Wholeness And The Implicate Order 
by David Bohm
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Publication date 1980
Topics Magick
Collection opensource
Language English
David Bohm was one of the foremost scientific thinkers and philosophers of our time. Although deeply influenced by Einstein, he was also, more unusually for a scientist, inspired by mysticism. Indeed, in the 1970s and 1980s he made contact with both J. Krishnamurti and the Dalai Lama whose teachings helped shape his work. In both science and philosophy, Bohm’s main concern was with understanding the nature of reality in general and of consciousness in particular. In this classic work he develops a theory of quantum physics which treats the totality of existence as an unbroken whole. Writing clearly and without technical jargon, he makes complex ideas accessible to anyone interested in the nature of reality.


THE ORIGINAL FROM 1922

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1980 REVISED WITH DISCUSSIONS WITH DR. BOHM


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The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin (1868–1934)

Most mountains in the United States are named for European male geologists, surveyors, and military officers who measured, climbed, and claimed them. There is a rare exception in the southern Sierras of California, a mountain that stands 13,057 feet tall. It is Mount Mary Austin, named after maverick ethnographer and feminist, activist and mystic, speaker and writer Mary Hunter Austin. Austin’s debut book, The Land of Little Rain (1903), is a collection of 14 vivid and meditative essays detailing the landscape and diverse inhabitants of the Owens River Valley before it was drained of water for the city of Los Angeles — a conflict known as the California water wars made famous in the classic film Chinatown. Austin’s early defense of Spanish Americans and Native Americans and their right to their land and livelihoods set her apart from other Western writers who saw these people as impediments to “progress.”

Further reading: Earth Horizon (1932), Austin's autobiography; Beyond Borders: The Selected Essays of Mary Austin (1996).

EXCERPT FROM 11 Women Who Have Changed The Way We See The Natural World

The land of little rain

by Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934

AUTOGRAPHED

Publication date 1903

Topics Natural history -- California, California -- Description and travel

Publisher Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company

Contributor University of California Libraries

Language English

The land of little rain.--Water trails of the Ceriso.--The scavengers.--The pocket hunter.--Shoshone land.--Jimville, a Bret Harte town.--My neighbor's field.--The Mesa trail.--The basket maker.--The streets of the mountains.--Water borders.--Other water borders.--Nurslings of the sky.--The little town of the grape vines

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ANOTHER VERSION ALSO SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

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THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN PLAY

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The basket woman, a book of fanciful tales for children
by Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934; Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Publication date 1904
Publisher Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company
Collection cdl; americana
Digitizing sponsor MSN
Contributor University of California Libraries
Language English
The basket woman. First story.--The basket woman. Second story.--The stream that ran away.--The coyotte-spirit and the weaving woman.--The cheerful glacier.--The merry-go-round.--The Christmas tree.--The fire bringer.--The crooked fir.--The sugar pine.--The golden fortune.--The white-barked pine.--Naýang Wité, the first rabbit drive.--Mahala Joe

Bookplate of Pearl Chase

Author's autograph copy

SHE HAD A BROAD SCOPE OF WRITINGS

HER OWN VARIETY OF SPIRITUALITY AND MYSTICISM
BASED ON NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN TRADITIONS

Christ in Italy; being the adventures of a maverick among masterpieces
by Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934
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Publication date 1912
Publisher New York, Duffield & company
Collection americana
Digitizing sponsor Google
Book from the collections of University of California
Language English

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HER LAST BOOK
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SCIENCE; DID SHE ORIGINATE THE TERM 'TREMBLOR'?

The California earthquake of 1906
by Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931, ed; Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922; Derleth, Charles; Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918; Taber, Stephen, b. 1882; Omori, Fusakichi, 1868-1923; Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman), b. 1860; Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934
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Publication date 1907
Topics San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906, Fires, Buildings
Publisher San Francisco, A.M. Robertson
Collection library_of_congress; americana
Digitizing sponsor The Library of Congress
Contributor The Library of Congress
Language English
Partly reprinted from various periodicals

The earthquake rift of April, 1906. By D.S. Jordan.--Geology and the earthquake. By J.C. Branner.--The destructive extent of the California earthquake of 1906; its effect upon structures and structural materials, within the earthquake belt. By C. Derleth, jr.--The investigation of the California earthquake of 1906. By G.K. Gilbert.--Local effects of the California earthquake of 1906. By S. Taber.--Preliminary note on the course of the California earthquake of 1906. By F. Omori.--The great earthquake rift of California. By H.W. Fairbanks.--The temblor: a personal narration. By M. Austin

HER AGNOSTIC THEOSOPHICAL APPROACH
TO LOVE

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THE YOUNG WOMAN CITIZEN

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A VERY MODERNIST NOVEL

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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Earth horizon : autobiography
by Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934
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Publication date 1932
Topics Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934, Authors, American
Publisher New York : Literary Guild
Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; americana
Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive
Contributor Internet Archive
Language English
The saga of Polly McAdams -- 'The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts' -- El Camino Real -- The land of little rain -- The land of journey's ending

SOCIAL JUSTICE REFORM

What the Mexican conference really means. Its represents desires of the people, deprived of human rights, to re-establish themselves in the scheme of social evolution
by Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934
https://archive.org/details/whatmexicanconfe00aust/page/n23/mode/2upPublication date 1915
Publisher New York, Latin-American News Association
Collection library_of_congress; americana
Digitizing sponsor The Library of Congress
Contributor The Library of Congress
Language English
From "New York times magazine."

BORROWABLE BIOGRAPHIES

 
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Mary Hunter Austin
by Pearce, T. M. (Thomas Matthews), 1902-
Publication date 1966
Topics Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934
Publisher New York, Twayne Publishers

Mary Austin by Esther F. Lanigan
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Publication date 1997
Topics Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934, Women and literature -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century, Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography, Western stories -- History and criticism, West (U.S.) in literature
Publisher University of Arizona Press

A Mary Austin reader
by Austin, Mary, 1868-1934
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Publication date 1996
Topics Indians of North America -- Literary collections, Indians of North America, West (U.S.) -- Literary collections, United States, West
Publisher Tucson : University of Arizona Press
Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks
Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation
Contributor Internet Archive
Language English
Title (alternate script) None
Author (alternate script) None
viii, 271 pages : 24 cm

"Best remembered for The Land of Little Rain (1903), which established her as a unique voice of the American West, Mary Austin was the author of nearly thirty books and hundreds of short works. Her essays, novels, plays, short stories, poems, and articles draw upon her impressions of the indigenous peoples and terrains of California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Throughout her work, glimmers of her idiosyncratic feminism appear; not until long after her death in 1934 did she come to be celebrated for her feminist perspective."--BOOK JACKET. "This anthology of Austin's stories, articles, and excerpts from her books represents the broad range of her writing over a career spanning four decades and helps illuminate the life and work of this major American writer. Each chapter focuses on a specific genre and includes an introduction by editor Esther Lanigan, herself an Austin biographer."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-271)

Introduction -- "One hundred miles on horseback" -- Selections from The Land of Little Rain -- Selections from The Flock -- Short stories -- Articles and essays -- Selections from Cactus Thorn -- Selections from Starry Adventure -- Selection from The Land of Journey's Ending -- Poetry -- Excerpts from Taos Pueblo -- Selections from Earth Horizon


 BORROWABLE

The American rhythm : studies and reëxpressions of Amerindian songs
by Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934
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Publication date 1970
Topics Indians of North America -- Poetry, Rhythm
Publisher New York : Cooper Square Publishers
Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; trent_university; internetarchivebooks
Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation
Contributor Internet Archive
Language English

Oversight gap leaves Pentagon unsure if Afghan drone project has helped, IG

The effectiveness of the catapult-launched ScanEagle surveillance drone program given to the Afghanistan military cannot be measured because of oversight flaws, an Inspector General's report says. Photo courtesy of Insitu


July 17 (UPI) -- An oversight failure left the Pentagon unable to judge if a $174 million Afghan surveillance drone project is effective, an inspector general's report says.

Released on Friday by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan, the report notes that at least $174 million was spent between 2015 and 2019 to supply Afghanistan's security forces with ScanEagle remotely piloted aircraft.

It adds, though, that the Defense Department is unable to determine if the project is effective, if the Afghan forces can sustain it or what the immediate and long-term impacts of the investment.

"SIGAR found that Naval Air Systems Command [NAVAIR] -- responsible for overseeing the ScanEagle contracts, and [drone manufacturer and Boeing subsidiary] Insitu -- is unable to determine the extent to which Insitu met the terms of the contracts because NAVAIR did not meet U.S. government requirements for conducting contract oversight," the report says.

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It adds that NAVAIR did not designate a Contracting Officer's Representative for all of the ScanEagle contracts, it did not provide an in-country sponsor in Afghanistan responsible for validating contract requirements and kept inadequate contract records, all in violation of Defense Department guidelines.

The 47-page report concludes that whatever benefit the drones offer the Afghan forces is not quantifiable, and that their use has offered few gains in fighting Taliban forces in the country.

The catapult-launched Scan Eagle drone has a 10-foot wingspan, a 60-mile range and can transmit images taken by surveillance cameras. The drones met requirements for long-term, undetected missions across the country, and be tailored to specific needs for reconnaissance, according to the report.

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The report notes that the Afghan National Army "will require continued U.S. government and technical support to sustain the ScanEagle program."

The Defense Department has spent nearly $47.5 billion on equipment and programs for the Afghan military since 2005, according to the report.

The report also said that the Afghan military was unable to account for 27 of the 87 soldiers certified to operate the ScanEagle system, and of the 60 Afghan troops assigned to operate the drones, 17, on average, were typically absent due to "sickness, annual leave or unknown reasons."

Corporate America calls for mandatory face coverings in businesses

KILL YOUR CUSTOMERS AND STAFF 

AND YOU KILL YOUR PROFITS

he Business Roundtable encouraged all businesses to adopt a face covering mandate. File Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photo

July 17 (UPI) -- A Washington, D.C.,-based association of major CEOs on Friday called for the mandatory use of face coverings in businesses to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

The Business Roundtable stopped short of urging a federal order, but encouraged every U.S. company to require the use of face masks or coverings by employees and customers.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends wearing face coverings to help protect people from getting COVID-19.

"One of the most effective things we can all do to protect public health and the economy is to wear face coverings in public settings, especially when other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain," the Business Roundtable said in a statement.
"Business Roundtable applauds the many companies that are protecting their employees and customers by mandating the use of face coverings indoors consistent with CDC guidelines. We encourage every company to adopt this practice and hope that all Americans will adopt the use of face coverings to protect their families, friends, neighbors, and our economy."
The non-profit organization previously signed a letter with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce supporting a national mask standard.
Business Roundtable counts among its members Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Gap CEO Sonia Syngal, General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon.

Walmart announced earlier this week that starting Monday all shoppers in the United States must wear a face covering to minimize spread of the virus.

Pentagon issues two contracts under DPA Title III to sustain workforces



Rolls-Royce ship propulsion facilities in Mississippi, and fuel tank bladder builder Amfuel will share $36.9 million in Defense Department contracts, announced on Friday, under the Defense Production Act Title II program. Photo courtesy of Rolls-Royce

July 17 (UPI) -- Two Defense Department contracts totaling $36.9 million, to sustain the U.S. industrial base under Defense Production Act Title III, were announced Friday.

Arkansas-based Amfuel secured a $14.9 million contract to expand production of fuel bladders and auxiliary systems for U.S. military aircraft, and Rolls-Royce will build ship propellers in its Pascagoula, Miss., ship propulsion facility under a $22 million agreement.

The contracts in each case are meant to "retain critical workforce capabilities throughout the disruption caused by COVID-19, and to restore some jobs lost because of the pandemic," the Pentagon said in a statement. It added that the Defense Department remains closely partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Health and Human Services, providing "almost $2.9 billion in life-saving medical services, supplies and equipment to service members and federal agencies in the nation's whole-of-government approach to the coronavirus pandemic."

The DPA Title III program is one of three active authorities in the Defense Production Act, first signed into law in 1950 and last renewed in 2018. The program provides the president broad authority and flexibility, through economic incentives, to ensure availability of essential domestic industrial resources to support national defense and homeland security requirements.

RELATED Pentagon removes official in charge of executing Defense Production Act

Funding for the contracts comes from the CARES Act, a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill signed into law in March to help alleviate economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Defense Department has been involved in dealing with the virus since April, with a $133 million project to make 39 million N95 masks, regarded as a critical resource, for hospital personnel in 90 days. The Pentagon also awarded $5.2 billion in contracts in April for various aspects of COVID-19 response, including a $5 billion omnibus contract to nine contractors for supplies and construction of alternate care centers in Bronx, N.Y., and East Orange, N.J.

Judge orders Trump administration to accept new DACA applications


The new order comes one month after the Supreme Court said the Trump administration's efforts to terminate DACA were arbitrary and capricious. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

July 17 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Maryland ordered the Trump administration to accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Friday.

Since President Donald Trump began his efforts to terminate the program in 2017, the U.S. government hasn't accepted new applications. The administration has allowed existing DACA recipients -- undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children -- to continue to receive the protections.

Last month, though, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump's attempts to terminate DACA was arbitrary and capricious, and unconstitutional.

District Judge Paul Grimm on Friday said the Trump administration must enforce DACA according to its status before the efforts to terminate it.

RELATED Judge extends deadline for U.S. to release migrant children

CASA, the organization that sued to enforce DACA fully, welcomed the ruling.

"This DACA decision reaffirms what we already knew and what SCOTUS already said: the Trump admin's ... heartless attempt to terminate the DACA program was illegal and they must immediately begin accepting new DACA applications," the organization said on Twitter.

President Barack Obama started the DACA program with an executive order in 2012 in an effort to provide temporary relief from deportation for children brought to the United States by undocumented parents. It also allows them to work and go to school in the United States without risk of being sent to their country of birth.

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Trump sought to end the program in favor of allowing Congress to pass its own immigration reform, which failed.

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