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Music for the end of time
On the longest night of the year and the last day of the Mayan calendar, Spacedog will be performing music for the end of time. This is an evening when we'll be experimenting with sound and responsive, projected visuals, as we perform live on vocals, theremin, laptop and vibes, accompanied by Hugo and other automata.
For Final Light, a free, drop-in event at the Phoenix Arts Centre, Brighton. The event starts after Brighton's annual Burning of the Clocks. Spacedog are playing at the end of the night, at around 10:15-10:55pm.


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Artist Statement
The precious time we spend in nature fills the soul with peace and a fresh perspective away from the distractions of the world. My art attempts to capture these moments and allows the viewer to slow down and take in the view and reconnect with the natural world.
The wild, unpredictable medium of encaustics (paint made of beeswax, damar resin and pigment) allows me to depict the intensity, fluidity and texture found in nature. When heated to a high temperature; the wax in its molten state moves like honey as I wield a blow torch and guide it where I want it to go. The fun for me is witnessing rocks, trees and other natural imagery take shape through the creative dance of layering, reheating, and further manipulating the wax and adding mixed media. The finished painting is a representation of my 'playdate' with Nature – actual or imagined."
"All nature is but art unknown to thee." – Alexander Pope
ANNE STINE, artist
A native Northern Virginian, Anne began painting at a young age and developed a love of working with a variety of media. After a career in Arts Marketing, her passion for painting lead her to leave a conventional career and open her first creative business, Anne Stine Decorative Painting in 1999. For many years, she delighted residential and commercial clients with her murals until 2014 when she shifted her focus to original art work.
Anne concentrates primarily on the ancient wax based medium of encaustic paint (a molten beeswax mixed with resin and pigments) which she incorporates oils, pigmented shellac, vintage papers, textiles and salvaged found objects. The manipulation of the wax allows her to evoke a realistic element as she captures the beauty of nature through vivid color, rich texture and multiple transparent layers of wax.
Stine's work has been exhibited at: Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China; Gross-Downing Cultural Arts Center, Newport News, VA; AiM Gallery, Middleburg, Va.; Tryst Gallery, Leesburg, Va.; The Gateway Gallery, Round Hill, Va; ETC., Round Hill, Va; 8 Chains Winery, Purcellville, VA; Franklin Arts Center, Purcellville, VA; Harvest Ball Art Show, Salamander Resort, Middleburg, VA 2016; and several local boutiques.
Juried Art Tour Participation: Western Loudoun Artist Studio Tour 2016, 2017, 2018; Catoctin Holiday Art Tour 2016, 2017.
Member of the Loudoun County Artisan Trail and Loudoun Arts Council
Anne lives in Purcellville, Virginia, with her husband and three children. She works from her home studio where she teaches mixed media and encaustic wax painting.

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Look at me, Im blogging!
It seemed silly to get started without some sort of an introduction, so here goes.
For those of you who dont know me personally, Im Sophie Wodzak. Though Ive lived other places, and done other things, right now Im a housewife in Smalltown, Ohio. I live with my sweetest boyf and my even sweeter babyboy (thats him in the pic, isnt he cute?!) and, on a regular basis, I make cookies. I like lots of things and think lots of thoughts. And Im about to tell you all about it!
If that sounds boring to you, stay tuned for my coverage of our impending move to Essex this spring, when boyf, boy and I will hopefully work, definitely travel, and probably eat a lot of cheese (only not the baby yet, because hes too little)!


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Tag: brand communications
Ted Ryan, the guy in red in the photo above, has a job that many would dream of.
Also known as the Director of Heritage Communications a.k.a. Archivist of Coca-Cola, Ted's work brings him into contact with Coke's significant collection worth US$15 million of artefacts, artworks and antiques. Part preserver, presenter and promoter (he is also a blogger for Coke), Ted's 15 year experience in Coke makes him a walking encyclopedia of this ubiquitous and beloved beverage brand.
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Which came first, the Apple brand or its fantastic products? (source)
"Brand it like Beckham" so we've been taught, and untold fame and fortune would follow you. Learn to emulate Nike's brand success story, and be inspired by how its world famous "Swoosh" logo and "Just Do It" tagline. Apple became such a global powerhouse largely because of its distinct brand personality and immaculately executed brand architecture.
Build your brand and the rest – publicity, sales, profits, reputation – will follow. Really?
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Burton Socialite 2018 Womens Snowboard 151cm. Burton Socialite 2018 Womens Snowboard 151cm For those who like it extra flexy; step up your game with the hardest charging "soft" board on the mountain. With an extra poppy flex, the souped-up Burton Socialite is for riders who charge hard. Looser than the Lip-Stick and with more oooomph than the Deja Vu, it's the perfect recipe for partying on any terrain. The flat, ultra-thin, and skate-like profile improves the ride, thanks to Filet-O-Flex design, yet rips harder than any soft board out there. Ramped-up grip and a fast yet low-maintenance sintered base offer control and durability in variable conditions, while the Off-Axis construction perfectly aligns the board's design to your body's stance and positioning for board feel that fits like a glove. DETAILS BEND: Flat Top SHAPE: Twin Shape FLEX: Twin Flex CORE: FSC Certified Super Fly Core, Dualzone EGD FIBERGLASS: Triax Fiberglass BASE: Sintered Base MOUNTING: The Channel FEATURES: Off-Axis Squeezebox Low, Off-Axis Frostbite Edges, Super Sap Epoxy, Filet-O-Flex, Scoop, Pro-Tip BURTON WARRANTY: 3-Year Warranty SPECS TERRAIN: Park RIDING LEVEL: Intermediate SIZE: 151cm (Other Sizes Available) TECH FEATURES BEND Flat Top - Rising rider or seasoned pro, keep your game high and tight with Flat Top. A flat profile between the feet means stability, better balance, and continuous edge control. The tip and tail kick up with an early rise outside the feet for the catch-free, loose feeling you'd expect from rocker. SHAPE Twin Shape - Perfectly symmetrical for a balanced ride that's equally versatile when ridden regular or switch. Jib, spin, stomp, and butter with a greater balance of freestyle mobility and cat-like stability no matter which way you point it. FLEX Twin Flex - The flex is perfectly symmetrical from tip to tail for a balanced ride that's equally versatile regular or switch. CORE FSC Certified Super Fly II™ 700G Core - Stronger and lighter woods target specific areas of the core to provide pop, strength, and reduced weight. Dualzone EGD - Engineered wood grains for more edge-hold, response, and strength. The wood grain is positioned along the toe and heel edges on two continuous zones, perpendicular to the rest of the wood core, for consistent edge-hold and added strength. FIBERGLASS Triax Fiberglass - Versatile flex and response for everything from mini to mega shred. BASE Sintered Base - Durable and highly porous, get added durability and superior wax absorption for greater overall glide. MOUNTING The Channel - Stronger, faster, easier, and more adjustable—The Channel gives you ultimate control of your stance and your board in a design compatible with all major bindings (not just Burton's). Better yet, all boards with The Channel are fully covered by a 3-year warranty. This means that if you have any issue with any part of the board, even if The Channel is in mint condition, you are covered. FEATURES Off Axis Squeezebox - Profiled core for easier board control, more energy, and pop. Our most versatile Squeezebox profile improves pop and performance through the balance of thicker, more powerful core sections with thinner, more flexible sections. Rider energy is transferred outward from beneath the feet, energizing the tip and tail while making the board snappier, more stable, and easier to manipulate. Off Axis Frostbite Edges -Introduced by Burton long before all the hype about wavy "serrated knife" edges, Frostbite extends out slightly beneath your bindings for tremendous edge-hold on hard, icy conditions. Powerful when you need them, playful when you don't, Frostbite Edges are hungry for hard-pack while remaining smooth, flowing, and forgiving. Super Sap Epoxy - Featured on all Family Tree models, Super Sap is a resin formulated with bio-based materials that reduces the carbon footprint by 50% over conventional all-petroleum-based epoxies. Less oil consumption means even less of a carbon footprint per board, which is good in our book. Filet-O-Flex - Some riders want a more flexible board without sacrificing performance. Filet-O-Flex solves that challenge with ultra-thin profiling that creates soft boards that rip with maximum stability, durability, and grip. An additional benefit is subtle suspension and underfoot padding. Featured on the Name Dropper, Socialite, Feather, ProTest, Process Smalls, and Déjà Vu Smalls. Scoop - Scooped tips so you don't catch anything funky. This exaggerated tip and tail scooping turns up the edges for a looser, more forgiving feel that adds catch-free fun when riding everything from a knee-high box to neck-deep pow. Pro-Tip - A tapered tip and tail thickness reduces swing weight for easier mobility. BURTON WARRANTY 3-Year Warranty All 2014 and newer Burton snowboards with The Channel mounting system (such as the one you are looking at here) are backed by a three-year warranty from date of purchase. Our W48 Warranty Program ensures that should you have a problem, we'll have your claim repaired or replaced and on its way back to you within two business days of receiving it.
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Happy Honeymooners in Huahine, Moorea and Bora Bora
Our clients, Philip and Valentina, recently returned from their honeymoon in Huahine, Moorea and Bora Bora. They stayed at the Te Tiare Beach Resort, the Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa and the St. Regis Bora Bora Resort. It sounds like they had an amazing time! Below is their feedback and a few photos from their trip.
"I would like to thank you for organizing our honeymoon. Everything was really perfect! They treated us like a prince and princess! Both [Huahine and Moorea] were truly beautiful. I am very happy that Bora Bora was the last part of our trip. Bora Bora (and the St Regis in particular!!) is the best! It was like being in a movie! And thanks for giving us the superior villa: we had the view on the side of the mountain, the best of Bora Bora!"
In addition to her comments above, here's Valentina's ringing endorsement: "We organized our honeymoon itinerary through Tahiti.com and we had a near perfect vacation. Everywhere we went we had the best room (best view, best location) at great prices, without any hidden fees; our customized itinerary was organized following our desires and Tahiti.com really respected what we were aiming for. I truly recommend Tahiti.com, especially if you're organizing your honeymoon and you have never been there before. Thanks again for your great help… I keep thinking about our honeymoon: it was a dream come true vacation!"
Thanks Philip and Valentina! So happy to hear that your honeymoon was everything you dreamed and more. We wish you a lifetime of love and happiness… and we'd be happy to help you plan another trip should you decide to return again in the future!
Tesha Bornhorst #
so jealous! what a great photo.September 19, 2012
Ronni #
lucky couple!September 19, 2012
Mika M. #
Great trip indeed. Congrats to the happy couple!September 21, 2012
M.Sawyer #
absolutely beautiful… please send me next! ;)September 26, 2012
brittany #
nice review!December 22, 2012
Jan #
I loved Hilton Moorea! Amazing place! .. I would stay away from Legends Resort– our stay included an infestation of mosquitos, a very inflexible staff and the resort is no where near the water. A shuttle takes you to their private island but its on a set schedule. The Villas have nice views but who wants to spend all day in a Villa? The resort is located on a steep hillside and all the pictures on the website are far pretty than in reality. It's not 5 star as they claim.. And even if it part of the Preferred Hotel Group, they just market the place and have no real interest to make sure the customer is happy..January 11, 2013


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How are we already in February?!
Welcome to February folks!
We have no idea where January went and how we have made it in to February so quickly!
Following on from our last news article, January was mental! We managed and catered for a wedding at the beautiful Polhawn Fort, provided buffets for some of the local businesses, managed a belated Christmas party and we had a stand at the Dream Weddings Wedding Show at Plymouth Guildhall. So it was a brilliant start to the year.
Now we're in February we have a lot of planning to do for the rest of the year. Orange Chilli Catering & Events is sponsoring the administration, the catering and the management of the South West Wedding Awards 2015 which is being held on 12 March so we are in the planning stages now. This is so exciting and we can't wait to see who wins!
Our Hospitality Manager is also extremely busy in the kitchen where she is preparing buffet after buffet for corporate clients. There is a full list of our menus on our website so have a look! We are regularly posting pictures of some of our buffets so check out our Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest pages to see what we can offer.
February is also our spring cleaning month. We are currently tidying and sorting our store cupboard and purchasing new table centres, sashes and ribbons. This also gives us the perfect excuse to practice our creative skills and make different floral arrangements and sash colour combinations. Again, to see what we are up to, check out our social media!
Finally, we'd just like to say thank you for all of your support and remember, we don't just do weddings. We can do vow renewals, naming ceremonies, birthday parties, corporate events and much more, so send us an e-mail or give us a call and we'll give you an idea of what we can do for you!


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Home > WORDWAYS > Vol. 22 > Iss. 1 (2012)
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You all know about an Adonis, a Tarzan, and such, but here are some slang terms which employ common forenames. You don't have to be an Einstein to identify most of them, but a few may challenge you to be a Sherlock to figure them out. How many can you get right? Answers can be found in the Answers and Solutions in the end of this issue.
Recommended Citation
Ashley, Leonard R. N.
"Slang Forenames,"
Word Ways: Vol. 22
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Style & Beauty
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Style August 9, 2016
"We're in the age of the cookie-cutter sameness. There are few that are rarities, someone who doesn't look like 10 million others."
These are the words of Bill Cunningham, arguably the patron saint of street fashion across the globe who passed away this past June. Prior to the end of WWII, fashion was traditionally held in the tight grasp of the elite class and handed down to the general public through a process called the "trickle-down effect." Institutions of high fashion had the final say in terms of what appeared on the runway and what would eventually be worn by the masses. It was not until the end of the Second World War that an incentive for change occurred.
Due to the drastic rise of standardization during the 1950s, which included the replacement of urban life with suburbia, the francization of retail chains, and the increase of televisions in homes across the US, people began to search for an outlet of individuality. In an age of monotony, where could authenticity be found? One answer was through the breaking free of typical fashion standards of the time. Many cultural theorists have suggested that the edgy enticement of those "from the wrong side of the tracks" became an appealing means of escape from the tedious circumstances of what would become known as "late capitalism."
The group that found this new fashion alternative most agreeable were the mass numbers of children born just after the war, otherwise known as the "baby boomer" generation. Teenagers during the end of the 1950s and early 1960s in the US, this group of adolescents became an astounding force in the cultural and economic sphere. The attire they witnessed on the streets became far more chic and relatable in comparison to that of the high fashion world, which still saw itself as being of a greater and more sophisticated status than anything the youth culture could provide. Thus began the development of the "bubble up" trend in the world of fashion.
The appearance of each individual street fashion statement carried with it a set of beliefs and values. In other words, a new way of life. Furthermore, while the tradition of using dress and body decor to bolster sociocultural group identities has been present throughout the history of humankind, this was the first time that people in society began to use their material appearance as a way to connect with total strangers who shared similar ideals in order to form a makeshift "tribe." As an effect, the upper class had no choice but to relinquish its exclusive ownership over what was considered "good" style. America soon learned to welcome this new democratization of fashion.
The goal of finding a sense of identity and camaraderie with others who were considered a part of one's street fashion "tribe" began to dissipate around the arrival of the 21st century, a time in which we still exist – the postmodern era. Instead, the incentive to present oneself to the world as a vibrant individual to promote one's uniqueness in a material way became the increasingly popular alternative.
However, although there is now a diminished need for people to feel connected to each other through similar style tastes, this does not equate to the notion that street style's influence has lessened. On the contrary, with the huge influx of individuals pioneering the fashion front, the mass and linear process of predictable trends of looks had been essentially trivialized. This continues to bring into question the significance of uniformity in society beyond just the realm of clothing and material.
It was one thing to be a part of this rapidly growing style statement, one which was becoming increasingly abundant in America's largest urban cities; it was quite another to have the idea to start documenting this phenomenon. Enter Bill Cunningham, a New York Times photographer who decided to turn his lenses toward the most eye-catching fashionistas on the streets of "the city that never sleeps.'
Starting in the early 1970s by peddling around on a bicycle in his iconic blue worker's suit, this trendspotting photographer chose to snap the most innovative and unusual in their taste for attire, his favorite so-called "birds of paradise." If one happened to be privileged enough to be the subject of one of Cunningham's photo portraits, it was treated as the greatest of compliments. A true legend in the fashion and photography world, Cunningham has been heralded as a national treasure by those who knew him in the industry. He was awarded the highest honor in the French cultural domain – the Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.
Bill Cunningham may have been the first to recognize the importance of bringing street fashion to the attention of the masses, but he certainly has not been the last. The newly-inspired fashion world went on to produce some incredible photographers. Prominent figures today include Scott Schuman, creator of The Sartorialist, Tommy Ton, a fashion photographer who appears to have a startling instinct for what will become the newest trend long before it hits the runway, and Garance Doré, the former partner of Scott Schuman who went off to start her own street fashion blog that has gone on to be critically acclaimed in its own right. In the age of social media, time has never been better for street savvy fashionistas to show off their style and make their mark on the Internet world via fashion blogs and other digital platforms.
Particularly with the rise of Instagram, many individuals are now able to express themselves while gaining thousands – if not millions – of viewers and followers who appreciate the same sense of style. In an ironic twist of events, it seems as if individualism has turned once again into a commercialized institution. Websites like Who What Wear, Lookbook, and Streetpeeper now keep up to date with the latest trends seen on the streets. Companies now give advice on what to wear to be the most original and stand out from the crowd.
At the biannual arrival of New York Fashion Week, the focus of attire is not just on what people wear on the runway, but off it as well. The rise of Instagram has allowed fashion bloggers to profit from their sense of style. Notable people such as Kyrzayda Rodriguez, Christina Caradona, and Blake Von D have made their name into a brand, defying the notion that one needs to be part of a company to make an impact on the fashion world. It's all thanks to a bold sense of personal style, a little bit of photogenicity, and the courage to show off their original take on what's in vogue.
In loving memory of Bill Cunningham: 1929-2016
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3D Platform Hosts a Halloween Success! (Free Registration for CES 2015!)
Recently, 3D Platform's parent company, PBC Linear hosted a Halloween party at their world headquarters located at 6402 E. Rockton Road in Roscoe, IL.? With over 250 employees and family members in attendance, the party was a great success!? The afternoon was filled with food, games, prizes, a costume contest, and trick-or-treating ? which allowed family members to tour the 150,000 square foot manufacturing facility.? Also, on display was a huge Frankenstein head that was 3D printed onsite on the 3DP1000 printer, from 3D Platform. The 3D Printed Frankenstein Head created quite a buzz during the Halloween week. A number of?media outlets reported on this 27-inch tall, 3D Printed Frankenstein project:In January 6th?- 9th, 2015, 3D Platform will bring the large format 3D printer the 3DP1000, together with collections of large 3D printed products to the 2015 International CES Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. If you are planning to come, make sure to stop by the 3D Platform's booth at the Sands Expo, booth #71626, we look forward seeing you there!
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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Product Design & Development.com Photos of the Day: Giant 3D Printed Frankenstein Stands 27″In addition, Rockford?s leading news station the Channel 13 (WREX) also featured 3D Platform and the 3D Printed Frankenstein on last Thursday and Friday?s newscasts.


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Even if you cannot join us in Edinburgh to cheer on your team you will still be able to follow them on the internet. All games are being webcast by 247.tv.
Each individual match will cost £4.00, but you can buy a fabulous value tournament pass for £35.00.
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Runescape helped Jagex rake in best revenue year ever
2012 proved to be a spectacular year for the UK-based mmorpg games developer Jagex thanks to Runescape.
Jagex revenues in 2012 rose to above £50 million for the first time in the studio's history -- making it the company's "most successful year to date" -- mainly because of Runescape's continued popularity.
Runescape, the studio's flagship browser mmo, managed to snag tens of millions of new players in the past year. Jagex attributed the continued strength of Runescape to a string of successful content updates rolled out in 2012.
This included updates like Evolution of Combat, which overhauled the game's fighting system, and the launch of Old School Runescape. Developers also introduced optional monetisation features which proved to be popular and aided in bringing in the record revenues.
Jagex also gave appreciative nods to the positive contributions of two other titles, Ace of Spades and Carnage Racing.
The developer will be re-investing the majority of profits to games it has in-development, including the Transformers Universe MMO which headlines its 2013 release line-up. Runescape is also due for a massive content release.
"2013 is set to be an even bigger year for Jagex as we release the biggest update in Runescape's history, launch Transformers Universe and publish a number of new titles," said Mark Gerhard, CEO at Jagex.
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The white-faced heron, or matuku, is a new native. That is, it arrived naturally (blown over from Australia) but only became established in New Zealand in the last 60 years.
It is a tall, elegant, blue-grey bird that will be seen stalking its prey in most of the estuaries along the Abel Tasman coastline. Because it forages in a broad range of habitats, including playing fields and pasture, it is well habituated to disturbance and can usually be approached closely.
When not feeding in these estuaries the white-faced heron may be seen flying high between them—its languid deep and slow wing beat is quite distinctive.
White-faced heron (matuku) calls on New Zealand Birds Online.
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In the second teaser from KYD issue 23, Adam Curley treads the delicate line between a life and a story.
Jarrod Quarrell folds his thin arms, lifting himself into a state of amused arousal in the recording studio's control room. His tattooed fingers turn over a cigarette rolled some time ago between trips to the microphone in the live room from the desk of producer John Lee, a composed, almost bookish man with thick-rimmed Wayfarer glasses and a pressed shirt.
'I want it to sound like the guys in the movies who get shot on the train. You know: Ahhhhh. Or a guy falling off a building,' Quarrell describes, mostly to me but also to Lee, who has been recording and sorting through assorted Ahhhhhs on a flatscreen. Some Ahhhhhs have been more like prehistoric birdcalls, some like retellings of waking cries. As in: you woke up making the strangest sounds last night…
It isn't apparent why Lee keeps the Ahhhhhs he keeps and discards others, working quickly with Quarrell's takes. Nor is there any distinguishable pattern to the cries. At the microphone, Quarrell listens through headphones to the song he's working on, haphazardly punctuating electronic beats and the existing vocal track with his falling-man calls like a tic, curling his hands in front of himself.
Am I equipped to handle my future? / Ahhhhh / It's hard to know / Living in fair weather never messes with your flow.
The vocal recording is just a guide, I've been told. The lyrics will probably change. The vocal track in one part of the song – what I'm guessing is the chorus – has been layered over numerous takes. 'I'm seeing what it would sound like with a choir singing it,' Quarrell says, trying to keep me in the loop. 'We'll get four or five girls and guys in later to do that.' The beats might change, too.
I'm in the dust between hired guns and a 'Goon #5' credit.
I want crimes solved, mysteries uncovered. To gain access to Quarrell's recording of his second album under the name Lost Animal, I've reasoned and coerced and sent messages that have at times seemed, even when writing them, passively indignant. I've proposed dropping into the studio a number of times over the planned weeks of recording, to which Quarrell has replied: 'We're writing as we go and that's a new way of doing things for me, letting others contribute ideas etc. Let me think about it. I really need to focus. Yeah, let me think it over.' Me: 'That's fine, think it over. I don't want you to feel like my presence is a distraction. For me it's important to have a fair bit of access – I'm interested in telling real stories…'
Real stories. Like the time Quarrell's first band, New Season, became the subject of a documentary that resulted in a lawsuit to make it disappear? Or Quarrell's drug (heroin?) use? Or his disappearance from another band, St Helens, to get clean? Or his privileged childhood in… Papua New Guinea or Geelong? These are half-stories that have been told to me in passing, sometimes as defences of Quarrell's artistic sensibilities (more shadowy figures) and sometimes as dismissals. The heights of these tales may have attracted me to Quarrell, but that's the thing about tall tales: there's no measuring stick to gauge exactly how high they go.
All I really know is that Lost Animal's first album, Ex Tropical, has become something of a uniting force in the Fitzroy bar I manage part-time. It can be played to rock-and-roll crowds and backpackers and the last of the Arts students hanging around Brunswick Street; either everyone knows and likes it well enough or no one bats an eyelid because the beats are mostly swallowed by keyboards and the rhythms aren't too jarring; Quarrell's malnourished-poet drawl is keen and intriguing but masculine enough to get a pass from those who have masculinity on their radars, and in that bar there are many who do, and the radars are topnotch. It makes a long shift easier. It's a certain kind of artist who can enter and exit freely the various spheres of prejudice people inhabit, who can go virtually unseen yet be permitted to stand amongst us in all their absurdity.
Want to read the rest? Issue 23 will be available online Monday 12th October! Be the first to read it by purchasing a print or online subscription to KYD.


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This class teaches you new skills, techniques, and information that you wouldn't normally learn in an everyday class. The class really opens up your horizon to new interests and talents you might not have known or even thought of! I moved to last year not knowing anyone, but after just the first couple of days I started making so many amazing new friends. Being in this class is such a fun time and has so many great opportunities.
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Cattino & Rattino Combo Scratching Set Cat Toy Review
Ah, the finer things. For cats that won't settle for your typical lounger/scratchers, the Cattino & Rattino Combo Scratching set will definitely attract their interest.
These hand-made pieces are light-weight, but very sturdy, able to handle up to 25 pounds of scratching kitty fury! And the scratching boards are able to be replaced to increase the set's longevity.


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Coffee cup mockup with Book
This coffee cup mockup with Book has three separate parts. Books with two different pages where you can place your own pictures, and the rest one is coffee cup. Beside the coffee cup you can place your own logo in any style. There is one more object that is pencil which is used to enhance the beauty of the mockup. This coffee cup mockup with Book will be awesome for logo/image presentation. Or if you have any sketch image need a good presentation you can also place it here. This is a full PSD file with separated layers in every stage. Download now.
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Years in Business
Stay CuriousElevator Up is hiring. Let's connect.
To Elevator Up, hiring isn't a focus on getting larger, but continuing to improve what we do and putting the right people in place to lead.
We're always seeking self-motivated and collaborative people who are curious about their craft. We look for the right combination of people and how they work together more than the role. Yes, your skill set should align, but our team values a positive and supportive learning environment, and we're open to a conversation. If you think you're a good fit, or know someone who is, say hello.
Benefits & Perks
Health Insurance We pay for 100% of your monthly premium and contribute to your HSA.
Downtown Parking A monthly allowance for parking in downtown Grand Rapids.
Paid Time Off Enjoy nine paid holidays, three weeks of vacation time, and 20 hours of personal time.
Education Bonus We provide an annual education bonus to help you mature your craft.
New Parent Leave To welcome the newest member of your family.
Not-Your-Typical Work Environment We work out of The Factory; a coworking space for collaboration with other small companies and community members.
Tools of the Trade We provide you with things like a Mac, a nice Steelcase chair, a portable desk for collaboration and whatever you need to do the job
Delicious Coffee Locally roasted Rowster's coffee is always on.
Profit Sharing When the company makes extra profit, so do you.
Debt-free Focus We're a debt-free company and we help our team members get to that place too.
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Tea Party group hosting forum for sheriff, Commonwealth's attorney candidates
The Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots will host an Oct. 1 forum featuring three of the four Augusta County sheriff candidates and one of the candidates for the Augusta County Commonwealth's attorney post.
Tea Party in Baltimore and Ferguson?
As Americans we get it when folks in other countries have riots for freedom. After all, high school history class thought us about the Boston Massacre, the British response to riotous Bostonians, unhappy with London's unpopular rule.
Dan Moxley endorsed by former Virginia Tea Party chair Mark Daugherty
Republican Dan Moxley was endorsed by Augusta County's own Mark Daugherty today in the race for the 24th Senate District GOP nomination.
Ken Plum: Virginia General Assembly session under way
The General Assembly convened for its annual session on January 14. Although the session scheduled to adjourn at the end of February is termed "the short session," it will have a full agenda of opportunities and challenges.
Ken Plum: Legislative redistricting remains an issue
Just last month a panel appointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe to look at ethics issues in state government recommended that Virginia establish an independent redistricting commission to draw legislative district lines.
Democrats: Too fat, too happy, doomed?
Republicans have been imploding for 15 years as their moderate and Tea Party wings have engaged in open warfare against each other. Looks like Democrats are about to do the same, with the centrist and liberal-progressive wings ready to claw each other to death.
Ken Plum: Taxes
Governor Terry McAuliffe will address the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees on December 17 in a statutorily required report on the state's finances.
Ken Plum: From polarization to compromise
The Senate is polarized between opposing points of view with a willingness to compromise being seen as a sign of weakness.
Supreme Court punts on gay marriage: How the GOP loses the White House, again
That the political winds are pushing Republicans is obvious not only to the Fox News-glued set. UVA politics professor Larry Sabato calls it the sixth-year itch; a second-term president, a lame-duck from the moment he is re-elected, historically struggles in his second midterm elections.
Ken Plum: Medicaid expansion-lite
The General Assembly is scheduled to go back into special session on September 18 to discuss Medicaid expansion.
Busy Robert Sarvis Senate schedule includes Tea Party, LGBT events
Following successful Labor Day weekend campaign stops at the Chesterfield County Fair, James Madison University, and Buena Vista Labor Day Parade and Festival, Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Robert Sarvis announced additional events over the next two weeks.
Waynesboro Public Library: September 2014 Calendar of Events
Waynesboro Public Library schedule for September 2014.
Chris Graham: Trolls
Zelda Williams, the daughter of the late comic actor Robin Williams, who died this week by suicide, is deleting her Twitter and Instagram accounts, maybe forever, because of trolls who insisted on using those media to send her photos of a corpse from a Spanish morgue taken in 2012 and insisting it was her father.
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On July 17, eighteen members and staff enjoyed a picnic at Town of Grottoes Park. The weather was perfect, food delicious & wildlife abundant! A fun time was had by all.
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Meals on Wheels Volunteer for PRSC, Brook Hardin was the proud winner of a $15.00 Wal-Mart gift card which is awarded each month through a drawing by Volunteer Coordinator Dawn Shull as part of their Volunteer Appreciation program.
WWE Video: Jack Swagger turning face?
Interesting stuff going on in WWE with Jack Swagger. The Tea Party-inspired character turn that had Swagger as a heel dating back a year now may be taking on a new look and feel.
And just like that: Emmett Hanger has already beaten the Tea Party at its own game
Just a couple of weeks ago, 24th District State Sen. Emmett Hanger was looking vulnerable, and I told him as much in what turned into a series of emails between the two of us.
Ken Plum: A bloodless revolution
About this time of year in 1966 I wrote a letter to my hometown newspaper, Page News and Courier, suggesting that Virginia had just undergone one of the bloodless revolutions that Thomas Jefferson had suggested would be good for society periodically.
Creigh Deeds: What a week in Virginia politics
Last week saw the passage of a state budget and also the potential demise of Medicaid expansion in Virginia. Two dramatic events of the previous few days drove the results of the Special Session.
Republicans pass budget: McAuliffe vows fight not over
With their new majority in the Senate won with a backroom deal with disgraced Democrat Phil Puckett in tow, Republicans broke the budget logjam on Thursday, finally passing a state budget that does not include Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe's signature expansion of the state Medicaid rolls.
Stunner! Eric Cantor loses Republican primary, ousted from Congress
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., lost his battle with Randolph-Macon economics professor Dave Brat for re-nomination to the ballot in the Seventh Congressional District in Virginia Tuesday, a political stunner that sent shock waves down both sides of the aisle.
Democratic Party response to Ed Gillespie economic plan
Today, Ed Gillespie released a five-point "plan" for economic growth that can be summed-up like this: 1) Ed would like to continue Sen. Warner's work in the Senate and 2) Ed is willing to flip-flop on policies he previously supported in order to get the Tea Party Republican nomination.
Tea Party, conservative leaders call for immigration reform
On a call moderated by Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, Tea Party Express Co-Founder Sal Russo announced his support for fixing the broken immigration system by passing substantive immigration reform legislation this year.
Ken Plum: Virginia General Assembly leaves unanswered questions
Last Wednesday the 2014 session of the General Assembly adjourned sine die at the end of the Reconvened Session that is called at the conclusion of each regular session to consider amendments to legislation proposed by the Governor and vetoes he made of any bills.
Democrats: Del. Bell chooses Tea Party ideology over calls from Virginia constituents
Last night in Waynesboro, Republican Delegate Dickie Bell held a town hall with Koch Brother funded Americans for Prosperity.


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Start the weekend right with all of the latest music, including Vado and Young Dro's "Polo" video. J. Cole teams up with Drake again for a new collaboration while new music from Kanye West's upcoming album is circulating. Cash Money artist Jay Sean has a new tune you can dance to and David Banner got a record with Ludacris and Marsha Ambrosius (produced by 9th Wonder). Check out all the goods below:
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Why you fail to achieve your weight loss goal
There are many reasons why people fail to achieve their goal of losing weight by dieting, Many diets consists of a foods that are not appetite suppressants or their caloric intake is too restrictive. It's not hard to figure out reason for people`s failure, The main reason is that diet is not a good appetite suppressant and it cannot resist your cravings.
After you eat meal ,Your food i converted into glucose . The higher amount of glucose is present the more you will feel your body full after having meal.And if glucose level in your body falls you will crave food again.
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A Magic-Carpet View of the City
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Having moved here from Montana nearly four years ago, I found it difficult to suppress the urge to climb, to explore, to seek out remnants of wilderness. I was eager to get up -- not by an elevator but by my own two feet. A few climbing adventures in industrial Queens provided gorgeous city views, but factory rooftops were no match for timbered peaks.
Then I noticed the High Line.
A strip of elevated railroad on Manhattan's West Side, it runs from 34th Street and 12th Avenue to Gansevoort Street in the meatpacking district. It is a treasure now mostly because it's the structure that time forgot.
It beckoned because it was . . . green. From 23rd Street and 10th Avenue, I looked up and saw a strip of meadow in the sky. I had to get there. But how? Now owned by CSX, a Virginia-based rail and shipping company, the track was built in the 1930s as a freight line. It carried its last shipment, three cars of frozen turkeys, in 1980. Passenger trains never used it. Thus, no stairs or other means of pedestrian access. I followed its path several blocks north until I spied a route up. This required climbing a fence, heaping old automobile tires into a pile, scaling the pile and heaving myself onto a factory rooftop, then shimmying up steel support beams onto the tracks. (Only later -- much later -- did I find an easier way.)
Behold! The city opened like a flower, the towers of Midtown cupping the Empire State Building like petals around a gleaming silver stamen. Even more remarkable than the urban panorama was the view at my feet. A swath of Manhattan had gone to seed, reverting to a kind of native prairie: knee-high grasses, white and yellow wildflowers, a miracle born of neglect. I fell for it instantly and have gone back again and again.
At 30th Street the tracks run east-west for two long blocks, then curve south again. Here a corrugated tin barricade blocks the way, but someone has torn a gash in it just big enough to allow a man to slip through. Recently, an artist painted a mural on the back side. It depicts the view to the north and west, including the river and the low-slung black box of the Javits Center. In the sky are the words "save the tracks," as if written by an airplane skywriter. On the right-hand side of the curve, going south, a sculpture collection sits on a rooftop: funky-looking abstractions fashioned of multicolored hoops and painted wire mesh, like the offspring of a Slinky and a tennis racket.
Soon you come to another tin barrier. This one you must crawl beneath on your belly. When you emerge on the other side, you see something sublime: a small garden with a tiny maple tree, a miniature pine and a patch of daisies and sunflowers. The gardener tends this lovely plot by stepping from a third-floor apartment window on a plank laid across to the tracks. For a few seasons, the little pine was wreathed by a string of Christmas lights.
Forgive me if I make the High Line sound like an elevated Eden. In fact, part of its charm arises from juxtapositions of what might be considered the sacred and the profane.
In a shady spot where the tracks are bracketed by two old warehouse buildings, a miniature forest has risen; yet just beyond it the tracks are littered with rusty buckets, old spray-paint cans (graffiti detritus) and a lonesome-looking pair of turquoise underpants. In this way the tracks are like the streets below -- elegant here, grubby there -- and they turn Henry Adams's dictum on its head. "Chaos," he observed, "was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man." On the High Line nature has restored order to a chaotic sliver of Manhattan's West Side, and the only evidence of chaos appears in the flotsam left behind by humans.
In a passing scene is his novel "Great Jones Street," Don Delillo imagined a distant future when archaeologists would scale the mounds of rubble in our abandoned cities and attribute our culture's demise, in part, to the fact that we stored so much of our beauty high in the air, out of eyesight. I thought of Delillo as I looked down onto the roof of a grimy little auto-repair shop and saw two immaculately carved wooden owls perched on a ledge. From the street I would never have noticed them.
The High Line, though, is increasingly drawing notice. A group called Friends of the High Line (www.thehighline.org) has been working to transform the structure into a seven-acre strip of levitating parkland, by making it part of the federal government's vastly successful Rails-to-Trails program. West Side property owners dream, instead, of dismantling it and building condos and office buildings. A very talented photographer, Joel Sternfeld, has taken pictures of the tracks in all seasons and published them in a marvelous book, "Walking the High Line," published by Steidl. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has even ordered a study on the High Line's future, and his administration's report is due this month.
It's hard to root for the real-estate developers in this case. A park along the High Line would be a stunning amenity in a city as dense as New York. Walking the tracks, it's possible to feel as if you're on a slow-motion magic carpet ride. Admittedly, a selfish and proprietary part of me wishes the tracks would simply be left to another 20 years of benign neglect. But then I remember the commanding city views we New Yorkers so recently lost. And I think that in its relative humility, its unprepossessing message that beauty and nature endure in the unlikeliest of circumstances, a park on the High Line could be a consoling gift we give to ourselves and the future of the city.
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Virgina Tech shooting; how souls help each other; effects of energy magnifying characteristics, feelings; everyone's contribution to the light valuable; importance of balance; HoneyBees' disappearance, Devic kingdom assistance; status of war, troop withdrawal, future of Iraq; FDA control of nutritional supplements; effects of fear; Global Love Day
(NOTE: Robert Schwartz, author of Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges before Birth? (www.CourageousSouls.com) will be guest on "Matthew and Friends" May 16th Internet Radio show (www.BBSRADIO.com). May 17, Robert Chapman, global economist, will be guest on "We the People" teleconference; June 7, Stanton Friedman, writer and speaker about UFOs, will be guest; more information about our guests, time and telephone number is on www.awakenedhearts.com.
S: Matthew dear, the questions are ready. You know that many have written about the disappearance of the honey bees and the shooting at Virginia Tech—which would you like to talk about first?
MATTHEW: Dear soul, let us speak about Virginia Tech. Because that is my sister's alma mater, to you this personal connection with our family made the senseless killing seem even more a tragic event. Your first thought at seeing the TV newscast was that the shooter was acting out of mind-controlled programming, and I shall tell readers what I told you: No, he was not—he is a dramatic example of what I have explained about the higher energies on Earth magnifying all human characteristics and feelings. He was a desperately tormented young man who felt that no one cared about him and he harbored tendencies toward violence. As his feelings and those tendencies kept intensifying along with the energy magnification, he reached the point where he lost all sense of reason and value of any life, especially his own, and that is when he planned the massacre at the school. This is part of the background in that happening.
Another part is my reply when you asked me at that time: Why did all those promising young lives have to end? and I told you it was in accordance with their soul contracts. Just as I left at a young age because my Earth lifetime missions had been completed, so had theirs. At soul level they knew that their physical deaths, like many other young lives seemingly cut short, will reverberate with lasting and profound goodness that collectively will evoke in humankind greater sensitivity and caring. The same is true about the professors who died—they, too, had completed their chosen missions, and their inspiring influence on many people did not end with their physical lifetimes.
I have told you that pre-birth agreements are designed for the spiritual growth of all involved, and it is no different in this violent ending of all those lives, including Cho's. He agreed to fill the role that would assist the others to leave when they had fulfilled their chosen experiencing, and of all the souls who moved forward that day, his entire Earth lifetime was the most difficult to endure. This is a related aspect of that happening, why Cho was so psychologically unstable: He also agreed to take on part of the psychic traumas that several weaker personages in the cumulative soul chose to experience but were not sufficiently inured to the hardships of third density to complete them in one physical lifetime. By sharing their chosen lessons, Cho helped those personages attain the degree of experiencing their cumulative soul needed for overall balance. This allowance is a form of divine grace that you could think of as similar to your "buddy system" in diving, and it is offered to souls in this unprecedented era of opportunity for rapid completion of third density experiencing. It is the same in soul clusters, where the stronger, more experienced souls share the hardest physical or emotional lessons that the weaker, less experienced souls need for balance and choose to learn. Please do not think this arrangement is unfair to the strong souls or that the ones who receive help with their lessons did not actually learn them—there is an energetic leveling that provides spiritual growth for all in these shared experiences. None of the people involved are consciously aware of the cooperative effort, but when they return to spirit life where all is known, they feel elation for successfully winding up third density karmic lessons and gratitude to all the souls who assisted them attain their goal.
S: Matthew, there's so much I don't understand about all the personages living simultaneously in the continuum and how they cooperate to benefit the cumulative souls and the soul clusters.
MATTHEW: We know, Mother, and you are not alone in this. There is no way to understand something that you cannot consciously relate to, but the understanding will come when Earth reaches the vibrations where there is no barrier between consciousness and soul, where the Oneness of All is known; and if contracts call for souls to enter their next spirit lifetime prior to Earth reaching her destination, they will understand even sooner.
S: Either way is fine with me—I just want to understand! Matthew, how much of the violence in our world is a result of the higher energies?
MATTHEW: I cannot give you a percentage of the violence or numbers of deaths due specifically to this, but I can tell you that the opposite effect—the light generated by increasingly positive characteristics and loving feelings—far exceeds negative results. What happened at Virginia Tech is a much more dramatic example of how the energies are working than say, situations between mates or working colleagues, a teacher and a student, friends. Yet all in these relationships are affected by the energies that, depending upon each individual's reaction, are either strengthening or diminishing the value of the associations.
Furthermore, this magnification of energy forces is "separating the wheat from the chaff" insofar as people's intentions—it is forcing them to choose between the light and the dark. Everything in your world is in accelerated motion during this unique time in your planet's long history, and what I explained about balance's need for "heavy" roles notwithstanding, there can be no more fence-straddling. The infusion of light is fortifying conscience and heightening sensitivities, and those who resist and stubbornly cling to attitudes and actions that cause suffering for others are thereby choosing not to accompany Earth into fifth density. Their bodies will die because their lifetime energy registration—the composite of every thought, feeling, motive and action—is not compatible with the higher vibrations of Earth's ascension pathway.
How can you know who doesn't go along with her because of that universal law about energy and who is leaving in accordance with soul contracts? How they ultimately are remembered. It doesn't matter if persons are international figures or are known only within their circle of family and friends, whether their lives affected world events or only the people close to them, they are remembered in accordance with how they treated others. The lives touched by the light-filled souls are enriched and there will be widespread relief when tyrants die and no longer oppress nations. I emphasized "ultimately" remembered because you must realize that everything in your world that is considered unconscionable and divisive has been necessary for balanced experiencing. For millennia all of you have played "good guy" and "bad guy" multiple times to achieve balance yourselves and help other souls do the same. You don't consciously know if "that bad guy" is helping one or many "good guys" achieve balance—this is why we have urged you not to judge anyone! Now, in this extraordinary era of winding up third density karmic lessons, the extremes between "good" and "bad" no longer are needed and the intensifying light is reconciling those opposites into itself—remember, in light there is balance. And when you and Earth are in the vibrations where consciousness and soul merge, the full panorama of what now is known only at soul level will unfold.
S: There's a question that I think is appropriate here: By bringing light to smaller situations, like families and communities, wouldn't that expand and transform the darkness everywhere, like running clean water through a clogged pipe—eventually the water coming out is clean?
MATTHEW: That excellent analogy would be even better if it stated that transformation begins within each individual and flows out purely, cleanly, into families, communities and onward. Many souls are feeling that they should be doing something meaningful on a grander scale, but because they don't know their pre-birth missions and feel no strong direction to follow, they feel disquieted and helpless to make a difference. Each of you is a brilliant spark of god/goddess-ness, a powerhouse of energy with unlimited potential, but it is not necessary for all to perform profound acts! Only a comparative few of Earth's population need to be national leaders or hold other influential positions; to assist the light, the vast majority need only to kindly and generously share their knowledge, talents, time and resources with those who are in need. Helping others brings balance to you and to them, and the light this generates flows outward to benefit all. Please let this knowledge end your "stewing" about what more you can do and replace that unsettling feeling with the contentment that your balanced BEing is an invaluable contribution to spreading love, peace and harmony throughout your world.
Mother, recently you responded to a reader who was asking about balance, and later she wrote that you answered all her questions. I think your succinct, yet deeper explanation than what I just said can be helpful to others too, so please insert her note and your reply.
Matthew has stated that the elite were given the enormous power they possess via an agreement in order to create balance. Is it possible to get a more detailed explanation of the concept of "balance", in both general and planetary terms? Also, has that balance been attained yet?
What you wrote—"the elite were given the enormous power they possess via an agreement in order to create balance" and "the concept of balance"—is a misinterpretation of what Matthew has said. First, balance isn't a concept—it's the universe in constant motion. In balance there is light, which is the same energy as love, simply expressed differently; this light/love energy is the total essence of Creator, and the goal of all souls is to return to their origin in Creator. (Because I don't know if you're familiar with all of Matthew's messages or the books, I'll attach material in Revelations for a New Era that explains the difference between Creator and God.)
The aim of souls' multiple lifetimes is to fill gaps in experiencing or to master "godly" characteristics so that overall, balance can be attained. Karma, unlike what some think of as "reward or punishment," is the opportunity to practice those characteristics or to experience the opposite of the previous lifetime(s). In the latter case, for instance, someone who killed needs to know what it feels like to be killed; someone who was wealthy needs to live in impoverished circumstances; someone who was a tyrannical leader needs to experience what it's like to be oppressed. The result of balanced experiencing is spiritual growth, or soul evolution, the incremental steps in remembering our origins in Creator and returning to that perfection.
Prior to birth, a soul reviews its cumulative lifetimes and chooses specific genetic and environmental circumstances that will provide the opportunity to achieve balance, to grow spiritually. The pre-birth agreements made by each soul and all principals who are affected by that soul's life are designed for the spiritual growth of all, and what is chosen by each is that individual soul's contract. The souls who choose the "harsh" experiencing of deprivation and hardships need other souls to provide those kinds of situations, and the latter souls also benefit, balance-wise, from playing out their "heavy" roles. However, many millennia ago in our linear time concept (and linear time is only a concept) this "win-win" arrangement got out of hand because after birth, we don't consciously know what our souls chose and we make free will choices that aren't in our contracts, so we need more and more lifetimes to balance the previous ones. Life on Earth became like a merry-go-round that kept spiraling downward until it reached the lowest part of third density.
Earth is a highly evolved soul with a planetary body, and her karma is the collective karma of all her human residents. Throughout the millennia that they kept treating each other and the animal and plant kingdoms brutally, thus continually incurring the need for more opportunities to overcome their imbalance, Earth's body became correspondingly imbalanced. Her soul always was in the higher vibrations as her body descended deeply into third density where negativity—"darkness"—thrives. She gave her light to sustain all of her life forms until her body was nearly depleted and so out of balance that her orbit became dangerously unstable; she had to decide whether to let her body die or ask for help. She asked for help, and God authorized spiritually, intellectually and technologically advanced civilizations to respond to her request.
That brings us up to what's been happening for the past 60-some years—those civilizations' infusion of "light" saved Earth's planetary life and now is exposing and transmuting the negativity—"darkness"—that so long had prevailed. Individuals who absorbed the light started generating their own, thus the light on the planet has been intensifying for over six decades. In this unique time on Earth—in the universe! —some souls agreed to fill the "dark" roles that would conclude all third density karmic experiencing. They also agreed that at a certain point, they would join the light (remember, in light there is balance, the "win-win"); however, some of them became so entrenched in their power and greed, that they knowingly and willingly reneged on their agreement to join the light.
These "dark" ones are being exposed and their power is increasingly diminishing, but balance—the reconciliation of the dark and the light, or, the positive and negative extremes of polarity—hasn't yet been achieved as evident by the deception and corruption still "coming to light" and the continued wars and other violence as well as the unconscionable disparity between the "haves" and "have nots." But this reconciliation—balance—is happening as Earth is ascending into the higher densities where the light is so intense that darkness cannot co-exist.
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MATTHEW: Thank you, Mother. Now let us talk about the Honey Bees.
S: Fine! Most people just asked why so many have disappeared, but some are wondering if this is linked to cell phone usage or chemtrails, and a few want to know what will happen to food production without the bees.
MATTHEW: Like all other life forms in your world, Bees have been adversely affected by the various sources of pollution, but the "last straw" is the proliferation of electromagnetic waves from the increased numbers and usage of wireless communication instruments. Bees are strong in will and dedicated to their pollinating mission as they understand their important role in food production. They resisted leaving as long as they could, but ultimately their bodies became too fragile to continue viability against the onslaught of currents that are in conflict with their own energy systems.
The bees still flourishing where there are no, or many fewer, overhead electrical wires or cell phone towers eventually will instinctively populate in great numbers and many will migrate to other fertile areas when all pollutants on the planet have been eradicated. In the meantime, the Devic kingdom is helping to fill the cross-pollination gap by stepping up their interaction with the plant and animal kingdoms. Although fairies and leprechauns are the most popularly known, albeit mainly in fantasy stories, the beloved Devic kingdom is teeming with various-sized unseen life forms that fill myriad essential roles that help Mother Nature thrive. Some of them are so tiny that they wouldn't be noticed, but others are the size of domestic cats or even larger, and their high vibrational levels afford the security they need in a world where far too often animal and plant souls still are treated as if they are merely things without intelligent consciousness and a spectrum of feelings. Although on occasion some Devas may be seen by especially energy-sensitive folks, at this juncture, their safety lies in their invisibility to most eyes.
S: The symbiotic aspects of all life forms on Earth are really amazing! So the Devas filling in for the bees means that there won't be the dire food shortages that some are expecting?
MATTHEW: Not from lack of pollination, Mother, but until all the greed and wasteful and hoarding inclinations in humankind no longer are part of the make-up, millions will continue to die from starvation and disease due to malnutrition. But that is coming to an end too, along with all the other grievous circumstance still affecting and ending so many, many lives.
S: This reassurance is important, Mash. I'm hearing from many light workers who are being besieged with serious health, financial and relationship situations that make it more difficult to see the terrible things continuing.
Do you know what's going to happen in Iraq since Bush vetoed the
budget because of the timeline for US troop withdrawal?
MATTHEW: No, not in the immediate days or weeks. Even though the Congress was expecting that development, there are no viable contingency plans that will satisfy the majority of citizens' desire to end the war and also produce a bill that the president will sign. Please remember that although he does agree with the veto, taking that nationally, even internationally, unpopular stance was not his decision—he is following orders dictated by the peak Illuminati members of the faction that he and his family are part of. They will not voluntarily relinquish occupation of a land that long ago was planned as a major step in their intent to control the entire Mideast. The US embassy compound that blatantly exceeds all embassy requirements is being constructed according to Illuminati plans as it is to be their Mideast headquarters. It is also imperative to them that Bush retain his "wartime presidency" status, which entitles him to sign whatever executive orders he wishes and institute repressive policies without congressional approval—financially and politically enslaving US citizens also is part of their long-range plans. It is as I have stated before, these dark ones have lost all connection with reality—they still believe that with time and violent perseverance, their multistage plan to control the world will succeed. Even as members are defecting along with people formerly influenced heavily by the Illuminati, the most powerful in this disparate group cannot accept that already they have failed.
At this point we see the end of the war as a "fizzling out" rather than some formal declaration of peace. This isn't a case of two countries at war with each other, so there can no peace accord, only the withdrawal of foreign troops from a country whose people want to govern themselves. What once was an even war vs. peace energetic situation in Earth's field of potential has become so lopsided in favor of peace that the momentum for ending the war is steamrolling the wisps of opposing energy. Some of this is due to unpublicized pressure on the Bush administration by strong countries, some is the growing outrage of US citizens toward their government that is ignoring their desire for peace and the great need for improved national situations, and some is the few members of Congress whose indefatigable efforts to end the war are gathering support of colleagues. Yes, some of these new supporters are acting on self-interest—being reelected next year—but by election time, those who are self-serving will be publicly known, and regardless of their motives, their support to withdraw the troops is part of the anti-war energy surge.
What we see coming in the months ahead is the departure of mercenaries in the CIA's "black-ops" activities and other civilians employed in various roles to keep the warfront fueled because of increased danger of injury or death, and in some instances, nonpayment for services. More top military will speak out in opposition to continuing a futile war; not only casualties, but fatigue and discouragement about prolonged duty tours are weakening the fighting force, and field commanders will press for the troops' return home. Now that the shameful neglect of seriously wounded and traumatized military men and women is out in the open, they will receive the proper care and financial assistance that has been largely denied them.
As for Iraq, the stabilization that Bush must keep insisting requires our troops' presence will not begin until all foreign troops have left. There will be a period of chaos and secular killings before the light is intense enough to uplift the masses living with grief and fear, and to end the physical life of the radicals whose hearts could not be softened. Those who have fled will return and there will be unity of spirit and respect of different views as the Iraqis join together harmoniously to rebuild their ravaged country, an incremental process over the next few years.
S: Thank you, dear—many prayers are going out to those people who are living with grief and fear and hatred. A different source of fear is that the FDA is going to take control of nutritional supplements that are helping many people to stay healthy. A lot of writers hope you can say something encouraging about this.
MATTHEW: I wish I could say that all who benefit from the many natural products will continue to have unlimited access to them, but at this point I can't. There is encouragement, however. If those products do come under FDA control, it would be for the short term as all darkly devised strategies and laws that harm or hinder your well being will be ending. Also reason for feeling encouraged is that the energy of the light grid is reducing and will eliminate the dark use of electromagnetic waves, thus ending the distressing physical and emotional anomalies due to that cause; and bodies that absorb the light will have increased self-healing ability without supplemental means.
And please do not forget that what you believe about your health condition is paramount! I am not overlooking soul contracts that include physical sickness, pain and debilitation to balance other lifetimes; in those cases, the souls chose to rise above self-pity, attempt to overcome disablement, and see the blessings in their lives; and at the same time their caretakers are balancing their previous experiencing. But far more of you chose physically sound bodies, and in health matters as in all other facets of life, fear is your worst enemy! It causes illness, and because fear energy forms a formidable barrier in your system, your bodies' self-healing mechanisms cannot operate effectively. Fear clouds your thoughts with negativity and causes preoccupation with "what if's" that not only permeate your outlook on life, but also affect those dear to you.
Mother, rather than my "preaching," I ask that you to insert my recent short message to Jean Hudon about fear and also what he received that prompted his request—just the first few lines of the note from someone who was referring to what an acquaintance had seen in remote viewing, please.
Yes, Jean, I think it's time to let a Doomsday focus for all that [sic] coming in. There's a reason for it. Personally I feel it coming too and the different insights that are coming in are very helpful for all of us to decide what is the right course of action to take during this year.
Jean, my respected and beloved friend, I am not here to tell you that what this remote viewer has seen in her endeavors is not accurate, but rather I come with the reminder that with one exception, nothing of potential dire nature is cast in marble. What IS cast in marble is that, by Creator's decree and by means of the advanced technology of our space family, there will be NO nuclear war; other than that, what individuals will experience will be the result of their beliefs and focus. The more fearful the elements interjected into the consciousness mainstream, the more fearful the happenings the individuals' collective energy will manifest. Our intent in continuously beaming massive light to Earth is to reduce and preferably eliminate the fear energy that is keeping many souls from awakening into their god/goddess selves and being spiritually prepared to successfully navigate the transitional bumps in the road as Earth continues on her ascension pathway to the Golden Age. We see that some souls will not choose to make that full journey and we honor that, but the pathway will be smoother for those who do choose to physically accompany Earth if the fewest possible "doomsday" or Armageddon thoughts go shooting out into the universe where they will attract "like" thought forms and bring those types of experiences back to your planet.
MATTHEW: Thank you, Mother. I believe that is enough, so please type the next question.
S: Sweetheart, do you know that May 1 was Global Love Day?
MATTHEW: Yes indeed, I know!
S: Good, then I don't have to explain that. The question is: Did "Love Day" make any difference in the world or only to the people who know about it?
MATTHEW: Mother, dear soul, Global Love Day is self-descriptive! We rejoiced in seeing the profusion of golden-white light streaming around your world as people in many countries celebrated love in their respective ways, and what could be better than LOVE to honor with its special day! It makes no difference that many on Earth do not know about this day. The magic of love is, it's not confined to the heart—it flows outward and touches every life near the loving person, and from those people to all lives they touch, and so on throughout the world. I have told you that the ripple effect of a smile is incalculable—can you imagine the magnificence of LOVE streamers circling and circling Earth!
I am grateful for the Love Day question—it reminds me that I omitted an essential aspect of the souls who help other souls in pre-birth agreements, within the cumulative soul and in soul clusters: ALL of this cooperation—that which seems antagonistic or impeding or even is lethal, is based in UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! At soul level this is known. It is understood by all that the "heavy roles" are accepted because of those souls' love for the ones they are agreeing to cause pain, and it is equally understood and immensely appreciated by those whose spiritual growth is enhanced by the ones who inflict the pain.
Giving and receiving love is the ultimate expression of souls one to another. And FEELING love is so simple! I know your thought, Mother, that space limitations have been reached, so I won't ask you to insert "What Is Love?" here, but if you will please, reference the message that includes it. [This is in the November 9, 2006 message—the chapter "Light and Love in Action" from Illuminations for a New Era, and the part Matthew is referring to begins "So, then, what is love?"]
Thank you, Mother, and now in my farewell to you and all readers, I say that each of you is unconditionally loved by souls throughout this universe.
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1/25 '09 Dodge ChallengerSunday, April 24th, 2016
This model kit was a birthday present from my brother. It has taken me quite a long time to get it looking like this!
Click for more pictures and build info …
DIY Arcade JoystickSaturday, October 24th, 2015
I recently received a couple of arcade fighting games in some software bundles I bought from humblebundle.com. Namely, Skullgirls and Street Fighter IV. While they are both playable with a regular XBox controller, they are designed to be played with a proper arcade style joystick. Like this one:
This is my DIY Arcade Joystick made for roughly £20 using only basic tools. Read on for details on how I made it.
Origami IISaturday, September 5th, 2015
Here are some origami models I have folded recently:
Folded from 20cm x 20cm Tissue Foil from origami-shop.com
This is the first model I've made from this kind of paper and I was impressed at how easy it was to work with and how nice the finished model looks.
How to connect a Commodore 64 1541 disk drive to your PC over USBSunday, March 29th, 2015
I recently dug out my old Commodore 64 computer hoping to retrieve some of the old code I wrote when I was younger. It was my plan to transfer it to my PC so that I could run it using the Vice C64 emulator.
As I no longer own a television I couldn't connect up the C64 and see it working. Even if I could, I'd still have been left with the problem of how to get the data from the 5.25″ disks and onto the PC. There was a mass of outdated information on the internet about how to make a cable to connect to a PC parallel port, but it's been many years since PCs have had those. There were also a couple of nice looking products for extracting data from floppies (Kryoflux) and for connecting a drive over USB (ZoomFloppy) but given that I didn't even know if my disks would still work, I didn't really want to pay a lot of money for one of those.
And then I found this article. I don't own a Teensy, however, I do own the very similar Minimus AVR and it turns out that it was perfect for the job!
Read on for instructions on connecting your Commodore 1541 to your PC, no special electronics knowledge required.
Sujiko SolverTuesday, January 21st, 2014
This is a partially filled in Sujiko puzzle, taken from the cover of December's Beyond Sudoku magazine.
It's a pretty straightforward puzzle - simply fill in the digits one to nine in the cells such that each set of four cells around the centre circles adds up to the number shown in that circle. There is more information on the inventor's webpage here.
Since solving these puzzles is relatively easy, and having just finished reading this book, I decided to try and come up with something more interesting to do with them. I had a number of questions that I wanted to answer…
How to mod Rogue LegacyFriday, October 4th, 2013
One of my favourite games at the moment is indie game, Rogue Legacy. It's a fun little game that involves hacking and slashing one's way round a randomly generated castle.
Me being the way I am, I couldn't resist doing a bit of hacking of the other kind. That is, I decided to have a little poke around with the game's data files and see if I could view them and/or modify them.
It turns out that yes, it is possible (although not straightforward!) to customise the in-game graphics. So, if you'd like to find out how to have your portrait hanging on the castle wall in your own personalised version of Rogue Legacy, then read on.
The ShardSaturday, July 20th, 2013
This is The Shard, currently the tallest building in Europe at over a thousand feet tall.
Want to see the view from the top?
Zombie Apocalypse!Sunday, June 9th, 2013
Here I am fresh from a recent encounter with the undead. I have no idea what has happened to my nose in that picture - perhaps that's one of the first symptoms of the zombie virus and now my brain is going to start slowly rotting away?
This picture was taken at Zombie Apocalypse which was a very thoughtful 40th birthday present from my brother and his family. I say thoughtful … although I'm not sure what thoughts made him think sending me off to be eaten alive was a good idea!
O2 Headphone Amplifier ProjectSunday, December 16th, 2012
I made this! It is a headphone amplifier for use with my Sennheiser HD650 headphones.
I'd love to be able to claim that I designed it, too, but that wouldn't be true. It was designed by NwAvGuy and sold as a self-assembly kit by headnhifi.com. All I did was buy the parts and put them together.
Read on to see what's inside and how I got on …