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I'll post a bit on the Ching Ter Temple/The Nature Loving festival in another post (When I'm less hungry and sleepy) - but I was rather impressed with the group and the temple (they are also currently doing a round robin with a few other Buddhist Temples and groups around Columbus to visit and see & understand each others basic teachings and practices).

But I really want to say this since I've had to say this a number of times:

In grabbing, interrogating, and holding me at close gunpoint with the safeties off, the members of the US Marshals team did nothing wrong and it was NOT excessive force.

First let me say that my great uncle was an officer who was shot and killed with his own gun responding to a bar fight and my father works for a police department so I have a bit more understanding of the Police side of the equation than a lot of people.

The team who came in the house had to be ready for anything as they knew nothing except the suspect was possibly inside the house. When I opened the door and was standing there I was a potential hostile who needed to be neutralized as quickly as possible. They didn't know me - I was in the same house as the suspect and could have potentially ether attacked them or alerted the suspect if allowed to go free (I would never do that, but they did not know that). Interrogating me at gun point was necessary as again I was the first person they came across, a potential hostile, and I possessed extremely useful information for the team (Such as number of people in the house, types of people in the house, location of the suspect's room, information about weapons in the house, exits, etc.). The safeties came off after they saw that there were weapons in the open in the house (a sword on display to be exact) when there are weapons visibly they have to be ready to defend themselves at a moment's notice as there are probably more weapons around that they do not know about. Nate busting out of his room required a quick response and he had to be secured as his busting out was seen as a threatening action. The US Marshal Teams' jobs are run into a location they know little about and extract the target swiftly and safely. Surprise and force was necessary to catch the target off guard and make resistance less likely. They did their jobs well and professionally (although arguably the one guy cracking jokes about the place after they had secured things could have possibly been seen as unprofessional but still not that bad).

Also a surprise early morning raid was used since the warrant being executed was for a serious and violent felony and they did not want to risk the suspect taking flight or mounting resistance.

In conclusion the US Marshals did everything as they should - if I was on the other side I probably would have acted the same way.

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Blah - I'm going to this tomorrow Ching Ter Maitreya Temple's Nature Loving Festival (Well apparently now a much scaled down 'fundraiser' instead of their original intention - PDF) I'd write a bit about the syncretic Taiwanese NRM behind the temple and some thoughts about transplanted religious movement in America but with what's been going on today I'm too stressed and tired to put out a coherent thought.

Nature Loving Festival
Time: 4:00pm to 8:00pm
Date: July 18, 2009
Place: Ching Ter Maitreya Temple
2891 E Dublin-Granville Rd.,Columbus, OH 43231

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Before I head to sleep a few links and stuff:

The Relic Hound - [info]primaldog's store - Check it out! Part of the proceeds go to animal rescue and wildlife preservation organizations.


The evolution of Spider Webs

Sears & Kmart put out Christmas stuff - Well it seems Christmas has overrun Halloween now - Maybe we should form a league to push it back into November at the least.

via [info]buddhists

Bishop Sends Shockwave, Slaying the Sacred Cow of Individual Salvation

'Tatemae' and 'Honne' in Japanese Society

Why the Imp in Your Brain Gets Out


Also I need to see some things - mostly extraneous books at some point since we all leave this house at the end of August.

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Japanese Mothman Cartoon

John Alva Keel - 1930-2009

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I seem to have slept close to thirteen hours...

Well most of my plans for today are shot (good thing I got the day off) - might as well spend the rest of the day resting and possibly reading some more of The Question comics I've been meaning to read - I have to thank Robert for showing me the character. I'll have to stop by Lenscrafters on Tuesday to see about my damage lens as although the damage is minor it's annoying to have circles pop up in my vision when light strikes them the right way.

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I'm glad I wear glasses )

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Happy July 4th!

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It's blockbuster season in movie theaters. What was the last movie you saw?


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This:

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Yaakov's Lament - Tatsuma's Blog closely following the Iranian situation.

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The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.


~ Atisha Dipankara Shrijnana (11th Century Tibetan Buddhist Master)

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Review - Warning: Spoilers - Like they matter for this movie )

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Civilization by Marco Brambilla from CRUSH on Vimeo.



Civilization - Marco Brambilla

I don't even want to think about the amount of editing work that went into this.

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Cool, Refreshing Legislation for Philip Morris

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Operation Blackjack

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Happy Solstice!
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Iran Tweet Grid

Tatsuma's Iran Update


On a quick note Year One isn't as bad as most of the critics say - it's just a very mediocre movie - the jokes aren't that funny and they seem to run out of most of their material about half way though the movie.

It made a number of references that I'm pretty sure went over the heads of most of the audience such as Lilith, Gilgamesh, and other things such as Inanna/Ishtar's mythical history of wooing lovers and leading them into danger.

Really I expected a lot more from Harold Ramis.

3.5/10

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You Are An INFP



The Idealist

You are a creative person with a great imagination. You enjoy living in your own inner world.
Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships.
It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close to you.
But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop.

In love, you tend to have high (and often unrealistic) standards.
You are very sensitive. You tend to have intense feelings.

At work, you need to do something that expresses your personal values.
You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist.

How you see yourself: Unselfish, empathetic, and spiritual

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Unrealistic, naive, and weak

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The movie 2012 has just come out with a new trailer and it's ludicrous as all hell!

LOL! at the very least the film looks like it will be good for a laugh. Also the Mayans are apparently now "Mankind's Earliest Civilization" LOL!

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LOL!, I was just showing [info]zotquix the Online Jain Snakes and Ladders game while talking about the Tibetan game Rebirth and it's history... While not paying attention I seem to have reached Moksha in about four moves by continually hitting ladders. LOL! And I had been talking about the large number of snakes with the point of it taking a while as the point to illustrate samsara as in Rebirth. LOL!



On a completely different note [info]lupa posted this link a few days ago and since a few people on my f-list might be interested:

Why "Nice Guys" are often such LOSERS


via Fark

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Which Star Trek Ship Class Should You Command? )

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While out I picked up a used copy of Rebirth: The Tibetan Game of Liberation with the game board still with it.

It's kind of like Snakes and Ladders in that you go around a board to get to the stupa at the top symbolizing nirvana (Snakes and ladders is probably a good analogy since it was based on a Hindu game called Vaikuntapaali or Paramapada Sopanam - the ladder to salvation where the goal was to move around the board to advance to Moksha (Liberation)) - all moves are dependent on dice rolls from each square which represents ether a life in one of the various realms in Buddhist Cosmology or spiritual state toward the goal of nirvana.

An on-line version of Rebirth.

also speaking of similar games Similar Sufi Game, Online Jain Game, a bit about a Hindu game.

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Also this is rather interesting:

The Book of Jer3miah

Created as a class project at BYU by Theater and Media Arts associate professor Jeff Parkin, and produced by Parkin, Jared Cardon and more than 30 students, the series is highly interactive. Not only can fans uncover puzzles and conspiracy information on sites The Davenport Papers (hub of the companion ARG) and Zooby News, but physical clues have been hidden around the BYU campus for students to discover and share. A discussion on the Davenport Papers forum will lead to the discovery that a clue refers to a particular classroom, which leads to various students snooping around and reporting back until one finds a hidden flash drive and uploads its contents for everyone to see. It’s a pretty big leap forward in terms of university-sponsored transmedia content, and yet, the online collaboration between fans is so fervent that you don’t have to be anywhere near the campus to be part of the action.

The Book of Jer3miah: Not Just for Mormons Anymore

The series itself is rather interesting conspiracy story involving a missing symbolist and a lot of Mormon folklore. Would be interesting to see other universities do something like this.

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Anyone can Ask Me 5 Questions.

Anything goes, you can ask anything about anything, as personal as you want and I will answer.

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From Fark

Statement from Grand Ayatollah Husayn Ali Montazeri

Fark Thread

Iran is not your modern open developed nation with gigabit links coming out of its ears. It does not have unlimited transit, and it is likely that all its transit it through one or two carriers. If these links are overwhelmed by armchair protesters DDOSing the website, then Internet access from Iran to the outside world may be disrupted, and it's even possible that the carrier, which will also be catering to other under-developed nations in the region, will simply pull the plug to protect the rest of their network.

Foreign Policy: DDOS attacks on Iran's web-sites: what a stupid idea! <- Yes, the Article is about 4chan doing it. Did you have to ask? Pass the link around.

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A meme:
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The problem with Livejournal is that we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other.

Hence, I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don’t know about you.


A picture:

Pic under cut )

Some Links:

via Fark and a few other places

Fox steals over 120 shoes from a German Village

Science Daily: What Really Prompts The Dog's 'Guilty Look'

Tea Party Group Co-Opts Communist Symbol

Roman Catholics and Sexuality

Also Chemical Wedding is a rather awesome movie. =P

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