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Day: September 17, 2018
Fords By Z-Jay’s Band – I’d singh thish song if I had a band some day :)
An Original Song
by Z-Jay
She gets on with life as a professor,
She’s a stupid kinda gal.
She likes snappy emails on Sundays,
She likes lying and hiding truth in the week.
She likes to contemplate Fords.
But when she starts to daydream,
Her mind turns straight to BMWs.
Five six seven eight…
Sometimes I look at her and I look into her eyes,
I notice the way she thinks about BMWs with a smile,
Curved lips she just can’t disguise.
But she thinks it’s Fords making her life worthwhile.
Why is it so hard for her to decide which she loves more?
Fords or…
BMWs?
She likes to use words like ‘macho,’
She likes to use words like ‘awesome.’
She likes to use words about Fords.
But when she stops her talking,
Her mind turns straight to BMWs.
Five six seven eight…
Sometimes I look at her and I look into her eyes,
I notice the way she thinks about BMWs with a smile,
Curved lips she just can’t disguise.
But she thinks it’s Fords making her life worthwhile.
Why is it so hard for her to decide which she loves more?
Fords or…
BMWs?
She likes to hang out with G’s,
She likes to kick back with Sg’s,
But when left alone,
Her mind turns straight to BMWs.
Five six seven eight…
Sometimes I look at her and I look into her eyes,
I notice the way she thinks about BMWs with a smile,
Curved lips she just can’t disguise.
But she thinks it’s Fords making her life worthwhile.
Why is it so hard for her to decide which she loves more?
Fords or…
BMWs?
She’s not too fond of pigeons,
She really hates SUVs,
But she just thinks back to BMWs,
And she’s happy once again.
Five six seven eight…
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Jay’s week day Fun poetry and lyrics and songs 🙂
Our Rude Onion Love
By Z-Jay’s Band A Love Song For Edie – Funny Song 🙂
This one’s for you Lord Pondicherry!
My love for you is like the most rude onion,
Your face reminds me of intelligent spiders,
Together, we are like muffins and pepper.
Oh darling Edie,
My rude onion,
My intelligent carrot,
The perfect companion to my muffins soul.
Roses are red,
Oceans are blue,
I like sand beneath her feet,
But not as much as I love acting with you!
Oh darling Edie,
Your hairs are like funny petals on a autumn day,
You’re like the most brave politician to ever walk The High Street.
Your intelligent spider face,
Your pepper soul,
Your funny hairs,
Your brave politician being…
How could I look at another when our rude onion love is so strong?
I love you Lord Pondicherry!
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Our Tall Sprout Love By jay A Love Song For Pheobe :)
This one’s for you Professor Rivercross!
My love for you is like the most tall sprout,
Your face reminds me of stupid tigers,
Together, we are like bread rolls and ketchup.
Oh darling Pheobe,
My tall sprout,
My stupid pepper,
The perfect companion to my bread rolls soul.
Poppies are red,
Kingfishers are blue,
I like getting presents,
But not as much as I love drinking with you!
Oh darling Pheobe,
Your pursed lips are like slender forks on a spring day,
You’re like the most fragrant academic to ever walk Scotland.
Your stupid tiger face,
Your ketchup soul,
Your slender pursed lips,
Your fragrant academic being…
How could I look at another when our tall sprout love is so strong?
I love you Professor Rivercross!
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Did you know… And a Magnificent story
Did you know…
… that today is the Home Improvement Birthday? In 1991, the TV comedy “Home Improvement” premiered on ABC-TV. Celebrate Tim the Toolman Taylor as you do some work on your own house!
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Today’s Inspirational Quote:
“If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author. And everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page.”
— Mark Houlahan
Random Phrases today. Creativity. Progress.
I did two Udemy courses today. One on Impromptu speaking – most wonderful experience. Another on Humourous speeches. Not great.
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Shot In the Dark Meaning: An attempt that has little chance for success. Waiting for the proverbial Godot. A friend offered something big, then began playing unavailable, then asked concept note. Sent it in all earnest. Let’s see.
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Quick and Dirty Meaning: Things that are fixed with great speed, but as a result, it’s probably not going to work very well. Hmmmm….. I have that fear about this proposal to be something I am really not. I wish to give it a try, just because opportunity comes my way. Not my type of thinking really!
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Flea Market Meaning: A type of bazaar where inexpensive goods are sold or bartered. Wonder what that means. An article of over 3500 words is liked and then I am told to cut it short to 750 word. No. Not gonna do it! WTH are there Editors for? Why can’t they set the word limit while giving the offer to write. And above all, it is probono work not even paid. I am seriously going to stop all FREE, probono work. ENUFFFF!!!!
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Par For the Course Meaning: What you would expect to happen; something normal or common. CONVERSATION on Linkedin this morning with a Cartoonist turned to Golf and we used many terms about the game but in the end I gave up. Not my cup of tea – this free advice game has to stop forthwith…. Getting Bored to death!
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Two Down, One to Go Meaning: Two things have been completed, but there is one more that has yet to be finished. Going slow this week on writing articles. Reflecting. Going slow on Speech learnings – pausing… No progress on Painting…. WTH am I doing?
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Under Your Nose Meaning: Missing something that should be really obvious. I sincerely hope nothing is missing. These Astrologers… they always scare me with Sade Saati of Shani Maharaj and tell me nasty things.
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Happy as a Clam Meaning: The state of being happy; feeling delighted. The morning audio course on the Impromptu speaking on Udemy was a delight. I shall repeat this and practice this. The trainer was a Toastmaster too and wonderful to hear.
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Yada Yada Meaning: A way to notify a person that what they’re saying is predictable or boring. Hmmm… Almost said this to couple of people but restrained this morning.
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Goody Two-Shoes Meaning: A smugly virtuous person. I thin. k, I know who by now
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Let Her Rip Meaning: Permission to start, or it could mean ‘go faster!’ Whenever I go on full speed, I come across emotional, sentimental, tangential barriers. God knows why but I carry on till either I find a Counter so that I have a number chase and something that is notable, worthy or I slip down and wait for my own Let Her Rip permission that my brain gives.
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RAK MOVEMENT – Random Acts of Kindness today.
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Be someone’s shoulder to cry on
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Fight climate change – go vegetarian for today!
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Make someone’s day – tell a friend why you appreciate them
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Bake something for your family/friends
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Feed a stray animal if you spot one
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Go out of your way to thank someone today!
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Say good morning/afternoon/evening to a stranger
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Lend a friend a book you think they’d like
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Is that litter on the floor? Pick it up and bin it
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Smile at 3 people today
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Timeless Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of Great Writers – Brain Pickings
10 Uplifting Stories To Get You Through The Week (9/16/18) – Listverse
via 10 Uplifting Stories To Get You Through The Week (9/16/18) – Listverse
10 Uplifting Stories To Get You Through The Week (9/16/18)
We thought that Listverse could use a bit more positivity and show that not everything has to be doom and gloom. In this list, we take a look at 10 news items meant to lift your spirits and inspire. Of course, if you prefer peculiar to positive, check out the offbeat list here.
We have a few feel-good stories about different communities (not all of them human) coming together to help those in need. We also look at some positive medical news and learn about exciting new discoveries made by archaeologists. Lastly, we cover some long-overdue recognition for Jocelyn Bell Burnell, one of the most important female scientists of the 20th century.
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10Largest Ocean Cleanup Project Gets Underway
One of the most ambitious environmental ventures in history began this week as members of The Ocean Cleanup deployed their first system designed to collect floating trash. It is destined for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and project leaders are hopeful that they will be able to collect 50 percent of the rubbish every five years.
All the plastic and other garbage floating in the waters gets carried by currents to ocean gyres. There are five major gyres in the world—two in the Pacific, two in the Atlantic, and one in the Indian Ocean. They all have large garbage patches. Eventually, The Ocean Cleanup plans to target all of them, but for now, they are concentrating on the biggest one. Located between Hawaii and California, it is also known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The device used for cleanup is a 600-meter-long (2,000 ft) floating barrier that looks like a giant pool noodle. It has a 3-meter-long (10 ft) skirt hanging beneath it underwater. When it is deployed, it will form a U-shape as it is carried by the winds and waves. The device will trap plastic and other trash floating on the surface but, crucially, allow fish and other sea life to swim underneath it. Boats will then collect the garbage and take it to be recycled.
The system was deployed last Saturday off the coast of San Francisco for a two-week test run. Afterward, it will be towed 1,000 nautical miles to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where it should be able to recover around 50 tons of plastic per year. If it works, The Ocean Cleanup plans to deploy 60 more systems, even larger than this one.[1]
9Sports Team Gets New Canine Mascot
A stray dog has found an interesting new home as the “assistant coach” of a Paraguayan football team.
It all began when the animal started hanging around the grounds of Monumental Rio Parapiti, a stadium in Pedro Juan Caballero where second-tier side Club Sportivo 2 de Mayo plays. One day, she approached head coach Carlos Saguier while he was eating and he gave her a piece of his empanada. She has been by his side ever since.[2]
The team named the animal Tesapara. She now lives at the stadium and serves as the “guardian of the club.” She accompanies Saguier on the pitch, in the corridors, and in his office. She watches all the action on the sidelines and even takes part during training.
8Promising New Drug For Diabetes
Trials for a new diabetes drug hailed as “groundbreaking” have started in Wales. The medication helps people with type 1 diabetes regrow cells that produce insulin.
It is far too early to come to a definitive conclusion about the drug, but the first human tests have proven to be promising. Two people who suffer from the condition have been dosed and monitored. They experienced no side effects over a period of 72 hours.[3]
Currently, around 90 percent of the 19,000 Welsh people with type 1 diabetes have less than 5 percent of insulin-making cells left. They need regular insulin shots because their bodies can no longer produce the hormone.
Now, researchers from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board want to expand the trial to 10 people and are searching for eight more volunteers. It is important that they have had diabetes for more than two years. In that time, the disease would have stopped the pancreas from producing beta cells that make insulin. That way, it is easier to observe if the drug is truly helping with cell regrowth.
7Dog Helps Overturn 50-Year Conviction
An Oregon man sentenced to 50 years in jail in 2017 for child sexual abuse walked away free after a dog he allegedly killed turned up alive and well.
Joshua Horner was convicted last year. However, the Oregon Innocence Project took on his case after detecting “several red flags” in the evidence presented at trial.
One piece of testimony from the accuser said that Horner threatened to kill her animals if she went to the police. He then shot her Labrador in front of her to show that he was serious. However, investigators from the nonprofit legal organization tracked the dog down and found Lucy the black Lab alive and well with a new owner in Gearhart.[4]
The Oregon Court of Appeals freed Horner in August pending a new trial. However, the second trial was canceled and the judge dismissed the case. Since Lucy was found, the complainant has avoided meetings with the district attorney’s office.
6Necropolis Unearthed In Egypt
Over 800 ancient tombs have been discovered in a necropolis buried under the sands for thousands of years near the village of Lisht south of Cairo.
The existence of the cemetery was known, mostly because it is marked by two pyramids at the northern and southern ends. However, most of the tombs remained a mystery to scientists until now.
A joint venture between the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and the University of Alabama–Birmingham led to the discovery of 802 tombs in a single field season. They are roughly 4,000 years old, dating to the Middle Kingdom.[5]
Unfortunately, looters got to most of the tombs before archaeologists. In fact, it was satellite images of looting pits that originally turned the scientific team on to the exact location of the necropolis.
Even so, Egyptologists are confident that there is still plenty of information left to uncover about the health, economic, and social statuses and mortuary practices of the ancient Egyptians. More importantly, the people buried there were likely once residents of Itjtawy, the as-yet-undiscovered city which served as capital of the kingdom for almost 300 years (some sources say over 400 years).
5Lost Narwhal Adopted By Beluga Whales
There are several species of whale which are a common sight in the Saint Lawrence River, but narwhals are not one of them. And yet researchers from the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM) have reported multiple instances of the same narwhal swimming in the river over the past three years. He is not alone. In fact, it seems that the narwhal has integrated into a pod of beluga whales.
Based on the size of its tusk, the cetacean appears to be a juvenile male. It is not uncommon for young whales to venture into strange habitats. Being social creatures, they try to make friends with boats or swimmers, sometimes with fatal consequences. This time, it seems the narwhal has found a group which is accepting of his peculiar appearance.
The latest drone footage shows that the wandering juvenile is part of a pod of approximately 10 belugas. The animals swim closely together, often rolling and rubbing against each other.
They appear to interact the same way with the narwhal as they do with each other, suggesting that he has been adopted as a member of the group. In turn, the narwhal has started displaying behavior typical of belugas such as blowing bubbles.[6]
4Boy Makes Astounding Recovery From Skewer Through Head
Last Saturday afternoon, 10-year-old Xavier Cunningham was playing in his tree house at his home in Harrisonville, Missouri, when he was attacked by yellow jacket wasps. Trying to get away, he fell out of the tree and landed face-first on a meat skewer, which went straight through his head. Incredibly, the sharp spike missed all vital components, and following successful surgery, Xavier is expected to make a full recovery.
The boy was taken to Kansas University Hospital where a team of doctors managed to remove the rod after several hours. The skewer had avoided the eyes, brain stem, spinal cord, and blood vessels despite penetrating 15 centimeters (6 in) into the skull. This gave hospital staff the time necessary to call in expert surgeons for the procedure.[7]
One additional obstacle was the fact that the rod was square instead of rounded, thus requiring extra attention toward the sharp edges. Endovascular neurosurgeon Koji Ebersole described the event as “one in a million.”
3Community Comes Together For Keryluke Family
Brent Keryluke from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, refurbished a 1973 Pontiac Parisienne in the hopes of one day passing it down to his children, Arielle and Liam. Unfortunately, Brent and his wife, Nicole, died in a motorcycle accident back in May, leaving the kids in the care of his parents, Ben and Marilyn. The elderly couple was struggling to make ends meet, so they made a tough decision—they had to sell the car at auction.
The sad story of the Kerylukes was heavily covered in local media, and the community came to the auction in full force. Ben was hoping to get $14,000 for the car, but it sold for $29,000 to Rod McWilliams of Red Deer Motors. He then immediately donated it back to be sold again.
Danny Fayad of Edmonton paid $30,000 for the Pontiac the second time around and then donated it once more. It was sold for $20,000 the third time to Bob Bevins of Bulldog Metals who gave the car back to the Keryluke family.[8]
Besides the bids for the cars, other community members pledged their own donations. They topped $100,000, and the Kerylukes got to keep the Pontiac. The auction went viral on social media, and more donations are still pouring in.
2Archaeologists Discover Oldest-Known Human Drawing
Archaeologists found what they believe to be the earliest-known drawing made by Homo sapiens on a stone flake in a cave in South Africa. After seven years of study, they concluded that the markings were made by a human with an ocher crayon roughly 73,000 years ago.
The piece of stone was found by chance in Blombos Cave in 2011 by Luca Pollarolo, a researcher from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was cleaning dirt and ash off other artifacts when he noticed the rock.
It had curious markings which appeared too odd to be natural. They were six straight, almost parallel lines intersected by three curved lines. He contacted colleagues from Norway and France to help establish the origins of the strange illustration.
Using an electron microscope, they were able to determine that the lines were drawn on the stone with a natural pigment called red ocher. They made multiple recreations using primitive brushes and crayons and found that the markings matched an ocher crayon tip 1–3 millimeters (0.04–0.12 in) thick.[9]
Current debate rages over whether the drawing was intentional or not. The smooth surface of the flake suggests that it was once part of a larger rock, perhaps a grindstone. If this is the case, other archaeologists argue that the markings could have been created unintentionally during the grinding process.
1Recognition For Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Fifty years ago, Jocelyn Bell Burnell was a student learning astrophysics at Cambridge. Under the guidance of her thesis supervisor, Antony Hewish, she discovered the first radio pulsars. For this, Hewish won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974. Bell Burnell didn’t win anything because she was a research student.
This year, she received the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in recognition of her achievement. It came with a $3 million cash prize which Bell then donated to help minority students become physics researchers.
Bell Burnell’s snub by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has been criticized over the decades by many scientists, but the organization remained steadfast in its decision. The Breakthrough Prizes are awarded by a not-for-profit organization founded by Russian physicist and entrepreneur Yuri Milner. The chair of the organization’s committee, Edward Witten, described Bell Burnell’s discovery as “one of the great surprises in the history of astronomy.”[10]
The Northern Irish astrophysicist was presented with a check for $3 million, but she said she is donating it to the UK’s Institute of Physics. Specifically, it will be used to provide scholarships for groups which are underrepresented in the field.
As far as Bell Burnell is concerned, she is fine with being snubbed 50 years ago. According to her, once you win a Nobel Prize, you don’t get anything else ever again. This way, she has a party almost every year for another award or distinction she has received.
Pure Heart – Chitta Shuddhi
To completely surrender to My Will, your heart must be pure and your mind empty of all thoughts.
All those who surrender themselves in love to Me will see, adore and realize the reality behind My form.
Source Meher Baba Calling
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Quotes of the week
The meaning of faith is that one is not shaken by anything.
The aspirant should have un-severing faith in the Master.
When you put whole faith in Me you get the relief.
When faith becomes love, there is no use of faith.
——-AVATAR MEHER BABA
[From- LESSONS FOR SPIRITUAL ASPIRANTS, Complied by: BIRENDRA KUMAR]
[Copyright © Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Ahmednagar (M.S.) India]
“ ASCENT AND DECENT OF THE SOUL”——
“ ASCENT AND DECENT OF THE SOUL”——
The divine love consumes all our limited desires; but this “burning” [in love] should be smokeless. Kabir puts this in one line: “Lift the veil of seven colors!” He does not say “remove” the curtain, but uses the word khole [lift, open].
In fact, this veil is so subtle that even the finest and highest thought cannot pierce or tear it. This veil has seven layers and seven knots. The seven layers are of different colors, and of seven kinds of sanskaras. These impressions are of the phenomenal illusory life. To make it more clear; this world that we see, hear and experience through the senses is an illusion, and is based on seven illusory desires.
On these seven desires is based the entire working of the gross life, and that is why both “descent” and “ascent” of the soul is in seven stages.
The real seat of the Brahma is in the head, and so you find seven doors to these illusions — two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and one mouth. When an advanced soul enters the Path with the inner eye open, he is said to “open” the first knot. And when the first knot is open, one layer out of the seven drops down, corresponding to the mouth. When the first knot is opened, the pilgrim is said to have crushed one desire and to have entered the first plane.
When the second knot is opened, corresponding to the right nostril, the second layer falls down, and the pilgrim is said to have entered the second plane. Here he sees wonderful things. Although all these things are illusory, if he gets lost in them he is gone! The third knot is the left nostril. Here the pilgrim sees more enchantments. He can now read the thoughts of all. After this third knot, the pilgrim enters what is called by Jesus the dark, spiritual night of the soul.
The fourth and fifth knots are opened simultaneously, corresponding to the right and left ears. These desires are crushed, and the pilgrim enters the fourth plane. Now he becomes all powerful. He can even raise the dead, and here it is possible that he can fall to the lowest depth. He falls if he misuses his powers.
If he resists the temptation of using his powers, then he opens the sixth and seventh knots simultaneously, corresponding to the two eyes, and crushes the sixth and seventh types of desires. He has entered the fifth plane now. But the veil is still there and he cannot see God. Only God’s grace or the Master’s help can throw away or tear this veil.
Then the pilgrim enters the sixth plane, which is represented by the middle of the forehead, that is, the third eye. Now he sees God face-to-face everywhere.
Very few can enter the seventh plane, represented by the top of the head. Here one becomes God. But this can be done only with the Master’s help. Only rare ones get down from the top of the head to the heart. The Master can, in the twinkling of an eye or even quicker, remove all these veils and everything at once, because all is illusory.
This, in the end, means that only God is real and all else is an illusion. We are all permanently lodged in this, our Beloved God. So we are all one.
Lord Meher Online 3251-53
No use of Faith !🙏🌹🌷💙❤️💜❤️💕💖💗💝
The meaning of faith is that one is not shaken by anything.
The aspirant should have un-severing faith in the Master.
When you put whole faith in Me you get the relief.
When faith becomes love, there is no use of faith.
——-AVATAR MEHER BABA
[From- LESSONS FOR SPIRITUAL ASPIRANTS, Complied by: BIRENDRA KUMAR]
[Copyright © Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Ahmednagar (M.S.) India]