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The changes in the world today | Sri Aurobindo
2008-10-03 17:08:00 When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge. Reason was the helper; Reason is the bar.When we have passed beyond willings, then we shall have Power. Effort was the helper; Effort is the bar.When we have passed beyond enjoyings, then we shall have Bliss. Desire was the helper; Desire is the bar.When we have passed beyond individualising, then we shall be real Persons. Ego was the helper; Ego is the bar.When we have passed beyond humanity, then we shall be the Man. The Animal was the helper; the Animal is the bar.Transform reason into ordered intuition; let all thyself be light. This is thy goal.Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word nor the reasoning animal the supreme figure of Nature. As man emerged out of the animal, so out of man the superman emerges.The meeting of man and God must always mean a penetration and entry of the divine into the human and a self-immergence of man in the Divinity.All would change if man could once consent to be spir...
Are There Any Decent Baritones in the World Today?
2008-05-10 07:55:00 FRIDAY, MAY 9NOTE: I am having problems with Blog Harbor and posting. I’ve been trying for about 2 hours to get something to “take”. I’m listening to the Met (Live) do MacBeth, one of my favorites. Carlos Alverez, doing MacBeth sucks. He’s okay, but he’s no Sherrill Milnes. Jimmy is incredible though. I saw a performance there, years ago, where I was sitting front row, two seats to the right of Jimmy. During the ghosts of Scotland past scene, they both became ‘tickled’. It was so much fun watching them keep from smiling. Something amusing happened with one of ...
Alan Jackson If Jesus Walked The World Today
2008-05-01 21:41:00 Alan Jackson If Jesus Walked The World Today Lyrics If Jesus walked the world today, He’d probably be a Hillbilly Common man of men and the King of many He’d lay his hands on his brother man, save us all from the sinnin If Jesus walked the world today, He’d probably be a Hillbilly If He was here today I ...
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If you go out in the world today ... - Globe and Mail
2008-04-26 11:29:00 If you go out in the world today ...Globe and Mail, Canada - 4 minutes agoOne, Dangerous World, puts risk into perspective against such global menaces as "planet-buster" asteroids and volcanoes like Sumatra's Tuba, which drove the ...
Today in History 04/02/08
2008-04-02 14:58:00 Today in 1513 - Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida becoming the first European known to do so. Today in 1902 - The "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California. Today in 1972 - Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the ...
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Today in History 04/01/08
2008-04-01 14:48:00 Today is April Fools Day. Today in 1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes the book Mein Kampf. Today in 1976 - Apple Computer is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve ...
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Today in History 04/01/08
2008-04-01 14:48:00 Today is April Fools Day. Today in 1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes the book Mein Kampf. Today in 1976 - Apple Computer is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve ...
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Today in History 03/31/08
2008-03-31 14:31:00 Today in 1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille orders her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion. Today in 1889 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated. Today in 1959 - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum. Today in 1995 - In Corpus Christi, ...
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Today in History 03/31/08
2008-03-31 14:31:00 Today in 1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille orders her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion. Today in 1889 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated. Today in 1959 - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum. Today in 1995 - In Corpus Christi, ...
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Today in History 3/30/08
2008-03-30 17:31:00 Today in 240 BC - First recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet. Today in 1842 - Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long. Today in 1951 - Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau. Today in 1981 - President Ronald Reagan is ...
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Today in History 3/30/08
2008-03-30 17:31:00 Today in 240 BC - First recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet. Today in 1842 - Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long. Today in 1951 - Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau. Today in 1981 - President Ronald Reagan is ...
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Today in History 03/29/08
2008-03-29 15:40:00 Today in 1461 - During the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England. Today in 1886 - Dr John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia. Today in 1973 - During the Vietnam War, ...
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Today in History 03/28/08
2008-03-28 05:07:00 Today in 193 - Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus. Today in 1854 - to start the Crimean War, France and Britain declare war on Russia. Today in 1979 - In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails in the ...
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Today in History 3/26/08
2008-03-26 13:29:00 Today in 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Today in 1953 - Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine. Today in 2006 - In Scotland, the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force. Celebrating Birthdays today are Conrad Gessner, Robert Frost, Franz Stangl, Tennessee Williams, William ...
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Today in History 03/25/08
2008-03-25 13:32:00 Today in 1306 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland. Today in 1807 - The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire. Today in 1955 - United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg’s poem "Howl" as obscene. Today in 1965 - Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther ...
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Today in History 3/24/08
2008-03-24 13:40:00 Today in 1837 - Canada gives African men the right to vote. Today in 1882 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis). Today in 1989 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, USA the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m³) of petroleum after ...
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Today in History 3/23/08
2008-03-23 19:49:00 Today is Easter Sunday in Western Christianity. Today in 1775 - Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech -"give me liberty or give me death" at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia. Today in 1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. Today in 2005 - The United States ...
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Today in History 3/22/08
2008-03-22 16:47:00 Today in 1621 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. Today in 1765 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Stamp Act, which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies. Today in 1941 - Washington’s Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity. Today ...
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Today in History 3/21/08
2008-03-21 13:43:00 Today is Good Friday in Western Christianity, as well as the traditional date of vernal equinox, the real equinox varies between years and World Poetry Day. Today in 1871 - Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Today in 1970 - The first Earth Day proclamation is ...
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Today in History 3/20/08
2008-03-20 14:07:00 Today is the vernal equinox. Today in 1616 - Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years imprisonment. Today in 1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity. Today in 1995 - A sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway kills 12 and wounds 1,300 persons. Today in 2003 - ...
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Today in History 3/19/08
2008-03-19 13:31:00 Today is Fathers Day in many European Countries Today in 1915 - Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet. Today in 1916 - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history. Today in 1931 - Gambling is legalized in ...
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Today in History 3/18/08
2008-03-18 13:43:00 Today in 1314 - Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar is burned at the stake. Today in 1850 - American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo. Today in 1922 - In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. ...
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Today in History 3/17/08
2008-03-17 13:39:00 Today is Saint Patrick’s Day. Today in 1756 - St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). Today in 1901 - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation. Today in 1970 - in the My ...
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Today in History 3/16/08
2008-03-16 15:14:00 Today is Palm Sunday. Today in 1190 - Crusaders start to massacre the Jews of York; many Jews commit suicide rather than submit to baptism. Today in 1978 - Aldo Moro is kidnapped by left-wing terrorists in Italy and is later killed by his captors. Today in 1995 - Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming ...
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Today in History 3/15/08
2008-03-16 01:56:00 Today is the Ides of March. Today in 1776 - South Carolina becomes the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government. Today in 1916 - President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa. Today in 1965 - President Lyndon B. ...
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Today in History 3/14/08
2008-03-14 13:36:00 Today is Pi Day and White Day. Today in 1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. Today in 1964 - A jury in Dallas, Texas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy. Today in 1994 - Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released. Today in 1995 - ...
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Today in History 3/13/08
2008-03-13 13:48:00 Today in 1781 - William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. Today in 1862 - The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. Today in 1969 - Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing ...
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Today in History 3/12/08
2008-03-12 17:13:00 Today in 1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time. Today in 1918 - Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years. Today in 1947 - The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism. Celebrating Birthdays today are André Le Nôtre, Clement Studebaker, ...
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Today in History 3/11/08
2008-03-11 13:47:00 Today in 1702 - The first regular English-language newspaper, The Daily Courant, is published in London. Today in 1918 - Bolshevist Russia moves the national capital from Petrograd to Moscow. Today in 1977 - The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: 130+ hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims were set free after ambassadors from three Islamic ...
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Today in History 3/09/08
2008-03-09 17:20:00 Today is the first day of Daylight Savings Time. (At least here in Seattle!) Today in 1796 - Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. Today in 1834 - the French Foreign Legion is founded. Today in 1959 - The Barbie doll debuts. Today in 2007 - The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that ...
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Today in History 3/08/08
2008-03-08 23:40:00 Today in 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Today in 1917 - Riots and strikes break out in St. Petersburg, Russia, marking the start of the Russian Revolution. Today in 1939 - J.R.R. Tolkien delivers his seminal talk "On Fairy Stories." Today in 1999 - The Supreme Court of the United States ...
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Today in History 3/07/08
2008-03-07 14:39:00 Today in 321 - Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. Today in 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone (patent # 174,465). (And from this the evil know as AT&T is born.) Today in ...
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Today in History 3/06/08
2008-03-06 14:39:00 Today in 1820 - The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free. Today in 1836 - Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo - After a 13-day ...
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Today in History 3/05/08
2008-03-05 14:03:00 Today is Learn from Lei Feng Day in China. Today in 1836 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver (.34-caliber). Today in 1868 - A court of impeachment is organized in the United States Senate to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson. Today in 1940 - Members of Soviet politburo sign an order for the execution ...
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Today in History 3/03/08
2008-03-03 14:15:00 And yet again I get my days confused…. Today in 1791 - The United States Mint is created by the U.S. Congress. Today in 1845 - Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. Today in 1861 - Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs. Today in 1931 - The United States officially adopts “The Star-Spangled ...
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Today in History 02/20/08
2008-02-20 14:20:00 Today in 1547, Edward VI of England crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. Today in 1798, Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power. Today in 1933, the Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would end Prohibition in the United States. Today in 1962, while aboard ...
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Today in History 2/18/08
2008-02-18 18:23:00 Today is the Anniversary of the Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as the President of the Confederate States of America’s provisional government. Today in 1841, the first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11. Today in 1885, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time. Today in 1977, ...
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Today in History 2/17/08
2008-02-17 15:19:00 Today in 1600, the philosopher Giordano Bruno was burnt alive at Campo de’ Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy. Today in 1801, an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives. Today in 1864,during ...
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Today in History 2/15/08
2008-02-15 16:25:00 Today is Susan B. Anthony Day. Today in 1879 - Women’s rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Today in 1933 - In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago, Illinois Mayor ...
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Today in History 2/14/08
2008-02-14 14:42:00 Today is Valentine’s Day and also the Day of National Mourning in Mexico. Today in 1779, James Cook was killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii. Today in 1886, the first trainload of oranges left Los Angeles via the transcontinental railroad. Today in 1912, Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. Today in ...
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Today in History 2/13/08
2008-02-13 14:28:00 Today in 1542, Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. Today in 1866, Jesse James and his gang commit the first armed bank robbery in United States history during peacetime in Liberty, Missouri. Today in 1935, a jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 ...
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Today in History 2/12/08
2008-02-12 13:47:00 (Editors note: I somehow got my days mixed up and posted todays history yesterday… I need to get more sleep!) Today is Lincoln’s Birthday and Darwin Day. Today in 1733, Englishman James Oglethorpe founds the 13th United States colony of Georgia, and its first city at Savannah. Today in 1870, women gain the right to vote in ...
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Today in History 2/09/08
2008-02-09 16:45:00 Today is Democratic Caucus Day in Washington State. Today in 1825, after no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States. Today in 1960, Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Today in 1964, The Beatles make ...
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Today in History
2008-02-08 14:53:00 Today is Nirvana Day - an annual Buddhist festival. Today in 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England. Today in 1692, a doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony suggests that two girls in the family of ...
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Today in History 2/07/08
2008-02-07 14:39:00 Today is Independence Day in Grenada and Lunar New Years Day for several Asian cultures. Today in 1795, the 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed. Today in 1882, the last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place in Mississippi City, Mississippi. Today in 1964, The Beatles arrive at JFK International Airport to begin their first ...
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Today in History 2/06/08
2008-02-06 13:46:00 Today is African-American Coaches Day, Ash Wednesday and the first day of Lent. Today in 1819, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore. Today in 1900, the international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands’ Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. Today in 1959, Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for ...
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Today in History 2/05/08
2008-02-05 15:12:00 Today is Constitution Day in Mexico and Shrove Tuesday in Western Christianity and Mardi Gras. Today in 1885, King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession. Today in 1900, the United States and the United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal. Today in 1958, a hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is ...
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Today in History 2/04/08
2008-02-04 14:41:00 Today is Independence Day in Sri Lanka (1948) and World Cancer Day. Today in 362, Roman Emperor Julian promulgates an edict that recognizes equal rights to all the religions in the Roman Empire. Today in 1957, the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, logs her 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described ...
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The World Today 2/1/08
2008-02-01 14:56:00 Today is the start of Black History Month in the United States. Today in 1790, in New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. Today in 1979 - The Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back into Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile. Today in 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia ...
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Today in History 1/31/08
2008-01-31 14:46:00 Today in 1747, the first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. Today in 1929, the Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky. Today in 1945, US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed, the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion. Today in 1958, in NASA’s Explorer program - Explorer I is the first ...
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