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Dallas Green and Larry Bowa celebrate after the Phillies World Series victory over the
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hitter to end the game.
RF Chuck Klein won the National League MVP, October 19, 1932. He edged right-handed pitcher Lon Warneke of the Chicago Cubs, 78-68 in points. Chuck led the NL in games (154), runs (152), hits (226), home runs (38), slugging percentage (.646) and total bases (420). Hit .348 with 50 doubles, 15 homers, 127 RBI. It was the only time he won the award, although he finished second in 1931 and 1933.
For other great moments in Phillies history visit http://www.phillies.com/alumni.
Winter Ball Notes
Dominican League opened on Thursday and CF Roman Quinn had an impressive debut, 3-for-5, a run, three RBI and a stolen base. Through Monday, Quinn is hitting .357 in three games, a triple, home run and four RBI. Other Phillies in that league so far include OF Brian Bogusevic, INF Angelo Mora, RHR Jimmy Cordero, RHR Ulises Joaquin, RHR Ryan Sullivan and SS Malquin Canelo.
LHR Elvis Araujo, who ended his rookie season with the Phillies on the disabled list, is pitching in the Venezuela League.
According to http://www.phuturephillies.com OF Aaron Brown has replaced OF Dylan Cozens on the Glendale Desert Dogs roster in the Arizona Fall League.
AFL update: Brown (2-4, R) was in the lineup on Monday night playing centerfield, a game Glendale won, 4-2. J. P. Crawford (1-4, R, 3 SO) was at shortstop, Andrew Knapp (0-4, RBI) played first and RH Yacksel Rio (3 hitless, scoreless innings) was the starting pitcher and winner (1-0). RH Jesen Therrien pitched the seventh, (1 IP, 3 H, 2 R).
Postseason Tidbits
All four teams in the Championship Series are wearing blue hats. Have no idea on the significance of this brilliant observation.
Since October 1 of a year ago, Cubs merchandise has increased in sales by 1,800%.
Number of Phillies Alumni in the postseason is down to two, Ben Revere (Blue Jays) and Ryan Madson (Royals).
Toronto's David Price retired 18 consecutive batters on Saturday night but wound up losing. His postseason record as a starter is now 0-7. That's hard to believe.
Mets 2B Daniel Murphy has been in the big leagues since 2008. He never hit five home runs in one month until now.
Sneak Peek
The Fightin' Phillies: 100 Years of Philadelphia Baseball from the Whiz Kids to the Misfits
is the title of my new book which will be available starting next May in book stores and on-line. Larry Andersen wrote the foreword. Publisher again is Triumph Books (triumphbooks.com).
Book features faces and places in the history of the franchise which was established in 1883. Included is a sampling of historic performances that hold a special place such the team's very first game, no-hitters ranging from 1885 through 2015, the most dramatic home run, the last batting champion, the greatest strikeout game by a pitcher, the youngest hurler ever to win a game, special World Series accomplishments and the breaking of two all-time hit records. Plus, many other historic performance stories.
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Happy 2 years Dainty Dweeb!!! That's so exciting, I haven't even made it a year yet buttttt I'm hoping to one day celebrate 2 as well!!!
xo, JJ
Happy 2nd Blogiversary to my little corner of the internet. Two whole years already? Can you actually believe it, because I definitely can't. When I first started Kayla Jayne, well it was kaylajaynehughes and then Dainty Dweeb, I didn't know whether it would last a month never mind 2 years. I'm proud of how far we have come. Is that weird? Calling my and my blog we. Oh well, who cares if it is. I'm proud that I have stuck to it at times when I have wanted to throw the towel in. I'm proud of myself for persevering through bloggers block and the days where I almost, well probably did give up on blog pictures because I just couldn't get the right lighting. WE MADE IT GIRL. We're still here. Powering on.
I am immensely thankful for you guys who actually take the time to read whether its rambling posts like these, or wish lists, reviews, y'know. It all means a lot, like wow people actually read this shit and most days that's what it is, shit that just splurts out on my keyboard and then before you know it we have a full blown post. This little venture is actually growing, and it's growing a lot more than I expected lately and I love it. The support, the community, the friends. I LOVE IT. I love you. Seriously guys, lets share the love because why the hell not?
One thing I want to do is become more interactive with the bloggers I love. I'm always way too shy, even if it's only on social media – I'm always scared I'll come across weird but it's going to be one of my goals to overcome this and I'm going to smash it, or at least try.
Anyway, I'm gonna leave this here with a massive THANK YOU, and a little happy birthday!
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Happy 2 years Dainty Dweeb!!! That's so exciting, I haven't even made it a year yet buttttt I'm hoping to one day celebrate 2 as well!!!
xo, JJ
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Eee! Thank you so much, I'm sure you'll definitely make it to two years and beyond! 🙂
Brianna says
Congratulations on your 2 years! Well deserved!
-Brianna Kirk
Kayla Jayne says
Thank you Brianna, by the way I love your name! xo
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Thank you!!!
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awhhh! Omg you're so cute. Happy birthday to your blog! and also congrats on hitting a blogging milestone. I started following you a few months ago, and I've really loved reading your blog and getting to know a bit about you. Excited to continue reading! Have a wonderful day love xxx
Kayla Jayne says
aw thank you so much Melina! it really means the world to me 🙂 xo
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I've just started my blog and this is so inspiring and I can't wait to get to two years hehe!! WELL DONE! xxx
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aw that's great! what made you want to start blogging? 🙂 thank you xo
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I honestly just live writing! And I have a passion for all things fashion and lifestyle and I think blogging was just perfect for me! xx
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Yaaay! Congratulations on your two years! I must sat that your blog is very enjoyable! 🙂
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Thank you! :)) xo
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Congrats on 2 years! That's really a huge step! I'm coming up on my 9th Year Blogoversary (crazy I know) and you clearly have learned more than I did in my first 2 years 🙂 Keep up the awesomeness!
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Congrats on 2 years!!
Keep up with all the good work, love your blog!
Love, Melissa x
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Congrats girl! My blog just turned 1 and I can see that the feelings are the same even after 2 years haha totally share the "people actually read this shit?" feeling! and it's amazing 😀
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The Hartford HealthCare Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute providers treat more cases of prostate cancer a year than any other center in the state, but they would still like to see an end to the cancer, one of the most treatable forms when detected early enough.
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ZERO Prostate invests funds raised through the run/walk in programs around the country including the Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute where the monies help fund community prostate cancer education programs and PSA testing health fairs. Hartford HealthCare recently opened Tallwood Men's Health as a convenient way for men in the area to access specialty care in urology and such other areas as behavioral health, cardiology and weight loss medicine.
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Felony Charge Dropped
UPDATE 03/18/09: A judge has dropped a felony charge against a San Jose man whose pit bull badly injured a neighbor last year as he tried to protect his dog. Ivan Batinich, 22, had been charged with allowing a vicious animal to be at large. Judge Jerome Brock of Santa Clara County Superior Court dismissed the case, saying there was not enough evidence to prove Batinich knew his dog was dangerous.
Bella ran off and still hasn't been found. Batinich's pit bull has been euthanized.
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San Jose, CA - Back in April, there was a story about a man name Steve Belsley and his dog Bella. Steve had taken his dog out for a walk in a South San Jose neighborhood when a loose pit bull attack him and his dog. The owner of the pit bull, 22-year old Ivan Batinich, has now been charged with a felony that could land him three years in prison.
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Terri Belsley, Steve's wife said, "We had no idea that this aggressive pit bull lived less than a block from us. Steve is most likely going to have permanent damage to his arm and fingers." She said one of his tendons isn't healing properly, and his doctor said that he may not be able to fully extend his left middle finger again. He is an engineer for Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale and uses a computer at work.
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Moon phase on 18 October 2090 Wednesday is Waning Crescent, 24 days old Moon is in Leo.Share this page: twitter facebook linkedin
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 28% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 16 October 2090 at 10:36.
Moon rises after midnight to early morning and sets in the afternoon. It is visible in the early morning low to the east.
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Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2090 after 19 days on 7 November 2090 at 09:05.
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
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Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 38 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 31 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠3.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠19.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
11 days after point of apogee on 6 October 2090 at 16:44 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 October 2090 at 22:03 in ♎ Libra.
Moon is 366 693 km (227 852 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 372 km (223 303 mi).
11 days after its descending node on 6 October 2090 at 13:25 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 20 October 2090 at 10:45 in ♍ Virgo.
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
3 days after previous North standstill on 14 October 2090 at 20:55 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.312°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.382° in the next southern standstill on 27 October 2090 at 11:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
After 4 days on 23 October 2090 at 02:09 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.


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Today's post is all about my top 3 Healthy Habbit's.
So here we go
1: Drinking water
I do like to drink plenty of water whether it is flavoured or not. Water as well as being healthy for your body is really good for your skin. Your skin is the largest organ that you have and if you do not drink enough water, it can make the skin very dry and and flaky.
So if you are having a few problems with your skin maybe take a look at your water in take too and see if you can improve that a little before trying other things, it does take a while, like up to a month but you should see results.
2: Removing make up before I go to bed.
Now to be fair I don't do this all the time but I am trying to remember each night. Like drinking more water, making sure you take your make up off each night in the proper way will help to make your skin clear.
When I remove my make up I used Nivea's eye make up remover that is just amazing, it takes it off in one wipe, and I also use a Nivea cleaner with cotton wool to take off my powder, foundation and anything else on my face. I also use a night cream, which again is a Nivea cream.
3: Hand Sanitiser
I have a little obsession with hand sanitiser at the moment. I have found very cool ones which have sweety smells, like one is bubble gum and the other is strawberry laces :D They are amazing, although I think the bubble gum one actually smells like calpol hehe.
After I have held my hamster or done the washing up or prepared food I use it and then spend the next hour trying not to eat my hand haha. I also found soaps which smell like strawberry laces and chocolate orange, which are in our bathrooms.
So there are my top 3 healthy habbits, today I don't have make up on but I will still make sure that I wash my face and use a night cream on my skin tonight before bed.
What are your healthy habbits?
See you soon
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Yang Se Jong Makes Dramatic Transformation For Upcoming Drama "30 But 17"
Yang Se Jong is set to show a side of himself he's never showed before in his new drama "30 but 17."
As the follow-up drama to "Wok of Love," the new SBS Monday-Tuesday drama "30 but 17" will be a romantic comedy that tells the story of a woman who fell into a coma when she was 17 and woke up when she was 30, and her interactions with a man who has cut himself off from the rest of society. The drama will be helmed by producing director (PD) Jo Soo Won of "I Hear Your Voice" and screenwriter Jo Sung Hee of "She Was Pretty."
Yang Se Jong will be playing the role of Gong Woo Jin, who experienced great trauma when he was 17 and decided to cut himself off from the rest of society as a result of it. The new stills that have been released show the actor looking quite different from his normal self. With a beard and scraggly hair that covers most of his face, Yang Se Jong perfectly portrays his character and his lack of care for how he looks as he lives alone and away from the eyes of society. The stills also show a comical side of the actor as he doesn't seem to care about how he looks as he does whatever he wants.
When asked why he decided to appear in the drama, Yang Se Jong stated, "I wanted to show a unique and comical side of myself that I haven't been able to show yet in my previous works. I'm working hard to create a fresh and fun story, but I'm a little worried about how people will take the dramatic transformation I go under for the role. I'm excited though, as it's a chance to show a new side to myself. I'm having fun on set, so please give our drama your interest and support."
The production staff added, "Yang Se Jong surprised everyone from the first day with his perfect analysis of his character. We are sure that he will show a comical side of himself through the drama so please anticipate his first appearance, which is sure to leave an impression on viewers."
"30 but 17" will begin airing on July 23 at 10 p.m. KST, and will be available on Viki!
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English Language Competency Required for Japanese Students
English Conversation Clubs in Japan
Online Resources for Learning English
Language Learning at Rice University
English Language Competency Required for Japanese Students
The language of research host labs at Rice University is English and all selected participants must have the English-language ability necessary to successfully complete a research experience in the U.S. While you are at Rice, you will speak in English within your lab and on a day-to-day basis. All seminars and workshops will also be conducted in English.
To Apply: The online application for the program must be written in English and program interviews in English will be conducted with all program finalists via Skype. If available, students should upload a copy of their most recent TOEFL or IELTS English language test scores.
If you are selected as a program participant, you will be required to provide proof of English language ability in one of the following ways as part of the J-1 visa documentation process at Rice University.
- Option 1: Pass an English Language Interview with the Center for Academic and Professional Communication at Rice University; conducted via Skype.
- Option 2: Provide Proof of IELTS Score of 7 or above
- Option 3: Provide Proof of TOEFL Scores of:
- TOEFL Paper-based: 600 or above
- TOEFL Computer-based: 250 or above
- TOEFL Internet-based: 90 or above
More information on proof of English language competency will be provided to selected program participants in late March/early April.
Prior to Departure: English Conversation Clubs in Japan
We strongly encourage all potential applicants and selected participants to speak in English as much as possible – even while you are still in Japan. Check with your university International Programs/Exchange office and ask if there are any English Language Tables or Conversation Clubs that you can join at your home university. These programs may enable you to interact with international students in Japan and practice/improve your English conversation by speaking with your new international friends!
Prior to Departure: Online Resources for Learning English
The following online resources may be helpful to your English language learning and speaking goals. You may want to 'Like' the U.S. Embassy Tokyo Facebook page or the Facebook page of your nearest U.S. Consulate in Japan to learn more about various programs and events they may host for students interested in speaking in English or study/research in the U.S.
- American English at State: Materials for Learning English
- EF Resources for Learning English
- 5 Ways International Students Can Improve Conversational English Skills
- 8 Best Interactive Websites for Adults to Learn English
- 11 Free Websites to Practice English at Home (NY Public Library)
- American vs. British English
See also 'Academic Writing & Presenting for Non-Native English Speakers' on our Presentation and Poster Development Resources page.
- American Slang Words and Idioms You Need to Know (Smartling)
- EF: The Most Common Idioms
- Idioms in American English (Learn American English Online)
- Videos: American Idioms (American English @ State.gov)
- 15 Business Idioms Commonly Used in the U.S. Workplace (Spoken English Practice)
- 20 Essential English Idioms for Sounding Like a Native (FluentU)
U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan – American Corners & Education USA
Language Learning at Rice University
Rice's Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) offers a series of volunteer-taught English Conversation Classes. Schedule permitting, participants are welcome to sign up to join these free conversation classes while at Rice.
While you are at Rice University, you will also have the opportunity to meet and connect with both undergraduate and graduate students. These may be students working with you in your research lab, Rice students who are studying Japanese, or Rice students who have previously studied or done research abroad in Japan. If you have questions about English, in particular colloquial English, slang, and idioms, your student friends at Rice would be great people to ask!
Undergraduate Lab Members: There will also likely be undergraduate students working in your research lab on a part-time basis. Ask your professor or graduate student mentor to introduce you to the undergraduate lab members. Ask them about undergraduate student life at Rice University, doing research as an undergraduate in the U.S., and their future goals. Undergraduates typically do research part-time while attending classes so you may not see them as often as the graduate student lab members.
Sitting in on Your Host Professor's Classes: Some host professors may be currently teaching undergraduate classes at Rice University. You can ask them if you could 'sit in' on this course. Be aware, this may not be possible due to the class size and content and is at the discretion of the host professor. If the answer is yes, you could learn more about classroom culture in the U.S. and expand your English language skills to include classroom conversation and discussion.
Attending Department/Center Research Seminars/Talks: You will see lots of announcements about departmental/center seminars or talks in your research building. These may be posted in the elevator or on bulletin boards or you may receive announcements about special talks/seminars via email or from your Academic Department/Center's Facebook page. These seminars/talks are usually free and open to the public so be sure you plan to attend a few while you are at Rice. Undergraduate students are always welcome and you can ask your graduate student mentor to invite you to join them at any seminars/talks they are planning to attend. Information on special talks and seminars open to the campus community can also be found on the Rice University Events Calendar.
You will also have the opportunity to meet current Rice University students who are learning Japanese through Ozaki-sensei's Japanese Language Lunch Table Discussion sessions. Typically, there will be 1 – 2 lunch table discussion meet-ups during the time you are at Rice University. You will have the option of purchasing a lunch ticket in advance that will enable you to eat in one of the Undergraduate College Servery (cafeteria) on the day the discussion session is held. You will set in the Private Dining Room with other native Japanese speakers (primarily Japanese graduate students at Rice) and undergraduate students who are learning Japanese. During lunch, the Rice students will only be allowed to speak in Japanese.
These sessions give you an opportunity to meet other Rice undergraduate students, other current Japanese students at Rice, add experience a little bit of undergraduate college (dormitory) life at Rice University. While you won't be speaking in English during these sessions, you will be building your intercultural communication skills and making new friends!
Due to the timing of the TOMODACHI STEM program you won't be able to participate in these programs but, if you return to Rice University as a graduate student, you may be able to participate in these programs in the future.


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ST Application Process
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ARTHUR: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!
WOMAN: Order, eh -- who does he think he is?
ARTHUR: I am your king!
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What We Offer
What we can offer to our STs is a rewarding creative experience in a project with down to earth teammates that won't pressure STs into biting off more than they can chew.
Also, we've been STs ourselves for longer than we care to admit and so we understand how much of a grind it can be to have to do a lot of sheet work and other administrative tasks. So we've designed tools to make that process easier by giving you resources that are logically organized, streamlined, and easy to use.
This way as a ST in WoDG you'll spend more time spinning your stories and executing your dastardly plans on your poor players, rather than getting bogged down in a mire of paperwork scattered all over the place.
Finally, we have structured the Chronicle so that STs aren't expected to and don't have to babysit the chat 24/7. STs handle inhabiting NPCs, officiating scenes when needed, host events where they run storylines they've created when the inspiration hits them, and make use of our streamlined ticket system and ST Portal for handling sheet work. This way the time STs spend STing is manageable and this reduces the chances of burnout and other negative side effects of being overworked.
Joining the Team
The process for becoming a ST is a relatively simple and straight-forward one and the steps are as follows:
- Fill out the provided application form. If you are a newly registered user, we may ask you to join the community as a player before we accept an application.
- The application will be reviewed by the STs and a one week processing period begins.
- If the application passes an initial review by the staff, then an interview(s) is set up and conducted. We try to schedule only one with as many people attending as possible. However, that is not always possible. Staff members who were not able to attend the initial interview may conduct informal interviews during the one week processing period to get a better sense of the applicant.
- A test session is scheduled for the applicant to run for the staff.
- The final decision is made and the applicant is informed.
- If No: The applicant is informed of the decision and why their application was rejected.
- If Yes: The applicant is informed of the decision and begins a probationary period to last no less than 30 days. During this probationary period the applicant begins as a Narrator in their chosen venue.
- At the end of the probationary period, the applicant is offered a permanent position as a Narrator or ST dependent upon current openings and the applicant's comfort level.
No ST PCs Within Their Own Venue: Understand that as part of our ST Policies and to reduce the likelihood of conflict of interest, we do not allow STs to keep Player Characters in the venue in which they ST. If an applicant is offered a position on the team, they will be required to retire any Player Characters that they have in the venue for which they are applying. Should the ST leave the team or the venue in the future and they wish to continue playing within the venue, they are required to allow a 6 month waiting period expire before their old Player Character can be brought out of retirement or before they can create a new character for that venue. This is to ensure that any inside information that the ST would have known is likely obsolete by the time he or she re-enters the venue in question as a player.
Additional Resources
Please refer to the following links while filling out your ST application and going through the process:
Also it's a good idea to look over the information written about the venue you are interested in STing just to make sure that our direction suits your taste.


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Supplies for Coffee with the Oracle
Primarily you will need a deck of oracle or tarot cards (or both would be even more delicious) and a notebook or journal for keeping a record and doing some of the activities. We'll be doing a bit of smudging/energy clearing as well, so a small bundle of sage (or sweetgrass, palo santo, or smudging/clearing material of your choice) and a candle will be helpful to have on hand. You'll need email and internet access for the duration of the course, and a Facebook account if you will join us in our private Facebook Group. Other helpful supplies include index cards and collaging supplies. I've provided some suggestions for you below, but go with what feels good to you.
Deck of Oracle or Tarot Cards
There are many different types of oracle cards: life path and journey (personal development), inspiration, healing, wisdom, and affirmation cards, among others. In addition, there are a wide variety of gorgeous thematic oracle card and tarot decks relating to Goddesses, Angels, Plants, Animals, Ascended Masters, the Chakras, Faeries, and more. We'll be talking in more depth about the distinctions between the different kinds of decks and their uses in the class.
The type of deck I recommend for this course is one designed for life path and personal development work. For the approach I teach in the Coffee with the Oracle, it's helpful to have a deck that has rich imagery relating to our life's journey and what we face along the way. This gives our intuition a lot of room to explore and play with the messages on several levels. There are several notable oracle card decks that fall under this category and all tarot decks do by their nature. Feel free to pick a deck that feels good to you and you want to work with.
Any decks designed by Colette Baron Reid will suit the approach we're exploring in this course. Her decks are fantastic and I recommend them highly.
Those that would be great for this course include:
Tarot decks I have and enjoy working with include: (but remember, any tarot deck will work beautifully for this course)
The Good Tarot (hands down my favorite tarot deck to date)
Sacred Circle (I've worked with this deck the longest and adore it ~ if you love Celtic imagery, myth, and landscapes, you'll love this deck)
Journal or Notebook
You'll want a separate journal or notebook for this class. Use whatever you enjoy writing in…period. A great option is a simple composition notebook with a pretty cover. I like them because they don't feel so precious or as intimidating as some of the fancier journals. But please pick whatever feels best for you.
If you're curious, here are a few of my favorite composition notebooks to inspire you:
Decomposition Notebooks I love how enviro-friendly these are and they're a pleasure to write in. They're a great everyday option. I feel absolutely free to tape and glue in bits, and collage on the pages and covers with abandon. Some notebooks just feel a little too special, which can make it hard to start using them for fear of marring their beautiful pages. Not so with these! They're like little paper playgrounds for your soul. (They measure 7 1/2" x 9 3/4""). Here are a few cuties in this line for inspiration:
- Illuminations
- Celestial
- Coffee Cup (oh so perfect for Coffee with the Oracle, no?)
- Spirit Animals
- Parsley
Paperblank journals are stunningly beautiful and a pleasure to write in as well. So if you'd like something a bit prettier, these are a great choice. I adore this one and this one.
I also love Moleskine hard-cover notebooks of all colors. But lately, I've moved all my journaling, including my oracle journal, over to a Midori Traveler's Notebook system of inserts. Love, love, love!
If you've taken Softly Wild or Wonder Camp, feel free to continue in your Field Notebook for this course. (And yes, Wonder Campers, the Mystic Mountains section of your Field Notebook is absolutely perfect for the work we'll do in Coffee with the Oracle! 😉
White Sage (or your preferred energy-clearing supplies)
I love the quality and beauty of Sage Goddess' white sage bundles. She tends to run out of stock on her sage bundles frequently, but restocks quickly. Right now, it looks like this smudging kit is available.
Other Items to Consider
Other things that will be handy to have for class include a small white candle, a quartz crystal, and some white index cards (unlined are great, but lined will work just fine). Don't worry about getting a fancy candle or crystal unless it's something you really want to do. A small white tea light will work just fine, as will a small, inexpensive faceted quartz crystal. You can usually find them in local shops or online for just a few bucks. Also, we'll be dipping into a little collage work in our oracle journals, so a magazine or two, scissors, glue stick, and tape will be handy to have on hand.
Let me know if you have any questions! Just send me a note here. I'd be delighted to help!
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2 books which i'm really excited to get. operated with prof tay today (always a joy because he loves to ask a lot of questions and teach) and he really got me really excited abt the life of Hamilton Bailey, a really brilliant but eccentric surgeon!
Einstein..cos i used to get teased cos of my boomz hair haha..well dint consider it an insult..Einstein was a genius after all!
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ATLANTA (Aug. 10, 2012) – Daniel Latshaw (top right photo), partner with Bull Realty, has brokered the sale of most of a city block in Midtown Atlanta that includes famed architect I. M. Pei's first office building, located at 131 Ponce de Leon Ave.
The 2.5-acre site — bound by Ponce De Leon Avenue, North Avenue, Piedmont Avenue and Juniper Street — sold for $6.5 million on Aug. 3, 2012. The sale includes the entire block except for St Paul's church, which was once home to the well-known Abbey restaurant.
The buyer is a joint venture between Sereo Group and Faison Enterprises Inc. According to submissions to a Midtown Development Review Committee meeting in July, the firms plan to develop a new mixed-use project that will include 321 luxury apartments and 8,600 square feet of retail space.
Latshaw represented the seller, developer Thirty Third Latitude Properties.
"There was tremendous interest with 10 competing offers," said Michael Bull (lower left photo), president of Bull Realty and host of the Commercial Real Estate Show.
"The lenders, United Bank and Synovus Bank, were able to maximize their recovery by cooperating with the original developer to market the property. When you add the cost of demolition to the just-over-$59-per-square-foot land price, it's a good sign for the commercial real estate recovery."
The site had been entitled for a 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development. The video on Bull Realty's web site provides an interesting look at the previous developer's original plans for the property.
Latshaw is particularly excited about the new buyer's plans to tie the old to the new. "The concept not only preserves the façade of the Pei building, but makes it a centerpiece of the design and celebrates Pei's architecture and legacy," Latshaw said.
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KANSAS CITY, mo — Less than a week after a teenage girl was grazed by a bullet in a shooting on the Country Club Plaza, Kansas City police released a surveillance picture of a group of males they want to talk to in connection with the incident.
The photo, taken around 6:07 p.m. Saturday near the entrance of a parking garage near 47th Street and Jefferson Street, shows a group of four males walking out of the parking garage.
Each male is wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt with light-colored blue jeans or pants.
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Washington state is among U.S. states particularly worried about global trade conflicts right now.
It shares a border with Canada — and stands to lose out in a big way if the situation escalates further.
Coffee is big business in this place. Seattle was home to the first Starbucks and has become synonymous with America's coffee culture.
CGTN's Phil Lavelle reports.
The coffee isn't actually grown here; it's imported from points across the globe, everywhere from Central America, to Africa, to Southeast Asia.
But when it arrives in Washington, it's roasted and exported.
Emanuele Bizzarri is worried. Italian by birth but a Seattleite now, he roasts coffee for a living. His Caffe Umbria chain has a number of coffee shops in the Seattle and Washington state area and his main roasting plant is near Seattle's airport.
"In about a year, we're gonna lose about $250,000," Bizzarri said.
"The Canadian market is actually growing. It's been growing since we started. We've been in Canada for over 12 years now. And every year, it's always a better year. We're already having issues with the dollar exchange so that's created some issues already with expense of coffee in Canada compared to a local roaster, and this extra fee cannot be turned into the consumer so we're gonna have to absorb all of that and that's going to be an issue for us going into the future."
In fact, Emanuele's looking at more drastic action — moving part of his business into Canada and incorporating across the border:
"We're very close to Canada, a two-hour drive and we want to actually look into becoming partnered with a Canadian company. So we do want to move some of our production into Canada and become local since we already have offices over there and we do want to probably incorporate into Canada and become a Canadian company also. So more of an international company. It is something we've been thinking about for a long time. It's not a pressing issue – or it WASN'T a pressing issue – until this came along. And now actually this makes us really look into it. With two years' worth of fees that I would pay, I could open a small operation in Canada. So really, for half a million dollars, I could open an operation in Canada and if this stays on, it makes sense as a businessperson."
Coffee is only part of the story here, though. That market is worth $58 million a year, but when you take into account Washington's other exports to Canada – everything from concrete rods to aluminum – the number reaches $629 million, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
And that's just for Canada. Once you factor in potential trade conflicts with China, Europe and Mexico, some $6.2 billion worth of goods are under threat, making Washington one of the most vulnerable states in the country right now.
Other states the U.S. Chamber of Commerce flags as open to significant damage in the trade conflicts include Idaho, South Dakota, Alaska, Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina. They export a range of goods to Canada, including refrigerator-freezers, lawnmowers, perfumed goods and playing cards.
Asked about the prospects of this ongoing conflict, Seattle University Professor of Business and Economics Brian Kelly tells CGTN:
"The problem is that I don't think the Trump administration has an end game. I think that they're playing it by ear and they simply don't know where they want to end up. So right now, it's a lot of bravado. But it's harmful bravado with no escape hatch. The United States has picked fights with everyone."
And so, the politicking continues as does the very public admonishing by all sides seeking to gain the upper hand. It's a high-stakes game being played here, with no clear winner in sight.


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Big changes are underway that will affect how Massachusetts residents get around. Companies are racing to bring autonomous vehicles to the market as quickly as possible. Self-driving vehicles are already on the streets in Boston's Seaport District for testing purposes. We can expect them in more regular use as early as 2020 and widely available…
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President's Message: "Look at the World through Women's Eyes" (Suzanne Meisenzahl)
League Lands in the Middle of a Highly-Charged Political Dispute
Mayor Jeremy Harris to Address League
Honolulu League Continuing Program 1994-1995
Honolulu League Testifies on Development Plan Amendments (Astrid Monson)
Domestic Violence Film to Be Aired
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Mayor Jeremy Harris to Address League
Newly elected mayor Jeremy Harris will be the featured luncheon speaker at the Honolulu League's annual program planning meeting on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the C'est Si Bon Ballroom of the Pagoda Hotel. Members and their guests are urged to get their reservations in early, as the luncheon part of the meeting is open to the public.
Please call the office with your reservation before December 5th. Cost of the luncheon is $17.75. Parking is available at Keeaumoku Square on the corner of Keeaumoku and Kanunu streets for $1.00 with validation.
Honolulu League members are asked to bring their suggestions for local program items to the annual program planning meeting. The items will be discussed by the Honolulu board, and then presented to the members for formal adoption at the annual meeting in April.
In addition to implementing items on the national and state levels, such as the newly adopted position on violence prevention, the local league adopts program items of its own. The usual pattern is for an issue to be studied for about two years, member consensus taken, and an action program adopted, designed on the basis of the consensus position.
Members who want to suggest new items for study and action are asked to consider the following criteria:
§ Are enough of our members interested in this issue?
Bring your ideas to the meeting on December 10th!
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On the night of 30th June 1934, Nazi troops moved against Ernst Rohm's paramilitary SA (Sturmabteilung) in a putsch that lasted three days and saw over 85 deaths. Hitler's antagonism against the SA owed to their continued independence; the putsch was also an excuse for striking at his critics, demonstrating the force and deadly efficiency of his own SS troups, and consolidating his power base.
The carefully orchestrated coup was called Operation Hummingbird, but has gone down in history as the Night of the Long Knives.
This nefarious moment in German history provides the 20-minute centrepiece to Luchino Visconti's 'The Damned'. Subtitled 'Götterdämmerung' (trans. "twilight of the gods"), the Wagnerian reference is apposite. Visconti's film is operatic to the point of being overwrought, particularly in its increasingly melodramatic last half hour.
The stage upon which this opera of Nazi-ism, power struggles, sexual ambiguities and compromised morality plays out is the Essenbeck Steelworks, owned by a powerful industrial family whose political allegiance is important to Machiavellian SS officer Aschenbach (Helmut Griem). 'The Damned' opens with a birthday party for the ageing Baron von Essenbeck who announces his retirement, leading to instantly fractured interrelationships inside and outside of the family as the appointment of the new director of the company hangs in the balance.
The rank outsider* in all of this is Frederick Bruckmann (Dirk Bogarde); however, he has two aces up his sleeve: his relationship with the Baron's widowed daughter, Sophie (Ingrid Thulin), and the backing of Aschenbach.
Through Aschenbach's machinations and Sophie's borderline erotic manipulation of her sexually confused son Martin (Helmut Berger) – whose predilections range from cross-dressing to paedophilia to mother-fixation – Bruckmann is appointed director of the steelworks. But it's not long before his obsession with complete control over both firm and family – not to mention his reluctance to take the political hard line that his deal with the devil (or rather his suave earthly representative Aschenbach) requires – leads to his downfall.
Bogarde excels as Bruckmann: a vivid, complex study of ambition, fear, moral cowardice, desperation and, finally, abject defeat. Ingrid Thulin goes a wee bit 'Lady Macbeth' towards the end, but by this point Visconti's shovelling on the theatrics like there's tomorrow. Helmut Berger, Visconti's homo-erotic camera clearly favouring him over the rest of the cast, gives a memorable performance if sometimes for the wrong reasons; but there's no doubt that he gets across Martin's vicious amorality.
Further down the cast list, Umberto Orsini and Charlotte Rampling deliver compelling turns.
But it's Helmut Griem who eclipses even Bogarde. "That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain," to quote 'Hamlet'. Aschenbach smiles, and smiles, and soothes, and coerces and chills. Martin's demonic ascension and engineering of Bruckmann and Sophie's fate is nothing but the movement of Aschenbach pulling the strings. Griem plays him with infinite charm and assured understatement. Amidst the emotional excesses of Visconti's lurid epic, he's the calm centre of stillness, composure and complete ruthlessness.
*Readers of Sheridan Morley's book on Dirk Bogarde's early career will, I hope, forgive the pun.
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Like Alterman [1], and like Gore [2] in his more formal way, I keep wondering: what if they gave a constitutional crisis and nobody noticed?
Strike that. There's no "what if" about it. It started years ago.
Thousands of voters in Florida in 2000 tried to vote for Gore. A candidate who values democracy would have conceded. Bush had his people on the ground declare the votes invalid, even though this was against Florida law (FS 101.5614(4) text below*). Instead, they focused the excitement on hanging chads in ballots they couldn't disqualify. The media were told by the people throwing out votes that it was legal, and they uncritically believed them. Everybody, Gore included, Congress included, and the Florida legal system included, was too embarrased to notice the election being stolen. The Supremes selected a president, and the media went back to gossiping about sex.
The next constitutional crisis was lying the country into the Iraq war. At the time–not in hindsight–there was the curious unwillingness to share information with the international inspectors. The US said it knew about all sorts of stuff, but for some reason refused to tell the inspectors where to look. Then there was satellite imagery of a chemical or biological weapons site mentioned in some major speech (Powell to the UN?) that turned out to be chicken coops once inspected on the ground. This publicly available information should have been enough to make Congress suspicious, even without any classified data. Instead, they did their best not to notice the lies, the media did their best not to notice the lies, and everyone pretended that trusting the president was the extent of their job.
People die because of these constitutional crises. They're not just something quaint out of a book.
The illegal war soon morphed into bigger crimes. People were being tortured at US-run jails. Torture is a crime against humanity, by any measure. It is against the Geneva Convention, which is a ratified treaty and therefore the law of the land. It violates every spirit of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, whose whole purpose was to protect individuals from abuse of state power. The Administration started by making excuses. "A few bad apples." It then tried to twist legal language into justifying unjustifiable crime. It outsourced its torture needs and said its hands were clean. It went on and on. It still goes on. People were horrified and disgusted, but they didn't seem to notice the president was breaking the law. They elected him, instead.
Now we have warrantless wiretapping. Also illegal. Another constitutional crisis. Some in the media report polls asking, "Is it okay to wiretap potential terrorists without a warrant?"
Um. Hello? That's not the question. Quakers are being tapped. Vegans are being tapped. Gore makes the point in his speech that authoritarianism and secrecy cause incompetence. It is not an accidental byproduct. Anyone who needs more proof should think about the clear evidence that communications about the actual 9/11 attacks were available beforehand and got lost in the shuffle. The Administration's idea of a "solution" is to make a hugely bigger shuffle and read Grandma's library records. Without a warrant.
Once again, we're being told not to look at the constitutional crisis. The Administration, for obvious reasons, would rather we didn't look. Congress suffers from vast money hunger, brought on by the need to buy broadcast time, and has little attention for anything else. The judiciary is supposed to keep its mouth shut. That leaves the media.
The US media are run for profit. Entertainment is more, well, entertaining than information. So the news only gets out to the extent that viewers are entertained by it. It has to be gripping and not annoying to the viewer. Constitutional crises are neither.
The situation seems hopeless, but who knows, maybe those who have a dream can pull us back from the brink again. Abraham Lincoln said during the Civil War, "We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."
When do we start?
Elizabeth Holtzman, The Impeachment of George W. Bush, The Nation, Jan 30, 2006 [3]
Gore's Martin Luther King Day speech [2]
Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, A Power Outage on Capitol Hill [1]
Avedon Carol, Sideshow, On Media [4]
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo [5]
Some earlier posts on this blog that are relevant: Democracy Doesn't Work [6], as well as posts about torture, conservatives, redistricting, and most of the blog, in fact….
Information about the 2000 election:
Maia Cowan Failure is impossible [7]
with details in: Paul Lukasiak Lost Votes and Stolen Election [8]
*From the latter:
FS 101.5614(4) specifies that every ballot containing a potential write-in vote must be examined by a human being, and that the ballots must be counted separately from the machine-counted ballots.
…For each ballot or ballot and ballot envelope on which write-in votes have been cast, the canvassing board shall compare the write-in votes with the votes cast on the ballot card; if the total number of votes for any office exceeds the number allowed by law, a notation to that effect, specifying the office involved, shall be entered on the back of the ballot card or in a margin if voting areas are printed on both sides of the ballot card. Such votes shall not be counted. All valid votes shall be tallied by the canvassing board.
[Note: as I understand it, the votes in question did not involve *conflict* between the candidate marked in the machine-scannable part of the form and the write-in name. Instead *both* mark and write-in were present. The irony is that the voters were trying to emphasize their support for the chosen candidate. It also meant the ballots could not be read by machine, but they were not "overvotes." Only one candidate was selected on the ballot.]
FS 101.5614(8) makes it clear that write-in votes and manually counted votes are to be tallied separately from machine-tabulated votes.
The return printed by the automatic tabulating equipment, to which has been added the return of write-in, absentee, and manually counted votes, shall constitute the official return of the election.
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Full of unforgettable characters, Dirt Music is Tim Winton's classic love song to land and place.
Georgie Jutland is a mess. At forty, with her career in ruins, she finds herself stranded in White Point with a fisherman she doesn't love and two kids whose dead mother she can never replace. Leached of all confidence, she spends her days in isolated tedium and her nights in a blur of vodka self-recrimination. One morning, in the boozy pre-dawn gloom, she sees, a shadow drifting up the beach below - a loner called Luther Fox, with danger in his wake.
"An immense work."
Weekend Australian
"Awe-inspiring . . . There are few finer stylists writing in English today."
Chicago Tribune
"Wonderfully alive, inventive and assured."
The Age
"Vividly written in a seemingly effortless prose that never puts a foot wrong."
Sunday Times
"His prose retains the power both to shock and to fill us with wonder."
The Bulletin
"A compelling novel."
Times Literary Supplement
"Beautiful, aching . . . compelling."
Washington Post
"A cracking read, full of big scenery, lust, action, a Hollywood ending and the poetry of the landscape, which Winton brings to life with such mastery. A compelling novel."
"With masterly economy and control, Winton unfurls a story of secrets, regrets and new beginnings. His prose, sprinkled with regional vernacular, combines cool dispassion and lyric concision."
Publishers Weekly
"A sort of sexual shimmering pervades the atmosphere. Perhaps Winton's most considerable achievement is his description of this fishing community, with its violence, its resentment of urban big shots . . . and its love of 'dirt music', an Australian composite of everything that was ever moaned along to a guitar in the United States."
The Guardian
"This fine, haunting story stays with you long after you've put it down."
Irish Times
"Muscular yet lyrical prose . . . the novel leaves echoes in your mind long after you have shut the book."
New Statesman
"A cracking page-turner . . . Few living novelists write better about the sea . . . The vividness and clarity that Mr Winton responds to in nature are also beautifully embodied in his own writing."
The Economist
"A gripping tale with a confident grasp of human nature and a wonderful feel for the physical world."
The Herald (Glasgow)
"Winton has written an intense read, raw and beautiful, studded with shards of rage."
Entertainment Weekly
"It is a wildly personal story, but it also seems like a drama that needs to be played out against and over a terrain as rigorous and baleful as Winton's West,"
Australian Book Review
"An extraordinary depiction of a man coming to terms with his soul in the tropical wilderness of northern Australia . . . Gripping . . . Winton's writing is a heady blend of muscular description, deep sentiment and metaphysics . . . Dirt Music is a beautiful celebration of his country."
Sunday Telegraph
"A very Australian story – beautifully so."
Time Out
"Stunningly written . . . It's a revelation of a book . . . In Winton's skilled hands, the vast landscape of Australia, conjured with lyrical intensity, becomes a fittingly huge backdrop to events whose enormity is born out of desperation . . . All in all, it's a magnificent book with themes as enormous as its landscape."
The Big Issue (UK)
"Winton has cracked something essential about modern Australia: how to find meaning in the intimate and terrible parts of contemporary family life, against a landscape which is inhumanly vast . . . Winton keeps writing fiction that makes the novel feel alive to a continent of possibilities."
Evening Standard
"The thick, briny scent of Western Australia wafts through Tim Winton's latest novel, Dirt Music. It is a book of such lyrical prose that you can fairly taste the sea on your fingertips with each turn of the page."
Good Reading Magazine
"Winton's book performs the difficult feat of combining poetic lyricism with the blood and guts of life . . . his ability to describe the glorious Aussie seascape is unparalleled."
Marie Claire (UK)
"Tim Winton is never more brilliant than on home ground. This is the setting for Dirt Music, a searing psychological thriller that is unputdownable . . . Winton sweeps you right in. Dirt Music makes most other current novels look positively anaemic."
Ham & High
"Tim Winton's seventh novel is, on the surface, a straightforward 'love and flight' story but the haunting prose and subtle intimations of the plot make for far more than the obvious . . . The rhythm of Winton's writing succeeds in giving Dirt Music an almost hypnotic allure."
Evening Herald (Dublin)
"Written in that wonderful, unembellished prose Winton is renowned for, Dirt Music is anchored by the sheer power and mysticism of the Australian landscape and the author's own desire to allow his characters to keep certain secrets hidden."
Australian Style