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8 Things You Didn't Know About Rescue Animals
Whether they're strays, lost, abused, or their human companions just couldn't take care of them, millions of pets end up in shelters each and every year. Some are adopted by loving new families — but some don't meet such a kind fate. Click through to read some interesting, and, yes, heartbreaking, facts about shelter animals.
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1. Pets that End up in Shelters are More Likely to Be Euthanized than Adopted. Cats are more likely than dogs to be euthanized.
2. Most Shelter Pets Haven't Been Spayed or Neutered. Only 10% of pets have already been fixed — even though the cost of the procedure is less costly than taking care of a puppy for a year. Also, 1/3 of dogs and nearly 1/2 of cats that are given up have never been to a vet.
See Also: What Should You Do if You Find a Baby Bird?
3. 1 out of every 20 Dogs and Cats Will End up in a Shelter Every Year. There are about 160 million pet dogs and cats in the United States — one is taken to a shelter about every 8 seconds.
4. Most Pets Were Not Adopted From Animal Shelters. Only about 30% of pets come from animal shelters — most of the rest are either purchased from a breeder or a pet store.
Also Check Out: 5 Incredible Things Dogs Sense About You
5. Not Every Pet Comes from a Terrible Situation. There are thousands of terrible, disgusting stories of animal abuse out there, of course. But the truth is, not every pet ends up in a shelter because of abuse. In fact, the top reasons pets are put in shelters are because their human companion is moving, or they are having problems with their landlord.
6. Most Shelter Animals are Not Purebreds. People love their purebreds — and don't often look for them in animal shelters. However, estimates for the percentages of purebred dogs and cats in animal shelters range between 10% and 25%. Mutts are great, too!
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7. Adult Cats are Often Euthanized to Make Room for Kittens. Many shelters see kittens as more "adoptable" — and, with limited space, senior and adult cats are often the first sacrificed.
8. Less than a 1/4 of Lost Dogs Are Returned. If they are reunited with their human companions, it's most likely because they have tags or a microchip.
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By Dave Gauger
Pilots from throughout the northwest flocked to the Willapa Harbor Airport Saturday (August 6). The promise of famous Ekone Oysters brought 22 aircraft into the Raymond airport from throughout Washington State, California, Nevada and Canada. The hungry pilots consumed more than 300 oysters while swapping tales, showing off their proud flying machines and enjoying a special brand of camaraderie unique to aviation buffs.
This was the second annual fly-in sponsored by the Willapa Harbor Pilots Association EAA attracting exotic 70-year-old vintage aircraft as well as modern machines, including several homebuilt models. Attracting greatest attention were two Nanchang CJ-6s, Russian designed trainers built in China. The Nanchang CJ-6 is a two-seat plane in which fledgling pilots train prior to entering high performance fighter jets. The Nanchang CJ-6 along with a Romanian Army Air Force trainer and an American manufactured Navion arrived in tight formation leaving a smoke trail.
The oysters were expertly prepared by Robert Scrim. He's a professional chef in addition to serving as WHPA's secretary-treasurer. The oysters were served with a choice of three salads. Blueberry cheese cake topped the menu. A make shift kitchen and long rows of tables and chairs were set up in the large airplane hangar. Chris Fosse guided visiting aircraft from the runway with his "Follow Me" four-wheeler who then handed the pilots off to WHPA President Craig Murray and Lelund Guggenbicker who supervised final parking.
WHPA meets the first Wednesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. Members promote an appreciation for the important role private recreational and commercial aviation can play in our community. The group provides continuing education for area pilots, emphasizing increased skill levels and enhanced safety. They also foster area youths' interest in aviation for either recreation or as viable career options. The group supports the Port of Willapa Harbor's efforts to gradually upgrade the airport and its basic infrastructure with primary emphasis on safety related issues.
Members include active and retired civilian and military pilots, aircraft owners and non-owners, and retired and active commercial airline captains. WHPA welcomes new members to its meetings. For location of the next meeting call the group's Secretary-Treasurer Robert Scrim at 875-0155.

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"I wouldn't be talking to you right now," Lance Cpl. Roger King, the newest commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 982 in Sag Harbor, said last Thursday, referring to how quiet he was in high school. Chosen in an election in July, Mr. King is the youngest to have served as the post's commander, and possibly the youngest in the state.
Calling himself the nerdy type at Pierson, where he was primarily interested in computers, he graduated in 2003. Born in Sag Harbor and raised by parents who were both deaf, he felt different from other kids, which posed a challenge but at the same time gave him "a deeper human understanding," he said. His experience with his parents' disability also helped him when he served in Iraq, he said, because he was able to communicate with Iraqis through body language.
Lance Corporal King served in the Marine Corps from March 2005 through March 2009, after he decided that small-town living was not leading him in the right direction, a decision that made him "10 times a better person," he said.
A military occupation specialist, he served two combat tours in Iraq, the first taking him to a forward operating base, and the second to Camp Fallujah with an infantry unit.
"A few friends died," he said — three, to be exact. The soft-spoken commander modestly reported that he was awarded a Purple Heart after being shot in the head. He had his helmet on at the time, and three days later was ready "to get back . . . put my life on the line to make sure my friends came home."
Lance Corporal King did not re-enlist because of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, such as irritability, nightmares, and sensitivity to noises.
Even training could cause great stress, he said — for example when he was told to lie on the ground to simulate being killed in action. He said that when he left the Marines, the military helped him make the transition to civilian life with therapy and health benefits. In addition to the Purple Heart, he received the Iraqi Campaign Medal with a star (for two deployments) and Good Conduct Medals in three consecutive years.
"I loved it, every second," he said of his service.
The suggestion to take on the post's leadership position came from its previous commander, Harry (Haps) Wils, who served 10 consecutive terms, 15 in all. Lance Corporal King agreed, in the hope that he could change the stereotype of V.F.W. members being only older men. He said he wants to attract, support, and honor all of the men and women in and around Sag Harbor who are active members of the military as well as those who have served defending the country in the past.
Responsibilities of the post commander include appointing committees and officers, approving spending, recruiting, attending district meetings and training sessions, and reporting to national V.F.W. offices. Officers at each post are trained to help other veterans with their various needs, including medical treatment.
Lance Corporal King joined the Sag Harbor Fire Department two years ago and works a day job at Blue Sky Window Cleaning. He attends Suffolk Community College, where he needs six more credits to graduate. His goal is to teach history at the high school level. He has "always had a love" for the subject, he said.
With no building of its own, the post uses the American Legion hall on Bay Street for its meetings, which are held on the third Monday of each month. The V.F.W. welcomes others to help provide services to local veterans, in the form of scholarships, care packages to those deployed overseas, and support when they return. Recently, for example, the post gave an injured veteran a gift certificate for groceries. The organization also offers a "feeling of belonging, companionship, and brotherhood" to those who have served, he said.
The Fire Department also gives him that feeling, which is helpful to life after the military. He boarded a department bus last Thursday for a trip to the Suffolk County Fire Academy in Yaphank for training.
Lance Corporal King hopes that the community will support the post on its 50th anniversary by buying tickets to its 50-50 raffle. Tickets will be available under a tent on Long Wharf during HarborFest this weekend. Members will be on hand to answer questions veterans may have, and to welcome those who wish to join.


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The Astros select another shortstop, Brandon Wikoff, a 5'9" 170lb junior from the University of Illinois.
Wikoff was a 2-time Big Ten Player of the Week, bats left / throws right. For Illinois in 2008, Wikoff hit .369 with a team-high 61 RBIs and tied for the team lead with 12 doubles.
Last Friday, Wikoff was named to the Second Team All-Ping All-Stars. Apparently, this means Wikoff was honored as one of the top four collegiate shortstops in the country.
In an article in the Peoria Journal-Star:
Over a three-year career at Illinois, Wikoff started 164 games and hit .343 for his career with 127 RBIs. Those numbers, combined with his outstanding fielding skills, have given scouts, including (scout Tom) Couston, reason to reconsider.
"I'm crazy about Wikoff because of his abilities and his makeup," Couston said. "There's no doubt he's going to play in the big leagues."
Right now, Wikoff is projected to be selected somewhere between rounds 4-10. If he falls lower than the 15th round, he will return to Illinois for his senior season.
"I've heard from 15 to 20 MLB teams," said Wikoff, currently playing summer ball in Madison, Wis. "The most consistent have been the Cardinals and Reds."
Eat it, Cardinals and Reds!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
With the 161st pick...
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Here are some numbers that help explain Week 9 and the first round of the playoffs for the high school football season.
That's how many area teams clinched outright conference championships on Friday.
Eastland-Pearl City (9-0, 8-0) won the NUIC Northwest title for the second straight year with a 26-7 win over Forreston.
Newman beat Amboy 48-7 to win the first Three Rivers North title. The Comets have had at least a share of a conference title in each of the last four seasons.
That's how many regular season games that Eastland-Pearl City has won in a row. Its last loss came in Week 9 of the 2011 season to Forreston (13-6).
That's how many wins the Erie-Prophetstown Panthers have after Friday's 28-7 win over Orion.
That's the most wins in the history of the co-op. The previous best was six set in 2002.
That's how many area running backs finished the regular season with more than 1,000 rushing yards.
Erie-Prophetstown's Nick Williams led the area with 1,794 rushing yards. He could reach 2,000 for the season if the Panthers can advance in the playoffs.
He was followed by Fulton's Austin Regenwether (1,225) and Newman's Jake Snow (1,087).
That's how many points that Fulton scored during its four-game winning streak to end the season. That is an average of 46 points per game in wins over Princeton, Riverdale, Amboy and Bureau Valley.
The downside is that those four teams contributed only seven playoff points to Fulton's total of 34.
That's how many different ways that Jordan Harris scored a touchdown during Milledgeville's 62-27 win over AFC on Friday.
First, Harris threw a TD pass to Caleb Skoog in the first quarter. He then returned the second-half kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown. Later in the third quarter, he returned an interception for a touchdown. For good measure, he rushed for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
That's how many teams from the NIB-12 East qualified for the playoffs. Morris was the lone team not to make it.
On the flip side, only one team from the NIB-12 West (Geneseo) made the playoffs.
That's how many years in a row that Newman has made the playoffs. It is the longest streak in the Sauk Valley.
Eastland-Pearl City is on a run of seven seasons, and Erie-Prophetstown has now made it in back-to-back seasons.
Rock Falls has the longest playoff drought at 21 seasons.
That's how many area teams qualified for the playoffs. They are Eastland-Pearl City, Erie-Prophetstown, Newman and Oregon.
That is the lowest number of playoff teams from the area since the IHSA expanded the playoffs to eight classes in 2001.
That's the average number of playoff teams from the area since 2001. The high water mark was 11 playoff teams in 2006. In 2007, the area had 10 playoff teams.
The area has been below average the last three seasons. It had four this season. It had six in 2012 and five in 2011.
That's how many playoff points it took for a 5-4 team to qualify for the 2013 playoffs. Two area teams reached five wins, but did not make the playoffs.
Sterling saw its 11-year playoff qualifying streak end with 35 points. Seeking its first playoff berth since 2007, Fulton missed with 34 points.
That's the combined winning percentage of the 15 Sauk Valley teams through Week 9. Area teams went 61-74 this season.
That is down from 67-68 (.497) a year ago. The area also had six playoff qualifiers in 2012, compared to four in 2013.
That's how many times the area has had teams reach five wins and not make the playoffs since the IHSA expanded to eight classes.
Joining Fulton and Sterling are the 2009 Rock Falls Rockets and the 2012 AFC Raiders.


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You stood in line, enduring hours of sunshine, rainfall, and/or hundreds of long-haired hippies wearing Rush T-shirts and checking their work mail from their MacBook Pros (*cough*), but you finally have your iPhone. Bet you can't wait to get started developing all those great Web 2.0 AJAX applications and become a legend in the iPhone development community! But, er, where exactly do you begin?
The answer is, right here. Apple has put up its developer guidelines for its newest "Mac" including a quick introduction to user interaction on the device, information on what standards and technologies the iPhone's version of Safari supports, and layout suggestions. For example, there's information on how much space is available for a standard viewport and how to take that into account when laying out web forms and controls, and also on the built-in integration with phone calls and Google Maps. Some of the guidelines are old news, like the lack of support for Flash and the need for conditional CSS for best support, but there's a lot more detail than we've seen so far from Apple in the past. If you're a webmaster for a largish site, you might want to skim through the page readability section for some tips on providing a better iPhone experience.
Oddly, while the developer page offers download links for Safari 3.0 and recommends installing it for testing, it fails to mention that it's not really the same Safari as the iPhone's. You would think that would be important to tell people so they know to possibly expect different results, but hey, it's only Thursday.


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Drugs and the Alien Influence on Musicians
I would love it if somebody would put the energy into studying the mind and psychedelics to the extent where we could start to talk about these things and somebody could even throw forth a few suggestions as to what might be happening. There's no body of information - we need more research. These are questions that we should be asking, this is the important stuff. Grateful Dead Band Leader Jerry Garcia
One of the many songs that have been identified as a song that may have been influenced by aliens is the 1970 Neil Young song "After the Gold Rush."
The lyrics talk about a lying in a burned out basement and having a dream where the sun bursts out during the full moon. The lyrics indicate that the world has pillaged the environment and the world is now in trouble – "Mother Nature on the run." As the title implies the world is at risk of becoming become like a gold rush town on a global scale. The gold will run out and the world will become like a gold rush ghost town. In Young song the silver saucers will then appear and take the chosen ones to another planet – "a new home in the sun." (There are a number of experiencers who describe a similar rapture type event caused by environmental disaster.)
After the Gold Rush
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights
In armor coming,
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and
Drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfare blowing
To the sun
That was floating on the breeze.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst thru the sky.
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's
Neil Young went on to become a strong environmentalist. In a few days, in fact, he is now on a four city concert tour of Canada to raise money for aboriginal groups fighting against the Alberta oil sands development.
The message of the song is similar to many messages brought back by experiencers who feel that the aliens are telling us the ecology is in trouble. They report being shown scenes of massive environmental disaster scenarios. To many experiencers the message is very disturbing and many have become spokesperson for the environment.
Young has stated that he did not know what After the Gold Rush message was. We know this because when Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt recorded it in 1999 for their collaboration trio, they got some unique insight into the song from the man who wrote it. Parton said, "When we were doing the Trio album, I asked Linda and Emmy what it meant, and they didn't know. So we called Neil Young, and he didn't know. We asked him, flat out, what it meant, and he said, 'Hell, I don't know. I just wrote it. It just depends on what I was taking at the time. I guess every verse has something different I'd taken.'"
Young (as did many of the top rock and roll stars) therefore admitted he was doing drugs when he wrote the song and came up with the lyrics. The question therefore is where did the alien and environmental messages come from?
He is not the only one. Jerry Garcia, who like Young was a big environmentalist working to save the rainforest talked about a DMT (known as the spirit drugs because people are often greeted by alien of spirit type beings) experience in which he encountered insect type humanoids. Garcia struggled with drugs his whole life, and in fact died in a drug rehab unit. It was one of his DMT experiences that he came up with the name "Grateful Dead" for the band during an DMT experience. He described his alien DMT experience as follows,
I had some very weird experiences. My main experience was one of furious activity and tremendous struggle in a sort of futuristic, space-ship vehicle with insectoid presences. After I came out of my coma, I had this image of myself as these little hunks of protoplasm that were stuck together kind of like stamps with perforations between them that you could snap off. (laughter)
They were run through with neoprene tubing, and there were these insects that looked like cockroaches which were like message-units that were kind of like my bloodstream. That was my image of my physical self and this particular feeling lasted a long time. It was really strange.[1]
Sting from the band Police tells almost the exact experience. During an ayahausca experience in Brazil he recounts his hallucinogenic experience in the Brazilian rainforest back in the 80's. He says he had an experience of playing a frightening game of chess with a sensual beautiful insect like "humanoid" being, who played very aggressively. Sting was beaten badly and went on to form the rainforest foundation and has now saved an estimated 28 million acres of rainforest from clear cut destruction.[2]
This experience matches research done by abduction researcher John Mack who wrote a whole chapter in his book "Passport to the Cosmos" about shaman Dr. Bernardo Peixoto who operates in the Brazilian rainforest. Bernardo talks about his experiences in shamanism and how shamans not only contact spirit beings and animal totems and the like, but also how they contact "star people" or people from "outerspace". They do this through their shaman experiences, which include taking hallucinogenic (ayahausca) drugs. Bernardo. like Sting, calls called them "humanoid" and the description matches Sting's description. Like Sting Bernardo has an interest and commitment to help save the rainforests of Brazil.
The fourth musician that could be added to these examples is Bob Dylan who is described in Wikipedia as "American musician, singer-songwriter, artist, writer, and an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades." It was Dylan who became the figurehead for the counterculture of the 1960s. His songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements in America.
Dylan had a UFO experiencer side as well. Often quoted are the lines from "10,000 Men" from the "Under A Red Sky" album "10,000 women in my room, Spilling my buttermilk, Sweeping it up with a broom." The line can easily be interpreted as a sperm sample being taken.
Then like Young, Sting, and Garcia, Dylan was described as an "enthusiastic consumer of illegal substances. It may have been their role as role models for a 1960s and 1970s counterculture where drugs were seen as part of the glamorous life style of the rock and roll bands.
The last example I will refer to from what is a very long list is John Lennon of the Beatles who did his share of drugs, had at least one close encounter UFO experience that he spoke of in public, was an avid consumer of UFO materials, and was a leader in the social activist counter culture fighting against the war in Vietnam and providing an anthem for the movement with his song 'Give Peace a Chance." He also was a strong supporter of the feminist, the importance of love, and civil rights movements.
The Road to a Conclusion
The influence of drugs has always seen as a drawback to having a firm grip on reality. The drug experience is usually referred to as an hallucination implying that it is devoid of reality.
The truth of the situation may be exactly the opposite, especially with DMT which is called the spirit molecule because of the Godlike near death experience qualities to the experience. Terrance McKenna aptly called DMT the ultimate metaphysical reality pill.
The DMT experience (and other drugs used for experience) may actually heighten the scope of reality, opening up levels or realms not visible to the normal physical world as we understand it.
Terrance McKenna who was revered in the drug culture of the last half of the 20th century, spelled out this theory about opening up higher realities when he came up with a theory on how religions were formed. Basically, McKenna stated that in the hunter/gathering days, people would come across psychedelic elements in nature like magic mushrooms which they consumed.
This led to them being exposed to higher levels of reality such and the fact that the material world is an illusion and that there are many apparently non-physical realms. The same awareness can be seen in people who would fall into the "UFO experiencer" category.
In the same way that the four musical artists seemed to have both drugs and an apparent UFO experience stories, they all shared something else with the non-rock and roll experiencers.
Harvard psychiatrist John Mack and the man who set the UFO experiencer movement on fire Whitely Strieber describe an awakening to the environment, the importance of love, and an awakening to various social issues that becomes a driving life force inside the person. They suddenly experience a huge upsurge in subjects like nuclear proliferation, the environmental decline of the world, saving the whales or the ocean, social injustices, and the senselessness of war.
The world of 2014 is totally unlike the world in the 1960s before. The protection of the environment and the fact that each individual's actions affect the whole of society or the world are now far gone conclusions. African Americans can now use the same washrooms as whites. The nuclear arms race now seems like a stupid idea of our ancestors. Gays are no longer considered individuals who should be converted or locked up, and it is no longer seen as unpatriotic to oppose war.
Rock Star, Environment, and Social Causes
This rise in social consciousness starting in the 1960s was all generated by the young and their musical idols. Looking back it appears that many of those key musical icons had UFO and drug experiences.
The use of drugs by the musicians seemed to allow a break through past the veil and allowed a download of information contained in the universal hologram. (This assumes that the idea that the one of the main elements of the universe is collection of information and that this information, as first proposed by Rupert Sheldrake, is downloadable through what he calls the morphogenetic field. Others might call this the universal consciousness or the akashic record.)
One of the things that they appeared to bring back from the hologram was an increased consciousness on social and environment issues which are issues that are also near and dear to the alien experiencer message as well.
In doing this article it became apparent that musicians involved in the alien music thing are heavily either strong environmentalists, involved with social issues, or both. Those pushing the alien ideas are also working to end nuclear proliferation (Bono, Bob Dylan), the environmental decline of the world such as the rain forest (Jerry Garcia, Sting, Neil Young, Michael Jackson, Olivia Newton John, Peter Gabriel, Mike Pinder from Moody Blues, Muse),or busy trying to save the whales (Jon Anderson from Yes) the ocean (Anthony Kiedis from Chili Peppers) or animals (Olivia Newton John, Nina Hagen), social injustices (Young, Lennon, Dylan), the senselessness of war (Young, Lennon, Newton John, Pinder), world poverty (Bono, Gabriel), children (David Bowie), disaster relief (Sammy Hagar, Jon Anderson). Many did the drugs but were at the same time busy saving the world – which leads to the question of whether or not we would have had a rise in environmental and socials concerns consciousness without psychedelic drugs.
Would we have developed increased social justice, less tolerance for war, a world where protection of the environment is a serious consideration in development decisions, and a world where at least in theory love triumphs the need to hate without drugs and extraterrestrial actions? Would the politicians have stepped up to the plate to change the law without the protests of hundreds of thousands of newly enlightened youth on the Washington Mall demanding action?
I think not. So where do we go from here?
I think two critical issues need further study, as both have been grossly or totally ignored in the past. I sense that study in these two critical areas may just provide us the insight into Mark Twain's quote about the two most important days in a person's life – the day you are born and the day you find out why.
1. Controlled research should be made legal into N-Dimethyltryptamine -DMT. This should be done clinically in a strict but open manner, without starting with the premise that the world will come to an end if such research is done. DMT is the key component to test as there are repeated claims that this "spirit molecule" can break through the veil or rip away the filters that separate us from our single layered materialistic reality, giving as some have described 1,000 years of experience in 15 minutes. DMT may provide the password to the internet of ultimate reality.
If the claims are right then this will provide a method of logging into the information and interacting with other angels, entities, and beings that make up the holographic universe. This knowledge can be used to man's benefit. No study of conscious is complete without a study and discussion of this substance. No full understanding of the UFO phenomena can be complete without an understanding of the universe that this molecule opens up. Here is a documentary describing DMT and the research that has been done.
2. A careful study should be conducted related to people who claim to have had UFO abduction. At the present moment there have been many regressions but the information is not universally accessible, and it appears that the beliefs of the regressionists are tainting the conclusions.
This new study should center on only one key question that I believe should always be asked in the regression. The question is "at and point in the past did you agree to being part of this abduction experience?" The figures that have been put out by Mary Rodwell and Dolores Cannon indicate that the answer to the question will be 100% yes. This is significant because Rodwell and Cannon have done many thousands of regressions indicating they are developing their conclusions from a very large sampling of data.
I fully believe that getting people to explain why they said yes will end up answering almost every question as to what the UFO phenomena is all about.
It should be noted that an answer to the reality of the Universe and the UFO phenomena are not a necessity. It is the journey and the lessons we learn along the road that are important. Keep in mind that if the Universe would have considered it important for you to know everything, it would have made those answers available. If the pilots of the UFOs wanted you to know where they are from and what they are doing they would land on the White House lawn and make a speech. As the UFO occupants also told Police Officer Herbert Schirmer "We want you to believe in us, but not too much..."
These mysteries have been withheld from us. It is part of the overall plan. We were forced to cross Lethe, the river of forgetfulness. We have been cut off from the higher realities, and left in dense physical world with a limited view. Our job is to experience. learn, and earn our way back. We are as described in almost every spiritual tradition in school to learn lessons. They are ours to learn, and as many experiencers have been told by their alien encounters "It wouldn't be much of a lesson if we gave you the answers."
The problem comes from the fact that we have been schooled in the western mentality of reality. Because of this we have played the game of consumerism. Now that we have the big house and the two cars we seek more. We are from the materialist west that has severed itself from its spiritual self. We want more and we want it yesterday.
We seek more so like the rich of the 19th century who set up séances as part of their weekly social calendar, or as entertainment to fill the void.
It is the lessons of the journey that matter. It doesn't matter if we get disclosure or an answer to the UFO phenomena. The Universe and the aliens are preventing disclosure for good reason. What is important is discovering why we were born, what lessons the aliens are here to teach, and how we can use what we learn to make the world a better place for ourselves and others.
I think the important message of the musicians who seemed to experience the world of the UFO occupants and the world of drugs is how they employed what they experienced in to the world. They used what they learned to try and help others through the many causes they supported. Looking at these causes we can learn what is important in life and what things in the world need help from us.
The musicians also brought the message of love, which seems to be the key message both of the Universe and the UFO occupants. The message seems to be there is no time, space, gravity, good, or bad. There is just fear and love and we should move towards love. That is a message that seems to cross the worlds of UFO experience, DMT experience, intense spiritual experiences, and near death experiences. UFO experiencer Troggs band lead singer Reg Presley summed it up in the title of his 1967 "Love is All Around."


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Welcome to Counseling Services
Academic counseling for transfer and career programs. By working with a counselor, students can develop an education plan to reach career or transfer goals. Counselors provide information about the requirements for Cabrillo's certificates and degrees as well as information on the transfer process and requirements. Students intending to transfer can obtain an academic plan that will include admission and general education requirements, as well as courses to best prepare them for their major and the best chance of acceptance at a university.
Career counseling enables students to understand their values, interests and skills and to research a variety of career options. The career planning process also assists students in learning to manage job/life transitions. CG 54 is an excellent choice as the first place to start this process. Information about Career counseling is available at our Career Center in the 100 building or by calling 831.479.6385.
Personal counseling is available on a limited basis through Cabrillo's Student Health Center.Counselors provide students with psychological services to help them with self-exploration as it relates to their college experience and educational goals. Call 831.479.6435.
We also offer classes, short courses and workshops in career planning, study skills, general transfer requirements and other topics as needed. (Classes include CG 1, CG 51, CG 52, CG 54)
All students must have an education plan to maintain priority registration. There are two types; an Abbreviated Ed Plan (1 to 2 semesters to get you started) and a Comprehensive Ed Plan (laying out all of the courses you need to reach your goal).
Having an ed plan keeps you on track to reach your goal, and is one of the requirements in order to maintain your priority registration.
All students have access to Student Planning, a planning tool found on your Student Menu in WebAdvisor. You can start to plan your courses using the Student Planning tool at any time on your own. Having courses planned using the Student Planning tool will meet the Ed Plan requirement to maintain your priority registration.
For instructions on how to use
Student Planning, click HERE.
Student Planning Instructional Videos:
Adding, Deleting, and Moving Courses on your Plan
Registering for Classes Using Student Planning
To learn more about how to use the Student Planning tool, stop by the Transfer & Career Center in the 100 building on the Aptos campus or the Counseling Office at the Watsonville Center.
This two-hour workshop presents important information and planning resources and is designed for new students, for those who have never taken classes in college andhave never developed an education plan, and for those who want to learn more about putting together a solid ed plan. It includes information about guided self placement to determine your best English and math options. Pleae visit https://www.cabrillo.edu/services/assessment/index.html for more information about this process. You'll leave the Placement and Planning Workshop with an Abbreviated Education Plan using the Student Planning tool.
It is helpful to attend a Placement and Planning Workshop prior to scheduling a counseling appointment. Select the steps below based on your situation.
To attend an Placement and PlanningWorkshop, please consult the calendar below and call either (831)479-6274 or (831)479-6385 to reserve a spot. Please note that workshops will resume in mid March in preparation for fall registration. Students may make counseling appointments without attending the Placemen and Planning workshop.
SEE THE Placement and Planning Calendar FOR A FULL LIST OF WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED.
Did you receive communication from Admissions & Records indicating you have a hold on your record due to Probation or Dismissal? If you are on Probation Level 2 or if you are on Dismissal, you are required to attend a Back on Track Workshop. For those on Probation Level 2, attending the Back on Track workshop will clear your hold, and will provide you with the strategies and resources needed to work your way to a better Academic Standing. If you are on Probation Level 1, this workshop is not required but is highly recommended so you can avoid future academic standing issues.
When attending the workshop, please bring a copy of your Cabrillo course
history using WebAdvisor "My Course History". A copy of your transcripts will also be available for you at the workshop.
SEE THE Back on Track Workshop Calendar FOR A FULL LIST OF WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED and call either (831) 479-6274 or (831) 479-6385 to reserve a spot. Don't delay as it will impact your registration process.
Appointments are a half-hour of scheduled time with a counselor. An appointment is needed for transcript evaluation, education plans, graduation petitions, guaranteed transfer applications, career advising, academic renewal, most cases of academic dismissal, and for most academic planning issues. Appointments can be scheduled in person or by calling.
The Counseling Department is happy to offer online counseling appointments through live video. You can "meet" with a counselor from anywhere in the world!
Contact us by phone at 831-479-6274 to schedule your online counseling appointment.
To have a successful online appointment, please make sure to have downloaded, installed, and tested the Zoom application well before your counseling appointment time.
Our counselors want to assist you with effective academic planning and answer specific kinds of questions. In order to get the most from a counseling appointment, please complete the following steps before scheduling an appointment.
1) Submit a Cabrillo College application online for admissions . Within 48 hours you will receive a Cabrillo student ID number. NOTE: You must have an email address to receive your ID number and application confirmation. If you do not have an e-mail address, you can request a free e-mail account through CCCApply.org. You do this by checking a box when creating your CCCApply account.
2) Complete your online orientation. This is a requirement for all incoming students. It takes about one hour.
3) Complete the placement process online or with the Cabrillo Placement Office.
If you have completed college level math, English, or any other college course work, please have official transcripts sent to Cabrillo College Admissions and Records.
4) Apply for financial aid before you begin classes.
5) Attend a Placment and Planning Workshop. Sign up by calling 831.479.6385 or 831.479.6385.
6) Read the Q&A (questions and answers) before making an appointment. Your needed information may be there and save you a visit.
7) Now you may be ready to schedule an appointment with a counselor. You can make a 30 minute appointment in person at the Counseling office or in the Transfer and Career Center. You may also schedule an appointment by calling 831.479.6274, 831.479.6385, or for Watsonville, 831.786.4734.
10-Minute Advising provides five to ten minutes with a counselor provided on a first come, first served basis. Drop-in Advising is designed for quick questions.
Some things that can be addressed during 10-Minute Drop-in counseling include:
Clearing a specific prerequisite with documentation
Petition to Repeat a Class
Permission to take 19 or more units
High School Release Signature
Specific questions relating to a limited topic, e.g. a course equivalency
10-Minute Advising does not include educational plans, graduation petions, academic dismissal, career advising, transcript evaluation, or assistance with TAGs.
Most weeks, 10-Minute Advising is offered daily from 10am-3pm Monday through Thursday, and 10am-12noon on Fridays.
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Mon–Thurs: 8 am–5 pm
Fri: 8 am–4 pm
Counselor Hours
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Adam30583 needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 25 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Distributed computing for speech recognition research
I have a logo, but need 16x16, 32x32, and 48x48 versions of it that look nice, for example, as a favicon or as an icon in the Windows tray.
The tray_*.png images attached to this design brief are screenshots of the icon in the windows tray. They look totally crappy. (The SpeechGrid icon is the leftmost icon in the Vista and XP screenshots, and there are two different versions of it in the top-left of the win7 screenshot.)
Some guidelines for creating great desktop icons, which might be helpful:
You can assume full 8-bit alpha channel/transparency support for the icons.
In your design proposal, please include images of your icon appearing in the following contexts:
* As a 16x16 icon in the XP, Vista, and Windows 7 tray areas. (Feel free to use the attached tray screenshots as your icon's backdrop.)
* As a 32x32 or 48x48 icon on top of a noisy desktop background.
* As a favicon in your favorite web browser.
Finally, this is just a hunch from a non-designer, but I feel like the green part of the speech bubble probably needs to be either a different shade of green, and/or bolder, in order to stand out across the many different types of backgrounds in the Windows trays.


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Florida is one of the states most affected by the aging Baby Boom generation. With 3 million residents over 65, Florida is in dire need of nurses to care for their aging population. This is good news if you are looking for a nursing job. Salaries are increasing in an effort to recruit new talent, and many hospitals are offering fantastic benefits like on-site childcare, gym memberships, and relocation reimbursement. There is an estimated need for 183,480 RNs, 61,440 LPNs and 14,130 CNAs by the end of 2016. That is a total of 259,050 nursing-related jobs that will need filling in the next eight years.
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Travel Guide of Rome, Lazio for: Hotel SienaRome, Italy
Rome Summary
- Home to tons of iconic structures: the Vatican, the Pantheon, and the Roman Forum, just to name a few
- Numerous museums and tons of cultural sites
- Gorgeous architecture and sculptures, including the Trevi Fountain
- Very pedestrian-friendly city
- Famous cuisine: pasta, chocolate, gelato, and coffee
- A relatively safe city, with friendly, helpful people
- A range of hotels
- Popular nightlife and shopping scene
- Not particularly kid-friendly
- Frequent pickpocketing
- Streets can be confusing (and crowded during peak season)
- Many shops and restaurants closed during part of August
What It's Like
The "eternal city," Rome boasts a history that dates back two-and-a-half-thousand years. Stunning Renaissance architecture stands alongside ancient ruins, and iconic structures such as the Colosseum and the Pantheon are some of the world's most-visited sites. In fact, Rome is the third most-visited city is Europe, coming in just after Paris and London. Already a bustling city, Rome can become almost innavigable during peak season. However, Rome at least is a very pedestrian-friendly, with many streets closed to traffic, and a solid metro and bus system. But be sure to bring a map along -- the winding, narrow streets can be confusing.
Rome is a mecca of culture, shopping, and dining. Let's start with culture: Rome has innumerable museums and historic sites. Take, for example, the ancient Roman Forum -- just ruins now, but still an impressive look back at one of the birthplaces of Western civilization. Or the impressive Vatican City, where visitors can take in the splendor and the power of the Roman Catholic Church depicted through St. Peter's Basilica and Michelangelo's astounding work in the Sistine Chapel. Visitors are never at a loss for things to do; except, perhaps, for kids. While adults may enjoy museum after cultural site after museum, there are few kid-friendly attractions and kids often get bored, so some parents may want to leave the kids with their grandparents for this trip (unless you have extremely sophisticated and cultured tots, of course).
If your itinerary isn't packed enough with all of the sights to see, you should also check out Rome's shopping avenues. Though the shopping in Rome doesn't quite compare to that in Venice and Florence, there are still tons of designer shops, as well as less expensive boutiques. Via Condotti is known as the "Madison Avenue of Rome," and Via Borgognona is lined by high-end shops housed in beautiful Baroque and Classic buildings. Via del Corso, on the other hand, may have more of a tourist-y vibe, but offers fun and cheaper wares.
And finally, there's the food. And it's fabulous. Rome is known for just about everything: pasta, gelato, chocolate, coffee...the list goes on. And you'll be amazed how quickly carafes of table wine can disappear over dinner (not all visitors realize that Italian table wine has lower alcohol content, and wind up drinking quite a lot of it). Meals can be expensive, particularly in the tourist-y sections of Rome, but cheaper food (and often the best food) can be found in quieter neighborhoods just outside of the hustle and bustle of the city center.
Where To Stay
Rome is broken up into about 10 neighborhoods, each spilling over into the next. For those on a budget, Termini is a nice option close to the central train station. There are a few hotels near the Roman Forum and the Colosseum, and they tend to be inexpensive, as the location is a bit removed from other popular tourist areas (such as the neighborhood around the Spanish Steps.)
One of the most desirable (and thus most expensive) places to stay is near Piazza Navano and the Pantheon, a central area situated between the Spanish steps area to the north and the ancient ruins to the south. Though the streets and alleys can be confusing, they are lined by beautiful buildings, and there is an active nightlife around the Pantheon (as well as the Campo dei Fiori to the south, which is within easy walking distance).
Some of the city's best hotels are also located in Parioli, an elegant residential area with fabulous restaurants and clubs. The location is not central, however, and so it can be hard to find public transportation in the area.


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Wrestling legend Sting could be looking to jump ship to the WWE for the first time ever.
Sting, who has famously never wrestled in the WWE, is reportedly interested in heading to the company after 28-years in the wrestling business.
Sting spent 14 years in WCW, helping the company become a legitimate rival to the WWE and crafting legendary feuds with Goldberg, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan and many other wrestlers. He was one of the few WCW wrestlers who stayed with the company until the end and he wrestled in the final WCW match ever against Flair on Nitro.
Sting did not make the jump to the WWE in 2001 along with other WCW stars, choosing to stay away from the company in favour of letting his WCW contract run down.
After two years away from the mainstream wrestling scene Sting decided to join TNA on a short-term contract which eventually turned into a 10 year stint that continues today. In this time he has won the TNA Championship four times and became the first ever TNA Hall of Famer last year.
Now, having achieved everything he possibly can in TNA, it seems that the Icon has now set his sights on the WWE.
Sting was featured in a video package of the greatest World Heavyweight Champions on WWE's Raw last Monday night and the suggestion is that the video package was broadcasted due to Sting sending feelers to the WWE over the last few months.
If Sting does eventually make the historic jump to the WWE, reports suggest that Sting would not be interested in a one match deal, but would rather have one long run with the WWE, possibly culminating with a retirement match.
The rumour mill currently says that Sting could make his debut at WrestleMania 30 against The Undertaker.
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¡Bienvenidos Todos!: Introducing New Blogger Carlos Valenzuela
Hola, I am your amigo Carlos Valenzuela. Welcome to my new casa at Modern Salon, where we can chat, with a Latino perspective, about la vida loca and success in the salon industry. I come from a small pueblo in Mexico, (Agua Prieta, Sonora), where my family worked in ranching and cattle. Nothing to do with la belleza, but, from a niño, I was intrigued by beautiful people, hair, cosmetics, bottles and admired those who tried to look their fabulous best. If my parents were puzzled, they didn't show it. Instead, they bravoed me in every way they knew. I am a chicoa fortunado and say gracias to them in heaven.
Growing up, I enjoyed my fabulosas amigas Latinas,who had made an art out of looking their best. I always ran all the errands because my hermanas could not be seen in public on a bad hair or makeup day. "Dios mio," would be my Nana's comment. Did you havea similar experience with your famiia?
Mexico, at the time, was traditionally restrictive of what anyone could do and become, so naturally, I fell in love with the beauty industry and its acceptance of all people. I am forever grateful that I became a peluquero. It has been a great aventura.
What I like most is the industry's "the sky is your limit" concept. Few professions offer the option of attaining unparalleled success with a one-year diploma.
What's that you say? It's easy for me to say? To this I reply, ¿Que?
Are you having fun? Learning new techniques, creating new estilos, do you go to eventos? In a nutshell: are you into it? "Oh, it's a "job," you say? Mmm, stay with me for a few weeks. Allow me to show you my side of the beauty industry. Mira, I will never be able to stay with anything that does not have enjoyment and satisfaction woven in somewhere. So, your visits to my blog will be like all the friendships I have—real and fun. ;-)
Let's begin with this: You were born to be fabulosa, you were created and designed to be absolutely fabuloso. Did something change your mind? Because the world will continue to dictate who you are until you tell the world who you are. It doesn't matter where you start, where you come from, what you or others think you are, your mission is to be absolutely Fabulous. The beauty industry and the world await your gifts. Won't you join me? ¡Vamos!
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Gullett needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
We need a brochure, as well as a coordinating poster, for our TENS units that will catch the eye of patients in doctor's office waiting rooms. The point of these materials should be to 1) educate the patient that there is an alternative to pain medication (our TENS unit), and 2) get them to ask their doctor for a prescription for our product.
Theratech TENS Unit
We have created a sample tri-fold/Z-fold brochure as a guideline/template for your design of the brochure and poster. We'd like your brochure design to be this same style and size (8.5x11) as well. The poster should be similar in design to the brochure, so the patient sees the poster and picks up the brochure. The poster needs to be simple, but extremely eye catching with only key details from the brochure included. The poster should be able to be printed in perfect quality up to 24"x36". The brochure also needs to be eye catching, but will contain the bulk of the details. Our sample brochure covers all the details and testimonials that must be included. Please stick to the same page layout of our sample brochure, with the information on the same pages as in our sample. Slight movement is OK. Basically, we want a design very similar to our sample, just more professional and sleek looking (excellent use of color, text layout, fonts, etc). Please feel free to be creative in that manner. We need something very high quality. Think classy! The brochure should probably be designed first, and then the poster based off of the punch line/ theme from the brochure.
EMAIL US AT firstname.lastname@example.com TO RECEIVE THE SAMPLE BROCHURE, COMPANY LOGO, TENS UNIT IMAGE, AS WELL AS THE LINK TO A LIGHTBOX OF STOCK PHOTOS WE'VE SELECTED FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM. You can use other istockphoto.com images too, we just picked some out that we like. Of course, we'll purchase the images used in the winning design after the winner is announced.
All of the details in our sample brochure should be included in your brochure design, keeping the layout extremely similar to our sample. Example, keep the testimonials page on the same page in your brochure. The poster should coordinate with the brochure, without all the details.
In our sample brochure, we have used the tagline "You're tired of the pain. You're tired of the Pills. Finally, an alternative. Take your life Back." We also have on the back of our sample, "Is pain ruining the quality of your life? There is an alternative to pain medication." This is just the best we could come up with. If you can think of catchier phrases, please feel free to use them instead! We're quite open to creative freedom in this respect.
The point is that we are marketing a device for people who are sick of taking pain pills, and want an alternative. The info we need you guys to keep is on the inside of our sample brochure....What a TENS unit is, How it will help the patient, who can benefit, etc. The catchy, "advertising" aspects of this contest is what will help you win.
- It needs to be awesome looking. We need patients to pick this up and want to read it!!
-We need the brochure to educate, so please keep the details in our sample. We need a design that is so interesting, our details aren't boring. (Break the text up with the stock photos, etc).
-Please be creative with the tag lines/catchy phrases on the cover/back. Only the general layout and the inside info, including testimonials needs to stay the same. If some of the testimonials need to be cut due to your design, that's ok, we know we have a lot. But, they are very important.
Please submit finished product as a high RES high def PDF file.
Nothing cheesy or cheap-looking.
No tiny type; senior citizens are the main ones reading this.
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July 4th Fireworks Displays in Missoula
What's the Fourth of July without fireworks?
I grew up in a pretty rural area of Montana, and most of my childhood memories of Independence Day involve lighting things on fire and watching them explode.
Unfortunately, that's a big no-no inside Missoula city limits. But, if you're planning to spend the Fourth here in the Garden City, there are a few options for viewing — but not lighting — fireworks.
Southgate Mall will host its annual Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular beginning at 9 p.m. with live music, the presentation of colors and the national anthem. The fireworks display will begin at 10:30 p.m.
It's a popular event, and there is plenty of room for everyone to enjoy the show. Viewers are encouraged to bring their own seating, which can be set up in the mall parking lot in front of Bob Ward and Sons. Concessions and special 3D fireworks glasses will be available for purchase at stands operated by local Boy Scouts.
And for all you Bitterrooters out there, the city of Hamilton recently announced it is going forward with its annual fireworks display despite a lack of funding in the early stages of planning. The city was able to raise about $7,000 of the $10,000 required to put on the show, and city officials decided to go ahead and order the supply of fireworks. They are making a final push for community donations to make up for the financial shortfall.
The show will be held at sundown at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds.
The Missoula Osprey baseball team will celebrate Independence Day a little early this year, as they host the Billings Mustangs at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, July 3 at Ogren Park at Allegiance Field. Following the game, fans are invited to stick around for the annual Fourth of July Fireworks Extravaganza.
If you can't make it to the game, you can get a pretty good view of the fireworks from the parking lot of the Safeway on West Broadway.
Remember, it is illegal to ignite fireworks inside city limits (the above entities have special permits to do so). To make a fireworks complaint, call 258-4850.
Be safe, and have a great Fourth of July!
Brooke is a 2010 graduate of The University of Montana, where she ran track and cross country for the Grizzlies. She is currently working as a writer and editor in Missoula.