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This year ushers in the Universal Year "3", which is associated with optimism, luck and creativity– and according to Singaporean numerologist Gracy Yap, the energy for 2019 is "light, cheerful and promising".
A Universal Year means that people will experience the energy of a particular number all through that period. It's like driving on one road all year long.
In numerology, when 2019 is reduced to a single digit, it adds up to "three": 2+0+1+9 = 2 (2+0) and 10 or 1 (1+9) = 21 (2+1) = 3. The Universal Year 3 is made up of the number 21, a golden number that contains the blueprint for wealth and success.
So if 2018 was a challenging year and progress was slow at manifesting your dreams, Yap predicts 2019 has a better outlook.
Success And Abundance
"It's a year where we shall experience success and abundance," says Yap, author of Secrets Of Golden Numbers.
"The numeral 21 represents The World card (the ruling tarot card of the year). If this card appears in a reading, it's auspicious. It's the final blessing of the Major Arcana (78-card tarot deck) and symbolises that you've arrived at a place where you can fulfil your dreams."
She adds, "The numeral 21 signifies advancement and success in life, honour and victory after a hard fight. It means you've come to the end of a cycle or concluded a long-term project and new doors are opening."
Yap says the wreath – the World card features a naked woman dancing above the Earth holding a staff in each hand, surrounded by a green wreath, being watched by various creatures –�
suggests that you'll be crowned with accolades and awards, and will have the world in your hands.
"You should shoot for the stars and actively contribute your talents or time to serve more people," she advises. The World card is also associated with travel. "This can literally mean travel or a journey inward to find answers within," she adds.
The World card is symbolic of success and satisfaction.
The number three is associated with Fire, and 2019 is especially favourable to the Fire sign or those with the number 1 (born on the 1st, 10th, 19th and 28th day or those with a Lifepath 1); number 3 (born on the 3rd, 12th, 21st and 30th or those with a Lifepath 3); and number 9 (born on the 9th, 18th and 27th day or those with a Lifepath 9).
To calculate your Lifepath number, you reduce the digits of your birth date to a single digit while excluding 11 and 22 which are Master Numbers. However, Yap warns, success only comes to those who take action as Fire is action-oriented.
In Chinese astrology, 2019 is the Yin Earth Pig Year. In numerology, numbers with the Earth element are 8, the money magnet (born on the 8th, 17th and 26th day or those with a Lifepath 8); and the number 6 which is endowed with heavenly luck, teaching mastery and wisdom (born on 6th, 15th and 24th day or those with a Lifepath 6).
Earth (the ruling element) signifies power, status and public recognition. And according to Yap, those who want to get ahead, to climb the corporate ladder, get a promotion or attain greater power and authority should activate the Earth element – like a potted jade plant or cushions in earthy tones of brown and green – in their home or office.
She adds that this year's themes are victory, community, movement, change and success.
Scorpio is the Western zodiac sign counterpart for the Pig in the Chinese zodiac. "Scorpio's outlook this year is about power and money,"�
she says.
"The Universal Year 3 is associated with Jupiter, the planet of good fortune and expansion. Jupiter's other name is Zeus, the Greek god who rules over the other immortals on Mount Olympus. So this year is about taking action and turning your dreams into reality."
But she also says that "Scorpio may have to work at two jobs or multiple sources of income to achieve power, status and wealth."
The numerical vibration of a Universal Year 3 foretells of new jobs, businesses, love, travel or relocation, happiness, weddings, career advancement and good fortune. However, it also warns against recklessness and taking huge risks in money-related matters.
Yap says one should not be hasty in making important decisions, particularly those born on the 2nd, 11th or 20th (related to the Water sign) or those born on the 5th, 14th and 23rd (Air sign) that clash with the ruling element of 2019.
Her advice: Avoid rushing into decisions concerning career changes, relocation, new business ventures, change of pace, or romance and marriage.
Meanwhile, the Number 3 archetype personality (born on the 3rd, 12th, 21st and 30th or has Lifepath 3) is charismatic, optimistic, task-oriented and a risk taker. "The general view is you can feel upbeat about 2019 but trying times are not over," Yap foresees.
"You should create your own luck and take your chances when you have planet Jupiter ruling the year. Jupiter, the planet of good fortune and expansion, is associated with Number 3.
"Jupiter is the ruler of Sagittarius, so if you have Sagittarius in your zodiac sign or birth chart, your stars will shine this year. Other than Sagittarius (a mutable Fire sign), 2019 also favours other Fire signs such as Aries and Leo."
Ample Opportunities
Jupiter beams brightest at the start of the new year (Jan 1) and shines its lucky beams again on Aug 11, 2019 through Jan 1, 2020. So you still have one "window" in that latter period to maximise luck.
Meanwhile, Mars (the energy booster planet) and Venus (the planet for love and money) will not be going retrograde (fully functional). By Yap's calculations, this means you'll have a full year to plan your vision and make your dreams come true.
"Mars will assist you in successful product launches and bring lots of projects to fruition. With a galaxy of planets supporting the year, the arts, publishing, broadcasting, technology, e-commerce, science and invention, travel and finance sectors are thriving industries," she predicts.
There are ample opportunities for wealth and recognition too, if you engage with governments and multinational corporations. And it'll be a busy year for the stock market though profits may not be so healthy.
So, Yap advises not to put all your eggs in one basket and instead to diversify into long-term wealth assets like property, fixed deposits, and income plans with stocks that pay dividends either monthly or quarterly.
During the Jupiter retrograde, Yap also warns that one should avoid taking risks, particularly from Apr 10 to Aug 11 this year. During this 123-day period, don't go overboard in your investments.
She says obstacles and delays are anticipated when Mercury, which rules all forms of communication, goes retrograde (Mar 5-28, Jul 7-Aug 1, Oct 31-Nov 20). Don't sign any deals or buy IT gadgets in this period.
Oh, and one last thing Yap wants you to know: auspicious colours for 2019 are pink and coral. Pink is for love and happiness, she says, while coral gives you courage, promotes happiness and heals blood-related diseases.
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Coffeehouses in Europe were traditionally places that people could meet and discuss politics and other matters. It may have even been the place where the first Encyclopedia was born. But when I was at a coffee shop in LA last weekend, I didn't feel like there was very much discussion going on.
Two of my friends were with me, and sometimes we can have really good discussions, but here we were, sipping our drinks together, me watching them on their phones—scrolling. Maybe it was Facebook. Maybe Instagram. I wouldn't know because it's a little awkward to lean across the table, peer at their screen, and ask, "What are you looking at?"
One of the girls asked me which filter I preferred for a picture she had taken of us at the coffee shop. I gave her my opinion, but I knew that even then it would be a long process to the actual posting of the picture. It's a very complicated process choosing which edited picture to post, what caption to write, and what hashtags to use.
I took out my own phone, not really knowing what else to do. It's a very old kind of flip phone, but having to wait every few words I write for the screen to catch up with my typing isn't too annoying. I opened my messages and scrolled through a few that I had read already. Nothing had changed since the last time I read it. There wasn't anything else for me to do on my phone so I just took out a book and started reading, which is what I would do if I was alone anyway.
In a world where the Internet connects people no matter where they are, there is a new kind of loneliness. It's a feeling that's coupled with the desire to be noticed and appreciated and affirmed. If a person is going on an adventure or having a good time on their own, it should be enough to be alone, but for some reason, it's not nearly as fun if you can't tell people about it. When you post a picture on Instagram or update your Facebook status, you can find the affirmation you so desire with the "likes" that people give you. This helps counteract the loneliness but doesn't prevent it.
This is a malady that affects everyone. If you feel the need to share your good times with other people for affirmation, that's a sign of loneliness in and of itself. But if you are one of the 20% of 18-34-year-olds that, according to Forbes, doesn't own a smart phone, then your loneliness comes on a different level. You want to be where you are when you are there. You want to make the most of the moment. But none of the people you are with want to do that with you. They want to share the moment with the world. The world without smartphones has many benefits: fewer distractions, coffeehouses where people actually talk to each other, and the lack of a need to please people that aren't with you. But we're not living in that world any more. It's a nice dream, but an unrealistic one.
Although it's possible to live without a smartphone now, it leaves you very disconnected. Instagram just isn't practical for people with dumb phones. And while everyone else is sharing games and apps with each other, you with the dumb phone are playing the demo version of Tetris alone. And when a moment gets awkward or quiet, everyone else escapes to their phones and pretends to be doing something important on it. There's no way to pretend that you're doing anything important on a dumb phone because there's nothing to do on a dumb phone. But what smartphone activities are actually important enough to justify the amount of time spent using one? They are fewer than you would think; because any time spent with anyone is better than the time taken away from that moment posting about it on Instagram.
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We get it: you're probably over here uber busy thinking about summer plans and finalizing vacation details but get excited with us for one second about something pretty epic that Disney has up their sleeves to make Halloween even more epic. Even though it's four months away, celebrating this spooky holiday with your friends at Disney is worth looking into the future. If you have ever had a dream of taking your family on a Disney cruise, now is the time to book it because they literally just announced Halloween on the high seas and we don't know who is more excited, us, or the kids!
Okay friends, Disney just officially announced their Halloween on the high sea's offerings and it's just as magical as it sounds. The magic happens September through October and takes place on takes place on most voyages aboard the Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy, Disney Wonder and Disney Magic. So many magical options for parents to choose from!
Whenever you board your ship, you can expect to have a completely one of a kind Halloween celebration. They will feature spooky parties, fun entertainment and elaborate decor, including The Pumpkin Tree, which magically transforms throughout the cruise. But the fun doesn't end with just that.
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Each family will get to attend Mickey's Mouse-querade Party, which is a celebration with games, dancing and lots of candy! Your favorite Disney characters will be dressed in their favorite Halloween costumes just for the occasion. They can sing-along with their favorite Disney tunes at the Nightmare Before Christmas—Sing and Scream, including a meet-and-greet with Jack Skellington and Sally. They can listen to Haunted Stories of the Sea, attend a Creepy Cabaret, watch countless spooky movies and indulge in ghoulish delights.
And of course, there's fun for mom and dad, too. The nighttime entertainment district will be a happening place for those over age 21, as it becomes the haunted setting for a costume contest and a Villainous Takeover on the dance floor. Sounds like a dream to us - don't forget your Halloween costumes!
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Review: Creature Codex
Roleplaying game publisher Kobold Press second big book of monsters is the Creature Codex. The book was funded on Kickstarter, with the project launching less than a year ago, in December 2017. The book defied the odds and reached the hands of its backers only a few weeks later than its estimate shipping date of August 2018. And impressive feat for a small publisher.
Prior to the Kickstarter, the book was first mentioned on the official Dungeon & Dragons podcast, DragonTalk where it was teased with the name Tome of Beasts 2: Electric Beastaloo. It didn't make it as the final name… but it's funny.
What It Is
A full-colour hardcover, Creature Codex is 429-pages long. It has non-glossy white pages with no overt background, but almost every page has an art piece (as there is a monster on almost every page).
Inside the book are roughly 410 new monsters. Among these new monsters are a couple fey lords, several new animal lords, 4 demon lords, a couple archdevils, and several other tough monsters. There are over 35 legendary monsters, with two-dozen monsters being CR 15 or higher.
The Good
Like their previous efforts, this book was playtested by backers who gave each monster a once-over and some extra attention. Backers could also submit a monster, and a good dozen were included in this book. There's some really fun and evocative new monsters in the book.
Most of the monsters seem relatively balanced, and most of the traits and powers I read all seemed fairly easy to use at the table. Thankfully, there are few monsters that seemed to be familiar monsters but with a higher CR, effectively using the old statblock with an extra trait and some Hit Dice. (There are a few, though.)
While there are no boxes around monster statblocks, they make use of a sans serif font that makes the rules mechanics stand out from the flavor text. This fluff text is formatted akin to other 5e monsters with in-line headers describing important elements of the monster, such as its ecology.
There are many sidebars in the book. Most of these describe how the monster fits into Kobold Press' world of Midgard; this also allows the general flavour of monsters to be setting agnostic. Other sidebars include poisons or associated diseases.
Apart from NPCs, the book features scant new humanoids, and the new ones all seem to exist in Midgard already. There's not a dozen new humanoid species to fill each small valley and island in the campaign setting, which can get increasingly silly.
The back of the book has a few Appendix, with charts for monsters by type, CR, and terrain. Always useful for a quick monster or two.
A lot of monsters are pulled from myth and folklore. Some more familiar names include (in no particular order): Chupacabra, Crimson mist, Carbuncle, Wendigo, Wolpertinger, Pech, Nightgaunt, Mandrake, Werebat, Kitsune, Kappa, Jiangshi, Lamassu, Hungry ghosts Hound of Tindalos, and Grindylow. There are also variant liches based on clerics and warlocks. There's a wealth of additional folkloric monsters; generally, whenever I googled the name of a somewhat lackluster creature it turned out to be a real world cryptid or mythical beast. In one case, while my wife was reading over my shoulder, she commented that the creature I was reading shared the name with a My Little Pony villain. While not the most interesting or evocative monster ever, I appreciate digging through mythology rather than just building a new monster based on a bad pun or weird visual. Of course… those monsters are in this book as well.
There's also a few Lovecraftian monsters, some of which were added via a Stretch Goal. Lovecraft continues to have his fans, and he does envision some pretty weird and horrific creatures. In general there's a lot of horrific monsters that might fit well into a fantasy or cosmic horror themed campaign.
The Bad
The Creature Codex is really just a big book of monsters. There's no theme or set tone, no underlying concept that differentiates this book from the Tome of Beasts or a Tome of Horrors. It's just… more. Even Tome of Beasts was almost "Midgard and Southland monsters", giving it something to distinguish it from other monster books.
Like too many other monster expansions of the past, the book relies on ____ type monsters. Monsters with a lot of subtypes where you can add a new descriptor and create a "new" monster. Giants, hags, golems, dragons, and oozes. There are no shortage of these. Plus the inevitable list of new demons and devils. And the numerous new types of undead, as every conceivable manner of expiration spawns a new type of living dead. This book even adds "angels" to that list, introducing eight new heavenly critters. Eight! A new angel or two might be nice, as they're usually an underused creature type, but eight?!
There's also a curious number of book and text related monsters. I counted the Bookkeeper, Paper golem, Inkling, Weirding scroll, Sigilian, and the Ink guardian ooze. So when the party walks into a library and gets their ass kicked by a tome, they can ask "yeah… but what KIND of codex creature was it?"
Like Tome of Beasts, each entry has lore before the monster, but the volume continues the Pathfinder design of starting each entry with a physical description. Given there's pictures on the page, a line or two of description is more than enough, but some are four or even five lines long, eating into useful text and background material. And sometimes, the monsters could really use that extra line or two.
While most of the monsters fill up the space nicely, there's a few whose illustration seems a little large, as if padding the entry to avoid requiring extra writing. Like the Ahuizot, whose picture could have been 10-20% smaller without losing any detail and allow an extra paragraph explaining why you should use that monster in your adventure rather than one of the other forty-odd monsters.
The Ugly
There's a bunch of Lovecraftian monsters here and in the Tome of Foes, but there's STILL no 5e elder thing! One of the classic beasties, seen in Mountains of Madness, a famous dungeon crawl through a ruined city.
There's a few monsters I'm not thrilled by, but I'm going to be a dick and single out one. I'm not a fan of the Gulon. It's based on myth but implementation is so-so. The Gulon's traits are curious: giving it Amorphous seems like an error that would negate the hook of the creature and how it squeezes between trees.
Also…there's the fey drake—how is this different from a fairy dragon? What stories and adventurers only work with a fey drake and not a faerie dragon?
The Awesome
The Kickstarter version of the book came with a sticker reading "Tome of Beasts 2 Electric Beastaloo". So if you didn't like the Creature Codex name, you could rechristen your book.
I quite like seeing more fey lords. As there are fewer established archfey in the game and no official ones detailed as yet, this is still a nice content gap. These monsters don't just become creatures to beat up but potentially influence the story of the world. The various fey lords and ladies of my setting will strongly resemble Kobold Press'. (This is a little subjective and hypocritical given I complained about all the new demon lords and such—but a nonsubjective review is just a description of a book's contents.)
Giving a quick shout-out to some monsters that caught my eye, I was amused by the idea of lesser golems. Golems tend to be powerful and hardy constructs, but there's a niche for cheap and inexpensive helper constructs made of less durable substances. These fill that role.
The book has a few "punny" monsters such as the Exploding toad and the Swolbold (a big, muscular kobold). I groan, but the explode toad is useful as well as ridiculous, as a living trap. And while discussing monsters with catchy names, there's the Albino death weasel. It's simple and might make a fun pet.
And while I'm pointing out fun monstres, I laughed at the Keg golem. It's ridiculous, but somewhat useful, being an effective guard of a dwarven tavern or brewery, or being an accidently animated being.
In a curious but fun bit of design, a Bar brawl is statted up as a monster. Odd, but it works, effectively being a massive swarm of people. It's not a case of "if" you will use that monster so much as "when".
While visually unremarkable, the mechanics of the Fractal golem are interesting and would make a surprising fight. It's a neat idea that would have been somewhat difficult to get right.
Lastly, the book has Baba Yaga. Yes, that Baba Yaga.
Final Thought
While Creature Codex is very similar to Tome of Beasts and even superior in a few ways, the market of 5th Edition is very different now than when Tome of Beasts had released. Since mid-2016 we have seen two monster expansions from Wizards of the Coast: there's simply a lot more monsters in the game. There isn't as much of a burning need for this product. While Tome of Beasts quickly became a must-have book that was used every session or two of my home game, I have still used only a small fraction of the content from that book. I doubt Creature Codex will see as much use. The competition for table time is just higher.
Counting through the monsters of the book, there are 115 or so that I'd use without hesitation, and a few that might be dropped into my game sooner rather than later. And slightly more than that are what I'd consider "okay": monsters I might use if they fit the story I have in my mind or a fall upon them randomly, but nothing I want to purposely design a story around. That leaves a comparable 110 monsters that are simply "meh". The monsters I'm unlikely to ever seriously consider. The hit : miss ratio for the book isn't bad, but it's worse than Tome of Beasts.
If you're one of those DMs who thinks you can never have enough monster books, then you should buy Creature Codex right now with zero hesitation. There's a few surprises, some nice monsters, and the presentation is solid. Also, if you need monsters right away and Tome of Beasts is sold out from your FLGS while a copy of Creature Codex is sitting on the shelf then you will get your money's worth. It is a good purchase.
But… if you already have Tome of Beasts you're probably better off getting one of the other official monster books, such as Volo's Guide to Monsters. If you already own those books, then Creature Codex might be a little superfluous. It's good, but chances are you haven't used all the monsters you already own. It's the monster equivalent of stacking a few new movies onto a Netflix watch list or videogames to your Steam library.
The Creature Codex is a lovely "extra cash" purchase when you have a few extra bucks from a gift or minor windfall. Especially with fewer official D&D books, it's a nice option and treat for the ol' Dungeon Master. It's nice to have and you won't regret the purchase, but it's not so necessary that you have to budget for it right away.
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Now this is what I call a 'hostile takeover' – or about to.
According to reports on The Nation, a couple of banks in the country may have to take over the management of Etisalat over unpaid loans. The said report did not state specifically how much was borrowed, but it did specify that Etisalat had already started lobbying the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to prevent the takeover.
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So basically, Etisalat borrowed funds – loans – from some banks and paid part of it, but still haven't paid all. Now, the banks would have to take over the company's management. Sounds like a good deal for the banks.
Now, the Bank executives have to wait until today when the "cure period" – a time frame of 30 to 90 days during which a company that has gone into technical DEFAULT on a contractual payment is permitted to submit payment without further prejudice, and without being considered to have defaulted. Also known as GRACE PERIOD.- will end.
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But then, as we would expect, a source close to Etisalat denied any plans by the bank to take over the Telco, insisting that its management was intact, and working round the clock to offer quality services to its over 20 million customers across the country.
According to him, "Yes, we raised funds from a consortium of banks about two years ago in the country. We have been making conscious efforts to repay the debts and we have indeed repaid part of it. We are engaging with the banks, negotiating with them with a view to coming out with a method of repaying the loan.
Despite the few competitors and competition in the telecom market in Nigeria, I still find it hard to believe that a company would be unable to pay loans. I mean, the most threats they get is from the other three telecommunication coys, MTN, Globacom and Airtel.
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With this, I want to believe that when our clamor for more telecommunication companies – to drive down price of data – to penetrate the market is heard, some of these ones ruling now would be driven to the ground.
But come to think of it, don't you think the take over should be successful? At least, we'll see if the new management would reduce the price of data. *grins*


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I stir awake. My eyelids heavy and hurting. I look over at the red lights flashing on the clock by the bed.
I inwardly curse the asshole who forgot to set the clock to the correct time. I gently reach my arm over a sleeping Roman to grab my cell phone. The screen turns on, temporarily blinding me and causing Roman to twitch. I quickly press the phone into my chest, dimming the light and peek at the screen. 2:25 am. Roman is only 14 hours old.
I try to settle back into my new-mom sleep but my overstretched, sad, little bladder is begging me to get my tired ass to the bathroom. This would be my fifth trip to the bathroom since 9 pm. I tell myself not to panic, that it's just my body flushing all of the IV fluids out of my system, which is also why I've been sweating like a dog all night. I even tried to open the windows earlier on in the night, but was yelled at by the night nurse for exposing my newborn to fresh, outdoor air. I was naked, wearing only pale pink maternity panties and a pad 3 meters long and just as thick.
I gently, gently push myself up to sitting. I feel the saggy skin of my stomach fall over my underwear. I itch it. It feels like skin that has been confined for several hours: under too-tight jeans, underneath the back band of a bra, underneath the tops of socks. My abdominal muscles hardly work, so doing something as simple as getting up from the bed requires more effort than I had thought and the thought makes me really sad and so, so tired. I think of the effort that will be required of me to regain that musculature. And I'm not talking about Gisele Bundchen abs either; I'm talking about just enough abdominal strength to sit up from a supine position in bed, something that everybody else (including me) takes for granted.
I shuffle over to the bathroom, cringing at the thought of how much it is going to sting once I start peeing. I pull down my underwear, give a cursory glance to my pad (not overly bloody), sit down, and pause. Good, at last something actually works as it is supposed to. Thanks, Kegels! I feel the now-familiar sting and then, all of a sudden, pressure. "Oh shit," I thought. "My uterus is falling out!" I immediately clench my thighs together and do the biggest, strongest Kegel I could muster, but the pressure becomes greater. I squeeze my eyes shut and hold my breath.
And then…
All of a sudden…
I feel something pass and fall out of me. It splashes in the toilet water.
I let out my held breath. I open my eyes. I'm scared to death to look at what just came out of me. Flashes of scenes from scary sci-fi movies fill my head. What the hell just came out of my body? The pressure I felt in my vagina subsides. I delicately wipe and throw the paper into the basket, not wanting to obscure whatever scary object just came out of my body. I pull up my underwear and turn on the light. It takes a while for my eyes to adjust. I look over, terrified, into the pink water in the toilet. At the bottom is a red circular blob, about 2 inches in diameter.
It was a freaking blood clot.
I stand there and look at it. I debate whether I should take a picture of it so that I could show it to my husband the next day. I start thinking of funny names we could call it: Clyde the Clot, The Red Marble, Ruby Tuesday.
I'm losing it.
I flush the toilet, turn off the light, and try my best to climb back into bed next to Roman. I look at his smushed face and kiss him on top of his dark hair. In this moment, with his teeny little body next to me, I don't care that I can't walk normally because my vagina is so swollen. I don't care that I'm starving, but I'm too scared to eat because pooping will make my butthole feel like it's going to rip apart. I don't care that my muscles are so flaccid everywhere that I can't physically hold my farts in. All that matters is that he is here, right next to me, the last piece to my little family puzzle.
But for crying out loud, passing a blood clot that made me think my uterus was going to fall out? Peace out, yo. I am NOT going through that shit again.


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Blessed are those who grasp their bankruptcy before God, for they shall become fabulously wealthy. (see Matthew 5:3)
After all, what does it mean to be poor in spirit but to be bankrupt before God? When I stand before God I bring nothing to the table. I have no accomplishment to dazzle. I have no quality to impress. I have no purse to bribe. Standing before God, all is vanity. The only sound worth making is the cry for mercy. The only thought worth articulating is the utter contempt for all things not God.
That's why I don't go before God more often. That's why I avoid him. That's why I keep him at a distance. Let's be in the vicinity of God, but let's stay as far away from him as possible. For he forces me to deal with reality. He sees through my artificial life. He reveals my fraud, my self-importance, my arrogance, my affection for the sound of my own voice. I spend my days, nay my years, impressing upon myself my own value; constructing my Babel as a testimony to my own worth.
We all do. We live in the world of the bumptious reveling in the manufacture of celebrity. Look at me! Look at my film! Look at my touchdown! Look at my business! Look at my body! Look at my reality show! An incessant ticker tape insisting to every ear that we matter; that we will not be overlooked; that we are important in this world. But God is not fooled. And in those rare moments when I'm honest with myself, neither am I.
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These are who comprise the Kingdom of Heaven. These are who God bestows with value, with importance, with honor. These are who God makes fabulously wealthy in their inmost places. Not because I have declared my wealth, but because God has declared it and what he declares is real indeed. God transforms the bankrupt into the wealthy, but those who come to him wealthy leave bankrupt. Come with nothing; leave with everything.
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Broncos vs Cowboys Pre-Season Game 2 Preview
Is everybody here ready for the Broncos vs Cowboys game?! I hope you guys are because I sure have been preparing for it. As always we will follow the order of material in our game previews.
In other words we will start with a Depth Chart, followed by a video of each team, the key players in each game, a Who's Hot & Who's Not list, and end it with an overview of the game. So let's begin!
Here Is The Cowboys Depth Chart
Here Is The Broncos Depth Chart
Now for some videos of the Broncos and the Cowboys. The first one is a video made in July of Terrell Owens in the Cowboys Training Camp. The second is an old video of Jay Cutler in his first career Training Camp.
Here is who I consider the key players in tomorrows game:
Broncos LT, Ryan Clady: It has been well known that the Cowboys line has looked great against the Broncos in scrimmage. So Ryan Clady will be a key part of holding down the D-Line. He is young and this could be his chance to shine. He will be a key player and will have a major impact on the game. Look out for him to be a force.
Cowboys QB, Brad Johnson: As in any pre-season game, the second string QB will get most of the snaps on offense. That means that a lot of the Cowboys game will be on the shoulders of QB Brad Johnson. If he plays well then that means Dallas will have the upper hand. If not then it will mean it is our game.
Want to know Who's Not, and Who's Not? Here are the answers
HOT: QB Darrell Hackney was on fire in his last game against the Texans showing that he could play as a solid number two QB and putting Patrick Ramsey to shame. He completed most of his passes and even had a huge run. His only problem was that he was not able to throw or run for Touchdowns.
NOT: QB Patrick Ramsey should be ashamed of his performance for the Broncos. Ramsey threw two Interceptions and barely completed half of his throws. It was an absolutely pathetic performance on his part. The rest of the team around him (except for the O-Line) looked fine but he was absolutely horrendous out there.
HOT: No matter how much I may hate him, Tank Johnson looked great not only in camp but secured that he was playing at a high level last week against the Chargers. He put pressure on all of the Chargers especially Phillip Rivers as he even got a sack.
NOT: FB Deon Anderson has been having some problems, after a weak Training Camp and only being allowed to have one carry against the Chargers he does not look good. He is letting blocks go and in his only run had a mere 2 yard gain. Ouch.
The thing about this game is that it is a Pre-Season game. That means it will be all about depth. If you look at the Broncos depth chart you can see that we have more depth on the roster than the Cowboys. WR will be the main position as both teams are deep and will be forces. Terrell Owens and Brandon Marshall vs Eddie Royal and Patrick Crayton.
The Cowboys are a good team and might beat us in the regular season but here we have the upper hand. Also put into consideration this is a home game. That will help us in our quest to beat them too. Both teams our good but our depth is better. That is why we should have a Mile High Victory this week!
August 16, 2008 6:34 AM
Broncos Vs. COWBOYS! LOL. G, you put Broncos and Texans 🙂
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Uber's advanced technology group recently hired Jon Thomason to lead its team of software engineers. Prior to joining Uber, Thomason was the head of software at Oculus, a Facebook owned virtual reality company. Now, he will lead Advanced Technology Group (ATG) software teams across Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto, working on advanced software projects that include autonomous driving and trucking.
Thomason joined the Oculus team in 2016, when Oculus divided into two groups. Brendan Tribe, CEO of Oculus, decided to lead the desktop-based VR division at Oculus, while the Mobile VR division was led by Jon Thomason.
Thomason's past experience includes working as the VP of Mobile Shopping at Amazon, and VP of Engineering at Qualcomm.
"We are very excited to welcome Jon to Uber ATG," wrote Uber Head of ATG Eric Meyofer in a statement to TechCrunch. "His background in software engineering and his experience in launching innovative new products makes him a great fit for our team and we look forward to seeing him in action."
Thomason's social media post expressed excitement about his new venture:
"Effective today, I'm joining Uber to lead the software engineering team at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group. Uber ATG is developing (and in some cities, deploying) self-driving cars and trucks. Autonomous vehicles are the Great Unsolved Computer Science Problem and I look forward to digging in with the team at ATG. Of course, I'm sad to leave the talented team at Oculus, where I have spent the last year. I'll be cheering the team on from the sidelines as one of VR's biggest fans, and look forward to getting my hands on all the cool things they have in store for us."
Uber currently has more than 200 people working in their ATG team. With the announcement of new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Blake Ross for Product Strategy, and now Thomason, Uber is certainly changing the look of its upper management.


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January 1st:
Reports of a thousand plus dead blackbirds started coming in in Arkansas.
Kaylee died. Dug her a grave.
At night I dreamt of my old youth leader, Claudia. She said she left church and being a youth leader because of something I did. She wouldn't tell me what it was.
January 2nd:
I sent a quick message to Robyn apologizing for not telling her that I had already told Moe. I said I would respect if she didn't want to talk to me for a long time, but that she should know that I would always consider her my best friend. No matter what.
She responded: "I will never ever want anything to do with you ever again. You disgust me. Please don't contact me ever again."
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Interview with Michael Cremo, Author of My Science, My Religion - February 9, 2013
Michael Cremo entered the world of alternative archeology in 1993 with the publication of his groundbreaking book, Forbidden Archeology. Investigating whether or not mainstream archeology is ignoring data that suggests that modern man is millions of years old, he presented roughly 800 pages of compelling and well researched data. From there, Michael has published books that connect his religious beliefs and the data of science. His latest, My Science, My Religion is a collection of papers from 1994-2009 that Michael has presented at various Academic Conferences around the world. In this interview, we talk about;
- What got Michael started on this path.
- What role consciousness plays in reality.
- The initial reactions to Forbidden Archeology.
- How old man may really be.
- How advanced ancient cultures may have been.
- The elements of his new book, My Science, My Religion
- Combining science and spirituality.
- The evidence for the extreme antiquity of plants.
- A spiritual perspective on the current environmental crisis.
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Absence of intestinal PPARγ aggravates acute infectious colitis in mice through a Lipocalin-2–dependent pathway
Kundu, Parag
Ling, Teo Wei
Korecka, Agata
Li, Yinghui
D'Arienzo, Rossana
Bunte, Ralph M.
Berger, Thorsten
Arulampalam, Velmurugesan
Chambon, Pierre
Mak, Tak Wah
Wahli, Walter
Pettersson, Sven
Date of Issue2014
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
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To be able to colonize its host, invading Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium must disrupt and severely affect host-microbiome homeostasis. Here we report that S. Typhimurium induces acute infectious colitis by inhibiting peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) expression in intestinal epithelial cells. Interestingly, this PPARγ down-regulation by S. Typhimurium is independent of TLR-4 signaling but triggers a marked elevation of host innate immune response genes, including that encoding the antimicrobial peptide lipocalin-2 (Lcn2). Accumulation of Lcn2 stabilizes the metalloproteinase MMP-9 via extracellular binding, which further aggravates the colitis. Remarkably, when exposed to S. Typhimurium, Lcn2-null mice exhibited a drastic reduction of the colitis and remained protected even at later stages of infection. Our data suggest a mechanism in which S. Typhimurium hijacks the control of host immune response genes such as those encoding PPARγ and Lcn2 to acquire residence in a host, which by evolution has established a symbiotic relation with its microbiome community to prevent pathogen invasion.
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The 800m runner has been named in the England team for the Vienna Indoor Classic in Austria this weekend.
Reid represented the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast last April.said
The 23-year-old said: "I'm feeling good going in to this one and excited to be given such a privileged opportunity! Although, I have to admit it will feel strange not wearing my Isle of Man vest."


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F/Sgt Cyril COLEMAN - DOAS (Flight record is Flt Sgt C. COLMAN). Buried in Jurby, Isle of Mann so is that a different death register? See below, from IoM and died there.
AC2 Ernest G. GASSON - DIED OF WOUNDS OR INJURIES RECEIVED ON ACTIVE SERVICE (Found by Ken McClean in The Times, below), Age 25, Howden district;
Sgt James JORDAN - Can't see him in flight: ;Age 26, Henley district;
LAC Ernest L. MESS -DOAS found by Ken Mclean below in The Times, Age 20, New Forest District.
P/O George B. RUSHTON - DOAS, Age 32 Wellington District;
AC2 Douglas SMOOTHY - Died of Wounds or Injuries rec'd on active service; Age 19, Howden District; named as Douglas A Smoothy, His birth is registered with middle initial A also.
F/O Alexander A.F.T. STEAVENSON - DOAS, Died in Isle of Mann, born in India.
Sgt (Pilot) David L. WILLACY - KOAS, Registered in Scotland and in Caerlaverock district of Dumfries, needs confirming however.
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I remember back in the 80s when I was a "Metal Kid" – I Ate, Slept, Breathed Heavy Metal – and to me everything else sucked. If you made fun of Metal, I was gonna fight you. Ha ha. My brother, a year younger and with a bit larger spectrum in music genres, told me about a movie he had seen. He said that I HAD to see it. The movie was Spinal Tap, and when he told me they were making fun of a Metal band, I was ready to fight them, and even though I first refused I eventually saw it and fell in love with it's comedic genius.
Steel Panther takes a page out of Spinal Tap's book, and is just plain fun. Sure, the jokes and shtick get a little old after awhile, and I wish they would maybe write some new material, but that aside, the Steel Panther show is a whole lot of fun and great fun to photograph.
People can say what they will, and they do, about this band. I've heard it all from "Those guys suck!" to "I hate that band" and "Maybe if they stopped the shtick, I'd like them,"etc. What people don't understand is the fact that these guys sell out venues night after night, doing what they do. Sure, they could stop wearing wigs and stop the stage banter, but then they would be like every other metal band out there. They would not have that milkshake that brings all the boys to the yard. (and girls too.) The shtick is what puts food on their tables and pays their bills. They all have true talent. Hell, guitarist Russ Parish (Satchel) played in the Godfather of Heavy Metal Rob Halford's band Fight. Yet people still want to put them down as no talent hacks. I read the comments like I mentioned above and I think of that nearsighted metal kid that I was, ready to fight anyone who made fun of my music, and I think, one day these guys will see it for what it is.
Like countless shows before this one, the venue was sold out, full of hot girls, and guys dressed as hot girls – to be honest, the guys couldn't hold a candle to the ladies but it is all in fun. The Casino Ballroom filled up fast and within a half hour to show time, the crowd was packed like sardines against the metal barricade. Unlike most metal shows today, folks had a good mix of sex, age, and race, and all were smiling and ready to have a great time with Steel Panther.
Opening the show were Portsmouth, New Hampshire locals, Red Sky Mary. The band did very well and got a great response from the audience. Their music was tight and had a nice bluesy tone to it, a bit reminiscent of bands like Black Country Communion. Vocalist, Sam Vlasich, has a great tenor voice, and it cuts through nicely. I can see this guy going on to do some impressive things. Guitarist, Tom Boisse, is another guy to watch in this band, and he plays some tasty licks. Overall I was impressed by these local boys.
The start of Steel Panther's set was much like a real Spinal Tap movie. There were problems with Satchel's wireless unit, be it on standby or batteries dead, either way, the tech was on it. A song later, he was back on stage to switch out Michael's mic, and then a third time to adjust Stick's cymbal stand. Not that every band doesn't have these issues, but I guess when it's a band basically doing comedy, you can't help but take these issues as part of the show.
The band opened with Eyes of a Panther, which seems to be a favorite opener for the band. Vocalist, Michael Star, scanning the audience for willing victims to play with. Bassist, Lexxi Foxx, sans his portable lit vanity, checking his look in his hand mirror and applying another coat of hair spray to his wig. (BTW Lexxi, if you are reading this it looks like it's time to replace that wig man, it has seen better days.) Satchel motioning to the young ladies in the audience, pointing first to them, then motioning backstage, then acting out oral sex with his hand to his mouth. When the girl changed her head shake from a yes to a no, he'd move on to the next girl. All this while drummer, Stix, performed fellatio on his drum stick. Banter between band members, simulated fights, Mom jokes, and bringing members of the audience up on stage to dance, sing and flash their tatas to a sea of cell phone cameras. (Their mother must be so proud.) But it is all that goes into a Steel Panther show, I saw them once last year where a sex act actually took place on the stage. Begs the question of how much entertainment can you get from a single show, right? Well, with normal bands the answer would be, 10, but these guys go to 11!
The setlist:
Eyes of a Panther – Tomorrow Night – Fat Girl (Thar She Blows) – Party Like Tomorrow is the End of the World – Let Me Cum In – Asian Hooker – Turn Out the Lights – Ten Strikes You're Out – Girl From Oklahoma – 17 Girls in a Row – Gloryhole – Community Property – Party All Day (Fuck All Night)
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My name is Sebastian, I am a 5 year old neutered male Beagle. I have lived in the city most of my life and I keep trying to leave to find the country and my previous caretakers can't understand why. the past few months I have lived in a semi-rural community and it is sooo much better. Now I don't get in trouble for talking too much. But, I'm pretty sure I would like the country the best so I could go find rabbits like I am supposed to. I am up to date on all of my vaccinations and I am on monthly heartworm and flea preventative. I was heartworm positive but have been successfully treated for that. I love to go on walks, get belly rubs and snuggle. I live with several other dogs now and I pretty much keep to myself but I think I would prefer to be an only dog. There are two cats that live here with us and we don't bother each other at all.
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China Miéville is one of those fiction writers whose multivalent imagination — with its monsters, cityscapes of the future, and battles between good and evil — is capable of making readers' heads explode. In The New York Times, Sarah Lyall once wrote that his novels "skitter among genres, magpie-ing elements from science fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, traditional fairy tales, steampunk, horror." So perhaps the weirdest thing Miéville could do at this point is write about the real world, which is what he does in "October," his new nonfiction book about the Russian Revolution in 1917. Below, he tells us about his interest in the subject, why he chose to write about it a century after the events he describes, and more.
When did you first get the idea to write this book?
It was in discussion with a friend who is also the editor of the book, Sebastian Budgen. Although there's a huge literature on the Russian Revolution, it's actually quite difficult to find a nonintimidating text for the interested lay reader. Sebastian was talking about the potential for writing it in a novelistic way. Basically the idea was to tell the revolution as a story, because it was an extraordinary one, without blurring the politics, or pretending the politics aren't there, or dumbing them down.
Sebastian knew that I've been active on the left for a long time. Socialist politics and culture is something that's been important to me. So he knew I had a political relationship with the revolution as well. It's not just an astonishing story on an abstract level; it's a very relevant story as well.
There are certain rules I followed. There's no event, no person, no reported speech that isn't in the literature somewhere. There's no invention like that. It's a book with a relatively new reader in mind, but I want the specialists to realize I've taken the subject very seriously.
What's the most surprising thing you learned while writing it?
The extent to which you couldn't make this up. I did this enormous amount of research, and I kept thinking how genuinely strange, as well as everything else, the story was. There are points of low farce where it's a little on the nose. The one I always return to is the Kornilov affair, the proto-fascist military revolt menacing St. Petersburg in August, and there's this one extraordinary exchange between Lavr Kornilov and Alexander Kerensky. They're talking at cross-purposes. They're misunderstanding each other in a way where if you wrote it as a novel or play, the editor would send it back saying, "You can't stretch the credibility this much." There are points in the narrative where you just gape — the one telephone line in the Winter Palace that was still alive, the provisional government kind of huddling under the table to use it.
In what way is the book you wrote different from the book you set out to write?
I was disappointed that I didn't have more on the art and fiction of the period — I wanted to make it substantial but not off-putting — and about one or two very extraordinary individuals. The first draft was much, much longer, as they tend to be. In winnowing it down to a narrative with its own propulsion, some of that had to go. I had to restrict myself to a few references and a few phrases here and there. That was one of the things I was agonized about.
Conversely, it might sound odd, because I was expecting it to be moving, but the process was more moving. I found myself moved by researching and then writing in a way that was different and felt even more urgent and kind of blooded than I expected it to. And I hope that comes across. Not that I expected it to be a bone-dry book, but I felt like the sense of urgency was even greater than I expected it to be.
Who is a creative person (not a writer) who has influenced you and your work?
It could be many people, but someone who's been looming very large to me for years now is the painter Toyen, who was extraordinarily transgressive about gender and refused to be pinned down in a certain structure of patriarchy. Toyen was instrumental in setting up the Czech surrealist group in 1934; shielded a partner during the Nazi occupation; and remained active at 70.
I always loved the Surrealists. Discovering them in my early teens was a very momentous experience for me. I have a particular love for drawing as opposed to painting, though I like painting, too. I find myself endlessly compelled by Toyen's brutal dreamscapes in pen and ink.
Persuade someone to read "October" in less than 50 words.
The narrative of the Russian Revolution is as urgent and strange as that of any novel, and October is the key political event of the 20th century. We need its memory in these bleak, sadistic times. This is an attempt to tell the astonishing, inspiring story.
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When we think of Valentine's Day, we may think of chocolates, flowers or cards; I always think of conversation heart candy. For a good reason, too, because these candies have been made for over a 150 years. I googled the original NECCO brand conversation heart candy to learn that these candies were originally designed as lozenges. The creator invented a lozenge cutter, which became the first candy machine and subsequently started the entire candy manufacturing business. So, we can blame medicine for our sweet obsessions…
And speaking of sweet obsessions, I am obsessed with these conversation candy hearts. So much so, that they inspired me to decorate a Valentine's Day table with conversation heart candy centerpieces, plates and candy buckets.
To begin, I used checkered pink fabric and a lighter pink tablecloth as a base. Then, I placed a few sheets of printed scrapbook paper in shades of red down the center of the table. Scrapbook paper is an easy and expensive way to add color and pattern to your theme! You can place it down the center of the table, under place settings, fold for place cards or use it to make banners, signs and other crafts.
I placed candy heart trees on small cake stands and alternated them with glass containers full of these famous heart candies. You can check out this easy DIY to make your own conversation heart candy trees here…
A little 'hello' adds a fun graphic quality to the table setting and honors the words printed on each candy.
I buy my dishes and serving pieces in neutral colors like these white plates that work with almost everything. Then, I can add fun and inexpensive holiday plates and napkins like these that pay tribute to the candy heart.
I added felt and paper stickers to the candy containers to dress them up a little. It is another easy and inexpensive way to round out your table theme. A colorful felt heart garland resembles the colors of the candy so I draped it along the center of the table.
I had my local baker make some candy heart inspired cookies as a sweet treat for guests!
Another delicious take home gift for guests is candy baskets. You can use any mini buckets, crates, or jars to make these. Cut floral foam to fit in the container and cover with crinkled paper confetti. You can hot glue the foam in place, if needed.
Look for suckers and candy or other themed decorations on sticks that can be placed into the foam. Use tape and kabob sticks from the kitchen section at the grocery store to secure boxed or packaged candy. Place these in the foam in your buckets.
You can use clothespins to pin names or cards for place settings.
I hope my Conversation Heart Candy tablescape has inspired you to throw together a cute party for your kids or friends! Thanks for stopping by the Cuter Tudor!


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FINALLY, the day has arrived. A Better Kind is now LIVE!
(RIP Muskstick Mao, you'll be missed.)
Around 4-5 months ago, I had shut this site down and prepped it for demolition. I wanted a complete rebuild.
I was starting to become unhappy with certain aspects of the beauty blogging world I'd planted myself into.
My roots were starting to twist themselves firmly into the soil – but with the beauty industry bringing us something new every minute, it just starting feeling like a bad song on repeat. To the point where I ended up strolling right past the makeup aisle rolling my eyes at the hot "new" obvious rehashes and same old marketing.
I wanted to be replanted and revitalised – I wanted to serve more of a purpose than just a cookie cutter online beauty bestie. I wanted to stir up change in people and make them feel and do better.
For the past few years, I was Muskstick Mao – just another beauty + lifestyle blogger, plodding along with the newest releases, aiming to bring you cool news re the brightest and best.
But in all honesty, I was starting to feel a little "pimped out" by these big corps trying to just pull more and more bucks from the poor consumers. And I was even more concerned about said poor consumers for not wanting to take the power back. For not showing much concern or connect when it comes to where their products are made, what they are made from, and what happens in the whole process from factory to face.
Unlike Muskstick Mao, A Better Kind gives a damn and wants the world to know it.
A Better Kind is now a cruelty-free beauty blog – and will only feature from this day on, brands that care, that make efforts to end an unnecessary and cruel practice within the beauty industry. Now, I may cop flak for this, but guess who *isn't a vegan, nor a vegetarian? THIS mug.
In today's age, there is no middle anymore, no medium, just small or large. You either have to be either all in or all out, but never in-between.
You can't dare be out there showing your flaws, admitting mistakes and don't DARE document your journey on the way to something better. Just give us the ending, just choose one.
Just be perfectly perfect or perfectly imperfect. And I say fuck perfection – I'm championing for just moving forward. I just want mankind to start to become BETTER, even if just slightly. It doesn't matter how much or little – just to make even one small change in our daily routines for the BETTER.
If I can make 50 people start to care about what's in their beauty cabinet, well that sure beats continuing to help 50,000 travel on the same old road of unconscientious spending. Regardless of whether they are or aren't vegan, vegetarian, pescetarian or otherwise, this is what I consider one full turn of the wheel.
Can you imagine if everyone suddenly switched their makeup kits to 100% cruelty-free? Those big boys of the cosmetics industry would be silenced. They would have no choice but to adapt under pressure. You the general consumer can make a HUGE impact, and very simply too – through your wallet.
We all hold tremendous power and can make permanent change in the world. And heck, that one revolution of the better wheel could cause people to then question what is in their pantry, their fridge, their cleaning cupboard, and on it goes. There is so much that human kind can do better, and whether you make all the changes dramatically at once or just slowly crawl there, at least you are trying.
It is up to you to shrug, you have complete freedom to turn away, and to make excuses such as "but I'm a meat eater so meh if it's cruelty-free or not!" and "noooo but Such and Such is my FAVE brand ever!" or "but they make my holy grail foundation!". Guess what? These excuses were mine too, for about 17 long years.
I just made the decision early this year to mute them, I'd simply had enough. So it was farewell Muskstick Mao, and hello to A Better Kind.
I want to help you make better choices, in what you buy, in what you eat and in what you do.
To get you started, maybe have a little cheeky browse and buy from these two sites below – both are Australian and are my current favourite go-to's for beauty, body and home.
Oh and to kick off in the tune of all things perfectly imperfect, you'll notice the old Muskstick Mao content still on site. Some of those articles feature brands that are not cruelty-free.
As soon as there is enough rad new ABK content to push them backwards, I will delete them over time. I mainly have just left them there in case old Muskstick Mao readers wanted one final stroll down memory lane before bidding a fond adios.
Beyond thrilled to be back on the interwebs and can't wait to get the posts rollin'.
* Two months on from this post, I decided to step into a vegetarian lifestyle, with the end goal to go vegan by 2016. All it took was the "one turn of the wheel" mentioned above – the long-overdue change to cruelty-free beauty – to cause a lasting and positive shift in me.
**As of January 2016, I moved from vegetarian to veganism and haven't looked back. I remember writing the above postscript and thinking there would be NO WAY…but here we are! Was actually pretty easy peasy. Stick around A Better Kind regularly to keep up-to-date with my journey to leaving a friendlier footprint, and who knows, you might start making better little steps too!


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Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service can help companies reduce friction in business-to-business transactions by eliminating the need for third-party intermediaries, says Mark Rakhmilevich, Oracle senior director of product management and strategy.
Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service provides preassembled blockchain code that's optimized for many standard business processes, including ERP transactions that traditionally require third-party validation. Blockchain addresses the problem of trust between organizations by providing independent validation through a tamper-resistant, peer-distributed ledger, thus eliminating the need for offline reconciliation.
"Blockchain can remove the need for intermediaries and replace it with cryptographically secure protocols," Rakhmilevich said during a presentation this week at Oracle OpenWorld 2017. "It will help companies extend the boundaries of their enterprises."
He noted that the service is provided as a managed platform as a service so companies "don't have to stand up new instances for every use case." In this preassembled service, "all needed components have been provisioned."
Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service enables customers to:
Additionally, Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service will be offered as part of Oracle Platform for Open Banking and will provide seamless connectivity between Oracle FLEXCUBE and other banks to enable greater security, scalability, and transparency in the information exchanged.
Michael Hickins is a director of strategic communications at Oracle.
Statements in this article relating to Oracle's future plans, expectations, beliefs, and intentions are "forward-looking statements" and are subject to material risks and uncertainties. Such statements are based on Oracle's current expectations and assumptions, some of which are beyond Oracle's control. All information in this article is current as of October 3, 2017, and Oracle undertakes no duty to update any statement in light of new information or future events.