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Following 18 months of testing in the US, Europe and Asia, Visa has made its "In2Pay" smartphone mobile payment chip commercially available to financial institutions:
Issuers who choose to adopt the technology can provide their account holders with a tiny microSD card that can be inserted into the phone's existing memory slot to enable the device for payment. The technology is compatible with existing contactless payment terminals already installed at retail outlets worldwide and enables account holders to simply hold the phone in front a payment terminal in order to pay.
This technology also opens the way for mobile operators, retailers and other stakeholders in the payments ecosystem to partner with financial institutions to bring Visa mobile payment functionality to consumers.
In2Pay requires a special microSD card to be inserted into one of the reasonable range of smartphones it currently supports, including Blackberry, iPhone 4/3GS/3G, and Samsung phones. Visa is hoping to add Windows and Symbian phones to the list it supports in the near future.
In the case of the iPhone, which has no microSD slot, a special case is required. Here's the process explained by DeviceFidelity, the makers of the special iPhone case: Making a VISA payment with the iPhone (PDF).
This is yet another step in the process of the mobile taking over from your wallet, and this type of technology will slowly be integrated into phones as standard, rather than being an "add-on" such as this.
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When Adobe announced Creative Cloud, they selected a variety of artists to feature using their product. One of the artists was Photoshop wizard Erik Johansson. Emotion Studios produced several videos of each artist, a main product profile, and then a couple of short snippets about their inspiration / art. I had the opportunity to edit this one about Erik and how he splits his time between his home of Sweden and his workplace in Berlin.

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WorkSpace Commerce is a property developer and commercial office provider that aims to fill the major gap in the entrepreneurship ecosystem across the UK and other parts of the world. Because we believe that an office is more than a physical work space, we strive to deliver strong value propositions across all our properties; a facility powered by the WorkSpace Commerce brand.
With buildings in London, Shanghai and Dubai, WorkSpace Commerce has a strategy to expand its portfolio to 30 buildings around the world in the next five to seven years across international business hubs including Toronto, New York and Hong Kong.
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London is ranked as the most attractive European city for real estate investment for the sixth consecutive year, according to CBRE's annual Investor Intentions Survey in 2017.
We are seeing a huge rise in shared office spaces in London. CBRE reports that corporations are tapping into the creativity of more vibrant communities and allowing their people to work in shared office spaces as well as their own workplaces. This is a current trend dominating Central London with demand now spilling over the surrounding inner and outer London areas.
Hoxton & Shoreditch – Located at the heart of East London's Tech City
Hoxton/Shoreditch was launched by then Prime Minister David Cameron to support "East London Tech City" Initiative in 2010*. It is the third-largest technology startup cluster in the world, with more than 1 million people in the Tech-City. Hundreds of new companies have been born in the past years, generating a sense of community, excitement and entrepreneurship in the area. Google, Amazon, and McKinsey are among the companies that have invested in the area.
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Your investment will give you a share-holding in the company that owns the virtual freehold (999 leasehold) and title deed of the building. This will securitise your investment and give you an asset backed holding, plus you will own part of the business which as its shared office space and a high growth sector will be giving you returns from 12% per year. All your agreements are signed off by our FCA corporate advisors and binded under UK law by our lawyers based in London, UK.
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Communication is the key to maintaining a posi- tive relationship of any type, including the one between the Fellows of the American College
of Surgeons (ACS) and the organization's leadership. Hence, the ACS continually strives to develop
new, state-of-the-art communications vehicles that
meet the needs of today's time-pressed surgeon.
Like most organizations, the ACS faces several
challenges in its efforts to share information with the
membership. Three questions that are at the forefront
of our efforts to develop improved communications
vehicles are as follows:
•How do we cut through the "noise" when members
are inundated with e-mail, publications, and social media from a range of sources, all competing for their attention?
•How do we effectively deliver our message to a multi-generational audience?
•How do we keep our communications about an ever-growing range of products and services concise yet
This month's column highlights some of the innovations, initiatives, and projects that the ACS Division
of Integrated Communications, under the leadership of
Lynn Kahn, has undertaken in recent years to address
these challenges.
Launched in August 2014 under the stewardship of
Tyler G. Hughes, MD, FACS, the ACS Communities have proven to be a valued member benefit.
The ACS Communities provide a forum in which
Fellows can discuss the issues that affect them professionally and personally and bend the ear of the
College leadership.
Many Fellows turn to the communities for adviceon solving clinical problems. Others relish the oppor-tunities that the communities provide to interact withsurgeons who share their nonsurgical interests. Forexample, one of our newest communities is composedof surgeon writers.
Perhaps most importantly, the communities provide
a two-way exchange of information between ACS members and the College Officers, Regents, Governors, and
Executive Staff. Many of these individuals participate
in multiple communities and are eager to learn how to
better serve your interests. Moreover, Dr. Hughes regularly monitors these online discussions and provides the
leadership with feedback on the hot topics of the day.
At present, the College has 98 online communities,
of which 66 are open to all members and 32 are closed.
Closed communities largely serve as work forums for
ACS leadership bodies, such as the Board of Governors
and the Advisory Councils. As of January, more than
3,475 contributors had posted more than 28,675 messages in the communities, and these data do not fully
reflect the number of members who read the posts.
Furthermore, the College is active on all major
social media outlets. The College's social media reach
has grown rapidly in recent years, particularly on Twitter (see Table 1, page 8). We are continually exploring
ways to use these vehicles more effectively to provide
avenues of communication between the fellowship,
the leadership, and the public. I would encourage you
to start t weeting or posting about the issues that affect
your practices.
Three longstanding modes of communication bet ween
the ACS leadership and the fellowship include the
newsletters distributed by the ACS divisions and committees, the ACS website, and the Bulletin.
The newsletters distributed by the College's divisions and committees have played a vital role in relaying information regarding ACS activities to the membership. All of these newsletters have been published
electronically for many years now. Approximately
one year ago, the ACS embarked on a performance
improvement initiative to identify and standardize the
College's e-newsletter portfolio. We determined that
the College was distributing nearly 30 newsletters to
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Kerry Out
John Kerry has decided against a new run for President. Although I admire the man, I believe he has made the right decision. There are other long shots in the race, but Kerry hasn't done himself any favors lately and is widely viewed as damaged goods from his surprising loss in 2004. He should have won, he didn't, and it's not clear that we want to give him a second chance. Time to move on.
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Shirley Jones is probably best known, at least to a certain generation, for her role as Shirley Partridge, mother of television's singing Partridge family in the early 70s. Others may remember her Oscar-winning role as Lulu in the 1960 film Elmer Gantry, or her performance as Laurey in the film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma. Host Liane Hansen interviews the actress and singer, who recently released her newest album, a tribute to her early champion Richard Rodgers.
LIANE HANSEN, Host:
Others may remember her Oscar-winning role as Lulu Baines in the 1960 film "Elmer Gantry," or her performance as Laurie in the film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma."
SHIRLEY JONES: (Singing) Don't throw bouquets at me. Don't please my folks too much. Don't laugh at my jokes too much. People will say we're in love...
HANSEN: That's Shirley Jones singing "People Will Say We're in Love" from the 1955 film "Oklahoma." Shirley Jones has always loved to sing and she's still doing it. She has a new CD out called "A Tribute to Richard Rodgers." And Shirley Jones joins us from NPR West in Culver City. Thanks so much. Welcome to the program.
JONES: Thank you. It's nice to be here.
HANSEN: When I say that you were the darling of the musical partnership, I mean you were under contract to Rodgers and Hammerstein.
JONES: That's right.
HANSEN: What did that mean to be under contract to them?
JONES: Three weeks later, I was in my first Broadway show - I never got to college - "South Pacific," and within the year I was playing the lead in the motion picture, "Oklahoma."
HANSEN: Amazing. There are two selections by Rodgers and Hammerstein on here.
JONES: Yeah.
HANSEN: The song "I Have Dreamed."
JONES: Yes, I love that.
HANSEN: Why that one? What show is it from?
JONES: "King and I," "The King and I."
JONES: (Singing) I have dreamed that your arms are lovely. I have dreamed what a joy you'd be. I have dreamed every word you whispered, when you're close, close to me.
HANSEN: Are you singing in a lower register on this CD?
JONES: Yes, I am. And, you know, when Les Brown called me about doing it, I remember my husband, he said, but she doesn't sing that way. She's, you know, she sings in the high range, she does this - and Les Brown said, we'll change that.
JONES: He meant it, too. I was thrilled.
HANSEN: Really?
JONES: So, I love it, and when he said let's do it, I said that's fabulous. It'll give me a new identity, you know?
HANSEN: And I should mention that you worked with Les Brown, Jr., the son of Les Brown who had his band of renown, I remember, as a bandleader.
JONES: I sang with his father, too.
HANSEN: Did you really?
JONES: Yes.
HANSEN: Oh wow.
JONES: A couple of shows, I believe it was television.
HANSEN: Wow. You sing, it seems, in the same range as your speaking voice. And I had read that Les Brown, Jr. wanted to create a kind of intimate atmosphere.
JONES: That's right. It's very warm, it's very sexy in many ways, you know. And Les was responsible for that in a way.
JONES: (Singing) ...dreams I loved you so. That by now I think I know what it's like to be loved by you. I will love being loved by you.
HANSEN: And, of course, we're coming up on Oscar season and when you received your Oscar 51 years ago for supporting actress in "Elmer Gantry," what do you remember about that night?
JONES: But it gave me the longevity that I've had in my career. My career was virtually over because they stopped making musical motion pictures. You know, they didn't fare too well in Europe. The European market didn't accept them. And they were so expensive to make and they decided, nah, we don't need these anymore. So, my career was over because they thought if you were a singer, for some strange reason you weren't an actress.
HANSEN: Let's hear a Rodgers and Hart tune, "Spring is Here."
JONES: Oh, I love that one too.
JONES: (Singing) Spring is here. Why doesn't the breeze delight me? Stars appear. Why doesn't the night invite me? Maybe it's because nobody loves me. Spring is here I hear.
HANSEN: Is it true you turned down the role of Carol Brady in "The Brady Bunch"?
JONES: That's true.
HANSEN: Why? That's weird.
JONES: But I turned down "The Brady Bunch" because it was just another, for me, ordinary mom with a lot of kids and they had been doing shows like that. Then "The Partridge Family" was offered to me and I loved the idea of, you know, a musical family. And the most important part for me is that my children - I had three sons and stepson, David Cassidy - but my three sons had been all over the world with me on movie locations. But now it was school time and I had to figure out a way to stay home and raise my kids and still work.
HANSEN: Have you been Shirley Partridge?
JONES: Yes, I have...
HANSEN: (unintelligible)...
JONES: ...most of my life. I'm telling you, the only people that know that I did more than that are people my age.
HANSEN: We'll end with a song, a beautiful song, "Bewitched, Bothered"...
JONES: Oh great.
HANSEN: ..."and Bewildered." Wonderful song.
JONES: (Singing) I'm wild again, beguiled again, a simpering, whimpering child again. Bewitched, bothered and bewildered and I...
HANSEN: How do you keep your voice in shape?
JONES: I try to sing a little bit every day, I really do. I never had to do that when I was younger. You know, I could get up at 3:00 in the morning and sing a high C. I can't do that anymore. It's now just placement of notes, you know, more with me now and placement of words. There are certain words that I can sing brilliantly and other words that are hard for me to sing...
HANSEN: Like what.
JONES: ...depending on where they go. The A sounds are hard for a singer. The aw sounds are easy. The E sounds are easy, you know. The ooh sounds are hard.
HANSEN: So, bothered is harder to sing than bewildered.
JONES: (Singing) Bewitched, bothered and bewildered.
HANSEN: Is that your singing for the day?
JONES: That's my singing for the day.
HANSEN: Are you sure?
JONES: (Singing) A blue moon, you saw me standing alone without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own. That's on there, too.
HANSEN: The inimitable Shirley Jones. Her new CD is called "A Tribute to Richard Rodgers," and Ms. Jones joined us from our studio at NPR West in Culver City. What a treat. Thank you so much for being on the show.
JONES: Thank you. It was nice to be on the show. Thanks for having me.
JONES: (Singing) And then there suddenly appeared before me, the only one my arms will ever hold. I heard somebody whisper please adore me. And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold...
HANSEN: Shirley Jones performs the songs of Rodgers and Hart from her new CD beginning March 15th at Feinstein's in New York. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Robinhood and Libertyx Win Cryptocurrency Licenses
Robinhood Crypto and Libertyx have been granted with the license by the New York State Department of Financial Services, enabling them to trade cryptocurrencies. Both companies have win approval for selling and buying digital currency, as well as to provide cryptocurrency storage services throughout the State of New York.
Robinhood Crypto has now the right to trade and store 7 types of cryptocurrency:
- Bitcoin (BTC).
- Bitcoin Cash (BCH).
- Bitcoin SV (BSV).
- Dogecoin (DOGE).
- Ethereum (ETH).
- Ethereum Classic (ETC).
- Litecoin(LTC).
In the future, Robinhood Crypto will enlarge the list of cryptocurrencies, as well as its trading area (today, the company operates in 33 states). The company provides also margin trading facilities for its clients and does not ever charge any fee for buying and selling digital assets.
Libertyx can now sell Bitcoin at cryptocurrency ATMs. The company installed its first cryptocurrency ATM as far back as in 2014 and now it has an extensive ATM network throughout the United States. The Bitcoin cash ATMs enables the company's users to easily and quickly buy BTC with a debit card. Libertyx is the first-ever American company licensed to install the crypto ATMs in New York.


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A blowout preventer (BOP) is an assembly of specialized high-pressure valves that can be controlled remotely via a hydraulic system or manually if required. A BOP is used to provide protection against an uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from a well (a blowout).
Hydraulic actuators compress the rams around the line from each side creating a seal, which contains the well pressure below the rams. Equalizing blocks located across each ram assembly equalize pressure across the ram sets.
Lee Specialties wireline BOP's are available in single, tandem, triple, and quad configurations with ID's up to 7-3/8" and working pressure ratings up to 15,000 psi. If you don't see the BOP you're looking for here, we have and continue to manufacture a large variety. If you require further information or would like to request a quote, please contact us today.
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Wood Group Acquires Baker Energy
A subsidiary of John Wood Group PLC ('Wood Group') has acquired the energy services business (Baker Energy) of Michael Baker Corporation. The consideration was US$37.9m, settled in cash at completion.
Baker Energy provides a broad range of operations and maintenance services to a large number of oil and gas operators, both onshore and offshore. The company has a strong presence in the US, including a market leading position in deepwater activity, and operates in various countries in Africa and Asia Pacific. Baker Energy had revenues in the year ended 31 December, 2008 of US$243.5 million and currently employs around 2,400 people. Baker Energy will operate within Wood Group's Engineering & Production Facilities division.
"The acquisition of Baker Energy is part of our ongoing strategy to expand and enhance our operations support capability," said Les Thomas, Group Director responsible for Wood Group's Production Facilities activities. "It will establish Wood Group as the market leader in the provision of operations and maintenance services in the US Gulf of Mexico market, and enhance our ability to support clients' deepwater activity, one of the most exciting growth markets in our industry. Internationally it represents an excellent strategic fit with our existing operations support capabilities and extends our international footprint."
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works with oil and gas companies worldwide to provide total asset management solutions. By integrating its diverse operating and management skills, Baker Energy has evolved into a single source supplier of comprehensive energy services, including operations assurance and maintenance management solutions, competency-based personnel recruiting and training, operations and maintenance manpower, and supply chain and logistics management.
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Learning To TrustWe are in this life to re-learn to trust the Highest forces of life. Hand in hand with God and the Angels we need to walk wherever they may wish to guide us on our way up the spiritual mountain and back home into our true nature. The Angels rejoice and celebrate each time another earthling requests their guidance and reassurance. They have always been providing for every one of our needs and are particularly happy to take care of this one.
The Universal Forces love all of us equally. No-one has ever been or will be forgotten and left out of the evolutionary process. Its impossible and even the seemingly smallest and least important ones in our midst are of significance. Every small effort anyone makes to reduce their own or someone elses suffering reduces the burden of the miseries of our whole world. Everybodys contribution to the healing of humankind is of great value and everything counts, for as one of us heals our whole world does the same. And the more we, through our continued efforts, evolve into ever clearer channels for Gods healing energies, the more they can flow through us to wherever they are required and that on all levels of life.
No-one needs to be helpless when confronted with the suffering that still is in our world, although it often feels that way. At times like that I find it helpful to remind myself that whatever is happening can only do so as a vital part of the Gods great plan of life, otherwise it would be unnecessary. Therefore, the events must be teaching some or even all of us some invaluable lessons. Our prayers and devotions, and when we put the spiritual knowledge we are finding to practical use in all daily encounters, empower us to make a real difference. At the same time we are doing our best to restore the balance of our own spiritual account, that of the group we are presently part of and also our whole world.
Through this work the inner light of the living God within our own heart wakes up from its slumber. From there it begins to radiate into every soul we encounter and we thus fulfil our duty of assisting the re-alignment of our own energies and those of our world with the Highest Forces of life. If that sounds too scary to you, rest assured that we are never alone in any of our endeavours and that truly there is nothing to fear. The way will always be shown by the loving hands that are reaching from the Heavens to the Earth, i.e. from the highest levels of life to us earthlings. For a long time they have been waiting for you and me to grasp them and start working with them. If you are not already doing this, why not have a go now?
One of the most significant steps forward on our thousand mile evolutionary journey is the willingness to help ourselves, but at the same time not be unwilling to seek assistance not only from above but also from those around us. When our inner guidance responds to it positively, it is safe to follow good advice whatever its origin may be. As ever, the best part of any journey is not the getting there, but the interesting people one meets, the many things one learns along the way and the wisdom one finds.
As far as joining groups is concerned, if we join one with people who suffer from the same affliction as we do, in due course we shall be able to share the wisdom we are gaining along the way with them. If they are not yet as spiritually aware and receptive to the higher and highest levels of life as we are, our belief in them may have a beneficial influence on building up their faith and trust in the goodness of the life that God has created for us.
This, however, does not come easily to human beings who, in the course of many lifetimes, time and again experienced the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, as Shakespeare described our earthly condition in Hamlet. Trusting does not seem to come naturally to anyone for that reason, and if you are anything like me, it will take a long time until you have mastered this lesson. I am still working on it.
Trusting implicitly our Highest Selfs guidance is clearly the most important and therefore also the hardest lesson of our earthly existence. All we can do is endure the difficult and traumatic times in our lives as bravely and patiently as we can. This becomes easier when we rest safely in the knowledge that we are being taught a vital lesson and that our suffering pays some of our karmic debts. Besides, thats the only way of finding out that first its possible to survive things and come through; second that our luck will turn and things get better in the end; and third that help will always appear somehow when our need is greatest and that at times through the least expected channels.
Whenever someone is in distress, I instinctively reach out and offer a helping hand. When this has become not our second but first reaction, only then are we true to our higher nature. When we follow the instinctive response of our Highest Self rather than the urge of our lower earthly nature to turn away, our progress on the great wheel of fortune that is this life speeds up considerably.
Any small kindness is valuable and counts spiritually. Sometimes nothing can be done except giving a person in distress a friendly smile, some kind words of encouragement and comfort, a shoulder to cry on and/or a hug. When the recipient is lifted and helped above their present situation, even if only in a small way, the law of Karma sees to it that our kindness some day in some form or another returns to us. Hence the saying that bread cast onto the waters of life does return. It means that help will surely come when we require some. It may not happen through the people we once helped. In fact, it hardly ever does, but come it will and that often quite magically and only seemingly out of the blue.
The folks who look the happiest,
Who always seem so bright,
With smiles upon their faces
And feet that seem so light,
Are not necessarily the ones
Who always lived in the Sun.
They just faced
Their inner darkness,
Conquered it and won!
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Recommended Reading:
The Great Plan Of Life Unfolds
From Astrology As A Lifehelp On The Healing Journey
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Our world is bound in darkness, until we shine the light;
You, with your own vision and I, with my insight.
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Saturns InfluenceSaturn represents a symbolism for the aspect of the Divine that spiritualises all areas of our lives that are touched by them. Self-mastery and self-discipline, as well as increased awareness of the spiritual aspects of life are the greatest gift the Saturnian experiences can bestow upon the human soul. Understanding can only come to us through suffering, so whenever we are going through particularly trying times, its best to take heart and refuse to think that we have been singled out in some way.
Buckle down to your lessons and as you slowly emerge from the darkness of your spiritual ignorance, you can already start to share your learning with those around you. This is how Saturn, the stern schoolmaster of the zodiac, turns into the rewarder and starts to bring you his gifts. Your inner light has been switched on and the knowledge that whatever may befall you, with the help of God and the Angels you are sure to get through any of lifes dark patches, will be yours to keep in all eternity. From where you are now, you may still find it difficult to believe that such gifts will really come out of your trials. Yet, I do not think it will take all that long until you will begin to look back thankfully for every step along the way.
I believe that our character influences nay, determines our destiny. We shall deal with this theme in more detail in future volumes of these jottings. May it suffice to say here that this can only be brought about through taking charge of ourselves and our character. Self-control and learning to master the drives and urges of our lower animal nature are sure to get us where we really want to be and where, by rights, we belong. That is why ever more tools for finding self-knowledge and self-awareness are on offer to us from the Universe; astrology is one of them. And daily the Universe offers us all fresh opportunities to eradicate the unpleasant character traits and behaviour patterns we have brought with us from previous lifetimes.
Wonderful though it is, astrology can certainly not do the work that this requires on anyones behalf. But, it can go a long way towards increased self-knowledge, including the recognition of what needs to be changed and what soul lessons our present lifetime wishes to teach us. It can also give us pointers to where our strengths and weaknesses lie. Furthermore, it gives indications where to start digging for the treasures of the now almost forgotten gifts and talents we developed during past lifetimes.
They now rest in our subconscious soul memories and are therefore hidden from our everyday understanding. Knowing where to start our explorations can make all the difference, because that enables us to make an effort to help such abilities to rise to the surface and to start using them again, the way they were used in other lifetimes. We all have gifts of this nature within. To help us fulfil our highest potential they are waiting to be re-possessed by us and further developed.
As we know by now, all the suffering that is in our world including our own has purpose and meaning. It is by no means something that an unkind, unjust and unloving God, destiny or fate has thrown upon us. Astrology can help us to come to terms with this notion by showing us that certain things are truly written in the stars for us, as reflected in our birthchart. The way our main life lessons show up here, to me is proof enough that our suffering indeed is predestined and that we chose it before we came into this lifetime, to assist our soul growth and personal evolution. This understanding and the intention of attending to our soul needs, so that if we get it right this time, this could be the last lifetime in physicality we shall require, straight away brings a certain amount of peace and healing.
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You Are Special
From Astrology As A Lifehelp On The Healing Journey
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Our world is bound in darkness, until we shine the light;
You, with your own vision and I, with my insight.
Author of The Random Jottings of a Stargazer
And the Astro Files
The Law Of LifeLove is the Universal law of life for the whole of Creation. All other laws have their origin in this one and radiate out from there. First and foremost there is the law of Karma and another, equally important one, is evolution. Whenever the law of love is broken by any soul, while taking part in its spiritual education on the Earth plane, Karma is created. That is why at some stage on our long evolutionary path, amends have to be made for whatever suffering we have inflicted upon any of Gods creatures human and animal alike, and also ourselves.
Because life on all levels is imbued with the creative force and the consciousness of God, everything in the whole of Creation is constantly evolving and growing; no-one and nothing can escape from this. Spirit evolves in matter and the matter surrounding the spirit absorbs the vibrations of that which dwells within it. The matter responds to the spirit and through this also evolves. Whether anyone is consciously aware of this or not, the purpose of everybodys being on the Earth plane is to become aware of the fact that first and foremost we always have been and still are a spirit and soul who is part of and at one with God.
Each time we are to enter into another material existence, our spirit has to create itself another vehicle. A mother and father substitute for our true parents have to be found; a woman and a man through whom a new physical body can be created, which will eventually be taken from us again. Our spirit is eternal; through our experiences it grows and expands, but our body has its limitations and is a gift only for a time. As the very cells of everybodys physical body are filled with consciousness and on the inner level we are all one, when one of us learns something and moves forward, each one of us, our whole world and even the planet itself does the same. Every small effort counts and nothing in the whole of Creation is ever wasted; everything will always be recycled and changed into ever different forms. Not learning means a lack of expansion, stagnation and ultimately decay.
The law of Karma rules the great wheel of fortune and of life in physicality. The zodiac is its symbol. The Karma we all have brought with us into this world are the conditions in which we presently find ourselves. They were created by us in the course of many lifetimes and much of it is likely to be waiting to be redeemed, by none other than us. Yet, being a spark of the Divine, the children of God, everything that is in God is also in us the very best as well as the worst. We are in this existence to bring forth from within the best and most noble qualities of our Highest Self, which at least in seed form each one of us contains.
This process brings us ever closer into being at one with our God Self, the way we were before the beginning of the evolutionary cycle that took us into the adventure of experiencing life as physical beings on the giant wheel of Earth life going round and round in huge cycles. We are the only ones who can release us from its drudgery. Gradually we need to overcome the desires, drives and urges of our lower animal nature, and instead nurture and develop only the best that is within us, so that our dreams and aspirations turn ever more towards the realms of the highest levels of life.
It does not really matter what happens to our earthly personalities and our physical bodies, even during our worst and traumatic experiences. All is well for as long we learn something and are progressing on our evolutionary pathway of life. But, let us not forget that our physical bodies also are parts of Gods Creation, that God lives with us inside them and that therefore they truly is the living temples of God. It is everybodys own task to take good care of our body and its requirements. It is our vehicle the only one we shall get for learning to differentiate between good and evil, sickness and health, war and peace, life and death, Heaven and Hell. This can only be learnt by each one of us through our own experiences.
The Souls Yearning
So long as this you fail to see:
That death precedes re-birth!
A gloomy guest youll always be,
Upon this darkling Earth.
From: Seliges Verlangen
Our world is bound in darkness, until we shine the light;
You, with your own vision and I, with my insight.
Author of The Random Jottings of a Stargazer
And the Astro Files
Doing The Right Things
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centred.
You dont have to like them, but love them anyway!
They are all part of your spiritual family.
They are part of you and you are part of them.
They may not yet know it, but you being wiser,
Love them anyway!
People may project their own ulterior motives onto you,
And accuse you of having them.
Rest safe in the knowledge that the Universe
Knows their hearts as well as yours.
Do good anyway!
If being successful means that we can only win
False friends and real enemies.
Succeed anyway!
The good we do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do it anyway!
What could have taken years of building up,
Can be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway!
People who are in need of our help,
May attack us whilst we are trying to help them.
Help anyway!
Give the world the best that is within you,
And should it be rejected, do not stop giving.
Give anyway!
The Universal Law of Karma ensures that what we send
Into the world, has to return to us.
Give of your best and only the best is sure to return!
Bishop Abel Muzorewa
African Spiritual and Political Leader
Edited by Aquarius
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Our world is bound in darkness, until we shine the light;
You, with your own vision and I, with my insight.
Author of The Random Jottings of a Stargazer
And the Astro Files
Of False Prophets And MessiahsFor everyone on the spiritual pathway a word of warning may not come amiss and that is: Whatever you do, beware of false prophets and messiahs! To this day, they are sure to be encountered by all of us in the form of people who are trying to take us in. The only one hundred percent reliable teacher in the whole wide world dwells inside everybodys innermost heart and is waiting to be called upon and spring into action. Yet, even in these communications with our inner Master, the living God within, it is essential that we use our discriminatory faculties, so they can be developed to their highest potential.
Sorting the wheat from the chaff is now more important than it ever was before. Do not believe anything or anyone, including me and my writings not that I would call myself a prophet or messiah, but I am sure you know what I mean without verifying the information before you with your inner guidance first. In order to do this, whatever you hear or read anywhere, let it flow through the filter of the world of your feelings, especially your heart, as that is the only place in the world where truth dwells. Listen carefully to what it tells you.
Our inner guru, also known as the living God within, has full access to every bit of wisdom and knowledge that has ever been gathered anywhere in the whole of Creation. S/He is the final authority on recognising and telling us the difference between right and wrong, truths and lies. Learn to listen to this teacher carefully, with love and respect. Test and try it, time and again, and it will amaze you how much it can and will tell and help you, even down to tackling your most mundane tasks. This authority in everybody is waiting to help us understand what is happening in our world, within and without, with ever increasing speed. It is waiting to be called upon to show us how to overcome all our fears and how to transmute our negative thoughts and feelings into positive and constructive ones.
Our world is bound in darkness, until we shine the light;
You, with your own vision and I, with my insight.
Author of The Random Jottings of a Stargazer
And the Astro Files
Astrology - More Than A Belief SystemReligions have come and gone in our world. Yet, astrology has been with us in its basic form and its concepts remained valid for thousands of years, as far as can be told from records that exist about it. As our race progressed through the ages, astrology has become ever more enriched by the wisdom of the insights gained by those who practised the Divine art. It seems that in contrast to this, the religions of our world, from the moment of their appearance, had to remain unchanged.
Designed and inspired by the Angels in charge of humankinds spiritual development, all the religions our world has ever seen were perfect. To reveal the golden nuggets of Divine wisdom and truth, which each one of them has always brought to our world, there is just one thing they require and that is being looked at from different angle. The higher perspective is the right one. There is nothing wrong with the stories themselves and everything with the way they have traditionally been interpreted.
The custom of taking every one of the surface words of the various sacred texts literally is the answer to the puzzle why there is still so much cruelty between human beings in our world, when religions have been with us for such a long time. The religions themselves never could do anything on our behalf and that includes the removal of cruelty. They cannot do this because that simply is not what they were created for. Cruelty is part of every human beings basic character make-up and can therefore only be eradicated by each one of us ourselves.
Equipped with the wisdom of hindsight it is easy to see that all the belief systems that have come and gone in our world never had any power of their own. As good examples of this as any are the Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which have been with our world for a very long time. One of them emerged from the other and each one is a part of the same branch on the tree of knowledge of all life. Clear evidence of this is that, to this day, the Old Testament is part of the teachings of all three religions. These days it is seen as the history of the people of the Hebrew nation, i.e. of the souls who incarnated at that time into that part of our world.
From time to time highly evolved souls reincarnate onto the Earth plane through whom an enlarged vision of the meaning of God and the true nature of their own being is given. Such souls come to act as teachers and guides to those whose spiritual awareness is somewhat ahead of that of the crowd; they are destined to eventually break away from the traditional teachings and form a new splinter group. One of them was Judaism, which according to one source came into being around 2500 B.C. Apparently it started from Noah after the flood, when the Creator God, whom Judaism calls Yahveh, chose a people to be the keepers of His laws; Noahs children were its leaders. Another source says this religion began when the original covenant was made between Abraham and God, circa 1900 B.C.
The legend tells us that Abraham was called at that time to leave his home in Ur. He was guided to travel to Canaan, now known as Palestine and Israel, the land that is believed to have been promised by God as their own to Abrahams descendants. Interestingly, Judaism appeared around the time of the beginning of another New Age, the Age of Aries. Astrologically, Aries marks the point of new beginnings. When it has been reached, individually and collectively, a whole new cycle of experiences begins. Judaism fulfilled this role by bringing the idea that there is only one God into the consciousness of humankind.
The legend of the Master Jesus was the next one to emerge. This was followed by the appearance of the prophet Mohammed, born approx. 570 A.D. He composed and taught the Koran between the years 610 until his death in 632. Many of its stories apparently I have not read them myself are parallels to the old testament; a few also to the new testament, as well as other teachings from the Hebrew and other earlier religions known at that time. Soon after he completed his teachings, Mohammed set out to convince others of his beliefs. In them he must have enlarged upon whatever he found in the old teachings that were available to him, choosing that which he felt intuitively drawn.
The Prophet, the same as all other spiritual leaders before and after him, had been prepared for his role in the course of a great many previous lifetimes. Each one always worked under the guidance and protection of the Angels in charge of them and their mission, as well as the living God within them, showing the way the same as It has always been doing with each one of us. Every new teacher added their inspiration and the insights they found into the existing material, as one does when writing intuitively.
Alas, as far as it is possible to look back from where we are now, it has ever been the case that, when new understanding is flowing from the highest levels of life into the consciousness of our race, the members of the establishment refuse to accept it and do not wish to know. However, it is also in the nature of things that in spite of anyones resistance no matter how bloody and cruel it expresses itself after a while, the new teachings are taking root in some souls. In evolutionary terms they are at least slightly ahead of their contemporaries, otherwise they would be unable to recognise the value of the freshly arriving wisdom. Their grasp of it makes them suitable for acting as what is known as the leaven in the bread.
As the teachers of new beliefs gather some followers around them, slowly yet another splinter group forms itself, which over time develops into a new religion in its own right. This is how Judaism emerged from some other long forgotten religious traditions. At the beginning of the Piscean Age, Christianity sprung from it in the same way, followed by Islam after a much shorter interval of approx. six hundred years.
Our world is bound in darkness, until we shine the light;
You, with your own vision and I, with my insight.
Author of The Random Jottings of a Stargazer
And the Astro Files
Could Religions Ever Change Anything?For the time being, religions are still part of the belief systems of our world and some of them are very much alive and a potent force to be reckoned with. Yet, considering the state our world and the trouble some of the followers of religions are causing to this day, one cannot help asking oneself: Could religions ever change anything? The word religion has its roots in the Latin religare, which means to bind and connect. Why then did our religions bring so much war and destruction by setting us against each other rather than connecting us with each other?
Were any of our religions actually designed to make our world a better and more peaceful place? Will it ever be that way? Yes, our world will change and it will become a place where all live together in peace and harmony, but it will not happen through the religions we have known up to now. Look around you and see how much suffering, unrest and destruction they are still causing. No-one will make the required changes for us. We ourselves have to bring them about.
With the help of religions, the Universe has been trying to make it abundantly clear to us that none of them ever had any power of its own and could make our world into a better one. Through this it is showing us that the solution to the problems of our world can only be found elsewhere and that is inside us. If we want a peaceful world, each one of us has to look towards ourselves, sweep before our own doors and cleanse our inner stables.
To this day are under the impression that astrology is some kind of a belief system, similar to a religion. They seem to think that subjects like religion, astrology and numerology have some power of their own and are therefore responsible for making our world and us the way we are. We do well to remind ourselves frequently that nobody has any real power on the Earth plane, including all religions and also subjects like astrology and numerology. The have no power, unless it is given to them through thinking falsely that they do have a power of their own. Each one of these subjects was created by the Angelic Forces to serve as their teaching aids. Throughout the ages, one religion after the other came into our world. As soon as the lessons one of them was meant to teach us had been mastered by us earthlings at any given time, the old religions was removed and a new one appears.
The very fact that our religions have failed to make our world into a better one, in itself is sufficient proof of their powerlessness. Apart from teaching us certain lessons they can do nothing. Astrology and numerology, however, will not be as passing and temporary as any of the religions our world has ever seen, because they are something much more fundamental. The way I practise the two subjects has no intention of removing the Great Father/Mother of all life from His/Her Creation by pretending that everything brought itself into being and can do things on its own, which in my view is impossible.
For me, astrology and numerology acknowledge the power and might of the Highest. They are the finest instruments imaginable for those who wish to appreciate, enlarge and enhance their vision of Gods great love and boundless wisdom. Wise ones, who make it their business to find out the truth about the nature of God and themselves, do not hesitate to dig down to the roots of things. They no longer have any need for blaming the planets or God for the way they are and behave. Knowing and accepting that we ourselves are responsible for everything that is in our lives, that our character determines the outcome of our destiny and that no-one can alter our Karma, except we ourselves, helps them to conduct their lives in keeping with their knowledge.
When we constantly give of our best and endeavour to create nothing but good Karma in thoughts, words and deeds, we can rest safely in the knowledge that eventually nothing but the best can return to us. Acting this way puts us fairly and squarely in charge of the ship of our own life and makes us the master of our own destiny.
Naturally, I would not wish to state categorically that religions, astrology, numerology and other related subjects are this, that or the other, because that simply would not for me to say. All I can and wish to do is to share my understanding with you that no religion ever had the power to change our world for us. The outer world is a manifestation of our inner self and the environment reflects back to us what we are within. As if gazing into a mirror, the events around us are constantly revealing that which is taking place inside us. And that is why, if we wish our world to become a different place and our lives to change, we have look to ourselves.
What many these days would surely benefit from most of all is a new understanding of the true purpose and higher meaning of humankinds earthly existence. This brings with it a fresh approach to life that provides us with the motivation we need to change our perception of life and our approach and attitude towards it most profoundly. Should you decide to go down this road, you will soon discover that many of the most popular convictions that are deeply held by people to this day are false ones that have long outlived their usefulness. They are waiting to be shed because by now they have become serious obstacles on the journey of making the spiritual progress that would otherwise be possible in someones present lifetime.
Recommended Reading:
The Labours Of Hercules
Learning The True Value Of Things
The Dual Nature Of God
From Astrology As A Lifehelp On The Healing Journey
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Our world is bound in darkness, until we shine the light;
You, with your own vision and I, with my insight.
Author of The Random Jottings of a Stargazer
And the Astro Files
Religions Have No Power Of Their OwnNow that the Aquarian Age is with us, we need to become aware that no religion that ever appeared in our world possessed any power of its own. To this day, none of them can exercise any power whatever over you or me, unless we allow them to do so. After all, what are religions? Organisations based on certain beliefs and people who are willing to listen to and follow their doctrines, regardless of whether they ever were valid or not.
Religions are not things in themselves, they most certainly have no power of their own and the same is true for astrology and numerology. I believe that all subjects of this nature were created so that one day they could be used as tools for helping us to understand and, through this, bringing us closer to the true meaning of the Great Power behind all life and of its role in our own. They are wonderful aids when one is trying to find an understanding of the processes of life, which lie hidden beneath and behind its surface. To my mind, there is nothing better for explaining in simple terms the highly complex workings, the why and how of the Universal energies, the Power and the Force that is constantly at work behind the scenes of all life and that on all its levels.
It would be wrong to say that I believe in astrology as such. I believe in the great wisdom and love of the One who created it and who, from the beginning of my studies, has been teaching me for a very long time, from the very depths of my own being, how it can be shaped into an instrument of healing. I wanted to work with astrology from the moment I recognised that astrology really works, because I realised that the way it was helping me to find a better understanding of myself, my world and the nature of the forces that make it do so, it could do the same for others. I do not to follow any of the belief systems of our world because my inner teacher showed me a long time ago that in truth each one of them is but a ladder for human souls to climb on.
All are different pathways that were created to lead us back into our true nature, into the awareness of our own Divine nature, immortality and the oneness with God. When this point has been reached, individually and collectively, we shall be walking hand in hand with God and the Angels again, the way we once did. Religions will then no longer be known in our world. This is the direction in which we are now heading ever more strongly. Paul McCartneys poignant song at the beginning of this part of the jottings shows us the way. The old religions can no longer do this for us, for the simple reason that they came into being such a long time ago and are badly in need of a great overhaul.
Astrology is under the rulership of Aquarius. At our entry into this age, there is a renewed interest in it and with its help the Universe is revealing to us ever more of the fascinating facets of the Divine science. In times to come, when all traces of the religions that once existed in our world have long vanished, astrology will still be with us, of that I am sure. Ever since humankind walked the Earth, religions have served the Angels, teachers and guides from the highest levels of life as temporary educational tools. Astrology is also one of these, but it is something much more permanent and certainly more expansive. By now, it is increasingly inviting us to raise our vision above the Earth plane and expand our horizons into an awareness of our existence within the Cosmos.
Yet, even astrology is not going to be with us in all eternity. There will come a time, in millions and millions of years in Earth terms, when the will of God may decide to de-create the Universe, as we know it. There could then be a new big bang if indeed our present Universe came into being that way and a new created world will begin. Just think! You and I shall be there to witness it and take part in it. By that time we too shall be allowed to create and destroy new worlds, at our will and command. This illustrates the seriousness of what is at stake and puts things into perspective, because viewed from this angle, all our present struggles are like fleabites and very much worthwhile, would you agree?
Our world is bound in darkness, until we shine the light;
You, with your own vision and I, with my insight.
Author of The Random Jottings of a Stargazer
And the Astro Files
Neptune's Transit Through PiscesFrom 3rd February 2012 until 27th January 2026, the planet Neptune will be transiting Pisces, its own sign. During this period the influence of the planets energies will be felt more strongly than before. As speculations of the most negative kind seem to abound about this time, I would like to add a few of my reflections and observations here.
To those who are unfamiliar with astrological terms, I would like to point out that a planet is said to be strong or in the old terms dignified when it is found either in its own sign or in the sign of its exaltation. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are believed to have no exaltation because they are outer planets and too far removed from what we would define as good or bad in human terms. Between them co-rule Aquarius, Pisces and Scorpio.
In its own sign a planets highest and most positive qualities can be unfolded and developed to their highest potential. In Neptunes case they are: artistic gifts; the ability to play our part in life; being dreamy and idealistic; imaginative, inspirational, mediumistic, loving music and rhythm; being sensitive, spiritual and subtle. The negative aspects are: carelessness; castles in the air; deceptive; head in the clouds; hypersensitivity; irritated by discords; sentimental; subversive; unstable; wandering and woolly.
Neptune is one of the outer, very slow moving planets. Because they affect whole generations in the same manner, they are known as the generation planets. Neptune spends fourteen years in one sign and one of its orbits round the Sun takes one hundred and sixty-five years. Astrologically the planet stands for the energies of the higher octave of Venus, the highest love vibration. As it knows nothing of the Earth plane, not surprisingly we earthlings have difficulties trying to grasp and understand it. Neptune is the co-ruler with Jupiter of Pisces, the twelfth sign of the zodiac and its natural domain is the twelfth house. The Neptunes keynote, as well as that of Pisces and the twelfths house, is sacrifice. It brings to us and our world the obligation to give ourselves away in loving service to the One. The position of this planet by sign and house signifies the area of life in which we have taken from others in past lifetimes. This is where we are required to give of ourselves in this one.
Neptune is the God and the ruler of the sea. The oceans of our world represent the collective subconscious, the feeling side and highly sensitive, artistic, dreamy and imaginative soul of our world and all worlds. The Romans worshipped Neptune as the God of the sea, although originally he had been the God of springs and streams. His Greek counterpart was Poseidon. Many of the myths surrounding Neptune and Poseidon reflect them as bad-tempered, easily angered and quarrelsome, like the sea.
At the time of writing this in April 2013, thirteen years of Neptunes transit through Pisces are left. In my view, during this span the Universes energies will be providing us and our world with one of its greatest and most natural helps imaginable. For aspiring healers and lightworkers, who know how to work with and tap into this power supply in the right spirit, it could turn into the most enlightening time ever experienced on the Earth plane thus far.
I believe that it will bring humankind the long awaited renewal of hope, faith and trust in the guidance and protection of the Highest in a totally different way from those of the past. Shedding that which is no longer wanted in our character make-up, so that our highest and best can emerge from within, will be much easier during this transit than at other times. With the wisdom of hindsight, once this transit lies behind us, the quantum leaps of consciousness we and our world made during Neptunes time in Pisces will be clearly visible to all.
Our world is bound in darkness, until we shine the light;
You, with your own vision and I, with my insight.
Author of The Random Jottings of a Stargazer
And the Astro Files
The Neptunian EnergiesThe main intention behind Neptunes soft and dreamy energies is that, under its subtle influence, the human sense of separateness and ego boundaries should be slowly dissolved. Our soul and spirit need this to once again become one with all life. The house of the zodiac through which Neptune is moving at any given time reveals in which part of our life this dissolution is taking place. For Sun Pisceans the life force itself, whose symbol is the Sun in our birthchart, is constantly under Neptunes influence. The Great Spirit created us and our world in such a way that, individually and collectively, having reached a sufficiently high evolutionary level all ego boundaries should go from us completely. When this has come to pass for sufficient numbers of us, through once again being aware of our true nature and our relationship with God, peace will reign on the Earth.
On the earthly level all changes that take place under Neptunes influence come about gradually. They are centred on the words disintegration, disorientation, dissolution, deception and disillusionment. Like everything that is in this life, this too serves a wise higher purpose; the aim of the Neptunian energies is to assist humankind to transcend and dissolve all boundaries and confinements. They are meant to connect us with the inspiration of our Highest Self and lead each one of us back into partaking more fully in the stream of the creative ideas that constantly flow from the Source into all life.
Neptunes energies seek to assist anyone who consciously attunes themselves to their Highest Self with the unfolding of their spirituality, until it reaches its highest potential for their present lifetime. In the fullness of time each one of us may eventually grow into an ever clearer channel of the Divine. Through such conduits the inspiration of the Highest imparts some truly magnificent creative works unto our world from time to time. To my mind, the finest example of this was Frederic Chopin, the Polish-born composer, my favourite Piscean. His music knows nothing of this world. It is purely on the soul level and speaks directly to our souls.
Pisces is one of the Water signs and Aquarius is an Air sign. The Water signs serve the development of the emotions and the Air signs that of the human intellect. Having reached the Aquarian Age, we are leaving behind the Age of Pisces. It has been a highly emotional age and one of the soul when, under the co-rulership of Jupiter and Neptune, blind faith was top of the agenda. Individually and collectively, there was wholesale deception by the institutions that were allowed to be in charge of the spiritual wellbeing of our race. Part of the lessons our whole world had to endure during the Piscean Age was being tricked into blindly following them. A rosy dream and an illusion appeared in our world that a saviour and redeemer would come, who would be capable of waving some kind of magic wand to release us and our world from all suffering. This tale was like a balloon that went up. Alas, it is in the nature of balloons that eventually someone sticks a pin into them and deflates them.
Enormous soul growth is achieved as, at the beginning of the Aquarian Age, ever more individual souls and that of our whole race are waking up from their misapprehensions. In deep disappointment more and more are turning away from the institutions that have let them down, to go in search of their own truth. This is very necessary indeed now that we have reached the age that is under the rulership of the awakener and enlightener, Uranus. Aquarius is an Air sign and we are moving into an intellectual age, during which learning to control the thinking of our lower earthly mind is of the utmost importance.
Recommended Reading:
The Power of Thought
The Sun In Pisces
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Our world is bound in darkness, until we shine the light;
You, with your own vision and I, with my insight.
Author of The Random Jottings of a Stargazer
And the Astro Files
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A Stoke-on-Trent man has been jailed, after being caught with Class A drugs.
22-year-old Shako Khalid, of Ashford Street in Shelton, was arrested on 4 March after calling the police to report a man was banging on his door and threatening him.
When they arrived Khalid handed them a large quantity of drugs and said he had been asked to take care of them. He claimed he did not know what was in the packages, a court heard.
His address was searched and officers found a check list with references to both small and large deals of crack cocaine and heroin which were seized along with a mobile phone belonging to Khalid.
In total £2,140 worth of Class A drugs were found at the home.
He was found guilty at Stafford Crown Court of two counts of possession with intent to sell class A drugs, and was sentenced to five and a half years behind bars.


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text: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post1929573305164223369..comments2020-05-25T11:11:09.039-07:00Comments on Ilana Travels: Zehdenick and Bergsdorf, the Taste of Brandenburg CountrysideIlana WDhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post-76282868216473270882018-02-15T11:10:52.180-08:002018-02-15T11:10:52.180-08:00What a lovely quiet place! Your goal is awesome an...What a lovely quiet place! Your goal is awesome and enables you to have more content I'm sure. So cool that it was like taking a step back in time for you! <br />-Francescanonehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post-89273747969053710642018-02-15T11:09:32.848-08:002018-02-15T11:09:32.848-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.nonehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post-500527162979833442018-02-15T00:20:32.467-08:002018-02-15T00:20:32.467-08:00Nice goal! I love to go to new places, even less t...Nice goal! I love to go to new places, even less than one hour away from Berlin. Good luck with that!Ilana WDhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post-20149496608324065372018-02-15T00:19:49.075-08:002018-02-15T00:19:49.075-08:00I do find a lot of travel inspiration in books, es...I do find a lot of travel inspiration in books, especially when it comes to Germany. It also helps me to improve my language skills, as literary German is really a language in itself.Ilana WDhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post-90738224412200217612018-02-15T00:18:51.838-08:002018-02-15T00:18:51.838-08:00Right! This is the reason why I love to go to the ...Right! This is the reason why I love to go to the countryside: the opportunity to think and reflect and put everything in order and get enough energy to cope with the rest of the city life :Ilana WDhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post-74346173877452652232018-02-15T00:17:58.995-08:002018-02-15T00:17:58.995-08:00Yes, it was really nice there. Unfortunately, the ...Yes, it was really nice there. Unfortunately, the food part was non-existent as everything was closed...Ilana WDhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post-75023542691205542512018-02-14T12:42:26.623-08:002018-02-14T12:42:26.623-08:00It is awesome to travel outside your city even tho...It is awesome to travel outside your city even though it is not too far. My goal is to visit another place I have never been to before once a year. Zehdenick and Bergsdorf looks so charming, would love to visit places like that :D Anonymoushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post-66352839586105213992018-02-14T12:14:52.683-08:002018-02-14T12:14:52.683-08:00Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum sounds so interesting and ...Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum sounds so interesting and I'm fascinated that you found out about it from a book. I'm so used to people discovering new places online these days. Love that it's a cal barn turned into an art center. Anonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post-89749310593423025562018-02-13T21:53:20.238-08:002018-02-13T21:53:20.238-08:00Such a cool travel tradition! That's definitel...Such a cool travel tradition! That's definitely the perfect way to kick off your year. Love the charming town and the stork's nest on the pole -- that's definitely unique! Also, I could tell it was a welcome break from the city life for you. The countryside seems to encourage a lot of self-reflection, and I'm glad you had the chance to do it when you visited Zehdenick and Bergsdorf.Anonymoushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606038200685037622.post-52444517556089879182018-02-13T12:22:34.452-08:002018-02-13T12:22:34.452-08:00What a pretty and quaint looking town. I especiall...What a pretty and quaint looking town. I especially loved the metal bridge connecting the two sides of town. I hope there were good things to eat as well. Alice Fordhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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At the turn of the 20th century, Buffalo, located on the shores of Lake Erie, was a center of industry and a hub of transport. While the city experienced a decline in economic status and population density after the Great Depression, over the past decade-plus, Buffalo has experienced a renaissance of growth, popularity, and fun! Once decaying spaces, structures and factories have been turned into innovative public spaces - restaurants, breweries, boutique hotels, waterfront playgrounds and more. Buffalo is on the upswing and there is a mulititude of ways to experience the history, culture and energy of this City of Good Neighbors.
While winters do bring snow and cold, the average Buffalo temperature in early June is actually more inviting at 71-74 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Buffalo State campus is uniquely situated near the scenic Delaware Park, an Olmstead park, on the east end and connected to the diverse community neighborhood and business area of Buffalo's westside. With the Burchfield Penney Art Center located right on campus, the Albright Knox Art Gallery across the street, the Buffalo Historical Society around the corner, and the Richardson Olmstead Campus less than a block away, Buffalo State is well situated to offer many exciting cultural and dining experiences.
Elmwood Village boasts an eclectic mix of cafés, restaurants, shops and galleries. Downtown Buffalo is home to historic and architectural wonders such as the art deco City Hall and the world's first skyscraper, and is also in the midst of ongoing transformations including the development of many new restaurants, breweries and distilleries as well as a bourgeoning and welcoming waterfront, Canalside.
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September 28, 2009
I was in Guatemala today! This is Ellen and I with one foot in Guatemala and one foot in Honduras.
We went to Santa Rosita and Los Arcos (about an hour and a half on very bad roads from Copan). These two communities are next in line for new classrooms. There was a community meeting to see if there was enough interest to complete the classroom with volunteer labor. Immediately after the meeting, the men were having their own meeting organizing the work teams. The materials should be delivered in the next couple of days if the rains hold off.
Almost all the communities have one good classroom but only one. The children who are not in the classroom are housed in makeshift areas that are sometimes only a little tin roof with the rest being completely open. These are photos of the school in Santa Rosita. I was so impressed with the kindergarten kids ( that were housed in what seemed to be a wood shed). They have a Montessori curriculum that was provided by World Vision and these little 4 year olds could read words.
The communities are in the hills, and breathtakingly beautiful. There are huge fincas that grow coffee and chile's and cardamom and other things. Most of the work available is picking coffee and working on the finca's. The folks in these two areas are Chorti (indigenous people).
It was a most interesting but very long day. Tomorrow I'll take some groceries up to the orphange and in the afternoon the bus to San Pedro Sula.


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William J. Reeve
Jun 16, 1930 - May 10, 2019
William J. Reeve
Jun 16, 1930 - May 10, 2019
Life Story
William J. (Bill) Reeve was born in Bellingham June 16, 1930 and passed away at Hospice House in Bellingham on May 10, 2019 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's dementia.
Bill was a fourth-generation Bellingham resident. His great-grandfather Asa Reeve, a Civil War veteran, came to Bellingham in the early 1900s.
Bill graduated from Bellingham High School in 1948 and, after being trained in telecommunications equipment service and repair during his Army service, worked for many years as an installer/repairman for Pacific Northwest Bell.
Bill loved fishing, crabbing, and clamming, especially on Chuckanut Bay. He was a hard worker and enjoyed working outdoors on many projects at his Chuckanut Drive home. When "that wasn't fun anymore" he enjoyed the view from the Garden Street condo he shared with his wife Elfie. In retirement, he and Elfie enjoyed travel, dancing, and getting out for walks. Reading was another favorite activity, particularly biographies and history. Bill was easy-going and level-headed, and taught the values of honesty and hard work to his two sons, Mike and Tim.
Bill is survived by his wife Elfie; his two sons, Michael Reeve of Bellingham and Timothy Reeve (wife Florence Yu) of Dana Point, CA; Timothy and Florence's children Joanne and Alan Reeve; Elfie's son Bob Brown (wife Christine) of Littleton, MA; Bob and Christine's children Rachel and Sarah Brown; his brother, Richard Reeve, of Birch Bay; brothers-in-law David Sutherland of Omaha, NE and George Melland of Bothell, WA; as well as several nieces and nephews. Bill is predeceased by his wife Molly, his sister Ruthella Melland, his brother-in-law John Sutherland, his sister-in-law Janet Sutherland, and his parents, Bill and Mabel Reeve.
A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Bill may be made to Whatcom Hospice or the Alzheimer's Association.


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One of the hardest part of being divorced from your child's father, is the time away from your child. Its very important for kids to spend time with both parents but its also important to find ways to keep connected with them when they are with their other parent.
Cell Phone
My son has his own cell phone – he's only 9 and first got it when he was 8, earlier than many of his friends. But we felt it was important for him to be able to call or text either myself or his dad when he wants. Having his own phone he can call without asking to borrow one of our cell phones. We do have rules limiting the use of the gaming apps for car rides or weekends and he's not allowed to take the phone to school.
When I heard about CloudPetsTM I thought this would be another great way to stay connected when he is when his dad. We went to Walmart so my son could select his new friend.
He quickly chose the puppy and named him Brownie.
Brownie's heart blinks when there's a new message and my son just needs to press his paw to hear it. He can even send a message back to me. The app is free and parental controls allow the parent to select who is able to send message to your child's new friend. He can also receive messages from dad and grandparents with this new, one-of-a-kind toy.
Check out this video to see how it works.
You can find your own CloudPetTM at select neighborhood Walmarts and it will be available nationwide soon. Look for the pallet display near the checkouts at the front of the store. Don't forget to pick up batteries – three AA batteries are needed.
Family Photos
Photos are important part of great memories. I always make sure my son has lots of pictures from time he has spent with mom and with dad in his album and a few on his night stand. He loves looking through his album and most recently has started to love taking his own photos which he keeps in his iPhone or we print for his albums. And as a mom, I have photos all over the house. Its also important to remember to take photos of yourself with your kids – moms are so often the ones behind the camera.


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Joyce Maynard
Before they met, both the author and Jim had believed they were done with marriage, and even after they married, Joyce resolved that no one could alter her course of determined independence. Then, just after their one-year wedding anniversary, her new husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. During the nineteen months that followed, as they battled his illness together, she discovered for the first time what it really meant to be a couple–to be a true partner and to have one.
Joyce Maynard was born and raised in New Hampshire. She is the author of several books, including To Die For, Where Love Goes, Domestic Affairs, Baby Talk, and her memoir Looking Back, which she wrote at the age of eighteen. Joyce Maynard has written for many national publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Parenting and Good Housekeeping. She lives in Mill Valley, California, with her three children.


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We were inspired to start The Smiling Bride after our own fairytale wedding. We met on a medical mission trip to Ecuador – Alex, the dentist and I, Kate, the pediatrician. We knew from that first evening chatting alone, tending the fire in a mountain village, that there was something special here that neither one of us had never felt before. Three months later we were engaged, and 1 year from our first date, we were married in an intimate, evening ceremony in our back yard beneath twinkling lights. Alex always said the favorite thing about that day was my smile. When looking back at the photos, I see why. It was so clear how in love with him I was – just through my smile. I cherish our photos for capturing that because I truly felt uncontainable joy and love radiating from every part of me that day.
Around that time, Alex had just recently opened his new dental practice, Semidey Dental. We had always enjoyed taking on creative building and business projects together, so it all came together in creating The Smiling Bride to help other brides and couples radiate their love and joy through their smiles. We are passionate about helping couples get their beautiful wedding day smile, and doing so in the safest and most comfortable way. We fully understand the many events surrounding a wedding day, so we work closely with our couples to be sure we achieve a beautiful result without effecting your smile for engagement photos or pre-wedding gatherings.
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Press Release – New York, NY– April 7, 2016 – Founding partner Gregory Sichenzia appeared on CNBC's Closing Bell on April 6 where he debated the benefits and drawbacks of the new fiduciary rule announced that day by the Department of Labor. Greg noted that this new standard is likely to lead to substantial regulatory costs for small broker dealers and may not result in better products or targeted advice. A core part of the rule says that if advisers offering retirement advice want to continue receiving commissions and other types of compensation for selling specific products, they and their clients need to sign a "best interest contract" in which the adviser pledges to put the client's interests first. That is stricter than the current standard, which only provides they need to offer "suitable" recommendations.
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Vulnerable Places, Vulnerable People
Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment
Edited by Jonathan A. Cook, Owen Cylke, Donald F. Larson, John D. Nash and Pamela Stedman-Edwards
Chapter 2: Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment: A Case Study of the Forest and Salmon Sectors in Chile
Raúl O'Ryan, Mario Niklitschek, Edwin Niklitschek, Nicolo Gligo and Andres Ulloa
Raúl O'Ryan, with Mario Niklitschek, Edwin Niklitschek, Andrés Ulloa and Nicolo Gligo The rapid growth of the Chilean economy over the last few decades has earned the country its reputation as the most solid and dynamic economy in Latin America, with poverty rates now among the lowest in the region. Deep macroeconomic and microeconomic reforms, including a dramatic opening to international trade, that were initiated in the 1970s are credited for this export-led growth. However, these reforms came with significant social, economic and, possibly, environmental costs. The country's macroeconomic indicators are strong, but it is not so clear that the increase in exports is benefiting all local economies, or the most vulnerable of the rural poor, equally. And the concentration of exports in the naturalresource-based sectors – such as mining, forestry, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture – has raised questions about the environmental impacts, as well as the overall sustainability, of an economic model that relies heavily on natural-resource-based exports. Many environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and local organizations have argued against the current economic model on the grounds that it is unsustainable, contending that the environment has been degraded over the last 20 years. Other stakeholders, particularly producers, tend to dismiss the significance of these effects, pointing to the key role of exports in economic growth and poverty alleviation. Different studies have addressed some of these issues, without resolving the dispute. This study aims to shed light on this complicated relationship among trade liberalization, the environment and rural poverty by examining...
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The Feuerle Collection to Open in Berlin
A new museum with contemporary art, Imperial Chinese furniture, and Southeast Asian art to open in Berlin.
Spring 2016 sees the opening of The Feuerle Collection in Berlin, a new museum dedicated to Désiré Feuerle's collection which juxtaposes international contemporary artists with Imperial Chinese furniture and Southeast Asian art. Located in a former Second World War telecommunications bunker that has been renovated by the British architect John Pawson, the museum encourages a conversation between different periods and cultures offering an alternative perception of the antique and creates a new perspective on the artworks, leading viewers through a synesthetic experience.
The collection brings together stone, bronze and wood Khmer sculptures from the 7th-13th century, Imperial Chinese lacquer and stone furniture, wood and stone Chinese Scholar furniture from the Han Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, from 200 BC to the 18th century, and works by Cristina Iglesias, Anish Kapoor, Zeng Fanzhi, and James Lee Byars to name a few.
These pieces have all been chosen and collected by the museum's founder Désiré Feuerle, a connoisseur of Asian art and art historian who was a pioneer in juxtaposing antiquities with contemporary art through a series of ground-breaking exhibitions in the 1990s.
"I feel that Désiré has a 'Chinese Eye' when it comes to his collection which makes him always choose the best pieces." (Zeng Fanzhi) The former Second World War telecommunications bunker in Berlin Kreuzberg has been transformed by British architect John Pawson who is renowned for his minimalist architecture and sensitivity to existing buildings. Pawson's previous projects include the Cistercian monastery of Our Lady of Nový Dvůr in Bohemia, the Sackler Crossing at London's Royal Botanic Gardens, and the Luca Brenta B60 Sloop. The Feuerle Collection is the architect's first project in Berlin.
The Feuerle Collection will open to the public for a preview week from 29 April to 7 May 2016; during this period it will be open daily. After this, The Feuerle Collection will host the 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art curated by DIS as one of the main venues.
Berlin Biennale is open to the public from 4 June to 18 September 2016. Through the duration of the 9th Berlin Biennale the exhibition of The Feuerle Collection on the lower ground floor will remain open, while the Berlin Biennale will be shown on the ground floor. The temporary exhibition of the 9th Berlin Biennale will be followed by the official opening of The Feuerle Collection in October 2016.


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Pre-K Ballet: Ballet Shoes required. Students coming from Nursery school may wear leggings, shorts, tights. Comfortable clothes they can stretch in. If they can change into their own ballet clothes, they are welcome to change before class. Note: for the Spring recital, white tights, white leotard and pink shoes will be needed. For class, we have some gently used ballet shoes for sale for $5.
Beginning/ Intermediate/ Advanced Ballet: Solid Colored Leotard, pink ballet tights, ballet skirts (optional), pink ballet shoes.
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Hockey fans interested in seeing some high-end coaching in a European discipline should stop by the Sicamous District and Recreation Centre in July.
From July 8 to 20th, the arena will be home to a Hockey Development International (HDI) individualized training program – an elite camp for primarily major junior players.
"There's one kid off the Junior B team that we're going to have out," says Ryan Parent, one of the coaches with HDI, as well as head coach/director of the Lloydminster Junior A Bobcats and former Salmon Arm SilverBacks coach.
Otherwise, said Parent, attendees will largely be out of the Western Hockey League – players "who drafted fairly high in the bantam draft."
"Those are the types of guys that will be in this. But we may have a couple of local kids," said Parent.
Two coaches are being brought in from Europe for the camp. What they'll bring to the ice, says Parent, is a strong focus on skill. Petr Studnicka, director of coaching with the Czech Republic Ice Hockey Federation, is one of them.
"As well, we'll have the assistant coach of Sparta Prague, the junior team in Prague, and those two coaches will be leading and facilitating training there, so it's an opportunity for players to be exposed to some really high-end coaching and work out some of the kinks in their game," says Parent, who will also be in attendance, along with current 'Backs assistant coach Branden West, and other coaches.
Asked why HDI is bringing the program to Sicamous, Parent credited rec centre manager Wayne March for getting the ball rolling, booking the ice time and making it happen.
Parent says anyone is welcome to stop by the arena and check the camp out, adding they'll be taking the 14th off.


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Eye Conditions
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye) – the loss or lack of development of clear vision in just one eye.
Astigmatism – a condition that causes blurred vision due either to the irregular shape of the cornea or sometimes the curvature of the lens inside the eye.
Blepharitis – an inflammation of the eyelids and eyelashes causing red, irritated, itchy eyelids and the formation of dandruff like scales on eyelashes.
Cataracts – is a clouding that develops in the normally clear lens of the eye.
Colour-blindness - The inability to distinguish certain shades of colors or see colors at all in more severe cases.
Computer Vision Syndrome – is eye and vision-related problems that result from prolonged computer use.
Diabetic Retinopathy - A condition that causes progressive damage to the retina, the light sensitive lining at the back of the eye, in people with diabetes.
Dry Eye Syndrome – is caused by insufficient tears to lubricate and nourish the eye.
Eye Allergies – is the abnormal response of sensitive eyes to contact with allergens and other irritants.
Floaters – are small specks or dots that can be seen against a bright background like a white wall. They are harmless and can increase over long periods of time. However, if a floater comes on abruptly or there are suddenly more you should be examined immediately.
Glaucoma – a condition in which the optic nerve is damaged which can cause permanently damage vision in the affected eye(s) and lead to blindness if left untreated.
Hyperopia (Farsightedness) - is a defect caused by an imperfection in the eye causing difficulty focusing on near objects.
Keratoconus - is a degenerative disorder in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal round curve.
Macular Degeneration – a condition that affects older adults and results in a loss of vision due to damage to the retina.
Myopia (Nearsightedness) - a condition in which you can see close objects clearly, but objects farther away are blurred.
Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye) - an inflammation or infection of the thin transparent layer of tissue that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and covers the white part of the eye.
Presbyopia - the gradual loss of the eye's ability to focus on near objects in older adults.
Retinal Detachment - a separation of the retina from the underlying tissue.
Strabismus (Crossed Eyes) - a condition in which the eyes are not properly aligned with each other and prevents bringing the gaze of each eye to the same point in space.