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Paul Smith
Chief Information Officer
Data visualization for real-time adjustments to freight mix
Followmont Transport can make decisions on the fly to provide customers with superior service
When you operate in a price-sensitive industry, such as transport and logistics, being able to offer an efficient and effective service is key to attracting and retaining customers. And one way to achieve these efficiencies is through driving more value from the data available.
Followmont Transport, a Queensland-based transport company, realized it needed to empower its managers to improve business practices by better analyzing customer and freight trends to optimize efficiencies and better service its customers.
One trend it wasn't able to accurately determine, often until it was too late, was when customers were reducing the amount of freight Followmont was carrying for them. By the time any drop off was brought to their manager's attention, it was usually past a critical point and opportunities to address potential issues with the customers were lost.
One of the best outcomes is that we have made contact with customers who we may not have known we needed to until it was too late.
Paul Smith
Followmont has a fleet of around 600 vehicles and specializes in the delivery of general freight and magazine distribution.
Its Chief Information Officer Paul Smith says the business carries about 130,000 consignments a month. "We operate in a large-volume, tight-margin business," Smith says. "In order to grow we needed an accurate view of our freight mix to identify trends to introduce greater efficiencies and better engage with our customers in the longer term."
Outdated information put profits at risk
Gaining an accurate view of the freight mix required the ability to turn its data into useful information, to help managers more effectively load trucks and optimise runs and staffing. Followmont's existing reporting system was cumbersome, and reports could not be generated fast enough to match the speed of business.
Reports running daily and weekly were quickly outdated and did not provide enough information for each depot manager to decide what actions could be taken to optimise each consignment's freight mix.
"In the transport industry, margins are higher for small freight," Smith says. "If we were carrying a lot of low-margin freight we would need to adapt our freight mix. But we needed the business intelligence to be able to work out how to do this."
As a mid-sized organization with a constrained IT budget and no self-service reporting capabilities, there was a large strain on the company's IT department.
"We had one person dedicated to producing reports, and often by the time these reports were in our managers' hands, the data was no longer relevant," Smith says. "As a result, trends weren't spotted until it was too late."
Analytics uncovers new trends and insights
Followmont has always had a strong transport management system and the management team knew increasing its competitive edge required more effective use to be made of the data using analytics and insight.
"This is the reason we went looking for a solution; we needed to enhance our management system," Smith says. "Our data is accurate but management were being presented with too much data to determine realistic trends. We wanted an easy solution to quickly provide our managers with the information they needed, not just pages of data."
Instant reporting drives better pricing decisions
Followmont chose SAS® Visual Analytics to help it generate instant reports and allow for decisions to be made on the fly by managers using visualizations with real-time data. One of the key benefits for Followmont was the technology's simplicity, which enables drivers and depot managers to access reports on the iPad®.
Since the implementation, underperforming runs and potential customer issues can be spotted immediately. "Now our sales and depot managers can see this information quickly and take action to improve the freight mix to make it more efficient," Smith says. "The ultimate benefit is that any at-risk customers are identified and issues addressed so we can continue to provide them with a superior service."
Smith says while the technology is helping identify and retain at-risk customers, it is also being used to reward others. "If we find that certain customers are increasing the amount of business they have with us, we can start giving them better rates as a way of showing our thanks for their loyal service," he says. "This enables us to be more proactive in rewarding and retaining them, which ultimately means better relationships with our customers."
Increasing business participation and innovation
SAS is also being used across more areas in the business, such as human resources.
"We have developed an HR portal that can quickly show all service anniversaries, sick days and annual leave," Smith says. "We are very keen, especially in this industry, to have all employees well rested. We are now able to easily see those who may not have taken leave for several years and encourage them to take a holiday."
He adds, every week another idea comes up where SAS can be used. "When we ask our managers what they want it's amazing what ideas come out," he says. "It's very satisfying watching users interact with the program and seeing the light bulb moment as they come up with ideas."
Smith says having the management team able to look at reports weekly and make fact-based decisions from the data has changed the way the business operates.
"Our use of SAS is an evolving strategy," he says. "One of the best outcomes is that we have made contact with customers who we may not have known we needed to until it was too late."
- Calculate the best freight mix for its various runs.
- Identify potential customer churn.
Followmont can generate reports in real-time, enabling the company to make appropriate adjustments to continue to provide its customers with superior service.


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Oct. 8, 2011
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's field hockey team scored once in each half and blanked host Southern Maine, 2-0, in a Little East Conference match at Hannaford Field Saturday.
Junior forward Eleanor Taylor (Fairhaven, MA/Bishop Stang HS) scored the first goal of the game for UMass Dartmouth at the 8:04 mark. Junior forward Erica Allan (Amherst, MA/Amherst HS) made it 2-0 when she converted a goal-mouth feed at 47:19.
"After our last match, we knew that we needed to be more consistent," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Nicole Castonguay. "We always go out hard for conference games, but all of our opponents do as well. We played better today, and our strength was our overall team defense. (Sophomore goalkeeper) Kelsey Gallo (East Greenwich, RI/East Greenwich HS) played well for us goal today."
The Corsairs outshot the Huskies, 18-14. Gallo made 12 saves for UMD, while Kayla Kennedy made seven stops for USM.
The Corsairs improved to 7-5 and 6-1 in the Little East Conference with the victory, while the Huskies dropped to 6-8 and 3-4 in LEC play with the defeat.
UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they host Trinity Tuesday.

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Hay Fever
Hay fever is an allergic condition triggered by the immune system's response to inhalant substances (frequently pollens).
Researchers have yet to clearly understand why some people's immune systems over-react to exposure to pollens while other people do not suffer from this problem. Symptoms of hay fever are partly a result of inflammation that, in turn, is activated by the immune system.
What are the symptoms of hay fever?
Inhaled allergens trigger sneezing and inflammation of the nose and mucous membranes (conjunctiva) of the eyes. The nose, roof of the mouth, eyes, and throat begin to itch gradually or abruptly after the onset of the pollen season. Tearing, sneezing, and clear, watery nasal discharge soon follow the itching. Headaches and irritability may also occur.
Dietary changes that may be helpful for hay fever
People with inhalant allergies are likely to also have food allergies.1 2 A hypoallergenic diet has been reported to help some people with asthma and allergic rhinitis,3 but the effect of such a diet on hay fever symptoms has not been studied. Hay fever sufferers interested in exploring the possible effects of a food allergy avoidance program should talk with a doctor. Discovering and eliminating offending food allergens, should they exist, is likely to improve overall health even if such an approach has no effect on hay fever symptoms.
Nutritional supplements that may be helpful for hay fever
Although vitamin C has antihistamine activity, and supplementation, in preliminary research,4 5 has been reported to help people with hay fever, 2,000 mg of vitamin C per day did not reduce hay fever symptoms in a placebo controlled trial.6 Thus, while some doctors recommend that hay fever sufferers take 1,000–3,000 mg of vitamin C per day, supportive evidence remains weak.
Quercetin is an increasingly popular treatment for hay fever even though only limited preliminary clinical research has suggested that it is beneficial to hay fever sufferers.7
The oral administration of a thymus extract known as Thymomodulin® has been shown in preliminary studies and double-blind trials to improve the symptoms of hay fever and allergic rhinitis.8 9 10 Presumably this clinical improvement is the result of restoration of proper control over immune function.
Are there any side effects or interactions with hay fever?
Refer to the individual supplement for information about any side effects or interactions.
Herbs that may be helpful for hay fever
Tylophora is an herb used by Ayurvedic doctors in India to treat people with allergies. It contains compounds that have been reported to interfere with the action of mast cells, which are key components in the process of inflammation responsible for most hay fever symptoms.11 Mast cells are found in airways of the lungs (among other parts of the body). When mast cells are activated by pollen or other allergens, they release the chemical histamine, which in turn leads to a wide number of symptoms familiar to hay fever sufferers—itchy eyes, runny nose, and chest tightness. Ayurvedic doctors sometimes recommend 200–400 mg of the dried herb daily or 1–2 ml of the tincture per day for up to two weeks.
In an isolated double-blind trial, nettle leaf led to a slight reduction in symptoms of hay fever—including sneezing and itchy eyes.12 However, no other research has investigated this relationship. Despite the lack of adequate scientific support, some doctors suggest taking 450 mg of nettle leaf capsules or tablets two to three times per day, or a 2–4 ml tincture three times per day for people suffering from hay fever.
The Japanese herbal formula known as sho-seiryu-to has been shown to reduce symptom, such as sneezing, for people with hay fever.13 Sho-seiryu-to contains licorice, cassia bark, schisandra, ma huang (ephedra), ginger, peony root, pinellia, and asiasarum root.
Are there any side effects or interactions with hay fever?
Refer to the individual herb for information about any side effects or interactions.


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National Boss Day is Tuesday, but chances are, you may feel in no rush to buy a Hallmark card for your supervisor.
In fact, poll results released today suggest that most workers think their boss has a lot of room for improvement: More respondents say a better boss would make them happier at work than say a pay raise would, according to poll results released Tuesday.
There is no shortage of ways for a boss to be bad. "You can almost come up with an endless list," says Scot Melland, chief executive of Dice Holdings, a New York–based provider of specialized career sites. Some bosses are bullies; others don't help subordinates develop skills. A particularly annoying boss archetype: one who has no personal life, and assumes his employees don't either.
"This is the one that wanders into your office at 6 o'clock and starts giving you a work assignment, or just starts talking," Melland says. "This seeps into your personal life, and if you are not careful, you lose touch with family and friends."
According to new data from workplace expert and author Michelle McQuaid more than six in 10 workers say they would be happier at work with a better boss, compared with almost four in 10 who'd prefer a pay raise. The results are based on an August poll of 1,000 respondents. (Audio: New boss or raise? Many wouldn't take the cash.)
For many workers, having a troublesome boss is the most stressful part of a job. "It undermines performance, it undermines your health," McQuaid says. "When stress levels are rising and you feel powerless, you get yourself in a spiral of despair, and it can be hard to climb out of that."
Bad bosses aren't vanishing anytime soon. Many employers have cut back on the management training that helps the top folks improve. Also, as firms become "flatter," with less of a clear line separating managers and subordinates, there's less opportunity for employees to learn how to be good managers.
"Today there are probably very few people who are managers who ever had a great manager that they learned the tricks of the trade from," Melland says.
Bosses without their own personal lives aren't the only bad ones out there. Here are four more types:


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SATURDAYS see the good people at The Angling Trust, the single organisation to represent all game, coarse and sea anglers and angling in this country, take over our blog. Angling Trust chief executive, Mark Lloyd brings you this week's blog.
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WANT A GREAT DEAL? I'll start this week's round-up on the lively Angler's Mail website with something very tempting indeed.
Our Membership Manager Will Smith announced a new package of benefits for individual members, which includes 10% off day tickets at more than 50 coarse and game fisheries – and 15% off all purchases at Cotswold Outdoor.
This just shows that it pays more than ever to be a member of the Angling Trust and that while all anglers should join the Angling Trust because their subscriptions support our campaigns to protect fish stocks from pollution, over-abstraction and predation and Fish Legal's work to take polluters to court, we hope that extra enticements like these will attract more members so that we can have the funds we need to do even more for the angling community as a whole.
A keen river angler, Will is particularly excited about the new offer from Thames Water to fish their reservoirs and rivers at discounted and free rates… and can't wait to wet a line on the legendary venues at Farmoor and Walthamstow.
He told me: 'The new 10% discount from Thames Water offers our members the chance to catch some massive trout and specimen coarse fish at these spectacular reservoirs. Having seen the quality and size of fish swimming in both well maintained and secure venues, I'm already itching to get down there and have a go for one of their huge trout, pike, perch and bream.
'I can't wait to have a free session on the Thames at the Farmoor site whenever I want too – knowing that the river there is almost untouched and only a handful of people will fish there apart from Trust members adds to the mystery potential of this wild venue. Who knows what might turn up…'
You can find out more about all the new deals on offer by visiting our website HERE
Bid bid for cash to increase angling participation
OVER the past few weeks we have been working hard to finalise and submit our 70-page bid for Sport England funding for 2013-17. This bid is based around five exciting programmes aimed at increasing participation and frequency of angling, across all three angling disciplines and all ages and abilities.
If Sport England back this bid, we will be funded to try and get more anglers to go fishing at least once a week… sounds good to me! We're presenting the bid to a panel of the Sport England executive on 24th October. The funding decision should be announced in December.
Our Martin Salter takes one for the team with the Tories
Martin Salter has been taking one for the team this week, by accompanying me to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. As he was a Labour MP for many years, this demonstrated his commitment to the cause.
We were able to discuss a wide range of issues with some of the 100 or so people who came to the reception we host at the conference, jointly with the British Association of Shooting and Conservation.
The new secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs Owen Paterson was the keynote speaker and Martin and I had a good chat with him about cormorants, hydropower and marine fish stocks.
We were both impressed by his knowledge and commitment on many issues that are important to anglers. The combination of him and Richard Benyon could be very helpful to us in the months and years to come.
Martin has managed to interview them both for the Autumn edition of our members' magazine, The Angle, so if you're not a member of the Trust yet, there's another reason to join…
And he won a match for a great cause too!
Martin attended the Avon Roach Project's annual fundraiser last weekend and, through sheer determination to catch something from the flood waters of the Avon, he managed to win the match by catching the only barbel of the day, weighing 7 lb 11oz.
Most importantly, more than £5,000 was raised to support Trevor and Budgie's fantastic work to try and restore the river's once-famous roach populations. At our Severn forum the week before, I heard that they are thinking of starting a Severn Roach Project. It would be great if the techniques developed on the Avon spread to other parts of the country to boost numbers of what is a favourite of many coarse anglers.
On the competitive angling scene…
We wish the Angling Trust's Mens and Ladies Shore Angling Teams the best of luck as they go and compete in the FIPS-M World Shore Championships on the beautiful beaches of Walcheren, Netherlands next week. I'll let you know how they get on in a future blog.
The 14th FIPSed World Carp Angling Championships were held at Lac Corbu in Romania between the in late September, but were marred by the use of a venue where the fish had been fed on a single soluble bait for 5 months. As a result, countries that had been and practised a number of times at the venue were aware of this and managed to get local bait to enable them to compete. Romania dominated the event, comfortably winning two out of the three sections and they also won the individual gold medal with 763.78kg. Our boys from Korda Team England finished a very disappointing 18th with a total of 373.44 kg, but the team gelled really well and if it hadn't been for the bait issue they feel they would have been in with a really good chance of a medal.There's some more from England sponsors Korda on the event HERE and HERE.
We are hosting a two day open boat species challenge competition in Minehead this weekend, and 32 anglers will be taking part. Many thanks to Snowbee for their continued sponsorship support this year and also to George Cunningham at Tronixpro and local businesses The Quay Inn, The Promenade Hotel and Dunster Castle for their support and for donating prizes for this event.
Dates and venues for the Angling Trust National Championships have been set for 2013 and these are available on the Angling Trust website – HERE
That's it for this week. I'll have more for you next week, but getting this Sport England bid in has nearly killed me and I need to switch off the computer now and think about getting out on the river this weekend for at least half a day to restore my sanity. I don't know how people who don't go fishing cope with the stresses and strains of life!
Click HERE to catch up on all the latest Angler's Mail blogs
Below is a list of all our exclusive new daily blogs and when they go live:
MONDAY: Carp crews on rotation – Korda, Fox, Nash and ACE.
TUESDAY: Steve Collett, Mail contributor and ultimate all-rounder.
WEDNESDAY: Angler's Mail HQ – yes, us!
THURSDAY: Specialists from Pike Anglers Club, Korum, Marukyu and Pallatrax, on rotation.
FRIDAY: Carl & Alex, Angler's Mail juniors and video diary makers.
SATURDAY: The Angling Trust – guys at the governing body.
SUNDAY: Colin Mitchell, veteran coarse angler and top journalist.


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Idaho gets smart about water
Science helps state juggle water rights during dry times
It might seem like the wrong time to be optimistic about Idaho's water. Five years of drought have set an all-time record for dryness. Despite the increasing water needs of cities, recreation and native fish, farmers still account for nearly 90 percent of the state's total water use. Farm irrigation routinely causes some streams to go dry and aquifers to shrink.
Thousands of farmers are now arguing over who gets what from the state's biggest pool of water, the Lake-Erie-sized Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer, which stretches underground from Twin Falls to Yellowstone National Park. The farmers are divided into two camps — the surface-water users and the groundwater pumpers — and Lynn Tominaga, director of Idaho's Groundwater Appropriators Association, says, "This (water struggle) is either going to bring us together, or drive us further apart."
Ironically, the farmer-versus-farmer struggle may actually be a sign of progress. A flurry of recent actions by the state's water powers shows that Idaho, which began shaking off a long adolescence 10 years ago, may finally be reaching maturity when it comes to water management.
Admitting connections
Farmers began tapping surface water above the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer in the early 1900s, especially from the huge springs that gush from the Snake River Canyon walls at the aquifer's western edge. Then, from the 1950s to the early 1990s, other farmers began drilling thousands of wells to pump groundwater.
The groundwater pumpers put more than a million acres into irrigation for potatoes, beets and grain, but caused declines in the flows of springs, streams and rivers (HCN, 2/20/95: No more ignoring the obvious: Idaho sucks itself dry).
Finally, the Idaho Department of Water Resources, which had basically ignored the connection between groundwater pumping and surface-water declines for decades, started acting like a grown-up. In the mid-1990s, it instituted "conjunctive" management, which treats the state's farmers as part of a single, interconnected water system. The department formed groundwater districts to manage the well pumpers. It also set up a leasing system, so that water needed for farmers or for salmon migration can be leased from farmers who aren't using all of their allotted water.
But the surface-water users continued to complain about shortages. Those holding senior water rights began to make "calls" — legal maneuvers demanding that the groundwater pumpers either cut back or compensate them with leased water.
In response, the Legislature and Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, R, took several more steps this year. According to Tominaga, they approved spending about $60 million over the next 15 years, to help launch the federal Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in Idaho. That program is expected to match state money with $180 million of federal money, paying farmers to idle fields and hence reduce the demand for water.
The political leaders also agreed to an expensive settlement of the Nez Perce Tribe's claims on the Snake River. And they arranged to bill groundwater users for some of the costs of the reforms (HCN, 3/7/05: Small tribe in Idaho weighs big water deal).
Idaho is looking realistically at water systems in a way not seen in some other Western states; for instance, Arizona does not acknowledge the interdependence of surface and groundwater. And Barbara Cosens, a law professor at the University of Idaho who has worked on water issues in Nevada and California, says, "In comparison to those states, Idaho is way ahead in recognizing the connection between surface water and groundwater, and acting accordingly." Idaho's reforms and its newfound enlightenment about water systems are helping the state weather the severe drought.
Shaping policy with science
Idaho's water management is increasingly based on science. University of Idaho researchers, working with a range of hydrologists, have spent eight years developing a sophisticated computer model. It predicts how water moves through the aquifer, and shows the effects of shutting down specific wells.
Karl Dreher, who has run the water department since the mid-1990s, uses this model to decide which specific groundwater pumpers should be held responsible for surface-water shortages. It also helps him determine how to respond to the recent water calls.
Both this year and last year, for example, trout farmers and big canal companies issued massive calls that threatened to shut down 40 percent of the aquifer's wells. Those calls could have devastated southern Idaho's economy. One was settled with a temporary compromise, but several others are yet to be decided.
Evaluating one of the biggest calls, Dreher concluded that about 1,300 groundwater pumpers owe two canal companies and five irrigation districts a total of 27,700 acre-feet of water this summer. They may owe up to 101,000 additional acre-feet later, depending on rainfall and other variables.
The groundwater pumpers will have to spend more than $2 million this year to lease water for the callers, Tominaga says. Much of that water will be leased from "high-lift" pumpers, who draw water hundreds of feet uphill from the bottom of the Snake River Canyon. And they are generally eager to lease or sell their rights: Sharp increases in electricity costs have made their operations marginal.
The groundwater pumpers are also figuring out ways to use less groundwater, in some cases by leasing surface water instead. And they're anticipating buyout offers from the federal Conservation Reserve Enhancement program. With that money, Tominaga says, more than 60,000 acres could be disconnected from groundwater, to answer the current calls. Down the line, the total could reach 100,000 acres.
In all the recent activity, salmon have not been forgotten: In April, the state paid $24.5 million to high-lift pumpers, so 75,000 acre-feet per year can go down the river to aid salmon migration. That's the first time the state has bought out farmers' water rights.
Idaho's water management still needs tweaking, especially to help the fish. Recent progress shows that the state is at least headed in the right direction, according to John Tracy, director of the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute. However, he cautions that translating scientific understanding into sound water policy may prove arduous: "It's one thing to understand the physical system; it's another to change water management to meet all these goals."
The author is the environmental reporter for the Idaho Statesman. HCN's editor in the field, Ray Ring, contributed to this story.


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Connecticut Gov. Malloy Highlights New Pet Shop Law
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is drawing attention to a new law that attempts to toughen standards for Connecticut pet shops.
The legislation, which takes effect on Oct. 1, prohibits pet shops from buying or selling cats and dogs from breeders who have violated the U.S. Department of Agriculture's animal welfare regulations. It also requires pet shop license-holders to post certain USDA inspection reports for breeders of any dog offered for sale.
The new law also requires the state's Department of Agriculture to develop a standard of care for Connecticut dog and cat breeders. Additionally, the agriculture commissioner will be allowed to fine pet shop license-holders directly.
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Sight vs. Perception
Sight is a very different thing then perception. Sight will show you the state of the world, of your life and of others, it will show you what you enjoy and what you dislike about it, it will influence reaction. But how you take in sight is highly fickle -it depends on your perception.
Perception is how you choose to take in the information you are exposed to. Perception is a highly personal thing, even though sight is collectively shared. Perception can be about the filtering of information with the automated thought processes of the mind, and about whether you judge it positive or negative and choose to live by either of these states. Perception can be your philosophy, your religion, your culture, your emotion, or anything of that nature.
But our perception can be shifted within a deeper aspect of ourselves, the one that doesn't go by the "see and therefore think/react" principle, but the one that understands how thinking/reacting affects how we experience the sight.
The sight is more "moldable" than the mind thinks, for the perception will reflect the experience. The sight is illusory, for only consciousness is the motor of it. Yet our made-up system is specifically molded to emphasize on sight and discredit spiritual nature. Here lies the wonderful challenge.
The moment I began to set aside the chunk of judgment within me because of the attachment to everything that is sight, and chose to truly LISTEN to what the world tells us about ourselves, I simply chose to not engage and participate with what currently distorts it.
I chose to walk my own and natural path of challenging, yet healing transformation.
I understand now that inner/outer chaos is merely the result of holding on when the unsustainable is making room for the new. I understand now that the world is telling us to look at ourselves first instead of trying to fix the reflexion, and how it is our own inner-duality that was projecting. I understand now that this is a learning experience -not to react the same way over and over again and expecting different results -but to recover what we believed we lost within ourselves and evolve.
What we lost is the touch with who we truly are.
But is there any truth to loss? Do we have to fight in order to reclaim something that has been within us all along? Something that IS us?
This is where the wisdom of NOW stems from.
We choose how we want to be in the world, and therefore I choose to make a stand and be the projector, the emanator, the self-healer, the creator that we truly are, instead of perpetually judging the reflexion. I choose to embody the message with my Heart and explore the silent and yet truthful voice of my intuition, instead of only "knowing" intellectually.
"Sometimes, the fastest way to get there is to go slow, sometimes if you want to hold on you've got to let go." – Tina Dico
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Lunar Eclipse In Capricorn: Letting Go
We are having a partial Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn which will occur July 16th in the West and early on the 17th in the Eastern part of the world. It will be visible in most countries except for Greenland, the Northern parts of Scandinavia, Eastern Russia, and the majority of North America other than small portions of the furthest Southern and Eastern parts of the continent.
However, even when an eclipse is not visible in your location, it still has astrological significance. They reflect changes and can sometimes be a bit of a wildcard. The energies of a Lunar Eclipse can begin a month prior and also influence the following 3 months. Prior to this we had a Solar Eclipse in Cancer on July 2nd, which also affects this period and the following 5-6 months.
As mentioned in previous articles, this series of Eclipses in the Cancer-Capricorn axis began when it transitioned in mid-2018 and will transition out in late 2020. Therefore, some of the themes mentioned in this article (and my previous one) are actually playing out over a 2-year period with different eclipses triggering it in different ways and areas of your personal astrology chart.
However, this specific eclipse season of Summer 2019 will probably be the most impactful of this series when we consider that the Solar Eclipse was 'Total' and near the North Node, while this Lunar Eclipse is aligned with Pluto and Saturn at the South Node.
Lunar Eclipse In Capricorn Conjunct Pluto and Saturn Near South Node
This is a South Node Lunar Eclipse, which means that the changes and developments that it reflects lean more towards something that needs to decrease. In some cases, it can even bring significant endings or some sort of release. This ultimately will help us with what the North Node is pointing towards, which is currently in Cancer. See my previous eclipse article here to learn more about that.
Capricorn is associated with structures, ambitions, career, strategy, business, and mastery. It strives for excellence and attaining goals, as it is symbolically represented by the Mountain Goat climbing to the peak. Capricorn energy can also be cold, too caught up in social status, overly conservative, serious, controlling, can seek power over others, and be excessively focused on work and/or materialism while creating an imbalance with personal life and emotional needs.
This Eclipse is in a close conjunction to Pluto with Saturn (the ruler of Capricorn) close by at the South Node. All of this emphasizes what was written above as Pluto is associated with purging, death, & transformation.
This can reflect the need to make changes around other Pluto themes as well. This planet is associated with fears, obsessions, compulsive behavior, shadows, dark drives, manipulation, desires, deeply repressed feelings, jealousy, the underworld, and destruction. It shares some themes with Capricorn such as power and control.
This is a period in which we need to reflect on which aspects of Capricorn (and perhaps Pluto) energy we need to reduce in order to help us evolve and move forward in other ways. The events and circumstances around this time may help to push this on us.
Saturn will be near the South Node over the next 3 months, which also emphasizes what has already been written. It makes its final conjunction with it in September and early October, which is when we can experience the next strong wave of this energy after this Eclipse period. For many people there will be some concluding factor at that time in relation to what is currently playing out in our lives.
Venus At North Node While Opposing Saturn/Pluto & Trine Neptune, Mercury Retrograde Reaching its Peak
Venus is currently in Cancer at the North Node while in opposition with Saturn at the South Node. We may feel a push/pull between our relationships, love, values, money and pleasures and at odds with responsibilities, limitations, work or restrictive behavior. However, some relationship developments that occur now and over the following weeks may be highly beneficial for our evolution even if it comes with, or is faced with, complications.
Venus is also in a trine with Neptune, which can help to soften any challenges or conflicts in our relationships. This energy will be strongest on July 18th. Compassion, empathy, oneness, and harmony are themes reflected by this. For some people it can be magical, romantic, or spiritually potent. It may also stimulate creativity and inspiration.
From July 20th-21st, Venus will then be opposing Pluto, which can be a bit challenging and trigger the themes of this eclipse. In relationships (friends or lovers), it can reflect power struggles, intensity and possessiveness, but it could also trigger deep feelings and passion. Issues around hidden matters may come up as well. This can also help us make needed changes in our values or relations. Complications with financial matters can manifest more easily at this time and would be good to be cautious around compulsive spending.
Around the same time as the Venus-Pluto energy mentioned above, Mercury (which is currently retrograde) will be returning to the Sun, which is known as the 'Inferior Conjunction'. This is the halfway point of Mercury Retrograde–a time in which we can have important insights.
It's good to pay attention to what the universe is trying to show you at that time. It can be a period in which new ideas, thoughts, or perspectives are seeded that may develop over the coming months. Depending on what you are doing, it can also amplify the potential complications that these retrogrades are known for, which may or may not be connected to the insights you are getting. You can read more about this Mercury Retrograde here.
Things To Consider
What do you need to decrease or completely release from? What is getting in the way of emotional fulfillment? Do you need to find a new balance between different aspects of your life? Do you feel the need to let go of certain attachments, obsessions, or personal shadows? What aspects of your ambitions, duties, or structures are not serving you anymore?
These are just some examples of what to reflect on. It's good to pay attention to how you feel during this eclipse or even during the hours and days surrounding it. It is also possible that things going on at that time can be symbolic for you. Keep in mind that this energy is part of a process that will continue to play out over the coming 2.5 months, and we may experience concluding developments leading up to early Fall. Some of these themes can even extend into later next year, but probably in different ways due to how the upcoming eclipses interact with your personal astrology chart based on your exact birth time.
The partial eclipse will begin at 8:02pm and will peak at 9:31pm (Universal Time). The Full Moon will begin to wane after 9:38pm. You can click here to see when the peak is in your time zone.
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Whether You Know It Or Not, You're Being Prepared For Contact With Extraterrestrials
In Brief
- The Facts:
In 2019 UFOs became mainstream. But this truth had already been known for many decades. Collective consciousness is ready now more than ever for contact, and you're being prepared for that.
- Reflect On:
Why is humanity so deeply interested in the UFO and ET subject. Sure, you might say there is an 'agenda' with ET disclosure, but is there more to this picture? Why has this subject become the most sought after information out there?
UFOs became mainstream in 2019, the next question is who's manning them? The mainstream media, and the agencies that direct them, have hidden the truth about UFOs for decades and they finally changed their story on that this year. Given we had known UFOs were real for many decades prior, and that we also have known ETs are involved in this whole phenomenon, are we really going to wait many more decades for the mainstream to admit ETs are real too? Or are we going to start listening to what independent media has been saying for decades?
Humanity is preparing for contact on a mass level. This is a blunt truth but one that is undeniable when you look at how interested and hungry the masses are for content related to this subject. Some of the most watched, read, and searched content on the internet, Netflix and YouTube all relate to ETs and UFOs. Sure, some might still be in the closet about it, but that's changing QUICK!
But why has this been a secret for so long? The truth is, the biggest secret behind why ET and UFO disclosure has been suppressed is something that isn't discussed all that much. We typically hear about things like technology suppression, specifically energy systems. How do these crafts get here? What propulsion systems do they use? These questions lead people towards the reality that the technologies of UFO craft ultimately would disrupt our fossil fuel energy oligarchy so much that it would also collapse our economies in some ways.
Of course, this would not be such a bad thing. Why? Because when you consider that this would mean having endless and 'free' energy, cost for goods would drop dramatically. Not just that but, when you begin to examine the ease in creating systems based around abundance, it becomes incredible to consider what is truly possible.
An endless supply of food grown locally, everywhere! Endless energy, installed everywhere! Cars and building facilities that do not create pollution. We could essentially live in a society built such that we do not need to be enslaved by money or debt because abundance would simply become a natural happening of a society built with abundant technology, that's harmonious, in place.
We can all see the value of such disclosures, and the reason why this would be covered but. But there is something even deeper.
The Biggest Secret
The question is, if we know these technologies exist, and they are being suppressed. And if we know that whistleblowers and people have already reverse engineered or built these things, and not all have been killed or threatened, what is the reason why these things are held back? Why do we still deny these realities en masse?
The truth is, it comes down to consciousness. We've been saying this since the inception of CE in 2009: solutions are there, but they won't come until humanity is ready. What does this ACTUALLY mean to be ready? It means growing up enough as a race, that we can actually be responsible for what it is we will have access to. Not just that, but to be able to say we have 'graduated' in a sense, to say we are beyond our old ways.
While that sounds like a loaded few sentences, and they are in a sense, all that is really being said here is, humanity has been stuck in a cycle of experience where we continually see everything, and everyone as separate from us. We are individuals, living out our identities and lives and we are simply here to survive. We believe the limiting ideas of what our reality is and should be and thus we create that reality consciously. Our collective belief about how our world should be is directly tied to what actually happens.
But there is this feeling deep within us at this time, and I know you feel it, where we are beginning to deeply question our ways. How we treat one another, our political systems, the elite manipulation and control that exists, the existential reality of who we are and how we are truly just consciousness, all connected. These deep questions are asking us to explore who we truly are and why we are truly here. And many of us are doing so. This is beginning to create instability and change in our system because the consciousness that holds up our old world, is beginning to crack, and a new one is emerging.
Contact: It's On Us
WE are preparing ourselves fro contact. This is not happening through someone else, it's a collective phenomenon that is simply the next stage of humanity's journey. As our consciousness continues to shift, through us truly doing our own questioning, changing our own patterns, habits, thoughts, and actions, we will begin to truly create the solutions necessary to create a world where we can thrive. And disclosure of technologies will come forth. It comes down to US having to do this work, not governments, not someone else coming to save us. It's about creating an entire populace with the mentality of truly being empowered and self-responsible, as opposed to needed governance and feeling helpless.
This is why the greatest reason why ET reality is so suppressed comes down to consciousness because with an introduction to ET life, comes an entire myriad of experience we have not been exposed to.
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In the video below I explain what this means deeply, and how we can begin opening up the doors to mass contact with ET's.
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Is The Q Narrative Providing False Hope? Catherine Austin Fitts Weighs In
In Brief
- The Facts:
It appears as though people are becoming too engaged with the Q narrative that it is blinding them from the truth of what Q truly represents.
- Reflect On:
Instead of viewing Q as right or wrong, what steps does it represent in our awakening process? Is the narrative truly creating a world where humanity thrives? Or is it perhaps only taking us a step forward, if at all?
When the Q narrative began popping up I didn't pay much attention to it. It was only about 1 year into it that I started to do my research and really dive in. What I saw was interesting, but it didn't necessarily get me feeling like we were suddenly all on the right track, and that everything was being taken care of – a sentiment shared by many in the community who follow Q. I'm going to get to my observations down below on a few more things.
Before we continue I want to be clear, I don't feel all who follow Q sit back and just watch the show. In fact, I think there is a good chunk of people who actively do other things to help change themselves and their world, but I do feel for the most part – people seem to think Trump and the gang have humanity's pure best interests at heart, and that they will save America and the world.
I don't agree, and haven't agreed, with this sentiment since day 1. I understand that just this article alone may bring up defensiveness and emotion in those who follow Q deeply, and all I can say to that is am I really saying anything crazy here? Or is it that some of us have become too loyal to a narrative that it's now clouding our judgement? Have we created a new 'political side' that we align with in the same way Dems and Reps align with their party?
One last thing before we go on, Q is certainly part of an awakening for some folks too, further illustrating that I'm not saying it's all bad or anything, nor am I here to discuss whether it's true or not, but that I'm neutral on the subject and instead wish to raise some reflections about it. Also remember, Q material could literally be written by anyone with knowledge of alternative media and 'conspiracy theories,' nothing said is that far outside the basic knowledge of understanding these fields.
Looking At Q Metaphysically
In early April I posted on my Instagram account the following:
I think researching, piecing things together and questioning things when it comes to Q is great, I see nothing wrong with that. But I do feel that a lot of people become very complacent and just sit back 'trusting' that Q and team have it all taken care of.. even when things don't quite go as planned.
I hear people in posts and videos say things like "I want Trump to be right. I want Q to be right.. I don't want to lose my faith cause there is nowhere else to go." etc.
This makes me wonder, are we acting from desperation? Do we really think this is the whole answer? Do those who follow this so deeply really think this is all we have to do? Just follow the posts and just sit back and watch… with POPCORN as is so often said.
The ones we have been waiting for are US.. each and every one of US.. no one is going to get this all done for us, we gotta do the work as a collective.
So sure, maybe there are things that are right going on within the Q drops, I'm not gonna take that away, but I think it's time we start really focusing on having some deeper conversations about where we want to go, how we can empower ourselves as individuals, change as individuals and ultimately make up a collective of empowered people.. instead of just trusting that others have it taken care of.
Remember, it's consciousness that creates this reality.. where is yours at? That's what will decide our future more than 'the plan.'
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This sentiment was a breath of fresh air for most as it appears many are growing a bit tired of the Q narrative only because every time something happens in the world through Trump that doesn't seem good for humanity, the community continues to spin it so that it becomes good.. and herein lies the blind spots that are being created from choosing sides.
Catherine Austin Fitts Weighs In
When we choose sides we add a lens to our perception, that lens then clouds seeing the totality of what is playing out. I was recently having a conversation about this with my good buddy and filmmaker Michael Mazzola, which you can check out here, he proceeded to tell me about something Catherine Austin Fitts, former Commissioner at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, recently said that totally summed up my position as well:
Here's what she said:
"In the Red Button Problem, everybody wants their check and they want to pretend that they are good. So it's very important that politicians come up with this story of 'good'. The story of "I'm good," doesn't have to make sense, but it has to be good enough so that I can just take my check and feel good and not have to do anything. It's a way of being free to stay on my couch and do the things that I love instead of being bothered with the responsibility of being a citizen."
So Q is the new story of, "I am good," because, "I can just trust the plan, and these covert operators are going to get their thing done." So I've been nice because I know some very intelligent, capable people who buy this whole thing hook, line, and sinker. It has been really frustrating for you and me. I took FASAB 56 to these Q believers, and they said, "You need to trust the plan."
The reason why I have not gotten on full board with Q is simple: Q could be something written by ANY truther out there that knows a bit about how our world works. Even after all my research, I don't see anything that suggests we're seeing a highly conscious world being created, thus, there is room for further discussions.
Sure, it is helping to wake people up to some extent, but so do many other actions that happen in our world. I'm not against the Q narrative by any means, I simply feel it's important to bring things back to us as individuals. Even is Trump and Q are in fact working together, is all you see happening truly good for humanity? That's simply the question to keep in our minds.
If we're going to truly make change, we must not just wait for others to do it, and we must also question the true path others are suggesting they are taking. For example, can you truly say within yourself that Trump has illustrated he and his alliance are going to create a world where you are truly free? Or is it more so that he might shake up some of the deep state, but there will still be a ton of work to do before humanity truly thrives?
I highlight the piece above because I do feel it's obvious that Trump is shaking things up, and that's important to note.
But what about things like pushing 5G? Why is this not questioned in deep detail?
The Takeaway
Ultimately my take Q has been the same since pretty well the beginning. We are not necessarily seeing a human alliance take over the Deep State. We are seeing a deep state alliance take over the Deep State. Meaning, one faction of the DS has split and is going against another. One has a slightly less dystopian view for humanity. I summed this up in a video here.
Things are happening in stages, steps forward are sometimes slow and bit by bit. But it appears as though some of those who follow Q and who align with Trump too heavily, in a religious like sense, are developing blind spots and putting too much faith in having these people save the world.. where might that lead if Trump doesn't create that world? Does he even resonate as someone that will?
I'm inspired to help us out of the one side vs another narrative and simply see things for what they are so we can keep fluidly evolving vs. jumping from one box to the next.
I urge you to check out my deeper explanation of Trump and Q through the 5G unfoldment in this video analysis, it truly helps to lay a deeper framework and understanding of what is taking place here.
Bottom line is, this is all a step into further questioning and beginning to break down the old world, but by no means is this the full picture and we must remember that.
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Day two of the Great Victorian Bike Ride was another great day of riding - clear skies, lovely countryside, and a free icy pole!
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If the first two days of this year's Great Victorian Bike Ride are anything to go by, this is going to be a fabulous week.
The weather has been perfect, the riding has been gorgeous, and the towns we've stopped in so far have been wonderfuly welcoming.
Today's ride from Bruthen to Briagolong was a long 93 kilometer stretch with a couple of hills at the start, and it seems everyone had the same idea of getting out as early as possible - by 6am the breakfast queue was already stretching way back out of sight of the catering area.
Once we got on the road there were a couple of hills to get over before the first rest stop at Bairnsdale - we went around the back of Bairnsdale and missed the main street, but there's a good reason to come back...!
Lunch was at Lindenow, and just before the lunch spot many riders received a nice surprise when Sharon, whose house we were riding past, was out the front handing out free icy poles.
From there we made our way along several meandering country roads with some lovely scenery until we finally arrived at Briagolong where a market was taking place and plenty of people were out for CFA Sunday.
Monday's ride is another hefty stretch of 84 kilometers from Briagolong to Rosedale but at least the terrain is looking pretty flat.
Tuesday is going to bring a much bigger challenge in the form of a big hill just before we arrive at Traralgon for the rest day.


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A city of Phoenician origin, for centuries Melilla has been an important trading port and defensive bastion in the Mediterranean. The early Old Town contrasts with the rest of the city, which has an important group of Modernist buildings.
Attracted by its strategic position in the Mediterranean, the Phoenicians established themselves on Melilla's current site in the 7th century B. C. Rusadir, as the city was known, became a flourishing trading port. Centuries later, then a Roman colony, it came to be an important communications centre. Melilla reached its most splendid age with the Arabs, as a trading and defensive city. From 1497, it passed into Spanish hands and became an important military establishment. Melilla la Vieja
The oldest part is the fortified city (16th C.), known as El Pueblo. Declared a Historic-Artistic Site, Melilla la Vieja was originally formed by four fortresses linked together by drawbridges. The narrow streets making up oldest districts for the city are hidden behind its thick walls and deep ditches.
The most recent defensive bastion is situated in the Citadel, made up of the Grande, Chica, Victoria and Rosario forts (18th C.
Above the Hornabeque ditch stands the second citadel, centred on the Parade Ground, where the remains of the old Roman settlement were found.
Over the Santiago ditch you reach the oldest walled enclosure (16th-18th C.). Within the walls, the Plaza de las Peñuelas is surrounded by important buildings, like the Gothic chapel of Santiago. Other important places in the early citadel are the Museum of the City, the church of la Concepción, the oldest in Melilla (17th C.), and the bastion of La Concepción, site of the Army Museum.
From the 19th century onwards, the city outgrew its limits and established three new forts on the perimeter: Camellos, with a circular floor plan and ditch; Cabrerizas, a rhomboid shape flanked by two hexagonal towers; and Rostrogordo, whose pentagonal shape hides a large parade ground.
The Modernist city
Around the port and the Avenida de Juan Carlos I, the Ensanche shows a model urban layout sprinkled with carefully worked façades and rows of Modernist balconies.
Around the Plaza de España stand notable buildings like the Palace of La Asamblea, of art deco inspiration, the Bank of Spain and the Military Casino.
A faithful reflection of the multicultural character of the autonomous city, Melilla, city of the four cultures - Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu - reflects its cosmopolitan character in various of its most outstanding buildings. The Central Mosque, with architectural references taken from the Córdoba mosque, is one of the most beautiful churches in the city. The church of the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, situated opposite the Plaza de las Cuatro Culturas, the Or Zaruah Synagogue, right in the historic centre, and the Hindu Oratory can also be visited.
Cuisine and surroundings
Melilla has magnificent wide beaches of fine sand on its coast, as well as the spectacular "Puerto XXI" marina, situated between the old Mineral Wharf and San Lorenzo beach. It is a recent construction that has hundreds of moorings for leisure boats as well as a shopping and leisure centre. Among the many opportunities, you can learn to sail in a Sailing School or practise other water sports like jet skiing, windsurfing or diving.
Among the many hotels in Melilla, the Parador de Turismo, situated in the Ataque Seco district, next to the Victoria Fort, is outstanding.
When it comes to eating, Melilla has a delicious and very varied cuisine which has similarities with Andalusian regional cuisine. The outstanding features are fried fish, mouth-watering seafood and rice dishes, along with a selection of exotic specialities brought by the rest of the Melilla community: "pinchos morunos" (spicy meat kebabs), "harira" (meat and vegetable soup) and "couscous" (based on wheat semolina). Among the desserts, fritters, sweet couscous, filled pies and stuffed dates are outstanding.
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — A sharp and sudden rebound for Chinese stocks in afternoon trading boosted major Asian markets Wednesday, helping them overcome disappointment after Eurogroup leaders failed to agree on conditions to release the next tranche of financial aid to Greece.
The Shanghai Composite 000001, -0.85% which dropped below the psychologically-important 2,000-point level earlier in the session, bounced back to finish 1.1% higher at 2,030.32 on a wave of buying in the afternoon session.
"That is a sign that China will not let the A-share market to fall off the cliff," said Francis Lun, managing director at Lyncean Holdings in Hong Kong. "I think the Chinese government must be watching the market closely... What they can do is to get the Social Security funds to buy shares."
The Shanghai index hasn't seen a finish below 2,000 since the height of the global financial crisis in January 2009.
The recovery in Shanghai also helped some other regional markets pare losses or recover gains in the wake of news that the euro-zone's financial ministers and the International Monetary Fund weren't able to reach an agreement on the conditions under which they will disburse the next installment of financial aid to Greece.
The Eurogroup now plans to reconvene on Monday. Read: Eurogroup to meet again after no pact on Greek aid.
Japanese shares had let most of its early gains slip away and South Korean stocks reversed their advance following the Eurogroup's announcement, around noon in Hong Kong. But they managed to recover somewhat.
The Nikkei Stock Average NIK, +0.20% ended 0.9% at 9,222.52 in Tokyo, after dropping as low as 9,161.21 during the session. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.29% up just 0.2% at the lunch break, finished 1.4% higher.
Elsewhere, South Korea's Kospi 180721, -0.20% fell 0.3%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.65% slipped 0.4% and Taiwan's Taiex XX:Y9999 dropped 0.8%.
"Markets had been trading cautiously with the potential for an unfavorable outcome from the meeting keeping some investors at bay," said Stan Shamu, a market strategist at IG Markets, adding that regional stocks had "lost their grip" following the news.
Gains in Shanghai were spread across sectors, with Shanghai Industrial Development Co. 600748, -1.35% jumping by the day's 10% limit, shipping firm China Cosco Holdings Ltd. 601919, +3.13% CICOY, +2.40% rising 7.6% and Haitong Securities Co. 600837, +1.30% gaining 3.6%.
In Hong Kong, China Construction Bank Corp. rose 3.4% and foods company Want Want China Holdings Ltd. 151, +1.95% gained 2.8%.
Shares of heavyweight HSBC Holdings PLC US:HBC 5, -0.31% climbed 1.3%, after The Wall Street Journal reported that the lender was in talks with China's sovereign-wealth fun to sell its stake in Ping An Insurance Group Co.
Ping An 2318, -0.11% PNGAY, -0.37% which had dropped in the last two trading sessions amid concerns about the possible sale, advanced 0.8%.
In Tokyo, exporters gained on the back of the yen's recent weakness against major currencies. Toyota Motor Corp. 7203, +0.66% TM, -0.05% climbed 2.3%, Tokyo Electron Ltd. 8035, -0.18% TOELF, +2.67% added 1.2% and industrial robot maker Fanuc Corp. FANUY, +0.01% 6954, -1.99% rose 1%.
In data released 10 minutes ahead of the stock-market open, Japan's Finance Ministry reported a 6.5% year-on-year drop in exports, fueled by another tumble in shipments to China, amid tensions between the two nations. Read: Japan trade deficit narrows by less than expected.
In Seoul, KB Financial Group Inc. 105560, +0.57% KB, +1.56% fell 1.6% and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. 009540, -0.87% dropped 1%. In Taipei, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. 2317, +0.64% HNHAF, +0.00% lost 0.9%, and Nanya Technology Corp. dropped 2.3%.
And in Sydney, an almost 3% drop in benchmark U.S. crude-oil futures overnight weighed on energy shares.
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Earlier today we reported that advertising creative Geoffrey McGann was arrested at Oakland airport Friday for wearing a watch that the TSA and sheriff's department thought looked suspiciously bomb-like.
If you were wondering how something as simple as a watch could lead to an arrest — not to mention bail set at $150,000 — then take a gander at what the timepiece actually looked like, courtesy of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office:
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Probably not the best accessory to wear to the airport.
The Daily Mail reported that TSA agents grew suspicious when McGann put the watch, which had a circuit board and was running on a direct timer, through the security X-ray by placing it under his jacket in a bin.
McGann works in a creative field — he's worked at ad shops including W+K, 72andSunny, and now General Content — and said that the watch is a piece of art. The police did not find explosives in the watch.
His lawyer, Douglas Horngrad, sent BI an email stating that McGann "has created several dozen of them, and given them to friends, business associates, and nieces and nephews. …"
McGann also raised eyebrows for other fashion choices. Authorities said he wore an army shirt with a built-in tourniquet in the sleeves and shoes that were two sizes too big and had an empty, homemade cavity it the soles. (McGann said the shoes were to make him look taller).
Although McGann was brought to jail for possession of materials to produce an explosive device and given a hefty bail, the prosecutors declined to file criminal charges. According to Horngrad, McGann is not happy.
A statement from the lawyer reads that "the prosecutor's quick decision to not charge Mr. McGann illustrates the unreasonableness of law enforcement's actions here. As he is innocent of having committed any crime, we will be filing a motion to have Mr. McGann declared factually innocent. We will also seek to have Geoff's arrest removed from his record."
Horngrad continued, "This incident should have involved only a routine airport security detention, and not an arrest."
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Also, Orthodox don't like the idea of isolating a body part of Jesus and worshipping just that part, since it' s not a part of Tradition to do so.
Also, Orthodox don't like the idea of isolating a body part of Jesus and worshipping just that part, since it' s not a part of Tradition to do so.
In other words, it separates His human love apart from His divine love.
For me, these devotions (to the "Blessed Sacrament", to "The Sacred Heart of Jesus or Mary", the "First Fridays of the month" etc) are the weirdest part of the Catholic spirituality. I think I would feel more confortable with the extemporaneous prayers of the Protestants than with these Catholic practices.
I just feel that this is something alien to the Orthodox spirituality.
I figured if we were going to be bringing up this discussion, we should see what the hub-bub was all about and post the devotions in question:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Offering to the Sacred Heart of JesusMY LOVING Jesus! I [N.N.] give you my heart, and I consecrate myself wholly to you, out of the grateful love I bear you, and as a reparation for all my unfaithfulness, and with your aid I purpose never to sin again.V. Heart of Jesus, burning with love of us,R. Inflame our hearts with love of you
I understand that there is an objection to the Sacred Heart devotion practiced by Catholics.I would like to know what in particular are the objections.Thank you.
I would like to know what in particular are the objections.
We may not have the devotion in some parts of the Body of Our Saviour's , but we do have respect to His Holy Mantle (Άγιον Μανδήλιον) or the Αγία ΖÃÂŽνη of Our Blessed Mother.
Yep yep. Just looking around, as well, I also see an Akathist to the Life-Bearing Tomb. Surely if it's acceptable to sing a hymn that on its face is a veneration of an inanimate object, it's ok to venerate part of Christ (or, in the case of the Blessed Sacrament, Christ Himself)? The Sacred Heart is an image or metaphor for Christ's love, not an attempt to venerate a body part in isolation, any more than the many many Byzantine feast days celebrating a particular icon are attempts to venerate a mere object, rather than what that object stands in for.
The Eucharist is meant to be consummed, in my oppinion, not to be adored outside the liturgy itself or carried in processions.I just feel that this is something alien to the Orthodox spirituality.
I've heard of Western Rite parishes having Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
The bread and the wine are consecrated in order to be eaten; now, to consecrate the bread IN ORDER TO BE ADORED OUTSIDE THE LITURGY ITSELF seems a sort of anomaly and a pietistic deviation to me. [...] They have also developped the strange theory of the so-called "spiritual communion" which supposedly could replace in certain instances the sacramental communion.
You do know that for most of Orthodox history infrequent communion has been the norm? That until the middle of this century it was not uncommon for people to only commune once a year, and the rest of the time satisfy themselves with the benediction* and receiving antidoron, and that there are still many places where communion is only taken a few times a year? It seems rather silly to go on about the Orthodox understanding of the Sacrament being that It's supposed to be eaten, when most people do not in fact eat It.* Yes, it's exactly the same thing as the WR benediction, i.e. blessing the congregation with the Sacrament
You do know that for most of Orthodox history infrequent communion has been the norm? That until the middle of this century it was not uncommon for people to only commune once a year, and the rest of the time satisfy themselves with the benediction* and receiving antidoron, and that there are still many places where communion is only taken a few times a year?
MOST? Certainly for many centuries, but MOST? I guess it's tough to determine, based on the sources, when exactly frequent communion fell out of vogue, but, around the the time of the Quinisext Council it was still frequently received, as the Council's canons make clear -- as does the introduction of the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy into Great Lent.
I do not object in any way to the adoration and the benediction of and with the Eucharistic elements in the context of the Liturgy; what is unsettling to me is the fact that these take place outside the Divine Liturgy.
But is it lawful to keep it after the Liturgy?
In the OC it is only allowed to keep the Eucharist for the purpose of communing the sick.
But in the case of the Roman office of "The Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament" the communion itself seems entirely out of its meaning and end.
You might hear about "spiritual communion" though.
OTOH, St. John Chrysostom railed against the habit of infrequently communing, and Pope Fabian (in the 3rd century) made it a rule that the faithful had to commune three times per year (confirmed later at the local Council of Agde).
then the benediction at the end of the Divine Liturgy is equally as problematic as the WR benediction.
I understand that hearts as a metaphor for love
Well, for that matter, there are many ancient writings and canons that censure those who stay away from the chalice (including excommunication to whoever avoids the Eucharist for more than 3 Sundays in a row). Presumably, these indicate that many people did, in fact, abstain from the Eucharist. However, these texts also show that the Church in general preached against such practices.
The word "compassion" is a translation of the original greek word "εÃÀλαγÇνιÃθη" means "moved in his guts". So shouldn't they be venerating the "Sacred Guts"?
And yes, Eastern Orthodox believe in the abiding Real Presence and thus reserve the Sacrament. And there is a kind of 'Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament' in the Liturgy after Communion.
So why no extra-liturgical devotions to the Eucharist in Eastern Orthodoxy?Because there was no movement in Orthodox countries seriously threatening the people's belief in the Real Presence.So those devotions weren't needed - they never developed.In the West even before Protestantism there was such a threat so these practices sprang up in reaction.
The Western Rite is a fairly new experiment in the Orthodox Church (i.e the concept of a handful of Western usage parishes under Byzantine bishops and in the context of an almost entirely Byzantine Church - not the rite itself), so to use it as setting a precedent for Orthopraxis a bit of a stretch.
After reading everyone's posts, I am not hearing any objection to the concept of reparation, as I explained it and as it is presented in the formal prayers that were posted on page one.And yet, I have been hearing that the concept of reparation is un-Orthodox.Was this just a simple misunderstanding of definitions or is there truly a theological error in the concept as it has been presented here?Thank you for all your constructive input. I am learning a great deal.
And which writings are these? I'm not doubting - just want to know. Thanks.
Is this statement True or False, people?:Reparation is a completely Orthodox Dogma taught by the Orthodox Church. Every sin must be atoned for, because Christ's sacrifice was insufficient and imperfect. Only through our suffering can God forgive our sins, because His mercy is not freely given- but only to those who have merited it by making reparation for their sins (especially to the Sacred Guts/Heart of Jesus on the first Friday of every month for nine consecutive months as Jesus Himself has said in His Twelfth Promise).
May the Sacred Guts of Jesus have mercy on us.
if that's what Roman Catholicism teaches then to hell with it. But it's not. No sound Christian really believes that Jesus' sacrifice wasn't 'good enough'. That's a Jack Chick parody of Roman Catholicism. But sin does spiritual and psychic damage, which is why both RCs and Orthodox have ascesis like fasting and there is the intermediate state.
"Why Penance and Reparation?If we ask, why penance and reparation, the first answer is: Because God wants it.But if we press the question: Why does God want it? Then we must say, because in His mysterious wisdom, His justice requires it. We may legitimately say, without really understanding it, that He has no choice. Having given us a free will, if we abuse liberty, we must use our freedom to repay to God the love we have stolen from Him (which is penance) and repair the damage we have done (which is reparation).Notice, all along I have been using the first person plural, "we", because penance and reparation are owed to God not only because I have individually sinned, but because we human beings have sinned and are sinning, in our day, on a scale never before conceived in the annals of history.We know better than Cain after he killed his brother, Abel. We are our brother's keepers. We are mysteriously co-responsible for what other people do wrong. There is a profound sense in which all of us are somehow to do penance and make reparation, not only for our sinful misdeeds, but for the sins of our country and, indeed, for the sins of the whole human race.We return to our question: Why penance and reparation? Because, in Christ's words, "Unless you do penance, you shall all likewise perish".Is it any wonder that on Pentecost Sunday, after Peter preached his sermon, and rebuked the people for their sins, and they asked him, "what must we do," his first word to the multitude was the imperative verb, "Repent!"Is it any wonder that Our Lady of Fatima's message to a sinful world in our day, may be summarized in the same imperative, "Do penance."Indeed, the calamities that we have so far seen in this present century: two world wars with more casualties than in all the previous wars of history, and the threat of a nuclear holocaust that hangs over us like a tornado cloud. All of this is God's warning to do penance and reparation. Why? Because God is not mocked.You do not offend God with impunity. You do not sin without retribution. You do not ignore the will of the Almighty and expect the Almighty to ignore what you do.What bears emphasis, however, is that this retribution is either to be paid willingly, with our penance and reparation, or will be paid unwillingly within the divine punishment.The divine logic is simple, awfully simple, and all we have to do is learn what God is telling us. Either we do penance and reparation because we want to, or we shall suffer (against our will) the consequences of our sins in this life, and in the life to come.But remember, this penance and reparation is to be done not only for what we have personally done wrong. It is for all the pride and lust, for all the cruelty and greed, for all the envy and laziness and gluttony of a sin-laden human family.God is merciful and in fact as our Holy Father has told us, Jesus Christ is the Incarnation of divine mercy. But God's mercy is conditional. It is conditional on our practice of penance and reparation."
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Usually I am not a fan of blue nail polish. If you were to raid my collection, you would probably find only a few blue based shades and that is most likely because glitter is involved. I can't help myself when it comes to glitter. When I tried on Deborah Lippmann's Ray of Light for the first time, I couldn't stop glancing down at the shade. A few days later I was back in Nordstrom picking up a bottle of it.
Ray of Light is described as an electrically charged indigo, the charge comes from the holographic flakes in the nail polish. The base of the polish seems to have a jelly-like finish to it and in some light appears to lean purple, which makes it all the more stunning in my opinion, but that is most likely a bit of flakes working their magic. The flakes seems to be copper most of the time but a closer look in different lighting reveals a few more shades of sparkle. The jelly aspect of this shade is probably why I like it so much, I have a thing for jellies too! Based on my bottle, the formula is a little thicker than what I've come to know from Deborah Lippmann. While the application seemed a little uneven due to this at first, it leveled out perfectly with a second coat of color. In this picture, I have two coats of Ray of Light on followed by a top coat of Seche Vite but you might even want to try a third coat. I didn't see a need for this but I imagine it would only add to its richness.
It was hard to capture how gorgeous this shade is with my camera. At first glance Ray of Light appears to be one thing but it easily takes on new life as the flakes catch the light. It is one of those shades you just have to try on for yourself to appreciate… so I urge you, get to Nordstrom (or any other retailer you can see this shade at in person) and just try it on. You might just do what I did, marinate on it awhile and then go back for the bottle.
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So now, even after yesterday's rally (across the market, and especially financials), everyone is talking about how awful the bank is doing.
This morning, Jim Cramer added his two cents to the mix. It was harsh.
We've said a million times that Bank of America needs to raise capital ( and so have regulators, in their own way). We've even pointed out that the bank has been trying to do it on the sly. Cramer didn't need a million times, though, he summed up the point in about 40 seconds.
He told viewers to focus on every banks' capital structure, rather than their common stock price, then singled out Bank of America bonds as "doing horribly."
Melissa Lee then pointed out that the $5 dollar weekly put on BofA was still super active in yesterday's trading session. So basically investors thought the carnage might continue.
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