" crossing the Trinity River Bridge]
Description: Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 6, "The Westerner" headed by a 2000HP electro-motive diesel crosses the Trinity River Bridge near Dallas on June 18, 1953.
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
[North San Gabriel River Bridge on U.S. Highway 81]
Description: Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Construction stage shows placing concrete bent number 2, North San Gabriel River bridge. Men are working on scaffolding for the bent and there is a partial view of a shovel.
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
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Description: Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Construction stage shows placing forms for concrete bent number 2, North San Gabriel River bridge.
Description: Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Construction stage shows excavation for footing of pier number 2, North San Gabriel River bridge. Lower half of a men win overalls and work gloves can be seen next to tubes.
Description: Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Construction stage shows excavation for footing east let of pier number 2, North San Gabriel River bridge. Shovel, pick axe and bucket can be seen.
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Description: Photograph of Federal Aid Project 260 (2) Job 16 on U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Construction stage shows forms after placing concrete pier number 2, Berry Creek bridge.
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I compile it using NASM 2.13.01 and ld.exe 2.28 (on Windows 10)
nasm -f Win32 -p first_exe.obj first_exe.asm
ld first_exe.obj -o first_exe.exe c:\Windows\System32\msvcrt.dll

My friend told me it works on his computer with the same NASM version, but ld 2.24 (windows 8)
Is it problem with ld, Windows 10 or my code is just wrong? Are there any workarounds for it, except calling exit function?
Thanks for help

A: Returning from WinMain does not terminate your application. The documentation is pretty clear that you need to do this yourself. There is another error, too: C strings must be terminated with a NUL byte, so your testString should be defined like this:
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It might be the best recruiting slogan ever.
"Sometimes your mistakes end up being the greatest thing you've ever done," said Jeff Moriarty, president and co-founder of Tin Whiskers Brewing Co. in St. Paul.
Moriarty described the brewing process to about 30 people at his noon talk at the Science Education Center on March 22. The event was hosted by the natural sciences department and the North Star STEM Alliance. No alcohol was served at the event.
Moriarty got his start as a homebrewer while he was working as a full-time electrical engineer. He said the combination of precision, curiosity, and experimentation makes engineering and brewing natural bedfellows.
The brewing process always consists of the same steps—boiling down the main mash, adding hops and other flavors, a series of filtering processes, and fermentation—but variations at each stage can be altered to create a different taste. Inputs are related to outputs, so brewers should start with good ingredients: water, malt, hops (which make beer less sweet) and other adjuncts (chocolate, pumpkin or whatever other flavor you can think of).
Even choosing a different type of yeast while keeping every other variable the same can result in a different tasting beer, Moriarty said.
Beer is a multisensory experience. The tongue can taste only six things—salty, sweet, sour, umami, fat and bitterness. Everything else—fruity, floral, malty, spicy—goes through the nose, Moriarty said.
The carbonation level affects the drinking experience too.
These were not always on his mind back when he was just a homebrewer.
"You start a brewery because you like to brew, but then you have to run a business," Moriarty said.
Of course if it's a hit, scaling up becomes another equation. Making a small batch means running to the grocery store for ingredients. Making 30 barrels can mean finding 88 pounds of dark chocolate, 60 pounds of coffee, and tons of vanilla.
It boils down (pun intended) to trial, error, testing and tweaking.


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Anna Catherine Imoehl Dohm and Peter Dohm Family
Anna Catherine Imoehl daughter of Joseph and Helena (Doerr) Imoehl
born: 14 Mar 1872 in Festina, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
died: 14 Apr 1953 at the age of 81 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska,USA
married: 5 Feb 1891 to Peter Dohm in Festina, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Peter Dohm, son of Mathias and Katherine (Stuckart) Dohm
born: Nov 1857 in Dudeldorf, Bitburg-Prum, Rheinland-Pfalz, German Confederation
died: 12 Jan 1926 at the age of 68 in Belden, Cedar County, Nebraska, USA
Peter and Anna are both buried at Saint Michael Cemetery, Coleridge, Cedar County, Nebraska.
Petes parents, Mathias and Catherine Dohm, purchased a farm in Section 4 overlapping into section 5, of Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. The 1879 Plat Map shows the location, where they acquired the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of section 4 and a bit of section 5.1
1879 Plat Map, section 4 & 5 of Auburn township, Fayette County,Iowa.
Peters mother Kathrina died in 1882 and his father, Mathias, died in 1890. The farm was sold to J. Tillerman.
Peter and Anna are both showing as living in Iowa at the time of their marriage in January 1891 and must have moved to Nebraska by 1892, when their first child was born in Nebraska. They purchased 80 acres in Township 28 N. Range 1 E in Randolph, Cedar County, Nebraska Section 12.2 This is where they would raise their children.
After Peter died in 1926, I was unable to find Anna in the 1930 or 1940 US Federal Census records. She was buried at the same cemetery as Peter in Coleridge, Cedar County, Nebraska.
The following records give us a look into their lives:
1917 Plat Map of section 12 Township 28 N Range 1 E in Randolph, Cedar County, Nebraska.
1870 Immigration Record for Peter Dohm
1870 Immigration Record for Peter Dohm3
On June 16, 1870 Peter Dohm at the age of 12 and with his parents and sibllings arrived in the Port of Baltimore, Maryland on the Steam Ship "Ohio" from the Port of Bremen, Prussia [Germany] via Southampton. The ship manifest lists his family as follows:
#390 Matthias Dohm age: 50 male farmer
#391 Catharina Dohm age: 48 female
#392 Susanne Dohm age: 20 female
#393 Hubert Dohm age: 15 male
#394 Peter Dohm age: 12 male
#395 Anna Dohm age: 9 female
Peter and Anna married on February 5, 1891, most likely at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Peter is showing as living in St. Lucas, Fayette County, Iowa at the time of their marriage. He was ten years older than Anna, being 29 when they married, Anna was 19.4
Anna Catherine Imoehl and Peter Dohm Marriage Record
Census records can be a great resource for genealogy research. It's important to note however that the information collected may have been provided by any of the household members and sometimes even a neighbor. Especially in the early days, our ancestors had strong accents, so the information was up to the census taker for interpretation. Spelling was often written phonetically and the handwriting sometimes difficult to transcribe.
1900 US Federal Census, Precinct 15, Randolph, Cedar County, Nebraska, Supervisor's District No. 3rd, Enumeration District No. 42, Sheet No. 4, Enumerated on 14 day of June, 1900.
Peter Dohn [Dohm], head, birth month/year: Nov 1837, age: 43, married 9 years, birthplace: Germany, Parents birthplace: Germany, immigration year: 1870, years in US: 30, naturalized: yes, occupation: farm.
Anna Dohn [Dohm], wife, birth month/year: March 1872, age: 28, married 9 years, children born: 6, children living: 6, birthplace: Iowa, Fathers birthplace: Germany, Mothers birthplace: Pennsylvania
Katie A. Dohn [Dohm], daughter, birth month/year: April 1892, age: 8, birthplace: Nebraska
Tilly F Dohn [Dohm], daughter, birth month/year: April 1893, age: 7, birthplace: Nebraska
Peter J Dohn [Dohm], son, birth month/year: July 1894, age: 5, birthplace: Nebraska
Hellen S Dohn [Dohm], daughter, birth month/year: March 1896, age: 4, birthplace, Iowa
Edmond J Dohn [Dohm], son, birth month/year: February 1898, age: 2, birthplace: Nebraska
Sugmund Dohn [Dohm], son, birth month/year: February 1900, age: 3 months, birthplace: Nebraska
NOTE: Anna Imoehl is also showing on the Military Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa 1900 US Federal Census date June 18th 1900 with her parents and siblings showing as single. Her birth month/year and age are correct, so this is a bit of confusing contradiction in her records.
1910 US Federal Census, District 45, Precinct 19, Randolph City, Cedar County, Nebraska, Supervisor District No. 3, Enumeration District No. 45, Sheet No. 13 B, enumerated 26 Day of April, 1910.
Peter Dohm, head, age: 53, married 18 years, birthplace: Germany, immigration year: 1870, Naturalized, occupation: farmer, industry: General Farm, can read and write, own farm, free of mortgage
Anna K. Dohm, wife, age: 37, married 18 years, children born: 10, children living: 9, birthplace: Iowa, occupation: Laborer, industry: Home farm, can read and write
Anna K. Dohm, daughter, age: 18, single, birthplace: Nebraska, occupation: none, can read and write
Peter J. Dohm, son, age: 15, birthplace: Nebraska, occupation: Farm Laborer, industry: Home Farm, wage earner, can read and write
Oda S. Dohm, daughter, age: 13, birthplace: Nebraska, can read and write, attending school
Edmond J. Dohm, son, age: 12, birthplace: Nebraska, can read and write, attending school
Ramond J. Dohm, son, age: 6, birthplace: Nebraska, attending school
Bertha J. Dohm, daughter, age: 5, birthplace: Nebraska, attending school
Juliana C. Dohm, daughter, age: 3, birthplace: Nebraska
Ella I. Dohm, daughter, age 1 year 5 months, birthplace: Nebraska
John J. Klingseis, boarder, age: 53, widower
1920 US Federal Census Belden Village, Cedar County, Nebraska, Supervisors District No. 193, Supervisor's District and Enumeration District No. illegible but could be 193 and 43. Sheet No. is also illegible but may be 202 B. Enumerated on 12 Day of February 1920.
Peter Eahn [Dohm], head, own farm, age: 64, married, immigration date: 1870, naturalized in 1876, can read and write, birthplace: Germany, occupation: retired, industry: farmer
Anna Eahn [Dohm], wife, age: 48, married, can read and write, birthplace: Iowa,
J. Raymond Eahn [Dohm] son, age: 15, can read and write, birthplace: Nebraska
J. Bertha Eahn [Dohm], daughter, age: 13, can read and write, birthplace: Nebraska
P. Ella Eahn [Dohm], daughter, age: 10, can read and write, birthplace: Nebraska
Peter and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm Children
Anna Katherine "Katie" Dohm daughter of Peter and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm, was born on 02 Apr 1892 in Cedar County, Nebraska, USA. She died in Oct 1985 at the age of 93 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, USA. She married John J. Schmidt son of Andrew and Mary (Paul) Schmidt, on 14 Feb 1913 in Wayne County, Nebraska, USA. He was born on 18 May 1885 in Sebringville Ontario, Canada and died on 29 Jan 1951 at the age of 65 in O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, USA. This is an ancestor I will follow.
Mathilda "Tilly" Frances Dohm daughter of Peter and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm, was born on 26 Apr 1893 in Belden, Cedar County, Nebraska, USA. She died on 03 Mar 1969 at the age of 75 in South Sioux City, Dakota County, Nebraska, USA. She married Charles Raymond Leffelman son of Andrew and Mary Elizabeth (Goy) Leffelman. He was born on 30 Aug 1883 in Harrison County, Iowa, USA. He died in Nov 1966 at the age of 83 in South Sioux City, Dakota County, Nebraska, USA. This is an ancestor I will follow.
Peter Joe Dohm son of Peter and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm was born on 06 Jul 1894 in Belden, Cedar County, Nebraska, USA. He died in Jan 1983 at the age of 88 in Oneill, Holt County, Nebraska, USA. He is buried at Saint Michael Cemetery, Coleridge, Cedar County, Nebraska, USA.
1930 US Federal Census.
I found Peter at the age of 36 as a Farm Laborer. He was lodging with the William Sohler family in Precinct 20, Cedar County, Nebraska.
Peter J. Dohm, lodger, single, birthplace: Nebraska, can read and write, occupation: farm laborer, industry: general farm, Veteran: No.
1935 South Dakota State Census, Mission, Todd County, South Dakota,
P J Dohm, age: 42, birthyear: 1893, birthplace: Nebraska, single, father's birthplace: Germany, Mothers birthplace: Iowa.
1940 US Federal Census, Township 39, Range 29, Rural Todd County, South Dakota, E.D. No. 61-26, S.D. No 5, Sheet No. 61 B.Peter's brothers Ed and Raymond were living with him on a cattle ranch.
P J Dohm, Renting, $25/mo, head, age: 59, single, highest grade completed: elementary school 3rd grade, resident on farm: yes, employed for pay: yes, hours worked week prior to census: 48, occupation: rancher, industry: cattle ranch, income: 235
Ed Dohm, brother, age: 48, single, highest grade completed: elementary school 3rd grade, birthplace: Nebraska, resident on farm: yes, employed for pay: yes, hours worked week prior to census: 56, occupation: rancher, industry Cattle Ranch, income: 248
Raymond Dohm, brother, age: 37, single, highest grade completed: High School, 1st year, birthplace: Nebraska, resident on farm: yes, employed for pay: yes, hours worked week prior to census: 56, occupation: rancher, industry: Cattle Ranch, income: 239.1942 US World War II Draft Registration CardDate: February 24, 1942, Peter Joe Dohm, age: 49, birthdate: 6 Jul 1893, birthplace: Belden, Nebraska, USA, residence: Mission, Todd County, South Dakota, USA, Occupation: Self Employed in Todd, South Dakota, Height 5'4″, eye color: Gray, Hair Color: Gray, complexion: Ruddy. Person who will always know your address: Annie Dohm – Belden, Nebraska.
Edith Helen Susan Dohm daughter of Peter Dohm and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm, was born on 02 Mar 1896 in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA. She died on 04 Jul 1990 in Adams, Gage County, Nebraska, USA. She married Paul Nicholas Pietyk son of Wilheim and Marie Pietzyk on 30 Oct 1917. He was born on 23 Jan 1891 in Brößnitz, Poland. He died on 19 Feb 1948 at the age of 57 in Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA. Edith and Paul are buried at Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery, Saint Mary, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA. This is an ancestor I will follow.
Edward "Ed" John Dohm son of Peter and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm was born on 21 Feb 1898 in Nebraska, USA. He died in Aug 1971 at the age of 72 in O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, USA. He is buried at Saint Michael Cemetery, Coleridge, Cedar County, Nebraska, USA.
1930 US Federal Census, Keyapaha Township, Tripp County, South Dakota, Enumeration District No. 62-17, Supervisor's District No. 2, Sheet No. 1 A, Enumerated on April 11, 1930.
Ed Dohm, head, Owned, no value of home listed, lives on a farm, age: 32, single, able to read and write, birthplace: Nebraska, Fathers birthplace: Germany, Mothers birthplace: Iowa, occupation: Farmer, Industry: General Farming, class of worker: employer, Veteran: no.
Raymond Dohm, brother, age: 24, single, birthplace: Nebraska, Fathers birthplace: Germany, Mothers birthplace: Iowa, occupation: laborer, industry: General Farm, class of worker: wage, veteran: no.
It looks like Ed owns his own farm and his brother Raymond is working for him on the farm. By 1935, they would both be working with their brother Peter in Todd County, South Dakota. Perhaps the depression had an impact on him and his farm.
Siedgmund Dohm son of Peter and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm was born in Feb 1900 in Nebraska, USA. He died in 1902 at about 2 years old, most likely in Cedar County, Nebraska, USA. He is buried at Saint Michael Cemetery, Coleridge, Cedar County, Nebraska.
Raymond John Dohm son of Peter and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm was born on 02 Jun 1903 in Nebraska, USA. He died on 08 Aug 1997 at the age of 94 in O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, USA. He is buried at Saint Michael Cemetery, Coleridge, Cedar County, Nebraska.
In addition to the 1930 and 1940 US Federal Census records listed above under his brothers Peter and Ed, the 1935 Nebraska State Census shows Raymond as follows:
Ray Dohm, age: 30, single, Todd County, South Dakota, Fathers birthplace: Germany, Mothers birhplace: Iowa.
Bertha "Joan" Dohm daughter of Peter and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm was born on 14 Mar 1905 in Cedar City, Wheeler County, Nebraska, USA. She died on 14 Jul 1988 at the age of 83. She is buried at Saint Michael Cemetery in Coleridge, Cedar County, Nebraska.
Julianna C. Dohm daughter of Peter and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm was born about 1907 in Nebraska, USA. She died in 1916 at the age of 9 years, most likely in Cedar County, Nebraska. She is buried at Saint Michael Cemetery, Coleridge, Cedar County, Nebraska.
Pauline Ella "Sister Perpetua" Dohm daughter of Peter and Anna Catherine (Imoehl) Dohm was born in 1908 in Nebraska, USA. She died in 1979 at the age of 71 in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA.
M. Dohm, 1879 Plat Map, Section 4 & 5, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, township maps, Iowa Counties Historic Atlases, State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City) retrieved from The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Digital Library online at http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/atlases/id/7291/rec/42 (Accessed 18 Oct 2019).
Township 28 N., Range 1 E., Randolph, Wareham, Cedar County 1917 Plat Map, Published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co. in 1917, available for purchase online at Historic Map Works, Residential Genealogy at http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1255956/Township+28+N+++Range+1+E+++Randolph++Wareham/Cedar+County+1917+Copy+1/Nebraska/ (Accessed 18 Oct 2019).
Matthias Dohm Family Immigration, Steamship "Ohio" Ship Manifest 16 Jun 1870, Bremen to Baltimore via Southampton, retrieved from Immigrantships.net online at https://immigrantships.net/v17/1800v17/ohio18700616.html (Accessed 18 Oct 2019).
Anna Catherine Imoehl and Peter Dohm marriage record, Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922; Record Type: Textual Records, Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1934, Author Ancestry.com, Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2014, Provo, UT, USA. Retrieved from Ancestry.com (Accessed 18 Aug 2019).
The family Information was retrieved from a variety of family trees, webgens and family stories. I will note citations as appropriate and hope the information assists you in your research, but please do not use this as proven evidence. Feedback is welcome!


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Q: Berry curvature in rotating traps A quantum system in a rotating (harmonic) trap is equivalent to a stationary system in the presence of a vector potential $\mathbf{A}$.
The proof can be found in chapter 5 here, but in short it goes like this:

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*Start with a time independent Hamiltonian for a harmonic 2D trap:
$$ H =\frac{\mathbf{p}^2}{2m} + \frac{1}{2}m(\omega_x^2\, x^2 + \omega_y^2\,y^2) $$

*We rotate it to $H(t) = R H R^\dagger$, where $R = e^{-i \phi L_z}$ is the rotation operator, $L_z$ dimensionless.

*We solve the TDSE in our intertial frame for a time-dependent $H(t)$: $$ i\hbar \frac{\partial \Psi}{\partial t} = H(t)\Psi$$

*We go to the rotating frame by looking at the rotated wavefunction $\Psi' = R^\dagger \Psi$, and we find the following new TDSE: $$ i\hbar \frac{\partial \Psi'}{\partial t} = H(t)'\Psi', $$ where $$H(t)' = \frac{(\mathbf{p} - m\mathbf{A})^2}{2m} + \frac{1}{2}m(\omega_x^2\, x^2 + \omega_y^2\,y^2 - \Omega r^2), $$
where $\mathbf{A} = \Omega \times r = -\Omega y \boldsymbol{\hat{\imath}} + \Omega x \boldsymbol{\hat{\jmath}}$, and the $-\Omega r^2$ is a centrigular potential.

Questions

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*1) I should have got an expressio for the connection $\mathbf{A}$ as a Berry connection, since all I have done is introduce an (adiabatic?) time dependence to the state $\Psi \rightarrow e^{-i(\Omega t)\,L_z}\Psi$.

If I assume this to be my Berry phase $\gamma$, then the connection should come from:
$$ -\Omega\,t \,L_z = \gamma = \int \mathrm{d}\mathbf{R} \cdot \mathbf{A}, $$ where $\mathbf{R}$ should be my adiabatic parameter which I guess here is $\Omega t$?  I guess I could write $\Omega L_z$ as $\mathbf{\Omega} \cdot \mathbf{L} = \mathbf{\Omega} \cdot (\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{p})= (\Omega \times r ) \cdot \mathbf{p}$, but I cannot get the desired $\mathbf{A} = \Omega \times r$ !

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*2) Can I get the scalar centrigular potential from the Berry argument too? The same reference on chapter IV gives a formula for the scalar potential:

$$ V(R) = \frac{h^2}{2m} \left ( \frac{d}{dR} |n(R) \rangle|^2 - \langle \frac{d}{dR} n(R)|n(R)\rangle \langle n(R)|\frac{d}{dR} n(R)\rangle \right ), $$
where again $R$ is the adiabatic parameter that in my case I assume is $\Omega t$, and $|n(R)\rangle = e^{-i \Omega t L_z} \Psi$?
If I am completely off track, what would this $V$ be and how do I get the centrifugal potential from Berry?

A: In this answer, I'll give an explicit formula of the state $|n\rangle$ and show how to obtain the Berry connection and scalar potential using the usual formula of the Berry connection and Shanker Berry potential formulas.
The situation is as follows:
Our initial system is a (non-rotating) two dimensional (non-isotropic) harmonic oscillator. We are going to couple it adiabatically to an additional quantum system parameterized by the harmonic oscillator coordinates as slow coordinates (and having possibly other fast coordinates) such that in the adiabatic approximation governed by the additional system's (parametrized) ground state, the composite system will be the rotating harmonic oscillator.
Since we are working in the adiabatic limit, we need only to specify the additional system parametrized ground state eigenvector; we do not need to know the full dynamics.
In order for the solution not to seem as a wild guess, I'll justify it before going into the actual computations. In the case of spin coupled to a magnetic field, the Berry curvature is the field of a Dirac monopole, which is uniform on the surface of the sphere and radially directed. In our case, the solution is a uniform magnetic field on the plane. So in principle we can choose our system to be a sphere and take the limit of the radius to infinity in order to obtain the plane. This procedure is based on the process known as the Wigner-İnönü contraction.  In this contraction the $SU(2)$ algebra of the sphere contracts to the Heisenberg-Weyl algebra of the plane. Since we know that the ground state of the spin system is a spin coherent state vector. We replace it in the case of the plane by the standard Glauber coherent state vector. The only complication is that in the plane case, the representation of the Heisenberg-Weyl algebra is infinite dimensional. But this is not really a problem because all the sums in the following are absolutely convergent.
Defining
$$z = x+iy$$
(We will need to scale $z$ as: $z\rightarrow \sqrt{\Omega} z$ in order to obtain the right formula. We can do that at the end of the computation for simplicity).
Then, the Glauber coherent state vector is given as follows:
$$|n\rangle = e^{-\frac{z\bar{z}}{2}}\begin{pmatrix}1  \\ \frac{z}{\sqrt{1!}}\\ \frac{z^2}{\sqrt{2!}} \\ .\\.\\.\\\frac{z^i}{\sqrt{i!}} \\ .\\.\\.\end{pmatrix} $$
Please check that the vector $|n\rangle$ is properly normalized:
The Berry potential is given by:
$$A = \langle n| d | n \rangle = \langle n| \frac{\partial}{\partial z} | n \rangle dz  + \langle n| \frac{\partial}{\partial \bar{z}} | n \rangle d \bar{z}$$
Please verify the result:
$$A = \frac{1}{2}(\bar{z} dz – z d\bar{z})$$
Returning to the Cartesian coordinates, we obtain:
$$A = i(x dy – y dx)$$
This after scaling gives the right result.
Similarly a direct application of the formula:
$$V(z, \bar{z}) = \langle n| \frac{\partial}{\partial z} | n \rangle  \langle n| \frac{\partial}{\partial \bar{z}} | n \rangle  - \langle n| \frac{\stackrel{\leftarrow}{\partial}}{\partial \bar{z}} \frac{\stackrel{\rightarrow} {\partial}}{\partial z} | n \rangle$$
Here we obtain:
$$V(z, \bar{z}) = - z \bar{z}$$
This gives the right result after scaling.


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Brian Sims, Andrew Neil vs. Ben Shapiro, and Bringing Back an Old Word
We have a word for dehumanizing people on the basis of what they think, and for being utterly intolerant of another political viewpoint. Bigotry.
Will Chamberlain
Much conservative energy has been spent fighting the progressive re-definition of the word "racism." The academic left has aggressively pushed the novel formulation that racism is the combination of prejudice and power. This, conveniently, renders underprivileged or oppressed groups (or at least those groups the left recognizes as underprivileged or oppressed) definitionally incapable of being "racist."
…the right is not winning this fight.
Conservatives and libertarians are understandably angry about this; all of a sudden, this nasty, argument-ending pejorative has been defined in such a way that it seemingly only applies to members of their political coalition. And, predictably, they have pushed back.
But the right is not winning this fight. The left has invested an enormous amount of time and energy into building the intellectual edifice justifying this semantic move. As a result, conservatives find themselves on the low ground, unprepared to deal with the onslaught of progressive justifications for this novel formulation.
But there's a word out there that progressives haven't taken the time to redefine. This word carries almost the same burden of negative connotation that "racism" does.
That word is bigotry.
As a word, "bigotry" has fallen out of fashion in the last 200 years, especially in comparison to its younger cousin.
But even though "bigotry" has fallen out of favor, it still retains its punch. No one wants to be called a bigot. Even the sound of the word has a harshness to it, ending with an abrupt, hard consonant.
And perhaps its greatest virtue is that it is an equal opportunity pejorative. It doesn't matter how underprivileged or oppressed you are; everyone is definitionally capable of being a bigot.
DEHUMANIZING PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES
In the past week, we've seen two obvious instances of pro-abortion bigotry – one coming from the American left, the other from the British "right."
Brian Sims, a Pennsylvania State Representative, livestreamed himself harassing a group of teenage girls on the street for the egregious faux pas of suggesting that just maybe there might be an ethical problem with abortion.
Seeing these young women praying was enough to turn Sims into a screaming madman. In that moment of rage and narcissism, Sims viewed those young women the same way he views a 39-week old fetus: as not fully human.
In a similarly contemptible display, British broadcaster Andrew Neil interviewed Ben Shapiro about his book The Right Side of History. I've read Shapiro's book; while his brisk survey of Western philosophy and theology is impressive, there are plenty of areas available for a progressive to critique it in good faith.
That said, there was nothing resembling good faith in Neil's interview.
Much of it was dedicated to reading ancient Shapiro quotations out of context and demanding that Shapiro explain himself. Neil seemed to suggest that because Shapiro said mean things fifteen years ago, he had no right to argue for more reasoned discourse today. Neil's approach was facile, and Shapiro was perfectly justified in taking off his microphone and ending the interview early.
But the most striking thing about the interview was Neil's attitude towards the pro-life position. Neil suggested to Shapiro that "some of the ideas that are popular on your side of politics would seem to take us back to the dark ages – Georgia, new abortion laws, a woman who miscarries could get thirty years [in prison]."
Neil's statement reveals an outrageous bigotry towards those who oppose abortion.
Apart from this being a blatant mischaracterization of Georgia's new "heartbeat" law, Neil's statement reveals an outrageous bigotry towards those who oppose abortion. It's one thing to suggest that the pro-life position gives insufficient consideration to the liberty interests of women, especially early in their pregnancy. It's another thing entirely to suggest that the pro-life position is so barbaric that it would "take us back to the dark ages."
When Shapiro challenged Neil on late-term abortion, and specifically on whether Neil would ask similarly loaded questions to a pro-choice advocate about late-term abortion, Neil dodged. In so doing Neil revealed the Spartan nature of the "modern," absolutist pro-choice position.
If any political position would augur a return to the "dark ages," it's surely not the one held by those opposed to near-infanticide.
Too many progressives in 2019 are like Neil and Sims: myopic, unable to recognize that there are perfectly defensible, legitimate reasons to oppose the positions they hold dear.
In short, they are bigots.
Will Chamberlain is the publisher of Human Events.
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