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Water: Health Benefits, Safety and More!
A cool rain shower. An afternoon of gardening. Homemade iced tea and the clink of ice cubes in a glass. With spring, our thoughts turn to water, that essential element of life which makes up 70 percent of the planet's surface and 60 percent of your body. What's not to enjoy? Water has zero calories, helps keep us hydrated and healthy, and is more important for survival than food is.
But lately, such happy thoughts have become clouded with confusion. Polluted drinking water is Americans' number-one environmental concern, according to a Gallup survey, with half of those polled saying they "worry a great deal" about the issue. Bottled water could be the answer—if it weren't costly and cruel to the planet. Which leaves us wondering exactly how we're supposed to get our eight glasses a day. (Wait, what do you mean that's a myth?) To quench your thirst for knowledge, tap into our A-to-Z guide to H₂O. These pages reveal everything you need to know to get safer, tastier water from your faucet, plus lots of easy ways to protect the most precious resource on this green (and blue) earth.
Why water? Because it can…
Perk you up. Dehydration can cause you to feel fatigued and sluggish, and it forces your brain to work harder than it would otherwise to perform the same tasks, explains Matthew J. Kempton, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher at King's College London. "Cells must have water to function," Kempton says. "If they can't get enough water, they can't do their jobs properly."
Strengthen your skeleton. Not a dairy devotee? Drinking mineral water may help up your calcium intake and prevent bone loss, says Joseph Lane, M.D., who studies bone health at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Filtered and spring waters have minimal amounts of the bone builder, but Dr. Lane's research shows mineral water contains an average of 208 milligrams of calcium per liter. That's about one fifth of the recommended daily intake for women younger than 50, who should get 1,000 mg per day.
Defeat weight creep. Drinking water cooled to 37.4 degrees may lead to a slight increase in calorie expenditure for an hour after you quaff it, a study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism finds. (The cool liquid forces your body to work to maintain its internal temperature.) And a glass before a meal—chilled or not—may curb your appetite slightly, helping cut calories.
And maybe protect your heart. When a National Institutes of Health–funded study tracked 34,000 people for 14 years, it found that men who downed five to six glasses of water a day were nearly 70 percent less likely to die of a heart attack. The correlation wasn't as strong in women, but "it's a very intriguing finding," says study director Gary Fraser, M.D., a cardiologist at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California. "We are now following 96,000 men and women in another study and will see if the preliminary results hold."
How to hydrate (beer included)
"Staying hydrated is essential for normal body function," says Selina Shah, M.D., a physician at the Center for Sports Medicine in San Francisco. But exactly how much water we should drink is a matter of debate. Part of the problem with the famous rule of eight 8-ounce glasses a day is that it fails to account for the water we get naturally through our diet, says Heinz Valtin, M.D., a kidney specialist who debunked the trope in a study at Dartmouth Medical School. "Fruit and vegetables, for instance, are 80 to 90 percent water," Dr. Valtin notes.
Thus, consuming 2 quarts of fluid (yep, that's 8 ounces times eight) remains a good goal, "but soups, fruit and vegetables, tea and coffee—even the caffeinated kind—all count toward this total," says American Dietetic Association spokeswoman Christine Gerbstadt, M.D., a physician and registered dietitian in Sarasota, Florida. Dr. Valtin argues that in moderation, even alcoholic drinks such as beer can count toward our daily healthy fluid intake. (We like Dr. Valtin.) "In large doses, caffeine and alcohol can be diuretics but not in the concentrations of a cup or two of coffee or one cocktail," he says.
In general, pale urine means you're hydrated. If it's dark or there's not a lot of it, start guzzling. Aim for even more fluids if you're active, if it's hot or both. "Women should drink an additional 8 to 16 ounces for every half hour they sweat through activity and heat," Dr. Gerbstadt says. Electrolyte-infused H₂O can help replace the potassium, calcium and magnesium lost through sweat after an hour of intense exercise, Dr. Shah says, but it isn't any more hydrating than what comes out of the tap.
Is my tap water clean?
The short answer: yes. But it could and should be cleaner, says Renee Sharp, a senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group, a research nonprofit in Washington, D.C. In 2009, Sharp helped compile a report that analyzed more than 20 million drinking-water tests done by water suppliers that service 256 million people nationwide. That review uncovered a total of 316 contaminants, including pesticides; bacteria; naturally occurring pollutants, like lead and arsenic; chemicals such as trihalomethanes—by-products created when utilities treat polluted water with disinfectants; and MTBE, a gasoline additive.
Government budget cuts have been shortchanging our sewers, treatment plants and inspection programs, Sharp says. "We don't want to scare people—tap water, especially if you use a filter, is fine to drink. Drinking water in the United States is safer than it is in most of the world. But there's always room for improvement," she adds.
The best way to know what's coming out of your faucet is to ask for a water-quality report from the company that sends you your bill, says David R. Wunsch, Ph.D., a founding member of the Subcommittee on Ground Water at the U.S. Department of the Interior. "People know more about their furnaces and electric systems, but water is what we put into our bodies." Even if your tap gets the all-clear, a water filter (find one below) is a smart precaution. Look for NSF on the label, which means testing confirms the filter reduces threats to your health.
Flustered by filters? Chart your choices here
For most water
The solution: In the majority of homes, a carbon filter system is all that's needed. Depending on your preference, you can get a carbon-filter pitcher, a faucet attachment or an under-the-sink unit.
How it works: Naturally absorbent carbon particles, which are activated with a positive charge, attract negatively charged impurities, reducing the amount of pesticides, bacteria and chemicals in your water.
Try: The Culligan FM-15A faucet-mounted filter ($23) or the Brita Riviera pitcher ($28)
For high-risk water
The solution: If your water tests positive for contaminants that carbon doesn't weed out, such as lead and arsenic, invest in a reverse-osmosis filter, which does more heavy-duty filtering.
How it works: Installed under the sink, these units force water through a semipermeable membrane in order to capture contaminants, including perchlorate, a component of rocket fuel found in water near some military bases.
Try: The Kenmore Elite Premiere Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water System ($254)
For hard water
The solution: Consider a softener or a shower filter if you have water that's heavy on calcium and magnesium. Water that's hard (but not harmful) may have a distinct taste, and in the shower, the minerals can clog pores and coat your hair, leaving it a frizzy mess.
How it works: Softeners remove minerals from water by way of an ion exchange, swapping sodium ions for calcium and magnesium. Shower filters contain particles that absorb chlorine.
Try: The AquaKinetic Series Water Softener (price upon request) from Kinetico or the Aquasana Shower Filter ($85)
No trash left behind
Ever unthinkingly throw your garbage into a storm drain on the street? Think on this: Your litter may have gone to a nearby lake or river, perhaps the one that is the source of your water. You could be polluting in less obvious ways, too.
Bathroom trash The only things that should ever swirl down your drain are numbers one and two, plus toilet paper. Cotton balls, tampons, condoms—they all travel through the sewers and could end up in the water we drink and fish from. The more debris in the water, the more chemicals may be needed to clean it.
Gizmos "Anything that contains a circuit board—cell phones, iPods, computers—is full of toxic chemicals," says Barbara Kyle, national coordinator of the Electronic TakeBack Coalition. Even tiny items add up in a landfill, where these chemicals can seep into our groundwater. Find an e-cycler at ElectronicsTakeBack.com.
Motor oil Oil and antifreeze are major contaminants of waterways. Have your car checked according to the manufacturer's maintenance schedule, repair leaks immediately, and get rid of oil at designated centers only. Locate one at Earth911.org.
Germ fighters Skip the antibacterial soap; it works no better than regular suds. Most brands contain triclosan, a chemical known to alter hormone regulation; we wash it down the drain, where it may end up in our drinking water.
Rx drugs Eighty percent of water sampled in a U.S. Geological Survey study carried traces of pharmaceuticals, in part because Americans flush unused pills. On April 30, hand over extra meds to the Drug Enforcement Administration during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Check DEA.gov for a site near you. No one wants to drink your drugs.
Go cold
Use the hot faucet for dishes, but for drinking and cooking, keep it cool. Hot water dissolves contaminants more quickly than cold. Old or corroded pipes may contain lead that can leach into your water as the hot stuff makes its way to your tap.
Bottle backlash
Has plastic lost its luster? Nearly 25 percent of Americans switched from bottled water to tap in the past year, according to a Harris poll. Numerous studies have uncovered no evidence that bottled is any purer or safer than tap is, and the government inspects it far less often. Cities including Seattle and San Francisco have passed laws banning the use of municipal funds to pay for the bottled stuff. "Bottled water was shrouded in a myth of purity," says Emily Wurth, director of water policy for Food & Water Watch, a group that runs the anti–bottled water campaign Take Back the Tap.
Add to these problems clogged landfills and the extra expense (bottled water costs up to $8.26 per gallon compared with $0.002 per gallon for tap) and the best advice is to make friends with your faucet. Use an aluminum bottle to carry tap water on the go, and consider bottled water a splurge for convenience, says John R. Bucher, Ph.D., associate director of the National Toxicology Program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. And know that not all bottles are born equal. Here's a look behind the labels.
Purified water is filtered tap water. Many companies resell municipal water from the cities nearest their regional bottlers. They treat it with processes such as reverse osmosis to remove impurities and reduce the chlorine taste.
Springwater, such as Evian and Poland Spring, comes from natural underground aquifers that bubble to the surface of the earth. Constantly moving springwater is self-sanitizing and often contains more minerals, including calcium, than purified water. Springs also regenerate, depleting less water from the earth. (The bottles are still shipped thousands of miles, however.)
Artesian water is a fancy name for well water. Brands like Fiji Water pull their product from underground lakes, using massive man-made wells. An underground lake has the ability to regenerate, but excessive pumping can overwhelm its resources—pulling water out of the ground faster than fresh groundwater can seep in, an eco no-no. (The Fiji islands, meanwhile, have a crumbling infrastructure and often undrinkable tap water—though the water brand says it is doing its part to help and doesn't overpump.)
Curious about the look, smell or taste of your tap water? Our experts explain it all.
"It comes out cloudy at first, then clears up."
It's nothing but bubbles. "Sometimes air gets into the pumps that move water through your pipes," Wunsch explains. "When air dissolves in water, it makes it cloudy. And then, as the oxygen is released, the water clears up."
"It looks coppery brown."
"Decaying plants in source water sometimes leach their color, like a steeping tea bag," explains James M. Symons, Sc.D., professor emeritus of civil engineering at the University of Houston and author of Plain Talk About Drinking Water. Or it could be iron. "It's colorless in groundwater, but when it combines with air, the iron turns reddish brown," Symons says. If you see this, consider buying an iron-removal unit. The metal is nontoxic, but it can change the taste of your tap water.
"It smells like rotten eggs."
The prime suspect here is (harmless) hydrogen sulfide, explains geologist Brian Oram, laboratory director of the Environmental Quality Center at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. This stinky gas emanates when bacteria break down naturally occurring sulfur compounds in water. A carbon filter may cure the smell, but occasionally the stink can indicate harmful bacteria lurking in your pipes, so have a pro check it out.
"It leaves a ring of gross muck around my drain."
What color is your gunk? Pink stains on fixtures are likely iron, Wunsch says. Black or yellow goo indicates hydrogen sulfide.
"It smells and tastes musty."
When algae bloom in the rivers and lakes that provide our tap water, the earthy, musty smell can be off-putting, Symons says. Try a carbon filter and alert your water company: Most algae are nontoxic, but the utility can treat the water to attack out-of-control growth. Case closed!


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Below is a history of helpful tips and tricks from Rob Dallimore (Foot Traffic Coaching) and Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching) to get you on your way to IRONMAN 70.3 Taupō. This will be updated regularly with new content.
1. Generating Power - By Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching)
Let's think a little outside the 'swimming box' for a moment and I want you to imagine yourself hitting a tennis ball like Roger Federer. As he accelerates through the stroke to hit the ball he opens up his hips to help generate power in his tennis stroke. Read more.
2. Technique Tips for Cycling on Hills - By Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching)
The IRONMAN 70.3 Taupo bike course covers quite a range of terrain including some steep sections like when you start the climb up the Napier-Taupo Highway, some long steady climbs such as the section from Miro road up Broadlands Road and a whole lot in between as you head toward Reporoa.
Today's tips are around some technique on the hills:
1. Ride into the hill with an effort that you can sustain from the bottom to the top
2. Don't ride the hardest gear possible up a hill
3. Don't feel as if you have to muscle up every climb without using the small chain ring
4. Never change gears under heavy pressure without the risk of losing your chain or even worse folding your rear derailleur into your frame
5. Learn and practice staying in the aero position on hills
Good luck with your riding and make sure you include a variety of terrains in your training to help build riding strength.
3. Building Endurance through Swimming - By Rob Dallimore (Foot Traffic Coaching)
Ironman 70.3 is an endurance event, there's no 2 ways about it. Whether you are winning the race or just wanting to get to the finish you are tapping into your aerobic capacity. Developing your aerobic system is a long and slow process, and the bulk of your training will be focusing on this. During your training you will be performing specific sessions for each discipline to help build this foundation.
The great thing about swimming is the fact it's a non-weight bearing activity, and your are relatively safe from injury, provided you have good technique (Andrew MacKay, Boost Coaching can help you there). So you can use the aerobic gains from swimming to advance your overall CardioVascular system, which will benefit your cycling and running too.
Just because swimming is proportionally shorter than the other 2 legs doesn't mean it is less important. You can actually add 1 or 2 more swim sessions per week to help your aerobic condition without too much additional stress, this is a great alternative to adding another run, which has a greater risk of injury.
The advantages of having that little bit extra swimming will show through on race day when you get near the end of the race. If you have developed a strong aerobic system then you will be holding your pace and form for longer.
4. Off Road Running - By Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching)
Many coaches will tell you it's great to get off road and complete training on the trails or include off road running events.
What I learnt as a triathlete taking part in pure cross country events was that run cadence was key to moving forward quickly over undulating terrain and boggy surfaces. Learning to maintain cadence in the off road environment was so helpful to developing muscle conditioning and strength which translated to an increase in speed on the road.
So when you get off the bike on race day and encounter the small rolling hills that sometimes seem like mountains on the Taupo course just focus on cadence (not trying to push intensity up that will naturally happen), take small steps and stand with a strong tall posture (which also helps with your breathing). If you do this you'll get up the hills in no time and you'll still be running well over the top of the hill.
I look forward to bringing you the session of the week where you can put this into practice and help yourself to be race ready.
5. Indoor Training - By Rob Dallimore (Foot Traffic Coaching)
Love it or hate it, the Indoor Trainer is the safest and most effective way to do your bike training when it's dark, cold and wet outside. It can be mind-numbing, boring and very, very tedious. But find ways to focus on the task at hand and you will realise the benefits it can provide. Music, Netflix, old race videos or podcasts can give you the mental stimulus you need to detract from the intervals you are doing. Technology in Smart Indoor Trainers has advanced so much now that you can just set your intervals, and the trainer does the thinking for you, all you need to do is keep pedaling. Even further than that, there are now websites and applications that give a social component to it...check out TrainerRoad & Zwift. Once upon a time, I refused to sit on an Indoor Trainer, but now I can see the gains from using it for specific workouts. Mind you, there's nothing like getting out on the open road & riding your bike in the fresh air, but you can now pick your moments to do that.
6. Arm Recovery Technique - By Andrew MacKay (Boost Coaching)
Swimming has to be one of the most technical sports you could learn and a lot of coaches will have opinions on what works best for swimmers. If you are open minded or don't have a coach to advise you on the best solution, then maybe give this a try to help you work out what works best for your arm recovery. Read more.
7. The Essential Gear - By Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching)
So you've signed up for Ironman 70.3 or even Ironman and you are relatively new to this environment. Watch out there is a lot of carbon bling and lot of things you can buy that might help you go a fraction quicker, but is it essential? Read More.
8. Planning - By Rob Dallimore (Foot Traffic Coaching)
Plan your season plenty of time ahead so you can run it by your family, employer and training mates. This is very important as you don't want to surprise your significant others with the fact you will be doing 4:00 hours of riding on a day that was set aside specifically for a family engagement or a work conference.... Read More.
9. Exercising Safely In The Cold - By Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching)
During the New Zealand winter the weather can often change quickly - so when you set off for your run or ride make sure you are dressed for success because ultimately it's your performance that will be the cost of poor clothing choices... Read More.
1. Endurance Swim Session - By Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching)
Use this session as a way of trying to implement the technique adjustments to your stroke while keeping your intensity at a manageable level. Read more.
2. Hill Cycling Sessions - By Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching)
During your endurance ride this week challenge yourself to spend more time on the aerobars than you normally do and also include time on the aerobars while you are on some lower gradient hills.
As soon as you get uncomfortable on the aeros try and push through this and hold yourself down for a little longer. Some little things that you can do to help get through this are:
1. Adjust your head position – it's often your neck and shoulders that get uncomfortable that pushes you to sit up. When you have a clear piece of road look down at the road to take some strain out of your neck from looking forward.
2. Make sure you are holding a strong posture on the bike assisted by a strong core, rather than heavily holding your body weight in your shoulders
If you feel like there is never a comfortable place on the aerobars don't accept this and go and see someone about your bike fit. You are going to be spending large amounts of time on your bike and if you can make this more comfortable then it is money well spent!
3. Endurance Swimming Session - By Rob Dallimore (Foot Traffic Coaching)
Following from Rob's tip of the week to build endurance through swimming, this week's session is an endurance focused swim session for different levels of swimmers.
View the session here.
4. Running Session - By Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching)
A few months ago Rob from Foot Traffic Endurance Coaching provided a great session which was 3-5x 3min Hill Reps (Session 4)
The key points that he noted are still very relevant for this week's session:
1. Developing running strength
2. Improving running posture through core and glut engagement
But for this session we are going to ADD the focus of running cadence.
The Set
Warm up 20min including 2-3x1min Uptempo just to get the legs prepared for the increased effort and to get heart rate building
3-5 x 4-5min Low Incline leading onto flat run reps
Recovery – jog back to the start
Warm down 10-15min easy jog
5. Bike Session - By Rob Dallimore (Foot Traffic Coaching)
This week's bike session focuses on developing endurance with shorter sessions. View session.
6. Base Line Swim Session - By Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching)
As individuals we may like to gauge our progress through the season or check up at any stage as to where our swim speed is at. This swimming session is about forming some base line numbers for your top end swimming speed. The session has time trials over 200m,100m,50m,25m and it would be ideal if you can log your times, so you can refer back to the results on further tests through the season.
|200m Freestyle Warm Up
|8x25m as Drill 25/ Swim 25m.R.15sec
|This is to help get technique efficiency and timing working for you prior to your TIMED efforts.
|4x50m Build pace through the 50.R.15sec
|Lightly stressing the body prior to the timed efforts will bring your heart rate up and help you start the timed efforts at a more sustainable pace
|200m TIMED
|2x100m Easy Kick with fin. R.20sec
|Recovery focus should be pretty easy kicking
|100m TIMED
|200m Pull Buoy and Paddles steady pace feel strong. R.1min
|Recovery focus should be pretty easy swimming helping to put a bit more pressure on the water with the use of paddles before the final two sprints
|50m TIMED
|2x100m Easy Kick with fins as FLY Kick on your back 50m/ F/s Kick 50m. R.20sec
|Recovery focus should be pretty easy kicking but the fly kick on your back will help engage your core a little more.
|25m TIMED
|200m Pull Buoy and Paddles focus on timing at the front of the stroke and strong finish.
|Recovery focus should be pretty easy swimming
|200m Warm down
As a result of the testing you can then get back to building your endurance base & technique before coming back to a session such as this. You can use the session to check up on how things have progressed based of the training you have done. If you are not sure on what to do with your swim training then Boost Coaching has developed "The Swim Plan" which is specifically designed for NZ Tri and Open Water Swimmers – join in now to set yourself up for Taupo 70.3 or Ironman NZ.
You can learn more about this plan here https://www.boostcoaching.co.nz/the-swim-plan/
7. Hill Sprint Session - By Rob Dallimore (Foot Traffic Coaching)
Running hills is a great way to develop strength, boost aerobic fitness and improve your run technique. When going uphill focus on keeping your core muscles switched on, your pelvis level and stable and driving through the hip of your back foot.
8. Swim Session (Catch and Pull Phase of Stroke) - By Rob Dallimore (Foot Traffic Coaching)
The focus of this weeks swim session is to focus on a strong catch and pull phase of the stroke. View Session. If you require more information on the terminology used, Rob has created a handy glossary here.
9. Bike Session (Cadence Focus) - By Andrew Mackay (Boost Coaching)
This week's session is for the bike and is quite useful for athletes that want to develop their pedaling technique. I believe individuals need to develop a higher cadence skill set before moving toward any longer duration's at lower cadence. As the cadence increases you might find that you start bouncing around on the seat - so make sure you hold your posture on the bike with your core, not by heavily gripping and leaning on the handle bars and also focus on keeping your pedal stroke nice and smooth. View Session.

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A Sydney woman facing a marijuana possession charge in Bali has pleaded for her freedom, saying she has already told police the truth about drugs found during a raid this year.
Leeza Ormsby, 37, has been kept in a Bali police cell since February 12, when she was arrested at the scene of a drug bust.
She was finally charged on Tuesday, as police neared the time limit they could hold her without pressing charges.
The New Zealander cried and shielded her face from cameras as she was led from the prosecutor's office to a cell on Tuesday morning.
"I want to go home," she told reporters.
"I've already told the truth. I've already said the truth."
Ormsby was charged with possessing a marijuana joint she allegedly admitted to having in her handbag when arrested at the scene of a drug bust at a villa on the resort island.
She has not been charged with possessing the MDMA and hashish found in the villa.
According to her lawyer, Ari Soenardi, the case has been prolonged because police have been trying to get Ormsby to admit to owning the other drugs.
She denies they are hers, saying she was only at the raided villa to pick up her laptop and towel.
Mr Soenardi says she has admitted to owning the joint, which she bought from a person on the beach.
He told reporters on Tuesday his client was well, but stressed about the media attention.
"The story has affected her family image," he said.
"… I hope the verdict will be the best and reasonable."
The charge carries a term of between four and 12 years in jail, prosecutor Ni Luh Putu Oka Ariani said.
"We have 20 days before handing over to the court and that could be extended for another 30 days," she said.
Once the case is handed over to the courts, a trial date will be set the following day.
Mr Soenardi said Ormsby is glad there is finally progress in the case.
Her February arrest came two days after Schapelle Corby was released on parole for drugs charges.
It's expected Ormsby will be taken to Kerobokan Prison, where Corby served more than nine years, later on Tuesday.
During the drugs raid, Rotorua-born Ormsby told police there had been a party at the villa, but that her five friends had already left Bali.
Sydney musician Azaria Byrne has since come forward to say he was the one who booked the villa and that he believes Ormsby, whom he only met once, is innocent.
Another has been identified in media reports as Sydney DJ, and Ormsby's ex-lover, Marco Mazzucco, who witnesses say was questioned by police, but allowed to return to Australia.


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If he would inform, he must advance regularly from Things known to things unknown, distinctly without Confusion, and the lower he begins the better. It is a common Fault in Writers, to allow their Readers too much knowledge: They begin with that which should be the Middle, and skipping backwards and forwards, 'tis impossible for any one but he who is perfect in the Subject before, to understand their Work, and such an one has no Occasion to read it.
Oh yes, this is like geeky to the umpteenth power… on my part.
At first, I thought the quote was just cool… something in which two of my worlds collide… "History, meet Thoughts on Cohesion and Coherence… Thoughts on Cohesion and Coherence, meet History". I borrow the Franklin quote (though I wish I knew exactly where I can find it in Franklin's works) from Joseph M. Williams' Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace… (it is the leading quote for Lesson 5, "Cohesion and Coherence"). Then, I started looking at this as a blogger.
If he would inform, he must advance regularly from Things known to things unknown…
I think this is what many bloggers set out to do. They find something that they think is important within the context of their lives, and they want to share that, in the hopes, perhaps, that someone else… hopefully more than a few… will share excitement over the thing that the blogger finds important. But then…
…distinctly without Confusion, and the lower he begins the better.
Hmmm, o.k., I get it, I think… keep the focus, and begin at the baseline… the basics; building up from the bottom. Then too, maybe this is where Ben is telling us to not mix it up so much. Keep focused on the subject of interest. Maybe he IS telling us here that less is more. Maybe he's telling us to "KISS" (Keep It Simple, Stupid!). Sure… that makes sense, and less is more takes us back to simplicity and clarity (and it's funny, but Williams' book has an epilogue titled "Clarity and Coherence", taking us back, full circle, to Lesson 5).
…and the lower he begins the better
Ha… yes, emphasis was mine here. We'll say nothing about the sexist language. After all, Ben was writing not for today, but based on the context of the 18th century… something worthy of discussion in another blog post. So, without digressing too much… more importantly, I think Ben goes back, once again, to the KISS concept… if not the concept of chunking. Ben knows how to reach the largest possible audience… "are you sure you haven't written for the Web, Ben?"
It is a common Fault in Writers, to allow their Readers too much knowledge.
Yup… and I've been guilty of this in blogging. I have packed a lot in some posts, and, at times, have moved away from my beliefs (somewhat) in the basic idea behind chunking. It's likely a reflection of the difficulties I have with unleashing my brain from writing history under standards of academia… and struggling to break the gravitational chains of writing for print. Again, maybe less is more, even though this might be a huge challenge to some who are more familiar with writing in academia. Perhaps an argument can be made in little more than a paragraph or two, followed by subsequent posts with chunks of information in support, but able to stand alone, one post not necessarily dependent on the other. In so doing, perhaps we build on ideas without paining the reader, who isn't necessarily an academic in the first place. Then too, when faced with some who are absolutely unmovable in their personal perception of historic personalities or events… perhaps this is the less threatening approach; keeping in mind, of course, that it is not the intent to change the reader to our point of view, but to engage the reader enough to open his/her eyes enough to recognize that other possibilities exist.
They begin with that which should be the Middle, and skipping backwards and forwards, 'tis impossible for any one but he who is perfect in the Subject before, to understand their Work, and such an one has no Occasion to read it.
There are two points to be made in this quote. First, Ben focuses on content and the manner in which the writer manipulates it. Let's think about it this way… is what you write, efficient? What is the purpose of your taking the time to write? What do you hope to do to the reader? Are you looking at changing his/her mind, looking for others who agree with you, or simply wanting to share information?
With that in mind, and considering the closing lines of this quote… this is where Ben tries to change hats, and understand the text from the standpoint of the reader… or maybe he's telling the readers that this is where they need to change hats as writers. In other words, this is Ben's effort to discuss usability in the writer's architecture of words. He recognizes the fact that, well… if you want to be heard… no, not just for your message, but for your perspective, and in a larger, deeper sense… you need to architect your words more carefully. Incidentally, being "heard", therefore, has a more complex meaning than reflective of a sensory occurrence.
Thanks, Ben.


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Sunkissed Summer Tag
This post is slightly different from the usual ones around here. After being on Twitter a few days ago, I spotted a tweet from Sydney Kelly that involved questions and answers from Ingrid Nilsen (missglamorazzi). I was inspired by these awesome questions having to do with my favorite time of year! I hope you enjoy the post and feel free to do this in your own blog!
1. What is your go-to product for a sun kissed summer glow?
Clarins Delicious Self Tanning Creme!
2. What book would you recommend for a summer read?
The Selection and all 3 books in the series are a great easy, light read. The Bachelor meets The Hunger Games.
3. What's your signature summer scent this year?
Coach-Poppy is great all year long!
4. The sun is shining and it's time to get outside! What's your favorite thing to do?
Hit the beach or go for a drive!
5. You're on the boardwalk and your stomach is grumbling. What's your go-to summer beach food?
I love Mexican, especially tacos and margaritas!!
6. Sunscreen is always important, but its a must in the summer! Whats your favorite?
Hawaiian Tropics 30 SPF
7. Sometimes it feels good to chill out and watch Netflix. What shows/movies do you recommend for summer?
Pretty Little Liars is such a great show and all the seasons are available on Netflix!
8. It's super bright outside! Do you reach for sunglasses or a hat?
Hats are def my thing because I wear prescription glasses!
9. What is your favorite summer jam this year?
Anything by Florida Georgia Line! Really getting into country lately!
10. Must-have nail polish for summer 2014?
I love Butter nail polish as well as NARS! I simply can't decide!


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Animal Cruelty
What is Animal Cruelty?
Animal cruelty is when someone hurts an animal or does not care for an animal responsibly, like not giving a dog or cat food and water. It is against the law to be cruel to or harm animals, even your own pets. It's also called animal abuse, or neglect.
What should you do about it?
Animal cruelty is a serious problem. If you see an animal being hurt, remember that you can help speak up for that animal. Depending on the situation, there are different ways you can help but keep these three rules in mind:
- Don't touch. Never try to stop a person hurting an animal by yourself or try to help an animal who is hurt. Even though both situations can be upsetting, they can put you in a dangerous situation.
- Get an adult. Find help from someone like your mom, dad, teacher, or trusted neighbor. Tell them what you saw and together, find help.
- Call for help: If you witness animal abuse, have your parent or guardian call 911 because it is an emergency. If you notice an animal not being cared for properly, your parent or guardian should call animal control.
What can PAWS do to help?
PAWS has no legal authority to catch people abusing animals, but your local animal control officers do. Here is a list of animal control phone numbers in Western Washington. You can also find the phone numbers for animal control near the front of your phone book, or call your local police or sheriff department.
Why are people cruel to animals?
Sometimes it is simply that people do not understand that what they are doing to an animal is causing the animal pain. Other times, people who have been abused themselves will be cruel to animals because they think that is the only way to treat others.
The worst cruelty situations are when people hurt animals knowing that it hurts the animal, and they do it to cause the animal pain. It is hard to say why someone would do this, but often they see the animals as objects instead of creatures with feelings.
Why should I report animal abuse?
People who abuse animals are more likely to hurt other people. This is why it's so important to report animal abuse. Not only will you help the animal, but you will help your community be a safer place for everyone.
Want to learn more?
- Find out more about animal cruelty and abuse.


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Providence Health & Services Hospitalist in Spokane, Washington
Providence Medical Group is seeking a BC/BE Hospitalist physician to join our team in Spokane, Washington.
Providence Health & Services is a not-for-profit system of hospitals, clinics and medical groups with a mission to serve everyone—especially the poor and vulnerable. Providence is a partner organization of the Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH) family, which operates 50 exceptional hospitals and more than 800 clinics across seven western states. With hundreds of physician and advanced practice clinician opportunities in virtually all specialties at any given time, PSJH and Providence offer diverse locations, lifestyles and practice models. Providence is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity organization.
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Here at dwell we provide our customers with the very best trendy, funky and design led furniture and home accessories in a unique and exciting store environment. Due to the continued growth and development of our iconic furniture brand we are recruiting for a Sales Consultant within our Brentford store.
As a Sales Consultant you will ensure that every customer that visits our store has an exceptional experience and leaves delighted. You don't need to have retail experience as we will give you that but you will need to be passionate about building relationships with customers and share their enthusiasm, energy and passion for our products and brand. An interest in furniture and experience would be great but we are more interested in individuals who have a background in a customer facing role and positive attitude and approach.
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Harvard celebrating after winning the Battle 4 Atlantis (Kerzner International/Issac Baldizon).
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas –Kyle Casey netted 15 points and came down with nine boards, while Keith Wright scored 12 and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Harvard men's basketball team to a 59-49 win over Central Florida in the championship game of the inaugural Battle 4 Atlantis tournament Saturday afternoon.
With the three-game sweep at the tournament, Harvard improves to 6-0 for the first time since the 1984-85 season. Following the championship game, Wright was named tournament MVP.
The Crimson did not allow an opponent to score more than 49 points during the three-game tournament, and Harvard led for 119 of 120 minutes at the Battle 4 Atlantis. Oliver McNally dished out a team-high five assists for Harvard. Keith Clanton tallied 12 points, and Marcus Jordan contributed 10 points to pace UCF.
Following a Christian Webster trey to open the scoring, Wright made a layup under the hoop to give Harvard an early 5-1 lead. Webster sank another 3-pointer to give Harvard an 8-1 advantage prior to the first media timeout. Wright converted on another layup as Harvard lead, 12-5, after the first seven minutes of action.
Laurent Rivard buried a triple from the right side as Harvard opened an eight-point lead, 17-9. Corbin Miller followed with a 3-pointer of his own, making it 20-9 in favor of the Crimson. After UCF (4-2) got back to within seven, 23-16, Casey hit a jumper from the lane with just under six minutes to go. With 4:18 remaining, Rivard made two from the line to give Harvard a 29-17 advantage.
Late in the first, Casey made a tip-in off a missed shot, as Harvard grew its lead to 33-17. The Crimson, which carried a 33-18 lead into halftime, shot 54.5 percent from the floor (12-of-22) and 44.4 percent from long distance (4-of-9) in the first stanza. McNally dished out five assists in the half, while Wright paced the Crimson with seven points.
Wright increased Harvard's lead to 35-18 with a layup to start the second half. The Knights followed with a 9-4 run to get within 12, 39-27, with 15 minutes to play. With just under 12 minutes left, Casey made a floater to up Harvard's lead to 42-29.
The Knights crawled back to cut the deficit to 10, 44-34, with 8:46 to play. Brandyn Curry stepped two the free-throw line and buried two shots with under eight minutes left to up the Crimson lead to 46-34. Wright hit a bucket on Harvard's next possession, as the Crimson began to pull away, 48-34.
With under two minutes to go, Casey headed to the line and made one shot, giving Harvard a 10-point edge, 52-42. The Crimson made seven more free throws before time expired to finish off UCF for the win.
The Crimson will return north and visit Vermont Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.


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A Hillsborough County Circuit Court judge has been charged with driving under the influence.
The Tampa Bay Times reports Judge Tracy Sheehan was charged with drunk driving on Friday night in Tampa.
According to an arrest report, Sheehan was driving out of a parking garage in Tampa's historic Ybor City neighborhood when an officer saw her car drifting across lane markers.
The officer pulled Sheehan over and noticed the scent of alcohol on her breath. She also reportedly had slurred speech and bloodshot, watery eyes.
A blood test determined she had about twice the legal level of alcohol in her system.
Reached at her home, Sheehan told the paper she was disappointed in herself.
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A new Texas survey by Public Policy Polling has found former Houston Mayor Bill White in a dead 43-43 tie with Gov. Rick Perry in this year's governor's race.
This comes just a week after Rasmussen Reports showed Perry leading 48-40.
Not much has happened in the week to cause the difference in poll results, but both are close to the margin of error in their polls. Rasmussen had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points, and Public Policy's survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points. With a little addition and subtraction, you can get almost the same result in both polls.
Overall, however, the polls are good news for White because he appears to be solidly in the low 40s while continuing to build statewide name identification, while Perry remains under the magic 50 percent + one needed to win.
Public Policy Polling President Dean Debnam, in a statement released with the poll, declared his survey as a major gain for White, who trailed Perry 48 percent to 42 percent in a survey done after the primaries (Correction: done in February). Debnam said White accomplished this by taking the lead among independent voters 42 percent to 36 percent.
"Bill White has the potential to give Democrats their biggest bright spot on what will probably overall be a bad election night in November," Debnam said. "A win in the Texas Governor race would be huge for the party and instantaneously make White one of the most prominent Democrats in the country."
Of course, it was a Public Policy survey that gave U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison a 25 percentage point lead over Perry early in 2009, and he came back to handily defeat her in the GOP primary.
The survey also found only 10 percent of Texans would like to see Perry run for president in 2012 if he is re-elected as governor, and 69 percent "explicitly" would not want him to run for president.
The PPP survey of 500 Texas voters was done June 19-21.


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The investigation into the Burgas terror attack barely got underway when Prime Minister Netanyahu already announced that it was carried out by Iran through its proxy Hezbollah. Whether or not it in fact was, it is the public's duty to refuse to accept the government's claims, until they are backed up with solid evidence. Returning to his halcyon days as the national inciter, standing near the blood pools of suicide attack victims, the Prime Minister was quick to announce – before the sooty bus in Burgas was even removed – that the responsibility for the attack lies with Iran or its…Read More... | 17 Comments


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The powerful VIKING Tillers can simplify agricultural work, aid cultivation and assist in clearing land and ridging. With their tried and tested engineering and compact design, they have proved to be of great use to gardeners, cultivators and landscape gardeners for many years. The extensive range of accessories ensures that VIKING tillers can be used for a whole host of functions.


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The Dallas Stars had seven players score goals in a 7-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night.
Alex Goligoski had three assists, tying his career high.
Colton Sceviour, Trevor Daley and Ryan Garbutt each had a goal and an assist.
Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen allowed three goals on 28 shots.
Pekka Rinne had 22 saves.
After Nashville pulled within 5-3 in the third period on Eric Nystrom's goal, Valeri Nichushkin and Cody Eakin scored 9 seconds apart for a 7-3 edge.
Goals by Garbutt and Vernon Fiddler gave the Stars a 2-0 lead after one period.
Sceviour, Alex Chiasson and Daley scored in the second period that ended with a 5-2 advantage for Dallas.
The Predators' Patric Hornqvist and Michael Del Zotto also scored in the second.
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It seems that the Russians are doomed to forever be the villains in American videogames. The Soviet Union collapsed nearly 20 years ago and the Cold War is over, but Singularity still manages to make those dastardly commies the enemy. How you might ask? Time travel, of course!
Singularity asks the question, 'What if the Soviet Union discovered a source of Element-99… and what if it had special powers that could warp time itself and create monsters?' It's a question we've all stayed up pondering and now you can live that nightmare through the shoes of American soldier Nate Renko, the unfortunate soul tasked with correcting history. There's a five minute introduction explaining this backstory in great detail at the opening of Singularity. From there, things continue to be just as corny right through to the end.
Singularity is a first-person shooter that draws inspiration from games like BioShock or System Shock 2. There are lots of meat-monsters and Russian soldiers to blast, plenty of weapons to do so with, and along the way you'll upgrade Renko with new powers and tools to make him even more super. Interspersed with the shooting are some simple puzzles, heavy doses of storytelling and plenty of blatant clues to let you know that things are perhaps not the way they appear. The production levels are pretty high here for the most part, so most enemies and creatures move pretty well and look decent enough.
The selling point for Singularity is a special gizmo Renko is quickly bestowed called the TMD, or Time Manipulation Device. With it, he has near limitless power that is, in fact, only limited by the developer's rather mundane imagination. This device can alter time with incredible precision enabling its user to age or revert single objects. Decayed crates filled with ammo can be made new again. Boxes can be aged to pieces for easy transport. Locks can be aged to dust to open safes or lockers.
The idea sounds pretty neat, but it isn't much more than a gimmick. Only an extremely limited set of objects can be manipulated with the TMD, and even then the results aren't anything to write home about. Through the course of Singularity, you'll use the TMD to solve age-old "puzzles" and in less involved single-use situations to fix or break things like voice recordings and switches.
I use the word "puzzles" lightly because even with the addition of time manipulation you'll still be going through the same basic routines that games have been using as a crutch for years. All of the explosives and time-manipulation in the world is no match for a small ledge or chain link fence. For that, you'll need a crate and that means you'll have to age one to splinters, slide it through gaps in 5 foot fences, and then revert it back to normal size to use as a step. Raven didn't go outside of the level design playbook in the slightest, nor do they allow the player to use any imagination. Once you've aged or reverted a couple of things, the wonder is gone and the limitations on when and how you can use the TMD ensure it never comes back.
Things are more interesting in combat. Here the TMD can be used to age soldiers to dust, revert them to monsters (just go with it), do a gravity-gun Half-Life 2 impersonation, or create little bubbles that slow down time. It's a bit like a less-inspired TimeShift, but with better weapons, enemies, and set pieces. Combining a little time bubble with a remote-controlled E99 Seeker gun allows you to freeze a nearby enemy in place and then steer a bullet around corners into the next crowd of Russian soldiers. And no matter what you do, you can be sure there will be lots of over-the-top gore. Heads and arms will fly off in fountains of blood in just about every encounter.
The best parts of Singularity come when Raven abandons the corridor shooting that dominates the game in favor of special levels. One stage puts you in a massive time-restored boat that is slowly reverting back to rust as it springs leaks and ultimately sinks. Another pits you against a massive monster. These are the most tense and exciting parts of the game, but they aren't quite enough to make you forget about the weak puzzles, banal story, and otherwise straight-forward design.
Singularity has three different endings, all of which can easily be seen by loading up your last save point and playing through the final moments again. Once that's done, there's little reason to go back for another romp through the 6-10 hour campaign. There is an additional multiplayer game that has a small community backing right now, but it feels far too limited to gain any substantial following.
Multiplayer consists of two modes, both pitting human soldiers against creatures. One is a straight team deathmatch while the other is an objective based game where teams fight over set locations. The gameplay is largely identical in both modes as the rules of combat are the same. Pick a class or creature type, choose your weapon and perks, and start fighting. The creature team can deploy everything from massive spider-like monsters to little tickers that can possess humans. The soldiers have powers that help to even things out. The different classes can do things like heal each other, teleport forward through space a few yards, or put up temporary shields. With so many competing powers on the field at once, everything feels quite hectic and chaotic.
[Note] I wasn't able to play the PlayStation 3 version online as there isn't anybody to play with. The 360 edition ran well enough and there were no problems connecting to a lobby on PS3, so I don't anticipate problems. Still, it remains untested.
Closing Comments
If you've exhausted the library of stellar games that 2010 has already produced and are looking for something to help bridge the gap into this fall, Singularity isn't a bad choice. The gunplay is solid and there are a few memorable set pieces. It is a game ultimately limited by a lack of imagination where a neat time-manipulation idea is handcuffed to a by-the-numbers first-person shooter.


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My recipes reflect my way of eating: 100% organic, real food, full of colour, healthy fats, high quality protein, fermented foods, tones of vegetables, and made with love. A top priority for me is feeling amazing after I eat, which includes making sure my blood sugar is kept in check. I believe food is the greatest expression of self-love and self-care. Food is nourishment, it's fuel. It's a gift we give these bodies that we live in, and I passionately create incredibly nutrient dense meals, with no compromise on the mouth pleasure.
Most of my recipes are so simple, and rooted in the dietary wisdom of ancestral eating teachings by the legendary Weston A. Price. I personally consume next to nothing processed, and eat no grains, no dairy (once in a blue moon i'll cook with ghee), no added sugars or sweeteners, no legumes. It might sound extreme, but I live with no deprivation- I love food, food that makes me feel good. I've reached a place where I place nothing in my mouth that I'll regret later, and a massive part of that is finding ways to nourish my body with wholesome but delicious recipes. Goodbye cravings, goodbye guilt, goodbye shame, goodbye yo-yo dieting. My food ethos is eat real food, and eat as fucking much as you want of it.
I basically live in my kitchen, cooking brings me so much joy. I hope some of these recipes make their way into yours; I would love to see pictures, and hear tweaks you've made to make it your own.
Ps. Many (if not all) of the items on this section of the blog are not complete meals. Mix-and-match them and fill your plate full of vegetables, a healthy source of protein, and plenty of healthy fats- and you're good to go!
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Why Waiting Is So Hard To Do & How To Get Better At It
"Waiting Is" — a phrase immortalized in Robert Heinlein's celebrated sci-fi novel Stranger in a Strange Land.
For most of us, waiting is not easy, often even a bore. Waiting for a bus or train, we look for something to do to pass the time; sitting in a doctor's office, we idle away the minutes thumbing through magazines of no particular interest.
We want the waiting to be over with so that we can get on with whatever is the next task at hand. Yet in treating waiting this way, we deny ourselves a most valuable opportunity.
Pure waiting, not waiting for any event to happen, just waiting without wanting, can be a profound spiritual practice.
When you simply wait, not waiting for anything in particular, not wishing things were different than than they are, the mind relaxes. And, as you let go of wanting, you will probably find your awareness of the present moment expanding.
Many teachers, from Buddha to Ram Dass and Eckhart Tolle, have encouraged us to be more aware of the present, to "be here, now." And numerous practices aim to help us become more aware of the present. Most, however, lead to focusing of the attention on some aspect of the present — the breath, a visual object, a mantra. The focus may be effortless, but nevertheless it is there, a very faint directing of the attention.
With pure waiting, on the other hand, there is no attempt to be aware of any particular aspect of the present. Instead, with nothing to do, no particular thing to wait for, there is space for more of the present to reveal itself. We begin to notice aspects of our world we were not aware of before — the sound of a clock or a distant conversation; a tree gently waving in the breeze; the touch of clothes against the skin. It does not matter what. It will probably be different every time, simply because the present is different from one moment to the next.
As you get the hang of simply waiting you will find yourself being present in a relaxed, innocent, undirected way.
So the next time you have to wait for something, use the time as an opportunity to become more awake. Instead of waiting for that something, simply wait. No expectations. Simply stopping, and waiting, with an open mind.
Nor do we need to wait for a late bus or be sitting in a "waiting room" before we can practice waiting. Any moment of the day we can choose to pause for a while and simply wait.
We can wait without expectation for whatever is next. Maybe a bird flies past the window. Perhaps the refrigerator starts up. Or we find we have wandered off on some thought. It doesn't matter. Waiting is.
You can start right now. Pause. Take a breath. Relax… And wait…
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Full Moon In Taurus: Growth & Perseverance
We are having a Full Moon in Taurus on November 12th at 1:34pm Universal Time. It will appear the fullest on the night of the 11th in the Americas and on the night of the 12th elsewhere.
This is the peak of the Lunar cycle that began two weeks prior with a New Moon in Scorpio. The energies of a Full Moon build up as the Moon increases its light and are strongest in the days before and after. However, it will still be a part of the backdrop over the following two weeks.
Mercury is also currently retrograde in Scorpio which you can read more about here. In the day leading up to this Full Moon, Mercury was conjunct the Sun in what is known as the 'inferior conjunction' and is still playing out during the Full Moon.
Generally this is an important phase of every Mercury retrograde, however, this one has even more significance because Mercury was exactly aligned with, and visibly in front of, the Sun. This is not the case for every 'inferior conjunction.' This is called an 'Occultation' and also referred to as a 'Transit of Mercury' by astronomers. The last time it occurred was May 2016 and the next time will be in November 2032.
This can be a period of increased insights and the themes of this retrograde may get amplified. However, typical retrograde complications can also be stronger at this time depending on your circumstances or how you are applying your energy. In some cases, this may also be a period of ridding yourself of certain thoughts, ideas, perceptions, old interests, expectations, or other things that are not serving you to make way for new ones to be seeded either at this time or in the coming months.
Full Moon In Taurus Opposite Sun and Mercury in Scorpio
Full Moon's are a period in which we feel a push-pull between two opposing signs, in this case being the Moon in Taurus and Sun in Scorpio. It can play out as either a conflict, integration, or some sort of dynamic playing out between the energies of both signs.
We can feel this opposition happening individually within us and/or we can also experience it play out around us with some people (or circumstances) expressing the Scorpio side and others expressing the Taurus side. In some cases, Full Moon's can also reflect/trigger some sort of release or change which may apply more so in this case when considering Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in Scorpio.
Taurus is an Earth sign ruled by Venus. It is associated with values, worth, the material world, sensuality, money, food/substances, security, beauty, art, and nature. It is physically oriented, practical, and realistic. Taurus is thorough and also likes stability and routine. It is like a rock; slow, grounded, and solid. Negatively, Taurus energy can be too rigid, lazy, habitual, greedy, possessive, stubborn, materialistic, overly self-indulgent, and very slow.
Scorpio is a Water sign traditionally ruled by Mars and associated with Pluto. It is about power, transformation, intensity, sexuality, passion, regeneration, hidden matters, depth, as well as shared or owed resources and money. It is emotionally oriented, intuitive, primal, complex, calculated, mysterious, and is associated with shadows and the unconscious. Negatively Scorpio energy can be vengeful, manipulative, compulsive, obsessive, and fearful. (Learn more here about how Scorpio energy can play out during this period)
Full Moon Trine Pluto, Mercury Retrograde Aspecting Saturn Sextile Neptune
This Full Moon is moving towards a trine with Pluto which can be beneficial in supporting the Mercury Retrograde process in Scorpio. This can be good for getting to the bottom of things, making positive changes, evolutionary growth, empowerment, and resourcefulness.
This Pluto energy combined with the post 'inferior conjunction' and waning Moon is supportive of releasing aspects of our lives that are not serving us. The previous Full Moon in Aries was also in a configuration with Pluto so for some people these themes may have began around then and could still be playing out now.
This month, Saturn in Capricorn is in its final sextile to Neptune in Pisces. This aspect began earlier in the year but may be more apparent now as it is concluding with both the Full Moon and Mercury Retrograde triggering it. This can reflect developments, thoughts, or ideas around efforts or ambitions pertaining to our ideals, creativity, inspirations, spirituality, or imagination. This can also be good for commitments associated with selflessness, compassion, healing, or spiritual practices.
Mars Sextile Jupiter, Venus Square Neptune
Mars is in Libra aligned with the benefic star Spica while in a sextile with Jupiter in Sagittarius. Considering that Mars is the traditional ruler of Scorpio where Mercury Retrograde is, this helps to bring a more pleasant, optimistic, and perhaps even fortunate energy to the retrograde experience at this time and in the following weeks.
This is in stark contrast to the previous few weeks in this same Lunar cycle that had more challenging configurations which could have reflected obstacles, limitations, delays, intense feelings, and perhaps even destructiveness.
In comparison, the energy now is more expansive, explorative, and growth oriented. We can feel more confident or perhaps even be presented with opportunities. We may want to take action in a big way or towards things connected to education, media, marketing, travel, beliefs, or ideals.
However, considering the retrograde and depending on what it is, it may not be the best time to make final decisions, or solidifying/initiating something major. However, use your judgement. Not every big decision made during a retrograde gets derailed by problems, sometimes it can just be annoying glitches or challenges can playing out in different ways that are still manageable.
Venus in Sagittarius, the ruler of this Full Moon, is moving towards a square with Neptune which is strongest on November 14th. This can play out as confusion, disappointments, and uncertainties which may be connected to relationships, values, finances, worth, or perhaps something to do with aesthetics, pleasures, or material things. We may not see things for what they really are.
Issues around boundaries, self-sacrifice, escapism, intoxication, or sensitivities may also be a theme. Alternatively, this can be good for creativity as well as social situations revolved around spirituality or art. In some cases it can also be magical and romantic.
Things To Consider During This Period
Pay attention to what comes up now or in the days before and after this Full Moon. Circumstances, developments, conversations, thoughts, feelings, or other things that catch your attention may help to provide important realizations or helpful insights. You may better understand something connected to the past and/or whatever occurs now may also be planting a seed for the future.
What aspects of your life need an adjustment, revisitation, or even transformation? Do you have ideas, thoughts, or behaviours that need to be purged? Have you had experiences, feelings, or exposure to anything connected to personal shadows or trauma? Regardless if you did or not, be open to anything that comes up now which can help you or others towards healing and achieving wholeness.
Is there anything coming up regarding financial matters or values, and if so, what changes do you need to make? What do you need to do to be constructive with your inspirations, ideals, compassion, spirituality, or creativity? Do you feel like you should be incorporating a new spiritual practice or ambition in your life? What actions can you take that are empowered or expansive?
These are just some examples of what could come up during this period; however, there may be other variations of this energy playing out. If you wish to do any sort of intentional release connected to what has come up it is best to do so anytime after the peak of the Full Moon or as it is waning over the following two weeks. The exact moment of of it will be on November 12th at 1:34pm Universal Time. You can click here to see what that is in your time zone.
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Dealing With "Waking Up." How To Handle Discovering More Than Just The Tip of the Iceberg
In Brief
- The Facts:
An evolution in the way we view our world and the systems within it is necessary to create meaningful change at this stage in humanity's journey. This starts with an evolution in media.
- Reflect On:
Can we truly change our world if we don't know where we are truly at? Can we expect to see change in our world if we don't change ourselves?
A look at our current world might bring about emotions or observations linked to feelings of chaos. With the incredible divide happening in the US due to the upcoming presidential elections, the manufactured gender, race and sexual orientation divides taking place all over, it's easy to feel like there are 'bad' things happening all the time.
People often look at the media and say it's there to ruin or shift your perception of the world negatively, and I would partly agree with this for sure. After all, that's what inspired me to create a news source that took a different approach. But the reality is, we're in a time where we have to look at some of the tough things going on in our world in order to understand why they are happening, where we are at and how we can shift. The difference in the way we like to do that here at CE is, we might talk about some of the 'darker' stuff, but we'll always help in moving through it vs leaving a reader hanging.
This is done through an important process I built called The CE Protocol. This is partly how we have been creating an evolution in media for the past 10 years.
My feeling is that we must combine an observation of what we are actively creating in our world with personal transformation so that we can truly change the challenges we face at the core, versus simply throwing bandaids at the situation.
For example, we might want people to unite and be more peaceful with one another, yet we'll actively attack, mischaracterize others and divide ourselves simply based on something like political orientation. Why do we do that? Because we don't know who we are deep down, and we actively get caught up in the illusion of politics that has been manufactured to prey on our programmings.
Therefore, the more we wake up and see the illusion that politics is by consuming different media, the more we begin to see truth and are inspired to make new choices. This turns us inward where we make changes within ourselves and this then leads us to interact within our world differently because now we are operating from a different state of consciousness.
Many people feel we can simply change our world by working only on ourselves, without having to see the truth of our world. Often times that changes a person slightly, but they will still support the systems in our world because they still believe in them, thus things don't change.
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The basic steps are: 1. Breaking The Illusion 2. Awakening Neutrality 3. Deprogramming Limits 4. Living Aligned
1: Breaking The Illusion
2: Awakening Neutrality
3: Deprogramming Limits
4. Living Aligned
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Parables For The New Conversation (Chapter 12: The King)
The following is a chapter from my book 'Parables For The New Conversation.' One chapter will be published every Sunday for 36 weeks here on Collective Evolution. (I would recommend you start with Chapter 1 if you haven't already read it.) I hope my words are a source of enjoyment and inspiration for you, the reader. If perchance you would like to purchase a signed paperback copy of the book, you can do so on my production company website Pandora's Box Office.
From the back cover: "Imagine a conversation that centers around possibility—the possibility that we can be more accepting of our own judgments, that we can find unity through our diversity, that we can shed the light of our love on the things we fear most. Imagine a conversation where our greatest polarities are coming together, a meeting place of East and West, of spirituality and materialism, of religion and science, where the stage is being set for a collective leap in consciousness more magnificent than any we have known in our history.
Now imagine that this conversation honors your uniqueness and frees you to speak from your heart, helping you to navigate your way more deliberately along your distinct path. Imagine that this conversation puts you squarely into the seat of creator—of your fortunes, your relationships, your life—thereby putting the fulfillment of your deepest personal desires well within your grasp.
'Parables for the New Conversation' is a spellbinding odyssey through metaphor and prose, personal sagas and historic events, where together author and reader explore the proposal that at its most profound level, life is about learning to consciously manifest the experiences we desire–and thus having fun. The conversation touches on many diverse themes but always circles back to who we are and how our purposes are intertwined, for it is only when we see that our personal desires are perfectly aligned with the destiny of humanity as a whole that we will give ourselves full permission to enjoy the most exquisite experiences life has to offer."
12. The King
On a little hill on the outskirts of the village on the island of Allandon the children were playing 'King of the Hill,' a game in which the last one standing at the top of the hill would be able to proclaim a royal decree that all the other children would have to obey. The game would often bring on bloody noses and bruised muscles since every child wanted desperately to end up on top. On this particular day, however, for the first time that anyone could remember, a clever little girl was the last one standing and was made king. And so they began the traditional ceremony to announce the royal decree.
"Long live the king," said the children in unison from the bottom of the hill.
"I am your king. And you will obey my command," the little girl said.
"How may we serve you?" the children asked.
"I ask only one thing. That from this day forward, rather than the people serving the king, the king will serve the people."
The children were confused.
"Can she do that?" said one boy to another.
"I guess so. She's the king," said the other.
"Please be silent," the girl said. "It is time to think about what you desire most. How may I serve you?"
From that day forward the game changed. Although becoming king was as revered as ever, the children no longer fought so hard with each other for the honor.
Of the dualities present in human life, one of the most prevalent in our day-to-day experience is that of male and female. It is virtually impossible to ignore, and even in the name of equality it makes no sense to pretend it isn't there. Indeed, the suggestion that women and men come from different planets seems to be helpful in our endeavor to explore our unique qualities and accept our differences. Many a relationship has been saved or enhanced through the understanding that broadly speaking men and women have different needs and desires, as well as a different way of looking at things.
However in the larger picture of our social and political order, our recent history shows that we have used these differences more as a way to divide us than unite us. Western society leans more heavily on the side of the male perspective, and as a result our power structures have been dominated by men for most of our known history. Perhaps more significant is the fact that this has long been seen by men and women alike as the natural order of things. But we are starting to see now that this belief is no more than mere convention, a model that has been enforced through physical might to perpetuate itself over time.
The patriarchal model of society favors action over reflection, matter over spirit, and confrontation over conciliation. It is built on the equation of power with control, which has in large part defined the way in which our social, political, and religious structures have been organized. Massive hierarchies with top-down chains of command have predominated, founded on the essential belief that humans must be placed in a regimented environment and need to be compelled to act in the interests of the collective in order for a society to flourish.
Generally speaking, women do not thrive in this form of organization. Historically, whenever a woman of power has appeared on the Western geopolitical landscape, she tended to be as uncomfortable with the hierarchy as the hierarchy was with her. A perfect example is Jeanne D'Arc, a teenage girl who vaulted over the entire male-dominated military establishment to lead her French people to repel English occupation in the early 15th century. It was her intimate connection with divine inspiration that gave her the wisdom and the courage to succeed where her male compatriots had failed. And while the generals may have grudgingly been willing to honor her deeds, there was no place for her in her country's military establishment. She felt above it all, and rejected any attempts to be assimilated into its ranks. In the end, both sides of the male-dominated war she was engaged in—not only the embattled English but also the victorious French—were complicit in having her tried for heresy and then burned at the stake as a witch. Translation: she could not be controlled by the hierarchy and therefore had to be destroyed by it.
This is not the exception but the rule of the past two thousand years. It is believed that tens of thousands of women have been burned at the stake as witches, essentially because they were exhibiting a greater understanding and connectedness with divinely inspired wisdom than their male counterparts. Supported by the thinly veiled prejudice that men were superior and therefore the authority on such matters, symbolized by the all-powerful one God being male, the unwarranted violence, intimidation, and abuse that has been heaped upon women is perhaps the most relentless mass atrocity that has occurred in the course of our history.
One of the greatest shortcomings of a predominantly male-centered society is that it actually promotes inequality. The whole concept of equality, balance, and cooperation is a feminine attribute. And so in essence a patriarchy will cast women more as rivals than mates, and men will be driven to seize the gifts that women might otherwise want to offer freely. Chastity belts, genital mutilation, black burkas in the searing sun, all are telling signs of men trying to control those things that are most lacking in themselves. Male-centered efforts to suppress the power of the 'weaker' sex speaks to a broad if fairly unconscious campaign over the last few millennia to deny feminine influence in our society. And by and large it has been successful, positioning men as the sole rule-makers of the game of life. Men have garnered all the roles of influence: the political leaders and priests, the explorers, the literate and educated thinkers, the scientists, and the scribes and historians, those recounters of the past whose writings were rife with patriarchal undertones that reinforced the myth that men were the superior sex. We are still at the effect of the designation of terms such as 'man' and 'mankind' to represent all of humanity, as though a woman's inferiority was so patently obvious as to be seen as a sort of sub-class of man.
In recent years, however, we have started to see through the collective fog that proclaims men superior to women. And the more we penetrate this fiction and see that it has no real foundation, the harder it becomes for us to believe that this mindset endured for so long in our history. It is certainly no coincidence that people have suddenly become captivated by the growing evidence popularized by Dan Brown's DaVinci Code that Jesus may have had a lover or a wife in Mary Magdalene, and that she was considered an equal to him and held a high degree of honor and status in her society. The significance of this point is not to be understated: it gives us reason to infer that the Biblical portrayal of Mary Magdalene as a prostitute was part of a much larger, almost systematic effort on the part of men to strip away evidence that women ever had any power or influence in the world.
Today we are poised to acknowledge and assimilate what historians of ancient myth and culture have always known: that male domination in the world marks only the recent history of humanity, and that in fact many periods in the Ancient world were matriarchal in nature. In old agrarian cultures, where survival was dependant on the fertility of the Earth, it was natural to see the all-powerful Creator as female, as the provider of life and sustenance for all human beings. If anything, a civilization guided by women would seem more like the natural order of things. A woman's bodily cycles put her into greater alignment with the grand rhythms of nature, and as her body is the vessel to create another human being, she is more connected to the process of bringing a life into the world.
This is not to say that I think women want to be more important in the world than men, nor does it mean that they are plotting global revenge for all the injustices perpetrated against them. This simply is not the way of women. What it does mean is that the pendulum has begun swinging back to the center, which will not only give women a greater voice but also give men permission to awaken the other side within themselves. This promises to bring more emotion to our thoughts, more art to our sciences, and more heart to our human relations.
While male energy is more of a doing force, female energy is centered more in being. Men and women alike have both male and female energies within them, and it is only when these energies are balanced and working together that we are able to act in a way that makes us feel fulfilled. The shift that is coming in our society is away from commanding and towards being of service. A male-centered perspective views serving and being a servant in a most pejorative fashion. Subservience means disempowerment, servitude implies a lack of will, being a servant is closely associated with being a slave. To desire to serve rather than command is seen as a sign of weakness. The implications of this are clear: a society where everyone has to fight for what they need, where citizens feel alienated from each other and disconnected from the community.
We have to hearken back to less patriarchal societies of the past to see that being of service was once revered as a strength, not simply because it benefited the community at large, but the individual as well. Serving others without expectation of personal gain or reward helped to move individuals away from self-consumed isolation to a feeling of connectedness. When I was in a Yoga Ashram in India, which promotes a balance between male and female influence in daily life, we were asked to practice selfless service, or karma yoga. I noticed that the simple act of serving the morning meal to other yoga practitioners brought me closer to all the people there, towards the blissful feeling of unity that is the goal of yoga. During one of our lectures, the swami was asked about the burden of availing himself in the service of others throughout the day. He responded with a wry smile that he might actually be the most selfish one of all, since he knew very well from experience that as he serves others he is served tenfold.
The growing strength of the voices of women in our society has been a big part of the shift away from a self-service mentality and towards a service-to-others mentality. This is starting to gain traction in the way we look at our environment, our governance, our economy. New business models today are actually preaching service over self-interest. People are volunteering for community-building activities more than ever. And the very wealthy in our society, from our athletes and entertainers to our politicians and businessmen, have come to realize more and more that their most worthwhile endeavors involve contributing to others less fortunate or even creating foundations of their own in order to share their wealth.
Of course some of the old power brokers will not change their ways. They want to stay driven by a heart that beats to the drum of control, and they will try to tighten their grip. The only thing is that a growing number of men aren't buying into it anymore. And women are gaining confidence that they no longer need to put up a male-centered façade in order to have some sway in the 'Old Boy's Clubs'. With the gradual but steady influence of more and more women into positions of power and influence, we are seeing things differently. The fact is that we have become weary of control-oriented governance. We can feel now that we have been suffocating and we just want to breathe again.
As we become more aware of how much this disparity of opportunity and influence between men and women has skewed the unfolding of our lives, we will become conscious participants in restoring balance and issuing in a greater sense of belonging for all. Rules will be taken down in favor of freedom, intuition will move back into collaboration with reason, and indeed women will start to take their rightful place beside men in returning a wholeness to the process of human evolution.
My own experience speaks to the benefits of increasingly giving women a voice and letting them be a bigger part of the conversation. I look back to an educational program I took part in recently where women served not only as facilitators but also as the program architects and administrators. What seemed different was that although the subject matter was complex and sometimes even confronting, there was an atmosphere of mutual support, acceptance, and trust that pervaded throughout. It was completely unlike my experience of academic life, which dealt more in superficiality and rarely struck to the heart of issues important in my own personal growth. The conversations in this program were intelligent and subtle, capable of cultivating a shift in my thinking and my life. And because I still came fundamentally from my mind rather than my feelings, this experience was exactly what I needed. I was able to gain a brand new awareness of what a balance of male and female energies felt like. Near the end of the week-long program I was moved to stand up and make an acknowledgement to 'the brilliance of women' for creating a fertile environment for learning and transformation and fostering such an inspiring conversation throughout the program.
The new conversation not only promotes the bringing-into-balance of polarities such as male and female, it is at the same time being informed by the way this growing balance is manifesting in our society. This illustrates how the new conversation is emerging organically while we slowly raise our consciousness together. As more men and women enter into the new conversation, we will develop an ever clearer vision not only of more balanced personal relationships but of a higher social and political order. Women will be poised to have a shared influence in the corridors of authority in our society where, anchored in the wholeness of its citizens, power can be transformed from something that is feared and fought for into something that can be celebrated and enjoyed by all.
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