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I do like a little dry ice with my Swan Lake. Of the many alterations Liam Scarlett has made to this remodelling of the most popular ballet, the removal of dry ice comes as something of a shock.
After 30 years, Anthony Dowell's version of the Petipa/Ivanov original has been retired to make way for a new model. The gilded opulence of the palace set of Act III and the lavishly ornamented frocks suggest that designer John Macfarlane was given the company's credit card and invited to have fun.
Scarlett has tweaked scenes and re-choreographed some of the dances to clarify the narrative. The most evident changes are a new waltz for Act I, new national dances for Act III and a total restructuring of Act IV.
As might be expected when presenting a new work on this scale, there is a hesitancy in the performance as if the company was still finding their feet. Vadim Muntagirov's Siegfried is more Hamlet-like than ever, wandering around the stage in an elegant melancholia, occasionally delivering exquisite leaps and and fine extensions.
Until the entrance of Marianela Nunez's stunning Odette, the eye is constantly drawn to Bennet Gartside's Bela Lugosi-like Von Rothbart and Elizabeth McGorian's Queen, impressively befrocked in spangled black.
The only warmth in the gloomy, Gothic atmosphere that dominates much of the production radiates from Alexander Campbell's Benno who springs into action deploying multiple entrechats with joyful verve.
Nunez is better as the tragic Odette than her dark twin Odile. Neither she nor Muntagirov can summon the superheated sexuality that the ball scene demands, though his series of triple turning jumps are sensational.
While there is much to admire it lacks full engagement at present. My biggest regret is that there wasn't (a) dry ice in the house.
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(Pocket-lint) - If you carry data around with you, a high-capacity USB memory stick is often enough but what if you need even more space? This drive from TrekStor takes a standard 1.8-inch notebook drive – the sort you'll find in most iPods – and places it in a compact but tough shell.
Weighing 26g and measuring 90 x 56 x 8mm, this is a small and compact device. It is available in a range of capacities but our test unit came with 80GB of space, which for the price isn't great compared to standard portable drives but the trade-off in size is worth the cost.
The design is minimal but is none the less usable for that. With only a mini-USB port connection on the drive, you may think it is limited but it can be used with either Windows or Mac OS X devices.
Simply plugging it into any available USB port will install it. You'll find an icon placed in My Computer, or the Desktop on a Mac.
We found it installed instantly and with 80GB of storage, this is a highly portable drive. When it comes to speed, we were able to copy 1GB of mixed files in 78 seconds.
The drive is supplied empty but a disc is included that holds drivers as well as Nero BackItUp 2 software, which is good news for a drive of this size as it means you can instantly back-up files with your main notebook or PC.
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Rookie Colin Moran had four hits and three RBIs, and Starling Marte hit a bases-loaded triple to lead the streaking Pirates over the visiting Reds 14-3 on Friday.
Pittsburgh, which went 75-87 last season, is 6-1 after trading five-time All-Star center fielder Andrew McCutchen and pitcher Gerrit Cole.
"We left Bradenton at the end of spring training feeling we had a good team," Moran said. "We felt we were capable of winning some games."
Moran's two-run single with two outs in the third inning dropped in front of diving center fielder Billy Hamilton and put the Pirates ahead for good at 4-2. Marte's triple keyed a six-run sixth inning that included Corey Dickerson's two-run double as Pittsburgh extended its lead to 10-2 while playing through a steady rain.
Dickerson had three hits, including a triple, and Jordy Mercer had two doubles among his three hits. The Pirates had 15 hits, including two each by Marte and Josh Harrison. Harrison also drove in two runs and Josh Bell drew three walks.
Jesse Winker had three hits for the Reds, and Joey Votto, Jose Peraza and pitcher Luis Castillo added two each. Cincinnati hit into three double plays and stranded 10 runners in losing for the fifth time in six games.
Orioles 7, Yankees 3: Pedro Alvarez hit a grand slam in the 14th inning and Manny Machado had two home runs to lift visiting Baltimore. The Orioles loaded the bases against Jonathan Holder in the 14th on a walk by Trey Mancini, a single by Machado — his sixth time on base — and a throwing error by third baseman Ronald Torreyes on Jonathan Schoop's bunt. Alvarez connected after midnight, deciding a game that took 5 hours, 20 minutes and included 14 pitchers.
Indians 3, Royals 2: Michael Brantley singled home two runs in his first at-bat of the season, and Carlos Carrasco worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth to lead the host Indians in their home opener. Brantley missed Cleveland's first six games while on the disabled list recovering from offseason ankle surgery. But just hours after being activated, the two-time All-Star delivered in the first inning against Danny Duffy, who allowed three runs and three hits in 52/3 innings.
Padres 4, Astros 1: Jose Pirela had three hits including a tie-breaking, two-run double in the fifth inning to lead visiting San Diego in the opener of an interleague series. The score was 1-1 when Austin Hedges doubled off Lance McCullers Jr. with one out in the fifth and Manuel Margot followed with a single. Pirela doubled to right-center for a 3-1 lead.
Braves 8, Rockies 3: Brandon McCarthy allowed three runs and five hits in six solid innings and delivered a two-run double that chased German Marquez in the fifth of Colorado's home opener — at 27 degrees the second-coldest game in Coors Field history. That was just 4 degrees warmer than when these teams met in Denver on April 23, 2013, in the coldest first-pitch temperature in major-league history. Marquez gave up seven runs, seven hits and six walks in 42/3 innings.
Brewers 5, Cubs 4: Orlando Arcia had a game-ending single with one out in the ninth inning as host Milwaukee won with the help of two-run homers by Eric Thames and Travis Shaw. Matt Albers allowed one hit in two scoreless innings for his first win for the Brewers. Milwaukee was held scoreless for 22 consecutive innings before Thames homered in the fifth.
Blue Jays 8, Rangers 5: Russell Martin homered and had two run-scoring singles to back six solid innings from Marco Estrada in Texas. Martin's drive to left field for an 8-0 lead in the sixth came right after Yangervis Solarte connected on a solo shot to right. It was the second homer of the season for both in a game delayed 36 minutes at the start by rain.


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Sales and prices are reasonably stable.
Sales to the big three: Australia, The US and China are basically flat.
Most interesting is the large number of small markets we are poking wood into.
Talk to some of our very experienced exporters and they love giving you that knowing wink about some foray into a place you would never have thought of buying our timber.
They all add up and in any one of them we could end up with a tiger by the tail.
You have to take your hats off to the determination of our exporters in very trying market conditions to pull a rabbit out of the hat.
For calendar 2011 sawn export prices are up 5.5% for the year.
For the calendar year sawn export sales were down 10.8% or $91million yet log sales to export for that period were up $304 million.
The US market saw our lumber exports with a price 9.4% down compared with two years ago.
Australia was down 5.5% in 2011 on 2010.
For the December Quarter sawn timber export prices to Australia were down 6.3% on a year ago. Further the Australian market is under strong attack from third country suppliers.


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This is one of the most iconic clothing of the movie in my opinion. The blue dress from the Ikea scene!
I bought the dress on Etsy, is from the 60s. It is blue with pearl buttons and slightly transparent, so I had to buy a beige slip to use underneath (I felt like a grandmother). X-D
The is the look! It is one of my favorites! Let's do a little shopping at Ikea? ;-)


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Permineralized Fruits and Seeds from the Princeton Chert (Middle Eocene) of British Columbia: Araceae.
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Some of the most conspicuous fruit and seed remains from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert locality (Allenby Formation) are assignable to the Araceae. Several thousand campylotropous, reniform, spiny seeds 2.5-3.2 mm long x 1.8-2.3 mm wide have been found dispersed in the chert. Two fruits, each with a single locule and at least eight ovules, show three distinct wall layers and appear to have been fleshy. The two layers of seed integument have pitted isodiametric sclereids aligned in radial rows, the outermost being thinner walled. Spines are borne in three rows on the dorsal seed surface while the ventral side is flattened. Idioblasts that probably contained raphides are present in the outer integument. Nucellar tissue is attached to the integument for most of its length and is well-preserved in some seeds near the chalaza and in the large conical shaped area beneath the micropyle. Endosperm cells with dark contents and curved, linear, monocotyledonous embryos are present in some seeds. Sections of seeds of living araceous taxa of the subfamilies Monsteroideae (Epipremnum, Rhodospatha) and Lasioideae (Urospatha, Cyrtosperma) were made for comparison. The fossil seeds represent a new taxon most closely related to Cyrtosperma, Keratosperma allenbyensis Cevallos-Ferriz et Stockey gen. et sp. nov., Family: Araceae, Subfamily: Lasioideae, Tribe: Lasieae. The Princeton remains are the oldest described seeds of this tribe known to date and add to our knowledge of the subtropical elements of the Princeton flora.
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DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum has installed a new site-specific public artwork in the windows of a Cambridge office building. The installation, part of deCordova's corporate art loan program, features 12 hand-dyed textile works and 12 oil paintings by collaborative artist team Annie Blazejack and Geddes Levenson. It will be on view at 1 and 101 Main Street, Cambridge, until January 2019.
The site-specific installation was requested by deCordova corporate member CBRE New England, located in Kendall Square's Riverfront Office Park. The corporate program team at deCordova facilitated the loan—selecting the artists for the specific space, connecting them with CBRE New England, and assisting with the installation itself. This is the seventh site-specific installation at this property as part of deCordova's corporate art loan program.
The window display consists of 24 separate artworks: 12 colorful textile works by Geddes Levenson installed in front of 12 oil paintings by Annie Blazejack. While the designs on the hand-dyed textiles are abstract, the oil paintings feature more traditional scenes and characters. Holes are cut into the fabric to allow viewers to discover the hidden, veiled paintings—creating an interactive experience and inviting new perspectives.
"We're happy to have facilitated this unique art installation for the Cambridge community," says Sharon Glennon, Director of Corporate Relations and Art Loan Program at deCordova. "We hope commuters and passersby enjoy the color and whimsy it adds to the neighborhood, and we thank the artists and corporate member CBRE New England for making it possible."
Additionally, deCordova facilitated a site-specific art display by Antoinette M. Winters for corporate member BioMed Realty at 210 Broadway, Cambridge. This work features a sprawling arrangement of neon Mylar "crochet" drawings and painted doilies, installed on the wall inside the public lobby. It will also be on view until January 2019.
DeCordova's corporate art loan program provides corporate members the opportunity to exhibit artwork of both established and emerging contemporary New England artists directly in their offices. The original artworks available for loan are from deCordova's permanent collection and over 200 lending artists.
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So A Special Sleeping Bra Exists And It's Less Bad Than You'd Think
So we decided to see if we could handle sleeping in a bra!
Hi! We're Rachel and Kristin. Rachel is a 36 B and Kristin is a 40 DD, and we are not fans of bras.
"BRAS ARE THE BEST!" —No one except people who make bras.
So when we heard there was a bra designed for people to sleep in — specifically to help protect your boobs from sagging — we were understandably, uh, horrified by the premise.
And while we were not convinced "protecting" our boobs from sagging was worth the terror of wearing a bra 24/7, we were curious: Were there other perks of sleeping in a bra?
Better sleep? More support? Less rolling over on our nipples?
We decided to find out!
First, we tried sleeping in our regular ol' bras, for comparison:
Rachel, a 36B, was shocked by how much she hated sleeping in her bra.
Rachel: I hate wearing bras. Like, really hate. Taking off my bra when I get home is one of my favorite moments of my day. And before you @ me for my small-tit privilege, know that I did not always have small tits! But in ye olde days — before I had a breast reduction back in 2003 — I still didn't love wearing bras. I see them as a necessary evil, basically required to cover up my nipples so HR doesn't get mad at me. So I was dreading this in the hours before I went to bed. Having to put my bra back on after enjoying several bra-free hours after work was such a sad moment. And the bra felt 10 times more uncomfortable at night — maybe because bras aren't really meant to be worn lying down, or maybe because my bed has always been a safe space where my boobs get to be free. But with the bra on, my brain was singularly focused on WIRES. I tossed and turned and had actual nightmares.
The morning after I slept in my regular bra for the first time, I stumbled bleary-eyed to the coffee machine — neck and back surprisingly sore — and just kept thinking, I've made a terrible mistake. I was so relieved when Kristin IMed me later that day and was like, "Holy shit, that was awful." Because I'd definitely felt like I was being overdramatic about how bad it was after the first night. But I wasn't. The whole night, I felt like it was crushing my ribs, and before long, my soul.
And sleeping in a regular bra made Kristin feel like Christmas was cancelled.
Kristin: Oh man, sleeping in a regular bra was a garbage idea. I picked my most comfortable bra with the aim of trying to sleep in it for a week, and got about two days of terrible sleep before I decided Future Kristin's Boobs are just gonna have to look like two really long tube socks nailed to a board.
What I DID learn though, is that sleeping in a bra you previously thought was comfortable is an excellent gauge of whether not it actually IS comfortable -- or if you have just succumbed to the white noise of discomfort that comes with All Things Boob. You can learn A LOT about a bra when you have nothing else to concentrate on besides the wires slowly slicing you into people cheese. Honestly, the people we should be getting bra fitting advice from are the people who successfully sleep in regular bras, because they have figured that shit out.
Then, we tried sleeping in the special sleeping bras:
Rachel was actually pleasantly surprised by the sleeping bra.
Rachel: After how much I hated sleeping in my regular bra, I was super nervous about trying the sleeping bra. I put it off for a really long time because I didn't want to sacrifice a night of sleep! When I first unpacked the sleep bra, I was really shocked that it was so soft. And then I discovered that it doesn't have wires and thought, OK, I'm listening... Like, maybe it wouldn't be so bad!
When I put it on before bed, I actually didn't hate how it looked. All the straps going across my chest made it possible for me to pretend I was a backup dancer for Beyoncé. I was also very surprised by how snug it was. Not just that it fit — but that it felt like it was giving me a gentle squeeze. It was really weird; when I went to bed, it felt kind of like I was being spooned by a friendly ghost. Like, it definitely exerted a light pressure. But I didn't hate it! It was actually sort of calming, like a Thundershirt.
Overall, the sleeping bra was a million times more comfortable than sleeping in my regular bra. I slept soundly, didn't have nightmares, and didn't wake up wanting to burn the world down. A vast improvement over sleeping in my regular bra.
Kristin liked the sleeping bra better than the regular bra, but the excessive straps were a deal breaker.
Kristin: Again, I tried for a week, and got through about two nights before it was just cutting into my sleep too much. I tried to hook the straps together but the more I tossed and turned, the more they came unhooked -- so when I woke up it was back to looking like two purses strapped to my shoulders. This is less terrible than sleeping in a regular bra, but it is still miles worse than sleeping in no bras at all. What this bra lacks in wires it makes up for in straps, which is great if you want to feel like you are sleeping in a basketball net, but I'm like 99% sure that's not on your list of interests. I had several false starts where I just couldn't handle All The Straps and I would take the bra off after 15 minutes and promise to sleep in it the next night. The material IS very soft, which makes it easier to sleep in, but at the end of the day, it's still a bra, so it just ends up feeling like a hug that has lasted a little bit too long.
Basically: Taking off your bra is a simple, beautiful joy, and no one should be deprived of its glory.
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Does everyone else have grand plans for the meteor shower the next few nights?
With a new moon, conditions will be perfect for the best viewing possible.
We are planning to go out to the Kelso Dunes, which isn't too far, but far enough to be dark.
Will be my first meteor shower where it's not freezing cold!


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Winterizing your pipes during the winter recommended for all homes that are empty. It is especially important for buildings left vacant for long periods of time.
Winterizing your pipes can help prepare your plumbing for freezing temperatures known for causing leaks and bursts in your pipes. Additionally, as the water in your pipes freezes, it expands which leads to increased pressure in your pipes.
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- Shut water off at the meter – most houses shutoff gate valves, whether behind the meter or under a carpet, are notorious for malfunctioning. The meter shutoff is the most reliable.
- Dependable Service Plumbing will hook up a compressor and blow out the lines.
- Starting at the bottom of the house and working your way to the top, open all faucets, including hose bibs, fish/utility sinks, laundry sinks, inside and outside showers including beach showers.
- Flush all toilets.
- Shut off the circuit breaker to the water heater.
- Lower the house thermostats to 55 degrees.
- Add various amounts of non-staining anti-freeze to all the water in toilets (and a little in the tiny bit of water that remains in the tank), sinks (not in the disposal!) and all shower drains. Dependable Service Plumbing & Air will provide the required anti-freeze.
In order to properly be able to utilize your plumbing, your home must be de-winterized to reverse winterizing on a house that was left vacant during the winter.
De-winterizing will restore your home to it's normal function through undoing the protective measures needed during the colder months. The professionals at Dependable Service Plumbing & Air will do a series of tests to make sure your system is ready to return to normal use.
- Our professionals will close off the faucets throughout your home, open the meter valve and check for any split pipes that may have suffered damage during the winter.
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Andrographis (Andrographis paniculata) seeds
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Family: Acanthus (Acanthaceae)
Annual but long-season, fully maturing in 160 days, but can be harvested for the active portion (leaf) well prior to that time. Often self-seeding in the right conditions (extended warm conditions).
(Kalmegh, Chuan-xin-lian, King of Bitters) Rare in the trade and highly desired plant native to China and India. Traditional usage (Ayurveda): bitter digestive, vermifuge. Prefers full sun and regular garden conditions, and will even thrive in poor soil. Can be slow to flower, so if seed is desired, start early in greenhouse and transplant out after frost. Sow seed in spring, just under the surface, tamp securely, keep warm and evenly moist until germination. Germination of Andrographis is unpredictable. High temperatures appear to be involved in germination response. I have had germination in 2 to 3 weeks in greenhouse conditions. However, seeds started on heat mats do not always work. I have cared for ungerminated flats from October of one year with germination all at once in May of the following year (a seven-month induction period). I have often seen seedlings popping up in used potting soil months or years after incorporation of Andrographis seed therein. Standard cultigens like peas and beans germinate predictably. Wild plants like "King of Bitters" may defy our efforts to pigeonhole them. My best advice is to plant the seeds for the plant, not for yourself. Plant without expectation and do not prematurely discard the flats. When germination occurs, then rejoice!
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when i found these jeans in the primark at the end of last summer in the sale i couldnt leave them there! Im pretty sure they were £5! And they are absolutely perfect for this pastel trend this SS! I also picked up another pair in a minty colour the other day!
yesterday and today I spent walking around the whole of London and spent wayyyy to much money! I've done beyond retro and monki which is what I came here for! Yay
Tomorrow going to pick up a few things from mac and other bits and bobs and leaving in the afternoon. I'm absolutely shattered! Too much walking.
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Kainos Catapulted Straight in at 55 in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2013
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- Kainos has been awarded a prominent place in the Sunday Times' prestigious annual employer rankings based on the most extensive national research into employee engagement -
London, UK – March 26th , 2013 – Thriving technology company Kainos has gone straight in at number 55 in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2013 list, which recognises the UK's most engaged and supportive employers.
The prestigious annual rankings, now in their 13th year, are based solely on independent employee feedback and they rate companies against several important criteria. These include leadership; staff well being; the extent to which the business 'gives back' to society and the local community; employees' personal growth; employee ratings of their managers, their teams and the company they work for; and the extent to which staff feel they get a 'fair deal'.
Kainos is described by its staff as being an 'outstanding' employer. The ratings are compiled using a combination of staff surveys and direct feedback which measures how effectively an organisation engages with its employees. Kainos's ranking is within the top 100 companies with 250-4,999 employees.
Kainos, a specialist independent IT systems integrator, applications and professional services company which works with state-of-the-art technologies, has long prided itself on the calibre of its workforce, crediting this with the business's meteoric rise despite the recession.
The company's talent is highly qualified: 98% of staff are university graduates with over 80% holding first-class technical honours degrees. Kainos employs innovative recruitment practices too, to actively attract the best young talent from universities across the UK, Ireland and Poland - such as the annual summer 'AppCamp' (see http://appcamp.co.uk/).
Kainos is currently pursuing an ambitious three-year growth plan which will see it double its staff count to over 650 people, and effectively double annual revenues to over £54 million, by 2016. Last year Kainos announced a multi-million pound investment to fund the creation of new software engineering jobs in the UK.
Commenting on Kainos's high ranking in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list, CEO Brendan Mooney said, "We are delighted to have been recognised in such a respected league table. This is a real benchmark that will add significant value to our company brand. The Sunday Times list and scoring is based entirely on staff input, so it is feedback from our own employees that has earned us such a prominent place in the rankings. This confirms that we are doing the right things in pursuit of our goal to be a highly sought-after employer.
"We have always believed that our staff are what sets us apart as a company and it is the effective way our teams apply this technology that achieves the transformation our customers are looking for."
Kainos's listing was announced at a gala awards ceremony in London on 28th February 2013.
About Kainos
Kainos is a thriving technology company with particular expertise in three core markets - healthcare, financial services and public sector.
Harnessing and optimising best-in-class solutions to address its customers' specific needs, Kainos has particular expertise in portals, mobile and cloud - but what it really does is make organisations work smarter, faster and better. For more information, please visit www.kainos.com
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LANCASTER, Pa. — It was an afternoon of body slams and title matches in Lancaster County in support of a widespread issue in the Commonwealth.
A pro wrestling event was held at Tellus360 to raise money for the Arch Street Center, a local nonprofit organization.
The Arch Street Center provides adults living with serious mental illness recreation, hygiene facilities, and a warm meal each day.
The cost to watch men and women take each other down? Free… just a recommended donation to help the event's organizer, Chikara Wrestling, meet its goal of $5,000.
"Everybody here is donating their time. The facility is donating the venue. Everybody is working together to celebrate the positive power of pro wrestling, and if we could bring a couple smiles here at Chikara,that's icing here on the cake on National Pro Wrestling Day," said Bryce Remsburg with Chikara Wrestling.
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We are in the second week of rehearsals. Today, I did a sketchy run with the team - with food - and the new stories - and it was good. I mean it was rusty, but it was good. It was good to hear the words roll out of my mouth, and laughter from my… Continue reading saltwater week two day one
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Today, I want to specifically give a shout-out to what we call Independent artists, and the organisations and personnel that work daily to support and facilitate them. Namely Metro Arts, and Theatre Works, and the wonderful people in their teams. For sharing in the risk by investing in work before others would, and in doing… Continue reading Can I get a bit of cred here?
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Things have been quiet on the site - but it certainly hasn't been quiet off site. Over February and March, I hosted 2 of the 3 Taiwanese dance artists at my home. They were here in Melbourne as part of eXchange 2015 - a residency between 3 Taiwanese dance artists, and 3 Melbourne-based Australian dance… Continue reading changing gears
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My today's guest is Kelly Trach who is an author, life coach, and podcast host that teaches people how to live their best life.
Her work focuses on mastering your mindset, overcoming your self-limiting beliefs, ditching the inner critic and becoming who you really are.
Her philosophy is that if you get the inner work right first, the outside falls into place.
What's in this episode?
- How did she escape the life path that was not hers
- How to start doing things AND TAKE ACTION?
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- Visualization and all the other amazing things!
It's a great episode with lots of practical info and I hope you get lots of value from it!
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Regular readers will have noticed that I was on a little hiatus last week. The reason is our advertising agency had a large, global pitch competition come into the shop and I had the privilege to take an active role. I use no sarcasm in the word "privilege" - in fact, as mentioned previously, new business pitches are an intense period of challenge that brings out the best in each individual and the agency overall. We're going against several global agencies for a huge brand in a new technology area, and it is so exciting I can think of little else!
But we have a weekend break between pitch rounds, and our global team is catching up on sleep and family time. As I try to catch up and write ahead of future pitch work, I noticed an interview in Advertising Age of Maurice Levy, CEO of Publicis, the 4th-largest agency holding company in the world (two spots behind our parent company, WPP). According to Levy, too many business leaders continually seek to find stability in their organizations. But his approach is different; amid the marketing and media revolution surrounding us, Levy's goal is "to break down people's natural resistance to change by throwing them off balance."
This is an interesting concept that is completely consistent with The Challenge Dividend. Continuous challenge and change keeps people on their toes and adjusting ahead of the competition. As Levy says:
"If we do not consider it urgent to change, people will not. Why should they? People hate to change. They become scared about not only their own job, but the way they will do their work, if they will be up to the task, if they will have a role. I have never stabilized an organization. Crystallizing an organization is freezing the energy. In chemistry, instability is very good because it creates some combinations you don't expect. It is very important to create this destabilization of the mind in order that they don't feel secure, [so] they spend a lot of time trying to understand the new world."
I completely agree with Levy's philosophy and find myself working to create the same embrace of change on a daily basis within our company and with the clients we serve. In our changing, globally competitive economy, an ability to master change is the key to survival.
And in the advertising agency business in particular, change is why we exist; we are in the business of creating new strategies and ideas that are meant to change consumers' opinion of our products and services. Bring it on!


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Thank You For Raising the Man of my Dreams Mug
Tell your Mother-In-Law thank you for raising the man of your dreams! Mark this special time in you or your loved ones life with this cute mother of the groom gift.
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Jeffrey W. Lewis, CPA, CFE, is an Audit partner at Calibre CPA Group and has been in public accounting since 1998. Jeffrey specializes in providing auditing and consulting services for labor organizations and all types of Taft-Hartley multiemployer employee benefit plans.
Mr. Lewis initially joined the firm as a staff accountant. In 2003, he joined the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and worked on compliance examinations of registered mutual funds, hedge funds and investment management firms. In 2006, Mr. Lewis rejoined the firm as an audit manager, and became a partner in January of 2012. His current responsibilities include planning, performing and coordinating financial audits, reviews and compilations. Jeffrey's non-attestation experience includes preparing individual and corporate tax returns and review.
Mr. Lewis is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Maryland Society of Accountants, and is an AICPA Not-for-Profit Certificate I & II holder, AICPA Advanced Health and Welfare Plans Audit Certificate holder, AICPA Advanced Defined Contribution Plans Audit Certificate holder, AICPA Advanced Defined Benefit Plans Audit Certificate holder, and AICPA Intermediate Employee Benefit Plans Audit Certificate holder. Mr. Lewis received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland.


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The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers tease a life-changing event for fans' favorite Hope Logan (Annika Noelle). The upcoming episode will see the married couple Hope and Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) are not on the same side and it will create a tiff in their married life.
Hope's Effort To Bring Her Marriage Back On Track
Liam Spencer is to take a decision this Christmas after witnessing Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) and her daughter's ultimatum. Also, Liam warned his mother-in-law Brooke for overstepping her boundaries. But, it doesn't affect her, and she reaches to Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) seeking his help. Seeing problem emerging in the marriage, Hope decides to make it, and she proposes a babymoon for them as she wants to take her husband away from everyone to bring their married life back on track.
Liam Spencer And Steffy Forrester
Brooke, Steffy, Liam, and Hope continue the argument about Taylor Hayes (Hunter Tylo), and it makes Liam and Steffy spending more time together. So, Hope decides to have a break for her and Liam. The real reason behind this break is Hope's unsatisfaction seeing Liam and Steffy getting closer. Hope who is a mom-to-be book for Catalina Island for spending alone time with her husband, Liam.
Today on #BoldandBeautiful, Hope confirms to Liam and Brooke that as long as Taylor lives with Steffy they will have separate holidays. pic.twitter.com/5IM3KUQG3m
— Bold & The Beautiful (@BandB_CBS) December 19, 2018
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers – Steffy Stops Liam
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers tease Hope decides everything to enjoy alone time with her husband. But, will it happen? Hope leaves the town first, and Liam is to join her later on the island. He can't leave at the same time. But, Steffy stops him for checking his daughter Kelly Spencer (Zoe Pennington) as her daughter is suffering from a fever. Being a father, Liam has a responsibility towards his daughter first. If he stopped in the town to see his daughter, then he won't be able to be with Hope. If he chose one, the other family of Liam would have to suffer for sure.
Tiff In Liam And Hope's Marriage
Hope made a plan to have a babymoon with her husband on an island, and Liam was preparing himself to meet Hope on the island. Meanwhile, Steffy stops him for seeing his not well daughter and making him unable to reach the island to meet his pregnant wife. While Hope is waiting for her husband, who is not going to arrive.
Liam doesn't reach the island, and the weather conditions are getting worse. The situation is getting not ideal for Hope, and nobody has any idea what will happen to Hope. As per the spoilers, this event will bring a storm in the life of Liam and Hope as Hope goes into labor and is all alone there. Will she be able to save her unborn child or will suffer a tragic miscarriage? Stay tuned with TV Season Spoilers to get The Bold and the Beautiful
Holiday season is in full swing, and we can't wait to celebrate on #BoldandBeautiful! Make sure you tune in on Tuesday, December 25th! pic.twitter.com/w3dtjpnUOL
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Sylvester-Kerry L. Gardner, 55, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2019, in Lubbock. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2019, at the Sylvester Baptist Church. Burial will be in Newman Cemetery, directed by Adams-Foster-Ray Funeral Home. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 4, 2019 at Adams-Foster-Ray Funeral Home Chapel.
Born November 9, 1963, in Merkel, Kerry was the son of Donald Ray and Sandra (Freeman) Gardner. He graduated from Texas Tech University with his Master of Education. While at Texas Tech, Kerry taught Agriculture for three years. He married Jamie Watson August 17, 1984, in Sylvester. They moved various places in the Panhandle before moving to Sylvester in 2012. He worked for Cargill Cattle Company for 23 years before retiring and was instrumental in research and creating computer programs that are still used today. Kerry was a gentle giant. He loved big and was a true family man. Nothing made Kerry happier than being with his three grand babies and seeing them grow and loving on them. They were the light of his life and he was theirs. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and doing leather work. Kerry was a member of the Sylvester Baptist Church.
Kerry is preceded in death by his father (Donald Gardner) and father-in-law (Troy Watson).
Survivors include his mother, Sandra Gardner; wife, Jamie Gardner; one son and daughter-in-law, Cody and Robin Gardner; three grandchildren, Amelia, Adeline, and Asher Gardner; two brother and sister in-law's and many nieces and nephews.
He is dearly loved and will be missed by everyone who knew him in this life, until we're reunited in heaven.
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September 27, 2019
Join us on Friday, September 27th as we kick off the new school year with some Super-sized Fun! Kids of all ages should bring their hidden or not-so-hidden talents for our first ever Friday Family Fun Open Mic Night, hosted by our very own Matthew K. Jenkins (Worship and Creative Arts Director)! Talents might include singing, dancing, poetry, drama, spoken word, comedy, musical performances….but the one we want most is….the one that you have! We'll enjoy dinner together at 6:30 in the chapel basement and the mic opens at 7! Please let us know you are coming by registering HERE or by contacting Pastor Cathy
Vacation Bible School
August 12 – 16, 2019
Join us as we POWER UP and Raise Our Game together! Our week will be filled with games, crafts, music, mission projects and snacks as we learn what it means to Power Up with God!
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Globally 2010 is on track to be the warmest year on record. The Artic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and this summer its sea ice is melting at a near record pace. The sun is heating the newly open water, so it will take longer to re-freeze this winter and the resulting thinner ice will melt more easily next summer.
Scientists are not sure what will happen when a large portion of the Artic Ocean changes from white, sunlight-reflecting ice to dark, sunlight-absorbing water. But most are concerned. Some believe that new air movement may disrupt the Northern Hemisphere's jet streams, and this could in turn change storm tracks, rainfall patterns and food production far to the South.
But a new report from Forfás, Adaptation to Climate Change: Issues for Business, could bring opportunities as well as risks to Irish businesses, including tourism.
The report opines that a warmer more reliable summer season could support an extension of the peak season, as the relative attraction of other regions (e.g. the Mediterranean), may weaken due to weather extremes. It sees potential for the development of new tourist products, in particular water-based holidays.
But the report also sees some risks, many relating to extreme weather events and heavier winter rainfall, such as experienced last winter. Coastal erosion is also a worry.
This report is well worth a browse, partiuclarly given that there is an excellent Executive Summary which can be access by CLICKING HERE – ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: ISSUES FOR BUSINESS – SUMMARY REPORT.
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The Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prasath Kariyawasagam had said yesterday that the Sri Lankan Government will investigate the charges made that torture is still being perpetrated on the Sri Lanka Tamils.
The Associated Press had published a research report day before yesterday, with the testimonies of 52 Sri Lankan Tamils, who were tortured during the Maithri – Ranil regime.
Commenting on this report, Kariyawasam said that, the Sri Lanka Government strongly condemns any torture. It will be ensured that, Investigations will be held on the charges on the torture alleged to have occurred in the country and the perpetrators being brought before the law, he said.
The cooperation and assistance of all relevant factions including those outside the country is needed for this. Evidences are important for inquiries. Firm actions had been taken after this government had come to power to encourage reconciliation, Good Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights and to prevent tortures. The Sri Lankan Government will neither accept nor tolerate any type of torture.
The bilateral stake holders, and International Organizations had to help the Sri Lankan Government by pooling in their experiences, advises and Technical Assistance, to eliminate completely all tortures and to bring the perpetrators to book, he said.


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A senior Russian official has said the activation of a US missile system in Romania would constitute a threat to Russia's national security.
"Without doubt, the deployment of the PRO system really is a threat to the security of the Russian Federation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday of the US missile system in Deveselu in southern Romania:
He added: "Measures are being taken to ensure the necessary level of security for Russia. The president himself (Vladimir Putin), let me remind you, has repeatedly asked who the system will work against?"
The remarks came as the United States switched on an $800 million missile system in Romania earlier in the day.
The US commander in Europe and Africa, Mark Ferguson, at an inauguration ceremony alongside NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, said that the missile system will help defend NATO members against the threat of short and medium-range ballistic missiles.
Russia has strongly criticized the US installation of a missile system in Romania, describing the decision as a mistake. The Russian Foreign Ministry says the measure flouts the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, signed between Moscow and Washington in 1987.
Mikhail Ulyanov, the director of the Russian foreign Ministry's department for non-proliferation and arms control, said on Wednesday that the deployment of US missile systems at military bases in Romania and Poland would undermine strategic stability in Europe.
However senior US officials are describing it as an important step that will help defend NATO states.
The United States insists it is not aimed against Russia, but Moscow views it as a security threat on its doorstep.
Robert Bell, a NATO-based envoy of US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter earlier claimed that the system is supposed to protect Europe from an Iranian missile threat, a claim Moscow has repeatedly rejected, saying the missiles are aimed at Russia instead.
"The Iranians are increasing their capabilities and we have to be ahead of that. The system is not aimed against Russia," Bell told reporters on Wednesday.
Russia says Iran's missile program does not pose a threat to Europe at all, dismissing allegations of perceived threats as unfounded
Despite American assurances, Moscow accuses Washington of trying to neutralize its nuclear arsenal and buy enough time to make a first strike on Russia in the event of war.
Russia does not look favorably upon the North Atlantic Organization Treaty (NATO)'s growing deployment of missiles and nuclear weapons near its borders. Last June Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his country would respond to any potential threat by NATO.
Russia, infuriated by NATO's eastward expansion, has boosted its defense capabilities along its western border.
In recent months, NATO has accelerated its biggest military build-up in eastern Europe since the Cold War.
Relations between Russia and NATO specially soured after Crimea rejoined the Russian Federation following a referendum in March 2014.
The United States and its European allies accuse Moscow of destabilizing Ukraine and have imposed sanctions against Russian and pro-Russia figures. Moscow, however, rejects having a hand in the Ukrainian crisis.
Russia will not leave US missile systems in Europe unanswered
Viktor Ozerov, the head of the Russian Federation Council defense and security committee, on Thursday said that Russia will not leave the deployment of US missile systems in Romania and Poland unanswered.
"We have said repeatedly that this will not improve relations between Russia and the US and between Russia and NATO. Unfortunately, they haven't listened to us. Russia will have to take military-technical countermeasures."
"This all is very unpleasant to us. Specialists believe that not only can these systems [US missile sites in Romania and Poland] enhance protection but can be very quickly transformed into systems carrying nuclear weapons," Ozerov added, noting, "We believe this is a set of measures aimed at deterring our strategic nuclear forces."
Experts say Russia could deploy Iskander-M missile systems capable of intercepting targets within a 500-kilometer range in the Kaliningrad region.
In an interview with Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper in April, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had said that Russia would also take appropriate military-technical measures at its northern borders if Sweden decides to join NATO.
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Healing Waters – guest blog from Shalon Hastings
Full disclosure: I was one of those teenagers that avoided the call to military duty in every way possible. Back in 1993, recruiters were doing the hard sell via phone and in person. Being the nice person I am, I went to lunch where the recruiter tried to "wine and dine" me, obviously no wine but plenty of soda. I dodged the bullet, if you will, and avoided the, in my mind, unbearable pain & suffering of boot camp and basic training by leaving for college with no forwarding address for the recruiter.
Fast forward to present day: I have 2 small businesses that I call my own in downtown Helena and just recently added fly fishing guide to my list. Over the last couple of years I had found that being on the water was the only time my mind shut off completely to the point of calm. Never before had I experienced such a quiet. It was an addictive break from my never ending worries about my businesses, my struggles and my musings of "Am I good enough?"
Earlier this year with help from some girlfriends, I started a women's fly fishing networking group, Last Chance Fly Gals (LCFG). It was enlightening to meet so many local women who shared the same passion for fly fishing and to hear shared stories of frustrations and accomplishments on the water that only other women could relate to. Yes, both men and women will share similar experiences but in addition there are some that men just won't experience. I don't think I've heard a guy admit that he's cried because his spouse tried to teach him to fish. But I hear it a lot when women talk about their first trials of learning to fly fish.
Through an article written about the formation of Last Chance Fly Gals, an old acquaintance and Project Healing Waters board member reached out to me to see if I would be interested in working with female veterans that would be participating in a Project Healing Waters fishing trip on the Missouri. I jumped at the chance to be a part of this outing. I am in awe of those that have the balls to sign up for military duty and serve our country so that I can freely choose my entrepreneurial path and quite frankly do whatever I so desire. My heart breaks when I hear of the trauma that our veterans have brought home with them. And I get frustrated and angry that they face struggles outside of our cushy civilian life after they have risked life and limb. If I could help any of these women get to the point where they find that peace in mind on the water that I get, I was going to be there.
I joined two phenomenal female guides, Kelly Harrison and Kimberly Smith, and met the women in Craig. We were towing the Project Healing Waters Adipose boats that Wolf Creek Angler holds at the shop for veterans to use for free. The afternoon was spent doing introductions, then Kelly jumped into instructing basic knots, basic flies and basic casting. Each of the ladies was given a starter rod and reel package with miscellaneous small wares to get them started on the fly fishing journey. The lodge that was hosting us had a small casting pond. The pre-dinner entertainment was the girls catching little and mid-sized brookies on dry flies. The smiles, laughter, encouragement and commands to "hit it!!!" were raucous, heartfelt and contagious. After dinner was sharing of Jameson and White Claws, poop jokes, graphic bikini line mishaps and mentions of injuries sustained in service.
The next day was breakfast served by several PHW board members that waited on us hand and foot. After breakfast we gathered at the boats to rig up rods and review knots and flies with the ladies. Then it was to the river. Each gal caught fish. F bombs were dropped, cheering heard from one of the three boats across the river as one of the ladies in another boat would get a fish on, more F bombs when a fish broke off complete rigs, all 3 boats gathering to snap pictures of a fish landed in the boat. At one point, the gal in my boat had an epic fish arcing out of the water right after she set the hook, it was mad. It briefly showed its ginormous jawline at her before taking off and charging so fast it broke her nymph rig well past the split shot in a flash. That beast will haunt her.
At the takeout phone numbers were shared, promises to stay connected were made and sharing of pictures promised. The excitement, the frustration, the glee all shared and celebrated by an amazing group of women will be remembered forever. I expect and hope that I get calls and texts from these women sharing with me their future trips onto new rivers and the new found knowledge they will gain. I'm already looking forward to the next event, hoping that the guests will gain as much as I do in being a part of this honor of their service to the United States of America.
Fish on, ladies. Fish on.


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It is an Arabic and Islamic name for tomb. It is a usual practice to bury the dead since ancient times due to hygienic reasons and out of the fear of the unknown. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam upheld this custom. Though there are differences among religions regarding the nature and the condition of the tomb and how the corpse is positioned, the common goal is to make the corpse invisible. In Islam, the corpse is positioned to face the Ka'bah in Mecca toward which Muslims turn for five daily prayers. Muslims often write the words "Huva'l-Baki" on the gravestone in Arabic meaning "only God is eternal" like Christians write "Rest in Peace."
According to Islam, the tomb is a window to the hereafter. Muslims are strongly recommended to visit cemeteries to say supplicatory prayers for the soul of the dead and also remember death, though one may send supplicatory prayers afar. The first chapter of the Qur'an, which is only seven verses, is the favorite supplicatory prayer. One who visits a...
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There is one particular Pub Trend which really grindes my gears. No, it's not Pubs with playareas for Children (though as a single childless chap I can't say they are high up in my Pub favourites) which might surprise my readers. Nor is it Clicky Hipster bars, (though I tend to frequent bars where the patrons tend to have creaking hips), no it is the Carvery. I cannot abide the places. Line up with a tray, where the Chef asks you want you want and plonks it on your plate. It's like going out to have a School Dinner, why on Earth would you pay for that experience? Then there is the veg which, like at school, is ether undercooked or way overcooked and slowly breaks down into mush! Of course then there is the question of one lump or two? No, sugar in my tea but dollops of what is laughingly called Gravy. I'm fairly certain gravy is not supposed to be gelatinous, but at the Carvery it more often then not is. When I do end up eating at one, which is seldom, I usually freak out the server and ask for the vegetarian gravy as that is usually done to order. When queried I point out that the meat gravy is made from all the meats and I'm Jewish as opposed to the real reason.
Then there is the people, the lure of a cheap lunch where you can help yourself to the veg brings out a variety of nasties. They pile up the veg and leave most of it uneaten and try to get something for nothing, and the worst part is what happens with the sauces. You will have exposed bowls of Sauce including Horseradish, Mustards, Mint and Cranberry sauce, sitting out in room temperature which isn't great to begin with, but then you frequently – and I mean frequently- will lick the spoon once done and then put the aforementioned implement back into the sauce pot! What in the name of crying out loud is up with people's mentality?
When working at the Horseshoes at Uckington under the incompetence ridden tyrannical rule of Sentry Pubs and their sycophantic puppet they laughingly called a manager (I called him an alcoholic perv, 42 year old boffing a 17 y/o girl case in point), we had one family empty an entire tray of roast potatoes. He of course, rather then address the issue, said "it's carvery" dismissively and went back to drinking the pint of Carling he permanently had in his hand. The problem is the Knock on effect, you end up with these groups of people in other places demanding something for nothing. Carvery's, I hope they like Watney's Red Barrell, disappear out of the Pub trade.
In response to the Daily Prompt: Carve


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Well Internet, as the world continues to turn, and various and sundry flammable things continue to burn, we have hit upon yet another "Micah Shamelessly Promotes himself" type blog!! Herein I shall post links to videos and talk a lot about my very own bad self… and some of the far more talented people that my bad self gets to work with.
The Mad Hatter Diaries was originally born out of my own much fatigued brain at roughly 3:70 in the morning. For those of you wondering, no that time does not actually exist… but if you've ever been up at 3ish in the morning you have probably also had an idea at 3:70 in the morning. It's a great time to have ideas. You only get two types of ideas at 3:70 really really good ideas. Or really really bad ideas. Here are just three of some terrible 3:70 ideas that I've had.
An all boy band called: "Here Till Tomorrow." Scrambling eggs using Egg-nog instead of milk. Toasting my pants in the morning to warm them up. Starting an improve baking team called: Mashed Pohumor.
Man I forgot about Mashed Pohumor… that's a super great idea… All we need is an open counter, some good improvers, and various audience suggested baking utensils!!! Yeah, wait no that was terrible.
Anyway, the Mad Hatter Diaries was a good idea and worked well and after several other sleepless nights, many many cups of coffee and some deep deep emotional trauma I had written this 1 episode.
And then I had to write a lot more of them. A lot more. So so many more. And then after even more sleepless night, with even more coffee, and so much emotional trauma that I am nothing more then a sad emotionless husk of the man I used to be. I had finished them.
So I took these scripts that had ruined large portions of my childhood psyche and hopes for the future and brought them to that cinema oasis known as OtherVision studios and it's head… studio head person, Collins White. Once I had bribed Collins into making this webseries the two of us set about establishing a cast of people way more talented then I should be allowed to work with. There was (and everyone hold your breath as I try not to leave out any cast members) Cassie Thompson as the Cheshire Cat, Jessie Davis as the White Rabbit, Lindsay Morgan as the March Hare, Janie Door as the Dormouse, Chelsea Jarret as the red Queen and my good buddy Johnathon Schofield as the Caterpillar. The cast (and I say this with the utmost respect for the Dark Knight) is the best thing ever.
So check out the Mad Hatter Diaries, it will change your life!!! OR at least make your life moderately better. By being awesome, and making you laugh. Which is also pretty danged awesome.
Here they are:
And yes, there are more to come!!!


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Collapse, Doomsday, Doomsday Clock, Human population collapse, Human population control, Human populaton, Michael Ruppert
Collapse by Michael Ruppert is available at Netflix.com (just a fact not a plug) and it's a movie worth watching, sort of. The whole movie is a long series of shots of Mike, sitting in a tomb, talking about many of the usual downers of modern society, with a bit of emphasis on American society, politicians and oil. He claims he isn't really a conspiracy theorist because he deals with obvious facts. Pointing to the obvious facts of modern society, when you choose to look for the dark side, can be very dark indeed, darker than his tomb. In fact, I believe, it is far darker than he portrays it because he never really approaches the huge strides humanity is making toward an unpredictable moment of a thermonuclear Doomsday. He stays with a more comfortable and predictable collapse of our over-consumptive civilization. He acknowledges that one time resources can be used up, which is obvious, but doesn't mention that those who maximally exploit those one time use resources are the very ones who get richest now and who will be best positioned to survive when the collapse finally happens. The movie ends with him being threatened with an eviction notice for non-payment of rental fees on his home, because he doesn't have enough money, so by his own measure it appears he won't be among the survivors.
The question arises, how can we expect a man to take care of the world who can't take care of himself? He does claim in the movie that everyone, including himself, should take care of themselves. He makes a desultory claim that everyone should be self sufficient but also makes the case that that is impossible because food crops need fertilizer and that, along with most everything else in modern society, is dependent upon mineral oil pumped out of the ground. He claims that approximately half of that oil that was in the ground has already been pumped out, gone away, permanently gone, because of human consumption. He only alludes to the simple fact that, with a much larger current population and more people living at a higher standard of living, the remaining oil will be consumed even quicker.
The usual suspects are picked up by this ex-LA detective and he puts them close together; he puts the dots close together so it is easy to see the connections. There are no serious problems with his facts or the analysis of what brought various problems into being, and he even brings in Darwinian adaptation to local environment as being a human trait. The problem which he appears to see but refuses to acknowledge is the inevitability of that Darwinian adapting process as being the cause of the coming catastrophe. He implies that we should simply change the way we are doing things and everything would be much better and might even work out okay in the long run. He sees the population explosion, politics and technology as being the primary problems, but I doubt very much if he would support a population control measure that would totally eliminate technology and bring human population down to one hundred million people in one hundred years. He would probably fight that extreme legal control more vigorously than anyone if it were made into enforced worldwide law.
To achieve that population goal, without simply murdering billions of people, would require choosing fifty million women and permitting them and only them to have two children. Everyone else would be sterilized. Obviously, that is horrible and politically impossible, as it should be, but the alternative is even worse. The natural trend now in progress is a continuation of the population explosion, which, according to Ruppert, will lead to absolute shortages of essentials of life, especially oil. That will bring about worldwide strife and an atomic war which would soon escalate to a Doomsday catastrophe in which billions of people are killed.
Absolutely no one wants either of these to happen, including me. To illustrate the Doomsday aspect of atomic weapons I "improved" the Atomic Scientist's Doomsday Clock by setting it to a few minutes after midnight. The idea is to show that the explosion of the first Atomic Bomb at Alamogordo at 1945-07-16=12\29\45t was the true midnight from which the Doomsday Clock should be set running.
Perhaps this countdown clock (calendar) for the collapse of civilization should have been timed from Thomas Malthus' Population studies, or Watt's steam engine which needed mineral coal or oil, or perhaps even the development of the county fair prizes which led to the patent system for new and useful ideas. Or perhaps human Doom was set in motion by the first woman who turned to her girlfriend and said yum when referring to some fine young man. That act set the genetic evolution in motion which led to modern humans and thus to our problem. Each of these was a turning point in humanity's quest for a better world. We now live in a wonderful world but very unfortunately one which will soon Collapse by one of the seen but uncontrollable factors. Probably the collapse will be even more tragic than Ruppert predicts because there isn't any way out. What can you do until Doomsday arrives?
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