The Pythagoreans were a persecuted sect, sometimes violently persecuted. They were a threat to traditional religion, like many new sects. Plato’s teacher, Socrates, was famously executed for religious heresy.
“The Pythagoreans realized that when we hear beauty and music, when we hear notes harmonizing, that’s because the notes have simple ratios, like 1:2 or 3:4. So the beauty of music is direct perception of the mathematical order underlying the world. They worshipped that mathematics.”
“Simply put, they were threatening to overthrow the gods on Olympus and put numbers and mathematics in its place. Prior to Socrates being executed, a number of other philosophers were banished or fled because of threats to themselves. It was dangerous in those days to be a philosopher.”
“We didn’t truly know the dangers of the market, because it was a dark market,” says Brooksley Born, the head of an obscure federal regulatory agency — the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — who not only warned of the potential for economic meltdown in the late 1990s, but also tried to convince the country’s key economic powerbrokers to take actions that could have helped avert the crisis.
“They were totally opposed to it,” Born says. “That puzzled me. What was it that was in this market that had to be hidden?”
Now, with many of the same men who shut down Born in key positions in the Obama administration, The Warning reveals the complicated politics that led to this crisis and what it may say about current attempts to prevent the next one.
I ate dinner at a local Orlando restaurant called “The Loving Hut”. It’s a vegan restaurant. This is what happens when you date a vegan: suddenly you find yourself dining at places called “The Loving Hut”. My buddy called me while I was there, and after I told him the name of of the joint, he exclaimed, “Oh, are you hugging yet? Should I let you go?”
But I digress, because the name of the place is not even the beginning of this story. The place is empty, save for a 20’s-something hipster with a laptop in the corner. The decor looks like any EXTREMELY BRIGHT asian-ish?…Pizza Hut??
I actually haven’t been inside a Pizza Hut lately, so I’m not sure what they look like…but this place certainly looks like it belongs near a food court. Maybe it’s the white chairs…or the big flat-screen televisions…
I notice that the flat screens are all Broadcasting the same thing: Supreme Master TV.
Supreme Master Ching Hai International is the corporate entity behind Guanyin Famen/Quan Yin. It is affiliated with World Peace Media, Oceans of Love Entertainment, Supreme Master Television, and several cable television series…all groups and businesses established by Ching Hai.
“Every time the reform seems less likely that it will happen, the entire group trades higher,” said Perry, who has advised his clients to buy shares of Wellcare Health Plans Inc. (WCG), recently up 1.3% to $36.74, and Humana Inc. (HUM), up 1% to $42.26.
Among the other recent gainers in the sector, Aetna rose 2.7% to $32.65, Cigna Corp. (CI) added 2.3% to $36.41 and Well Point Inc. (WLP) gained 2.7% to $58.07. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) added 1.6% to $30.99.
Desiderata (Latin meaning “desired things”)
by Max Ehrman
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others,
even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Do not interrupt the flight of your soul;
do not distress what is best in you;
do not enfeeble your spirit with half wishes and half thoughts.
Ask yourself and keep on asking until you find the answer,
for one may have known something many times, acknowledged it;
one may have willed something many times, attempted it — and yet,
only the deep inner motion, only the heart’s indescribable emotion,
only that will convince you that what you have acknowledged belongs to you,
that no power can take it from you — for only the truth that builds up is truth for you.
For the second day in a row, thousands of people lined up for free dental, medical and vision services in South Los Angeles courtesy of a nonprofit group that provides mobile health care for the rural poor.
Remote Area Medical set up for eight days of care at the Forum in L.A. The enormous response to the free care was a stark contrast to recent videos of Glenn Beck-watching Tea Baggers screaming at town hall meetings in opposition to proposed health insurance reform.
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