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Who is Next On the West's Hit List
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- Mattexian said...
Certainly this distant observer can tell, no good would come from someone in the Kremlin ordering the opposition leader's death. It only could come from outside, to cast blame and resurrect demons of a retro Soviet Union. Now the protesters will have a mute martyr for their parade. I hope your police soon find the real culprits, altho I'm sure the western media will dismiss any arrestees as patsies.
- March 1, 2015 at 5:11 AM
Dunno Stanislav. One never gets over such things. If you're not fearful of violent corruption and the attendent loss of public confidence - you will.
Same forces are at work everywhere. Russia doesn't exist within any special universe. This is a constant, dangerous fight...but once you give in - they own you.
The human mind is predisposed to see patterns even where none exist. Sometimes that enables dangers undetected....
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I kinda doubt Putin had anything to do with this. Also find these constant conspiratorial arguments unconvincing - the players are never that good. But it's obvious that *someone* benefited from this killing. Who is to say who might be next?
Also obvious that "some" in Russia have no difficulty obtaining weapons. Bet that isn't the case for the average Joe? This is your horror - having to depend on others to protect you from bullies with guns.....
Wish you luck. Hope the truth becomes known.
- March 1, 2015 at 11:29 PM
You never get over it.
- March 1, 2015 at 11:44 PM
- Francisco Miguel Colaço said...
Putin would bot be so stupid as to kill openly an opponent.
Nah! It reeks either of a western job or a local vendetta for non-political reasons.
As to what the western press says, I bet'ya that we, conservative christians, are convincing more and more that Russia is the least guilty in current affairs and that our pressitutes are as truthful as the devil is honest. Our establishment will lose the battle for the minds of the people, even if only for a significant minority.
- March 2, 2015 at 12:32 AM
I'm betting that there is a Ukrainian connection in the hit on Nemtsov.
- March 2, 2015 at 2:55 AM


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Interview with King Juan Carlos on the South Mall cancellation as an indicator of Washington, D.C.'s political significance hidden in plain site
Washington, D.C. as a micros of political reality
Juan Carlos is the King of Spain. He is a descendent of an immensely powerful, yet to most Americans' unknown European 'Noble' family, the Farnese: the name adorning the tomb of "St." Ignatius Loyola and the Gesu "Mother" church in Lazio, Rome of the "Society of Jesus", which the Farnese helped found, and which runs the highly influential Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.,
Juan Carlos discusses how Washington, D.C. planning indicates the true political significance of that mysterious power "inside the Beltway".
SCM- Welcome King Juan Carlos. Care to enlighten us about this topic of the true political significance of the U.S. Capitol.
KJC- You have this pretty city, this beautiful Capitol and its nearby surrounding greens. It is centered on this rotunda upon a hill facing a solitary western mall. It has this unique street grid known as the "Enfant Plan". That features not only North, South and East Capitol Streets, but also diagonals, particularly Maryland and Pennsylvania Avenues extending southwest and northwest respectively from this rotunda, the latter forming the Federal Triangle.
The Place has some serious symbolism, yet most people in the U.S. have comparably little grasp of the situation.
Sure they see it as a place of corruption, yet as Their Democracy. They acknowledge vaguely a baleful political mass "inside the Beltway", which they can vaguely attribute to greedy ambition, yet look no further as to its origins, and thus are continually mis-lead, by trusting institutions over truth. They figure that something must be true because it's repeated so much through *established* mainstream media rather than actually making sense. But the have no idea why, for being taught that questioning the political dynamics unflatteringly as "conspiracy theorist", never-mind that "conspiracy" is a perfectly valid concept and statutorily defined offense which courts routinely sentence people for such conspiracies as say steering a person to a low level street contraband merchant for say a $40 bag of cocaine powder. But we are to be supposedly embarrassed for pondering conspiracies any larger- please? That's the self-guilt out to get people to do nothing
They see the ogles and ogles of Grecho-Roman-Masonic architecture. Yet they fail to see the significance, assuming its is so for being pretty rather than blatantly representative of the continuing ancient regime.
They are oblivious to so much history.
WE founded Washington, D.C. Before it had that name. But always with a purpose as OUR Capitol in North America.
SCM- Please elaborate?
The corruption is real, but many fail to understand how all roads lead to Rome. It is not really "Their" or your Democracy. Rather it is our political circus of the Continuing Roman Empire, fed by Our Shadow Government.
SCM- "Shadow Government"?
KJC- The Government within the Government. Like a hand inside a glove. Symbolized on your $1 U.S. one dollar bill, back side to the left—back and to the left hah hah most appropriately! Facilitated by a hierarchy of orders- whether religious or "fraternal", all filled with mediocre suck ups- think about political dynamics.
SCM- Ah the Wobble Effect of Politics.
KJC- Yes. For instance, that which was used to perform, and to cover up Our Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and so many other government crimes, from the prolonging of WW2 to bring the USSR deep into Central Europe to satisfy the Ledochowski Kulturkampf Revenge against Prussia, to the 911 Reichstag Fire, and beyond. As readers of Continuing Counter Reformation already know, WW2 was really a 2nd 30 Years War designed to increase the greater Roman Empire's political position, improving the demographics for Roman Catholicism, cleansing Poland and the rest of eastern Europe of heretics of all types including the insufficiently loyal cafeteria Catholics, eastern orthodox and of course Jewish peoples, and the destruction of that heretical nation of "Prussia".
It's how we get the government to be "steered" towards certain polices.
Consider how we took our sweet time in ending WW2, like wasting time in Sicily and the southern boot, instead of simply landing near Rome to take it.
Or spending countless trillions persecuting people for habitual agricultural drug commodities asides from Tobacco and Coffee.
Its how we can keep your governments lying through their teeth about, say, Marijuana; they even continue claiming it has no medicinal value *after* the U.S. government takes out patents on some of its medicinal uses. Its how we get the U.S. government to cover up a study showing Marijuana to combat cancer, all the while pumping out billions upon billions of deadly Virginia Bright Leaf cigarettes that would otherwise be deemed at a minimum as 'adulterated' and misbranded' owing to the unlabeled additives. Shit- we own big Tobacco and Big Pharma. So you should know that we resort to crony capitalism, aka agricultural criminal mercantilism to protect our favored commodities. And we do it through "orders", with freemasonry the most obvious, shit just look at the very schematic of his assassination in Dealey Plaza, but also that entire network of ambitious suck-ups enshrining mediocrity of College Fraternities, and such individuals its produced such as your U.S. President who signed cigarette mercantilism into law in 1906- Freemason Theodore Roosevelt.
Just think to the ritual of the College Fraternity Initiation Interview and its requirement of one's agreeability to drunkenness – to the point of serious toxicity even -- and absurdity as a rite of passage, and ponder the dynamics that the more astute and morally upright would see as the "problem" that pervades the political world and walk away in disgust- such as yourself.
You would think that governments would not be conducting such a massive fraud, particularly one so destructive, but what scheme. Not only do we get to protect cigarettes, pharma, Coffee-caffeine, we get this massive jobs program of police, courts, prosecutors, prisons, etc. And lets not forget that scam of "treatment" primarily for Marijuana smokers simply for being illegal and thus presumed something bad providing a per se evidence of the consumer as "sick". You might think that a society so liberal on say abortion, gay marriage etc would be so on Marijuana, indeed medical freedom. Shit you would suspect that these Tea Party types so opposed to Obama care would also be working to topple the Controlled Substances Act. You would think. Likewise you would think that 'liberal' consumer advocate types including the anti Tobacco organizations would favor leveling the playing field by eliminating the Tobacco-Alcohol sweatheart exemption prom retail product labeling laws, let alone that broader sweatheart deal of the market protectionism of the 'war on drugs', and promote not only the legalization of but also the right to run television and other media advertisements for Coca leaf products. Presuming that these groups actually thought- for themselves.
You have a big set of balls producing this blog, and the fact that you have been the only person writing about it publicly speaks volumes of the degree we have subverted your society. You Americans Do Our Bidding while we smear it in your face. You must be one of those "goddamn independents" who never joined a college fraternity.
SCM- Yes. I did check them out, attending parties, and even making it to an initiation interview which I'll never forget that basic gist of it. A guy interviews me with this girl watching. The whole thing was an exercise for me to demonstrate my willingness to get drunk and be agreeable to absurdities. In other words would I accept that white is black and black is white if as being told? Naturally I failed this interview, walking away with the thought that "this must be why the world is so politically messed up."
KJC- You are too good a man. Too many, including like all of your elected officials higher than the lowest figures, are all loyal frat brothers who have proven their ambition by enduring the various initiation rituals.
Your "leaders" would have "lead" you to defeat as they do what we tell them. Ponder that while you save up to send your children off to some overpriced college – gotta pay those college presidents such salaries and to construct and maintain such magnificent sports facilities, as that is should be at the center of a great education of misdirection and distraction. So much so, as reflected by what would have been akin to Washington, D.C.'s early 1900s McMillan Commission being derailed by a single Roman Catholic Church and plans lining up with that for a new baseball stadium.
Just look at the topic of this blog, that never officially named 'South Capitol Mall' appearing front and center and throughout your US National Capital Planning Commission's 1990s 'Extending the Legacy- Planning America's capital for the 21st Century.' Just look at the way your great "independent' mainstream media reported it carefully to not report it, by describing it in more vague terms as a gateway or boulevard rather than a mall promenade or linear park.
Indeed, just look at that planning document, note the 'South Capitol Mall', 'South Mall', 'South Plaza', or South Capitol Street Frederick Douglass Mall, whatever you choose to call it. Note both its prominence in the renderings, and the dearth of descriptive text. Note the concept conveyed by the name of the planning document "Extending the Legacy." That was of course about extending the legacy of classical monumental Washington, D.C. in the tradition of that McMillan Commission. Now, look at the map in 'Extending the Legacy'- note not only the new 'South Mall' but note where such a concept would have the greatest space to be located: those vast railways – railyards extending northerly from the back side of Union Station. Note the concept's complete absence there, in comparison to the 'South Mall' which is prominently illustrated but vaguely described and subsequently scuttled. Further note that the name "Extending the Legacy" appears as the description of the reign of US Supreme Masonic Southern Commander Kleinknecht (1985-2002), and note that disappointed look on his face as it appears on the on his masonic video tribute, with the mention of him meeting with high level Vatican officials in Rome and Washington D.C. about un-enumerated issues. Learn from that that there are multiple layers within the 'Shadow Government': of a hierarchy that was at one time okay with the 'South Mall' only to change its mind, but which opposed the idea applied to the Union Station railways from the very start. If you look at what that shape represents, think of a giant green comet pointed at the head of that beast whose arms are Pennsylvania and Maryland Avenues, and whose erect penis is the Washington Monument. We can't allow that, as that's our God- reflecting 'as below what lies above'.
Don't you fathom the clear implausibility of that occurring by random chance? 100s of newspapers and none could report on this new proposed park? And you Americans love fathoming yourselves as some sort` of great people with a great civic pride. Hah! That's our your shadow government existing since your republic's earliest days, of interlocked good old boy fraternalism involving that ancient ritual of being agreeable to drunkedness and absurdity for the sake of joining an elite, so dedicated to their own supposed advantage to take a join to steer something to failure, explaining so much in the way of societal and particularly political dynamics.
Think about it. That stadium could have made great play for your "Democratic" Party against "Republican" Bush one time owner of a Major League Baseball team franchise for surrendering America's future South Capitol Mall. Assuming of course that the Ds and Rs represented two truly opposing parties. Or that CNN and FOX were two truly opposing parties- and taking this analogy further with greater numbers of parties, MSNBC, the Green Party, the Constitution Party, and so forth. That "consumer advocate" Ralph Nader could have made a great call for Extending the Legacy planning America's Capital for the 21st Century, or if he was opposed to displacement, for maintaining the area to the south of Capitol Hill as a semi industrial area, or at least come out to slow development so that existing residents could better profit. The local newspapers could have at least reported on what was happening. Shit, instead of harping on a supposed "Bridge to Nowhere" connecting an area with its airport at $200 million, for a bridge expected to last 75+ years, the U.S. media could not report even a syllable on the $120 million spent to shorten an existing South Capitol Street Bridge that is scheduled to be completely torn down and replaced in about a decade, solely for the aesthetic reason of not having a short elevated roadway next to the new baseball stadium.
That Washington Post real estate reporter Jacqueline Dupree (JD) said it best:
With the Douglass Bridge viaduct now demolished, the views looking north on South Capitol Street easily encompass both the ballpark and the Capitol dome. The Administration building at right is now topped out. Note the knife-edged clubhouse to the right. (10/21/07) Above photo and caption by Washington Post real estate reporter Jacqueline Dupreehttp://www.jdland.com/dc/stadium.cfm?tab=no2
Looking across the roof of the under-construction admin building (or, as I call it, the bow of the S.S. Nationals), toward South Capitol Street and points south, including the new intersection at South Capitol and Potomac. I'm King of the World!!!(9/1/07)Dupree's caption of the view from that triangular shaped clubhouse, "King of the World" hit the proverbial nail on its head. Indeed, it's a great analogy of it as the 'bow of the S.S. Nationals' and in the context of an event filled with VIPs in April 2008; as its a quite clear allusion of the political arrogance this structure reflects, as roughly analogous to the part of the Titanic that hit the iceberg. Canceling that NCPC South Capitol Mall was surely a stupid move that revealed our corrupt political domination and bad taste, along with pushing that stadium even before the South Mall's formal abandonment in 2003, and then twisting the arms of members of the Washington, D.C. City Council to get them to reconvene to change their "no" to a "yes" in a closed to the public, after hours session for approving that stadium in March 2006- just weeks before you started this blog putting you on the radar of U.S. Department of Romeland Security.
Above photo and caption Washington Post real estate reporter Jacqueline Dupree http://www.jdland.com/dc/stadium.cfm?tab=no3
But hey, we have long had the sufficient mass to get away with all sorts of shit.
And we got to inaugurate that stadium on April 17, 2008.
Ah. You tell yourselves…that you have the "Democracy" and that you have all these WDC think tanks etc said to be for promoting "Democracy" as does claim that entity known as the U.S. State Department., though acts in ways that YOU would oppose from a foreign occupation- provided that you actually perceive the occupation as foreign.
Though countless many people in the U.S. moan and complain about the political power "inside the Beltway" Washington, D.C. WITHOUT noticing the significance of that largest property holder that could be said to be located back (north) and to the left (west) of the White House, of Georgetown University, the proportion of U.S. officials from there, and the entity running it, the "Society of the Continuing Counter Reformation" of St. Ignatius Loyola. Hah Hah hah!
Don't forget- WE established Washington D.C. And We established your country.
Over 200 years you having a capitol attesting to the political reality that you are a possession of an ancient overseas empire based out of Europe. A reality to which the many are unaware, obscured by all the constant propaganda with its dependency upon the distractions of sports and fluff and crackpot sloganeering to induce reaction not reflection, but hidden right in plain site.
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Everything stupid has its purpose planned for we are into dumbing your society.
You have no idea how easily the masses are manipulated.
We flood the media with our propaganda.
We do that on the web to, with countless "Pentagon basement" "bloggers" pretending to be what they are not, clogging the bandwidth with nonsense as the best antidote to those seeking to expose hidden truths. Just try sending them some hidden truth that they should ostensibly want to promote, but instead they delete the information or go out of business or simply ignore it. Think about the glut of doctored videos about 911 with all sorts of claims, with a surprising lack of advocacy of the most plausible hypothesis of remote control guidance- think about that implausible flight path into the least occupied and most difficult potion of the U.S. Pentagon. Or about the numerous videos about the Vatican and WW2 that fail to mention or spend much time upon our greatest Roman General Wlodomir Ledochowski.
A Continuing New Age Deception.
We get to craft all sorts of political freak shows, consider as a prime example of what we say you should do, while we choose the opposite for ourselves:
"Progressives" Against Coca – For Tobacco
"Tea Party" against Obama Care but unquestionably pro Controlled Substances Act!
Obama-Fan Coffee Party likewise unquestionably pro Controlled Substances Act- both "coffee" and "tea" parties fail to live up to the expectations that the names may imply.
Socialists against freeways indifferent to the criminal drug war scam.
"Progressives" that bitched about $1 to 4 billion for burying a replacement motorway in 93 acres expanding land-starved Manhattan, yet were silent over the $100s of billions upon that criminal cigarette-pharma market-protection "drug war" scam- such as NY's Romish puppet Gov Mario Cuomo who acquiesced to the follow of abandoning Westway and then went upon the State of New York's largest expansion in the construction of prisons! Ask your standard person calling themselves "Progressive" or "Environmentalist" about this and they may cite something like the temporary effect upon some common fish that laid their eggs attracted their by a sewer outlet, never-mind the effects of not building such an environmentally sensible motorway in a tunnel covered by parkland. Just look at the Spanish Capitol city of Madrid did with its riverfront M-30 motorway reconstructing it underground with greater capacity for people in automobiles below, and people in general atop with all that new parkland.
The U.S. Government ought to be ashamed of itself-
while it permits 'good old boy' style politics in permitting contemptuously placed real estate development locking in obsolete infrastructure and preventing improvements,
Spain's King Juan Carlos must be laughing at Washington D.C. - see Madrid's M-30 Project AUTOVÍA M-30 TRAMO OESTE Y TÚNEL
Yet in the U.S. the "progressives" instead wallow in a simply remove the freeways place the traffic all on the surface.
Shit in the USA you end up with a woman dressed in sneakers and a poodle skirt like its 1959 and Robert F. Kennedy Jr spitting on his assassinated uncle's memory by doing what his Jesuit masters tell him to do via, not your, but our "environmentalist" movements; you know those determined to protect the status quo by protecting overseas oil from domestic competition of whether like or substitute commodity. That is why they will bitch about drilling within North America, but say relatively littler regarding alternative bio fuels, even pushing patrolling industry pap to protect existing markets, while the impressionable college students are swayed by arguments useless to society at large but useful as distractions. Westway would actually be good environmentally. But we have this thing against highway tunnels because of the increase in pollution at certain hotspots – the portals – which would actually make the argument for electric cars and not this no tunnel position- what- we have pollution even if we can not smell it- hah hah. Opposing Westway for that, but as a great distraction from the hundreds of billions enforcing cigarette mercantilism, excuse me the drug war- which like none of these great anti-Westway fiscal conservatives would dare protest the huge increases in prison construction, as none of them were or are original thinkers, instead only our tools.
Yes you "Americans" are such a manipulate able people! Just look at your current 'Presidential' elections with the mases of asses wasting their votes
And for those of you that are too smart, our Pentagon's miniature drone program with the lack of oversight against such use remains a most plausible option.
To a future war with China that the U.S. will loose.
We got you to kill 100+ million with that Virginia Bright Leaf Garbage protected by the asinine war against cocaine that confused the dangerous of the concentrated drug as a suitable distraction for cigarettes!
We will steer your great nation with its government of criminal fraternal order suck ups to this WW3 - note where the current and previous and still living Superior Generals are based in the Far East and the Middle East - to a defeat so humiliating as to match that placed upon Germany during the 1st and 2nd 30 years war; Mexico is going to get back what it lost, just as Rome is going to get back by Ledochowski's "WW2" bloody war shifting Poland west following Luther's Reformation. Your going to see it with a vengeance with a viciousness as you've already had a preview with the 1990s+ breakup of Yugoslavia and already prepped yourselves with your blind acceptance of numerous blatant double standards all favorable to Rome. You know, like the attitude of groups as Alzlatan, and prevailing in Romish-Masonic Palestine & Israel)- with our side getting to cleanse the area of those insufficiently loyal within that vast area we have gotten away with getting called "Latin" America. Shit! And you thought you had a Monroe Doctrine!
And you thought that the U.S. defeated Spain in 1898?!
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Hyperconnectivity and social media have improved access to information and made it easier for people to organise. At the same time, many countries are experiencing a crisis of trust in government and business, and some governments are now finding it difficult to exercise direct control over civil society, which is using its new found power to build global systems for change.
Across the world, civil society is encouraging higher standards of transparency, monitoring, accountability and representation, and putting more pressure on institutions to act responsibly. 1
The views of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), labour leaders, faith-based organizations, religious leaders and other civil society representatives have also become increasingly important over the past few decades. These groups now have more influence in local, national, regional and international arenas than ever before, leading to a renewed focus on the ways in which government and business can collaborate with civil society.
However, civil society is also becoming more amorphous and decentralised. The sheer number of voices now clamouring for attention can lead to information overload. Those who shout the loudest may be drowning out more nuanced or insightful opinions, and new approaches are needed to build effective coalitions from fragmented, online networks that lack clearly defined leaders.
Current trajectory
Trust in NGOs
- While trust in governments has declined from 52% to 44% and trust in business has plateaued at 56-58% in last three years, NGOs were the most trusted institution in 20 out of the 27 countries surveyed in 2014. Remarkably, NGOs are the most trusted institution for seven years in a row, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer. The growth in NGO trust is mainly attributed to people and media outlets now relying more heavily on non-traditional sources for information as compare to previous years.1
- According to the Yearbook of International Organizations, the number of international NGOs increased from 6,000 in 1990 to more than 50,000 in 2006, reaching 65,000 in 2013. 2 India is noted as having the most registered NGOs (3.3 million), both in total numbers and by per capita. 3
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- Since 2010, a new energy has revitalised many different forms of citizen expression and participation.In 2013 and 2014, for example, struggles for economic justice and democratic rights spread to new locales, including Brazil, Malaysia, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela, in a second wave of global protest against undemocratic practices.2
- Social media and word of mouth played a key role in theorganisation of the Brazil and Turkey protests. National surveys carried out in these countries show that the majority ofprotesters were informed about protests and motivated toparticipate in them by social media – particularly Twitter and Facebook.3
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- While civil society might once have been viewed as being in opposition to other sectors, formally organised and more loosely networked civil society groups are now forming partnerships with governments and businesses. They are also engaging in the official consultation processes of multilateral forums such as the G20 and the United Nations. And both international and regional institutions have developed formal processes for engaging and consulting with civil society groups – e.g. in July 2012 the African Development Banks published a Framework for Enhanced Engagement with Civil Society Organizations. In the same year The Civil Society Policy Forum also convened at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group. 1
- The loss of trust in large institutions and increasing power of civil society will change how organisations generate and maintain their 'licence to operate'. But if civil society becomes more amorphous and decentralised, it may be difficult to include it at the negotiating table – an issue that would affect every level of governance problem solving, from community decisions through to global multilateral processes. As some point new governance systems that address this issue may be needed.
- The blurring of traditional roles will create new frameworks for collaboration, partnership and innovation where these roles intersect. In fact, we are already seeing the emergence of hybrid organisations (e.g. businesses with a social purpose, civil society groups as market actors).1


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Recent news coverage of The National Trust's "50 Things to do before you're 11 3/4" campaign had me reaching for my bookshelves. I had picked up a copy of this fun book and list when I was last in England.
"The Great Outdoors holds boundless opportunities: to create, to learn, to walk and run, and to spend precious time with family and friends. Memories that last a lifetime are made through these experiences. And that's what 50 Things to do Before You're 11 3/4 is all about."
It's a nationwide campaign in the UK to encourage children to get outdoors and enjoy classic activities from stone skimming to building tree forts. It's also a campaign that the National Trust, one of the largest landowners in Britain, is taking to heart at its properties and historic homes. Go to a trust property these days and you're likely to find places that kids can pond dip, build tree forts, or simply mess around getting wet and muddy. It's part of a broader initiative the Trust launched a number of years ago called, "going local." The idea was simple, the goal was to have local managers make decisions on how best to let the public interact with the Trusts properties. The velvet ropes that traditionally guarded quiet dusty rooms came down and people were let in to interact with history. They are now doing the same for their wild places. Letting people in to play and roam. It's part of the broader "children in nature" movement that is gaining momentum also here in the states, spurred in part by Richard Louvre's best-selling book, "Last Child in the Woods."
I can't help but contrast this to many parks here in California. How many times have you been to a park only to be greeted by a long list of what you cannot do? Don't ride your bike, picnic, walk off trail, dive in the river, walk your dog, pick any flower or stick or cone, and do watch out for mountain lions, poison oak, snakes, and perhaps stinging bees. Makes our parks sound pretty dull, if not outright dangerous places to be. Is it any wonder that for many people parks are not a place they really think of going?
Take the recent Yosemite plan that I wrote about recently. It proposes to remove bike rentals and an artists studio that sells paints and gives classes in the valley. How does either benefit the visitor or the park? Or look at our state park system in California that is on the verge of collapse after deep cuts and financial scandal. The legislature ordered a two year pause in park closures after the administration had announced the closure of one quarter of the system for budgetary purposes. The administration has a small window to remake California's park system. I urge them to take a close look at what is happening in the United Kingdom at the National Trust. They have found a way to both protect precious resources, become financially self sustaining, and invite the public in to enjoy themselves. To me it all starts with welcoming people in, and that means having the courage to allow people in to find ways to make our parks fun once more. It's good for the visitors, it's also good for the parks who need a new cadre of strong supporters.
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Net-a-porter.com will sell Google Glass from 23 June and becomes the first third party web shop to sell Google Glass. Diane Von Furstenberg will create the design.
Von Furstenberg as 'early adopter'
Von Furstenberg has created a collection with 5 colours, priced 120 to 225 dollars (88 to 165 euro), with two types of sunglasses also for sale. If you want every advantage of a Google Glass, you will have to pay more, namely 1,700 dollars (1,247 euro).
Net-a-porter has become the first retailer allowed to sell Google Glass, as Google is currently the only one selling the device and it is no coincidence that Von Furstenberg was chosen first. The designer had used Google Glass in one of her shows in 2013 and was one of the first to use Google Hangout for e-commerce as well. She had used it for a presentation which allowed viewers to order the articles online right there and then.
While Google has worked to make Google Glass even more functional, it has also moved into a more fashionable direction. It has worked with Ray-Ban and Oakly, while also attracting Ivy Ross (who had previously worked for Calvin Klein and GAP).


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Pullsaws Group Test archive
Tuesday 19 August 2008
Michael Huntley tests a selection of pullsaws from Gyokucho and Bahco
I use pullsaws for a range of tasks such as dovetails, flush-cutting and for all kinds of difficult to access cuts in restoration work, and find them very useful. They do, however, require a somewhat different approach from the user. I am not talking just about the fact that you pull them instead of pushing them, but am referring to the fact that being rather delicate and prone to occasional bending, pullsaws demand more respect, something that is a normal part of craftsmanship in Japan but is not so well understood in the West.
It used to be the case that every craftsman sharpened his own saws. If you have spent time filing each tooth evenly on each of your five or six main saws then you are bound to make sure that the saws are properly cased and protected. Training courses, however, stopped teaching saw sharpening and at the same time, hard-point technology was developed.
This meant that while saws kept their sharpness longer they couldn't be re-sharpened. As owners no longer had to invest their time in sharpening their saws, they began to be regarded as a 'throw-away' tool. In fact that is just what early hard-point saws were, and the throw-away culture meant that saws were treated far too roughly.
DelicateBeing thinner than Western saws, Japanese saws would easily become damaged if treated badly. For that reason, Japanese saws were regarded as too delicate and special for the average toolbox. When I went out on site, tradesmen were amazed at my saws and the fine detail that they could cut.
The blades of these Bahcos are actually made in Japan. The steel is slightly thicker than the Gyokucho equivalent and therefore are just that little bit more durable, but still made in the same Japanese way. Nowadays there is no reason for a tradesman not possessing at least one good pullsaw.
Using pullsawsFor those of you who have never used a pullsaw before, success lies in having the saw straight in line with your arm and letting the weight of the saw do the work. Don't try and force it.
BahcoThe Bahco range of pullsaws is an ideal introduction to the tool. Without writing an essay on Japanese nomenclature, the division of saws by size, starting with the smallest, is dozuki, kataba and ryoba.
The dozuki is a backsaw with a 0.5mm blade and 18tpi. The blade can be thin because it is in tension when used, unlike Western saws which are in compression. This dozuki's pistol-grip handle is comfortable and firm but feels unusual, if like me, you are used to the normal Japanese saw's straight handle. However the saw cuts perfectly well and at around £26 offers a good alternative to a Western tenon or dovetail saw. If you cut a lot of fine dovetails then I would recommend a true Japanese saw, see below.
The Bahco ProCut kataba is 305mm long with 13tpi. This saw doesn't have a back and can be used as we would use a panel saw. Bahco's ryoba has a Japanese style straight grip. This saw is double-sided with rip and crosscut teeth, and is a razor sharp, thin, 0.7mm kerf-workshop saw. If you have not used pullsaws before or are a student on a budget, then it might be worth trying these saws. Replacement blades are available.


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Save money by making beef kebabs with boneless sirloin instead of beef tenderloin. You can whip up the orange sauce with on-hand ingredients such as orange juice concentrate, soy sauce, and mustard.
How to Make It
Preheat broiler or prepare a charcoal fire and let burn to a gray ash. Stir orange juice concentrate with soy sauce, mustard and butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until smooth, 2 minutes.
Thread beef onto 8 long metal skewers, dividing evenly and alternating with mushrooms, onion pieces and cherry tomatoes. Brush orange mixture evenly over threaded skewers and season with salt and pepper. Bring any remaining glaze to a boil in saucepan, then remove from heat and reserve.
Set broiling pan or grill about 6 inches from heat source. Broil or grill skewers for 6 to 8 minutes, turning often, until meat and mushrooms are browned and onions are just charred on edges. Serve kebabs warm with remaining glaze on the side.


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Remember that time back in 2016 when I said I was calling it a day on this whole blogging deal?
Yeah, well…
I seem to find myself in similar circumstances as I was when I first began my blog, back in 2015. That is, pregnant.
Here in Canada, mamas now have the option of taking a mind-blowing 18 month maternity leave. While the financial implications of this option are not exactly enticing, my husband and I agreed that the numerous benefits of staying home with my kids while they are so little just couldn't be overlooked. Continue reading


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On the market for an iPhone? Here's a breakdown of all the currently shipping iPhones from Apple.
Apple Seeds 7th OS X 10.11 El Capitan Beta to Developers, Reseeds 5th Beta to Public Testers
The update, build number 15A263e for developers and 15A262e for public beta testers, is available through the software update mechanism in the Mac App Store and through the Apple Developer Center.
In recent weeks, Apple has been pushing rapid updates for OS X El Capitan, all of which have focused on under-the-hood performance improvements and bug fixes to optimize the operating system ahead of its public debut. Few design changes have been made in the most recent betas, but beta 7 includes some minor tweaks like a new Safari welcome screen, a new color for the El Capitan logo in "About This Mac," and a setting to disable the "Shake mouse pointer to locate" feature.
OS X El Capitan is designed to improve features introduced with OS X Yosemite, focusing on performance and user experience. A number of apps and processes on the Mac are much faster with El Capitan, and the introduction of Metal for Mac brings system-level graphics rendering that's 40 percent more efficient.
As for user experience, El Capitan includes a new systemwide San Francisco font, a revamped Mission Control feature, a new Split View feature for using two full-screen apps at once, deeper functionality for Spotlight, and several new features for Safari, including Pinned Sites for housing frequently visited websites and a universal mute button that quiets all tabs.
OS X 10.11 El Capitan is available to both registered developers and public beta testers. Apple plans to release El Capitan to the public in the fall.
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anyone know if this solves the ms office crashes (excel, word & outlook)?
Nope. Crashes are automatically built in all MS products... ;-)
Have they fixed the green button to work as it should? (maximize instead of fullscreen?). Most annoying bug in all of OSX. Can't believe Apple hasnt fixed this since yosemite.
This is not a bug, that's intentional. That will never be fixed.
One new wallpaper.Now we know why they pulled it yesterday, since the people who managed to download the beta reported no new wallpapers. Finally an explanation!
Man, I will have to wait a LONG time until this flat, loud-colored, plain-text software design trend goes away and Apple comes back to ELEGANCE.
A shame, 'cause their hardware is still top notch.
Somebody tackle Jony Ive!!! :mad:
anyone know if this solves the ms office crashes (excel, word & outlook)?
Office 2016 has been working for me this whole time. Maybe you should run Microsoft's Office Autoupdate.
Whoever thought that was the proper direction needs to be fired.
It was done because the vast majority of OS X expected the maximise button to behave like a full screen as it does in Windows hence it was changed to accommodate new comers to OS X as well as existing users who were fed up with the inconsistent behaviour of maximisation. Personally I think the whole idea of maximising and going full screen doesn't make any sense - technology has advanced to the stage where we can have multiple applications running at once and the ability to drag and drop between windows or to multi-task using the Dock and it amazes me how people want to go back 20 years because of some mythical, "I'm more productive!" when in reality it was simply bad habits picked up then re-enforced by Windows and people around them believing 'this is the way things are done'.
Have they fixed the green button to work as it should? (maximize instead of fullscreen?). Most annoying bug in all of OSX. Can't believe Apple hasnt fixed this since yosemite.
Just hold down the Alt key and press the green button. The maximise feature hasn't disappeared; you only have to look for it ;-).
Let's hope OS X El Capitan is stable when it is released, but so far users are not disappointed with it (apart from the ones that expected only new features)
I am really looking forward to this release. When do we anticipate that?I expect 9/9/15, right after the "most amazing iPhone EVER!" announcement.
(and the deafening silence of millions of Apple TV4 anticipators facepalming.)
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A wealthy patron commissions a lovely landscape mural, hiring the greatest (and most competitive) painters in the world… you!
Designed by Daniel Solis and published by Smart Play Games, for 2-5 players ages 10+
Kigi is a rare blend of artistic creation and strategic game play, wrapped into a $9 card game. Game play is fairly simple – build an artistic rendering of a beautiful tree using non-grid card placement. That means that as long as you're constructing a viable looking tree, you can place cards anywhere! It's a great way to break out of the traditional mode of tile or card building games. Branches will spring up from your root tree in amazing and strange directions as you try to accumulate points. You earn points by stringing together consecutive elements – colorful flowers or artistic insects.
The game encourages interaction as you can add to your own tree, or to other players. Add in a card collection element where you can prune branches 10 cards long or longer and throw in some interesting goals (called Commissions) players can acquire along the way and you have a fantastic game.
Highly replayable, full of interesting choices and simple play leading to more complex strategies. My 9 year old absolutely adores this game and it also makes a great addition to the table when it's the older crowd playing.
Kigi takes about 15-20 minutes to play once you get through your initial learning game. It has the added bonus of taking existing cards and creating new, flowing pieces of art right on your game table even as you're working to outscore other players and earn the most precious thing of all – points!


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It's January, that time of year is upon us when the gyms are flooded with New Years Resolutioners (NYR). NYR's are notorious for not knowing what they're doing and then quitting after a couple weeks for lack of results.
Aside from obvious cases where NYR's have no idea what they're doing, here are the most common weight-room follies and a few pieces of advice you can use to distinguish yourself as a man of supreme understanding in the weight training arts.
1) Not touch your chest when you barbell bench press.
If you don't touch your chest you are not bench pressing, you are partial pressing. Keep it up for partial gains. On a side note, bench partials are an excellent way to supplement your bench routine and build up some strength to handle the big weights. It can be used in addition to your normal benching (touching the chest) routine.
2) Roll your shoulders when you perform shrugs.
Shrugs are performed to build up your traps, when you roll your shoulders you take all the pressure off of the traps. Roll your shoulders for a guaranteed way to waste the maximum amount of time and effort!
3) Do any weight training on a Bosu ball.
I see all the silly personal trainers at the globo-gyms doing this nonsense all the time. It's no wonder the people they train never change their physique. Lift some real weights with a stable core, squeeze your abs, and you will "activate your core" much better than this stability ball nonsense. I can't even bring myself to pollute my website with a picture of a stability ball exercise.
4) Do deadlifts for reps with 95 lbs.
Deadlifts are a strength training exercise, unless you have been confined to bed for the past year you should be lifting heavier. I see people doing this all the time at the gym, people who train regularly but they are clearly scared they are going to hurt their back if they use anything above 95 lbs.
Well, they probably will hurt their back at some point because it's so weak from lack of training. Load up the bar with as much weight as you can handle and lift that mother-trucker off the ground.
5) Using the lightest weight possible.
Next time you are in the gym take a look around. Look at the people doing lightweight work on a Bosu ball, doing light weight in general, and then take a look at the people using heavy weight (heavy is relative to each person, when I say heavy I mean heavy to that person).
You will see a noticeable difference in physique between the people who are lifting close to their max and the people who are farting around with light weight stability exercises. If you're goal is to look like the people doing the light weight work then go ahead and do it, but if your goal is to look like a man and not a little boy then lift like a man.


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H&M is opening their first Tasmanian store in Hobart!
Get ready to SHOP!
Listen up, fashion lovers! H&M has crossed the Bass Strait and will be opening its first Tasmanian store in Hobart in the first half of 2018!
Why is H&M loved so much? Well, they have something for everyone - whether it's clothes for women, men & kids, as well as the latest in home to spice up every room of the house! Try not to spend over an hour in a H&M store - you'll be wondering where the time went - trust us.
"We are proud to announce our expansion into Tasmania with our new store launching at the Cat and Fiddle Arcade in Hobart this year." said Hans Andersson, Australian Country Manager for H&M.
"We have always seen Tasmania as an important market and we are looking forward to finally introducing the H&M brand to Hobart and showing our customers the unique retail experience our brand has to offer."
Now, that's all the information we have, BUT! More info will be released prior to opening - yay!
P.S. If you're looking for a new job, check out career.hm.com because that's where their Hobart store jobs will be posted!
See you soon for some much-needed retail therapy!!!


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Imagine you and your significant other soaking in hot bubbles after a tiring and exciting day with a glass of wine and a magnificent view! The Holiday Parks in Kent can give you just that! Or if you are looking for a family fun holiday with loads of facilities then look no further than the static caravans and the great facilities.
If you want the ultimate family holidays, staying in a holiday park will be the right choice. Holiday parks are great for kids, and they're also a great choice if you want to experience self catering holidays in Kent. With the quality restaurants which are often inside holiday parks, you can sample local cuisine, and the bars will also give you somewhere to relax.
Drink a glass of beer while your kids play in the adventure area or are entertained at the kids club. Holiday parks also give you plenty of opportunities to be active on your cheap holidays or three night breaks. You can rent a bicycle in most of them and go cycling along winding country roads while admiring stunning views. You can also go horse riding or play a game of tennis on one of the courts. Enjoy time in the indoor pool or just chill at your accommodation, your holiday, your choice.


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Chesil Multi-Media Project
|Part of the multi-media project is to provide audio in the Visitors Centre from microphones associated with the various television cameras. At present only two cameras have microphones: the inter-tidal camera (P1) and one of the rover cameras (R3). This audio is available in the Black Hut, but at present goes no further. The beach is a very hostile environment for sensitive microphones and several attempts to deploy standard microphones have resulted in failure after, at best, a few weeks.
|A waterproof microphone has recently become available and if it survives initial testing will be used in conjunction with other CMMP video cameras.
.An audio modem to encode the data onto the fibre-optic cable is required, along with the matching modem in the Visitors Centre. At present no funding has been found for this system but it is hoped that progress can be made soon.
|Last updated 13/10/2007
|Copyright ©Chickerell BioAcoustics 2007


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—Mike Nichols, director and winner of multiple awards: E. Katherine Kerr is a brilliant actress. It is not surprising that her method of teaching acting is as alive and plugged into human behavior as are her portrayals of characters you would swear have just been brought into the room from their real lives. It is very rare to find a great teacher of acting who both has the gift and the craft to be able to pass it on.
—June Havoc, author, actress, director The Four Principles book is not the usual "how-to"—this is the kind of inspirational, "passed on knowledge," that I don't believe has ever been put in a book before. Invaluable.
—Christopher Durang, Tony Award winning playwright: I've known Katherine since 1981 when I saw her perform off-Broadway in Caryl Churchill's play Cloud Nine. I was so excited and moved by her performance (and by the play) that I saw the production three times. In 1987 as I was writing my play Laughing Wild, which has a very demanding leading female role, I began to picture Katherine in the part. And she and I then acted together in the play's premiere off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons.
Katherine began The Creative Explosion Workshop which I did. It was an emotionally and professional rich workshop, and also one of great bonding among the participants. I am always running into young actors who, upon realizing I know Katherine, tell me with enormous enthusiasm how much they have benefited from her classes. Sometimes they feel their lives have been changed. She brings a sharp intelligence, her own acting abilities (which are substantial), her desire to help and empower people, her sense of humor, her sense of play, a gift for helping people work through artistic and personal blocks, and her inability to settle when she can imagine something better.
—Faith Prince, Tony Award winning actress, singer. I was in a production of Urban Blight at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City with E. Katherine Kerr. I watched her riveted in the wings every night in one of the most powerful moments I had ever seen onstage yet it was never the quite the same. Always deeply affecting, her emotion seemed to burst forth fresh and different every night while always real and truthful. I thought, "Secretly within me I know I have the ability to do that. I want to know how. I want to know how to do that." I knew I was in the presence of someone who held the answers. My inner voice was telling me this was my next Guru. When she told me about her Creative Explosion Workshop; a weekend of intense training, exercises, and information applying her Four Principles to acting and to life, I quickly enrolled. It was in that powerful workshop that I finally found out how to be fully present onstage. My eight shows a week have never been the same. While the workshop had an enormous effect on my acting, unexpectedly, it also touched me more deeply. It was life changing. The Four Principles are life altering. I can't shout it from the rafters loudly enough or enough times. Do yourself a favor and read this book!
—-Lisa Rock, stand up comedian, actress I stayed up to 8 A.M. reading your book. It kept reassuring me that I'm not crazy—that it's okay to feel despair. It also made me think I don't care if I am crazy. I want so many people to read it.
—Carol Lynn Reifel, professor Queens University, Canada: I want to thank you again for The Creative Explosion Workshop. An unforgettable weekend! What I have been left with is indescribable–it feels like a precious jewel in the centre of my heart. What a gift you have for touching the core of the spirit in everything you do and are. It will sustain me.
—Richard Luciano, actor, writer. WOW! Your inspiration is more than helpful. It's inspiring, it's daring, it's brave. NEVER have I EVER been so willing to let go and have faith, be courageous, daring, open, giving, and willing to share myself, until I started on this journey. It's so deep. You have opened up my eyes not only as a performer, but as a writer, as a person. You've exposed me to me. And overall, I feel whole again. You've brought me back to the beginning…to a place I once was a very long time ago when I was young.
—Sheri Andrews, actress My husband doesn't like to read much, but he saw something good happening to me and asked me what was going on. I gave him your book to read. He called me from El Paso the other night at 2 am to tell me how much he liked it. Thanks a lot.
—Jean Dobie Giebel, Associate Professor, Department of Drama Hofstra University: The principles of acting I encountered in her class and my subsequent experience in Katherine's Creative Explosion Workshop continue to teach and inspire me as an actor, director and educator. As an actress Katherine is captivating, with a presence that dynamically changes a room from the moment she enters. That presence, which comes from her courageous ability to live utterly in the moment, is what she brings to teaching and what she teaches. She refers to it as "brilliant acting" but it seems to me to be more "brilliant living"—a quality that causes a specific few to shine in a field of many.
What is so marvelous about Katherine's principles of acting are that they require a simplicity of approach that brings the actor to moments of pure humanity. I have both experienced and witnessed her ability, grounded in profound listening, to guide actors to revelation and realization. Most recently I invited her to speak at a symposium here at Hofstra University on performing Durang. Well over a hundred people were present for the symposium and Katherine, alone on stage, easily engaged the entire room with stories of her experiences. During the question and answer period, a student actress in the front row asked how she could address staying present and fully committed during performance. Katherine's focus on the student was so powerful it suddenly seemed as if there was no one in the room but those two, and the student later commented on having felt utterly at ease, taken care of and at the same time empowered by those few minutes of Katherine's focus. She has the ability to create, in a room full of relative strangers, an atmosphere of absolute trust. My students are still talking about her visit last fall, and I hope to have her return as soon as possible. I can both enthusiastically and without reservation recommend her work to University educators who are interested in supplementing their programs. She will bring to your campus an acting experience that is both so profound and so positive it is unforgettable.
—-Jo Anne Parady, actress, director I'm still in the euphoria of this inspirational-lifting-up experience in the sanctuary of your beautiful home. I'm exhausted, in a good way….finding a way to use that emotion is brilliant–to embrace it not run from it. And you provided a very safe haven for all that to happen. And weren't there fascinating and uplifting moments from everyone?
—Richard Marshall, actor I'm so glad I came to class. I'm so glad I took the workshop. It's really life altering. I was afraid, because I didn't want to be disappointed or have to my heart broken
—-Dana Hubbe, actress I am sitting here in the peace and quiet of a Saturday morning and doing my gratitude journal, and your class and what it is allowing me to feel, is now frequently on my list. I just wanted to take the opportunity to tell you how your class is changing my life…. I have been crying and "feeling" more than I have in years, and I must say it feels good, and I feel alive, and not like I am just going through the motions.
—Christina Malpero I've turned so many people on to your book. I read it again last week! It has done wonders for me in so many areas of my life. Thanks!
—Greg Gasawski, writer I just wanted to let you know that I received some good news recently. I won a huge screenplay contest called the Chesterfield Film Writer's Program–I won $20,000…. I wanted to thank you because I really believe you had a major part to play in this happening to me because of your support/belief in me….and I wanted to thank you for that and for everything you've done for me. I really mean that.
–Gina Carillo, stand-up comedian, actress I was having a very difficult time getting pregnant. I reread your book. My husband and I went to France, and I applied your techniques! Matthew Charles was born July 17, 1997!
–—Tom Demenkov, actor I cannot practice the craft anywhere, anytime, without you being present in my acting soul – as always – I am grateful for that
—Glenn Young, President, Applause Books I am not being facetious when I write that E. Katherine Kerr's manuscript is one of the most important works on acting I have ever felt compelled to turn down. It is an extraordinary meditation on the nature of being and acting. The actor who resists the life force that pulsates through Kerr's work wears more than a mask; he has been overtaken and captured by a suit of armor that ironically only someone of Kerr's savvy hard-ass mystical talents might strip away. And if it were actually and purely about acting, I would do more than admire the text and its author…her audience, to my mind may not be about actors at all, but any constructively bewildered member of the public who finds himself on a quest for self. Rest assured I will buy fifty copies right off the presses for our shop and will personally advocate it at every opportunity.
—Liz McDonald, actress, playwright If I'd had you and your class when I was out there in the world of show business, I wouldn't have gotten mangled the way I did.
—source asked to be anonymous You can orgasm forever using the Four Principles. You just stay present, relax and keep asking for what you want. It's embarrassing but it works. (If anyone reads the testimonials this far, I'd love to hear from you! Someone actually did say this. LOL)
—Mark Ransom, actor, poet, singer/songwriter Last night I audited your class. It was the first acting class I've ever attended where there wasn't any acting going on. I left without saying anything to you. I began to weep as I walked 42nd Street. I suddenly realized it was alright. That I was alright. That I was enough.
—Jerry Pacific, actor Finally a Process that gets you out of your head and into the core of your individual uniqueness as an actor as well as a human being.
–Leslie Diamond, singer, writer Reading your book affirmed everything I've spent so long to learn, experience, and conclude. –
—Lisa De Rensis, actress, director You touch people in ways that allow their gifts to shine. There are also more subtle ways—sort of a ripple effect—or just by your loving presence
—Dael Piro, storyteller I was able to take so much of what I learned from you with me. What a gift you have! I still can't believe that I wasn't in terror—and that is definitely from you!
—Jay Heflin, actor. It's been a long time since I was in your class. The reason I'm writing is to thank you….your words still teach me—not only in acting but in life as well.
—Christina Beck, actress, songwriter How much I enjoy your newsletters! I also want to thank you so much for being such an inspiration as a teacher, and how in the past seven years the principles I learned from you are still a big part of my life.
—Aileen Pare, actress, writer I haven't seen you in a long time, but I don't think a day goes by that the gifts—many, many gifts that I have gotten from your classes don't help me live the way I want to. The Tao (Stephen Mitchells' translation) is a great reassurance that what I learned in E. Katherine Kerr's class is the real deal!
—Gail Goldberg, speaker, travel agent I want you to know how much your class helped me in my job-I gave a presentation to 150 travel agents the other evening and it was so much fun! I used your special skills that you taught us and was comfortable-present and really with my audience- I even walked around with the mike, instead of standing behind the podium-I was very relaxed and one of my customers sent me an email asking if I ever thought of being a motivational speaker! I learned so much from you——I am forever grateful!!!
–LynnBraz.com, author of Flying Free: Life Lessons Learned on the Flying Trapeze I'm a workshopaholic. I compulsively spend obscene amounts of money on workshops that take up obscene amounts of time and offer little in return. I'm a Reiki Master and certified yoga instructor and personal trainer. I've done workshops for meditation, nutrition, aromatherapy, overcoming grief, fiction writing (short stories and novels), travel writing, singing, dancing, mindfulness, somatic therapy, psychic communication, manifesting what I want in life (useless, unless what I want is more workshops), leadership through horsemanship, Model Mugging, Advanced Model Mugging, Disarming Weapons Model Mugging (do not fuck with me; I will kill you), and more. I've attended so many workshops I can't even remember all the stuff I've learned. This is the only workshop in which I wasn't bored.
Last weekend I attended yet another workshop, this one in Wilton, Connecticut: E. Katherine Kerr's Creative Explosion which was groundbreaking for me in a number of significant ways. It is the only workshop I've attended where I didn't hate anyone in the group. Creative Explosion was, miraculously, totally devoid of that one annoying group member around whom the entire weekend revolves. Also, I drove away from my weekend feeling transformed. More than that, actually—knowing I'd been transformed.
I've been stuck on a novel I wrote nearly seven years ago. The story is fine; the beginning sucks. During the ensuing years since that very first-drafty first draft, I've spent perhaps a total of seven billion hours trying to rewrite the opening scene of the novel. To no avail. Everything I wrote sounded false, forced, fake, or just plain bad.
After the first day of Creative Explosion, I rewrote that beginning starting with one true sentence that grew into several paragraphs, which spread into pages, which gave me the entree into the novel that I've been lacking. Bestsellers list, here I come! After day two of Creative Explosion, I drove away with revelations that filled me with hope and a concrete action plan.
One of my goals for the weekend was ridding myself of difficult, demanding people who don't appreciate me. A true test of my success came quickly. Late Monday morning, one of those difficult people—a client—called. I approached the conversation with my newly developed clarity and boundaries. What I experienced in that conversation blew me away. Instead of going into her usual time-draining, unprofitable-for-me schtick, this client actually acknowledged the reasonableness of what I was saying and apologized for her past behavior. The relationship was not merely salvaged; it was transformed. I hung up the phone feeling enormous gratitude and love—two emotions that are most definitely not part of my default settings. I know more workshops are in my future. It's who I am—a workshopaholic. Hopefully, I'll have the good sense to stick with Creative Explosion or other workshops by E. Katherine Kerr. –


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"My first job as a professional photographer was a friend's wedding, and my career took off from there. From that wedding I booked two more – and things quickly snowballed."
I have loved photography for as long as I can remember. My passion started with film photography, but really developed with the advent of the digital era, when I began to experiment and create beautiful images.
Today I travel the world on a wide variety of photographic assignments. My experience includes commercial shoots for both large multinationals and tiny businesses, action projects for the fitness industry, briefs for PR agencies and weddings of all shapes and sizes.
My work has also appeared in professional photographic magazines and websites, and Vogue Italia.
What unites every single shot is my creativity and passion – as recognised by Professional Photographer Magazine, which awarded me Professional Photographer of the Year 2014.
When I'm not working on professional shoots I travel around working on my personal photographic projects.
I've had the pleasure of working with some of these clients:


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When thinking about real estate investing, many people just get a headache. There are legal concerns and paperwork, as well many pitfalls to guard against. With all this trouble, people stay away even though real estate investing can be lucrative. Finding out as much information as possible is very helpful, and these tips provided here should go a long way.
Try to get a checklist from your Realtor. Realtors often have a home-buyer's checklist that includes everything you need to do or consider when buying home, from figuring out what you want in a house to finalizing a mortgage. Use this checklist as a guide to make sure you take care of everything you need to do.
Always have extra funds for unexpected costs when buying a property. Buyers should figure the closings costs by adding together, points for the bank, down payment, and real estate taxes. In many cases, closing costs have extra items like improvement bonds, school taxes, and other things that depend on your area.
When you want to add more value to the property you own, do some remodeling and repair work. Your property's value will increase quickly if you do this. Sometimes, you will even get more value increase than the amount of money you spent for repairs and renovations.
Make sure you fully understand the terms of your mortgage loan. To keep confusion to a minimum, you should have a solid grasp of how the term of your loan will affect the amount you pay each month and its impact on the amount of interest you will ultimately pay.
Take time to consider a number of important things before coming up with an offering price for a new home. If your seller is helpful, it should be fairly easy to decide on a final purchasing price that you're happy with.
You can request that the seller help out with closing costs or sweeten the deal with other financial incentives when you make your offer on the house you have in mind. It is considered common practice to request that the seller "buy down" your interest rate. However, be aware that a seller is usually less inclined to reduce the selling price if financial incentives are included in the offer.
Have any questions you wish to ask your potential real estate agent written out so you don't forget anything important. Some questions to consider is are you a buyer's agent, a seller's agent or a dual agent. Other questions include the average number of listings the agent carries and the average home prices. Your agent should have all of those answers for you!
If you plan on buying a foreclosed house, also plan on doing some repairs. Many of the foreclosed homes that are on the market have been vacant for quite some time. Regular maintenance has more than likely not been done on the home, which means significant repairs should be expected. Most foreclosed homes will need new HVAC systems, and may have pests.
As you embark on your home buying adventure, you'll probably appreciate the guidance of a good real estate agent. You need one you can trust. An agent that has achieved success in the past will be a great choice. Research as much as possible and locate an agent who will keep you in mind, and lead you to the best home for you.
You need to know what resources and information is available, and what the actual buying process entails, so use these tips when you plan on buying. The more you know about the process, the less intimidating it will become.


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The GOP is predicting a repeat of 2006 when the Dems took over congress, but this time in favor of the Republicans. They are confident of this because so many Americans are unhappy with their economic situation, and the way the Obama administration is running the government. But when you analyze one of the 2006 wild cards—Republicans received only 29% of the Hispanic vote—the deck is still stacked in favor of the Democrats.
In a population survey by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, based on U.S. Census figures, the Latino voting turnout was one of the factors that gave Democrats the win in 2006. Their voting rates by region were 37.3% in the West, 33.5% Midwest, 29.4% Northeast and 27.7% South. The total voting was 49.2%, 53.2%, 46.9% and 43.9% respectively. Hispanics were 12.5% of the population then. Impressive.
CNN report by Ruben Navarrette, Jr., the 2010 Census will reveal that same voting block "exploding" to 60 million people or 18% of the population. And they are pretty ticked off at Republicans that support Arizona's new Immigration Law, SB1070. The CNN reporter says that it is estimated that 500,000 new Latinos are added to the voting rolls every two years.
Navarrette's "clueless" Republicans on the issue include Sens. John Cornyn, Texas, Lindsey Graham, NC, Jon Kyl and John McCain, AZ, Charles Grassley, Iowa, Jeff Sessions, Alabama and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky. They will no doubt be at the top of the hit-list when up for reelection.
Right now it seems quiet on the voter registration front, but with just 63 days to the November 2 election, you can bet something is going on in the Hispanic community, and we'll be hearing about it soon.
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zombie apocalypse, new zealand
Excited isnt the word, i cant think of a word to describe how this flyer makes me feel. New Zealand its been a long time coming and Zombies, dont even get me started! I still cant believe im going NZ, i honestly hope i meet an islander fall in love and never come back! lol
my german YACHT trip
Loaded up my ipod with a lot of music last week in preparation for my time away from home, been listening to a varied selection as always but so far the mood of the week has been perfectly captured by YACHTs latest album See Mystery Lights. (more…)
Hello Sun n Bass!
OK i wrote this at the weekend but just take it as fact as you read this i am in Sardinia!!!! (more…)
Up, down and side to side.
What a week. Its been my final one in London and the first back in Manchester, however i'll be spending it in Reading! Huh? I kind of like being all over the place but its just so tiring doing all the travelling. In London last night and this morning dropping off the hire van, stayed in my old flat which looks amazing without all my shit in it, lmao! I have way to much stuff…back in Manchester my 2 bedroom house is overflowing with sh*t mostly clothes and electrical goods but its still shit! Oh to have space, lovely hidden storage and space…..I need to sell everything, jumble/car boot sale…but im never around on a Sunday. Anyways not thinking about my hermits lair back in Manchester its over to Reading for a week's session with Prash aka Catch 22, yay. Goodbye old smoke, hello the land of Uggo's and then the land of blue jeans…im in Moscow at the weekend Wooo HOoo.