Gianna Giavelli was born in Rochester New York. She is a technologist, futurist, and author who has led several silicon valley software companies. She has led research into integration theory, semantic network assisted information retrieval, neural networks and simulation, and location based analytics. She is also a pianist and a photographer.
Education
Gianna graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York with a degree in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence and her thesis was A Neural Network System of Handwritten Writing Recognition. She was also a founding member of the Vassar Buddhist Sangha. During this time she studied Buddhism with John Daido Loori. She later attended Stanford's Computer Science program where she studied genetic programming theory with Dr. John Koza
Career
Gianna was one of the first female CTOs in silicon valley and one of only a handful in the nation. She started out working in several jobs for IBM Federal Systems Research including research work on the B-2 Spirit Bomber's AN/APR 50 program and the Advanced Tactical Fighter. Later she would go on to work as a senior engineer and manager at Oracle where she worked on core parts of the database technology. She also worked as an architect and team lead at Documentum. She managed technology teams for Ziff Davis, CMP Media, and published many technology articles. She was Chief Technology Officer for Velocitos, a business process measurement and optimization company, Chief Executive Officer of Topspot Inc. a recommendation technology, and Chief Technology Officer for Blueturn, a company which supplied analytics software for the US Navy. Later she was a founding member and CTO of CrossMyPath Technology, a location based analytics company.
Writing
She has written several works of fiction and non fiction. Her first book The Kingdom of Mei describes the life of a teen encountering Buddhism and concepts such as overcoming thrownness and identity of relative and absolute. Her second book Kathryn's Magic is the troubled story of three intertwined lives and finding love. Three Daughters of Lin is a children's story about realizing what's important in life. Foundational Principles of Cognitive Cybernetics posits a new theory of brain modeling and simulation - the 3d perceptron, a 1024x1024x1024 matrix - to create conscious systems.
Music
The following are some of the jazz compositions of Gianna Giavelli:
# Where is My Mind
# Green Blues
# Russian Dance
# Walking Improv
Education
Gianna graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York with a degree in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence and her thesis was A Neural Network System of Handwritten Writing Recognition. She was also a founding member of the Vassar Buddhist Sangha. During this time she studied Buddhism with John Daido Loori. She later attended Stanford's Computer Science program where she studied genetic programming theory with Dr. John Koza
Career
Gianna was one of the first female CTOs in silicon valley and one of only a handful in the nation. She started out working in several jobs for IBM Federal Systems Research including research work on the B-2 Spirit Bomber's AN/APR 50 program and the Advanced Tactical Fighter. Later she would go on to work as a senior engineer and manager at Oracle where she worked on core parts of the database technology. She also worked as an architect and team lead at Documentum. She managed technology teams for Ziff Davis, CMP Media, and published many technology articles. She was Chief Technology Officer for Velocitos, a business process measurement and optimization company, Chief Executive Officer of Topspot Inc. a recommendation technology, and Chief Technology Officer for Blueturn, a company which supplied analytics software for the US Navy. Later she was a founding member and CTO of CrossMyPath Technology, a location based analytics company.
Writing
She has written several works of fiction and non fiction. Her first book The Kingdom of Mei describes the life of a teen encountering Buddhism and concepts such as overcoming thrownness and identity of relative and absolute. Her second book Kathryn's Magic is the troubled story of three intertwined lives and finding love. Three Daughters of Lin is a children's story about realizing what's important in life. Foundational Principles of Cognitive Cybernetics posits a new theory of brain modeling and simulation - the 3d perceptron, a 1024x1024x1024 matrix - to create conscious systems.
Music
The following are some of the jazz compositions of Gianna Giavelli:
# Where is My Mind
# Green Blues
# Russian Dance
# Walking Improv
M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson was a mixed martial arts event held by M-1 Global. The event took place on November 20, 2011 at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.
At the end of the heavyweight bout, Vladimir Putin entered the ring to congratulate the winner, Fedor Emelianenko, and gave a speech. The crowd booed during the speech; although some Russian media reports claimed that they had been booing the American loser, Jeff Monson, BBC News reported that several crowd members had stressed that they were booing Putin, and regarded Monson as an honorable loser.
Results
Main card
*Heavyweight bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Jeff Monson
:Emelianenko defeated Monson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) .
*Lightweight Championship bout: Jose Figueroa (c) vs. Daniel Weichel
:Weichel defeated Figueroa via KO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1. Daniel became the new lightweight champion.
*Welterweight bout: Alexander Yakovlev vs. Juan Manuel Suarez
:Yakovlev defeated Suarez via TKO (punches) at 3:55 of round 2.
*Lightweight bout: Yuri Ivlev vs. Jerome Bouisson
:Ivlev defeated Bouisson via TKO (punch) at 1:00 of round 1.
*Lightweight bout: Mairbek Taisumov vs. Joshua Thorpe
:Taisumov defeated Thorpe via KO (punches) at 3:19 of round 2.
*Middleweight bout: Albert Duraev vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam
:Duraev defeated Foupa-Pokam via submission (triangle choke) at 2:37 of round 2.
Preliminary card
*Heavyweight bout: Alexander Volkov vs. Arsen Abdulkerimov
:Volkov defeated Abdulkerimov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1.
*Light Heavyweight bout: Salim Davidov vs. Sergey Kornev
:Davidov defeated Kornev by unanimous decision.
*Lightweight bout: Mikhail Malyutin vs. Seydina Seck
:Malyutin defeated Seck via KO (punch) at 0:47 of round 1.
*Lightweight bout: Nicholas Kaushansky vs. Alexander Vinogradov
:Kaushansky defeated Vinogradov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:23 of round 2.
At the end of the heavyweight bout, Vladimir Putin entered the ring to congratulate the winner, Fedor Emelianenko, and gave a speech. The crowd booed during the speech; although some Russian media reports claimed that they had been booing the American loser, Jeff Monson, BBC News reported that several crowd members had stressed that they were booing Putin, and regarded Monson as an honorable loser.
Results
Main card
*Heavyweight bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Jeff Monson
:Emelianenko defeated Monson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) .
*Lightweight Championship bout: Jose Figueroa (c) vs. Daniel Weichel
:Weichel defeated Figueroa via KO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1. Daniel became the new lightweight champion.
*Welterweight bout: Alexander Yakovlev vs. Juan Manuel Suarez
:Yakovlev defeated Suarez via TKO (punches) at 3:55 of round 2.
*Lightweight bout: Yuri Ivlev vs. Jerome Bouisson
:Ivlev defeated Bouisson via TKO (punch) at 1:00 of round 1.
*Lightweight bout: Mairbek Taisumov vs. Joshua Thorpe
:Taisumov defeated Thorpe via KO (punches) at 3:19 of round 2.
*Middleweight bout: Albert Duraev vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam
:Duraev defeated Foupa-Pokam via submission (triangle choke) at 2:37 of round 2.
Preliminary card
*Heavyweight bout: Alexander Volkov vs. Arsen Abdulkerimov
:Volkov defeated Abdulkerimov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1.
*Light Heavyweight bout: Salim Davidov vs. Sergey Kornev
:Davidov defeated Kornev by unanimous decision.
*Lightweight bout: Mikhail Malyutin vs. Seydina Seck
:Malyutin defeated Seck via KO (punch) at 0:47 of round 1.
*Lightweight bout: Nicholas Kaushansky vs. Alexander Vinogradov
:Kaushansky defeated Vinogradov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:23 of round 2.
Affliction: Trilogy was a mixed martial arts event scheduled to be promoted by Affliction Entertainment on August 1, 2009 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
The main event was initially scheduled to feature Fedor Emelianenko against Josh Barnett, but Barnett was forced to pull out ten days before the fight after the California State Athletic Commission denied Barnett a license to fight due to him testing positive for a banned substance. The entire card was later cancelled, citing an inability to find and adequately promote a replacement. Affliction also announced it would cease all fight promoting and would return as a UFC sponsor.
Other proposed matchups included a battle between lightweight standouts as 2007 IFL Grand Prix finalist Chris Horodecki was to fight Dan Lauzon.
The main card was to be available via PPV, and the undercard broadcast on HDNet.
Proposed fight card
Main card
*Heavyweight bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett
* Light Heavyweight bout: Gegard Mousasi vs. Renato Sobral
* Middleweight bout: Jorge Santiago vs. Vitor Belfort
* Heavyweight bout: Paul Buentello vs. Gilbert Yvel
* Lightweight bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Undercard
* Welterweight bout: Jay Hieron vs. Paul Daley
* Heavyweight bout: Ben Rothwell vs. Chase Gormley
* Lightweight bout: Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
* Featherweight bout: LC Davis vs. Javier Vasquez
* Featherweight bout: Mark Hominick vs. Deividas Taurosevicius
Non Televised Bouts (M-1 Global Bouts)
* Middleweight bout: Lucio Linhares vs. Givanildo Santana
* Heavyweight bout: Jessie Gibbs vs. Rob Broughton
The main event was initially scheduled to feature Fedor Emelianenko against Josh Barnett, but Barnett was forced to pull out ten days before the fight after the California State Athletic Commission denied Barnett a license to fight due to him testing positive for a banned substance. The entire card was later cancelled, citing an inability to find and adequately promote a replacement. Affliction also announced it would cease all fight promoting and would return as a UFC sponsor.
Other proposed matchups included a battle between lightweight standouts as 2007 IFL Grand Prix finalist Chris Horodecki was to fight Dan Lauzon.
The main card was to be available via PPV, and the undercard broadcast on HDNet.
Proposed fight card
Main card
*Heavyweight bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett
* Light Heavyweight bout: Gegard Mousasi vs. Renato Sobral
* Middleweight bout: Jorge Santiago vs. Vitor Belfort
* Heavyweight bout: Paul Buentello vs. Gilbert Yvel
* Lightweight bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Undercard
* Welterweight bout: Jay Hieron vs. Paul Daley
* Heavyweight bout: Ben Rothwell vs. Chase Gormley
* Lightweight bout: Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
* Featherweight bout: LC Davis vs. Javier Vasquez
* Featherweight bout: Mark Hominick vs. Deividas Taurosevicius
Non Televised Bouts (M-1 Global Bouts)
* Middleweight bout: Lucio Linhares vs. Givanildo Santana
* Heavyweight bout: Jessie Gibbs vs. Rob Broughton
Nang-jang (refinement of perception) is the name given to a visionary text of the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition, in which the Dzogchen master, Dudjom Lingpa, experiences visionary visitation from fourteen awakened beings, including Avalokiteshvara and Longchenpa, who teach him of the illusionality of all things and their ultimate dependence upon a universal 'ground of being'.
Some Basic Ideas of the Nang-jang Text
According to the teachings bestowed upon Dudjom Lingpa by the highly advanced spiritual beings who visit him in this text, all phenomenal, sensible things are empty and illusory. Yet there is that which is not separate from them, nor they from it, and which can be described as the 'ground of being'. Orgyan Tsokyey Dorje (one of the spiritual visitants) states:
'All sensory appearances are not other than the ground of being, but are of one taste with that ground itself, like the reflections of all the planets and stars in the ocean that are not other than the ocean, but are of one taste with the water itself.'
The text also tells of how the Buddha nature, the heart of awareness, is utterly pure and lucid and constitutes the very life essence of all things, both samsaric and nirvanic. Ekajati declares:
'Since the fundamental nature of awareness, buddha nature, is pristine and lucid, free of sullying factors, it is "utter lucidity". Since it is endowed with the seven indestructible vajra attributes, it is "vajra". And since it abides as the vital essence of all phenomena of samsara and nirvana, it is "heart essence".
This is ultimate reality, a state of truth beyond ordinary mundane consciousness and beyond the power of words to describe. It is designated by Zurchhung Sheyrab Dragpa in the text as 'a supreme and inexpressible state', the 'fundamental nature beyond ordinary consciousness'. The practitioner of this spiritual path is urged to strive for the obtention of an ultimate all-knowingness which transcends time:
'Hold this to be the most excellent key point - to practice with intense and unflagging exertion until you attain supreme timeless awareness , which is total omniscience.'
Some Basic Ideas of the Nang-jang Text
According to the teachings bestowed upon Dudjom Lingpa by the highly advanced spiritual beings who visit him in this text, all phenomenal, sensible things are empty and illusory. Yet there is that which is not separate from them, nor they from it, and which can be described as the 'ground of being'. Orgyan Tsokyey Dorje (one of the spiritual visitants) states:
'All sensory appearances are not other than the ground of being, but are of one taste with that ground itself, like the reflections of all the planets and stars in the ocean that are not other than the ocean, but are of one taste with the water itself.'
The text also tells of how the Buddha nature, the heart of awareness, is utterly pure and lucid and constitutes the very life essence of all things, both samsaric and nirvanic. Ekajati declares:
'Since the fundamental nature of awareness, buddha nature, is pristine and lucid, free of sullying factors, it is "utter lucidity". Since it is endowed with the seven indestructible vajra attributes, it is "vajra". And since it abides as the vital essence of all phenomena of samsara and nirvana, it is "heart essence".
This is ultimate reality, a state of truth beyond ordinary mundane consciousness and beyond the power of words to describe. It is designated by Zurchhung Sheyrab Dragpa in the text as 'a supreme and inexpressible state', the 'fundamental nature beyond ordinary consciousness'. The practitioner of this spiritual path is urged to strive for the obtention of an ultimate all-knowingness which transcends time:
'Hold this to be the most excellent key point - to practice with intense and unflagging exertion until you attain supreme timeless awareness , which is total omniscience.'