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The Lost Civilization of Man
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The secret of ancient hybrid beings
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Archaeological findings and the ruins of the ancients; The most important role is played by what we know about ancient today. Findings that have been made by ancient to inform future generations Or the findings that researchers have studied and share with us in the style of life or what happened in the past.
Have you ever wondered what the reason for the presence of sculptures from 2 streaks humans could be? Do these kinds of images and stone tablets tell of these creatures in the past? Or is the imagination and mind of the creator of these works only? We know that in the distant past, these people who created images and sculptures in different parts of the world have not had any connection with each other to chat. Did not we consider Phoenix the myth? But as the scientists discovered, they found a bird that lived 250 thousand years ago and has a very similar phoenix (as we have the legendary bird).
According to the researchers, these works can have a serious concept and message Years ago, researchers such as Eric von Duncan or Walter Ernesting claimed that the statues in Egypt and Babylon and Iran that featured human beings with animal heads or mixed animals of several animals (such as the Abullous, which has a human head and a body of milk) They all existed once and were not made for decoration. But scientists say that science has come to the conclusion that there can only be one way to create them, and that genetic technology is, because in the natural world of mating between two different types of animals there is no outcome
Why, for the most of these creatures, they would have wings? Or why they showed people winged? Today, genetic science calls a mixture of animals and humans called chimeras. The chimera is a condition in which the different genetically different cells are all secreted from a few zigot.
The main focus of the initiation of such genetic manipulations was based on ancient Egyptian texts and, in particular, emerald plates began from a territory called Atlantis. According to Ebers Papyrus, a group of 9 luminous people came to Earth 12,000 years ago. One of them was called the Thoth who learned the knowledge of alchemy and interference in nature to mankind. This prohibited knowledge was carved on two pillars of emerald. This knowledge has only been in the hands of the gods before, but then it has been taught to man.
This knowledge was later also known as Hermes' knowledge. becaus, one of the Egyptian pharaohs, Hermes, was a very skilled alchemist; during his time, the vast cities of the world, from Memphis and Heliopolis to Babylon, Our and Iranshir, had alchemist schools and taught the Emerald tabernacles.
Muslims also know this story as Harout and Marot Harout and Marot were the names of the two angels who came to teach magic to the people and help them to reverse the magic of witches.
The topic becomes more serious when you know that Jaber ibn Hayan, a famous Iranian alchemist, has described the findings of his alchemy in over 120 books that he wrote, and in one of his most famous books called Stones Book (Hajjar Book), the training of such animals is teaching And even beyond that. According to the book Albert Magnus, Alexander the Great found both pillars of emerald in the tomb of Hermes; he went to Heliopolis and placed it in a safe place, and then built the city of Alexandria.
According to the texts discovered, a number of these strange and horrible beings were created; so far as the earth was corrupt and ruined, and the gods, sent a storm to clear the earth. This issue is reflected in the religious books, except for the word; the gods! (In other articles on this page, it has already been said that the passage of the Nibiru planet has caused the storm, but it should be noted that the earth has seen more than just a storm.)
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The same is mentioned in the Sumerian inscriptions. And you certainly know that the Sumerian inscriptions also account for the great storm as the Nibiru planet. The storm that we now call the storm of Noah And a planet that NASA does not endorse or reject
For example, in the latest video released by NASA, David Morrison first rejected the existence of the Nibiru planet and then said it was supposed to be; every 3600 years, it would be dismantled from the ground and it would not be a threat to us.
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Forecast: U.S. auto sales pace expected to fall from June level
Annual sales pace expected to fall to 16.6 million in July, down from June's 17.3 million level.
July sales volume is expected to rise just slightly from July 2018, up 0.5%.
The market's return to volatility is expected after relative stability in May and June.
ATLANTA, July 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Cox Automotive is forecasting July U.S. auto sales volume to finish at 1.38 million, rising 0.5% from last year, or about 7,000 units.
The seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) is expected to drop to 16.6 million, below June's 17.3 million level, and down slightly from July 2018's 16.7 million pace. July 2019 has 25 selling days, one more than last July, which causes the SAAR to fall significantly even though sales volume rises.
"Strong consumer confidence and employment gains are supporting stable demand for light vehicles," said Charlie Chesbrough, senior economist, Cox Automotive. "However, affordability issues continue to weigh on the market. The estimated average transaction price for a new light vehicle in the U.S. is $37,285 in the most recent Kelley Blue Book report, and we do not see this number coming down."
In total, vehicle sales in the first half of 2019 were down 2.2%, or nearly 200,000 units. Fleet sales, both commercial and rental, have been the key to supporting the new-vehicle market in the first half. They are likely to remain strong through the year. Retail purchasing and leasing activity was down in the first half of this year, extending the trend from 2018, as consumer activity slows due to affordability concerns.
Market Volatility Remains a Challenge
Volatility has been as issue in the market in 2019 as the SAAR has shown large swings over various months. Some of these swings can be attributed to the harsh winter in much of the country. However, the largest variable continues to be fleet volume. Sales of both commercial and rental fleet vehicles have been on the rise due in part to increased depreciation allowances for business-use vehicles. The market has seen increased fleet activity and business-use vehicle purchases, and this trend is likely to extend into 2020.
July 2019 Sales Forecast Highlights
In July, new light-vehicle sales, including fleet, are forecast to reach 1.38 million units, up 0.5% or 7,000 units, from July 2018. However, versus June 2019's strong performance, sales are expected to fall more than 9%, or more than 140,000 vehicles.
The SAAR in July 2019 is estimated to be 16.6 million, down from last month's surprisingly strong 17.3 million level and down slightly from last year's 16.7 million pace. This July has 25 selling days, one more than last July, which is contributing to the relatively weak SAAR estimate given an increase in sales volume.
Record volume for July occurred in 2005 when sales reached 1.8 million vehicles and a SAAR of 20.6 million. The record occurred during the summer of "no haggle" incentive programs when employee pricing for all buyers was widespread. Even with the volume of unique incentive programs running high all year, it is unlikely that new records will be reached this month.
July 2019 Forecast
Sales Forecast1
YOY%
MOM%
218,500*
-11.2%*
16.7%*
-0.4%*
Ford Motor Co
Toyota Motor Co
FCA Group
Nissan NA
Grand Total2
1 July 2019 Cox Automotive Industry Insights Forecast; all historical data from OEM sales announcements
2 Total includes brands not shown
* GM and Ford monthly sales are estimated
Mid-Size Car
Compact Car
Compact SUV/Crossover
Full-Size Pickup Truck
Mid-Size SUV/Crossover
1 Cox Automotive Industry Insights data
2 Total includes segments not shown
All percentages are based on raw volume, not daily selling rate.
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Under normal circumstances I could have easily accomplished the latter option. However, this was a very tough course, it was a going to be a hot day and I had not really recovered well from Newport. I made the fateful decision to go with option ii) since I wanted to cross the 520 bridge (one of the main highlights of the new course this year).
I went down to Bellevue square at 5:15am to take one of the first few shuttles to the start in Husky stadium. This ended up being a smart move since they had a major fiasco with the race shuttles later on. Even after delaying the race start by 15 minutes (on this hot day), they still could not transport 400 people to the start before the timing mats were removed. There were accounts of long lines for the shuttle after 6am.
At the start, the roads were open to traffic till the very last moment. As a result no-one had any idea where the actual race start was. As pacers we were being asked by runners, since we could be expected to know where the start was. When the race start sign was finally put up ALL the pacers were asked to come to the front (so people would need to pick it up after the start to catch up with us?).
I had to lend my Garmin to the 1:30 half pacer since he had left his on a local bus (trying to acquire a satellite :)). So for the first 6.5 miles I was "blind" and had to "trust" the pacer for this leg, Paul. While I did not have my HR reading, 8:00 pace was not feeling easy in the heat. I did not really enjoy crossing the 520 bridge as much as I had expected.
After the first leg, I had expected the course to be relatively flat. The scale of the elevation map on the website was wrong and that had masked some difficult hills. These were not helping me. By mile 10 I was struggling. The pacer for leg 1 had dropped out and the pacer for leg 2, Pat dropped out at mile 12 (they had intended to go all the way through). I had to get to mile 19.6, whatever happened. Then at around the half point the 1:30 pacer started running with me (Jason was going to go all the way and had intended to stick with the 3:30 group). I told him I was struggling and asked him if he could pace this leg. He told me he was not sure and that I should go on for a bit more. Finally, after 14 miles or so I told him I was stopping and requested/forced him to take over (I had handed him a 2 minute buffer which would be handy with the hilly last 10k in the heat). I gave him my Garmin again. When I stopped a couple of runners following me shouted out - "No, you cannot stop. You are my target". I pointed at Jason and told them to follow him. Perhaps if Jason had not caught up with me I may have gone on and I just had a couple of miles before I hit the down hills.
I got someone to give me a ride to mile 20. I walked over to make sure that Jason made it and the pacer for the last leg, Meren took off in time. I also saw them at the finish.
While our pace group made it in time I feel pretty horrible/guilty about this experience. I guess I went with the decision I did because I knew that Jason and the first 2 pacers intended to go all the way with the 3:30 group but I did want to fulfill my responsibility. If I ever pace again I will make sure there is a 0% chance of me not making it by i) Either pacing at my long run pace OR ii) Just running a single leg.
From the organization point of view this marathon had other issues with incorrect mile markers and possibly the course being short. They had also run out of water after a bit. However, I think the new course has a lot of potential and this can be a nice marathon. As we saw for Chicago last year, when we have record temps, the organizers have to deal with a lot of flack in spite of their best efforts. I am sure they will get things figured out next year. Personally, I have another score to settle with this course.
I rated my experience with this race last year as one of my best of the races I've run. Consequently, my decision to run this again was not difficult to make. In addition my cousin was going to join me from AZ - this was to be a goal race for him. Even though my recovery from Newport was pretty slow I had to run this one.
We stayed at the host hotel (the Sheraton, Wall St). The view from the 24th floor was pretty neat but it also gave us a perspective on how unplanned the city's high rises were. On the race day morning we were able to avoid driving by taking the hotel shuttle to and from the race. I spent the time to the start taking snaps from the window of the bus.
The toilets at the start were in the UBC student center. The age old adage of not blindly following the flock proved to be true. There were huge lines on the ground floor but the toilets in the second floor were empty! This race requires a CAN$ 2 donation to check in bags (I had to get a couple of loonies for US $ at the hotel lobby - it sucked that my US $ was now worth less than the CAN $).
I spent the first couple of minutes navagating through the crowd. After Newport I had just run 39 miles at a pace of 9:00-10:30. I did not know what pace I would be able to run at or if I would even be able to finish. I had hoped at the very least I would not end up with a PW. Luckily, I seemed to be able to switch into race mode.
A downhill mile. I saw the Kenyan leaders pass by on the other side.
These were the down hill miles which included the steepest decline on course. We also passed the music station.
Last year it was pouring for the latter half of the race but today we had a clear view of the beautiful waterfront (Howe Sound)! There were a few climbs to negotiate too. There were quite a few people cheering as we passed the interesting Kitsilano neighborhood.
Like last year, I had nothing for the climb over the Burrard Bridge. It was a struggle till I reached the peak. There was an elderly gentleman in front of me who was embarrassing me by throwing in a kick here.
I was glad to see the finish line in Stanley park. Aerobically, I had nothing left. I was left to reflect the fact that I ran Newport at the same pace three weeks back.
The medal this year was top class since it was the 10th anniversary of the race.
I loved this race on both the years I have run it. Hopefully, someday I will be able to do justice to this race by getting in a good run on it.
After getting rejected in the lottery in 2005, I made it through this year! Of course after paying $165 in entry fees I intend to run it with a camera at an easy pace and soak in the experience.


All the livestock champions from the Blayney Show over the weekend.
Supreme interbreed champion bull went to Yamba Novell N146, who was also the grand champion Angus bull, held by Stuart Hobbs and pictured with ribbon presenter John Gordon, Glendower Angus, Blayney.
Judge Jeremy Kensit, Jessmondeen Angus, Bathurst, with the supreme interbreed champion female Goondoola Gold M24 held by Hannah Powe, Cargo, and calf Goondoola Patriot P25 held by Nicole Skipper, Billimari.
Grand champion Poll Hereford female went to Kianma Princess P007 exhibited and led by Kierin Martin, with John Gordon, Glendower Angus, Blayney, and judge Jeremy Kensit (centre), Jessmondeen Angus, Bathurst.
Judge Jeremy Kensit, Jessmondeen Angus, Bathurst, and Ross Johnstone, Ronelle Park Shorthorns, Lyndhurst, with the grand champion and reserve grand champion Charolais females held by Gavin, Kristie and Isla O'Brien, Orange, and Taylah Hobbs, Molong.
Judge Jeremy Kensit, Jessmondeen Angus, Bathurst, and James Millner, Rosedale Charolais, with the gand champion Angus female Padua Dream N11 held by Gavin O'Brien, Orange.
Jeremy Kensit, Jessmondeen Angus, Bathurst, sashes the grand champion and reserve grand champion other recognised bulls held by Kierin Martin and Katey Coulson, and ribbon presenter John Gordon, Glendower Angus, Blayney.
Goat judge Margaret Brackenrig, Gulgong, (right) looks over the champion doe kid and reserve champion doe kid held by owner Jennifer Jones of Illoura Park stud, Eugowara.
The grand champion and senior champion doe of all breeds, Illoura Park Madonna, with judge Margaret Brackenrig, Gulgong, and owner Jennifer Jones, Illoura Park stud, Eugowra.
The team from Blayney High School had a successful show exhibiting the champion and reserve champion Corridale ewes and champion and reserve champion Corridale rams, along with the winning interbreed group.
Blayney High School students Lachlan Whiting, Faith Hurt and Natalie Milthorpe, hold their interbreed winning group of three.
Champion Corridale ram held by Blayney High School student Faith Hurt.
The champion Corridale ewe held by Lachlan Whiting, Blayney High School.
The interbreed champion ram went to the champion White Suffolk ram exhibited by Neil Williams from Ashburnia stud, Four Mile Creek near Orange.
St Stanislaus' College student Sam Healey with the Suffolk ewe champion.
The interbreed champion ewe went to the champion Poll Dorset ewe exhibited by Montray stud, Perthville, and held by Ann Frager.
WITH the Sydney Royal Easter Show merely weeks away, and an Angus feature on the cards, it was no surprise that at this year's 141st Blayney Show over the weekend livestock entries sky rocketed.
A traditional agriculture show without the big rides and sideshow alley attractons, head cattle steward Meagan Dunford said it is this real country spirit and traditional show events that brings the people in.
"We have all the arts and craft, and needle craft along with fruit and vegetables, wool and then your equine and livestock sections," Ms Dunford said.
The Central West local show is also gaining momentum as it becomes known for its strong showing of high quality cattle destined for the Royal.
"Blayney is continually growing in its strength especially as it is one of the local shows in the lead up to Sydney that allows people to give their stock an overnight run at a show with a relaxed environment," she said.
But with the growing numbers in the livestock section comes the challenge of stalling and accommodating the increased numbers, and everything that comes with it. This is an area the Blayney Show is doing something about.
"Blayney is about to commence building of a multipurpose shed that is going to be for equine and anything anyone in the area might want to use it for at the showgrounds," Ms Dunford said.
"Equine people from various competitions and disciplines will use it for majority of the year, but it will be available for the cattle and the sheep sections next year which will accommodate for the annually growing numbers."
Among the showing of around 130 head of quality beef cattle was Millah Murrah Angus, Yamba Angus and Padua Angus studs who will all be making a come back to the Sydney show ring after years of absence.
All up in the stud cattle section nine breeds were judged by Jeremy Kensit from Jessmondeen Angus, Bathurst.
Yamba Novel N146 exhibited by Brian Powell of Yamba Angus, Orange, was triumphant in the interbreed section taking out the interbreed champion bull of the show following his Angus grand champion bull win.
Novell N146 also teamed up with his stall mates to claim the interbreed breeder's group award.
The 10-head team from Yamba is now destined for the Angus Feature Show at Sydney which will take place on April 13 and 14.
Also in the Angus, grand champion Angus female went to Padua Dream N11 exhibited by Jack Newham of Padua Livestock, Orange.
The interbreed champion female went to Goondoola Gold M24, with six-month-old bull calf Goondoola Patriot P25 at side, who was the grand champion Red Angus female.
Also in the Red Angus, grand champion bull went to Goondoola National N09.
In the Poll Hereford section, a heifer calf Kianma Princess P007 was successful in claiming grand champion female while Llandillo Flynney was the grand champion bull.
Winchester Charolais took out both grand champion Charolais bull and grand champion Charolais female with their exhibits, Winchester Skywalker and Winchester Honor.
In the Murray Grey ring grand champion female went to Monterey Joyce while grand champion bull was awarded to Errowanbang Navigator.
Eleven-month-old heifers from St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst, Stannies Persia and Stannies Priscilla, took out grand champion and reserve grand champion females respectively.
Other recognised breeds had a Speckle Park bull, Glengarry Storm Chaser, exhibited by Gary Linford, Oberon, take home the grand champion bull sash with Wattle Grove Charlotte, a Maine Anjou female from Wattle Grove stud, Narellan, the grand champion female.
On top of that, Ross Thompson of Millah Murrah Angus, Bathurst, was the judge of the strong showing of steers from schools throughout the Central West area including The Scots School, Bathurst, The Henry Lawson High School, Grenfell, and Blayney High School.
Coming out on top as the overall champion was the heavy weight class winner, a Limousin steer exhibited by The Scots School, Bathurst. They also showed the reserve champion.
In paraders The Henry Lawson High School student Angus Kelly, Grenfell, took out the grand champion parader award, a huge achievement considering the number of competitors and the depth of experience and skills they offered.
The sheep section had representation from a range of breeds, with good numbers considering how the season had been impacting producers.
Interbreed champion ewe went to the grand champion Poll Dorset ewe from the Montray stud at Perthville.
The interbreed champion ram went to the grand champion White Suffolk ram exhibited by the Ashburnia stud of Four Mile Creek near Orange, who is only just kicking off its show career and is destined to be shown at a range of local shows including potentially the Dubbo Show in May.
Blayney High School students proved competitive in the interbreed winning the interbreed champion group with their Corridales.
They also showed the champion and reserve champion Corridale rams and champion and reserve champion Corridale ewes.
St Stanislaus' College took out the Suffolk ewe champion sash.
The goat section had 37 entries that were judged by Margaret Brackenrig from Gulgong.
Illoura Park Madonna was selected as the senior champion doe of all breeds before going on to be awarded grand champion after going up against the kid and junior section winners.
Owner of Illoura Park stud, Jennifer Jones of Eugowra, annually exhibits at the Blayney Show and was also successful in receiving the champion and reserve champion doe kids with IP Sarzanna and IP Samantha, respectively.


Truth and falseness interlink and mingle. Falseness comes from truth, and truth comes from falseness, and so the false is not separate from the truth, and truth is not separate from falseness. That is why truth and falseness are said to interlink and mingle. What they resemble is waves in water and wetness: the waves are not separate from wetness, nor is the wetness separate from the waves.
However, wetness definitely is not waves. Wetness and waves form an analogy for truth and falseness. In the analogy, falseness is comparable to the production of waves within wetness, while truth is comparable to wetness. Therefore, there is wetness in waves, yet the original substance of wetness has no waves. Wetness by itself does not necessarily have waves. This makes an appropriate model for the principle of the interlinking and mingling of truth and falseness. Nevertheless, falseness includes truth, and truth is included within falseness as well. Although they have two names, in origin they are one identical substance, comparable to wetness.
Fully knowing both dharmas are empty without appearance.
The reason there is no search for truth is that truth has no appearance. The reason there is no cutting off of falseness is that falseness, also, has no appearance. When you are confused, that is falseness. When you wake up, that is truth. That is what is meant by Truth and falseness interlink and mingle. Truth and falseness are not separate, not apart from each other, and so the text continues, within the ordinary mind, right within the mind of the ordinary person, one sees the Buddha mind. You can see the mind of the Buddha. However, whereas ordinary people can become Buddhas, can Buddhas become ordinary people?
You can't put it that way; for if the Buddha became an ordinary person, then people would have not further need to become Buddhas. The Buddha does not become an ordinary person. If the Buddha transformationally creates the body of an ordinary person, then it is the transformation body that becomes an ordinary person, while the Buddha's basic substance is still in a state of unmoving suchness.
However, are ordinary people ordinary people forever? No. It is right within the mind and nature of ordinary people that one is able to see the Buddha nature. That allows one to say that ordinary people can become Buddhas, but not that the Buddha returns to being an ordinary person. Hence "within the ordinary mind, one sees the Buddha mind." It is right within the state of an ordinary, common individual that the Buddha's state can be seen. Why? The reason is that truth and falseness interlink and mingle, that they are inseparable.
What enables living beings to become Buddhas is that living beings possess the Buddha Nature. All living beings have the Buddha nature, not just people. All living beings can become Buddhas. You may say, "I keep hearing about 'all living beings,' but when it comes right down to it I don't know what is meant by 'living beings.' " Now I will tell you. There are womb-born living beings, those born from eggs, moisture-born, and transformationally born. Living beings that are womb-born are born from wombs due to the existence of emotion. Womb-born due to emotion come forth.
Egg-born because of thought are had. Those living beings born from eggs are born due to the existence of thought. An example is a mother hen sitting on her eggs. She sits there and thinks to herself, "my sons or daughters are going to be born. Hurry up and hatch!" She sits there day after day, all day long, and won't move, that old mother hen, thinking, "They've got to hatch. They've got to be born. Hurry up!" She thinks that over and over again, and lo and behold, her wish is fulfilled and the little chicks are born. As they are born they use their beaks and crack open the egg shell. Once they crack it open, she is terrifically happy. She gets so heated up sitting there that her feathers fall out, but even then the mother hen doesn't leave them. She wouldn't leave them even if it meant giving up her life. Her attitude is, "Even if it kills me, I shall give birth to these little son and daughter chicks!" That is how they are born from thought. Prior to that, when she was laying the eggs, it was with the intention of giving birth to chicks. Then she sat on them, and they were born.
"Womb-born due to emotion come forth." That means that parents give birth to sons and daughters as a result of emotions. The egg-born are due to the mother's thinking. A mother hen on her eggs is really an example of focusing one's mind. That's really having no scattered thoughts. When hens are setting, they have no scattered thoughts. The only false thought they have is, "Hurry up, hurry up." Another day ought to do it." The next day it's, "Just a little longer." She waits for maybe three or four weeks, and then they are born.
Whether womb-born, or egg-born; whether moisture-born, or transformationally born; whether with form of without form; whether with thought or without thought; not lacking thought, and not not lacking thought.
Some have shape and form that can be seen and some do not. There are living beings that have thinking, and living beings that lack thinking. There are also living beings that do not lack thought, and living beings not not lacking thought. There are that many different kinds of living beings. If you wish to understand them in detail, you can investigate the Shurangama Sutra where they are very clearly explained.
1. The Dharma Realm of Specifics.
2. The Dharma Realm of Principle.
3. The Dharma Realm of Non-Obstruction of Principle and Specifics.
4. The Dharma Realm of Non-Obstruction of Specifics by Specifics.
One relies on basic wisdom to seek the Buddha's wisdom. Basic wisdom is everyone's inherent wisdom. Relying upon that inherent wisdom, one seeks to obtain and accomplish the wisdom of a Buddha. The accomplishment of the Buddha's wisdom is just the realization of our own inherent wisdom. Everyone has that basic wisdom, and so everyone can open the wisdom of a Buddha. If it were not for that basic wisdom, no one would be able to accomplish Buddhahood. However, everyone has it. Not only do people have it, all living beings have that basic wisdom, and that is why it says, Specific and principle are together cultivated: One relies on basic wisdom to seek the Buddha's wisdom.
If all of you investigate the Flower Adornment Sutra to the point that you understand it, that is seeing the Buddha mind within the ordinary mind. If you go on to use the methods of the Flower Adornment Sutra to cultivate, then that is relying on basic wisdom to seek and obtain the Buddha's wisdom. Unless you read Flower Adornment Sutra, you will not know of the Buddha's true blessings and honor. The Flower Adornment Sutra is the Buddha's greatest store of treasures. There are priceless, true treasures within the Flower Adornment Sutra, and so those who read it then know the wonderful aspects of the Buddhadharma.
specifics come to an end.
If you attain to the one, the myriad particulars may all be ended. If you have not attained the one, then you cannot attain the many. If you have not attained the many, then you have not yet understood the one.
Ten thousand ramifications return to a single root.
In the world, all the various forms, shapes and characteristics are produced from the one. You calculate it: people are one, dogs are two, cats are three, pigs are four... Calculating you'll calculate to limitless and boundlessly many living beings, including even lions and tigers in the computation of all living beings. Where do they all come from? They come from the one, and so, "A single root divides into ten thousand ramifications." What, then do the ten thousand ramifications do? They return to the root. They all go back to a single place.
What is that place? It is the place of one birth and one death. No matter who you are, you cannot escape birth and death. Therefore, although their shapes and characteristics are not the same, when the fruit is reaped, they again are one. Therefore, "A single root divides into ten thousand ramifications" is birth, and "Ten thousand ramifications return to a single root" is death. If you investigate the problem of birth and death to the point that you understand them, then one and many are unobstructed and have no bounds, So one and many conditionally arise without bounds. Those kinds of causally conditioned arisals have no bounds.
Specifics interfuse with principle. If specifics are fused together and blended with principle, then specifics and principle interpenetrate without being mutually obstructive, so a thousand distinctions, a thousand distinctions means a thousand kinds of differences, combine without obstruction. Although there are a thousand or ten thousand kinds of distinctions, they combine with one another. Combine has the same meaning as interlink and mingle. They combine with one another without obstruction. Even though they combine, they do not interfere with one another. No obstructions arise. That is a wonderful kind of state.
You may say as well that the ordinary and the sagely interlink and mingle; that specifics and principle interlink and mingle; that good and evil interlink and mingle; that true and false interlink and mingle; that right and wrong interlink and mingle. What, after all, is 'right'? Doesn't 'right' come from 'wrong'? If you have 'wrong,' then you have 'right.' If you have 'right,' then you have 'wrong.' So right and wrong interlink and mingle. You can transform this statement into trillions of statements, which itself is an example of one and many conditionally arising without bounds. You could also call it a thousand distinctions combining without obstruction. That is how it works.
At this point in the explanation of the Preface, some people have raised a doubt. There's a student of Philosophy saying, "That has something to it. It's pretty logical." However, there's a sociologist who's saying, "That's not correct. Right is right and wrong is wrong. How can you talk of not distinguishing right and wrong, good and evil, specifics and principle, or true and false? If you don't distinguish between them, how can you determine what is true and what is false?" Well, if you don't have anything to do and you want to find something to do, then there are all kinds of things you can find to do. But if you are not interested in adding a head on top of a head, then basically there is nothing to do. If you want to go one further and are trying to avoid being like Yajnadatta, the man who went wandering all over the place looking for his head, then there is even less to do.
Riding on the donkey, one looks for the donkey.
Riding on the horse, one looks for the horse.
Astride the donkey, one goes looking for the donkey, saying, "Where's the donkey?" Astride one's horse one goes looking for one's horse, asking, "How did my horse get away?" without realizing one's riding it. That's a case of one single thought of ignorance clouding the person over so that he goes all over looking for it. Think about it. If you were to look down and break through that ignorance, then one would see, "Oh, I'm riding on my horse! I don't need to look all over for it after all." "Oh! I've been riding on my donkey all along, so I don't have to go find it after all." If you go looking for truth and falseness, then you are attached, and you still have truth and falseness. If you are unattached, truth and falseness fundamentally are one single substance.
Ultimately, then, what is the principle of one and many conditionally arising without bounds, so a thousand distinctions combine without obstruction? It has no principle at all. It is what is known as there being no fixed Dharma. You can discuss it from this angle, and discuss it from that angle, and discuss it forwards and backwards but what is spoken is false. If every day you can sit in meditation for a minute longer, then that is true. What is spoken is false; what is practiced is true.
If you study and understand more principle, then that is opening more wisdom. If you meditate for a minute longer and obtain more samadhi power, then one may say, "Samadhi and wisdom are together cultivated." Your listening to Sutras is just the cultivation of wisdom. Your sitting in meditation is the cultivation of samadhi. Isn't your daily refraining from idle chatter the cultivation of precepts? If you aren't thinking of stealing things to eat, that also is holding precepts. If you aren't thinking of stealing all kinds of things here but we don't have anything worth stealing here so we don't need to consider that ¾ then you are holding precepts.There's even less reason to speak of taking life: there is no way to kill in here.
Someone may say, "Oh, that does not apply to me. Every day I want to kill people." Well, if you want to kill people, start by killing yourself. Why? If you don't kill yourself, you could turn into a monster, a demon, from wanting to kill people.
You may say, "As for killing myself, I can't do it." In telling you to kill yourself, I mean for you to kill your killing mind, not to kill your person. Take that thought of killing of yours and kill it. Tell yourself, "Why is it that I want to kill people? I should put a stop to such thoughts." You see, if you can do that, then that's killing the thief which is ignorance. If you cut off afflictions and cast out evil, then that is true and actual killing. Don't hesitate to kill some more: kill your ignorance. The reason you want to kill people is due to ignorance, so you should start by killing ignorance. That is what I meant by killing yourself, I didn't mean you should commit suicide, I meant that you should kill your ignorance.
Cut off your ignorance. Smash it to bits! When ignorance is cut off and smashed, then there is no darkness, and so there is light. Falseness is darkness. If there is an electric light, then that is truth, not falseness. The principle of truth and falseness is just that. Truth smashes falseness, and falseness displays truth. Look around. Now we have electric lights, true and actual light, and so everyone can see to write. If we didn't have these lights, if we wanted to study and write, we wouldn't be able to see to write. "Couldn't we use the heavenly eye?" Someone asks. If you have the heavenly eye you can use the heavenly. If you don't have the heavenly eye, what eye are you going to use? These earthly eyes? So that's truth and falseness.


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Politicians Continue to Discuss Public Forces Command Center
President Ashraf Ghani held separate meetings with political leaders about their decision to form a command center for public uprising forces in the fight against the Taliban. The discussions focused on the details of the plan, sources said.
The decision was made in a meeting of political leaders with President Ghani on Monday.
The meetings that followed the leaders' session included Ghani's meeting with former vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili, Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danesh, presidential adviser and head of People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan Mohammad Mohaqiq and a senior member of Hizb-e-Wahdat, Sadiq Mudabir, who all have an influence on central parts of Afghanistan, sources said.
More meetings are expected to occur between President Ghani and political leaders from various parts of the country to discuss the details of mobilizing public forces under the command center, sources said.
Monday's meeting was also attended by Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, the former vice president, who was reportedly one of the political figures to have suggested the plan. Dostum's office said that the president has not provided a clear response regarding Dostum's trip to the north and leading the war against the Taliban.
"We are waiting for the president to announce the date for the trip, equipment and supplying of Marshal Dostum to the north," Dostum's spokesman Ihsan Nairo said.
His office also said that Dostum is in Kabul, rejecting reports that he had traveled to the northern province of Balkh on Tuesday.
"Political leaders of the country unanimously announced their support for the system and the Afghan security forces. They also stressed that defending the country is the duty of all Afghan citizens," a presidential spokesman Latif Mahmoud said.
Some politicians showed their support to a move to mobilize public uprising forces against the Taliban, saying it will prove effective in boosting unity in the fight against the group. However, they expressed their concern over a lack of healthy management of the resistance forces.
"The move by the government for public mobilization is good, but the practical framework should be reviewed. The public forces should follow guerrilla warfare," said Abdul Hafiz Mansour, a member of the negotiating team of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
"Herat is a role model. The consensus in Herat for supporting the Republic, the security and defense forces is there, and this has boosted the morale," Herat governor Abdul Saboor Qani said. "We hope that the Herat-like consensus is implemented across Afghanistan."
The political leaders also discussed the size of the public uprising forces in Monday's session.
This comes as five provincial capitals have fallen to the Taliban while heavy fighting has gripped other capital cities in various parts of the country.
Public Uprising Forces' Commander Killed In Sar-e-Pul
Danish Says Govt Supports Public Uprising Forces


A team of Irish scientists discovered a way to produce electricity from tears.
Researchers from the Bernal Institute at the University of Limerick can generate a current by applying pressure to the lysozyme protein found in egg whites and tears.
This process, known as piezoelectricity (the electrical charge that accumulates from stress and heat), is used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, and vice versa.
"The extent of the piezoelectricity in lysozyme crystals is significant," according to lead author Aimee Stapleton, an Irish Research Council EMBARK postgraduate fellow in the Department of Physics and Bernal Institute.
The "gold standard" for measuring piezoelectricity in non-biological materials, crystals of lysozyme are easily sourced from nature, and may present an alternative to conventional energy harvesters, many of which contain toxic elements such as lead.
Of the same order of magnitude found in quartz, the non-toxic material could have various applications—like controlling the release of drugs in the body, or as an electroactive, anti-microbial coating for medical implants.
"This is a new approach as scientists so far have tried to understand piezoelectricity in biology using complex hierarchical structures such as tissues, cells or polypeptides rather than investigating simpler fundamental building blocks," team leader Tofail Syed, of UL's Department of Physics, said in a statement.
The second protein structure and first enzyme structure ever solved, lysozyme's high-precision design has been known since 1965.
"But we are the first to use these crystals to show the evidence of piezoelectricity," UL structural biologist and co-author Tewfik Soulimane added.
The full paper—written by Stapleton, Soulimane, and Tofail, with Mohamed Noor, John Sweeney, Vincent Casey, Andrei Kholkin, Christophe Silien, and Abbasi Gandhi—was published this week in the journal Applied Physics Letters, and is available online.


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1. dynamicFacesModelForm.jsf - This page uses ADF Faces model classes for building model for af:dynamicComponent. This is simplified version of af:dynamicComponent demo that you may find in the official ADF Faces demo site: http://jdevadf.oracle.com/adf-richclient-demo/faces/feature/dynamicFaces/dynFormFlatten.jspx Take a look at the classes in demo.view package in the ViewController project to get a feel of the implementation and APIs. The demo.view.DynamicComponentBean is the managed bean used in the page for building dynamic UI, so you can start from this class.
2. dynamicBCModelForm.jsf - This page uses dynamic entity objects and view objects for building model for af:dynamicComponent. The approach used here is not quite new and same has been explained in one of my older posts - http://www.jobinesh.com/2011/08/long-living-dynamic-business-components.html. Please see this post if you are not familiar with dynamic business components. To get a feel of the APIs used, see methods buildDynamicBCforDept(), addLocAttributeToDept(), addLovToLocAttribute() defined in demo.model.DynamicHRServicesImpl class in the Model project. Note that, dynamicBCModelForm.jsf embeds dynamicBCModelTF task flow inside the region, which takes care of displaying dynamic UI. The method DynamicHRServicesImpl::buildDynamicBCforDept() is used as default activity in the task flow to build entity and view objects at run time which will be used as model for the dynamic UI. This example allow you to add Location attribute at run time to the UI. This action in fact adds the Location to the underlying EO and VO which would be automatically picked up by the UI and render as appropriate.
I have a similar use case to render components dynamically , but in my case each row in the view object has to be rendered as a separate UI component , and the type of component will be based on an attribute in the view object named say "datatype" .
So each page of mine will be rendered based on a rowset from the view object ? is this possible using dynamicComponent or is there any other component using which i can achieve this?
Is there anything similar to af:dynamicComponent which is supported in the versions earlier to Jdeveloper 12c ? If I am storing the components to be created on the UI in a Hashmap, can you suggest a better way to create the components on the screen in runtime reading from the Hashmap?
I would like to say thanks for useful posts.
I Have requirement to generate the dynamic UI based on webservice data and it should bind to manged bean .. can u plz suggest me hw to achieve this?


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Q: read() method of BufferedReader and InputStreamReader Why do I get an exception when parsing the characters to integer using the read() method instead of readLine() of BufferedReader. I tried using this code below:
BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
int a= Integer.parseInt(br.read());

error was : cannot convert int to string.. very strange error

A: You need to parse String in Integer.parseInt("need a String").
But here you are providing int. br.read() return an int
You can use
BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
int a= br.read();

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Yes, when you enter 5, br.read() read is as 53, since unicode value of   '5'  is 53.
So you want to deal with int. you can try int a=Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());

A: Reader.read() just returns a single character - but as an int, so you can tell if you've reached the end of the data.
Now there isn't any Integer.parseInt(int) method, which is why the calling is failing - there isn't even Integer.parseInt(char). You could convert to char and then call Character.getNumericValue(char)... or you could just use:
int digit = br.read() - '0';

... and then check that digit is in the range 0-9.
Alternatively you could create a string from the single character you've read and call Integer.parseInt, but that seems like overkill...

A: Use readLine() function. In this case value is read as a string.
 int a= Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());

The read() method returns a character as an integer.parseInt() expects a string but you are giving an integer. So here the code int a= Integer.parseInt(br.read()) tries to convert int to int. Hence the error.

A: Reader and its subclasses contains the int read() method, which reads a single character as an int.
The reason it returns an int instead of char is because it must be able to return -1 when end of stream has been reached (as well as the 65536 characters that char provides).
If you want to read a single character, you can just check that the value wasn't -1 and then cast it to char. If you want to treat the character as an int value, you don't need to do anything.

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There are in the neighbourhood of 70 waterfalls along the Niagara Escarpment, located between Niagara Falls and Tobermory, whose formation was influenced by the variety of geological conditions found along the escarpment. The Bruce Trail passes by many of these waterfalls.
Some of the waterfalls are cascading falls and some have multiple falls, upper, middle and lower falls. When you encounter any of these waterfalls while hiking along the trails, you will have some amazing sights that will definitely turn your walk into a very special one.
The purpose of the new TorontoHiking.com waterfalls pages is to make you aware of these falls, to show you how to reach them with our road and location maps and to provide you with detailed trail maps showing the exact location of the waterfalls. In addition we provide a bit of information about the geology and/or history of the individual falls. We cover 35 main falls, but including multiple and nearby falls, that total rises to over 50 falls.
We have also included a classification system for the falls and have introduced a waterfalls rating system based on a number of relevant factors.
Also available for the more adventurous, is information about accessing the base of some of the falls. Some of this information may be incomplete or inaccurate, so be very careful if you decided to use the information. Waterfalls can be dangerous places, so be very cautious. Rocks can be loose and slippery along the top cliff edges and falling rock from above can be dangerous when down below.
We have also include a table of nearby falls so that you can take in more than one falls on a day visit.
Finally we have included a number of videos of the waterfalls. Many waterfalls pages contain three youtube videos. We have looked at all of the available videos and picked the ones that we thought were the best and showed the falls in a variety of conditions. We think you will enjoy this feature even if you cannot visit the falls in person.
Can you name the waterfalls in this 21 minute video?
There are several waterfalls from all around the world in this video. After each waterfall the video will pause for a few seconds and then the name and place of the waterfall will be given.
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November 13, 2015updated 15 Jul 2021 4:42pm
How Japan's railway systems accidentally invented contactless payments
By Rachel Holdsworth
Last month, as well as knocking over a small child while playing rugby, London Mayor Boris Johnson spent part of his trade visit to Japan extolling the benefits of contactless payments on public transport. "I can get on the tube, I can get on a bus and just wave it in the general direction of the cashless receiver and, completely painlessly, very small amounts are deducted from my bank account," he told a bemused audience.
There's a reason his audience was so nonplussed. You see, Japan has had wave and pay systems – known as IC cards – in place since 2001. And they do it better than London.
Japanese IC cards will be familiar to all transport smartcard users: they're credit card sized pieces of plastic that you pre-load with money. The fare is then calculated and deducted when you touch the card onto readers as you enter and exit the subway and buses.
For anyone used to London's transport system, this will produce a resounding sense of deja vu. Yet Japan's historic attachment to cash means the various transport cards had the freedom to expand into places that credit and debit cards colonised decades ago in other countries.
The result is that, almost by accident, the Japanese have created a more seamless system. Want to pay for a pastry in a lovely bakery? Tap your IC card. Thirsty? Here's a vending machine with its welcoming reader. Need to stash your bag at a train station? No need to fiddle for coins, just swipe.
At this point you're probably thinking: sure, but we have contactless for transport and buying things in shops. I've yet to see contactless on vending machines in the UK, but I'm sure it's coming.
But here's the stumbling block that was put to Transport for London when it stopped taking cash on buses: that's fine if you have a bank account in the country of use, but a bit of a pain if you don't. If Japan wanted me to use my debit card rather than my Suica card (the Toyko equivalent of Oyster; it literally means "watermelon"), I'd get charged 2.75 per cent every time I used it.
That works out at a few quid for a fortnight's travel round Tokyo; a foreign-issued card used in London would rack up about the same. But then if you start adding up transaction charges for that pastry, and that bottle of water and that locker…
It is, in effect, a tax on tourists for using contactless cards. And since visitors inevitably need to pick up an Oyster card to avoid being bled dry by London's eye-watering cash fares, or simply to catch a bus, it'd be nice if the money on it could also be used for small payments elsewhere, too.
The generally accepted version of events is that this will never happen. TfL would prefer to let banks bear the costs of operating an electronic payment system than it would to continue to maintain its own; investing to extend it seems entirely out of the question.
But this version of events is built on the assumption that everyone has access to a contactless card. That simply isn't true in a country where around 1m people don't have a bank account, and where not all "basic" account providers are willing to issue contactless cards. A top-up smartcard is available to everyone; and there's none of that occasional faffing around with PIN numbers, either.
There's another huge benefit to Japan's IC cards: they're all compatible with each other. There are a bewildering array of cards (the area around Fukuoka alone has three), yet since 2013 you can use one of 10 in different locations around the country.
There isn't 100 per cent coverage – but still, imagine stepping onto a bus in Edinburgh or Manchester and being able to pay with your Oyster card. Or onto a bus in London and being able to pay with your Transport for Edinburgh "citysmart" card. Or – and here's the dream – onto a bus in Germany or New York and just swipe with whatever you already have in your pocket. To illustrate quite how far away that dream is, this week we all got excited when it was announced Oyster will soon be accepted on the Gatwick Express. FFS.
There's an argument that we already have a system for international payments, and it's Apple Pay. But there's a high entry barrier: an iPhone 6, and I'm not made of money. If only we'd followed the Japanese and invented Oyster before debit cards.
Rachel Holdsworth is a senior editor at Londonist. She tweets as @rmholdsworth.
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36 year old professional, white male seeking companionship. Currently married. Romance, intimacy and love are non-existent at home, but I am not looking to change my situation.
She was left alone for a short time while her mother visited a friend. This lunatic on dope broke into the house and raped my friend when she was just five years old. The assault almost killed her and she was unable to ever have children because of her injuries.
I've been married for 17 years. We have two teens in HS.
Love my family and still feel attracted to my wife. But, there is no spark. There are things we like to do in common, but I just don't feel a connection and we've drifted apart. Totally different things that make us happy.
I'm attracted to a person who uses kind and gentle words, when interacting with people and animals.
I'm attracted to a person with a compassionate and empathetic nature/disposition.
I'm attracted to a person's cute, cooky and individualistic mannerisms and sense of humour.
I'm about to finish about 4 and half years marriage with my husband. We have no kid and we are separated now.
We have argued so many times because his ex-girlfriend has kept contacting him and his family, though I asked him and her to change their relationship.
With words I love,with words I feel.Sometimes I wonder if I didn't have this passion of penning thoughts then this experience wouldn't have happened ...then thoughts come Are we only creative imaginations.


One of our favorite children's book is Phoebe Gilman's Something from Nothing (by the way, Ms. Gilman and yours truly are not related as far as I know). In Something from Nothing the grandfather of newborn Joseph makes him a blanket. Years later, when his blanket is worn out, Joseph's mother wants Joseph to throw it out. But Joseph replies that his grandfather can fix it. Out of the old and tattered blanket, Joseph's grandfather makes a jacket. When the jacket wears out, Joseph's grandfather makes it into a vest. The story continues in this way with Joseph always being confident that his grandfather can do something. Eventually there is only enough material left to make one small button. When Joseph loses that button, he still believes that his grandfather can do something about it, to which his mother replies, "Even your grandfather can't make something from nothing." That's not the end of the story, however. But if you want to know the rest, you'll have to read it for yourself.
Unlike Joseph's grandfather, God can make something from nothing. He did it when he created the universe and he continues to make things from nothing until this day. When God makes something from nothing, we call that a miracle. As a believer in God, I believe that God does indeed do miracles today, but to be honest I have an easier time trusting him for miracles that are similar to what Joseph's grandfather did with his worn out things. I find it easier to believe that God will make something out of something, than make something out of nothing. It is easier for me to believe that God will do difficult things, than to do something that deep down I believe is impossible.
But God is able to make something from nothing. This is what we read in this week's Haftarah. Before Samson was conceived his mother was not able to have children. When the angel of the Lord appeared to her, he acknowledged that fact, but proclaimed that she would have a child anyway.
This is not the first time that God told people they would have a child when in the natural they could not. This is the story of Sarah, the mother of the Jewish people. In her case, not only was she sterile her whole life, she was past the age of child bearing. But that did not stop God. He said she would have a baby, and she did. Many years later another one of Sarah's descendents would experience an even greater miracle by conceiving a child without normal human intervention. Do you find that too hard to believe? But if God can make a sterile woman conceive, can he not also do the other? Something from nothing.
I wonder how many times God speaks to us, saying that he wants to do the impossible in and through our lives, but we just shrug him off, because we don't really believe he can make something from nothing. I also wonder how many times we face impossible situations, but fail to go to God, since we don't believe he can or will do anything about it.
We need to remember that God is the God of the impossible. He doesn't depend on anything to do what he does. Unlike Joseph's grandfather, God can make something from nothing.


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Latest Health News Mental Health
St John's wort adverse reactions highlighted
St John's Wort, a herb commonly used for depression, can produce the same adverse reactions as common antidepressants, Australian researchers have warned.
Although most patients won't experience any adverse event, their study shows the herbal treatment can cause dangerous increases in body temperature and blood pressure.
In fact, the adverse reactions are the same as those associated with the prescription antidepressant fluoxetine (e.g. Prozac, Lovan), say the researchers from Adelaide University.
The majority of adverse drug reactions to St John's Wort and fluoxetine affect the central nervous system, the researchers write.
Anxiety, panic attacks, dizziness, vomiting, amnesia and aggressive behaviour are also common in users of both fluoxetine and St John's Wort.
While the study shows there are fewer confirmed cases of side effects for St John's Wort, the researchers attribute this to lower take-up rates.
Also, they note adverse reactions from herbal preparations are often under-reported.
However, study author and pharmacologist Dr Ian Musgrave points out most people taking St John's Wort won't have any adverse reactions.
Nonetheless, he says that based on this research he'd like to see bottles "containing improved warnings of the potential adverse reactions".
Reproduced with kind permission from 6minutes.com.au.
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And then there's the tiny yes, and that drives you forward…that we can be such better humans. And then hope comes in. Not upwards and outwards…but penetrating…like dappled sun through the atmosphere we will absorb and spread.


extensive and engaging Silkroad gaming experience, In addition, it is providing the chance for you to put you into the shoes of a hero in a way you won't have experienced before, furthermore, we have spent a lot of time developing a server with a genuine uniques system and a lot of unprecedented systems in order to provide you some epic and unforgettable memories, Sapphire Online is undoubtedly creative, suspenseful and it's going to be launched soon, Do you have what it takes to be a champion?
We have had a lot of issues at the last time and we have been frustrated, but we kept working hard till we found the trouble that causes the delay and fixed it eventually, hence, some players have asked us to reborn the server, we didn't like the idea at the beginning because we wanted to keep Sapphire alive for a long time, but they insisted on doing a relaunch from the scratch, we have done a poll and we surprisingly had more than 60% approval on the relaunch which encouraged us to do it, we have improved every feature in the game, we have even added more fascinating automatic events, however, we would like to give our word to keep the server stable, up-to-date and worthy.
When it came to the systems, we thought of making some extremely unique, offbeat and integrated features that will make you jump out of your skin because it is totally a bolt from the blue, we changed the mainstream idea about the degree 11 servers which are all based on Alexandria, we made an absolutely new experience for all of you, adding Baghdad with all those new systems will be an extraordinary adventure for you!
We know how important to build connection bridge with all players, so we decided to make an interesting thing, joining our discord will reward you with silk! yes, you saw that right. After entering our discord write a comment here on the thread with your discord name and we will write down your name on the list, you will receive 100 silk just for joining, don't forget that you can get another 100 silk from the signature, that's 200 silk free baby with 2 mouse clicks!
The primary beginning area has been adjusted, you will start at our particular new ground, and you will find a special NPC with a new quest that you have to take before having your journey because it's going to grant you with some boosts that will be very helpful for you during the trip to level 110.
You literally have to read every single letter in this thread to understand how's the server really unique! Our developer has been working for over three months on this project, and he came out with something fascinating that will be a mark point in the SRO SCENE, you have to understand that everything is related to each other, you will experience something brand new, so let's take a tour in our game.
What's the purpose of leveling up if it's out of competition? The system that we added isn't a particular authentic one, we can't say that we invented it, but we had to add it to raise the bar of competition between all players, you have to rush into getting the max level " 110 " to earn the prize. You will get them immediately in your bag, and you don't have to teleport anymore to receive your reward.
This arena includes some strong uniques, the announcement of unique's appearance will be written on the server so all players will prepare their selves for the battle, firstly you will enter the arena and you will find some small uniques that won't be so hard to be beaten, after killing it, the stone monster will appear after killing it the medium unique will appear, after killing it, another stone will appear which will lead you to the last unique which is " Jupiter " which will be a highly influential unique that you have to work in teams in order to beat him.
You will find the teleport in Baghdad.
You will find The Earth Stone, you have to kill it in-order to let the [The Earth] Unique appear.
You will find Yuno Stone, you have to kill it in-order to let the [Yuno] Unique appear.
You will find [Jupiter] Stone, after killing it, the [BOSS JUPITER] will appear.
NOTE: you have only 1 hour to kill all uniques inside, you will be teleported out if you ran out of time.
We changed honor buffs system since a lot of players were complaining about the boring academy system which can be cheated easily by opening multiple accounts, however, we have tried to let you focus on fighting to gain your honor instead of just farming accounts for it, which brings you some provocation, you are able to obtain your honor points by killing your foes at job and ghost event, you have to be level 110, and you have some restrictions such as, you cannot receive a point by killing the same opponent twice per an hour, you cannot receive a point by killing a user who has logged in through your IP/HWID.
We thought of keeping on the Magic-POP in the server since it is a dicy game, but we have thought of changing it to gold gambling instead of silks, and we have changed the rewards to some useful items, magic pop drops from the uniques/monsters below.
Do you think that's all? if you failed your magic pop card you will also get a real precious items, Either way you will claim a good loot.
Petra temple is our superb temple; you must wear a job suit to enter, you will find six different types of brutal monsters inside that you can fight there, this is a fight against very unfavorable circumstances, it requires a lot of energy and determination to hunt.
You have only 1 hour to kill the two uniques, then the room will vanish, and you will be teleported out.
We removed all the trade npc, and we added one trade route to make some epic combat for thieves, traders and hunters, in the other hand, the route has a variety of roads that makes it challenging for the thieves to steal.
How to obtain Job Points?
You can obtain Job Points from jobbing only [Thieves, Hunters & Traders] and there's a daily limit of 100 points/day.
You will find five types of job suits, the higher level you get in the job, the higher amount of INT, STR boosts you get, and the last job suit has a special skill that gives you an additional 200% speed boost.
The purpose we added 500% berserk change for hunters, is because they are hunters! Killing NPC thieves will give them berserk fast so they can well-protect the traders.
Are you tired of the habitual FGW system? Do you want to try something new?! if your answer is yes. Then this is your place! We modified the FGW system ultimately, you will experience something really new, the pillar will drop only the 1st grade hole, and you can join with your friends, you will be teleported to the new area once you enter the Pillar, you have to finish all the monsters inside and kill the boss, while doing that you will find a good loot that will make you satisfied..
The Garden temple is a modified version of the well known Holy Water Temple, but we changed the temple to the Garden Area, and changed the uniques, we thought that it would be more fun.
You can enter the Garden Temple twice a day.
Party required at least 2 players to enter the temple.
We are gladly announcing that CTF has came back to the scene, it is not useless anymore, in contrast, it is too essential now, We have had to do a precious reward for this persistent duel that grabs your attention right away, It's a fight where everyone is endeavoring for capturing the flag in their base, however, there's an everlasting threat that the flag can be stolen in any moment, you would better behave fast and put a plan to protect your base, you have a kill limit of 1 for each enemy in order to avoid the abuse.
A registration notice will be announced every 2 hours, the NPC is located at Baghdad, you must register before the 5 minutes announcement appears, after completing the registration you will wait for a few minutes and then be teleported to the catacomb area with a random team [RED or BLUE] and you have 5 minutes to kill your enemies and to hunt the monsters in order to receive points, the team who gets a higher score will win.
AFTER YOU FINISH ALL ACHIEVEMENT, YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS FOLLOWING MASTERY.
To achieve this, you have to kill players in pvp mode, more counts = more books.
► And after you complete all the achievement phases you will receive a real unique passive skill and effect.
► Each time you use a book, the BOT will write a blue notice to let the players know that you've gained a special item, and at the end he will write an announcement when you finish the whole achievement and award you with a special buff.
AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE FULL ACHIEVEMENT, THE BOT WILL WRITE A BLUE NOTICE TO THE SERVER.
► How to get NOVA?
Just like the original silkroad, you can obtain nova items from the mobs which are [Level 101~110], however, we have made a custom drop rate which is considered as a low drop rate, honestly, we don't want the players to hold novas from the first days, also they will have the chance to enchant their normal stuff.
► How to get EGY A?
Well, we have a new system for EGY A, you have to work hard to earn it.
so what do you need in order to obtain the EGY A item? How to get the dead nova items?
You will find a scroll at Zaniah NPC "Located at Baghdad" which is selling it, each scroll will demolish a nova weapon and turn it into dead weapon.
How to get Petra Tokens?
Petra is a new area with new six uniques that spawn at a specific time every day; you should join the dungeon and kill them to obtain a lot of precious items such as Petra Tokens.
How to get Garden Tokens?
Just like the Petra temple, a new fascinating place which has some great uniques that challenge you to kill them and pick up the loot which includes the Garden Tokens.
How to get Hideout Tokens?
The HideOut Tokens will be droppable from our new system HideOut World, we have described it above in the thread.
How to get Ghost Coins?
You are able to obtain ghost coins by participating in the Ghost Event which is held by our Catacomb manager.
How to get Trojan Coins?
Trojan coins will be obtainable by taking a part in the CTF event which will be held every 2 hours.
How to get EGY B & EGY A SET?
I'm pleased to inform you that both type of items are currently disabled in order to assure a balanced combat.
What is the purpose of playing Silkroad if you don't have QUESTS! YES! We made some quests that can help you at your power-leveling, it will give you some helpful items such as reverses, etc.., you will find ZOSMA NPC at Jangan near the teleporter.
There're five quests, and each quest has a specific limited level, you have to achieve the goal of the quest before reaching the maximum level of it.
P.S: you will find the quest at Zosma NPC next to Jangan teleport, quests will be available starting from Lv 110.
In-game events are made to entertain players and reward them with silk so you feel satisfy playing and filling your needs with silk items.
We have 6 automatic events, running in different times, easy & simple.
It's an event that requires your interpretation and distinguishing skills, The bot will write a BLUE notice asking you a question, and you have to pm BOT with the correct answer, ofcourse the fastest message will be the winner.
A great daily quiz that demands a high number of vocabulary and intelligent , The bot will write a BLUE notice with scrambled word, you have to re-arrange it and send it to him, be fast to be able to win.
The bot will announce the unique event 5 minutes before it starts, it is usually held in order to give a boost for our beginners, multiple uniques will appear and you have to kill them to gain silk & drops, the last unique will be Tai-sui Lv110, the killer will get 50 silks as reward.
An old event which has a great taste of using your intuition, The bot is going to hide and it will ask you to find them, It will reveal some details about it's location , and you will have to know where is the bot hidden, the first one that locates him will receive a some silks.
The bot will spawn a bloodthirsty unique somewhere in the map and it will provide some hits regarding the unique's location, all you got to do is to search and slay that unique so you'll be able to be the victor and win the prize.
The event is totally based on calculation and luck, the bot is going to write a specific number, and you have to create parties insanely until you reach the required number, the one that has the desired party's number will be the winner.
You are not called for registering in this event, The event will take place at Donwhang South, You have to run there as soon as you see the notice that will be written by our bot, the bot is going to appear and wear a cape, you got to sorely attack the BOT that appears in order to kill him as fast as possible, once he is dead, the bot is going to announce the wage earner.
It is an event where everything is based on your fortune, a lot of players like to try their luck, so we have made an event that provides a fantastic challenge that proves your luck and enchanting skill, Our bot will write an announcement as soon as the event begins, you have to register for the event then start attempting to enchant the item that you are required to enchant, the one that gets the wanted enchantment level first will be announced as the fastest one to fulfill the event's request and that player will be the winner.
We were absolutely thrilled while developing this automatic event, it is a fantastic warfare where thieves and hunters have the determination to kill the unique that spawns in the event's location, also, they have a brutal goal of murdering the highest count of eachother in order to prevent the enemies from winning, you will need to use a combination of teamwork and skill to survive, once the bot writes an announcement you will have to register by sending a message that contains " JWRegister" to our bot and equipping the job suit, when the event begins you will be teleported to an area and there you'll start fighting, if you are dead you have no option to come back unless someone resurrects you, the type of job with the highest killers count will be the winner, the players that have had 5 kills or more during the event will receieve a reward.
The bot will notify you before the event starts so you can be able to register for the event, furthermore, when the event starts the bot will teleport you to the race event start line once you get there you will be surprised by riding a some special horses that have the same speed the goal is to be one of the first three who reaches the end line of the race first in order to be the winner you won't be able to remove the horse or any other thing that might break the event rules.
Prepare yourselves for a truly extraordinary brawl experience, it requests the will of exposing your merciless force that devastates everything, It is a crucial moment where you have to fight for supremacy at the battle utilizing your strategy, cleverness, and subversive power so you can be able to murder everyone and push yourself to victory, once the event is on, all you have to do is to send a private message to our bot with "LMSRegister".
You are going to choose whether to risk or not, it is either a daring adventure or nothing at all, once you decide to risk your wealth while in order to gain even more resources you'll have the courage to sign up for such an event, furthermore, once bot announces the lottery event's inauguration you have to send a private message to our bot with Register(Lottery), the bot will charge you a fine of 25 silks, hence the bot is going to pick randomly a winner and he will be given a huge reward depending on the participants count, you are able to register more than once in order to increase your opportunity of being the victor.
NOTE: we are looking for Turkish supporter with decent English & enough experience to be with us, if you think you are eligible for the position please send us a message.


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Mark Zuckerberg's name should be dropped from San Francisco hospital: city supervisor
After a string of scandals at Facebook, San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin argues that it's "unbecoming" for the hospital to be named for the company's CEO.
$75M donation from Facebook CEO and wife Priscilla Chan was 'not as a naming-rights buy,' says Aaron Peskin
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A city supervisor in San Francisco wants Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's name removed from a public hospital. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)
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If it were up to Aaron Peskin, the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center would have a different title.
Peskin, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, wants his city to rethink the practice of naming museums, schools, hospitals and other public institutions for wealthy philanthropists who underwrite them.
And he wants to start with the hospital named for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan donated $75 million US to the hospital. Chan, a pediatrician, began her residency there.
Peskin spoke with As it Happens host Carol Off. Here is some of their conversation.
You have said that it is "unbecoming" to have Mark Zuckerberg's name on your city's general hospital. What do you mean by that?
Obviously, we are all aware of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, with regard to the misuse of 87 million Facebook users' private information, about the manipulation of national elections in the United States of America.
And then the last straw was the recent revelations of Facebook's hiring of opposition researchers to smear critics of the organization who have been asking legitimate questions around privacy and election manipulation.
So I have asked the city attorney of San Francisco to look into how the city could go about removing Mr. Zuckerberg's name from our prized public health hospital — which was rebuilt to the tune of almost a billion dollars, all of which was paid for by the voters of San Francisco.
I don't think it's a good look for San Francisco to name it after an individual whose behaviour does not appear to be in the best interests of the public.
Exterior view of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)
There's a whole movement to unplug Facebook — cancel it, get rid of it, have nothing more to do with it. But here's the thing: Mr. Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have donated $75 million to the San Francisco General Hospital — one of the largest-ever donations to a hospital. Doesn't that count for something?
That is a drop in the bucket compared to the almost $1 billion being paid for by each and every taxpayer in San Francisco for the next 30 years through bonds sold to build that institution.
The taxpayers of San Francisco are the ones who pay for its operation and maintenance every year. And while we certainly appreciate the $75 million, it was characterized as a charitable contribution, not as a naming-rights buy to validate Mr. Zuckerberg's behaviour.
Remember that Mr. Zuckerberg got a $75-million tax write-off for that.
The hospital received $75-million US gift from Zuckerberg and and his wife Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician who began her residency there.
Priscilla Chan trained as pediatrician at that hospital. So the gesture was in part because of her relationship with that hospital. Does that change things at all?
You're raising a profoundly important issue. On the one hand, it's very important that San Francisco send a message to Mr. Zuckerberg and hold him accountable for Facebook's behaviour.
On the other hand, it is absolutely true that Ms. Chan, who I've met in the past, was a pediatrician at our public health hospital.
One thing that some of my constituents have suggested would be to keep her name on and take his name off to acknowledge both of those sentiments. It's certainly worth exploring.
Floor of the acute care for elders unit of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. (The Associated Press)
So you're not opposed to philanthropists being acknowledged having their name on something. Is it specifically Mark Zuckerberg you have a problem with?
I think San Francisco needs to consider and adopt a uniform naming policy.
Personally, I believe that institutions that are paid for by the taxpayer should not be bought by corporations or individuals. People who want to make true charitable contributions to public causes like a hospital shouldn't do so in exchange for self-aggrandizement or naming rights.
San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin at a public hearing at city hall in 2016. (Jocelyn Gecker/Associated Press)
We've heard from the CEO from the San Francisco General Hospital. It seems that the movement is to keep this name. What's the likelihood that a year from now I'd still be looking at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center on the side of your building?
Only time will tell. In the next few weeks, we should be getting a written opinion from the city attorney, and we will proceed accordingly.
Written by Kevin Ball. Produced by Jeanne Armstrong. Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.
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