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New to yoga? Try these basic yoga poses to get stronger and more flexible.
Try this 5-move yoga routine to relax your body and mind before sleep. The best part? Each pose can be done in bed!
Good posture not only gives you the look of poise and confidence, but it helps you feel better too. Try out these six yoga moves to feel great and look longer and leaner in minutes.
A sequence of restorative yoga poses you can flow through when you're in need of a little R&R
When you're feeling overloaded, these releaxing yoga poses will center your mind and body, giving stress the boot.
These poses from a Nike master trainer will sculpt your arms like woah.
Skip the studio and practice yoga at home with these energizing poses from the founders of Sky Ting Yoga.
Feeling tense from a day of traveling? These yoga poses from the founders of Sky Ting Yoga are guaranteed to open you up and relieve lower back pain.
When the heat just won't quit, you might as well use it to your advantage.
Down dog, up dog, warrior II—you've totally got those down, right? Wrong. People get sloppy with these "basic" yoga poses, and that sloppiness can lead to injury.
Whether you want to balance on your hands or your feet, these are the skills you can develop to feel stable and steady.
Everyone wants a gentle wake-up call. These yoga poses will get your body moving and blood flowing to make mornings a little less painful.
It's tough to stay still and meditate when all you can think about is how uncomfortable your body is.
Baby got back (pain)? Chronic lower-back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide. The surest way to combat it is to strengthen your lower back.
Try these five yoga moves to take full advantage of your time on the sand.
Detox the totally ~natural~ way with twists and inversions that wring out your boozy body.
Ready to work your glutes and hammies double-time? Use these yoga moves to get your tush in top shape this summer.
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The main obstacle in retrieving quantitative phase with high sensitivity is posed by the phase noise due to mechanical vibrations and air fluctuations that typically affect any interferometric system. In this paper, we review diffraction phase microscopy (DPM), which is a common-path quantitative phase imaging (QPI) method that significantly alleviates the noise problem. DPM utilizes a compact Mach–Zehnder interferometer to combine several attributes of current QPI methods. This compact configuration inherently cancels out most mechanisms responsible for noise and is single-shot, meaning that the acquisition speed is limited only by the speed of the camera employed. This technique is also nondestructive and does not require staining or coating of the specimen. This unique collection of features enables the DPM system to accurately monitor the dynamics of various nanoscale phenomena in a wide variety of environments. The DPM system can operate in both transmission and reflection modes in order to accommodate both transparent and opaque samples, respectively. Thus, current applications of DPM include measuring the dynamics of biological samples, semiconductor wet etching and photochemical etching processes, surface wetting and evaporation of water droplets, self-assembly of nanotubes, expansion and deformation of materials, and semiconductor wafer defect detection. Finally, DPM with white light averages out much of the speckle background and also offers potential for spectroscopic measurements.
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Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms, and almost everyone is on Facebook these days. There are over 2.32 billion monthly active users. The latest reports show that 1.52 billion people log onto Facebook on a daily basis. With such massive numbers, it's just logic why businesses desperately want to use this platform to promote their brands.
The problem is, according to Small Business TRENDS, 62% of small businesses report that they feel like their Facebook Ads miss their targets. This is a big blow to businesses. No one wants to be spending their money on something that isn't working. The good news is, you don't have to be part of the 62% anymore. Here, I'm going to share with you 5 tips to help your business successfully reach its target:
Creating Awareness
If you are to raise buzz and generate leads, creating awareness for your brand is the first step every new marketer should go through. This is more so because consumers, especially on the internet, tend to buy products and services from brands they are familiar with. Therefore, your first ad should always be something that will make potential customers realize that your brand exists. There are a few ways that can help create a first good impression for your brand, and you can achieve this as follows:
- Write a blog or an article discussing the value your products and services will bring to the consumers. Then use this as an ad.
- The other strategy is by creating a visual content such as a video or an image with a short explanation on your brand.
When designing an ad however, keep in mind that one of the key things to developing successful sales strategy is by knowing why consumers buy products. Therefore, it's important for businesses to understand that there are so many ideas in the market, but not all fill in a need. So as brands design their ads, these are some of the principles that they should use to create a connection with the target market, if they are to successfully create brand awareness and generate traffic.
Start a relationship with your target audience
Now that you have introduced your brand to the target market, it's time to plot for retargeting ads to get your customers to officially buy your products. This is another area where brands fail, thinking that it's possible to just go for the sale right away and keep on hoping for the best. While this is not the case, you want to give your potential customers something that is less risky and at the same time making sure they pay for it.
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Start a conversation aimed at developing a long-standing relationship. Your conversation should be about what is important to your customers and what engages them beforehand. One of the best ways to do this is by exchanging emails. This way you get to start a conversation with them. You also get to do a follow-up with your clients. See, most people once they purchase something from someone, they are more likely to do it again.
Using audience insights to understand the market trend
Insights can be quite helpful when using Facebook Ads. Audience insights helps you learn a specific target audience before putting your ad budget on the line. They also help you find new potential clients, perhaps based on interests and characteristics of people who like and follow your page. If for instance I'm targeting a certain interest, say traveling, you can create an Ad to target people who have interests in the tourism sector.
What's more, with the data provided by Audience Insights, you get the power to make proper decisions on who to target, as well as adjust your target audience with time based on the data.
Create quality content
Great and informative content is a very powerful and sure way to connect with your customers. Every business has a wealth of information, a story or an inspiration to share; be it in real estate, restaurants, hobbies or holidays. You can create great content by for instance making videos packed with crafting tips and ideas that will keep your audiences coming back for more.
What's more, while creating contents, an important question to ask yourself is, your motive behind why you want people to follow your Facebook page or buy your products and services? Strive to give your customers a good reason to take action and make a purchase.
Some of the strategies businesses use to lure customers is by using competitions, promotions or even offers. However, one of the things most businesses struggle with when it comes to using Facebook Ads to grow is lack of a clear offer. Remember, before running ads, make sure you have a clear strategy that will convert your audience from becoming aware of your business to becoming regular paying customers. In addition, running offers and promotions will help your business reach out to wider audiences, and in return gaining new potential clients often within a very short period.
Engage customers in your story
One of the most important steps to achieve growth and see the effect of Facebook Ads, is by regularly engaging with your customers. Always encourage your clients to share their feedback about the products and services you provide to them. Ask them questions and let them give you their honest opinions on your brand. However, if they give you a negative feedback, don't be frustrated. Simply ask them how you can improve to better your services in the future.
This will not only deepen your engagement, but you will also build trust and have the opportunity to reach out to wider audiences. Remember, happy customers are the ultimate assets of your business.
Facebook advertising is a great way that can make your business experience exponential growth and increase traffic with just little effort. However, with 62% of business owners not feeling confident with Facebook Ads, it's hard to ignore those statistics especially when trying to decide if Facebook advertising is the right channel for your brand. However, if it is done the right way, businesses can reap noteworthy benefits of using Facebook to advertise their brands.


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The pistol is sent in a black, cardboard box, that is marked with the producer logo and some Taiwanese text (which I have literally no clue what it says). If there weren't the sticker with product code and name of the importer, I wouldn't really know what is inside the box. Talking about the inside of the box, there are:
The first impression of the WE99 is pretty good. It replicates the original Walther P99 (older version) properly. The pistol has a nice weight balance and seems to be sturdy. If you shake the gun, there is some wobbling that can be heard, which is caused by the outer barrel. Who has ever used the 1911 pistol from Army will know the exact feeling.
The WE99 frame is made of black matte polymer. There are some marking of the producer and the classic "MADE IN TAIWAN" and "READY SAFETY MANUAL", the second one is also placed in the German language, which seems to be a reference to the original gun, that is made by the German manufacturer.
The slide is made of the metal and covered in graphite color paint. The coating seems to be solid – I couldn't scratch it during my tests. The slide has a built-in extractor, which stands out with its deep black color. On the right side of the slide, there is the serial number of the pistol.
The magazine is made of metal. Its plastic bottom plate is a little loose. The magazine has an imitation of the holes in a magazine where you can check the number of the bullets inside. There is also the "9 mm " caliber marking engraved. The magazine has the capacity of 22 bbs.
The pistol has 3-dot type sights (which are my favorite!). They are made of very soft metal – some dents and scratch marks can be spotted on them. The sights are easy and intuitive in use. The rear sight can be additionally adjusted to the left or right.
The replica has a built-in cocking indicator – just like the real firearm. The red pin outside the slide means that the hammer is cocked and ready to fire. However, sometimes it doesn't lock on the back position – especially when the gun is racked with the barrel pointed at the ground.
The trigger
The WE99, like the real firearm, has the DA (Double Action) trigger. It means that it is possible to shoot both in the Single Action mode (the trigger pull releases the hammer) and the Double Action mode (the trigger pulls the hammer and releases it).
The SA trigger works pretty smoothly and is very light, but the trigger pull is really long. However, the reset is quite short and the cowboy style shooting is still possible.
This is, unfortunately, the worst functioning part of the gun. Until the magazine is not loaded with gas, or is not present in the replica, everything works "fine, but in reverse". After pressing the decocker, something falls, but it's not the valve knocker. The valve knocker is released… after pulling the trigger to the half of its road and releasing it. In the real P99, pulling the trigger to the half of its road in the SA mode, disables the Anti-Stress system. I have literally no clue what were the intentions of the Wei-Tech.
I've shot the pistol indoors with the temperature of about 15°C. On the one loading of the magazine with the gas, it managed to shoot 29 times.
The accuracy was tested in about 10 meters, in standing posture with the Nuprol 0,28 bbs. The longest distance between the holes was 5 centimeters.
The WE99 is undoubtedly a very interesting replica, that stands out from all the Glocks, 1911s and M9s. The performance is similar to the most of the medium-class gas pistols – it's not incredible, but simply does its job. The only drawback is the complete lack of repair parts like the nozzle.
If you are looking for more information on gas-powered pistol replicas check one of my previous post.


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Monday, April 15, 2013
Tin Swift by Devon Monk
This book has two storylines going: the group and the people on the airship.
Stump Station wasn't much more than a collection of shacks built precariously into the pockets and wedges on the east side of the Bitterroot Range in the Idaho Territory. So barren and out of the way, even the vultures risked starvation.
It was the perfect sort of place to attract those members of society who preferred to remain unnoticed by others. Hard men and rangy women who spent most of their days waiting for the right wind to carry them up to the glim grounds where they could harvest their fortune.
Glim, more precious than diamonds or gold, used to power ships on air, water, or land. Used to heal the sick, cure the blights, turn the tide in wars, and make anything and everything stronger and longer-lasting. Glim was even rumored to extend a man's life well beyond his years.
Rare and desired, glim. And as hard to locate as Hades' back door.
Some said glim could be found underground, or out at sea. But the only place glim was known to occur with any regularity was above high mountain ranges, and up higher still. Above the storm clouds, floating like nets of soft lightning, the glim fields were capricious and fleeting. Difficult to find. Deadly to harvest. Most ships couldn't launch that high, last those storms, or lash and land without killing those who flew them.
So it was no wonder glim fetched a pretty price in the legitimate markets, and a king's ransom in those markets less savory.
Captain Hink counted himself among his own kind out here in the rocks. Outlaws, prospectors, glim pirates, soldiers of luck, fools, and the foolhardy, brothers all. Read more here.
Pages: 369
By jmisgro at April 15, 2013
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Let Inky introduce you to your new bookshelf! Inky is a great way to find books you'll enjoy. Follow people that you admire and trust, then see which books they think people should read, and why.
Inky is an app that allows you to have a digital bookshelf of all your favourite books in one place. It is also an interactive platform on which you can discuss and fangirl about any book. You can give your followers recommendations or find recommendations from your friends.
I was contacted by Inky this summer to try out the app and give some feedback. In the time that passed, Inky has grown into a beautiful platform for bookworms all over the world to converse and share books.
The main aim of the app is to allow you to compose a digital bookshelf of your favourite books and your TBR. Under each book post you can rate the book out of five stars and add a comment. This will show up on your home feed, alongside the book posts from the people you follow. From here you like, comment and add any book to your TBR shelf.
Pretty simple.
What I love the most about the Inky app is the gorgeous visual layout of the bookshelves. Each book fits in its own place and for people with small bookshelves in their rooms, like me, it finally feels like the bookish possibilities are endless.
I have really enjoyed interacting with the people I follow and adding new books to my TBR. It is so easy to see everything about any book on the home feed because it is very well laid out:
The interactive buttons are lined up on the bottom of each post, making it very easy to add a book to your TBR by clicking the bookmark. Whereas the user's review/comment on the book is right there and quick to read.
The newest addition to the app is the hashtag feature. We all love hashtags. From #YoungAdultFiction to #BusinessEconomics – Inky has a corner for all bookworms. The hashtag feature has really transformed the newest update because users can explore a wider range of books and connect with more people on the app.
Inky is truly a great platform for bookworms to use to get book recommendations from fellow bookworms. Another service Inky offers is a subscription box that sends you a surprise book based on the books on your Inky shelves. You can find this service here – and at a reasonable price! This is a great way to read books that you would usually take up a permanent residence in your TBR pile… or maybe that is just me.
Download Inky from the App Store ~ The app will be available on Android soon.
Disclaimer: As aforementioned, I was contacted by Inky to try out the app and give feedback. I have been in contact with the creators of the app to help with providing information that was then used to make improvements to the app. I was not paid to give a review of this app and all views are my own.


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Action star Bruce Willis compares his new time-travel flick Looper – which kicks off this year's Toronto International Film Festival – to a magic trick.
Willis and co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt portray the same character in the movie, which is about hitmen who kill thugs sent back in time.
Gordon-Levitt's character is tasked with offing the future version of himself (played by Willis) – but he panics when the moment comes.
To convincingly play a younger version of Willis, Gordon-Levitt donned heavy layers of special-effects makeup. He also studied Willis's past films and listened to hours of tape to learn how to mimic the Die Hard actor's voice.
Willis gave Gordon-Levitt's performance and impersonation skills a thumbs up, at a festival news conference, and applauded director Rian Johnson's vision of a futuristic world.
"Sci-fi films are like magic tricks," Willis said. "At some point you have to let go of it and just believe you're in the story. I was so surprised the magic trick we were trying to do works."
He also praised Johnson for conjuring up a futuristic world yet still creating believable relationships between characters.
"There are reminders the whole way that we're in a different time situation but it's a real emotional film," he said.
The stars of Looper are set to walk the red carpet Thursday night and the film is due to open in theatres Sept. 28.


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Using an L1 Visa to conduct business in the US
Question. I have a business in Canada and I wish to expand to the US. How can I achieve this?
Answer. For Canadians wishing to expand their businesses to the US, they may qualify for an L1 Visa.
About the L1 Visa
An L-1 Visa is a US Work Visa that allows Canadians to get authorization to work in a US based business that is a branch, affiliate or subsidiary of their Canadian business. In order to qualify for an L1 Visa, the Canadian must have worked in their Canadian business for at least one year within the last 3 years proceeding the application and they have to have worked either as an executive, manager and a person of specialized knowledge in that business. Finally, there has to be a "qualifying relationship" between the Canadian business and the new or existing US Business. This means that there has to be some sort of corporate connection between the two businesses such as common ownership.
If these conditions are met, application forms have to be completed along with supporting documentation that provides the necessary information concerning the Canadian and US companies. Under NAFTA, Canadians can apply for their L1 Visas at the US Canada Port of Entry and obtain their visas on the spot.
Applying for an L1 Visa
The key to making a successful L1 Visa application is to ensure that your documentation is properly prepared from both the US and the Canadian side. L1 Visas are valid up to 3 years at a time to a maximum of 7 years. If you are starting a new US Business, you will be issued only a one year visa for the first year under the "Start Up L1" provisions. The L1 Visa is also transferable to US Green Cards for those interested in something more permanent.
Any information provided here does not constitute legal advice and is intended for general information only. Should you require legal advise, you are encouraged to contact a lawyer directly. All blog postings are public and are not subject to solicitor/client confidentially. Case results depend on a variety of factors unique to each case, and case results do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any further case undertaken by the lawyer.


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Meet the Inspiration
Mark Hutchinson
CEO of Visionsite
Co-Founder, Partner of WEO Media - Software & Technology Development
Mark is the chief architect of all software & technology development, and manages the technical staff. He brings over 22 years experience in the high-tech industry with companies such as Microsoft, Intel, and Intersolv (Merant/Serena).
Mark created the Media Management software platform that WEO Media uses to provide outstanding marketing services to our clients. This sophisticated platform contains over 1 million lines of code, and gives WEO Media a unique advantage in the dental marketing space. Mark co-founded WEO Media with Ian and Cory.
Mark has a BS in Computer Science from Oregon State University. He has also completed graduate work in Computational Finance from the Oregon Graduate Institute.


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Size of Baby (per "What To Expect") – Size of an onion (approximately 10 ounces from ultrasound)
Weight Gain – 11 Pounds
Movement – Still the same little movements. Again, if this was my first go round, I would probably mistake this for my stomach digesting.
Sleep – Sleeping way better than usual. We seamlessly transitioned moving the clocks back (which gave everyone some extra sleep). My daughter stayed up an hour past her bedtime Saturday night in hopes that she would sleep an hour longer. She did!
What I miss – Normal socializing at children's parties. If you saw my post about our Halloween block party, you probably know that all of the parents on the street got the kids together prior to trick or treating. Not only does my daughter try to get around like she is five years old, but she has no fear. I literally followed her around for hours, interrupting several conversations to chase after her. About half way through the party it set in that I would likely be living this lifestyle for the next several years (when I bring my kinds with me). Cue the baby sitter!
Best Moments this Week – Halloween was SO much fun. Even with all of the running around, it was great to see all of my neighbors. Even better, see all of the kids together.
My parents came in town to visit with us for my daughter's first Halloween. They stopped by the block party and helped give out candy to the trick or treaters. They also babysat my daughter, so my husband and I could go out for a date night Saturday.
She clearly didn't miss us. They got her an electronic princess car for her birthday that stays at their house. She is finally figuring out how to get on and get off. Next up: figuring out how to push the button to go.
My husband and I went to dinner at a local restaurant that we always seem to forget about – 300 East. With no reservations, we were able to squeeze in right at 6:15PM. Had we waited any longer, we would have been waiting. We settled into a cozy single person booth and caught up on the week. I ordered the crabcake entrée. It was calling my name. When a restaurant offers an item as an appetizer, on a salad and as a side to a meal, it must be good. Indeed it was.
I'm not going to lie, I did have order envy over my husband's dinner. He ordered the special – local farm pork belly with root vegetables. Noticing my jealousy over his meal, he offered to let me have a bite. It literally melted in my mouth.
Dinner was quick, so we passed on dessert at 300 East, so we could head over to our favorite place to get a non-alcoholic after dinner treat – Pikes. I have talked about this place in prior posts. As we walked to our table, I passed the display showing all of the fresh cakes and pies that would be offered that night. Ahem. Nestle toll house pie a la mode. Easy. Covered in hot chocolate syrup. Enough to put a smile on my face!
Looking forward to – Teaching a new class time at Flywheel Charlotte. Tuesday, 7:30PM – here I come! Since I am still feeling good, I have no problems taking on an evening class. This gives my husband plenty of time to get home from work, and there will be no arguing over who gets to go to the gym in the morning! I used to teach this class (prior to having my daughter). Check it out!
Cravings – I'm sorry. Nothing? Since I worked in a business for so long where my meals were usually chosen by someone else, I pretty much roll with whatever we have (or wherever someone else wants to go). I just need you to feed me. There is no bird picking in our family. We like a big meal. Dare I offend some pregnant women by saying that I think cravings during pregnancy are as false as "eating for two" (we all know that's not true).
Symptoms – I'm going to continue to think that I have pregnancy rhinitis. Essentially cold like symptoms with a TON of congestion and nasal discharge. Hoping it goes away, but I am prepared for it to last the entire pregnancy. Next doctor's appointment is the third week in November, so I will confirm when I am there.
Workouts – Weather is getting colder, which means I will be inside more (especially with all of this congestion).
- Monday – Tracy Anderson Pregnancy DVD
- Tuesday – At home cardio strength circuit (see workout in link attached)
- Wednesday – Flywheel Charlotte with Denise
- Thursday – Tracy Anderson Pregnancy DVD
- Friday – Cold weather run
- Saturday – Flywheel Charlotte with Steve (it has been a long time coming since I rode with him)
- Sunday – Teach at Flywheel Charlotte, walk with family in neighborhood (my daughter and her cousin Mila can fit in the wagon that we got her for her birthday).
I would like to be running more, but I am more comfortable being on a bike indoors. As it gets colder, this will be the case more and more.


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Row, Row, Row Your Boat' and Other Nursery Rhymes with Kids in Animal Costumes
Get ready for a 20-minute nonstop collection of your favourite nursery rhymes told by kids in animal costumes, through exciting stories! Cat and Rabbit are busy trying to steer a ship when they see a crocodile on board! What a fright - how will they escape? Can you help them blow a big enough bubble to float away from the sharp-toothed created? Join in to help and then watch more cute, free, educational videos for children at SeeZisKids!


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Once again, we at Jesus Name News are bringing you information on the further downfall of the morality of the modern world. Stay with with us at JNN as we keep you informed on all that is happening around us!
It built its reputation on princesses finding their prince, living happily ever after in storylines which set the benchmark for romance for generations of children.
Now, Disney is to move firmly into a new era as it introduces its first "exclusively gay moment", disclosing the new version of Beauty and the Beast will star a manservant exploring his sexuality.
The live-action version of Beauty and the Beast is already on course to be the most thoroughly modern film of its kind, with star Emma Watson discussing how she made the role of Belle more feminist.
The team have now revealed one character, LeFou, will experience Disney's first ever "gay moment" on screen, as he struggles with his feelings for ultra-macho leading man Gaston.
In an interview with Attitude magazine, director Bill Condon said: "LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston.
"He's confused about what he wants. It's somebody who's just realizing that he has these feelings.
"And Josh [Gad, who plays LeFou] makes something really subtle and delicious out of it.


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I have a passion for old newspapers, which is one of the reasons I love the internet. You can find old newspapers all over the internet. It is as if all the old birdcages have shed their papers, for here is the news from London in 1778 to Paris in 1947. No longer does one need to get up, go down to the library, and search out the musty, lumbering volumes in the periodicals section, where the old paper dies a little every day. The internet is to the periodicals section as the book of forensic photographs is to the morgue: the bodies are in the latter, but the former captures their looks in their last agony.
What I especially like are the legendary papers: among which surely counts Ce Soir. It was set up with Louis Aragon as its editor in the mid 30s. It was supposed to be a communist paper, but it was as communist as Louis Aragon – which is to say that it would mouth communist verities, but its heart was in the intersection between the sensational and the glamorous. Full of great and gory murders, starlets running off with tycoons, and foreign correspondents reporting from distant battlefields, with the print flowing around big bold photographs, the newspaper looked exciting – an art lost in our time, with the bland layouts of all the serious papers. Even the tabloids don't quite have that Weegeeish look. Aragon had certain of his buddies write for the rag: for instance, Jean Renoir, the great director, who had a regular column. Jean Cocteau also had a column. I came across one of Cocteau's pieces, The Branch of the Orange Tree, and looked around to see if it had been translated. It should have been. A short piece – this was after all a newspaper – it read like a premonition for his Orpheus film. Yet I couldn't find the translation, so I thought: I'll do it. Why not?
The Orange Tree Branch
Since the existence of time-lapse documentary films (films of the lives of plants), it is impossible to walk in a garden without an uneasy feeling, or to lean over the flowers with the soul of a young girl. Nothing is crueler than the plant world, or more erotic. A German film, which was banned by the French censors (certain passages in the film recall those movies that they show in Marseilles in certain seedy venues) denounces the horrifying habits, the mad mecanisms of a realm that man had previously believed to be immobile and uniquely preoccupied with pleasing us. The science and patience of the makers of the film, which let a plant live in its own rhythm and then brought it up to ours by accelerating it, proves just how unconscious man is.
The results of their espionage work would astonish the romanticism that sings "phlegm", the haughty attitude of nature and would furnish new bases for its inspiration. For it is not only an affair of a difference of rhythm, speed, "tempo". The secret has been well guarded. Thanks to the extraordinary slowness of the gestures of a tree in comparison to ours, a park could lead a ferocious life under our eyes, a curate's garden could make love, do its make up and its murders without anyone having a clue.
In fact, no witch's sabbat equals what happens in these gardens where the vegetation overlaps. A prodigious erotic activity directs the flows of life and the explosive pollen. The stems curl, the petals grimace, roll out and in, the leaves contract and the scents, the nuances that transport beautiful dreamers appear to us suddenly like the violent signs of an erotic fever.
At Promousquier where I live, I see outside my window, on the little terrassed plot that juts out over the sea, three orange trees. These are old acquaintances. After eighteen years (I think of them and ask myself – are they still living) I always come back to them with emotion. They were in their pots and now they have been planted in the earth, in the same place.
These wild oranges have little by little ceased to be wild. They've been domesticated. Certainly the oranges they bear are bitter, but the flowers emit a powerful scent. Not having to defend themselves against mouths and muzzles, the branches only grow rare and short thorns. Certain branches are defiant, but the majority have renounced these habits.
And now, now the films that I mentioned have put us on guard and made us look at bushes in another way concerning a strange detail which teaches us something about the intelligence of the vegetable kingdom. Not that we have to suppose that the plants are geniuses because they astonish us with their obscure mecanisms. I will continue to be very simple about this. A palm tree keeps the sunlight off one of my little orange bushes. Alas! I pruned back the palm tree too late. The branch died. But hardly did it feel itself in danger when it "defended itself with all its forces", silently, blindly. For, alone of all the branches of this orange tree, this branch boasted thorns as long as my finger. Thus, it told me of its struggle. I leave to the readers, to those who love trees, and who are intrigued by nature, this mysterious witness of a struggle against the unknown. A bitter, solitary fight, which recalls Daudet's story of the fight between M. Seguin's goat and the wolf.
The last sentence references a text well known to every French child, but unknown to American ones, so I expanded it a bit. The goat and the wolf engage in a battle in the mountains that eventually leads to the goat being devoured. I suppose there is a comparable scene in some Jack London tale.
As to the German film that Cocteau mentions, I can't trace it. My illustrations are from F. Percy Smith and Jean Comandon, two pioneers of speeded up filming, who both made plant documentaries.
This little essay was published on September 7, 1937. On the front page of Ce Soir, there was a report that Myriam Hopkins, the American film star, had secretly married. "The thunder of cannons growled for thirty six hours on Shanghai", one headline reads. "The vigor of the Chinese counter-offensive leaves in suspense the outcome of the battle". "At Nurember, 300,000 Nazis and a million visitors in the decked out city." "I will avenge you, said a young man to his fiancée", was the headline of a sad story about a man beaten to death by two thugs, enveloped between one of the bloodiest wars in history and the Nuremberg rally that unleashed a new wave of anti-Jewish crimes in Germany. In this atmosphere, the thorns of Cocteau's orange bush, which grew large in a struggle that only time-lapse film could reveal on the human time scale, seem as much like sinister portents of the acceleration of violence sweeping the globe as indicators of the slowing of time in Cocteau's Orpheus. The witch's sabbat of history, man. I'm tempted to connect the world revealed by time lapse film and the world climate that is changing more rapidly than at any time ever recorded. In Science News, recently, scientists reported on CO2 levels going back half a billion years, using fossil algae. "In our data, we see high levels of carbon dioxide, reaching 1000 ppm as opposed to today's 410 ppm. In this respect, present day levels are not unique, but the speed of these changes have never been seen before. Changes that typically take millions of years are now happening in a century."
The effects of our temporal unconscious are everywhere, if you want to see them. Notice, for instance, how smoking connects to much later cancers – as does fallout. Chronic disease is so hard to catch because it doesn't manifest as a sudden crisis until it has established itself as an unseen presence within the body over decades. The real time lapse camera man is Death.
Which is just to say that our time-lapse film, entitled The Holocene, is coming to an end at a theater near you – and around you – and within you.


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In Praise of Fell-Running
Reporter: Ian Harford
".. you like the free wind in your hair, life without care, flying up there where the air is rare."
I got the seed of the idea years ago on Esk Hause in the Lake District when at 9.30am I'd met two fell runners coming up from Grasmere. They'd already done almost twice the distance I had covered in the same time. Their secret? Travel light with trainer type shoes. The pair I bought the next week brought me blisters on the downhill runs and no 'life without care'! But the desire for that free wind lingered on.
Fast forward to 2006. I'm walking quickly, away from paths, up to Carlside below Skiddaw, when I'm overtaken slowly by a fell runner. Nearer the top I meet his partner. She explains as he tears down past us that he's a contender for top places in national competitions. His secret? Make sure to get proper fell running shoes and touch the ground as lightly as possible on the descent. So maybe I could do it.
With a pair of new Innovate shoes from Keswick's Needle Sports, I was soon testing out the local fells, with the 2.5 mile Barrow Round a favourite. Excluding the best part of two years for a prostate operation, I've now covered since my 'conversion' just under 90 miles on the fell tops.
It's not a lot and I'm not competing with anyone in races. My times are generally 40% to 65% of the walking times predicted by my Anquet mapping software. My best overall speeds are about five mph and for longer runs more like three mph. But it's brought me a new freedom, the taste for a great sport and admiration for those, whose racing on the hills I read about in the local papers. Who needs football's overpaid prima donnas when you have local icons like Joss Naylor and Billy Bland? These tough men and women are our real sporting heroes.
"Isn't it dangerous and likely to do your knees in?", well you need to be fairly fit, have a good sense of balance and work up slowly. And go at a pace and for a distance that is OK for you. To enjoy this sport, you don't need to do the gruelling races that Richard Askwith describes in his excellent book; Feet in the Clouds, a tale of fell- running and obsession.
I hope by now you are tempted. Seven miles on the fells is a lot more strenuous than seven on the flat, but remember that no one runs uphill all the time and some rarely. Let me know if you are interested in trying it out some time.


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Course ObjectiveRobot Law and Artificial Intelligence focuses on the societal impact of
technological constructs such as intelligent software, robots, drones
and nano-bots. The student will learn and understand the profound
influence that the autonomous and intelligent technological constructs
may have on society, as well as the ethical consequences and legal
implications thereof. The student will be able to develop an academic,
sound judgement on the future of a robotic society from an ethical and
legal perspective.The student will be able to analyze and critically
evaluate the legal-ethical dimensions of issues relating to the use of
intelligent software, robots, drones and nano robots.
Course ContentRobots and Artificial Intelligence used to belong to science fiction
movies and stories. Also, they were discussed in theoretical academic
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Intelligence gradually but strongly are moving away from theory and
entering our daily lives. This course focuses on those practical
developments, and what role law and ethics play. We do not limit
ourselves to present technology, but include prophecies on how society
may change in the future and what we can and should do about it.
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Pushrods return!
Ford's Super Duty midcycle refresh actually completes the fourth-generation redesign of the model that started with a redo of everything you see and now ends with a redo of the major mechanical systems—two new engines and a new 10-speed automatic transmission. For the 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty, we'll start with the newest of the new engines:
7.3-liter "Godzilla" Gas V-8
Bigger inside, smaller outside. Tidy exterior engine dimensions ease maintenance accessibility in all applications and afford more useful space for chassis-cab and motor-home chassis customers. Godzilla is reportedly narrower and shorter than both the V-10 and the 6.2-liter SOHC V-8. Inside, this shrunken engine's 107.2mm bore and 101.0mm stroke pencil out to a 7,293cc (445-cubic-inch) displacement—a bump of 532cc over the V-10. The oversquare cylinder dimensions also help reduce cylinder-wall friction and heat transfer, improving overall efficiency relative to the V-10's undersquare (90.2mm bore/105.8mm stroke) design. Overall weight is also reduced by about 50 pounds (23 kg). It's currently the largest-displacement gas V-8 in the class, but there's room in this clean-sheet design to bump the bore and stroke up a bit, should any of its bragging rights come under fire. There's also oodles of room in the valley to accommodate a supercharger.
Variable cam timing. There is a cam phaser on the single in-block cam. It's a simple fixed-overlap kind like those found on GM Small Block and FCA Hemi V-8s, not the Mechadyne DuoCam setup that provides for separate intake and exhaust timing variability like the one used on the Dodge Viper. It can rotate the cam up to 60 degrees. Advancing overall timing improves low-end/light-load torque and fuel economy; retarding it at high speeds improves horsepower. Cylinder deactivation will not be available at launch but could be added if that feature proves incredibly valuable to Ram HD customers. We're told the camshaft bearings are larger than most, and roller rockers and followers are used to reduce high-speed friction. Also variable: the oil pump displacement (great for running that hydraulically actuated cam phaser).
Port injection only. After Ford added port and direct fuel injection to the F-150's six-cylinder engines and changed the 5.0-liter to direct injection last year, we were a bit surprised to find port injection on this clean-sheet engine. It turns out the anticipated higher-load, lower-speed duty cycle these Super Duty applications experience don't warrant the increased expense of direct injection. Also, the new 10-speed automatic transmission helps keep the engine operating in its "peak efficiency island" of 1,500 to 2,500 rpm. And even without DI, this new engine manages to tolerate 10.5:1 compression. Oh, and if the fuel you prefer to inject is compressed natural gas, Ford will again offer a CNG conversion kit.
Strong and Cool. The all-new cast iron block and forged steel crankshaft are built for heavy-duty loads, with four-bolt, cross-bolted main bearings. Oil jets cool the steel pistons just like on many high-power engine applications. The engine will be manufactured in Ford's Windsor, Ontario, engine plant.
6.7-Liter Power Stroke Diesel
In-house. At the press event introducing its new Super Duty trucks, representatives frequently repeated the fact that Ford is the only manufacturer that designs and builds all of its own heavy-duty engines and transmissions—a not-so-subtle dig at FCA's Cummins engine and Aisin transmission suppliers and GM's use of Allison trannies. Indeed Ford's latest 6.7-liter turbodiesel V-8 marks the third generation of in-house Power Stroke diesels since parting with Navistar in 2010.
Strengthened numbers. The basic block architecture is unchanged, but the compacted-graphite iron block and aluminum heads, along with the rods, bearings, and pistons, are all strengthened to withstand increased in-cylinder pressures expected in this "most powerful diesel ever offered in a Super Duty." Power and torque figures have yet to be released, but the emphasis on power makes us wonder: Is Ford preparing us for a torque spec that doesn't quite top the new Ram/Cummins' kilo-lb-ft, but a power figure that blows away its 400 hp? (The second-gen 6.7-liter makes 450 hp and 935 lb-ft.) When asked, diesel tech specialist David Ives demurred, emphasizing that while torque gets a big load moving, it's the power rating you need to keep it climbing the Davis Dam at a constant speed. We look forward to testing exactly that later this summer.
Highest fuel-injection pressure. A new fuel system provides a common-rail injection pressure of 36,000 psi—a new class record. The pump, located in the valley of the vee, is gear-driven at crankshaft speed off the (also gear-driven) cam. The fuel lines and rails are also upgraded, as are the piezo injectors themselves. They feature a new spray pattern and are capable of up to eight separate injection events per cycle.
New turbo. It's still located in the valley of this "hot-vee" setup, but it is now quicker to respond to throttle inputs thanks to a revised variable-nozzle turbine that benefits from fully electric instead of electro-hydraulic control. Ives was mum about peak turbo pressure.
TorqShift 10-Speed Automatic
Three sizes. This year more variations on the basic transmission design developed in conjunction with General Motors are rolling out. We now learn that at Ford the design has been developed in three torque classes. The lightest-duty one goes in the Mustang and will be arriving soon in the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Navigator. The middle one is already in use in the F-150. Super Duty applications will employ the largest one. The "barrel" of the transmission, where all the planetary-gear magic happens, increases in diameter with each step up, allowing for beefier shafts, gears, and plates in the multiplate clutches.
All new. Less than 7 percent of parts are shared between the F-150 10-speed and the Super Duty TorqShift transmissions. Those that do carry over are primarily minor fasteners. Gear ratios have not been provided as yet, but we're told they aren't very different, though heavily loaded Super Duty vehicles may skip gears much less often than the light-duty trucks do. The new transmission also supports multiple drive modes, including normal, tow/haul, eco, slippery, and deep sand and snow. And, as with the F-150, the much broader ratio spread promises improved performance and economy relative to the G6 six-speed TorqShift it replaces. It also fits in the same space and weighs just 3.5 pounds (1.6kg) more than the G6.
Live-Drive power takeoff. Another major differentiator is the power takeoff that's offered as an option on Super Duty applications. Opt for Live-Drive, and the gearing that powers the oil pump gets scaled up so that the idler gear can deliver power for things like a hydraulic pump for dump trucks, bucket lifts, etc. As before, it works whether moving or stopped, and Ford claims this latest application can provide more power.


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Category Archives: Geotagging
Winter in the Canyons
Between 22 November and 5 December I was lucky enough to travel to USA for second time in 2015. The trip focused primarily on the national and state parks found in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. I'd travelled to the same area … Continue reading
Spring in Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks
The first leg of my trip to USA has now finished and we have moved on to Alaska. While I managed to take many and varied photographs in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks my Internet connection wasn't sufficiently strong … Continue reading
New Mexico & Arizona Highlights 2014
Early December saw me travelling to the USA for the second time in 2014. The primary purpose of the visit was photograph White Sands National Monument and Bosque del Apache. However, as has been the case on past visits we … Continue reading
California Highlights
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Raccoons Keep Trying to Pillage Our House
One time, I made friends with a raccoon who hung around my old apartment. Not sure why I thought this was a good idea, but curiosity got the better of me one evening, so I crept up sideways and scattered some walnuts in front of her. She was pretty suspicious. Also hungry though, so she carefully approached the […]Read More Raccoons Keep Trying to Pillage Our House


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I never knew how much I used the people around me as a fallback to avoid my thoughts until I started the 30-Day cleanse. That's when I noticed how much I relied on others so I wouldn't feel lonely. Right when I walk in the door of my house I immediately grab my phone. In no time I would be asking friends or family to come over or just sit on the phone for hours. Other times I'm just on there surfing.
I never thought twice about this before, but after I noticed this pattern in my routine I started wondering why do I avoid participating in the time I have alone. Part of being on the love cleanse in my case is to face the pain of my past and the distraction tactics I've used to ignore them. Being on my phone and not allowing myself to have alone time has become a new way of putting off facing myself.
As grateful as I am for my new place, I didn't know how to be alone because I'm scared of where would my mind will go. I block out many personal thoughts because I honestly don't want to handle my pain or the emotions that come with it. It seems like too much work to clean those wounds instead of just moving past them, and in a way acknowledging them makes me feel weak.
The thing is that if I want this process to work and to move forward with my life then I have to be willing to change and do what's uncomfortable. I have to find a way to make peace with whatever unresolved pain that I've refused to manage. However, there's a fine line between 'having to' and 'wanting to' and I need to cross that line.
I have been blessed with my own place where I can be alone and have my time, so I need to take advantage of this opportunity by facing who I am inside. I just have to take the first step.


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Did anyone catch the U.S. Open this weekend? Even those that would rather cut their toes off with a butter knife than watch golf, it had to catch their attention. The magical round of golf that Tiger Woods had on Saturday was on primetime TV. I truly believe there were thousands that instantly became golf fans due to his miraculous shots on the back nine late Saturday night. At times, it was almost superhuman. Being a fairly decent golfer, and knowing eagles are hard to come by, watching Tiger have 2 in 6 holes….ridiculous. Then, the banks the golf ball off the flag like a Tim Duncan fadeaway jumper off the glass. Who is this guy? Not to mention, the man was playing in his first tournament since he had his knee surgically repaired. I mean, is there a cape underneath the Sunday red?
Props go to Rocco Mediate. For those that missed it, Rocco Mediate took Tiger to the ropes. In fact, because they tied in "regulation", they had to play an additional 18 holes. Most thought Rocco would fold under the pressure and spotlight. Wrong again! Rocco put it to Tiger and it ended up going into sudden death with both players shooting an even par 71. Can you imagine playing 91 holes, and on the 91st hole you lose by one stroke to miss out on a once in a lifetime U.S. Open title? Oh death, where is thy sting? That would be hard to take. That half a mill that he put in his pocket should ice the wound a bit.
Well, those that witnessed it, you witnessed history. Tiger Woods is one of those athletes that come around once in a generation. Michael Jordan, The Bret Favre, and Wayne Gretzky are all of yesterday. With the exception of Lebron James, we are witnessing our generation's athletic phenomenon.


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Out of Continues Ep 135
This week , I'm with Kevin and my brother, Ali. We go over E3 2014. The press conferences, games we didn't like, and games we liked. We also have some listener feedback as well. –Sayed Stafa http://media.techpodcasts.com/outofcontinues/p/outofcontinues.com/assets/audio/OOCep135.mp3Podcast: Play in new … Continue reading
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Out of Continues Ep 117: Nostalgia
I'm with Kevin this week. We talk about Hero Siege and The Wolf Among Us ep 2. Our main topic is on nostalgia and games. After that, news on MGS, Resident Evil music, The Order 1886 and more. Don't forget … Continue reading
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Imagine this, there are variables which are organized to outline a specific group of individuals by bringing them under classification as one thing or another in relation to their overall frequency field.
Then imagine that this group could change the relative frame of reference that this reality is founded in to change their position in that scale and shimmy their position around a range of frequencies by relativity to the other base frequencies used for measurement.
A group could blend in with the frequency of the environment by shifting their input of information into society in a series of waves or transitions that followed a pattern which was derived by using an equation to produce factors based on values of an external abstract scale like time or the seasons (same thing). Then you have the ability to for a group to reference itself against a moving background of information by producing a number pattern that shifts in relation to the present measurements yet always follows a pattern that synchronizes the shifts or changes in values with the external world.
Thus you have a system that is encrypted and the encryption is based on something that is visible by all and could be used to track information or changes in information and thus track individuals through their present in this reality.
Where ever you have say a certain time of day or a day of the month or a certain temperature index at a certain location there is a frequency of information based on the measurements. This organically absorbed by the perceptual system but can be detected through technical systems as well as other values which would not be easy quantified through the biological system but can still be navigated through qualia or ESP.
A system that was capable of reading a large area simultaneously, potentially the entire civilization, would be able to plot out the entire environment as a series of data sets and matrices. Algorithms could be used to scan the data and extraction information relative to a key search factor.
This is actually how the system works through the electrogravitic craft. Individuals can travel to any point in space and time and so the information of their craft and group mind must be encoded into the already present system of information. Thus, the information is present in an abstraction layer 'above' the surface of the 3D, visible spectrum and this is present is electromagnetic fields. Within these fields, similar to the mind, there is an entire landscape containing entities and technology of all sorts.
Thus, to navigate this field of space and time, the individuals guiding these craft do not use a map with a visible key but a system of a series of sets of information streams which depict the environment and any key observer agents in the environment. Thus, the environment is actually determined by the amount of observer agents present and how they're interacting with the information of the environment through their awareness either higher or lower in relation to others in the field.
Thus, individuals can be used as tracking systems, like beacons within the various sea of data through which to track their own movements throughout a period of time or a space and to organize movements across multiple layers of the collective experience. Where the fields of data overlap, you know this is where two or more observer agents are interacting and generating simultaneous, joined, yet separately streamed feedback loops into this reality.
Just by being aware, their mind is imprinting onto this universe along with the information regarding the universe itself. This is related to the conversation with Emily Moyer of OffPlanetRadio regarding the simultaneity of being and extra-dimensional consciousness. The extra-dimension of consciousness is always one layer or more up from the visible, graphical layer such as the 3D physical universe. Above that layer is pure information, waves of energy and and contextual arrays of importance and causality and the mind that interprets this data is actually representing an abstraction layer that exists beyond the data of the physical universe and within 'another' plane of reference. That new, above, or extra plane of reference is the 'extra-dimension' and in this case contains the presence of mind through which to perceive time and mental faculties.
Higher faculties beyond that would exist in yet another abstraction layer more refined and thus beyond time and closer to eternal instead of temporary. The very dense or gross perceptual layer of the physical senses are extremely volatile or temporary as they are the easiest to overcome as well as the easiest to see and perceive reality through. Any person with nerve sensors can tell whether it's hot or cold out. To determine whether today is a good day for inner self-awareness requires a higher sense of being beyond physicality and programmable chemical impulses.
Virtual reality came after file storage. From file storage capacity to file sharing across a synchronized network. From the network came neuronal imaging which lead to replication of the environment and the "engine" of time and consciousness. Virtual reality resulted from early computing very quickly and every release was specifically designed to lay out a projected schedule of progress for the public. This was actually the ascent or the permeation into the world of the cybernetic existence, reality merged with the virtual dimension.
There was no actual build up but a quick and almost unintentional thrust into the world of hyperspace and quantum temporal capacity as the realm of computing IS the mechanism of the other dimensional. This is the capacity to run parallel simultaneous simulations or programs from which to determine the more likely or the more efficient. Then consciousness and the biological functions enabling psychology and personality can be formatted into programmable functions or algorithms working with finite sets of data mixed in a 'fuzzy' or predictably unpredictable way.
As such the space you're in now is corresponding to specific combination of frequencies of consciousness experience. This is simply how reality works, with a conscious observer agent, a subconscious mind and a whole scale of frequencies and data points that the human consciousness simply can't be aware of at once. Thus the amount of information that the conscious experience operates through becomes a kind of reflection, an illusion that's meant to just act as a placeholder for which the real depth of information can hide behind.
We see through the eyes of the personality, which is actually largely an illusory result of perceptual mechanisms. In reality there is a sea of information that is beyond the conscious mind and relative to something considerable to a field of energy or an undulating simultaneity of multiple experiences that are fluttering in and out as one or the other. That is the actual view, a fluid-like sea of possibilities with the tops of the waves of potential skimming one another and momentarily collapsing into ocean suds and then clarifying and beginning the process all over.
The observer is all over, all at once, but most express itself momentarily as one or the other and the goal is to recognize one's self as the true self, not the perceptual illusion which is just the tops of the waves sloshing around. In reality, there is a sea of knowledge, yes, less active and catalyzing from the view of the surface, we can't see how the undercurrent is pulling the boat, however the forces behind the waves at this level below surface are not merely local chopping of the crest tips with the wind but actual tidal currents that are actuated by the liveliness of the entire eco-system for that region. This is the power that lives in the subconscious, never to break the surface unless the conscious mind should momentarily or permanently meet the divine through an occurrence in which the curtain is drawn…or torn, and the producers and background cast and crew come forth to embrace the main character. Such is a strange feeling if one is not prepared to simultaneously be the star of their very own show while also not existing in the presumed reality but through a 'life' that is actually a preplanned show.
Breaking the script is the nature of the divine meeting, the dropping of the curtain or the peaking behind the stage prop. Moving from the script requires knowing that there is a script and knowing the script itself. This intimate knowledge relates to the "hidden knowledge".
What we think of as a genuine moment in 'the present' is actually closer to a pre-programmed moment where all the reactions and impulses are planned out ahead of time by a script that is auto-generated by the props, the cast and the set and setting. The consciousness 'strips' are like tapes that are brought up or activated merely by the arrival of the observer self into this space and time frequency-junction. Every thought and action was already dialled into the system as soon as that combination of the shows variables were brought into alignment. There is a complete level of activity that is only present through this low level autonomy. That is the imposter, the false self. This is the self that one is given upon entry to this realm.
Upon arrival these predetermined tapes spool up and play and transition from space to space activating transitional tapes-recordings at the transitions. This indicates that the important information regarding experiences is not the material input of the experience itself but the overall data required to express the experience as a physical occurrence and how this related to an abstract layer that is referenced along a scale of remembrance and acknowledgement of the true self over the illusion of the physical. Thus, a person's experience is not about the sensations they held, but whether or not they observed the script for what it is or whether they were totally caught up in the belief of the experience as having a totally subjective, yet objectively rational existence.
This is actual self-awareness. This has to do with realizing the self in a position of relativity beyond the trajectory of the physical universe or the mind as tethered through linear time. There are multiple occurrences and so that single view is just a portion and not the whole view. Thus, when the entire experience shaped by something that is unique to that one view alone, then we are living in the illusory self. This is derogatory to the whole spirit which has no problem seeing the other views. Thus, when we are in acknowledgement that we are not affected by singular changes that are restricted to just one physical universe, we are overlooking the boundaries of the ego and giving into the true self. Sounds mystical and fringe-related or fantastical, however this is how one navigates to the true self. This is by seeing the ego, identifying the script of the false self and all the complaints that only relate to a given percentage or portion of the potential physical realities and realizing that this is just a specific perspective of the ego within a limited perspective of the whole. Not only later in time may that issue change, but one can be sure that the majority of all possibilities are not placed within the range of variables that only all encompass those specific issues or discomforts. This also doesn't mean imagine you're in a reality that you're not in, whenever you're annoyed, although this may help with mental problems and not physical. This means that the true overall picture is shaped by what is most present in a simultaneous occurrence of time and what is most present is that which you are most likely to interact with. Most of the time, based on the design of the brain and the body, people are most likely interacting with a beneficial, creative, and compassionate system and therefore these are actually the baseline frame of reference for human existence.
We are in a reality where there are many details which seem to be geared towards lack of awareness, ignorance and out of the way darkness or chaos. This makes the real easier to navigate at the expense of the people as the collective of variables, the potential soup or sea of information and possibilities all take on a uniform 'tilt' in one direction or another either being resulted by the sway of negativity in attraction towards that orientation of spiritual progression or awareness or in repulsion to the darkness and chaos into clarifying, healing, and honest motives. This overall impression of the sea of potential is a form of oppression which works through mind entrainment and is related to the infection that grew in abundance through this cycle which is related to the abuse of technology and the dream-system of the 'reality-matrix'.
This developed into a control system designed to keep people asleep, within a system that was meant for long-term dreaming and virtual reality experiences.
Thus the very thoughts you're having now are kind of like the reactionary expressions that are programmed into this particular time and space experience for you, each time you get close to fully conceptualizing this notion in the moment, you are moving closer to a "script" that actually recognizes the nature of the script itself.
Through the self-referential acknowledgement of the self or the 'script' as the false sense of self, a self reference or self awareness is born out of a system designed solely for predetermined experiences. This is an abstraction layer 'popping out' over the predetermined information that is called up by the brain as a kind of organic AI system.
The patterns across the patterns, as in multiple layers of patterns on top of one another, is where the information is held in abstraction. This is the information of consciousness being beyond just the surface level of interactions and changes.
This is like taking a finite set of values and recombining them in new ways to get new results. The change occurs and then the rate of change begins to accelerate and there is a simultaneously occurring multiple layer system of change being ordered and reordered to produce different perspectives that eventually give rise to a form of knowledge that is beyond the finite set of information and bridges into the immaterial knowledge of the self beyond matter.
The minds are literally part of the universe as energy fields and so there is a description of the low level awareness of the 'self' within the physical universe. The true self is beyond the physical universe and the lower self is only present in reference to the desires of the physical body.
This is also why there is such an issue here, if a person keeps the desires of the physical body going strong while there is a transition to a higher plane then this would be akin to a person having the memory and self-control enabled for one kind of game while moving into a whole new arena to play another kind of game.


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In this text i will try to show in a(nother) way, that that we are all taught to believe things that just may not be true. Urging everyone & other to keep (re)searching and find the truth and not just accept what we are told by others and/or the 'leading' people.
When reading psychological and/or sociological litarature, you will find a lot of test by which can be shown that humanity has worked, works will work according to some 'rules'. Meaning to say that there are some standard ways which are followed or used (by humans and animals) -without having to know about those standard ways- to reach the (self)set goals in life.
For example Pavlov proved by testing dogs, that if you punish them often and/or severely enough after they did something special they will stop to do the same thing again. He also proved that by petting the dogs when they did something special, the dogs showed to be encouraged to repeat the same behaviour when placed in a situation where an equal action has to take place.
These results have thereafter been tested on humans, with acknowledgement ... meaning:
1. tests are performed on unwilling subjects
2. punsih people and they will stop,
3. reward people and they will repeat.
One of the test shows that when you put a certain (big) amount of people in a group and have them say a or b, the other (smaller) group is bound to say the same (if it is either the truth or not).
For example put 3 sticks of different length on a table:
a. 50 centimeter,
b. 80 centimeter,
c. 100 centimeter.
Now you ask 100 different people from the street to participate in a test later on the day. 99 of them you offer €10,-/$10,- and tell them that they will receive 1 (non-personal) question to which they must give answer 'b'. 1 person you ask to answer only 1 (non-personal) question.
Later that day you welcome all your testpersons to the testfacility and explain them that in the next room 3 sticks of different sizes are put on a table in the next room. They will be led into the room all together where they are not to speak and when asked if 'a' is the shortest to then raise their hands, if 'b' is the shortest to then raise their hands and if 'c' is the shortest to then raise their hands.
Obviously the answer to the question which is the tallest stick, the answer is stick 'c'.
However when asked if those who believe 'b' is the right answer 100 hands will be raised.
The tests have shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that when the big majority of the group (in this case 99 people) answer wrong ('b'), the rest (in this case 1 person) will follow ... even when it is obviously a wrong answer. After the test when asked why they answered this, they will give the obvious answer ... because the rest said so, so my thought was probably wrong and theirs was good.
Which means:
1. tests are often simple,
2. tests are often performed in simple environments,
3. tests are performed for any reason,
4. tests are performed on willing subjects,
5. people let themselves be tested by unknown people,
6. people lie for money,
7. people follow the majority/group,
8. people speak against the truth even when it is obvious to be the truth.
Other tests have shown that when someone has a certain believesystem and that system is told to be questioned, that person will laugh it off as rediculous, when the bringer of the news persists the other person will become angry at what he is hearing ... and as a final step either the (bringer of the) news will be killed or the other person will start to think for itself to find out what is the truth (to him/her).
These three tests and their conclusions and a description of the current world we live in, lead to a simplified (but ever so correct) view on humanity as it is.
We live in a world of countries which are (dominantly democratic) leaded by 'elected' people. They make the rules, have their rules controlled by a police-force and a justice-force to enact it on which the police-force can punish when not obided. Outside this is an army which exists to defend these rules against outside opressors.
Let's try to put this in the picture of a staged test ...
(europian oriented but works as well for the american version)
We ask a group of people (100) to paricipate in a test (they get payed every month a specified minimum). The test first consists of some small specific tests, for which have to be learned some standard rules (read: schools). Out of these small tests becomes clear to us who can be persuaded to do things (for of money, by conviction or groupmentality) and those who cannot easily be persuaded.
After these first tests, we give 6 of the people of the first group extra money/benefits and ask them to follow this test as they see fit but sometimes to do as they are told to do. With the first thing for them to do, is to make clear they want to be elected in case of democratic elections.
Now everyone is told there will be democratic elections and everyone is free to put themselves in the position of becoming elected. Let's say a total of 3 people feel the urge to do this, which leads to a total of 9 people who are up for election.
After this everyone is told there will be elections for a government of 5 people and everyone can point out 1 person out of the 9 to become elected, but not to tell anyone about it (because this is private/privacy). For the good of the test we (the testers) will put 4 people (who had gotten extra payment) on the chosen list and one of the others with the most points on the chosen list.
The newly chosen government is asked to make a legislation of which the (rest of the) people feel they are honest and strict. Only sometimes will we make our 4 strawmen make up legislation that we like, which the 5th 'chosen' will follow due to democratic reasons. The rest of the people will think (like all the other legislation) that it was made with good intent and therefore follow these rules.
But as the first tests inside this test had already shown, some people are not 'playing this game' and cannot easily be persuaded to follow the rules ... either by money, conviction or groupmentality)
For this reason the newly chosen government (by our instrucion) had already created a police-force (people who had shown in their tests to be strict when it comes to given rules) to gather up these people and put them to trail and to be judged by the justice-force (people who had shown their respective capabilities in their tests) also already created (by our instruction) by the government.
Because tests give the best results when there is no outside interference, we let the 'government' arrange an army to protect (the rules and outcome of) this test. Of course this can also be used to not let people break out of this test, so we can learn even more from these 'outcasts'.
And to have the outcomes of this test be conclusive we let the test proceed several cycles ('evolution'). In other words, we let the people have children and them have children ... etc.
In the end the people in the whole society (inside this test) are not aware anymore that they are in a test, the rules are just the rules and the whole has become the live. Everybody plays his/her respective part inside this test/game and looks to others to see if they are doing good or wrong.
Moreover people who are not following the rules will be corrected by those that do follow the rules, either by making them look rediculous with laughter or becoming angry at this person or the 'new' beliefs.
We can end the test now ... but maybe there is so much more to be (l)earned, we let the test continue until we see fit to end it.
And if now i would tell you that this is truly the society that we live in, you still would not believe it. You would laugh because it is a rediculous thought ... inside the box of the way that you have learned to think at school and in your society.
Now you will become angry because now you cannot think anymore that this is funny, since your very 'own' beliefsystem is being attacked and you are told that your live (and the ones of you -test-companions) has been one big lie.
To the question why people would do this to us ... Because it simple, because they can, because it gives them the feeling of power AND because they can sit on their lazy asses and watch the televisionshow (that we are performing for them) since we do allmost all the work for them (being the dumb sheep we are).
Now you have 2 options:
Ignore or kill this 'news' (or me)
since we allegedly are created in a certain mirrorimage they excpect us to sit on our lazy asses and watch the shows on our televisions ie. ignore or kill this news
Find the truth for yourself
do what you are not supposed or expected to do and move your but and brain into gear and learn what we can or should be (doing) ie. find the truth for yourself
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Caitlin Hartig is an author, holistic healer, life mentor, and business coach. She specializes in helping people overcome the hurdles of their pasts on a very deep, holistic, and personal level. She is currently writing and producing her first online course, Scarcity to Abundance, which helps people identify, tackle, and address the root cause of their problems in order to truly overcome it and go on to live lives of abundance in all areas. This course, the first in a series of four, is designed to help people redefine their lives into prosperity on the emotional, mental, physical, spiritual, financial, and relational levels.
In the past, Caitlin was an active scientific researcher and the author of several scientific publications. Her work has been published in the International Journal of Earth Sciences and in the Geothermal Resources Council's Transactions. While Caitlin is no longer active in the science industry, she is still an avid science enthusiast who advocates for scientific advancement and green energy. Caitlin still enjoys academic editing upon request.
Not only was Caitlin an active scientific writer, but she was also a new-adult fiction writer. She specialized in dystopia and dark romance novels, as well as poetry, short stories, and flash fiction. Her first novel, Smash, received three publication offers from private press, but something told Caitlin to hold off on publishing the book until a later time.
About two years ago, Caitlin began studying cognitive psychology and philosophy in her spare time. She loves reading about the brain and learning about how emotions and thoughts are formed (and controlled!). Caitlin is a huge believer in the power of positive thinking and in positive energy frequencies; she believes that anyone can change his or her life for the best with the right knowledge. As a result of this, she decided to re-purpose her writing into a study of wellness and self-care. Her blog, Find Your Balance, documents the scientific principles that she has learned and applies them towards overcoming and healing the personal life. Caitlin hopes that you continue to enjoy it and hopes that the concepts she shares inspire you to take a leap of faith to make necessary changes in your life.
Recently, Caitlin felt compelled to share her own life experiences and her own healing methods with others. As a survivor of childhood abuse and trauma, which she only just found out five months ago from the discovery of a repressed memory, Caitlin used her own healing methods to heal herself over a four-month time-frame and forgave her abuser in just 21 days. She wishes for everyone to achieve the level of peace and solace with their pasts that she has. As a result of this, Caitlin began teaching online and plans to grow her business to the 1:1 coaching level. As a result of this, Caitlin also decided to repurpose her writing from fiction to nonfiction, as much of her content was inspired by real life events. Smash, and the sequels/prequels, will be rewritten and published as nonfiction books. Caitlin is currently writing her course and will be updating the rest of the site accordingly as more details emerge.


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Hungry gentry now pillage, maraud as they please, In the barn Baptist greatly beasts' numbers decreased 'Sprinkling' heads of two oxen, two calves and one goat, While Razor his sabre sank deep in each throat. Awl, with his rapier, also ran up to their aid Sticking old boars and piglets below shoulder blade. Now death threatens the poultry – the geese, alert flocks, Which once saved Rome from Gauls in the dark climbing rocks, Vainly cackle for succour; no Manlius will come...
Men multiply like Mice in a barn if they have unlimited Means of Subsistence.Richard Cantillon
Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.robert jordan
There is more suspense, more dramatic torque, in one page of [Nathaniel] Hawthorne's heart-racked ruminations onthe Christian consciencethaninall Demi Moore's woodland gallops and horizontal barn dancing.Anthony Lane
A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.sam rayburn
I am always humbled by the infinite ingenuity of the lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.e. b. white
How would you like to have a thousand brilliantly colored cliff swallows keeping house in the eaves of your barn, and gobbling up insects over your farm at the rate of 100,000 per day? There are many Wisconsin farmsteads where such a swallow-show is a distinct possibility.aldo leopold
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I will be master of what is mine own; She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything; And here she stands, touch her whoever dare.william shakespeare
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After my first pair of Ninni culottes, and how often I have been wearing them, I needed more wide-leg pants in my life. Enter the Megan Nielsen Flint Pants.
I've seen these on Instagram for a while but their volume scared me away from trying them. Then I made the Ninnis and decided I wanted to try a wide leg pant with a flat front so I put aside my fear and gave the Flint Pants a try using fabric from my stash. Right away I made the same changes I had made for the Ninnis. I removed an inch from the rise in both from and back and I took three inches off the length. I also used the flat front hack from Megan Nielsen's blog to take some of the volume out of the front hip area.
These pants have the most interest access and closure I've ever encountered. The opening is in the side, through the left pocket! Unbutton the two buttons and the waist band opens up to let you step in and out. There is also the option of a tie closure. It is a very clever design but it does mean that you have to be careful how you use the left pocket because things could escape inside of your pants.
Even with the flat front hack these are still pretty voluminous but I think they work with a boxy crop top. This top is also a recent make. I hacked the Sew Over It Ultimate Shift Dress into a top again (as previously seen here, here and here) but this time I made a fold-over button placket at both sides of the centre back and finished it with some coconut shell buttons from Gala Fabrics.
I love these pants. My only complaint, and this is because of the fabric not the pattern (I think), is that they get the worst crease lines radiating out of the crotch after I sit down. The fabric is a rayon.poly crepe and I guess it's the rayon but man, does it ever crease! I've worn them to work but I'm not sure if I will again because they did not look good after a day of sitting at a desk. They're great for standing and walking though and I'm glad I got over my fear and gave them a try!
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Get in the Halloween Spirit with Bat Week!
October 28, 2016
Halloween is just around the corner, so you may already have bats on the brain. These creepy flying rodents are a perfect fit for the most spooky holiday. Right? Wrong! Even though bats live in dark places like caves and only come out at night, there is no reason to be scared of them–in fact, bats are amazing animals that contribute a lot to our planet!
In Scientists in the Field title The Bat Scientists, author Mary Kay Carson and photographer Tom Uhlman give readers many reasons to love bats–they eat bugs, pollinate plants, and even inspire scientific advances–while dispelling some of the myths that might make people feel afraid of them. For example, bats aren't rodents, and they're the only mammals who can fly. Bats aren't blind, and less than half of one percent of them contract rabies. Plus, bats live on every continent other than Antarctica, so they're worthwhile to learn about!
One of the scientists profiled in The Bat Scientists is Merlin Tuttle, a lifelong bat lover and founder of Bat Conservation International (BCI). As Tuttle reminds readers, "The single biggest threat to bats is human ignorance about them. Most people are very happy to protect bats if only they understand them." That's part of the reason that BCI has set up a special Bat Week website for Halloween! As the website states, "Bat Week is an annual, international celebration of the role of bats in nature. Bat Week is organized by a team of representatives from across the United States and Canada from conservation organizations and government departments."
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We've done plenty of "optimistic" albums through the years so I guess there's been some negativity bottled up for a while, waiting to be released. The Trump era seems like the inevitable time to sing about facing the apparent doom of our increasingly embarrassing society and jobs and growing old and exhausted and becoming all of it all the while. But it's cool because it's the first time many of us have played in a band in years if at all and it is actually quite fun. Album art by Kenny Korb. Keyboard by Erica Umhoefer on Singalong. Mixed and mastered by Nolan Eley. Self-recorded at 2 Prince Street, Brooklyn.