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One of the nice things about living where we do, up on a mountain, is that getting outdoors to play in the snow is not a project. It does not involve packing up the car, lugging your stuff across a parking lot, packing lunch and doing it all in reverse at the end of the day. Here, it involves putting on your snowshoes or cross country ski boots and walking out the door. We are blessed with beautiful woods and trails in our backyard, neighbors who share our love of the outdoors and their trails and the National Forest in our backyard.
This weekend, I put on snowshoes, took the dogs and walked through the woods for almost an hour, enjoying all that it had to offer on a beautiful, sunny winter day. I came back, did a few errands, put up sauce for dinner and then put on my cross country skis and did it again.
It was good to be outside and nice to know that I can enjoy the wonders of the winter right from my own backyard. Hope you are enjoying the wonders of winter!
Here on the hill we were the recipients of the most beautiful snowstorm that has come around these parts in a while. The snow was wet and heavy and clung to every surface and every single stalk, bough or branch, even the tiniest. It created an amazing winter wonderland, comparable only to the very tippy-top of the ski mountains where everything contains a frosty, magical white coating.
I love snow. My feeling is that winter shouldn't exist unless there is snow on the ground. No snow and we might as well be gardening and growing things.
With every plus, however there is a minus. With all that breathtaking clingy snow, came downed trees, some bowing so heavily under the weight of the snow that they look as if they are bent in a deep curtesy, their gentle tops almost brushing the ground below. Some branches couldn't support all that weight and broke off, tumbling to the ground below and in many instances taking electricity lines down with them. So, while we are living in a winter wonderland, we are doing it without electricity.
How, might you ask then am I typing this and communicating electronically with all of you? The power of the generator, I tell you. I remember when we first bought this house, I thought a generator was not necessary, but I soon learned differently. You see, here on the hill, when the power goes out, it could be out for a while. And while candles and cooking over the open flame might sound romantic and very grounding, it is – but water, in the form of a hot shower, flushing toilets and that with which to cook and drink, doesn't happen when you are on a well and lose power unless you have a generator. The winter is a little easier to deal with than the summer, especially if the gorgeous white stuff is outside, because you can fill a pot of snow and bring it in and melt it over the wood stove, but it doesn't work as well, or at all for that fact, in the summer, when there is no fluffy white stuff outside your door. And for those without the power of the wood stove to heat your house, it can get mighty chilly mighty fast without electricity to heat the house.
The weather outside my window this first day of Spring is very un-spring like but pretty typical for this time of the year, looking back through blog posts from past vernal equinoxes. We won't see many signs of spring coming up through the snow today, unless they are herculean daffodils or crocus – that are about 3 feet tall!
Anyhow, I came across this draft of a blog post from this time quite a few years ago and I thought I would share – if nothing else, it might make a smile cross your face and that would be a delightful addition to this spring day!
Here are some very zen thoughts for a Tuesday…well kinda zen but pretty funny. Not sure where I originally got these so I can't give credit where credit is due. ~sorry about that but know you made me laugh.
- Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
- Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
- Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone.
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire.
- Some days you're the bug; some days you're the windshield.
- If you ever feel you are worthless remember that you are full of expensive organs.
- It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
- Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
- Always remember that you're unique, just like everyone else…
- Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
- Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
- If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
- No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.
- Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
- If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
- The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
- A closed mouth gathers no foot.
- Duct tape is like 'The Force'. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
- Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.
- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
- If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
1, 6 and 12 are my personal favorites, although the lawyer in me chuckled at 21.
Which are your favorites?
It is a very quiet house here at the T's. The boys are all back to school and our company over the holiday weekend is gone. While this is the beginning of the second semester of school for the boys, it is the beginning of Empty Nest Part II here at home. Empty Nest Blues….when it hasn't quite sunk in yet that they are gone again.
In thinking about it, the dog and I have a great deal in common at this point in time. While sitting here in the living room by the wood stove, typing away, I half expect a kid to come sauntering in. No such luck but at every errant noise, both the dog and I look to the doorway expectantly, both with similar expressions of hope in our eyes. Both of us realize almost simultaneously – no, that was just a noise, not a boy. We probably have the same disappointment float momentarily over our faces. We then both turn to Tom to entertain us and make us forget that there was no boy at the doorway.
Sad, but true. I have been reduced to equating myself with the dog. At least when it comes to the first few days after everyone has left. My goals for the second semester is to take my dog companion and get out there and soak in some Vitamin D on a daily basis. A little (okay, any) snow to make it a little more appealable (and ski-able) would be greatly appreciated.
A couple years ago, Tom went out and bought himself a fat tire bike when his knee was acting up. The orthopedist's advice was to keep his knee moving without jarring it too much and causing further damage. He suggested biking. Tom did his research and while we both have mountain bikes, they are probably as old (if not older) than the wedding anniversary we just celebrated. He wanted a new bike and the idea of a fat tire bike intrigued him. It would give him the ability to have a little more four season biking opportunity. When he showed up with his new bike that looked quite odd at the time, I really didn't quite get it. We had mountain bikes, which could go almost anywhere, why fat tires? He seems to enjoy it, and he can go places (like the beach) where my little old mountain bike just can't handle because of its fat tires. But alas, fat tires on their own can get you a lot of places but they still don't work well when there is ice and snow on the ground. So, he has lusted after studded tires for his fat bike for a while. Honestly, we couldn't justify the expense of another set of tires for a bike, when there were trucks that needed tires and the costs could actually be somewhat similar on a per tire basis.
When we were up in Stowe last weekend, we came across a fat tire bike convention/gathering of sorts that we decided to stop at and take a walk around. The place where he bought his bike, up in Burlington, Old Spokes Home (don't you love that name?) had a tent with some cool bikes and accessories. Lo and behold they had some studded tires at a great price. I treated my sweetie to an early birthday present.
The next day, after doing some research, he decided to give a try to change over the tires himself. A few hours which included a complete clean up of the bike and reassembly and the studded tires were on. He took it for a test drive on our icy roads and had nothing but good things to say about the studded tires. I think that this will make the snow/ice riding much more pleasurable and falls due to the bike slipping and sliding, less likely to happen.
If you are a fat tire biker and are debating the studded tires, I can say that they work, I've seen it up close.
The title of this post is just wrong. Rain and February should not be in the same sentence in the State of Vermont. We went from one weather extreme to the other in a matter of days. On Saturday evening, the temperatures were -19 degrees without a wind chill factored into the mix. Some spots reported temperatures with wind chills of -50. The summit at Whiteface mountain reported -114 degrees with the wind chill. Yesterday evening it began snowing and there were about 4-5 inches of new snow on the ground this morning before the rain started. Now, as I type this, the rain is pounding the rooftop, reminiscent of a warm July afternoon than a February day. The temperature hovered just around 50 degrees about 70 degrees different than Saturday night. Amazing – simply amazing.
Every time I glanced out my office window this afternoon, there was less and less snow. Now, we are once again back to mainly grass with the occasional pile of plowed snow. Depressing. Makes one want to pack her bags and her dog and move to colder climates, someplace like the North Pole perhaps – maybe they have some snow?
The sun is getting a little higher in the sky and temperatures in the teens (without a wind) are starting to feel downright balmy. This morning's temperature at 6:30 was -13 and later in the morning it was 13 degrees on the positive side of zero. Today we were surprised by a baby black bear cub while checking on a friend's house. It climbed up into the tree, with no signs of a mom anywhere and curled up into a ball. Feeling sorry for the little thing, and it is pretty small, I went back to check up and see if it had moved on. It was still in the tree, curled up in a ball and only raised its head when a car went by. There are no tracks other than its own in the snow around and I fear it has been abandoned or wandered away. We've put a call into the game warden to see what could be done and are waiting to hear.
Well, it certainly was breathtakingly beautiful this morning. The snow blanketed trees and turned things into a winter wonderland. The downside is that to look that good, the snow is very wet and heavy. The trees were bowing graciously under the weight of the snow, but some succumbed to the heaviness and there are many branches and whole trees that are down. This has caused the inevitable, power outages. We were more fortunate that some, our power went out around 3:45 this morning. Others have been without power since Tuesday when the storm first hit. There are, last I heard about 38,000 people without power and there are lots of folks working hard to get us all back online.
Nothing to do but look to the bright side. We have oil lamps, candles, our headlamps and a warm woodstove. We are luckier than a lot of people.
The Nor'easter that is paying us a visit for a while longer (snow is forecast through Thursday) has already dropped well over a foot of snow. It is the heavy, wet snow, perfect for building snowmen and snow forts. Last night it was falling in giant clumps of snow, and while I type this there is a lull, although we are forecast to get another 2-5 inches today and another 1-3 inches this evening.
There are a lot of people without power because, the snow is wet and heavy. Last night we had several blips of power but so far, we are still connected.
I love a good snowstorm, there is something magical about snow, particularly when you wake up to it. I know there are a lot of folks out there that would disagree, but give me this, okay? Put aside your grumblings and just take a good look at how beautiful Mother Nature can make everything when she puts on her winter coat.
Happy Snow Day!
For those of you that might be traveling to Vermont in next few days, I don't want you to fret over mud season. I know that mud season in Vermont can be daunting, and vehicles can get stuck and things can get downright ugly. In fact, most Vermonters tend to use mud season to run away to anywhere that is not here just to avoid it. I know that around this time of year, you may worry about mud season. But, folks, seriously, there is no need to worry, we've got plenty of snow and ice to take care of it for you!
I know that spring officially arrived just about a week ago, but there's lots of snow on the ground, some really good skiing and snowmobiling and another 5-8 inches forecast for the weekend. So, no worries about mud here.


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- In the Platform Click Cockpit,>click Earning>click Checkin Validations>click Receipt Age
- For example, the setting is set to 7 days. This means the guest has 7 days to scan the Receipt to earn on it.
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How do I manually Gift/Reward a Guest?

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text: Abdul Mazid was born in 1931 at Old Balibat, Jorhat. He is a actor, director, writer, dramatist of assamese film industry. As a director, he directed many films like Maram Trishna, Chameli Memsaab, Banahangsa, Banjui, Ponakan, Uttarkaal, Mon etc. He has directed TV Serials and Telefilms like "NaamGhariya", "Ajaga", "Jor Puri Haat", "Dapon" (two episodes), "Agnigarbha", (on DDk Dibrugarh), "Hatora", "Segun Puli Ruba Kone", "Ram-Rahim", "Romanthan" etc. He acted more than 40 films in various roles.


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Check out Edward Lazellari's The Lost Prince, out on August 20. He'll be signing at BEA next week, so be sure to stop by!:
In Lazellari's debut fantasy, Awakenings, New York City cop Cal MacDonnell and photographer Seth Raincrest found themselves stalked by otherworldly beings intent on killing them. The two had to accept the aid of a mysterious woman to unlock their hidden pasts, and what they discovered changed their lives.
Everything they knew about their lives was an illusion. They had in fact travelled to our dimension from the medieval reality of Aandor to hide their infant prince from assassins, but upon arriving, a freak mishap wiped their memories. Cal, Seth, and the rest of their party were incapacitated, and the infant prince was lost.
Thirteen years later, that prince, Daniel Hauer, is unaware of his origins—or that he has become the prize in a race between two powerful opposing factions. Cal and Seth's group want to keep Daniel safe. The other wants Daniel dead—by any means necessary.


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10 Make Up Tips That Will Put Kylie Jenner To Shame
I was at a gala the other week, and met Elizabeth D'Amico - Montreal's renowned make up artist. I couldn't help but notice how systematic she was from applying my moisturizer, to the finishing powder. While she was doing the smokey eye look on me, I started bombarding her with 21 questions on the technicalities of applying make up - the right way.
Some of the tips she gave me, were so obvious and yet I forget to do them myself. So, I've decided to put together a list of tips so that we can all remember to look and feel our best, all the time.
1. Hydrate & moisturize.
The dynamic duo. Okay so this is a two in one, but nothing makes your face glow like drinking eight glasses of water a day and moisturizing day and night, especially in colder weather.
2. Lash game on point.
Curl those lashes, essential in making eyes look bigger and lashes look longer. Curl first then add mascara, if you curl after mascara you risk breaking your lashes, so think of mascara as a hairspray.
3. Prime, prime, prime.
I can't say it enough, my favorite product is Urban Decay Primer Potion eyeshadow primer, it makes sure your shadow creasproof and the colors really pop.
4. Pale liner in the waterline.
Notice I didn't say white liner. Eyes get red rimmed when we're tired, so pop on a very pale liner in the waterline to look refreshed and awake.
5. Colour correct.
Not enough people do this, instead of covering dark circles and redness grab a color correcting palette (the Lise Watier one is aweome) and neutralize those colors before covering them up (peachy will neutralize dark circles and a green hue will get rid of that redness).
6. Fill in your brows.
#Eyebrowsonfleek. There is a lucky 10% of people ( that we are very jealous of) that don't need to do this. Think of eyebrows like the frame to a painting, that painting is still beautiful but the frame brings it to life.
7. Highlight & contour.
The right way. Lines on your face from your contour is not attractive. Lightly dust some contour under your cheekbones and under your neck (yes, your neck) in order to achieve a beautifuly and naturally sculpted face. Don't forget to add a highlighter where the light would naturally hit, unless it's New Year's Eve, I like to keep it glowy not sparkly. I'm obsessed with the Dual Intensity Blush from NARS in Jubilation!
8. Exfoliate
Your lips. I like to use coconut oil and sugar and gently rub in circles to chase off flaky lips, remove with a damp cloth and voila! A beautiful canvas for your favorite lip color.
9. Clean your makeup brushes
Very important! Not your typical beauty tip, but doing this on a weekly basis will make sure you aren't transferring oils from your skin, to your brushes back to your skin. Not only will it avoid nasty breakouts, but you avoid ruining your favorite powder to boot.
10. The red lip
Nothing says confidence like a perfect red lip. It's my favorite way to add some life to my face, a gorgeous pop of red, perfectly natural groomed brows and lashes as long as the list of desserts I want to eat…classic and polished.
Elizabeth D'Amico is a make up artist from Montreal. She offers on location services for special events. She does home visits, or you can visit her in her studio for a makeup application. She is ah-mazing!
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Mini Backpack - Royal Blue
Originally designed for Swedish school children in 1978, the Kanken has since become a most well-loved and iconic backpack for children and adults around the world. Made from Fjallraven's durable Vinylon F fabric, which repels moisture better than any other synthetic fabric, the Kanken is unparalleled in its functionality and design. The Mini Kanken is a smaller version of the iconic Kanken pack.
Technical Specs
- Style No. 23561
- Height: 29cm
- Width: 20cm
- Depth: 13cm
- Volume: 7 L
- Adjustable straps
- Can be carried as a backpack or a bag via covertible straps
- Front pocket with zip closure, side welt pockets
- Made from durable Vinylon F fabric, which repels moisture better than any other synthetic fabric
- Name and address label on inside of pack
- Reflector in logo and front/side pockets
- Removable seat pad
- Top handle
- Zip closure
- Capacity
- Under 20L
- Color
- Royal Blue
- Model Name
- Kanken Mini
- Model Year
- 2014
- 23561-540
- 7392158498475


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Legal high '˜spiking' leaves Burnley man in intensive care
Police have issued a stern warning about the dangers of taking so-called '˜legal highs' after a number of people were rushed to hospital in the past week.
One young Burnley man was rushed to intensive care last Thursday after being 'spiked' by a substance called 'cotton candy carnage'.
Thankfully, he has made a full recovery after being placed in a self-induced coma.
The victim's dad posted a dramatic picture of his son in intensive care and warned of the dangers of legal highs. His post was shared more than 900 times.
In a separate incident five men from nearby Rochdale also collapsed at the weekend, with one also being kept in hospital in an induced coma, after taking legal highs known as Annihilation and Cherry Bombs.
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The warning comes as new legislation came into force this week.The Psychoactive Substances Act now provides a blanket ban on the production, supply and importation of new psychoactive substances.
It is hoped the ban will change the way the police tackle psychoactive substances and will make new drugs that appear on the market illegal quicker than before.
Det. Chief Insp Graham Gallagher said: "Sadly we have seen too many people in Lancashire becoming seriously ill after taking legal highs.
"We are committed to reducing the harm caused by all drugs and welcome an educational and preventative approach in the policing of psychoactive substances.
"Often these substances contain illegal drugs and, when people buy them, they generally have little idea how potent the drug is so they do pose a real danger.
"I would encourage the public to let us know if they believe shops or establishments continue to supply psychoactive substances."
National Police Chiefs' Council Lead for New Psychoactive Substances, Commander Simon Bray added: "This new legislation is a very positive step forward.
"It highlights the government's commitment to supporting law enforcement, including the police, in our efforts to combat dangerous drugs.
"A blanket ban on new psychoactive substances will make it simpler to deal with those drugs which are unsafe but may not yet be controlled. It will also make it easier to tackle so called 'legal highs' which may contain mixtures including already illegal drugs."
A variety of options exist in enforcing this legislation including prohibition notices, premises notices, prohibition orders and premises orders, which allow police or local authorities to require people to stop stocking, selling or supplying psychoactive substances.
Officers have been given powers to stop and search people, vehicles and vessels, enter and search premises in accordance with a warrant, and to seize and destroy psychoactive substances.
While the new Act does not criminalise simple possession of psychoactive substances it will be an offence to possess them within custodial institutions, or anywhere with intent to supply them to another.
It is also an offence to import them, including by buying them from a foreign website.
Operations have been taking place across the county to raise awareness of changes to the law.
Information about psychoactive substances can be reported to the police on 101 or to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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The main operating system of iPhone is frantically based on iPhone OS which created different variants of basics driven by Mach kernel originally formed from Mac OS X. Core animation is included in the entire operating system of the component. The application is basically responsible for driving out smooth and enticing animation which is used on the user interface. Generally, the operating system is composed of considerable amounts of less than half of the memory of the iPhone's total storage. The memory is expected to support tons of loads with applications made exclusively for Apple.
Similar to iPod, the device is typically managed with a version of iTunes 7.3 and is therefore compatible with the Mac OS X with a 32-bit Vista or Windows XP. Discovering a workaround was discovered for the previous 64-bit operating systems. Copying of applications from an iPhone to a Mac OS X is not that easy and takes a lot of effort to achieve. One must be able to write and compile the files for the iPhone specifically. Considering Safari, it is supported by applications via the web which are technically written in AJAX.
Application wise, there are indeed several noticeable applications wherein one can direly control or expand. These applications are embedded on the Home screen. Some of the applications are: camera, weather, notes, calendar, photos, maps, clock, stocks, setting, YouTube, iTunes and most importantly, text messaging. Docked at the bottom of the screen are four additional applications which delineates the purposes of Safari, iPod, Phone and Mail.
For those who are fanatics of watching different kinds of entertainment, YouTube has got to be one of your favorite applications. Upon entering YouTube, you automatically extract videos which are then streamed to your screen. You can easily get hooked with YouTube through the WiFi, 3G or even 2G. After you have encoded the video of your choice, you can open it up by using the H.264 codec to where YouTube was able to convert videos of more than a hundred thousand. Result is, one can instantly view a video selection from the YouTube application.
Some of the most recent updates made by Apple for this device is the free public updates of the gadget's operating system through the infamous iTunes wherein it follows the same fashion that iPods are being updated. Patches for security and features which are improved are likewise released in the same respective patterns and features.
The features of the operating system of the device that makes it very remarkable is that it allows video conferences through audio, call merging, integration with phone functions which allows other related devices, cellular networking features, call holding and a caller identification. Visual voicemail that is also included allow users to view several lists of recent messages via voicemail on the screen without even having to connect through their voicemail numbers. Compared to other systems, messages can be "listened to" and be discarded in no chronological manner just by choosing the unwanted message on the screen list.
In order to accommodate the innovation of Apple to the operating system of iPhone, companies like O2 and AT&T modified the infrastructure of their voicemail. There came a time when lawsuits are filed against the joint incision of AT&T and of Apple because of some claims about visuals of voicemails which infringes patents of the two.
Source: https://positivearticles.com


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Monday, March 31, 2014
Aisha North ~ The manuscript of survival – part 407
You have by now passed over a threshold that will lead you all into brand new halls of energetic information, and for many, this information has already started to seep through in the form of images, sounds or even more tangible effects. In other words, the thinning veil is already letting much of what has been hidden start to come into view, and as it does, you will find yourself stepping further and further away from what the majority of mankind still look upon as the reality. For as the veils continue to diminish, you will also see how your grasp of what constitutes reality and fiction will start to blur. This may sound confusing, and for a period, that will indeed be the case, but as your senses and indeed your "everyday consciousness" to call it that starts to readjust to all of these new layers of information, you will soon settle into a very new way of life where you will find the prospect of juggling these different concepts easy to handle. For as we have reminded you on so many occasions, you are indeed multi dimensional beings, and now, that will become more and more apparent to you all as the bleed-throughs start to multiply and you feel yourself switching back and forth between these different layers more and more seamlessly. But yes, at first, you will find it hard to stay balanced at any given time, and even your physical body will react much like it is apt to do if you are in an unsteady environment like on a boat at high seas. For nothing will feel as if it is solid, nor permanent, and as such, it may cause you all to feel a heightened sense of anxiety or even physical discomfort. Again, there is nothing wrong in any of this, it is merely a signal that you are truly going through a huge shift, and as all of these shifts goes, it is apt to cause some alarm bells going off within you.
Eliza: On Earthquakes, Inner and Outer
Eliza: On Earthquakes, Inner and Outer
I woke up this morning feeling a tightness in the "gut" or region of the solar plexus, beneath the diaphragm. Yes, I've had some extra tension at work as a result of taking on a supervisory position, but I knew that this wasn't a personal feeling. Something was going on in the world. A short survey of some news sources was all it took; there had been a large earthquake in the Los Angeles area.
Having lived in earthquake prone areas nearly all my life, I'm not frightened by the prospect of experiencing one. I was born and lived most of my childhood within miles of the San Andreas Fault. Yet when I lived there, we had no earthquakes. Likewise, my family lived in Anchorage, Alaska, in the late 1950's. Again, we experienced a few very mild earthquakes, nothing to be frightened about.
March 24, 2014 Bisons & Elks leaving Yellowstone National Park en masse
Source: http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/2014/03/24/march-24-2014-bisons-elks-leaving-yellowstone-national-park-en-masse/
VLA comment (DEE): Bison. Elk. Galloping away, literally, having to stop to catch their breath, then galloping again….Think Supervolcano. Think caldera under Lake Yellowstone. When the birds leave, it's time to buckle up… they will be the last to go.
VLA comment (Stella): Signs signs everywhere signs. Here is video of bison evacuating Yellowstone Park, an area with great potential for massive seismic activity. Other animals are leaving as well; 1/4 of the Elk herd has already left.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Global Focus / Meditation for Japan~ TODAY March 30, 2014 ~ Mount Fuji ~ Third Eye chakra of Gaia ~ Fukushima ~ North Pacific Ocean near Japan
Hi everyone,
I am organizing a Global meditation to focus on Japan. We will especially put a deeper focus on Mount Fuji which is the third eye chakra of Gaia, also on Fukushima and the Northern Pacific Ocean near Japan .Join our Focus and meditation for Japan each Sunday for 3 weeks long at March 30, April 6 and April 13 at 9 PM CET Time (or GMT +1 Brussels), 8 PM GMT time, 12 PM PST time and 3 PM EST time. Where? in your own heart space
Facebook event, please join in at: https://www.facebook.com/events/296000903891069/?context=create&source=49
This video that I have created, will assist you in the vizualization through this guided meditation. I invite all of you to join in this focus and vibration of Love at the given times and dates.
Marilyn Raffaele ~The Arcturian Group ~ March 30, 2014
Greetings dear ones. We see many starting to accept and understand change in their lives...some even saying; "Why didn't we think of this before?" People are losing the fear of change which is a big part of evolution, that is how it works. Never be afraid to try something new and then if you find that it does not work, that is fine, the sky does not fall down. Learning to be open to new ideas and change on all levels allows an individual to likewise receive on all levels--the inner door opens.
Many of the so called "older generation " continue to hold themselves back through the belief that there are no better ways of doing things than their life experiences have taught them. They have become comfortable in routine, refusing to even contemplate other ways of seeing the world and are missing opportunities to spiritually grow. Allowing oneself to contemplate new ideas does not mean living lives without joy or fun in work and activity, nor does it mean that your current way of doing and seeing either globally or personally is wrong and has to change. Being open simply means a willingness to let go of resistance and not being so locked into what is known and familiar that any change is impossible.
Marlene Swetlishoff ~ HILARION ~ March 30-April 6, 2014
Beloved Ones,
The times that are before you are filled with many cosmic occurrences that will bring an even greater increase in the cleansing energies and it is extremely important to stay attuned with the changes and stay grounded in your everyday lives. We call them cleansing energies but what this energy downloading upon your planet really is in actuality is the divine feminine unconditional love energy. When those upon your planet are touched by this divine energy, it creates openings in all those areas of one's being that are still in need of healing and balancing. All old wounds are being brought to the surface to be finally healed and released. Many of these wounds were felt as trauma during childhood and these were stored in the subconscious realms of the human psyche. As these are reawakened and brought to the surface into the conscious mind, it can create emotional difficulty, which depends to a large extent on each person's ability to face these traumas with the wisdom that has been gleaned in one's adult life through adapting to life's experiences. All depends upon the ability of each person to be willing to look at these unresolved aspects from a time when they did not have much experience in dealing with the complexities of life upon their world.
Linda Robinson – Archangel Zadkiel – "Let Your Light Shine" – 30 March 2014
Thanks to: lucas2012infos
Greetings Beloved Ones,
This is Archangel Zadkiel, along with Lady Amethyst, of the Seventh Ray of Transformation and Manifestation, and we greet you in Love and Light. Today we are joined by Lord Sananda, Master of Light and Christ Consciousness. We will discuss using the great influx of higher energy to refine and perfect personal qualities that you wish to radiate forth for your own advancement and for the benefit of all.
As we have previously discussed with you, large amounts of higher vibrational energy are inviting you to a higher level of consciousness. When you harness this energy, it lifts you to a higher vibrational level. It is like riding the crest of a wave, only this is a continuing rise to a higher level.
This is an opportunity to use the Light to refine your own energy field and to radiate out those personal qualities that accompany a higher consciousness.
Lucas – Silence Is Golden – The True Energetics Behind The Gold – 30 March 2014
When observing the stories playing out in the moment I see the going in circles and keeping attached to the old still as the key points as well as the corruption of intent by hidden of self-interest and money. Still people want to be lead astray, or want to belief even if things do not add up. Dishonesty and half-truths are still told. And things are pushed forward even if the road is already blocked.
Building new ways of living is not about building new structures to fit in. New OLD paradigms of groups and sheep. New rules and norms in communities and groups pushed upon each other with peer pressure making it happen to keep things within the circle. Even those saying to do without money are calling for donations and say to be able to manifest everything themselves.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Aisha North ~ A short update on the energies
As many of you have already noticed, this brand new grid of energetic filaments that are criss-crossing your globe has certainly lit up more than a few power points all over the place. This can in many ways be likened to what many of you refer to as acupuncture points, set into energetic pathways at junctures that serve not only to anchor these energies, but also to magnify them.
Let us explain. What we are talking about now, is in fact some of the properties of that brand new energetic system of pathways that many of you have been instrumental in setting up, and as such, what we share now, will come as a surprise to some of you, while for others, it will serve to confirm what they have already intuited is the case. For as you all connected during these last few days and weeks of energetic upgradings, you also served to anchor in a vast number of these grid points, manifested through the interaction between your physical bodies and these incoming energies, making this whole net of pathways come into being. And now, it is up and running, albeit not at its fullest potential just yet. For as it always is in these cases, a certain period for adjustments needs to be taken into account, as this is indeed a brand new energetic environment not just for you, but for this whole planet.
Eliza: A Time for Reflection
Eliza: A Time for Reflection
So we're a week past the Equinox. How do you feel? Are you perhaps feeling lost and confused? Well, that's a good thing! It means you have stepped into a new energy frequency that you have not experienced prior in this or other lifetimes. You have nothing to compare it with, or at least your rational (lower self) does not, so you wonder what has happened. So Lord Adama advised us last night.
He told us that it is important to take moments to reflect on how far you've come. Many of us who are on a dedicated spiritual path tend to be our most severe critics; we can never do enough good enough to meet some vague idealized goal. We need to release this tendency to self-judgment.
Karen Doonan ~ Outpouring of emotions in TRUTH
As the Planet Earth now increases, expands and deepens its frequency the outpouring of emotions at a human conscious waking mind level continues. The energies of today are such that any lower dimensional frequencies in relation to "safety" in particular "emotional safety" will begin to arise and to be illuminated. The relationships that are in place in your life that run from the distorted FEMALE energies will now illuminate clearly for just as the distorted male energy frequencies were taught to the human race so too were the distorted female energy frequencies. It is not TRUTH to assume that simply adding the male energy frequency in TRUTH to the planet solves the balancing of said planet. Under the old 3D earth reality the feminine energies were highly distorted, it may APPEAR to be shown that the human female was put in the place of "victim" but in TRUTH she was shown how to control using the distortion of "victim". This plays out in many different relationships upon and within planet earth and by this I mean ALL relationships not specifically those that may be termed "romantic".
Wes Annac ~ Discernment in a Spiritually Abundant Era – Part 3/3
Written by Wes Annac, The Aquarius Paradigm
Concluded from Part 2
As Archangel Michael (via Ronna Herman) tells us below, our ongoing evolution is partly responsible for some of the conflicting things we're feeling.
"Some of you have been receiving disconnected and disturbing thoughts, and are dreaming vividly and in great detail. We tell you that you are beginning to access some of your parallel lives, some of your Higher Self, Sparks of Light who are experiencing other dimensions.
"Many of you who could be termed to be 'on the fast track of Ascension' are in the process of integrating more and more fragments of your Higher Self, and as a result, you may be experiencing much confusing or conflicting information." (1)
Selacia – Use 3/30 New Moon To Prepare For April's Wild Energy Ride – 29 March 2014
Thanks to: lucas2012infos
Get ready for an interesting month in April – a full-speed-ahead energy ride with two eclipses and unprecedented planetary lineups certain to stir things up! As I've been writing about on Facebook this past week, April's energies will come with unique challenges.
While you cannot slow down the energy ride or stop the intensity, there are ways you can prepare and stay in your center this next month. One of these is taking advantage of Sunday's new moon – the most powerful one so far in 2014!
New Moon in Aries
That moon is in the sign of Aries – which is about initiating new projects, creating new starts, and shifting how you do things. Consider some intentions to write and also voice out loud – things related to big decisions you are ready to make, forward action on stalled projects, empowerment in areas where you sense you have given away your power, and brand-new ways to express your light.
Natalie Glasson – Where Is The Love? By Archangel Metatron – 29 March 2014
Thanks to: lucas2012infos
Beloved beacons of light and love on the Earth, I address you from my truth speaking to all aspects of your being. I remain a presence and support for the Earth and humanity in this ascension process overseeing all shifts of ascension while ensuring a deeper sense of unity for all with the Creator. You can call upon me to assist you in all ascension processes within your being and upon the Earth as I hold a larger picture of what is to manifest and can shower you in the light of the Creator in support and to assist you further.
Know that while my purpose has been and continues to be focused upon unity with the Creator and all aspects of the Creator which means recognising a harmony with the Creator, I wish to speak now of the importance of love.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Suzanne Lie ~ Message from the Arcturians - Walking The NOW
Walking the Now
We are the Arcturians. We are here with you now to tell you that many of you have been through a "Dark Night of the Soul," which is described below. For now we will just say, "The darkest night is just before dawn!" Therefore, we want to remind you that you must remember to "walk in the NOW." In the NOW there is no past. In the NOW there is no future. In the NOW there is no money to be made, no bills to be paid, no difficulties to be confronted.
In the now there is only NOW. There is only YOU. All the components of your Multidimensional SELF are attempting to come into alignment to create your "Bridge to Freedom." This alignment begins with the YOU that appears to be your physical body in that which appears to be your present incarnation. This YOU is ready to join in alignment with all the higher expressions of your SELF.
Sandra Walter ~ The Cosmic Christ Return : Fulfilling the Promise
Blessings Beloved Light Tribe,
The Equinox Gateway opened a powerful flow of Solar Cosmic Christ energetics. Deep gratitude to everyone who is participating in welcoming this new wave of Cosmic Christ light. It is GLORIOUS and continues to amplify and pour into the grid systems. It will be fully anchored by the Eclipse on April 14, steadily increasing the demand for Peace within and without. It is a divine service to all of HUmanity; please remember that as the timeline split sensation grows more intense.
I hold everyone in my heart who is going through this activation. There is much to reveal here, and I will do my best to be clear. My communication is changing, primarily because of a recent commitment and partially because of steps to first contact. There is so much going on, I would love to have a complete telepathic exchange with you. Words don't capture the intensity of some of these experiences. However there are still 3 months of work left to this Gateway which require clarity in my current role of service. I will attempt a play-by-play style to get the details grounded here.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Sending A Full Frontal Wave Of Love Gillian MacBeth-Louthan
Each day there is a need for you to venture forth into a higher cellular awareness, entering extensions of your soul that are finally available to you. Extend yourself past the boundaries of all that you can imagine 'you' to be. At that point, the edge of your imaginings, is where the true 'you' begins. Do not settle for what is.
What you have fleeting about you are energetic trappings of every particle of thought that you have entertained from your very first breath as a human. You psychically align yourself with what is yet to be seen. Energetically you have activated dormant extensions of your soul into a point that no longer grieves what has passed.
John Smallman ~ Saul ~ The Light that each one of you is bearing on high is growing ever brighter.
We are cheering you on enthusiastically from here in the spiritual realms (which is, of course, right next to you, beside you, closer than you can possibly imagine!) as the moment for your awakening approaches. Getting closer to your moment of awakening is similar to constantly halving the distance between two items. By choosing that specific action you ensure that you can never actually close the gap and bring the items into contact with each other, the gap between them just gets smaller and smaller, but they will never actually touch. With your imminent awakening it is as though there was some kind of opposing force or energy field that is preventing it, and it appears to be intensifying as you get closer to awakening, and so more and more effort is required on your part the closer you get.
And that opposing force is anything within you that is not in alignment with Love. It is your inability to totally surrender to Love – your lack of trust, built up over the eons of human experience in the illusion, due to many lifetimes in which betrayal and disappointment have dogged you, seemingly constantly – that is impeding your progress. In this lifetime you have determined and intended to open to the divine field of Love in which you have your eternal existence, however, your karmic residue, buried deep within your bodies, is very fearful of trusting anyone utterly and completely, and it is that resistance that you are overcoming as you move ever closer to awakening.
Wes Annac ~ Discernment in a Spiritually Abundant Era – Part 2/3
Written by Wes Annac, The Aquarius Paradigm
Continued from Part 1
Hilarion through Marlene Swetlishoff tells us that our growing spiritual awareness is leading us to root all of the negativity out of our lives.
"The process of the re-evaluation of your lives and what is important for your greater health, well being and happiness and the letting go of all that does not serve you has been uppermost in your hearts.
"Some decisions are difficult to make as it means a resetting and reformulating of your former priorities and goals. Asking yourselves some hard questions has been helping you to see with more clarity those areas and ways of being that hold you back from moving forward with enthusiasm and joy." (1)
Eliza Ayres ~ Council of Nine: On the Path
Greetings, we are the Council of Nine.
We come today to address the rapid advancement of those who are undergoing the more advanced stages of ascension. This is occurring due to the magnificent effort by those involved in receiving the light codes and frequency upgrades being absorbed by your planetary body and your individual physical forms as the Cosmic waves come crashing upon the shore of your blue-green planet.
Additionally, more and more humans are waking up. This is evident to those who have been on the path of awakening for decades. Suddenly people who would have never considered doing research on disputed topics, are now delving into all kinds of avenues, searching for answers, questioning everything about their lives and what is going on in the world.
Méline Lafont - L'Équinoxe de Printemps donne naissance à une Conscience Quantique
L'Équinoxe de Printemps donne naissance à une Conscience Quantique ~ Message du Soi
La renaissance de l'unification est ici alors que l'équinoxe de printemps amplifie l'unité en tant que conscience collective. Donc maintenant, alors que nous permettons tous que se fasse l'intégration de notre voyage personnel – en embrassant notre Présence JE SUIS et notre Soi Christique – nous allons désormais continuer ce voyage avec l'actualisation de notre présence des temps anciens, connue en tant qu'incarnation Lémurienne.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Méline Lafont ~ Spring Equinox birthing quantum consciousness ~ Message from Self
Website Méline : www.melinelafont.com
The rebirth of unification is here as the spring equinox is amplifying the oneness as a collective consciousness. So now as we all allow the integrations of our personal journeys to take place, by embracing our I AM Presence and Christed Selves, we shall now continue this journey ahead with the actualization of our former presences known as our Lemurian embodiments.
In those times our Lemurian consciousness and embodiments were of a very high and refined rate. In those days we stood beyond the need for a physical expression as we were lifted up in a higher state of awareness. Those were light bodies we were embodying at that time and so there was a shift in consciousness simultaneously as we were bypassing the borders of "death" and taking ona the form of a light body.
In this Now moment all is about to change swiftly and it will be noticed with your own awareness as the collective consciousness is being infused with a tremendous amount of energy fields that align with the Great Central Sun. The Cosmic order and level of understanding upon this plane is reaching its first amends of quantum consciousness, whereby the first HUEman beings are exploring in this state of being and are gifted with the opportunities to not only explore but to become a quantum consciousness into embodiment as well.
Suzanne Lie ~ Doing The Work 4 -- Earth's Matrix and Messages from the Pleiadian/Arcturian Alliance
Doing the Work Part 4
Earth's Matrix
I know that Jason and I were excited to see Mytrian and begin another adventure. However, as soon as we enthusiastically said we were ready, I began to feel the great fatigue of no sleep for too long. I looked over at Jason and saw that his eyes were drooping too. Fortunately, Mytrian responded to my thoughts by saying,
"Do not worry, my dear human selves, this journey will be a bi-location. Therefore, your earth vessels will be safely resting in your bed while your consciousness journeys into our seventh-dimensional Oversoul. As Mytria and Mytre have learned, you need to place your physical form in a safe, protected place before you bi-locate.
John Smallman ~ Jesus ~ Whenever you experience an event, interaction, or interchange that is loving, acknowledge it and the person who caused it.
As you observe the news being reported on the mainstream media you cannot help but be aware of the enormous changes that are occurring across the world. In many countries people are refusing to continue accepting the authoritarian control and repression that their "so-called" democratic governments are attempting to enforce on them through the police and military, so that the reasonable demands of the governed to be heard, acknowledged, and discussed can be suppressed and ignored.
The days of directing and controlling the populace are over. People will be heard, they will no longer allow themselves to be fobbed off by calls to wait patiently until the present almost insurmountable problems that their governments are facing have been satisfactorily dealt with because they see that these excuses – economic crises, terrorist threats, extreme weather, unruly unions, etc. – are the same old excuses that are reissued every time that the people demand to have the real issues that concern them discussed and resolved.
Wes Annac ~ Spiritual Guidance: Disseminating the 'Sacred Texts'
Conveyed through Wes Annac, The Aquarius Paradigm
As our scribe has been wondering, it's indeed true that the channeled material of your day will be instrumental in helping humanity understand spirit. The messages we bring through aren't always given the most positive attention, but in time, your entire planet will be able to understand the help we seek to offer through the willing scribes we speak through.
Channels for our energy are growing every day, and we encourage all of you to open up to the guidance your higher self is providing you daily.
In every moment, your higher self and guides graciously await you to pick up on their energies and impressions, and we very much enjoy being able to connect with willing hosts and bring through the teachings we intend for humanity to fully understand.
Lucas – If … Truth, Honesty And Transparancy Was Real – 25 March 2014
If you are telling people to have done the best for humanity ever and you alone or your group did it…. If you are telling day by day to be so great and transparent in attacking others meanwhile or defamate them. I you forget telling people what is your own agenda in this.
If you're so truthful in all and telling only the story from your perspective without telling it to be only that view. If your only saying this is THE truth without being truthful about where that truth is coming from. If you're not keeping room for discernment from others but just tell IT IS.
If you are still marketing truths that have served purpose in the old paradigm and bring them into the belief systems for some fools believing. If your still talking about others being wrong and making yourself and your group being the only ones telling the truth.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
One and a half hour tele/webinar conference session
$33(Approximately €25.00/£21.50/R330)
SATURDAY MARCH 29th
~ 7pm GMT, 12pm PDT, 1pm MDT, 2pm CDT, 3pm EDT ~
London/Lisbon 7pm, Johannesburg 9pm, LA 12pm, New York 3pm, Sydney 6am (March 30th)
Join Anrita and the Elders in this telewebinar transmission, taking us ever deeper into our heart's dreaming and the remembrance of our Soul purpose. It is a time of greatness, as we follow our Divine Blueprint, the blueprints of a starseed.
Whether we are coming into a deeper remembrance ourselves at this Now moment, or whether we are already in Service, a beautiful manual, co-created with the Beings of Light from On High, the Christ Consciousness Soul purpose activation will be the focus of this teleseminar, taking us deeper into our heart's dreaming, into our heart's passion and Soul purpose here on earth.
Anrita will start with a transmission by the Elders, and an understanding of our Soul's purpose. Following this, you will be guided through the Christ Consciousness Soul purpose activation. In this process, we connect to our Higher Light and activate the chakras to a deeper level of Divine Love, as we experience the pathway of Christ Consciousness, of One Unity Consciousness. Additionally, we come into a deeper sense of ourselves as these sacred transfiguring Flames of Divine Love, and our ability to co-create with the Company of Heaven in fulfilling our Soul purpose.
Méline Lafont ~ Die Frühjahrs-Tagundnachtgleiche und die Geburt des Quantenbewusstseins ~ Botschaft vom Selbst
Die Wiedergeburt der Vereinigung hat nun eingesetzt, während die Frühjahrs-Tagundnachtgleiche die Einheit als kollektives Bewusstsein verstärkt. Während wir nun die Integration unserer persönlichen Reise zulassen und dabei unsere ICH BIN Gegenwart und unser Christus Selbst annehmen, werden wir diese Reise fortsetzen und unsere frühere Anwesenheit als Lemurische Verkörperungen aktualisieren.
Zu dieser Lemurischen Zeit befand sich unser Bewusstsein und unsere Verkörperung auf einer sehr hohen und feinen Ebene. Es bestand kein Bedarf, einen physischen Ausdruck zu haben, da wir uns auf einem höheren Bewusstseinszustand befanden. Zu dieser Zeit waren wir Lichtkörper und es gab gleichzeitig einen Bewusstseinswandel da wir die Grenzen des "Todes" umgingen und die Form eines Lichtkörpers annahmen.
Monday, March 24, 2014
Suzanne Lie ~ Tending Our Garden Of Life and Invitation to "The Brilliance Within" Radio Show 3-23-14
Tending our Garden of Life
For most of our earthly incarnations we were not aware of our powers of creation. However, now that the higher light is deeply embedding in our consciousness, we are becoming aware that WE are the creators of our reality.
As we ponder creating our own reality, we must look at situations in which we believe that we have no control and even feel victimized. Did we create these situations? Did karma create them or was our Multidimensional SELF the creator?
The answer is yes to all three questions. We create our reality via our own unconscious, conscious or superconscious self. In order to be conscious creators, we must be willing to own that we are the creators of every situation, even if we find it challenging.
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I remember the day… the day that changed everything for communication.
It was the day that news sources began accepting "comments" under news articles.
When was that even? It has to have been at least ten years ago… but I remember thinking, well it's nice to hear about the coming snowstorm from the actual journalist, but am I really curious about what Joe Basement thinks about it? And why is he so angry? And then why is Sue So Sue Me arguing with him, creating a string of comments that ended up in a fight about who's fault exactly WWI was… I was just looking for weather, but I got drawn in. And I thought, is this the beginning of the end? This can't be real…
Fast forward ten years later, to when we only pick up "the phone" if we know the person or it's business, and have 18 spam filters and 13 different ways to text to ensure we don't have to really talk to anyone, including best friends and family, unless the stars and planets align and we are even in the mood to let a phone call interrupt our day. As a kid, I was always annoyed that as soon as we sat down for dinner, it seemed that loud RIIIIIIIIIINNNGGGGG (a… gasp… landline ring, and my friend, that thing was loud!) took precedence over the rest of us, and this was before voicemails and call waiting (at least in my home growing up.) As an adult, I was overjoyed that I could "get back to a text" when it was convenient to do so, and I could focus on whomever I was with at the moment with no interruptions (because who even has their phone on anything but a slight "vibrate," if that, anymore?)
And so I started texting everything. Forget letters of old, (unless you are super super super close and love getting letters), and forget bothering someone's dinner, forget knocking on someone's door… when all you need to do is send quick text! What I thought was originally a curse online turned into what I thought was an immense blessing: the gift of being able to be in the present with my family and friends, and at the same time fit in anyone who may want to get in touch. Yay!
Until one day earlier this year, when I realized it had all gotten out of hand in my personal life, way out of hand… and upon further thought, I looked back and realized that it had gotten out of hand long before social media was even on the scene. I had lost real relationships, had experienced real division, and the same had been done to me: words that were packed with feelings or the need for healing, written sloppily or spontaneously expressed over text, email, or social media, inadvertently caused devastation… and I hadn't even made the connection.
All we had needed to do was: SIMPLY TALK.
I had missed this tidbit of wisdom for the same reason many people do: there's a hidden power behind that keyboard. People say things they wouldn't dream of saying if we were all sitting in our living rooms together. We would restrain or filter and consider whether it was truly necessary to say everything we are thinking, and we would have to look each other in the eye. Since I have (too) little filter in real life when I speak, I thought my typed words, since they mainly represent my spoken words, were more accurate and restrained (because I could edit them) than my extroverted and unfiltered impassioned soap boxes that can pop out. But even then, written communication was breaking down more and more, even with those closest to me.
It was the words of wisdom from a very close loved one that woke me up: "I will never write anything important (regarding relationship healing) in text again." I realized, for those truly important relationship issues, texts can't capture the depths, the facial expressions, the subtle humor and the voice inflections that we grow to know subconsciously with those we love, and even those we don't know well, if we are relational. Texting is an art, as is writing, and I noticed that those with whom I share deep history can actually be more difficult to text, unless we have zero issues between us (oh, what a blessing those people are, right?) I can be reading a harmless letter, and inside old wounds can rise up, thoughts can bubble to the surface, habitual thinking can take over, when the loved one may simply be asking about holiday plans. When we are more a stranger to a person, we tend to give them the benefit of the doubt, but Great Aunt Grudge? Not so much.
Sadly, I have been shocked that others I love deeply have done the same to me.
Not so long ago, a pretty innocent group text started between myself and three people I love with all my heart, decades of love and loyalty… (side note: group texts can be weird too…) Somewhere in the harmless exchange, I was in a silly mood and threw in a laugh emoji, as I found my own personal humor in the exchange between the others. (When I have intense feelings about something, I can naturally cope by finding the humor in it.) At the same time, my phone had misidentified who was saying what. That laugh emoji and my sarcastic joking comment ended up releasing a dormant volcano in others that exploded with thoughts and grudges and disgust that had apparently been held in for decades, without my knowledge. I was so shocked that I was shaking while I waited for my son's orthodontist appointment to finish, as text after text (over 20 of them) buzzed my phone. When I got out to my car, I had to wait a half hour before I could see straight enough to drive. Even worse, I started fighting back, some in shock, some in anger that this was coming out after so many years. The whole thing seemed unnecessarily out of proportion, including my own reaction… but the real tragedy was that they had tried to call, and I couldn't or didn't pick up because I was in the doctor's office. I should never have continued texting, but rather should have waited until the end of the appointment and called them back. In fairness to these beautiful people, they did the right thing, and I tried to solve it with texting. This caused division that was almost fabricated by a lack of authentic communication, which would have included vocal tones and real emotions and the natural course conversations take when we love each other: we work things out.
I began to think of other times there was division seemingly out of nowhere, a time when there was a group email (the group thing y'all… not a good idea unless there are no hidden agendas with anyone!)… and I was off-the-charts hormonal as I was having a 2nd trimester miscarriage, so I was unable to express myself in any other way than pain… and a dear friend sent what seemed like a callous response and an emoji and I became unnecessarily hurt, because she meant no harm, I'm sure.
And there are others… many others…. times when feelings were expressed not in person, but behind the coldness or the power of the screen, sentiments on social media that could not properly be expressed if not in person… I've watched people literally destroy each other and people's reputations over social media and in the comment sections on twitter… people have despaired over what they see said to them or about them offhandedly when they are in a mood, the "likes" they don't get when they are needing encouragement or having a tough day, the internet mob go after them to where they just fade away… marriages crumble over text that's anything less than supportive, friendships explode into oblivion, people get blocked and deleted, and now it's not just the younger crowd, but even older generations have let the internet estrange them from those they love.
Does this mean social media and texting and the whole internet is bad? Absolutely not! It's all a tool, and I've had many more good experiences than negative ones online… but like any tool, I had to learn how to use it properly (and I'm still learning…) The internet is not a place to resolve personal conflict (especially publicly), or to rabidly tear down people (different from informing, by the way), or to express raw emotions of anger and judgment toward a person. Where do comments and posts and texts like these even lead us? I have found that this type of negativity only breeds more of it, and even more tragically, causes estrangement from those we love.
And so the lesson is and has been life-changing for me, and it took me some time to really get it. I certainly don't believe filtering everything through a fake Pollyanna persona, as if someone wants a Golden Globe: because if someone wants to do that, they should go for it in Hollywood and use those amazing acting skills 🙂 But as for most of us? I believe we can still keep it real, and express our opinions and our beliefs and have friends and family and loved ones who believe differently from us, and STILL get along online. And if we see a news article or a post we don't like? We don't need to be Sir Scrooge and The Knights Who Say Ni just to stir up anger even further… we can scroll past and focus more on what we DO agree with, and encourage those giving those uplifting messages of truth, in charity. We can even override our natural urge to argue or be offended and say something kind or witty, with an innocent well-meaning heart to them. It's amazing what happens when we start to only use social media for the greater good, and not as a personal venting machine (I'm guilty as charged with that!)
We can build each other up, even if we disagree, just as fellow human beings all walking this mysterious road called "life," and even better, we can love each other on the way.


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According to a recent article of U.S. Department of Commerce, data show that international travelers have spent around $82.2 billion on travel and tourism-related goods and services last year, an increase of 11 percent. According to its analysis, U.S. travel and tourism exports reached a new record in the first half of 2012, and may continue to grow with a closing amount of $170 billion.
Foreign citizens' traveling to America and buying goods and services from American companies also count toward U.S. exports. Government has paved path for U.S. tourism industry to further develop their business, providing more crucial data and enhanced interactive web content, multimedia, mobile, trip-planning tools.
For more information: http://www.commerce.gov./blog/


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Analog Devices launched ADIsimPE (personal edition) simulator for Linear and Mixed Signal applications capable of virtual prototyping for customers with limited resources and fast time-to-market requirements. ADIsimPE is powered by the SIMetrix/SIMPLIS simulator and utilizes SIMetrix SPICE for simulation of linear circuits, such as precision references, op amps and linear regulators, and SIMPLIS (SIMulation of Piecewise LInear Systems) for high speed analysis of non-linear circuits such as PLLs and switching power supplies – up to 50 times faster than the leading SPICE based simulators.
The web-based ADIsimPower Design Center offers designers a complete, virtual evaluation ecosystem from customer requirements to solution based on a simple and quick 3-step design process aimed at reducing customer risk and dramatically improving time-to-market:
Step1: Select the optimum solution based on efficiency, cost, area and component count. www.analog.com/ADIsimPower
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If you go
* What: Colors of Fall at Sexton Hall
* When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Saturday
* Where: Sexton Hall Enrichment Center, 2115 Chloe Road
It was an exciting day for Cathy Mozley.
The potter's latest creations came in first and second place for three-dimensional works in the inaugural Sawnee Artists Association's Colors of Fall show.
"It's the first time I have ever entered a contest with my pottery," she said at the grand opening. "I'm excited."
The new association member said all the artwork at the show was well crafted, adding that it was "a great venue for showing off the talents of the people in the area."
The juried show, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Saturday at Sexton Hall, features fine art from about 50 members of the association. Included are creations in oils, woodwork, sculpture, jewelry and photography.
Colors of Fall was a collaboration between the association and Sexton, where association artwork has a regular home. Chris Luttrell, program coordinator at the senior enrichment center, said she attended the event's opening in support of the arts.
"My main goal is senior services," she said. "There are so many senior citizens that are artists ... a lot of our students have entered their artwork into the show.
"I'm supporting our students."
Kris Strawkas, who organized the event with Mary Negron, was happy with how everything came together. And she said planning has begun for next year's show.
"I think it went great," she said of the grand opening. "Next year, we'll expand it, double it.
"I think the talent in this county is incredible."
Among the winners was Edith Hill Smith, who earned first place for her two-dimensional painting. Hill said she's a professional artist who's been displaying artwork since the late 1980s.
A longtime member of the association, Smith said she was pleased with the show's display.
"It looks good," she said. "I like the way it's hung. I think they did a really good job."
With just three months of planning, Strawkas said she was pleased with how everything turned out, "considering the time frame."
Next year, there likely will be much more planning involved. She also said her goal is to increase the size of the association and its scope.
"When people think of serious art organizations and galleries, they think of Roswell, they think of Atlanta, Alpharetta," she said. "We would really like to move the organization forward and hopefully expand on this."


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Do we need more environmental/ecological play? (Besides spending time outdoors)?
Last week in Krakow, Poland I got a chance to participate in Lords of the Valley, a role-playing simulation board game developed by the Centre for Systems Solutions (CRS).
The setting is a river valley, and players take the roles of farmers, water authorities, local authorities, a bank and an environmental NGO.
For the day I got a welcome break from my own data collection, and I got to enter this microworld in which time and space are compressed—an entire river valley fits into one room, the water level and dike height represented by legos, and 10 years go by in the span of about 3 hours. And I get to be a different person, a hydro-engineer on the local water board.
My job was to contribute to an effective long-term water management plan for the valley, working with all the other players whose own decisions affected the context in which we worked. The game is supposed to create a "hybrid learning environment":
1) learning the 'content' – in this case about different floodplain management regimes
2) learning about 'relational social processes' – how to interact and collaborate with other players
The game uses a quantitative system dynamics model, combining environmental variables with decisions made by the players to produce a social-ecological system with many feedback loops. Besides the game itself, the learning environment I found myself immersed in contained a few additional layers:
- We were being observed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers who furiously scribbled down notes as we acted out our roles
- The debriefing session that happened after the game where we got to discuss what happened during the game, what we got out of it, and hear from the organizers about the design
- My own "meta" observations of the facilitators, the players, and of myself as a player/learner/educator
These many layers made it a complex, unpredictable and fascinating experience.
As I walked home from the event, I realized it had been a while since I'd been so absorbed in something for an entire day in the way the game absorbed me. During the game and debriefing, I learned in much more intense way (getting emotionally involved) than I would have from a traditional class on water management.
For all the talking I do about creating an active classroom, using technology, AND, for having a degree in environmental sciences, this is the first time I had ever played a game like this. Why is that the case? How widespread are simulation/role-play games in (environmental) curriculum? Should they be more available and widespread?
A benefit of combining an environmental systems model with a role-playing game is that the experience can help people learn about complex ecological systems and how various actors' individual and collective activities can shape them over the short and long term. This might especially be helpful for environmental issues that for many remain invisible or abstract, like climate change.
More generally, a benefit of games as pedagogical tools is that they can create a safer space to take risks. They may allow for a shift in power dynamics that may not be possible in "reality." Such group simulation/role-playing games are valuable for teaching interpersonal skills. The skills we definitely need if we're going to tackle complex environmental issues.
The game de-briefing illuminated for many of us some of our individual and collective blind spots when it comes to communication. If we had the opportunity to play again, we may have better regulated our relational, social interactions. For example, during the game there were 2 'community meetings' during which we could have more skillfully drawn out every player's ideas.
An article* write up about the game confirms that it's the relational part that's hardest. Most participants end up focusing more narrowly on the technical, problem-solving part—the river management piece. This reminds me of something a colleague working in environmental policy once told me when we were discussing the physical/human divide in the discipline of geography: the physical part is the easy part, the social part is hard.
So, do we need more environmental/ecological play?
To what extent are simulation/role-play games accepted as a legitimate pedagogical method in social-environmental higher ed, beyond military, business or medical contexts? What would be required for simulation games to be taken up/more seriously as a vital aspect of 21st century environmental curriculum and just plain civic education?
- Is availability/affordability a main barrier? Backlash from educators/students?
- Are games better played "in person," and in groups, containing both a content dimension and a relational dimension?
- Does a game need to have a "winner"? Ours didn't, since each player/role set her own goals, and those goals also shifted throughout the game.
- Is a post-game debriefing session necessary to enhance the pedagogical benefits of game-playing? I found the debriefing session to be extremely beneficial for processing the experience. One thing to note is that we stayed in our "roles" during the de-brief. This allowed us to have some distance between our own perceived "mistakes" in the game, to handle others' comments better, and to be able to constructively criticize other players. It seems that skilled facilitation is essential to a successful playing-learning experience.
*Stefanska, Magnuszewski et al. 2011. "A Gaming Exercise to Explore Problem-Solving versus Relational Activities for River Floodplain Management". Environmental Policy and Governance. 21 (6): 454-471.


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Joshua Stein · 11/12/07 05:40PM
Marquee progenitors Noah Tepperberg and Jason Strauss (who were the subjects of this Grigoriadis-Schoeneman... piece of writing) recently celebrated the second year anniversary of their Vegas shitshow Tao. That's where this picture was taken. Strauss looks more and more like Carson Daly mixed with a character from "The Incredibles." Tepperberg looks something like a 40-year-old suburban dad, as he pretty much has since he was 16. [DBTH]


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'Transformers' Scores a $100 Million Opening
Welcome to the Box Office Report, where Michael Bay's fourth Transformers movie obliterated the box office with a bunch of explosions and stuff.
Welcome to the Box Office Report, where Michael Bay's fourth Transformers movie obliterated the box office with a bunch of explosions and stuff.
1. Transformers: The Age of Extinction (Paramount): $100 million in 4,233 theaters.
Good god! Critics hated it, audiences lukewarmed it, but the people paid to see the new Transformers flick in record-breaking fashion. This is both the strongest opening day ($41.6 million) and the strongest opening weekend of 2014. And it made another $200 million worldwide! Good for Stanley Tucci and Kelsey Grammar, we suppose.
2. 22 Jump Street (Sony): $15.4 million in 3,426 theaters.
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill continue to perform well this month, managing to hold onto the second spot after being knocked off the box office throne last week by Think Like a Man Too. Good reviews have helped, especially since nobody outside America is seeing this movie.
3. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Fox): $13.1 million in 3,750 theaters.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 , the third of the four sequels on our list this week, has performed sluggishly, perhaps because of the four-year pause between the first and second installment. Nevertheless, strong reviews are keeping this animated flick in the game into its third week.
4. Think Like a Man Too (Screen Gems): $10.4 million in 2,225 theaters.
Think Like a Man sank like a stone after winning the box office last week. A possibly historic divide between audience and critic reviews may speak to how quickly the franchise loyalists fled the theaters.
5. Maleficent (Buena Vista): $8.2 million in 3,073 theaters.
What staying power! This movie, you may remember, came out all the way back in May. And despite some middling reviews (chalked with praise for Angelina Jolie), Maleficent outperformed Clint Eastwood's doozy Jersey Boys, which fell off the list in only its second week. Maleficent also cleaned up overseas, netting nearly double its take elsewhere.


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Ashley + Brian 10.26.17
Real Abt Bride
Congratulations to our beautiful bride Ashley and her new husband Brian! They had a creative, book themed wedding in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was the little details in which they incorporated books that made their wedding whimsical and fun! Ashley's father even created an amazing book arch for their big day and it made for some incredible pictures. Thank you Ashley for choosing Amanda's Bridal, we wish you a beautiful and happy marriage!
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