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Exposing Your Inner Thoughts
April 29, 2019 at 8:39 am 22 comments
Channeled by Brenda Hoffman for LifeTapestryCreations.com
Summary of Brenda's April 12, 2019, channeled "Creation Energies" show at BlogTalkRadio.com/brenda-hoffman: Some of you continue to search for your role in this new world. You believe you must write, lecture, or create something to shift others. Such is a continuation of your outer-directed 3D world. Your new being in this new world merely needs to be, and you'll disseminate love frequencies throughout the globe. Anyone, including media, creating outer-directed fear in your new inner-directed world will or has lost the power to do so. The next Creation Energies channel will be Friday, May 3, 2019.
"Our New Universal Reports" is the title of last week's "Brenda's Blog" – her weekly channeled blog for LifeTapestryCreations.com.
Brenda's "Creation Energies" show and "Brenda's Blog" contain different channeled information.
Dear Ones,
You are no longer as you were.
Even though you have heard that phrase over and over, we wish to highlight an area you might not yet understand. For new actions and thoughts are bombarding you, as well as all those open to their new beings.
You are likely discovering you can "hear" what others are not telling you. Or you know something without words. Neither of which is any more exceptional to 5D than learning to read.
But you are discovering these skills without understanding why you are doing so or if the information is accurate. For your 3D world was a fact-based world that did not allow for in-depth feelings, sensations, or as many of you label it "woo woo" messages.
Some of you are concerned that by accessing hidden thoughts and feelings you are invading the privacy of others. We will remind you that once you or anyone crossed the 5D Rubicon, open communication became the operative interaction. So it is those you can "read" or "know" without words have either given you unspoken permission to better understand them or have accepted openness as part of their new world.
For some of you, such openness is personally frightening for you do not always know what others know about you. Throughout your 3D earth lives, you hid your inner-most thoughts and feelings from even those you loved dearly. As a result, only a small portion of who you were was available to those with whom you interacted.
So it is this openness, this honestly is a bit unsettling for you. Not because you are a terrible person, but because your inner-most thoughts have been hidden for so long. You are concerned that as a result of exposing those thoughts you will be friendless, alone, punished, sad, or any other feeling you attached to exposing your true self earth lifetime after lifetime.
You have an inner fear that true you is not acceptable, that you will be isolated even more than many of you have been the past few months.
You do not believe your emotions are pure enough, loving enough, or kind enough to be exposed to the world. So it is you are now feeling uncomfortable in many settings. Not because you are acting or speaking incorrectly, but instead that others may be able to "read" you beyond words. And no matter how diligently you try to explore your world and others in love, your 3D habits often override your 5D intentions.
Please know that all of you are learning together. And just as you "catch" yourself being more 3D than 5D in your thoughts, so are others.
Perhaps you remember how derogatory terms for races, genders, or others unlike you were often the common language for you and your friends until such became socially unacceptable. Did you not initially stop using derogatory labels because it was socially unacceptable to do so? Even though at first you believed such social reactions silly, you eventually became uncomfortable with derogatory terms because you no longer thought or acted in those terms.
Something similar is happening to you now. Initially, knowing that others can "read between the lines" in your statements will be uncomfortable – maybe even anger producing. But in time, such skills, such interactions will seem right and normal.
All of you are novices learning how to interact without words. So it is at times, others will note unloving thoughts radiating from your being, as you will note the same of them. For none of you are yet versed well enough in this skillset to interact without some discomfort and a few apologies.
You are remembering how to be free. Even though your 3D thoughts were free, that freedom cost you in terms of hiding who you truly were – for the need to fit in was more important than the need to be. Such is no longer true and will never be again. So be it. Amen.
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Entry filed under: interpersonal relations, light holders, new tool kit, personal power, postaweek2011, self love, self-help, social changes, Wayshowers. Tags: alone, fact-based, honesty, inner-most thoughts, millions-awakening, open-communications.
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1. Delfina Gasoido | April 29, 2019 at 8:54 am
"You are remembering how to be free"
Dear Brenda,
What a great phrase!!, I just hope to make it true.
I've been working very hard for 28 days. Almost without sleep, with great stress, with many pressures, a high level of demand for my work, but for the first time in years, I felt really happy. I was doing what I came to do. I was "me".
Today all that is over (I knew beforehand that it was a job with delivery deadline). I have fulfilled 100% and both my superiors and myself are more than satisfied with my work. These weeks have been great, everything flowed, although I insist it has been hard. Days of having 80 phone calls, 200 wass app, 20 or 30 emails and being awake for 20 hours. but despite that I was happy.
Today everything has returned to "normality". And instead of taking the opportunity to relax and enjoy a job well done, I feel sunk.
I can not go back to my old 3D normality.
I guess in a few days it will pass, but I'm not the one I was a month ago. I no longer fit in my daily life. And that is going to be a problem. A big problem…Reply
2. LifeTapestryCreations | April 29, 2019 at 9:17 am
Hi Cristina,
We just returned from a driving trip and I noticed on a news feed yesterday that Spain's elections had happened. I thought of you immediately and how draining the past few weeks must have been for you. Little did either of us know that this election would dramatically change your life. It sounds as if you shifted from duty to the freedom to be – as the last time we talked the elections appeared to be a "should" for you. I can't tell you how pleased I am that you've found you.
Way to go!!!!!! Kudos!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Free to be – does it get any better?Reply
Blessings, Lots of Love and Ongoing Creation Sparkles,
PS as the 60s song stated, "Do what you want to do"
3. Delfina Gasoido | April 29, 2019 at 10:24 am
Oh dear Brenda!
My elections are within a month. On May 26 Those are the elections to the city councils throughout Spain.
Yesterday they were national. Congress and Senate. Those do not affect me, I do not participate in them. Although my party lost, but really do not have to do with the municipal level.
My work these past few weeks was unexpected and foreign to politics.
That's why I say that going back to 3d, my mayor elections, are still a "should" for me …..
I have a possibility of a job that could be developed in London, or in Seville or in Gijón, … or in Latin America … any of those places would be useful … so please pray for me !! that some of those jobs I get out and I can get rid of this 3d destination
4. LifeTapestryCreations | April 29, 2019 at 5:28 pm
Dear Cristina,
Sending prayers and wishes that you find a new home or revamp your current home so that you no longer have to think and function in 3D. What a wide range of geographic locations! Which of the locations makes your heart sing – or does any location but your current one do the trick?
Blessings, Lots of Love and Ongoing Creation Sparkles,
5. janis´¯`·.¸ʚįɞ | April 29, 2019 at 1:21 pm
6. Jenaire ~ | April 29, 2019 at 9:00 am
Hi Brenda, I got a message this morning that I would hear from you and now see this;-). Interesting how 3D is putting out to the world and 5D is just being. I have been feeling to put out something with resistance as life is more about one's vibration. It is also reassuring to know that transitions of one's thoughts will go through periods of trial and error.
7. LifeTapestryCreations | April 29, 2019 at 9:23 am
Hey Jenaire,
Fun that you knew I would post today. And so it begins.
This is going to be an interesting twist for me as I've read between the lines and just knew information for most of my life – BUT I'm not used to others being able to do the same. Maybe many more could always communicate in this new way but didn't trust the information – just a thought.
We're in a whole new world. A world we've prepared for eons. YES!!!Reply
Blessings, Lots of Love and Ongoing Creation Sparkles,
8. Eliza Ayres | April 29, 2019 at 9:14 am
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9. LifeTapestryCreations | April 29, 2019 at 5:22 pm
Thank you so much for reblogging my channel on Blue Dragon Journal bluedragonjournal.comReply
10. Singing Tree | April 29, 2019 at 9:30 am
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11. LifeTapestryCreations | April 29, 2019 at 5:21 pm
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12. Mary Chisholm | April 29, 2019 at 11:42 am
Howdy Brenda:Reply
Interesting topic today. I don't so much 'hear' others thoughts, but rather 'feel into their essence'…where they are energetically. I use this skill for my homeopathy, especially with the horses.Their essence (and my observational skills) tell me what they require to help them become balanced.
I don't experience any fear around this. It's very okay with me if people feel my essence as it will inform them as to whether they will be comfortable or uncomfortable in my field…good for them…good for me. ❤ This ability serves me in every aspect of my current life on Planet Earth (Gaia) Thanks Brenda ❤
13. LifeTapestryCreations | April 29, 2019 at 5:33 pm
Dear Mary,
Way to go and most importantly, way to be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I most often used my inner knowing skills as a counselor for street people. Co-workers in the corporate world didn't want to share their private thoughts and feelings. I always thought the difference between the two working areas was interesting.Reply
Blessings, Lots of Love and Ongoing Creation Sparkles,
14. dreamweaver333 | April 29, 2019 at 1:07 pm
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15. LifeTapestryCreations | April 29, 2019 at 5:23 pm
Thank you so much for reblogging my channel on Dreamweaver333 dreamweaver333.com
16. elizabethsadhu | April 30, 2019 at 2:03 pm
As an Empath, I have always felt people's energy. I used to think I was crazy until I figured it out. ♥♥☺☺
As with Mary, I am not worried about people reading me, as I am very out there. I am ME, the very me that I can be. Especially dancing which I just did all weekend. Completely blissful!!!!
Thanks Brenda!! Love YOU!!
Love us all!!!
Grateful Elizabeth
17. LifeTapestryCreations | April 30, 2019 at 5:45 pm
Dear Sweetie,
Here's to bliss and the freedom to be!
Blessings, Lots of Love and Ongoing Creation Sparkles,
18. elizabethsadhu | April 30, 2019 at 5:53 pm
19. Joy | May 4, 2019 at 6:43 pm
Dear Brenda,
It is highly time I express my gratitude for all your channels! Thank you sooo much for being so faithful in doing them! They have helped me immensely through this transition to my magnificent 5D being!!
Just reading or listening lifts my vibration and helps me remember – as we were told in today's blogtalk channel – I am a Master Creator!!!! I have had glimpses and now I fully claim my Master Creator status!!
I really loved the channel about "stop whining and start creating"!!
So excited to creat the awesome life I have always imagined on 5D earth!!
To our continued creation power and mastery!!!
Thank you again!!
20. LifeTapestryCreations | May 5, 2019 at 2:51 pm
Dear Joy (perfect name for the times!),
You're so welcome. I learn along with readers and listeners as my channels most often surprise me too.
We're Master Creators! What a fun message that includes a major learning piece. Not only my channels but others are relaying similar messages of "we've prepared, we've cleared, and now it's time to live/display/share our creations." Finally…and yet, we need to re-remember what amazing creators we are. FUN and exciting!
Blessings, Lots of Love and Ongoing Creation Sparkles,
21. Joy | May 5, 2019 at 5:27 pm
Yes re-remember! It's like the story of the elephants that are trained to walk in a circle by being chained to a post. When they're unchained they still continue to walk in the same circle, not realizing they are free!!!
I am gentle with myself as I re-remember how to use my Master Creator skills and create a 5D life on earth that I love. After all, the old was reinforced for eons, so it makes sense it may take some time to re-remember our power to create all that we desire with ease and grace!
I keep going back to advice in a previous channel, and focus on being washed clean. The old 3D way is OVER!!! We are free!!
Thank goodness for your channels to remind us as we entrain to the empowered 5D way of Being!
May you, your loved ones, and this community be blessed with love, light, power, energy, creativity, support, abundance, ease, good health, prosperity and lots of joy!
So be it!
22. LifeTapestryCreations | May 6, 2019 at 10:18 am
Hi Joy,
Thank you for your blessing and for the reminder about being gentle with ourselves as we re-remember that we're free Master Creators!!!!
Blessings, Lots of Love and Ongoing Creation Sparkles,
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Yes, that's what the cognoscenti call the Best Graphic Story Hugo – "The Comics Hugo."
I didn't know this before I paged through The Drink Tank #336 where the cognoscenti have to lot to say about the Hugo-worthy work of 2012.
Chris Garcia notes Paul Cornell's strong recommendation for Fables but says it will not be a choice for him: "Now, looking at this coming year, well, Fables is nowhere near my ballot. Dial H (one of my all-time favorite comics concepts written by China Miéville) Saucer Country (by Paul Cornell), Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan, and perhaps most importantly of all, Justice League."
Chris also reports that Paul Cornell is so disappointed with the track record of the Best Graphic Story Hugo category that he's now referring to it as a "fan Hugo." I guess that's supposed to be an insult, otherwise you'd think it would help his purpose since everyone knows no one can win a fan Hugo but a pro. In fact, Paul took one home in Best Fancast just last year.
James Bacon speaks about Grandville Bete Noir by Bryan Talbot and suggests that "Straight away I would have to say that SAGA (by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples) is a definite. Any SF fan who has not read this, is missing out, not only for the ideas, but the terrific dialogue and humour. It is a wonderful mix of Fantasy in a space setting and is terrifically personal, in a very skilled way."
He also recommends, Manhattan Projects by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra, Peter Panzerfaust by Kurtis J Wiebe, art by Tyler Jenkins, "an alternate history, messing with the famous children's literary characters, with Hauptmann Hook on the Horizon" and Marvel's Hawkeye which "may be a marvel mainstream comic, but the aesthetic look and the excellent dialogue makes it a winner, the humour and sense of absurdity, pitched in a realistic way, make it delightful." He also mentions Storm Dogs, which has only had two issues published in 2012, by Doug Braithwaite and David Hine.
Meanwhile Joe Gordon on the Forbidden Planet International Blog also recommends Grandville Bete Noir, Saga, Manhattan Projects as well as The New Deadwardians by Dan Abnett and Ian Culbard, Judge Dredd: Day of Chaos/Trifecta by Wagner et al (2000 AD), Prophet by Brandon Graham, Simon Roy et al and Batwoman by JH Williams III, Haden Blackman, adding a few other choices, but definitely confirming interest in some titles.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A state health official says Indiana's confirmed cases of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted back pain medication have risen to 24.
State Department of Health spokesman Ken Severson released the update Friday, a day after federal officials confirmed Indiana's first death from the illness.
The family of an 89-year-old southern Michigan woman said Thursday they believe she died of fungal meningitis after receiving two injections of the tainted drug at a northern Indiana clinic.
A relative said they were awaiting autopsy results to confirm Pauline Burema's case of death. Burema was a Cassopolis, Mich., resident.
Indiana's 24 cases involve patients at six Indiana health facilities that received a steroid recalled by a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy. Those clinics are in Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Terre Haute and Columbus.


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A mystery dad has been earning a lot of attention since a photo of his tough-love parenting strategy went viral.
The "father of the year" held up a ruthless—but hilarious—sign at the Cleveland Cavaliers game last Friday night in Charlotte. His large poster stood out because it wasn't directed at the players—it was aimed towards his son.
"Thomas get your grades back up and next time you'll be here. Love, Dad," read the sign, featuring a crying emoji and a Cavaliers logo.
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After a photo of the dad's clever sign was shared on ESPN's Instagram account, thousands of parents took to social media to praise his tactics.
Some called him "dad of the year" while others commended his "parenting win."
Welcome to 2017, where the best way to get your kid's attention is through internet fame.
Here's hoping Thomas improves his grades!
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A new study that compared the neurological effects of country dancing with those of walking and other activities suggests that there may be something unique about learning a social dance. The demands it places on the mind and body could make it unusually potent at slowing some of the changes inside our skulls that seem otherwise inevitable with ageing.
Neuro scientists and those in middle age or beyond know that brains alter and slow as we grow older. Processing speed, which is a measure of how rapidly our brains can absorb, assess and respond to new information, seems to be particularly hard hit. Most people who are older than about 40 perform worse on tests of processing speed than those who are younger, with the effects accelerating as the decades pass.
Scientists suspect that this decline is due in large part to a concomitant fraying of our brain's white matter, which is its wiring. White matter consists of specialised cells and their offshoots that pass messages between neurons and from one part of the brain to another. In young brains, these messages whip from neuron to neuron with boggling speed. But in older people, brain scans show, the white matter can be skimpier and less efficient. Messages stutter and slow.
Whether this age-related decline in white matter is inexorable, however, or might instead be changeable has been unclear.
So for the new study, which was published this month in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, researchers from the University of Illinois in Urbana and other schools decided to look at the effects of several different types of exercise on the wiring and the function of older people's brains.
They began by recruiting 174 healthy people in their 60s and 70s with no signs of cognitive impairment. Most were sedentary, although some occasionally exercised.
Then they invited the men and women to a university lab for tests of their aerobic fitness and mental cap-acities, including processing speed and a brain scan with a sophisticated MRI machine.
Finally, the researchers randomly divided the volunteers into several groups. One began a supervised programme of brisk walking for an hour three times a week. Another started a regimen of supervised gentle stretching and balance training three times a week.
The last group was assigned to learn to dance. These men and women showed up to a studio three times a week for an hour and practiced increasingly intricate country-dance choreography, with the group shaping itself into fluid lines and squares and each person moving from partner to partner.
After six months, the volunteers returned to the lab to repeat the tests and the brain scans from the study's start.
The differences now proved to be both promising and worrisome.By and large, everyone's brain showed some signs of what the scientists termed "degeneration" of the white matter. The changes were subtle, involving slight thinning of the size and number of connections between neurons.
But the effects were surprisingly widespread throughout people's brains, given that only six months had elapsed since the first scans, said Agnieszka Burzynska, the study's lead author and a professor of human development and neuroscience at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. (She was previously a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois.)
The degeneration was especially noticeable in the oldest volunteers and those who had been the most sedentary before joining the study.
However, one group showed an actual improvement in the health of some of the white matter in their brains, compared to six months before.
The dancers now had denser white matter in their fornix, a part of the brain involved with processing speed and memory.
It seems likely that the cognitive demands of the dancing, which required people to learn and master new choreography throughout the six months of the study, affected the biochemistry of the brain tissue in the fornix, Burzynska said, prompting increases in the thickness and quantity of the wiring there.
Interestingly, none of the changes in the volunteers' white matter were obviously reflected in their cognitive performance.
Almost everyone performed better on thinking tests than at the study's start, including tests of their processing speed, even if their white matter was skimpier.
These results indicate that there could be a time lag between when the brain changes structurally and when we start having trouble thinking and remembering, Burzynska said.
But more encouraging, she said, they also suggest that engaging in "any activities involving moving and socialising," as each of these group programmes did, might perk up mental abilities in ageing brains.
"The message is that we should try not to be sedentary," she said. "The people who came into our study already exercising showed the least decline" in white matter health, she points out, and those who took up dancing showed white-matter gains.
Of course, this study was relatively short-term. Burzynska hopes in the future to study the brains of people engaging in different types of exercise over the course of several years.
But for now, she says the data provide another rationale for moving – and perhaps also learning to contra dance and sashay.


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The ShootBooth is the antidote for people so addicted to taking photo booth shots at their favorite bar that they can't hang without one at parties and other private events. Designed to resemble a gigantic, antiquated camera, the eight-foot long encasement actually houses a professional-quality digital SLR camera, complete with a built-in lighting setup. Photo subjects can enter the camera "body" (or pop their head in from one of the side openings) and press the button to activate a countdown to the picture. At the end of the night, the resulting shots can be printed or burned to CD.
The backdrop to the ShootBooth is completely customizable. Depending on the theme of your party, the booth can be outfitted accordingly. And to ensure that you strike the optimum pose, the camera takes the picture from behind a one-way mirror that acts as a photo preview.
The ShootBooth was recently unleashed at last Saturday's Williamsburg Walks event in Brooklyn, and can be expected at future New York-area events. Take a look at the gallery for previous examples, or contact them to arrange your own shoot and inquire about rates.


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Casting Approval Tool: Features and Workflow
As we continue to scale our global dubbing efforts, one challenge we face is improving our ability to discover, assess, and manage talent. We have developed a secure, title centric management application called "Casting Approval" to streamline the entire casting process.
The intent of this document is to present the basic functionalities of the tool. Hopefully you will find that the application is user friendly and very intuitive.
Partner Workflow
- Access- casting project managers on-boarded via starship
- Project Dashboard- Once source requests are assigned to partner, movie title populates partner casting dashboard with all project information.
- Characters- all character information, VTKs, creative direction notes
- Audition Requests - partner to receive requests on character and language
- Fulfillment and Submission partner to submit WAV samples and fulfill requests. Netflix contact will approve or reject submissions and provide feedback.
- Approval - partner to receive Netflix feedback and talent selections
Members of your team will be on-boarded in Starship by our dubbing team or Post Partnerships & Integrations (PPI). If you are awarded a project, it will automatically show up on your dashboard via source request assignment. If you are subcontracting, they will also see the title(s) dashboard, languages assigned, and be able to fulfill requests.NOTE: Access is only allowed when on-boarded directly to a production.
Titles displayed on your dashboard are based on source request assignment and starship production on-boarding.
- Casting Status - displays state of project
- Casting Time - duration based on time project has been open
- Auditions - status of fulfilled requests against total number of open audition requests
- Created By - original creator of project and point of contact for production
- Settings - by clicking on icon, allows personalized settings for color scheme, notifications, and default filter
NOTE: If an expected title does not show up on dashboard, please escalate to Creative Dubbing Supervisor.
Characters page provides overarching view on all characters needing casting and / or library submissions. Character metadata contains age, gender, original talent name, traits, and type. Full biography and descriptions outlined by synopsis, voice descriptions for desired talent. If applicable, a voice test kit (VTK) will be available for playback and download. Title details pane and or overall project status' outline on right pane window.
- Character Profile - Voice description, Tags, Age, Gender, Picture, Original Talent
- VTK & Audition Script file (optional) - Playback for review, downloadable, watermarked
- Details & Progress, dub delivery estimate date, audition progress, context materials & docs
NOTE: Audition progress - submitted is what you have sent to Netflix, and completed is what has been approved and cast by Netflix.
Auditions page provides overarching view on all audition requests needing voice actor fulfillment. On the audition tab, you will have full visibility into audition requests - status, languages, characters. Search bar to narrow down & filter viewing preferences. The submitted and completed progress bars will give you insight into action items.
- Audition Tab contains character breakdown, status & duration of open project, plus character click opens side-pane for full character preview.
- Assign Talent - will open talent assignment page
Assign existing talent from our database, voice talent name should populate as you type. Talent database is robust from previous Netflix projects. If talent name does not populate, click 'create new talent' and fill out form to submit actor. WAV file upload should match duration of VTK exactly and be in sync with picture. If talent is not an option in dropdown menu, create a new entry with the actor's name. Please keep in mind that names should accurately identify talent with correct spelling, characters with accents/diacritical marks, and mixed case (where applicable). Please do not submit talent name with all caps / all upper case.
- Talent Details - name auto-populates and pulls data from previous projects. Please make sure spelling is correct.
- Create New Talent - create new talent only if the name does not auto-populate in the dropdown. Ability to enter English spelling and/or source language spelling (localized credited name)
- Talent WAV submission - mono WAV upload is auto married with VTK, and WAV needs to match the duration of VTK exactly. Much like the premix WAV submission and spec.
- Video playback defaults to the audition audio. You also have the ability to toggle with original source audio.
Note: Do not forget to save your WAV upload. Once submitted, the Netflix dub team will be notified and go through the evaluation and approval stages.
Note: As previously stated, it is imperative the WAV file is in exact sync with VTK picture and file length's need to match. Any files that are out of sync with the picture will be rejected.
Note: Regarding file size, please keep the file under 100 MB.
Auditions page provides overarching view on all audition requests status' and action items.
- Submitting Audition to Netflix - defaults to select all, but flexible on character and language selection for submission. Please be advised, multiple languages, you will need to scroll down before submitting.
- Once submitted, status' are shown per character and per language. Netflix contact will receive notification and begin review process.
- Status will change once reviewed by Netflix and indicates casting decision. Name click opens side pane with in-tool chat and audition window
- Audition Review takes you into the player window to review all voice talents anytime during the submission or approval process. You can side by side preview with video.
- Chat feature - feel free to message before or during the casting approval process.
Additional Comments on Casting Approval Tool
SLAs for audition samples to be sent to Netflix will be communicated on project kickoff or by the Creative Dubbing Supervisor before requests are submitted. If you have any questions or concerns, please send feedback via the 'send feedback' button in the interface.


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To Be Continued…
"There is no escaping our obligations: our moral obligations as a wise leader and good neighbor in the interdependent community of free nations…"
– John F. Kennedy, Nov. 3, 1961 in establishing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
I have often expressed the strong belief that the technology developed for space exploration and the research conducted in space can make [huge contributions toward solving many of the problems facing our planet][]. Beginning tomorrow, I will act on that belief and go "on loan" to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). While there, I will help apply space technology to the challenges facing the developing world.
President Kennedy's landmark speech at Rice University a little more than 51 years ago shifted the U.S. space program into high gear. "We Choose To Go To The Moon" became the mantra that set our nation on a peaceful path of space exploration and scientific achievement for the betterment of all humanity. A few weeks after the Rice speech, and with the same spirit of progress and innovation that would propel humans to the moon, President Kennedy established USAID to help lift millions out of poverty, alleviate suffering and advance the foreign policy interests of our nation.
Today, NASA and its international partners continue to build on both legacies. The International Space Station is a premier and unique research facility that operates around the clock to improve life on Earth, while it orbits our planet 16 times a day. The research conducted aboard the space station simply cannot be duplicated anywhere on Earth and is leading to [new materials, new medicines, a better understanding of the human body, environmental issues][] facing our planet and much more.
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USAID seeks to "extend a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster or striving to live in a free and democratic country." It has embarked on an ambitious agenda that aims to change the way it does business, with by establishing new partnerships, emphasizing innovation and focusing relentlessly on results. This agenda provides the opportunity to transform USAID and unleash its full potential to achieve high-impact development. I'm looking forward to being part of the team that implements these new changes as we strive to more effectively help improve the lives of others.
NASA and USAID already collaborate on significant programs to apply scientific and technological solutions to challenges facing millions around the world. My role will be to help USAID establish a broad applied research program and to act as program manager for USAID's participation in the Unity Node project.
The Applied Research Program seeks to find innovative ways to advance technology development and to apply new technologies to development challenges. The Unity Node project seeks to build a universal open source collaborative platform that humanitarian organizations around the world can use to work together toward their common goals.
USAID's goals are ambitious: protecting human rights, improving global health, advancing food security and agriculture, improving environmental sustainability, furthering education, helping societies prevent and recover from conflicts, and providing humanitarian assistance in the wake of natural and man-made disasters.
NASA research and experience will greatly help USAID achieve its ambitious goals. I am excited to be a part of both teams, where I'll be able to help fulfill NASA's mission of bettering life on Earth by working with USAID to give it practical application in the developing world. By combining expertise from NASA and USAID, we will help meet even more sustainable development challenges on the ground, solving problems for the world community.
I recently had the opportunity to fly what could be my last flight in a T-38 jet for a while. As I flew a few laps around the Gulf of Mexico, I remembered my last moments aboard the International Space Station before Andrey Borisenko, Sasha Samokutyaev, and I flew a few laps around our planet prior to returning to our Fragile Oasis. I felt then, and I feel now, that I'm completing one chapter of my life and about to begin a new one. It's an exciting moment, and I can't wait to see first-hand the results of applying space technology to development challenges.
[huge contributions toward solving many of the problems facing our planet]: http://www.fragileoasis.org/blog/2012/9/jfk-rice-speech/ [new materials, new medicines, a better understanding of the human body, environmental issues]: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/benefits/index.html


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In Columbus as like most states in our great nation Bats are abundant. Bats have learned that the attics Chimneys and soffits of our homes can be a safe place to have babies and live. Columbus Bat Removal is only the first step. Exclusion of the Bats in the attic is Paramount to conclusion of issue.Bat removal by bat removal experts are the way to go when trying to get rid of bats in your home and have bat control available.Whether is bats squirrels raccoons or rodents in your attic The Wildlife Professionals of Columbus can trap and remove them from your property. Dead bat removal services available.
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Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideas
The Boston Foundation, one of the nation's oldest and largest community foundations, has an endowment of close to $675 million. Last year, the Foundation made grants of $51 million to nonprofit organizations and received gifts of $41 million. The Boston Foundation is made up of 750 separate charitable funds, which have been established by donors either for the general benefit of the community or for special purposes. The Foundation also serves as a civic leader, convener, and sponsor of special initiatives designed to build community. For more information about the Boston Foundation and its grant making, visit www.tbf.org, or call 617-338-1700.
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Managing for Mission: Leadership and Talent Imperative
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Boston Unplugged: Mapping a Wireless Future
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Rethinking Justice in Massachusetts
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Preventing Homelessness: Success Stories
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Linking Money to Mission
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CORI: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Access
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After the Tsunami: Philanthropy in the Global Era
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Good City: Writers Explore 21st Century Boston
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Nonprofit Forum: Leading through Effective Governance
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Boston Unbound: Challenges for the 21st Century
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14th International Conference on Knowledge Management
November 9th – 10th, Vancouver, Canada
in conjunction with the annual ASIS&T conference https://www.asist.org/am18/
Call for papers: http://www.ickm.net/
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13th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM)
25-27 October 2017, Dallas, Texas
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12th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM)
10-11 October 2016, Vienna
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11th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM)
4-6 November 2015, Osaka
11th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Learning Organisation (ICICKM)
6-7 November 2014
University of Sydney Business School
10th Knowledge Globalization Conference
30 May t0 1 June 2014
Shijazhuang University of Economics, Hebei
This conference, organised by the the Boston-based Knowledge Globalization Institute, Boston, MA and Suffolk University, Boston, MA have jointly hosted nine Knowledge Globalization Conferences in Boston (US), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Pune (India) and Istanbul since 2008. The conference covers topics with a broad range of macroeconomic aspects of knowledge. More than 1500 scholars from 42 countries have attended these conferences.
Open Collaboration – An attractive Concept for Business and Enterpreneurs?
Wednesday, 7th August 2013
Cyberport 3, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong
This session is a regular part of the annual Opensym conference, and discusses the concepts of open collaboration processes and technologies from a business perspective. What are the experiences with open innovation, open access in Asia? Does open collaboration with partners, clients and stakeholders speed up innovation? What are the challenges?
Supported by the ICT Business Council of the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and InvestHK, two interactive sessions on "Science as an Open Enterprise" and "Collaborative Technologies – How have they changed the way we do business?", are part of the international WikiSym + OpenSym 2013 Joint International Symposium on Open Collaboration at the Cyberport.
Business Afternoon Session 1
- Creating an eco-system for entrepreneurs and start-ups in Hong Kong
- Discussion: Science as an open enterprise
Business Afternoon Session 2
- Eurocham Panel Discussion: Collaborative Technologies – how have they changed the way we do business?
Networking Session courtesy of Ericsson
If you are working in client or customer relationship management, business development and strategy, KM, ICT, R&D or marketing, please join us for a networking afternoon with local and international business audience.
Please register for the "Business afternoon" on the event registration of the Opensym conference http://opensym.org/wsos2013/program/businessday
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9th ICKM conference 1-2 November 2013, Montreal, Canada
Call for papers and presentations: http://www.ickm2013.org/Contributions from Hong Kong are welcome.
The International Council on Knowledge Management (ICKM) started in 2004 with a conference hosted by the Information and Knowledge Management Society (www.iKMS.org) in Singapore. Prof. Suliman Hawamdeh, the founding chair of the ICKM conference series, who also developed the curriculum for one of the first dedicated M.Sc. programs in Knowledge Management at the Nanyang Technological University in 1999/2000, wanted to create an exchange between academia, practitioners and business around the emerging field of knowledge management.
This cross-disciplinary exchange between different groups of professionals interested in KM has never been easy, particularly during the "hype" period of KM from the late 1990 to the end of 2010, where there have been numerous initiatives of semi-commercial, for-profit training and consulting companies and institutes to cash in on the opportunity to create new professional qualifications and degrees with KM in its title. Such efforts to standardize and "certify" KM were often driven by practitioners with an engineering or computer science background, disciplines where knowledge is largely reduced to a process or an object view.The ICKM has stayed clear of all attempts to standardize, commercialize or certify knowledge, and strengthened its professional basis through a peer-reviewed scholarly journal (The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management), conference proceedings published as series on Innovation and Knowledge Management by World Scientific, and non-commercial international conferences.
At the last ICKM conference hosted by the University of Johannesburg (4-6 September 2012), a formal society was founded (www.ickm.net), to sustain the interest in the evolving field of knowledge management. The ICKM is set up as non-profit organization and membership is free of charge.Professor Hawamdeh said that given the demand for quality education in the field, the ICKM may take up the discussion on accreditation of university programs, following accreditation practices in other academic disciplines. However, building a credible accreditation body may take several years. It has taken ICKM eight years from an information network to a registered society, and it may take another eight years or more to develop a sound accrediting body which recognizes the trans-disciplinary and evolving nature of the field.The controversial discussion in a recently started LinkedIn group on "International Knowledge Management Standards and Accreditation" shows that it will be very difficult to develop an accrediting body going beyond professional and commercial self interest.Leaving accreditation aside, perhaps ICKM could contribute to serve the international,l professional community best by providing a space for a cross-cultural, trans-disciplinary discourse on knowledge management in all its dimensions and invite existing national KM groups and organizations to get involved. HKKMS has been involved in ICKM since its beginning, and members are welcome to join. W. Ritter
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Seminar Review: Leveraging Social Media in the Social SectorHow can non-profit organizations in the social sector develop a strategy for social media?
Around 60 representatives of various social NGO attended the seminar on 29 February, organized by Asian Charity Services, to find out more about how social media can help reaching out and connecting to existing and potential supporters and donors and raise awareness for social causes.
A survey of 43 of the participating NGOs found that 79% used Facebook, 53% YouTube, 23% Twitter, and 65% used newsletters to update their stakeholders. Some mentioned that it is difficult to measure the effectiveness of social media tools and asked whether it is worth the effort. The introductory remarks by the organizers were very positive towards social media.Most of the invited panelists were from the business sectors, among others from Turner Broadcasting, Swire Hotels, Cathay Pacific as well as independent PR and branding consultants who gave examples of how social marketing greatly supported their communication strategy with customers, and promoted sales and brand awareness through community and "friends" managers.
What can the social non-profit sector learn from companies who are using social media as "conversational" marketing tool and new channels of reaching out to new customers?The "conversations" about the food in a hotel are for the most part banal and much less sensitive than conversations about the complex social issues of orphans in China or marginalized groups of people with learning disabilities; and pressing the "like" button for content on the Facebook wall of a human rights group is unlikely to result in action or in a donation.Many NGO were also concerned about privacy, adverse comments on social media sites, and said that non-friendly social media followers can negatively affect the cause. Ethics, content and information governance are critical issues to consider in the communication planning of any NGO, perhaps more important than in the commercial sector, where poor social media communication may result in lower sales and loss of image, but does not risk lives.Another issue is content ownership – what happens to the information (including contact information) if the social platform is discontinued?
Centralized social media, such as Facebook, are giant data collection services, and questions over data ownership, copyright and control are an ongoing battle in several countries.In this context it might seem naïve that one of the business social media representatives, who is also member of the Asia Digital Marketing Association, suggested that Social Media are "free" without mentioned the trade-off of paying with personal data for these "free" services. The real cost of social media for NGOs can be quite high – monitoring, analyzing, planning, participating and writing consumes a lot of internal resources and should be taken into account in often resource-stretched and time-starved NGO.What works for NGO in social media?Community building and advocacy were considered the most important aspects of social media, in most cases, social media are only a second tier media channel; a good website, regular e-Newsletters and a database of stakeholders are more important. Social media are useful for broadcasting and listening, less for engaging communities. Some said that social media only attracted "talking" not action.In the introduction to Social Media, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Google+ and eBlogger were mentioned, however, non-commercial, open and open-source, peer to peer communication and collaborative tools were not discussed, although there are a quite number of such tools, e.g. Wikis or Diaspora. The whole internet is based on open, peer-to-peer sharing, and the principle of open access to content and conversations is important to keep in mind for social NGO. Most social media tools require membership and thereby put a barrier to access content.How accessible are content and conversations in membership-based social media?
Many of the tools are not accessible in China, and for an NGO in Hong Kong it is certainly important that potential stakeholders in Mainland China can tap into these channels.Which channels should an organisation use? Is a presence in all channels necessary? Which tools make sense for non-profit organizations? For each NGO a well thought through strategy begins with a discussion on the organization objectives and how these can be supported through an information policy and knowledge management strategy. Limiting the discussion to the usage to certain tools or just jumping on some currently trendy social media platforms is not enough.The workshop was a good forum to start the discussion on empowering NGO through social media, and continuing the exchange between NGO on increasing reach and connectivity within and beyond their existing communities will strengthen civil society in Hong Kong.
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Mason's largest graduating class made a big impact. A class of creatives, social activists, and state and national champions (some members even missed their commencement ceremony to compete at the National Science Olympiad Competition where the team came in second in the nation) - students recognized that being the "largest class" was about more than numbers.
"At the beginning of this year, we left the halls of Mason High School and looked up to the skies to watch the Great American Eclipse. Let us end the year, looking up to the skies, reaching for our limitless future. Next year, many of you are going to college, some of you are joining the military, but all of you are going to make a difference," said Class of 2018 vice president, Collin Aldrich. "As Comets streaming across the sky, we not only leave a trail, we blaze a trail, where we continue to set records, help our community, innovate, and create a legacy.
The William Mason High School Class of 2018 had plenty of options - more than 1,000 in fact - when it came to deciding on post-secondary paths. Eighty-seven percent of the class will head to 145 American colleges or universities and four schools in England, Japan and the Philippines. Seventy-five percent of college-bound grads will stay in Ohio, and 52 percent of college-bound grads chose private universities. Two percent of the class will enroll in career education or an apprenticeship, two percent of the class is embarking on full-time employment, one percent of the class will serve our country in the military, and three percent of the class is taking a gap year.
More than 360 students received over $12 million in academic, arts and/or athletic scholarships and awards. There were 39 National Merit Finalists, 43 National Merit Commended Scholars, six Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars, 361 summa cum laude graduates, 106 magna cum laude graduates, 100 cum laude graduates, and 383 students who received Ohio's Honors Diploma.
During the school's 132nd commencement address, School Board President Matt Steele, made welcoming remarks and Superintendent Dr. Gail-Kist Kline used the classic Dr. Suess book, Green Eggs and Ham, to encourage students to be adaptable. "As my friend Julie Washington said, 'If you only have 62 pages to tell your story you want it to be focused on the things that are most important to you.'"
MHS science teacher Carol Lehman was chosen by the Class of 2018 to deliver the Faculty Address, and received a standing ovation after delivering her wise words. "Meaningful relationships are built with people - not screens. Let technology refine you, but don't let it define you." She also advised students to "choose your friends wisely - a real friend will tell you the truth that might make you cry rather than telling you a lie that might make you smile."
Student body president Victor Chen and senior class officers McKayla Peebles, president, Collin Aldrich, vice-president, David Sun, secretary, and Paige Riegert, treasurer, provided an overview of their class achievements. Valedictorian Atneya Nair also addressed his classmates. Board members Courtney Allen, Charles Galvin, Matt Steele, Kevin Wise, and Connie Yingling presented diplomas. The Mason High School Wind Symphony led the processional and played "Kirkpatrick Fanfare," a senior choral ensemble sang "100 Years", and a senior orchestra ensemble played Mason's Alma Mater, "Green and White."


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We traded hills for wind this weekend.
Blustery wind. Gusty winds.
It was kind of humbling to cycle 100-km hilly routes outside Houston, and then find ourselves so pooped we could barely finish our rides.
Even though we're aiming for 160 km, our odometers have been stuck at 100-km for a while. This weekend, we decided to shun the hills (and the 2-hour commute to get to them) and opt for distance. The wind was a pleasant (or unpleasant), unplanned surprise. A flat tire was also a surprise and likely cost us an hour of cycling time. We pushed through 127 km of city-riding on Saturday.
On Sunday, we aimed to add hills to our windy resistance. We did an "urban hill" loop where we tried to climb as many highway overpasses as possible. The wind was relentless. If we thought Saturday was windy, it was even windier on Sunday. Southeast winds of 30km/h with gusts over 50 km/h. Rob rerouted it to include a stopover at Mi Tienda #2, our favourite Mexican grocer. We weren't going to skip out on our aguas fresca ritual! This week they had mamey, which was a hard choice over the guanabana.
Even though we were out and about on our bikes most of the weekend, we actually had more energy. I guess we're better at tackling wind than hills.
We ended up (ok, just me) stockpiling veggies when we finally ended up at an Asian market for our weekly grocery run. We put them to great use in this vegan spin on bahn mi sandwiches. Banh mi is a Vietnamese sandwich, which I associate with the pickled vegetables and cilantro. Here, tofu and mushrooms are scrambled as the base. The veggies, with Terry's spin of adding star anise, make this a nice and bright wrap.
Rob thought it was his best sandwich ever. I thought it nice, too, and opted to eat it in a collard wrap.
Maybe everything tastes better after biking 180 km?
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Kurt Holobaugh may have come out on the short end of a decision loss to Pat Healy on Saturday in his major-promotion debut, but it won't keep him out of the UFC.
Holobaugh (8-1 MMA, 0-1 SF) dropped a unanimous decision to Pat Healy (29-16 MMA, 7-1 SF) on the preliminary card of "Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" in Oklahoma City, falling with a pair of 30-27 scores and a 29-28.
But Holobaugh apparently did enough to impress the UFC brass that he should get a shot there now that Strikeforce is no more. The Louisiana native has signed a UFC deal, sources close to him on Tuesday confirmed to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com)
Saturday's card, which took place at Chesapeake Energy Arena and aired on Showtime and Showtime Extreme, was the last for Strikeforce before folding. Most of the night's winners are likely to wind up in the UFC, and as is now evidenced from Holobaugh, as well as K.J. Noons, some of the fighters who dropped their bouts will move over, as well.
Holobaugh came out aggressively against Healy early and wasn't afraid to stand in the pocket to trade with him. When the fight hit the canvas late in the first round, Holobaugh had a toehold attempt that was close, and then nearly took Healy's back.
In each round, Holobaugh appeared to be close to landing submissions that could turn the tide, or strikes that could give him some momentum. But Healy survived them, just as Holobaugh survived Healy's submission attempts, in a fight that likely was closer than the pair of 30-27 scores would indicate.
The loss for Holobaugh was the first of his professional career after an 8-0 start. In those first eight wins, seven came by stoppage.
Now he will get a chance to test himself in the UFC's lightweight division. Just when that will be is up in the air, though. Holobaugh received an indefinite medical suspension from the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission and will be out of action until a doctor clears him of a hand injury suffered in the fight.
For complete coverage of "Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine," stay tuned to the MMA Events section of the site.


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What I classify as a good writing book will vary according to my mood and aptitude. It will depend on what I am seeking. Is it the development of writing technique? Or an increased understanding of that elusive trick, what makes writing work?
Some of my favourite writing books to date have offered insights into a famous writer's life. On Writing by Stephen King comes to mind. King's no-nonsense approach to the craft made it memorable. It is often recommended to writers, offering insights into the reality of a working writer's life.
Another book that explores the act of writing is Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones. This book conveys the sheer joy of writing with a sense of zen. There is an enthusiasm and passion in Goldberg's work that has stayed with me over the years. I still dip into the book when I need inspiration.
I look for similar things in a writing book and a writing group. I want to find a place that is supportive and inspires the act of writing. This can include examples of writing or tips on craft, but it needs to result in making me want to put pen to paper. One of the most influential books I read about this applied to any form of artistic creation. It is about six years since I worked my way through Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. There were elements of it that I found challenging, including exercises on obstacles. This included real and imagined obstacles about writing and what I could do to give it priority in my life.
I started the morning pages during this time and it remains a daily way of connecting with my writing self. It is often where ideas begin, or space where the negativity and doubts can be expressed and released. Another enduring practice has been that of the artist's date. I'm not as consistent with this but I challenge myself to seek out things which help my curiosity. That has been important too.
Recently I picked up Cameron's The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life. It is early days but already it has me writing, and for me, that's what it's all about.
What do you look for in a writing book?
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At the start of each academic year, usually when I have known them for a week or so, I make this confession to my students. I say to them: 'I have the stationery thing.'
The point of telling them is not confession for its own sake, but to make the very serious point, hidden in plain view in the form of a personal anecdote, that if we do not note down that which amazes and inspires each day we will lose it in what Ted Hughes called 'the crush of information' of living.
I can always predict how this will go down. Half of the room will look at me uncomprehendingly. 'Stationery? What's he on about?' (being polite, they do not say this, but I know it is what they are thinking.) The other half of the room are nodding and making small squeals of approval. They get it. They look as if they want to curl up with a bowl of hot chocolate.
Then, to make my point more memorable, more personal, and strange, I go into a riff about Great Stationery Shopping Experiences I Have Had (France: a supermarket; Switzerland: a department store; Bureau Direct: naturally; Pen to Paper: ditto). Just as half the room are zoning out and thinking about coffee, and the other half are starting to make orders on their mobiles, I read them random (always random) pages from a notebook I have pulled from my shelf that morning.
It will say things like:
Carrots, butternut, Car MOT (?) check
Dentist family or just me?
Metaphor article by Cheryl -where is it?
'Crystals of purpose'
Peter's Book.
There is a silence.
Even those who have zoned out are now paying attention. The thing is, I tell them, some of this may not lead to anything, but nearly all of it nearly always does, because it teaches me to pay attention. Not just to the things I discuss over breakfast with my wife that need doing, but the really important leads like Cheryl's marvellous article on metaphor (Cheryl Hunt Metaphor Article) and the fact that Peter's new book is amazing and I need to spend some time with it.
Over time, this makes quite a library of snatched moments of attention, what DH Lawrence called the 'effort of concentration' of looking at and capturing the world around me. Not to mention colourful Clairefontaine (of course) notebooks, with their grid lines and smooth 90 gsm paper. There I go again.
I thought about this yesterday recalling the lifesaving book of Michael Baldwin, who advocated the same, along with Julia Casterton and Peter Finch, long before there were such things as productivity blogs.
It is a secret poets have known for centuries.


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This program has two components: academic and professional. The academic component prepares students for graduate school by offering a variety of accepted courses. Central State graduates have gained admission to such graduate schools as The Ohio State University, Harvard, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Colorado. The professional component program prepares students for practical training through internships in special agencies. These are important learning experiences for our majors.
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Wellness Saturday~ 03/28/2020
Here is today's Wellness Assistance to improve for healthier well-being and lifestyle as you're meant to live as your great life continues~
Invest in your education and learn more about what energizes you and keeps you going! Here is a little something for yourself and to aspire you to share love to continue your awesomeness. I hope this helps in better caring for your health and well-being for better moments today and ideal tomorrow, because you deserve to be that much better as the world needs you~


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Pete Holzmann has written an excellent Firefox-Greasemonkey add-on that provides comment capability from the old site for Firefox users (which I use BTW). Go to https://climateaudit.org/ca-assistant/ and try. It will make commenting easier. Thanks, Pete.
[You're welcome!–MrPete]
Update: the CA Assistant page has been updated with hints on enabling/disabling GreaseMonkey, enabling the script for other WordPress sites, and more.


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