Apech

You might be immortal.

I'm not sure I buy this 'rise of China and India' idea entirely. I cannot justify my feeling rationally and there is no doubt their economic power is growing. But somehow I feel its too predictable ... and history is not like that. Historians, like economists are great at predicting after the event ... but as to how the power in the world will shift in the coming years? who knows? You can only deal with what is now. 'There is only now .. tomorrow doesn't exist' (to quote Lady Toda from Shogun (lol)). I suspect the main tension will be between the New World Orderists and those who do not want Global Govt. (or at least Global Financial Institutional Control) ... how that will shape up will be interesting.

Yes but I think you need a criminal record to live there don't you?

On a serious note also ... I hope the US does not stop its involvement in what the rest of the world does. A lot of mistakes have been made ... that is true ... but to retreat from the foreign policy agenda would create a massive power vacuum. God knows what would fill it. On a positive note look what the US did for Japan and Germany (and the rest of Europe including Britain) after WWII. After years of fighting against the Nazis and Japanese imperialism ... instead of retribution the US rebuilt both those countries and established a successful and peaceful future for them both. I am sure there was self-interest there but that's just how things work. I think that the problem for the US has always been understanding the rest of the world properly. To understand you have to engage and avoid the kind of hubris which led to Vietnam and also the aftermath of Iraq. I'd like to see a US president who really understands the rest of world not one who turns inward.

Very nice. Thanks for posting.

Scotty - have you no sense of humour ... sorry humor? You say almost no way it would happen ... therefor you have left open the possibility it might. I admire your realism. Jolly good show.

Why don't you guys just accept you would be far happier being part of Greater Britain again. Its been a 250 year experiment that quite frankly has been full of disappointment. Go to Boston, fish the tea bags out of the harbor, pay your taxes properly and we can arrange for proper parliamentary elections and a real democracy. All you have to do is swear allegiance to Her Majesty Elizabeth II and we will overlook your rebellious nature.

Very interesting and well written if I may say so. I would suggest we move this (or you can just copy it) to General Discussion.

OK I do use Google and after some looking around I found it eventually. Its not krst but qrst (originally) ... qrs means 'to bury' and qrs.t is the noun 'burial'. Sound shift q > k is believable. So you can get krst meaning burial. A title of Osiris is neb-qrst meaning Lord of Burial. Birch apparently makes a link to 'gs' meaning anoint ... on the basis that the mummification process involved use of oils (as well as salts i.e. natron). So another sound shift qrs > krs > gs ... hmm not sure about that one. Oh well thanks ... I like to be certain where these ideas are coming from. PS. I won't comment on the US/Christian agenda ... as a Brit it all means little to me. You should have remained a colony and could have become as secular as we are (ironically in view of the established church) .... (lol)

Yes that is quoted in the OP.

Thanks Ralis very interesting. It suggest I think that we are actually biologically geared up to adapt to changing and mildly antagonistic environments. The idea that healthy balance is a kind of stress free comfort zone is wrong. Rather we should enjoy a level of challenging stimulation. A waking up process rather than a sleepy one.

Vmarco, What is this word Krst? Is it Ancient Egyptian ... all I can find is 'khr' which means tomb and also the word for anoint with oil is 'gs'. Your ideas are interesting but I like to look for the origins of anything Egyptian. Late representations of Serapis do look very Christ-like BTW. Thanks A.

Thank you for that explanation.

Why do you think this state is enlightenment?

You work for the CIA and posted this to distract us from what's really going on???? Am I close?????

BBC website

No its early, Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty ... mastaba of vizier Ptah-hotep east wall ... here is colour version of whole thing: the scene shows people exercising and maybe wrestling etc. As far as I know its unique and I was rather surprised when I found it ... all others I know of show squatting or cross legged.

Two figures in upper register. But I agree with generally this is not a normal posture and I think those two figures are doing exercises rather than actually sitting in full lotus per se.

Move server to outside US? or have they thought of this?

Life, but not as we know it, Jim.

Exoplanets are around every star, study suggests Actually they seem to be saying every star! But that's every kind of planet ... mostly gas giants?

<br><br>Yes, it says the colours are about the age of the stars and what sequence they are in.<br><br>There was another article the other day - which I didn't post which said that nearly all stars are now thought to have planets ... which means a lot of earth type planets out there.<br><br>If only we could boldly go ... that would be exciting ...<br>