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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, Aug. 13
Picks of the day
- 13-for-21 (.619) vs. PHI RHP Joe Blanton
- .476 AVG in last 11 G
Stephen Drew, SS, Diamondbacks
- 7-for-17 vs. COL LHP Jeff Francis
- .344 AVG during 14-game hit streak
Yesterday's picks, results
Brian Roberts (BAL): 1-for-3
Garret Anderson (LAA): 1-for-4
Top 5 current leaders
(yesterday's pick)
1. bassman, 35 games (I. Suzuki)
2. eduneversaydie, 30 (V. Guerrero)
2. vidrohater, 30 (C. Beltran)
4. cali_kid, 29 (J. Reyes)
4. jpsteeleaz69, 29 (B. Roberts)
BTS season leader: Robert Paradise, 48
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
The Top 5, suddenly the model of consistency, remained intact again yesterday as all five members received key hits to keep their streaks alive. BTS leader bassman maintained his position at the vanguard courtesy of Ichiro Suzuki, who swatted a pair of singles in the Mariners loss to the Angels.
Second-place competitors eduneversaydie and vidrohater broke into 30-game territory thanks to Vladimir Guerrero and Carlos Beltran, respectively. Gurrero belted his 22nd homer of the year off Jarrod Washburn, while Beltran went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles against Odalis Perez and the Washington 'pen.
Fourth-place competitors cali_kid and jpsteeleaz69 moved to just one game shy of the 30-game plateau on the strength of key contributions from Jose Reyes and Brian Roberts. Reyes collected a pair of singles to go 2-for-5, while Roberts added an RBI-single as Baltimore fell to the Indians.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 7.4%, 2-for-5
2. Vladimir Guerrero (LAA): 5.2%, 1-for-4
3. Dustin Pedroia (BOS): 5.1%, 5-for-6
4. Jose Reyes (NYM): 4.5%, 2-for-5
5. Alex Rodriguez (NYY): 3.7%, 1-for-6
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I have a question about the MLB.com Survivor challenge, and since there is no survivor blog yet (when will one be implemented?,) I figured I'd post it here:
If the leader of Survivor (currently at 25 games,) ends up reaching 27 or longer, does he automatically win the contest or does it still go until the end of the season?
unless someone beats the streak, its all his


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Toyota Highlander Auto Parts at Williams Toyota of Sayre near Sayre 18840
When you're looking for Toyota Highlander Auto Parts near Sayre, you want them as quickly as possible. Thanks to Williams Toyota of Sayre's extensive inventory and knowledgeable staff members, we likely have the Original Equipment Manufacturer part you need, when you need it, as opposed to other parts stores, which sell aftermarket parts that may not be an exact match for your Toyota Highlander. Whether you're just looking to change your own oil or are a car aficionado with the sort of know-how to upgrade your own vehicle, we've got the parts to accomplish the task.
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Fizzy Smelts Review
And Giveaway
Ok my loves so have I got a ridiciously, amazing blog for you today you lucky things!!
I recently contacted the lovely Rebecca over at Fizzy Smelts after seeing their GORGEOUS candles on Facebook.
The second I saw these beautiful, quirky and handmade candles I was blown away. Not only by the detail and craftwomenship but also by how unique they were.
Now Fizzy Smelts were overwhelmingly generous and agreed to send not only one for me to review for you but also…..one to giveaway! I was also feeling extra generous and ordered another one to win! That's right my lovelies you could win 2 of gorgeous candles for your home ! Check the end of the blog for more details on this.
Onto the review and what can I say!! Just look them for a second…..
Starting with this gorgeous corked Blue Vintage with it's really cute little butterflies, flower and bow it's perfectly girly. I LOVE the added little cork which really adds to the aesthtetic of the candle!
It has a beautiful scent of spearmint however I found that it smelt like babypowder or fresh washing!! Such a clean and fresh scent it's bound to please anyone who loves the freshness of clean bedsheets!! (Edit, I was informed that IT IS Fresh Linen lol they're are a selection of scents to choose from!)
This is my candle and I am OBSESSED WITH IT!!! LOOK AT IT!!! Not only is it unicorn themed but has a unique scent of parma violets which matches it perfectly.
Just look at the little added deatils of wax hearts, real marshmallows and also the glitter!!
It fits like a dream in my 50's inpired kitchen and I am in love with it!!
Last but by no means least we have an expresso shot candle and I wish you could smell it through the screen! Strong but beautiful and creamy coffee that I would leave in my kitchen. That way it would permiate and your kitchen would always smell like fresh, expensive and delicious coffee. I WILL be ordering another of these for myself. I will be sad to see it go to the winner of the impending giveaway!
It also looks so real and quirky. I really am blown away by how amazing these candles are and how awesome they look.
I'm not sure if I can add words to make me or anyone like minded want these more! They're so gorgeous and as I said the attention to detail is incredible. From the cream on the top to the layers of pastel colours in the Unicorn shake, it's just stunning.
Glitter, marshmallows and tiny wax hearts make for the perfect decoration!
Also the little corked Vintage Blue is so sweet and delicate with it's bow, butterflies and flowers. The smell of the Expresso my loves is just urgghhh, stunning!
I am so blown away by these candles and I can't wait to get my order in for some more! I have been browsing their Web page and seen so many I'd love and with a birthday on the way I am 100% getting some (lol)
Now shall we move onto the giveaway of the gorgeous Vintage Blue candle and Expresso shot…..
Let's keep it quick and easy you can either go to,
Like or follow one or all if you're feeling kind! Share the pinned/relevent post and before you leave here, scroll down and leave a 'Win' in the comments below. I will then add you to the list (as usual this will be posted as a seperate post) which will assign you a number. I will of course draw live on facebook and will also share the results here, as well as my other social media accounts.
The competition will run from now until 6th February 2017 at 6pm. This gives everyone two weeks to enter and as I said it will be drawn live on my Facebook. . .
I hope you enjoyed this blog my loves as I have enjoyed writing it and also running a little giveaway for you all. I would also like to say a huge, mahoosive, gimassive thank you to Fizzy Smelts, Rebecca, for being so super awesome and agreeing to work with me and letting my readers have freebies!!! Get over to their Facebook page and never miss out on their products again, gorgeous stuff!! Plus the huge amounts of giveaways their having at the mo you don't want to miss out!
Good luck everyone!!
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Accelerated Past Life Clearing with Kuthumi via Michelle Eloff
Posted on October 23, 2007. Filed under: Abundance, Angels, Archangel Michael, Ascended Masters, Attachments, Chakra, Channeling, Energy Cleansing, Energy Healing, Guided Meditation, Kuthumi, Michelle Eloff, Paradigm Shift, Past Lives, Reincarnation, Synchronicity, Uncategorized |
I am not Michelle Eloff. I am just someone who finds her writing and the channellings that she shares extremely helpful. I hope you will find them so as well!
Diamond Heart
with Ascended Master Kuthumi
Channelled through Michelle Eloff©
27 July, 2005 Johannesburg, RSA
This information may be shared with other sources on strict conditions that no information is altered or deleted and the source of the information be acknowledged. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE LIGHTWEAVER PLEASE VISIT www.thelightweaver.co.za
Please keep in mind that just reading this information will activate a process and shift for you. It is not the same as being in the presence of the channeling Master, but you will still benefit from reading it and aligning your consciousness with the associated Master. All Questions & Answers from the session have been left in the transcript as we have found the answers too have been of great benefit to our readers.
I am Kuthumi and I come forward upon the rays of love and wisdom to greet you at this time and to bring unto each of you the blessings of harmony, the blessings of grace and miracles and love. Greetings beloved ones. And it is with great joy and pleasure in our hearts that we may gather with each of you upon this day as we hold you firmly within the heart of Christ and securely upon the hands of God.
Beloved ones, as we gather in the presence of the Christ Light we manifest layers of Light for the purpose of facilitating your personal cycle of Accelerated Past Life Clearing. These layers of light are meant to support you by presenting to you clarity and understanding, intuition and insight as you allow yourself to surrender to the process of shedding the skins of your past, and in so doing allowing yourself to integrate the higher levels of love, knowledge and wisdom that you are clearly ready to integrate.
For you as a group, your Guides have made it known to all of us that you are ready to release cellularly the imprints and negative conditioning implants around poverty and conditional love consciousness. This means all conditioning imposed upon you by others in your external reality will begin to leave your energy field, it will be dismantled in the grids that make up the network of your light body so that you can truly step into the light of your authentic self, and the authentic identity you are working with so diligently to reintegrate will be supported by this process.
Accelerating a process of release need not be one of deep intense and traumatic release; we have set in place mechanisms of support with Archangel Miguel the Archangels Raphael, Ariel, Uriel, Zadkiel and Jophiel to assist all of you. The presence of the Archangelic leagues of light are felt intensely at this time, the Archangels are the closest they have ever been to your Planet in this current cycle. The reason for this is because of the amount of Light being integrated. The Archangels hold very high vibrations of energy. You have supported the upliftment of humanities consciousness and as more and more of humanities consciousness is rising to become one with Fifth Dimension so it is becoming possible for people to interact in a more conscious manner with the Angelic and Archangelic Realms.
Most of you have worked on integrating Seventh Dimensional Consciousness into the network and grid of your energy field, and the matrix of Crystalline energy that held you within the old conditioning have shattered to the levels necessary to release you permanently from old paradigm attachments to the fears the lower ego holds onto, the conditionings that the fearful inner child and fearful adolescent hold onto. There will be levels of anger that you need to face, for anger is what lies beneath fear, and fear is what feeds anger. By understanding your fear and your anger you liberate yourself and this is why the truth will always set you free.
Beloved ones, allowing yourself to experience the healing is important, I say allow yourself for a reason. Humanity is accustomed to controlling. Everything on your planet is controlled. Look at the systems in place in your world. What you spend your money on is controlled by the media, they pump you with information, which motivates your spending and determines your spending habits. The media in fact controls a great part of humanity's behaviour. The hierarchies that influence the media extend greatly. There are major countries in your world that control many of the mechanisms. Look at how you are forced into situations that you have no power over, you are forced to pay taxes into corrupt systems, you give your money to corrupt systems which then charge you interest for handling your money and give you very little interest in return. What you eat is controlled by federations that are supposedly to have your best interest at heart, the only thing they have at heart beloved ones is their bank balance and I say this not to frighten you, I say this so that you and the rest of humanity can realise how your world is controlled. It is a system of governments that promotes control not management. Because of this you are conditioned to control, you try and do this all the time therefore it is rather alien to you to simply let go and just allow synchronicity to manifest. With today's clearing process we will activate twelve levels of release through your genetic system and on a cellular level to support you in surrendering to the systems of the Universe, which have been put in place by your Fully Mastered Christed Self of the Light.
Another purpose in your being here today is that each of you are linked to a system of energy that will facilitate a Global Consciousness shift. This awakening is vital because it is linked to energy currently taking place which I spoke of 2 years ago already. I have mentioned it on a number of other occasions and I'm sure some of you may recall me saying specifically the time has come where the people of your world will reclaim their power. It is about giving the power back to the people and where there has been a imbalanced distribution of wealth it will come into balance, and you are witnessing that right now. The industries being affected by this will also have to reveal what they have been doing with their funds, there will also be a release of information regarding corruption within the hierarchy of the systems governing the industries currently being affected by the people insisting their power be reclaimed. This is representing the uprising within each individual inhabiting your planet. Many of them are unconscious of the shift, but those who are conscious understand the time is upon you to embrace your divine right to be on Earth, to embrace your divine right to have your needs met, your divine right to feel, to love, to be loved, to hear and to be heard, your divine right to be acknowledged and to be respected.
South Africa will undergo an Accelerated Past Life Clearing as well. As this Country that you are a part of opens its energy field to these time gates you will be supported in your personal needs. The twelve layers of energy will also be there to support South Africa. It will have a ripple affect that will move through the upper continent of Africa and bring relief to many of the suffering countries. It may be very subtle to begin with but as this wave of empowerment ripples through the continent as a result of the Goddess energy being reclaimed, that which has been out of balance will return to its natural state of unification and balance. It will ripple out to all the surrounding continents and you will see the shift globally and all that has been controlled will have to be surrendered to be managed. Is this clear to all of you so far? YES. Very well.
So let us begin now beloved ones, please close your eyes and make yourself comfortable on your chair begin by taking a deep breath in through your nose exhaling through your mouth. Take another deep breath in and as you exhale release all anxiety and tension from your day and allow yourself to settle comfortably in your chair. Another deep breath in and as you relax ask your body to surrender to the presence of Light, tell your body it is safe for you to let go of limiting attachments on conscious levels, subconscious and unconscious levels.
In your mind call upon all your personal Guides even if you are not sure what their name is, just call upon your Guides. Call upon all the Lords of time and welcome Prince Damien into this space. Call upon your Fully Mastered Christed self of the Light. Now set the intension that you be supported in travelling through all the Parallel Realities, the Alternate Realities and Multidimensional Realities that you are currently attached to. Ask that you be supported in releasing these attachments gracefully and harmoniously. Ask that your healing and cellular release manifest in accordance with the highest will of your soul. The twelve Ascended Masters of the Light are present with you as well; these beings are I Kuthumi, Lord El Morya, Master Dwal Kuhl, Master Serapis Bey, Master Hilarion, Master Jesus and Mary Magdalene, Saint Germain and Lady Nada, Mother Mary and one that you may not all be familiar with being by the name of Paul Venetian. The presence of these Ascended Masters are here for the purpose of guiding the programme you have chosen to manifest and initiate. They will guide the release because it is also impacting on the global body that you are a microcosm of.
Take another deep breath in through your nose now and as you exhale through your mouth imagine yourself out in the vast open space of your Solar System. Visualise stars and the planets around you. Look around to find planet Earth and remind yourself that you are still connected to Earth. By floating out in space in the Solar System, you are to remind yourself that even space is part of the body, for space is the energy between every atom of energy inside of you and inside of the body that makes up your Galaxy, and the Universe, and everything experienced on a planet within the Solar System, within the Galaxy, within the Universe which is experienced by every living being within it regardless of its size or its form. Just think for a moment how connected you are to life, and how the planets in your Solar System reflect the chakric system of your Galaxy. As more planets are discovered, it simply confirms that you are also a greater being expanding with many more chakras coming to life. Connect with the fact that you are living in a spiral Galaxy and that energy is always spiralling within you and around you, it either spirals downward in a negative vortex or upwards in a positive vortex.
Now that you have familiarised yourself with the environment of space and reminded yourself of the power you are one with on your planet and beyond your planet, you can begin now to connect with the fact that you are existing in more than one place, more than one time and more than one body. The way energy works in the quantum field determines this, whatever one imagines becomes a reality, if that reality is not supportive of what you are doing, what you are living and experiencing, it then becomes an alternate reality and a part of you will live it out. Your past lives are infact parallel lives, ones that you are experiencing now, this is why you are affected by so called past lives. Time is linear only in your world, and you will all begin to move more and more out of linear time. As your consciousness expands more you will see more clearly how infact everything is happening all at once. People have memories and visions of the future, the reason for this is because there is a parallel reality considered the future. Because you project energy into the future you create the experience. The Quantum Field makes sure the experience comes into reality. When you focus on negativity, magnetically and quantumly you manifest it, if you focus on positivity, magnetically and quantumly you manifest it. All we are doing with you now is connecting your conscious current consciousness with parallel and alternate realities, where different levels of your consciousness are living out an experience. Because we have now raised your level of energy into the quantum field you have the power to change the effects of those experiences, which is why you will release it cellularly and no longer have to carry it with you. Your conditioning will undergo dramatic shifts and you will become lighter and experience deeper senses of inner clarity and revelation.
With the support of the Master's of the light, and with your permission and with your will, we take you through all the dimensions of time where aspects of you are currently playing out an experience that no longer supports your personal transformation, empowerment and transformation as a spiritual and divine being of the light. As more of this quantum energy is brought into your energy field beloved ones tell yourself now, you are ready to remember any aspect of time, any experience within that aspect of time, and on whichever level of consciousness it exists that is currently influencing your life in a limiting or negative way. It doesn't matter if you do not have any visions or conscious memory, what is important is that you allow the energy to be released. It is important that on a conscious level you are allowing yourselves to open and let go.
Take a deep breath in, allow your body to go soft and just relax into this energy. Be aware of your thoughts and your feelings, if you have any discomfort in your body simply just observe it, observe any names or faces, times or places that come into your memory or your mind, just observe don't hold onto anything. Continue to breathe in deeply and exhale deeply allowing the oxygen to help your body release. Now take your concentration to the nape of your neck and imagine an energy chakra opening up and releasing energy, visualise this release, feel it if you can or just imagine how it would feel for energy to be released through this portal at the back of your neck. These are also linked to your 7 cervical vertebrae. These vertebrae hold all the imprints and memory of the first twelve years of your life in this lifetime, and what you have come to know as past lifetimes. Your personal Guides and the Ascended Masters are now using crystals and drawing personal symbols on each of the seven vertebrae to accelerate the release of present and past timelines, negative conditioning and programming. It doesn't matter if you cannot retain the picture of all the symbols, just take note if there is one that stands out and hold it in your third eye's vision. Now move your neck sideways to the right, pushing your ear down toward your shoulder, gently lift it up, move it toward the left, stretching your neck and moving your ear to your left shoulder. Gently lift your head, drop your chin to your chest and as you do this visualise the release of energy increasing in velocity, hold it there and continue to breathe.
Archangels Michael, Zadkiel and Jophiel now place Quartz crystals in your 7 cervical vertebrae. These crystals will help you receive higher vibrational consciousness for the purpose of reconditioning the programmes, the attitudes and belief systems concerning your life at this current time. With these crystals in place you will be able to transmit high vibrational energy into the ethos and to those whom you come into contact with.
Keep your neck down, breathe in deeply. Now become conscious of your solar plexus chakra. Visualise your solar plexus beginning to respond to this energy and see it open like a window and a powerful velocity of energy being released form it. Archangel Michael gathers this energy as you release it. He manifests a bonbfire of light in the centre of your group and dumps the energy in the centre of the fire. Now very gently begin to lift your chin off your chest, slowly raise your head, slowly, if you move it too fast you will feel dizzy, gently bend it back, imagine yourself looking up into the sun. Archangels Uriel and Ariel now place twelve Aquamarine crystals in front of your throat chakra. Your Healing Angel projects high vibrational frequencies of sound to dismantle any energy attachments in your throat chakra that prevent you from fully voicing your personal truth. Breathe in deeply, exhale, and once again very gently move your head up, very slowly and very gently turn your face to look over your right shoulder, do it slowly. Look back as far as you can, hold it there. Archangel Michael now places in your left ear an Amethyst crystal. Gently begin to move your head back to face forward and slowly turn your head to look over your left shoulder as far back as you can. Archangel Michael now places an Amethyst crystal in your right ear. Turn your head gently face forward keeping your eyes closed, take a deep breath in and exhale through your mouth. Now as your physical and your emotional, mental and spiritual bodies and all your parallel, alternate and multi dimensional bodies respond to the energy given to you through the crystals, you begin to drop more energy through the systems of your chakras and the cells in your body are able to release a lot faster.
Now imagine rain falling from the heavens penetrating your body and imagine this rain washing through every cell in your body. As the water flows through the cells, your emotional body can now release all the past life imprints and implants of negative or destructive conditioning that limit your current experience. Again just observe and be aware of what you are feeling and thinking, observe any memories that come to mind, the names or faces, people or places and just let it pass through your mind. Imagine your emotional body being a replica of you made up of water, imagine all of the past timeline imprints simply flowing right through it and moving into the bonfire Archangel Michael has created and just drop it.
Now gently draw your shoulders back, pull them back as far as you can. Tense all the muscles in your back, take a deep breath in and as you exhale allow your shoulders to drop and relax, now rotate your shoulders forward by hunching your back, lift your shoulders up to your ears do this slowly and take deep breathes in while you do this, gently begin to roll your shoulders backward pushing your chest out drawing your shoulder blades together tensing all the muscles, give a deep breath out and relax your shoulders. Repeat this one more time, rotate your shoulders forward by hunching your back gently lift them to your ears roll them backward pushing your chest forward, tense your muscles in your back as you draw your shoulder blades together, take a deep breath in, exhale deeply and drop and relax your shoulders. This allows the energy to flow through your heart chakra; it strengthens your thyroid and your thalamus creating a bridge of free flowing energy between your throat and heart chakras. These two chakras are the main areas for past life release. Some of you may find the muscles in your neck, your shoulders and your back feeling stiff and tight, this is due to your bodies cellular release. It impacts on the muscles because the muscles represent the support systems in your life, whenever you release on a cellular level you manifest a new level of support in your life. This new level of support is there to assist you to move forward. Your time of constantly recreating your limiting history is complete and now you step into the cosmic wheel of co-creation with Mother-Father God and you reclaim your divine right to be your complete authentic self.
Lady Nada now comes to stand in the centre of your group. She projects a Magenta Ray of energy to each one of you, which touches your heart chakra. The magenta ray of unconditional love creates a blanket of comforting and nurturing energy within and around your heart chakra, reaffirming to you, your inner child, and adolescent selves that it is completely safe for you to let go of the conditionings that have manifested as limitation, pain or suffering. This magenta ray will continue to affirm that you are truly ready to embrace unconditional love and trust the new system you are creating which represents and reflects all aspects of abundant living. Lady Nada will facilitate the remainder of your release process, (End of Side A) ….and continuously affirm to you on a sub-conscious level that you are ready to integrate the life you deserve. She will assist you to recondition your belief systems regarding deservability, therefore changing the template of poverty consciousness to one of prosperity consciousness inside of you. Breathe the magenta energy into your body and allow it to begin moving through your veins with your blood until you can imagine your blood a magenta colour. Take a deep breath in, as you do this affirm to yourself that you are consciously willing to release all past and current timeline influences that no longer serve your divine plan. Take a deep breath in and exhale. Affirm to yourself that it is your divine right to experience the abundance of the universe in your every day life in all its facets. Take a deep breath in and exhale. Now very gently begin to arch your back in the small of your back, pushing your belly forward. Some of you may feel discomfort in your lower back, this is because the energy is moving through your entire spine, for it is that your spine and the rest of the bones of your body hold your past life memories. It is imprinted in the bone marrow and in the structure of the bones. Continue to push your belly forward and breathe, very gently begin to push your behind into the chair and as you draw your belly in begin to straighten your spine. Now imagine the energy flowing freely down your spine exiting through your coccyx and penetrating the earth beneath your feet.
On your next in breath visualise a powerful energy coming to you from the Cosmos moving into your spine and all the way down, and out through the tip of your coccyx and into the earth beneath your feet. Continue to breathe deeply in and out, as this flow of energy increases, affirm that the flow is gentle and comfortable. Beloved ones your spinal fluid is now going to be flushed, some of you may experience tingling sensations along your back, some of you may even be experiencing a tightness in your neck or other areas along your spine, just breathe into it and trust that you are safe. Master Jesus now steps forward and activates a Universal flow of divine love which will flush through your cerabral spinal fluid. This will run in a downward motion. See it being flushed out through the tip of your coccyx and falling into the earth beneath your feet. Breathe while this happens, relax the muscles in your back and along your spine and place both of your feet squarely on the earth and breathe. The spinal flush removes the imprints of the past timelines that have scrambled your personal blue print for this current timeline. Breathe deeply in and out, as your breath will support the accelerated flow of energy in and out of your body. The more you breathe the faster you release. When you hold your breath you stop the process from happening and you freeze yourself in time and space.
Beloved ones, now the accelerated release increases and you are currently on your fifty-Eighth timeline release, and as a group you are clearing 78 timelines of past influence and conditioning. Continue to breathe I will tell you when it is complete. Just imagine the energy flowing straight through you and out into the earth. You are now at timeline release number 63, continue to breathe, the energy moves faster, timeline 68, 71, 75, deep breath in and as you exhale timeline 78 is released. The energy will now begin to ease along your spine, and your spinal flush is now coming to a close. Master Jesus now asks for you to focus your concentration on Mother Earth and to give thanks to her for absorbing the energy you have released. She has willingly taken this energy on to transmute and she will release it into the ethos where you will integrate the transcended light of your new levels of consciousness. As you integrate higher wisdom and knowledge she asks that in return for her support you share the wisdom and power of the love and knowledge and the co-creative spirit of Mother-Father God with the rest of humanity. She asks you to remember your truth and to constantly affirm your authentic desire to move up the spiral of ascension and into higher consciousness, and in so doing raising the consciousness of humanity for the purpose of creating awareness which will support her. As humanity's awareness expands, so the acknowledgement of her life force becomes a concrete reality, and then Heaven on Earth will manifest and man, animal, plant, mineral and earth will continue to ascend the stairway to higher levels of Heaven.
Breathe beloved ones, the 78 timelines you have released are linked to belief systems, attitudes and thought processes that stifle your personal growth and belief in your ability to manifest an abundant life. The abundance I refer to is the abundance in all its facets, on all levels, and in any manner it can take manifestation. You will determine what kind of abundance it will be, and we trust it will be an abundance of the light levelled nature. Be conscious of the fact that you can manifest an abundance of negativity, so always be clear regarding your intentions. You have integrated a template of prosperity which shall be imprinted upon the Earth with every step you take. Your DNA is vibrating on a different level now, and you are no longer bound by the density of those past 78 influences. You have shed 78 skins of the past, therefore it is necessary that you give all your bodies time to integrate the new energy. Over the next 48 hours you have the opportunity to consciously set intensions with spirit regarding the quality of new energy you wish to integrate which shall become your new beliefs, attitudes, and thought processes. We trust you will choose with wisdom!
Archangel Michael will now open a vortex in the centre of this group, which will work specifically in taking the 78 timelines from each of you. These shall be drawn into the Earth beneath your feet where it shall be transmuted by the love and light of Goddess Gaia, therefore take your concentration now to the centre of this room. As the vortex opens, it draws the bonbfire into its centre and the 78 timelines from each of you spills forth out of your heart chakra and into the vortex. Simply breathe as it releases. Archangel's Zadkiel and Michael now toss 78 Amethyst crystals into the centre of this vortex, these shall assist Goddess Gaia in the transmutation of these timelines and in so doing releasing you of any karmic ties to her linked through those 78 cycles. This liberates you to merge more with your cosmic life and the cosmic plan of your Earth, your Solar System and your Universe. Now imagine the vortex beginning to close. Archangel Michael places an etheric Amethyst crystal in the centre of this room sealing the vortex and ensuring the energy will be transmuted into Light. This light feeds you, it feeds Mother Earth's body and the light will continue to expand and feed the consciousness of humanity. Take another deep breath in and begin to draw your attention to your physical body in the room you currently occupy. Continue to breathe in deeply and exhale fully, and as you do this we begin to draw your energy through the past timelines of parallel and alternate realities, and the portals of time are closed behind you as you draw your focus back to your current incarnation, your current timeline experience and present level of consciousness. Now imagine roots of energy sprouting forth from your feet into the Earth beneath you and grounding you. Visualise energy moving from the top of your head all the way down your body, down your legs and into your feet, through your feet and into the Earth beneath it grounding you yet again. Now imagine a Platinum cord extending from the centre of the Universe penetrating your Crown chakra and moving all the way down your spine and out through your coccyx and into Mother Earth. This is a grounding cord that grounds you with spirit and earth. Take another deep breath in exhaling through your mouth, gently open your eyes, stretch your legs and your arms, feel yourself back in your body take a look around you and acknowledge where you are, I trust you are all back? Yes?
LK. How was that for a ride?
Beloved ones are there any questions I can assist you with at this point?
Initiate: The 78 timelines, is that the same as 78 past lives?
Lord Kuthumi: Yes it is
I: Thank you
LK: You are welcome. Thank yourself
I: There is something I feel in my chest area my heart area, is that a blockage?
LK: No, it will be as a result of the release, remember you released the 78 timelines to the vortex through your heart chakra so you will feel it there. Also remember I said you process past timeline energy predominantly through the throat and heart chakra.
I: was preparing for this before it actually began, the release?
LK: It is common for this to happen, yes.
I: Thank you.
LK: You are welcome.
LK. One of the belief systems that limit humanity is their belief in pain and suffering, it is no longer the case. It is no longer a necessity for growth. You have manifested sufficient levels of light, which entitle you to acknowledge what causes you discomfort, frustration or limitation. In your acknowledgement of what is bothering you, you are able to communicate with spirit your finding and set the intension that spirit facilitate the solution. Then it is up to you to respond to all the synchronicities that come your way that lead you to the answer. With this attitude you will accelerate your process of healing and pulling yourself together. You need not any longer experience fragmentation, with this process, you have linked up with all the levels of consciousness being experienced and those aspects of you that have been playing out a lower consciousness level of experience will undergo accelerated growth and catch up with you, just like you will experience accelerated growth and catch up with your Fully Mastered Christed self of the Light. Is this clear?
I: Lord Kuthumi ……..question inaudible
LK: Yes sister it will, you must try to acknowledge that you are a catalyser in the structure of your family. You are there to show them truth by living your truth. In every family there is such a member if the majority of the family is living in what we call "Closed Consciousness", or who are still asleep. Do you understand? You chose them for a purpose, just as they chose you. Remember they chose you because of the intensity of your light and your ability to remind them of who they are, and to awaken the ones who are ready to be awoken. So do not deprive yourself of your true identity. You are free to be free. Is this clear?
I: Yes, Thank you
LK: You are welcome.
I: ………..In my mouth.
LK: Yes sister, we would like to suggest a therapy for you which may be of great assistance to you it is called body alignment, it involves vortex therapy, do you know this modality? This will help to bring your energy and your systems into alignment. The jaw represents ones will, with the jaw pulling to the left it is indicating your Goddess or Feminine principle needs to strengthen her will and to utilise it. Now that you have cleared so many timelines it should begin to balance itself. The modality we have suggested will help you along this particular road. Is this clear?
I: Yes thank you ………………
LK: It will straighten itself out, however if medical intervention is required your Guides will make it very clear to you, you will know. Is this clear?
I: Than you.
LK: You are welcome.
I: Lord Kuthumi …………………………. 2 questions.
LK: First of all the reason for choosing your parents was because of their genes. The structure of their genetic imprints were exactly what you needed in order to successfully complete the tasks you set in place for yourself in this particular incarnation. When a conception takes place there are five generations of genetic imprint encoded from the mothers side of the family and seven generations of genetic imprint encoded from the fathers side of the family. When you look at the family history going back seven generations on both sides but more specifically from the fathers side, you will gain greater clarity as to why you chose them and the issues you would have to deal with in this lifetime. They have given you the tools you have needed to successfully complete your incarnation.
The reason for your body changing is because you are changing, whenever a person undergoes any kind of transformation the body must change because everything within it undergoes a change. Sometimes when there has been cases of trauma in the form of abuse of any kind – sexual, verbal, physical, emotional or mental, or any other shock that may have taken place, is locked inside of the body. The adrenaline freezes it (shock) in the body. This can stay frozen for up to seven years, then suddenly the adrenaline begins to "melt", if I can call it this, and that imprint of shock, anger, fear, and/or guilt begins to seep into the body. Now one might not clearly understand what is happening, and because one feels the shock and trauma again, adrenaline is released and can freeze it all over again. This then continues for many cycles, and 21 years later for example, you can still have it frozen in your body.
When you embark upon a journey of awakening, and when your soul motivates you to go deeper, the issues begin to come to the surface and the body releases. This results in women and men at times gaining weight as they process and release energy. When the body feels safe again they can release the weight, then if there is fear and trauma perhaps then the body expands again. The fat cells are protection and every person on the planet, and I mean every person on the planet who is above their body's natural weight, is protecting themselves from somebody or something. A fat person is not a weak person, a fat person is a wounded person and a fat person is not something to be rejected. Your fat should not be rejected because every fat cell is there to protect you. It is trying to prevent the pain from hurting you anymore. Now because I am a man I must be very careful, I did not mean you are fat! (laughter from the ladies) You must understand where I am coming from, that was close, yes? I was generalising about people who are not at their ideal weight and I also said natural weight. I say this for a purpose, natural weight, not the weight determined by society, big difference sisters, yes? Every physical body has its divine blue print shape and as individuals release their fear and their pain and address their wounds, the body will automatically let go and take on its natural blue print shape. In general the female body is a very beautiful round and curvaceous one because you reflect Mother Earth's body, is she not curved, round, and full? I rest my case. Does that answer your question?
I: Thank you
LK: You are welcome. (Editors note Our Divine Tune-Ups can help with these issues and letting go of smoking as well.)
I: Lord Kuthumi I would like to understand things happening in my life regarding my wrist, if it is related to past life, what that was all about.
LK: Certainly, it is still very present in your energy field and you lost that hand, did you have any sensation of it being similar to that?
I: It felt … was snakebite.
LK: Very well. The hand was lost. What you are doing now is reclaiming the energy of the lost hand so to speak, so that you can manifest another level of giving and receiving in your life. You see one can not just give and not receive for it blocks the flow of energy. You have given tremendously in this life of your love, your wisdom, your knowledge and your light. The memory of this particular lifetime you refer to is simply reminding you of the power to give and receive. Letting the energy flow and dropping the poison so to speak, in any kinds of conditionings, attitudes or belief systems of society regarding giving and receiving is what you are processing. You regularly release process for your environment not just yourself, are you aware of this?
I: Yes.
LK: Very well, does that answer your question?
I: Yes, thank you.
LK: You are welcome.
I: I have been involved with studies of Geology for a year and a half now is this using my … because at the moment I feel disconnected to it.
LK: I don't know will you? Have you heard of this thing called the power of free will? And it has nothing to do with "Free Willy" (laugter)
I: What I would like to know is doesn't Geology assist with past lives and releasing?
LK: Yes it does.
I: Lord Kuthumi if I could ask you to x-ray my spinal cord, is it all clear?
LK: All of you are experiencing a free-flow of the new energy in some places along the muscles connected to the spinal column, some of the energy is moving a little slower, but we do not see any specific blockage.
I: It is because I don't actually feel that way.
LK: For now yes.
I: Thank you
LK: You are welcome.
I: Lord Kuthumi….. clearing? …..
I: Lord Kuthumi, to move this ….. with the Lion Heart centre this is truly uncomfortable.
LK: Just breathe into it sister, keep your shoulders drawn back and breathe into it, imagine Lady Nada's Magenta energy in it and ask Archangel Michael and Lady Nada to ease the flow of energy in your heart chakra. Is this clear?
I: Released 78 timelines in such a short space of time?!
LK: It is called Accelerated Past Life Clearing! (laughter)
LK: Sisters your energy systems will integrate it and begin to express it in the areas of your life that are ripe and ready to receive it, I also suggest that you begin the process of focusing on what your desires, your visions, your dreams, hopes and wishes are. Begin to explore your inner-heart desires. Think about what you would like to do that would make positive change and contributions to your community, to the Planet and your life. Become involved in some creative activities, think about what you would like to experience differently in your life. Would you like a different home for example, do you want to redecorate ? (End of tape)
Simply setting the intension to grow into this new energy and express it in a creative and divine way will bring opportunities to you and will magnetically propel you in the direction of opportunity. Synchronicity then manifests itself and everything comes together. Is this clear?
I: Thank you
LK: You are welcome. Beloved ones I shall take one last question.
I: ……question inaudible……………….
LK: Certainly, this evening create a quiet space with your Guides. Call upon your Higher Self, then ask that whatever unfolds in your meeting tomorrow unfold in accordance with the highest will of all of your souls. Ask that the process unfold harmoniously, gracefully and miraculously. Ask your Guides and their Guides to guide the meeting through your higher selves and that everything that comes to light within your meeting come through the guidance of each persons higher self. Tomorrow morning align again and then give thanks that everything will flow harmoniously and gracefully. When you have them in front of you physically, very quickly just imagine their higher selves and guides present with yours and let Spirit take care of the rest. Is this clear?
I: Yes, thank you.
LK: You are welcome.
And so it is then beloved ones that we shall continue to embrace you in the energy created at this time and facilitate the integration of love you have welcomed into your space. Trust in the many invisible arms that hold you, carry and comfort you through this time, and may you remember that we are with you always in all ways, and that we are only one little thought away. May the light of Mother-Father God shine brightly upon the path you walk, and may every step you take be a steady and confident one, and may all always be well in your World.
I am Kuthumi, Chohan of the Golden Ray of love and wisdom, I greet and bless you in love.
Michelle Eloff
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Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Echo 1, history's first passive satellite. NASA's Echo mission began rather poorly. A test launch had exploded so brightly, so spectacularly, that it prompted frightened calls up and down the entire eastern seaboard.
This same satellite birthed live, space-based global communications as we know it. The early test's fantastic failure was due mostly to the Echo 1's fantastic design: It was essentially an enormous, 30-meter-wide balloon full of nitrogen. As it rapidly inflated, 60 miles off the ground, the pressure differential between the bird's interior and the thin air of the upper atmosphere shredded the 0.01 millimeter-thin skin. The highly reflective fragments sent flashes of light in all directions. Witnesses said it looked like fireworks.
NASA wanted Echo to be the first passive satellite—basically a gigantic mirror that bounces signals from one point on the earth down toward another—ever assembled and launched. This was an important ambition for a nation that was almost uniformly terrified of lagging behind the Soviets in the space race. Both the USSR and the US had launched active satellites—which broadcast pre-recorded messages from the final frontier—but Echo was to be the first of its kind, holding the potential to massively expand our ability to communicate with one another.
When the Echo 1 finally reached orbit on August 12, 1960, it stayed there for eight years, and was visible to the naked eye over the entire planet. It's considered to have been seen by more people than any other manmade object in space. Ever. For NASA, it was an invaluable source of experimental data, and was used to send TV, phone, and radio transmissions across the US and around the world. For the US government, it was also wielded as an effective work of propaganda, a symbol of glowing American influence above the world.
But Echo 1's political meaning during the space race is happily forgotten. What's still with us is its legacy, having proven that satellite communications works. Earth's orbit is now crowded with satellites beaming information around, and, more often do not, they do not explode in shimmering, terrifying showers of light. But they're working on the Echo 1's same premise—and for that, we wish it a happy 50th birthday.
Skip to the middle of the video below for a look at the Echo 1 and its successful launch—between a generally wonderful display of midcentury space porn—when NASA was exciting enough to demand its own dramatic soundtrack.
UPDATE: We received an email this morning from Tiffany Nason, granddaughter of William J O'Sullivan, who oversaw the Echo project. We asked her to share her memories on Echo, her grandfather, and the satellite's legacy:
As a kid, everyone talked about him and what he did. My grandmother would regale us with stories of tea time with the first ladies when my grandfather had meetings with presidents. We have the National Geographic magazine from the front page cover of Echo, video footage from NASA's project interviewing him and his team, there's all sorts of letters signed by the president hanging on the wall, the video footage of him on TV shows, even a memorial stamp. We're all very proud to be part of his family and honor his work. His name doesn't appear a lot in connection to the satellite anymore—I've heard tall tales of having to pay encyclopedias for the mention, but the most sensical one is that NASA (NACA then) was really about having it be all about them and not the individuals. That changed slightly in the days of Buzz Aldrin and the great space heroes but even today it's about NASA and not the scientists. From what I can put together via family oral history and archived memorabilia, my grandfather definitely got his 15 minutes of fame but it seems that these days the world has really forgotten about Echo and it's significant contribution to global telecommunications (and shiny birthday balloons.)


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Oxford United 3-1 York City (16:05:10)
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Squeaky bum time in the Football Conference and a chance for either Oxford United or York City to claim the last available place in League Two. The Conference play-off final is fast becoming our favourite day of the year here at EFW. And that isn't just because we're afforded a Wembley Stadium press pass for the day either. Ok, it's a fair cop - that's exactly the reason.
Little did Petula Clark know that when she penned 'I will follow' in the 60s it would turn into a terrace classic some 50 years later. It has and its spawned a monster. A monster so big that once you hear it it'll be in your head all bloody day. York City's Ultras (as previously featured on these pages) the Jorvik Reds were once again the pioneers in England and have been airing this song for a while. Don't worry, it's coming to a ground near you next season.
Oxford United are the best supported club in the Conference both home and away. Their ultras were formerly known as the Giallo Esercito (Italian for Yellow Army) but have since simplified their name to the Oxford Ultras. Although fewer in number than York, they've been a growing influence since they were formed midway through the 2008/09 season. On matchdays at home they gather at the back of the Oxford Mail Stand and at away games, well, I'll let this video do the talking:
Sadly, adopted strictures from the men in suits don't allow for any such thing at the home of football. The two sets of ultras knew beforehand that they weren't allowed to take anything resembling "fun" into the stadium and as such they concentrated their efforts on the vocal side of things to get behind their respective teams.
Over 28,000 Dundee United fans had turned Hampden Park into a sea of orange in the Scottish Cup Final the day before this match. Oxford United went one better. Actually, they went several thousand better. Over 30,000 U's fans were inside Wembley and they'd left a sold out club shop back at their 3-sided Kassam Stadium. They'd even sold 500 yellow sponge hands according to the 16-page pull-out in the Oxford Mail. They were known as foam hands in my day.
I'm fairly new to this press lounge lark. Unlike my colleague Mr Fuller who - unhappy with the selection of sarnies on offer - sent the chef scurrying back into the kitchen for something other than 'egg mayo'. Their most difficult customer since Mark Lawrenson by all accounts. Inside the press box, we were sat next to The Guardian Chief Football Writer Paul Doyle. A bit ironic after I'd interviewed Sid Lowe and Barry Glendenning from the same organ recently. Brilliant I thought, he could write a proper match report and I could sit back and relax.
The only time I can recall a period of silence from the crowd inside Wembley occurred before the game when once again they insisted on wheeling out opera singer Martin Toal. It was 15 minutes before the match, the crowd were bubbling and wanting to sing their songs and yet, we're continually subjected to this chap, brilliant within his field I'm sure but not what we want at a football match. A football match Wembley. That's what you were built for. Get to the back of the queue opera singers. And you Muse. And American Football (ok that's enough - Ed).
The match was an absolute belter. Normally, days out like these are spoilt by the actual 90 minutes of football - not today. Oxford took the lead with a couple of quality goals. Goals that nearly burst my right ear drum thanks to the deafening noise created by the U's fans. Yellow and blue flags danced furiously and lung busting versions of "Yellows" and more ambitiously, lusty versions of "Come On You Yellows" bounced around the stadium. What could possibly go wrong now they thought.
Just before half time Ryan Clarke's world collapsed around his ears. The player of the season for Oxford ensured that James Nesbitt's agent will once again be commissioning another of his "hilarious" footballing bloopers DVDs. In came a fairly innocuous York City cross, up popped Clarke for a routine catch, flapped at it and whoops - into the net in went. 2-1 at half time. Initially, I thought he must have been barged into the net like Steve Sherwood of Watford who felt the brunt of Andy Gray in the 1984 FA Cup final. Not a bit of it. He'd goosed it up. Game on.
Jorvik Reds momentarily delighted.
Normally, I'd have a pint at half time but not today. It was luxury biscuits with chocolate and cream, coffee, moisturiser and the best hand towels in Europe in the bogs (so that's where the budget went - Ed) and a quick catch up with the Twenty20 where England appeared to be on the verge of giving the Aussies a lesson in cricket. England World Champs? Surely not.
York took the game to Oxford in the second half. Our friends from the Jorvik Reds responded with several versions of 'I will follow'. Lyrics for this little ditty: We love you! We love you! We love you! And where you go we'll follow, we'll follow, we'll follow! We'll do it for you City! You City! You City! And that's the way it should be, it should be, it should be. WhoaaaaahWhhoah Whoooooa (repeat to fade). Believe me, you will all be singing it soon. Every one of you.
As it was Alfie Potter sent the Oxford fans into ecstasy and his team into League Two with a goal that I will always remember. Why is that? Well, I found the video function on my camera, switched it on for the first time and hey presto:
Off to the post match press conference we went. Oxford gaffer Chris Wilder stole the show in there. He is still bitter about the 5pts United were deducted last season. Talked additionally about how it annoys him that fans think they've got a big budget and put "Your Lutons and your Oxfords" in the same sentence. And then went on about "Your Morecambes and Your Dagenhams next season". Asked how he was going to celebrate he said "Anyone who knows me will tell you I'll rip the arse out of this for two weeks". Everyone laughed.
There was a bizarre end to our afternoon. Mr Fuller and I got locked inside the stadium with seemingly every door locked and no escape. We'd been fannying around for a bit - who wouldn't when given the virtual freedom of Wembley - but this was ridiculous. I can think of worse places to spend the night. It wasn't as if we were going to ruin the turf by pitching up the EFW tent on the pitch. As it was, after what seemed like a dogs age, we were marched out past the team coaches by security along with some of the bemused staff who'd also found themselves locked in. In fairness, it was better than the Wembley Tour. Cheers!
"Anyone who knows me will tell you I'll rip the arse out of this for weeks" Wild Wilder in the press conference.
Top scorer AND appearing on EFW. What's not to like..
Top scorer AND appearing on EFW. What's not to like..
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Her, too: Play depicts Faulkner relationship
In April 2004, the Daily Progress reported in Joan Williams' obituary that the writer had "a rich mentor-protégé relationship and a brief romance" with American author and former UVA professor William Faulkner, 31 years Williams' senior.
At the time, The Hook asked Faulkner's daughter, Jill Summers, about the 13-year relationship between Faulkner and Williams, and Summers said the family did not dispute it.
Matt Bowen, Williams' son, is not only not disputing the relationship, he's publicizing it with a dramatic adaptation of Williams' novel, The Wintering, which depicts the two writers' intimate friendship.
What better location to premiere than in Charlottesville? After all, Faulkner resided here from 1956-1962, and Williams much later, from 1999-2002. This weekend, Bowen premiers his theatrical production, Me Too, Mr. Faulkner, a tale of "a deep and complex personal relationship" between his mother and Faulkner, at the Gravity Lounge.
"This play is not a kiss-and-tell portrayal," insists Bowen. "Faulkner asked my mother to write The Wintering. He even told her what name to use for his character: Almoner, which means 'one who begs.'"
Despite Faulkner's alleged groveling, Williams always "treated the relationship with dignity and respect," Bowen says.
"She was the type to write a book about it, not yak," he adds. "She was very discreet while the relationship was going on."
With good reason, considering that Faulkner was married to Estelle Oldham Franklin, his childhood sweetheart, and was raising three children with her.
UVA English professor George Garrett hopes that Bowen will follow Williams' lead and demonstrate tact in the upcoming production.
"It's an interesting choice for a production, and it should be a lively drama," says Garrett. "I suppose we'll have to wait and see if it's treated with decency."
Jill Summers declined to comment on the play.
John Gibson, director of Live Arts, has faith in Bowen's directing abilities, even though Bowen has only acted in the past.
"Matt fleshed out the play and discussed it with me, and I encouraged him to go on with it," says Gibson. "He's devoted a lot of time and energy to this play because it's his mother's legacy."
Bowen takes the legacy very seriously.
"I made sure to include many direct quotes," he says. "The only scene in which I deviated from real life was the final one."
But Bowen wants to ensure that his mother is remembered for her writing achievements in addition to her relationship with Faulkner.
"That was one of her great fears," he says, "that this relationship would overshadow all her accomplishments."
Yet it's difficult not to associate the two when Faulkner so heavily influenced her life. As her obituary pointed out, some of her works are archived next to Faulkner's in the Special Collections library at UVA.
But it wasn't a one-way relationship. Despite previous career success, Faulkner had sunk into a depression prior to meeting Williams.
"She's credited with jump-starting his career," says Bowen. "Before meeting her, he was abusing drugs and alcohol, and he hadn't been writing much. Then, not long after they began their correspondence, he published A Fable."
Bowen, too, believes that his mother should be remembered for more than her romantic life.
"Much of my mother's work has tremendous potential for films," he says. "So we'll see what happens."
Me Too, Mr. Faulkner premieres this weekend at the Gravity Lounge July 30 at 8pm ($8) and July 31 at 3pm ($5).
The playbill for Me Too, Mr. Faulkner includes a photogaraph taken in Williams' Greenwich Village apartment
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Did you know that this week is National Pollinator Week? Every year organizations devoted to conservation celebrate pollinators and address the urgent issue of declining pollinator and plant populations. Pollination is the process of moving pollen within flowers or from flower to flower, allowing the plants to fertilize and reproduce. This movement can be done by wind, water, or a variety of animals, known as pollinators. Animal pollinators assist about 90% of all flowering plants in their pollination needs.
This year's focus is on native orchids, which depend on a variety of animals for pollination. What is particularly interesting about the relationships between orchids and their pollinators is that while many insects and animals may visit orchid flowers, each orchid species often has a "preferred" pollinator. Unfortunately, if pollinator populations continue to decline, many species of orchids could be at risk.
This is true too for many of our own food sources, including coffee, bananas, and a variety of tree nuts. These plants are truly dependent on their pollinators and in turn, so are we. According to pollinator.org, "worldwide, approximately 1,000 plants grown for food, beverages, fibers, spices, and medicines need to be pollinated by animals in order to produce the goods on which we depend. In the United States, pollination by honeybees and other insects produces $40 billion worth of products annually." However, the loss of habitat, chemical misuse, invasive plant and animal species, and various diseases have severely affected pollinator species around the world. Unfortunately, the true scope of damage and the status of pollinators is still unknown, which is why it is so important to work to conserve pollinator species, even the seemingly non-desirable insects, such as flies.
When we think of pollinators, we typically think of the glamorous ones: bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. However, many plants are pollinated by other animals and insects such as bats, beetles, moths, and even flies; each one has its own distinct attraction to flowers. For example, bees, birds, and butterflies prefer brightly colored flowers, while flies and moths prefer pale or dark colored plants. A diverse selection of native plants in your garden can help to support pollinator populations in your area and maintain botanical biodiversity. Pollinator.org has handy regional guides on what plants are native to your area and attractive to the different pollinators in your eco-system.
So what can we do to protect and encourage pollinator communities? In the Butterfly Habitat Garden, Smithsonian Gardens has committed to planting pollinator-attracting plants free of chemical-based pesticides. In all of our gardens too, an Integrated Pest Management approach is used, meaning that we monitor insect behavior and can then attempt to control insect populations rather than eradicate them. This method can better allow for pollinators to do their jobs, as they are not exterminated by chemical-based pesticides.
Even if you cannot devote a whole habitat to pollinating critters, you can provide a refuge or food source with even one plant. James Gagliardi, horticulturist in the Butterfly Habitat Garden provided a list of some of his favorite plants in the garden that are frequently visited by pollinators:
Hummingbird Mint (Agastache spp)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Bee Balm (Monarda spp)
Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)
Salvia (Salvia spp)
Pincushion Flower (Scabiosa spp)
Goldenrod (Solidago spp)
Verbena (Verbena spp, especially Verbena bonariensis)
Lantana (Lantana camara)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
–Elizabeth Chenevey, Smithsonian Gardens Education & Outreach Intern
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Angel in the Outfield, and Shortstop
But the Pagan/Crawford magic didn't stop there. Ninth inning, game still tied 2 all. Giants had one hit (off Luke Gregerson) since their 2-run first inning. Margaret Thatcher, tough old bird that she is, on the mound for San Diego. Belt, showing patience and fouling off a couple of pitches, walked. Angel, getting a much needed hit, singled. Both runners moved up on a high and tight passed ball that whizzed over Yasmani Grandal's shoulder. Crawford, who had shown bunt, then singled up the middle for the game winner. He reportedly was not injured in the pile-up.
Madison Bumgarner looked fantastic to start the game, blanking the side with two strikeouts in the first. Edison Volquez, meanwhile, made it look like another Giants romp in the bottom of the first. Double, single, ground-out rbi, passed ball, ground out, double. Giants up 2-0, but things changed quickly. Madison gave up two doubles in the second, among three for the night. By the bottom of the second, Madison had thrown 45 pitches and the game was tied. Volquez, on the other hand, looked fantastic. He pretty much made the Giants look meek for seven innings with an awe-inspiring curve-ball. Madison, it seemed, did not have sharp command, and when he missed, he missed over the plate and didn't get away with it. He had thrown 90 pitches by the end of the 5. But, at the end of seven, Madison had given up only two runs, and you can't find much fault with that. Both starters were gone after seven.
No, Madison did not get #12, but the Giants got a W while LA was puking their guts out in St. Louis. As I pointed out earlier, this is the start of a run against the NL West. We have again secured a series win in the first two games and again, are hunting for a sweep. In any case, there is some great ball being played out there.
PS. Anyone notice how good looking Angel Pagan is? His teeth are so white! Seriously, the guy looks like a movie star. I don't know how Amy G. can keep her hands off him in the post-game interview.
PPS. Nathan Eovaldi is now a Marl, Hanley Ramirez is a dogger. Pablo seems to have hurt his hammie stretching for a ball at first. Not on the DL yet, so it may warrant only a couple of days.
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Oops. 5th sentence should read, "hammers towards the wall in right center."
- Wed Jul 25, 09:40:00 AM PDT
Oh, and you have to love this line:
Carlos Quentin: 4 PA, 3 AB, 1 hit, 1 HBP, 4 outs.
- Wed Jul 25, 09:52:00 AM PDT
- M.C. O'Connor said...
That was a magnificent play: the catch, the recovery and throw to the cutoff man, BCraw grab-and-turn and perfect strike, Belt's stretch. Wow, as good as it gets. Kuip called it "the play of the year." And he was there for the Blanco and The Perfecto! The DP Panda got hurt on was also an amazing play. Just another boring 3-2 Padres game!
Hanley Ramirez is a coup for LA. He's not the player everyone thought he'd be, but he's 100% better than what they have at SS-3B. The Marlins got very little in return and also gave away Randy Choate in the deal. How does such a lopsided thing occur in a pennant race? Ridiculous.
Time for Tim to get the broom out!
- Wed Jul 25, 10:10:00 AM PDT
Speaking of double plays, remember sitting in Section 30 and watching Jeffrey Leonard climb the fence to take away a home run and then throw out a runner at second?
- Wed Jul 25, 11:45:00 AM PDT
- M.C. O'Connor said...
That was an unforgettable play, to be sure, esp since we had such a good view and we were HacMan fans!
- Wed Jul 25, 12:49:00 PM PDT
- nomisnala said...
Even with their usual east coast bias, the MLB network, called that catch, among many good plays, the play of the day!
- Wed Jul 25, 04:08:00 PM PDT


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Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of "Oma!" Brothers Sebastian and Dan Von Trapp (yes, they are related to those Von Trapps) have just released Oma, an amazing new cheese from the Mad River Valley in Vermont.
A washed-rind raw cow's milk cheese, Oma's silky texture (soft and supple, but not runny) is perhaps its most unique feature. But its taste delivers too. The cheese is earthy, barnyardy, and buttery, and the raw milk makes for a complexity of flavor absent in most American cheeses of its ilk.
"Oma" is German for "grandmother," and the cheese is named after Sebastian and Dan's Oma, Erica Von Trapp, who started the family farm 50 years ago. The farm has a herd of grass-fed, mixed-breed cows (the majority are Jersey), and is located in a small town called Waitsfield (population 1,659) about 40 miles southeast of Burlington. Despite its small size, however, Waitsfield has become somewhat of a birthing ground for artisan foods—Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was started there almost 30 years ago.
Before starting Von Trapp Farmstead, Sebastian learned his craft by training with a number of artisan cheesemakers in England, as well as brothers Andy and Mateo Kehler of Jasper Hill Creamery fame. In fact, the two sets of brothers have formed a partnership around this cheese. The Von Trapps sell their young cheeses to the Kehlers, who age it in enormous new aging caves at the Cellars at Jasper Hill. The cheese is then distributed along with Jasper Hill's, which means that the Von Trapp's products should be widely available sometime soon.
In the meantime, the only place I know to find it (other than the actual farm) is at New York City's Murray's Cheese. The brothers also have another product currently under development: a raw-milk tomme-style, natural rind cheese. Keep an eye out! If Oma is any indication, this cheese is also bound to be something special.
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Farmingdale State - 10, NYU-Poly - 0
Brooklyn, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team earned a 10-0 victory over NYU-Poly in a Skyline Conference game on Monday afternoon.
Sophomore forward Ashlee Thompson (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) scored the games first two goals to quickly give the Rams (9-7, 5-0) a 2-0 advantage. In the 14th minute, freshman forward Alena Gannon (North Babylon, N.Y.) netted a feed from Deborah Gilwit (New Rochelle, N.Y.) to increase the lead to 3-0. Only 3:09 later, freshman midfielder Gabrielle Kasulke (Seaford, N.Y.) scored an unassisted goal for Farmingdale State. The Rams added three more goals over the final 25 minutes of the half to take a 7-0 lead into the break. Farmingdale State outshot NYU-Poly (2-9, 0-5) 18-0 in the first half.
In the second half, the Rams added goals by freshman midfielder Amanda Khare (Deer Park, N.Y.), Gannon and freshman midfielder Nia Jones (West Hempstead, N.Y.). Farmingdale State held the Fighting Blue Jays without a shot for the game.
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In Norway, the Gatebil auto festivals draw thousands of spectators every year for a mix of car show, parts bazaar and racing. Here's our gallery from this year's final Gatebil drift, enveloped in epic clouds of shredded tires.
Photographer Egil Håskjold was kind enough to share his shots of the action, and there's more to enjoy on his Flickr page. We'd expect BMW and Audis in any good Northern Europe drift, but the Supra and the Saab wagon (with an enthusiastic passenger) give it just that little something extra we expect from true Norwegian hoons.


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CHARLES BUTLER: (1560–1647), sometimes called the Father of English Beekeeping, was a logician, grammarist, author, minister (Vicar of Wootton St Lawrence, near Basingstoke, England), and an influential beekeeper. [via wikipedia]
"It wasn't until 1586 that it was recognized that the head of the honey bee colony is a female queen. This news was popularized by Charles Butler… prior to that, it was assumed the head of the colony must be a male – a 'king'. Even William Shakespeare, in Henry V, refers to honey bees living in a kingdom, with a king as ruler." [via buzzaboutbees.net]
"Soon after Queen Elizabeth I died, her beekeeper, Charles Butler, published The Feminine Monarchie (1609). On the surface, the book reflected a dominant philosophy of seventeenth-century England- that is, nature was a model for human virtue. Butler wrote of the bees: 'In their labour and order at home and abroad they are so admirable that they may be a pattern unto men both of one and of the other' The bees were loyal to the queen, refusing any type of anarchy or oligarchy. They labored incessantly for the good of the commonwealth. Therefore, according to historian Kevin Sharpe, 'The keeping of bees was a pastime that was a lesson in statecraft and also one in personal conduct.'"


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Posted by Mary, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, 19 hours ago
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Recommendation for breakfast
Original post made by Mary, Duveneck/St. Francis, on Jan 22, 2007
Posted by Mary, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, 19 hours ago
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a resident of Midtown
on Jan 23, 2007 at 12:15 am
That would have to be Hobees.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jan 23, 2007 at 7:39 am
Hi folks,
I used to be a Jim's Coffee Shop fan (except for the coffee). I love real eggs and REAL hashbrowns.
Dinah's Coffee shop by the pool is good for breakfast and you get your choice or regular or premium coffee. The hashbrowns are the real McCoy.
Denny's, of all places, has real hashbrowns, too. Also, if it isn't real crowded, their food and service can be very good (admittingly, I always leave a $4 tip on my $6 bill) - at least they're very good to me.
There was a place, I don't know if it's still around, I think it was called The Pantry in Los Altos. Real hashbrowns with toast and eggs, coffee for a fair price.
The thing I like about Dinah's Coffee Shop by the pool is that, if you want, there's nothing stoping you from doing a little wake-up call - not with the coffee - but jumping in the pool. They have two nice restrooms with paper towels and a heater-type dryer, so after a plunge in the pool, dry off and then have breakfast.
Now where else can you have a breakfast like that?
a resident of Green Acres
on Jan 23, 2007 at 8:41 am
You should try Joannie's on California as well as Dinah's Shack on ECR or the Peninsula Downtown on Emerson at Hamilton. Each fits your criterion: good, not too expensive and easy to park.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jan 23, 2007 at 10:28 am
My kids just love Stacks' in Menlo Park (at Santa Cruz/El Camino). Parking isn't a problem in the lot behind the restaurant, accessible from Oak Grove. But get there early -- by 10AM there's a long wait for a table.
a resident of Green Acres
on Jan 23, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Il Forniao has a great breakfast, though it's a little bit pricier than Cookbook's was. Even the coffee is good there, and they have home fries and awesome omelettes and very light and fluffy pancakes.
Also, I love the break"fust" at Palo Alto Fountain and Grill (aka the Milkshake Store), in downtown PA and at the Stanford Mall.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 25, 2007 at 6:02 pm
I generally agree with the above postings. Although you specified the Palo Alto area, I would like to recommend the Los Altos Coffee Shop and its spin off, Brian's in Los Altos.
a resident of Midtown
on May 20, 2007 at 8:23 am
There's an excellent article about Brian's in the latest PA Weekly. The coffee shop/restaurant is located in the Rancho Shopping Center in Los Altos.
a resident of Barron Park
on May 20, 2007 at 10:14 am
You should check out A Good Morning on El Camino at San Antonio (next to Wells Fargo). Breakfast and lunch only, great food, low prices, friendly staff. Bought and redone top to bottom last year, it is small (about 10 tables plus a few outside), but never gets too crowded except maybe mid Sunday morning. A great find.
a resident of College Terrace
on May 20, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Brians (in Los Altos) is "old people's food". Try Hobees instead!
a resident of Mountain View
on May 21, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Country Gourmet on ECR at Rengstorff. Not as good as Hobees, but you can actually get a table!
a resident of another community
on Feb 22, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Hobee's is great! I love their coffee cake.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 22, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Breakfast is such an oddly personal thing, I don't give recommendations anymore. My crave is good corned beef hash - if I find it, I'll guard the secret (though bribes will be considered).
BTW - Since the PA denny's has been closed close to a year, why does it keep getting plugs for breakfast and/or 24 hour service????? Su Hong's has been working on it with plans to move from El Camino Way to the main drag.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The streets around the Verizon Center are no strangers to the bright hustle and bustle that defines one of D.C.'s most notable entertainment districts.
But it is what now hangs above these streets that has some at odds.
"It's distracting. I find it dangerous...I am always wondering when I am crossing the streets if the cars are going to be looking at the signs," said Nanette Paris, an upset resident.
Nanette Paris lives in the area and says the new digital billboards displaying full motion advertisements for the venue's sporting teams and events are just disruptive.
According to her, they create light pollution that bounces off windows and right into her condo.
"When they are at full blast it reflects off many building blocks away," she said.
Clearly the issue with the brightness of this signs are a big problem for those who have to work and live in this area, but it's not the same case for those trying to run businesses here.
"I think they add a lot of excitement," said Ray Voigt of the Redline. "A lot of ambiance to the neighborhood. "I think we have a lot of young talent on our sports teams and it showcases that."
Angry residents along with Verizon Center executives met Monday night at an ANC meeting to discuss the issue. Randall Boe is the chief counsel for Monumental Sports, the company in charge of the Verizon Center and according to him these signs were approved by the city council and the neighbors.
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