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Boon Times For Auction Houses As American Farmers Go Bankrupt
In an earlier report, our analysis of federal data showed the number of farmers across the Midwest filing for bankruptcy soared to its highest level in a decade. Now it seems some of those farmers are closing up shop, liquidating machinery and land, all to stem financial pressure, a dozen or so farm-equipment auction houses told Reuters.
The farming crisis unraveling in the Midwest has created a monsterous boon for auction houses, which reported that their collective business activity jumped 30% in the past six months, compared to the same period a year earlier.
Reuters noted that the revival of the family farming tradition has collapsed. Ahead of the US recession of 2007-2008, agriculture prices were soaring, attracting many young people from their city jobs to their family's fields.
But spot prices crashed from February 2008 to December 2008, then rebounded from early 2009 to mid-2011. By 2012, farming profits erupted, as corn, soybean, and wheat prices jumped amid rising global demand and tight supplies. It was the first time in several decades that the total number of farmers 44 or younger in the Midwest increased.
From late 2008 through 2012, millennial farmers across the Midwest surged, increasing more than 40% in Iowa and Illinois, almost 57% in Indiana and 60% in Kansas, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture.
Reuters observed farmer Jim Taphorn's machinery get liquidated earlier this year at an auction. It was the fifth consecutive year Taphorn had depressed spot prices for grains, made worse by President Trump's trade war with China, the 68-year-old called it quits after risking the chance of filing for bankruptcy in the coming years if conditions didn't improve.
A Reuters photographer snapped a picture of Taphorn and his wife standing next to Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC's auction truck as their farm's equipment was liquidated for pennies on the dollar.
"Karen [Taphorn'swife], it's ok to shed a tear," auctioneer Dan Sullivan said, as she hugged her husband. "It's the end of an era."
Federal data shows that farmers are increasingly aging. The average farmer is 57.7 years old in 2017, up from 54.3 years in 1997.
The farm industry has been consolidating since 1997. Mid-sized farmers, those with annual sales under $5 million, are increasingly failing as the trade war sends the global economy into a synchronized slowdown.
The trade war with China, sparked by the tariffs Trump slapped on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese goods, has just entered its tenth month. In response, China levied on about $50 billion of US agricultural exports last summer including soy, corn, wheat, cotton, rice, sorghum, beef, pork, poultry, fish, dairy products, nuts, and vegetables.
China is a top buyer of American agricultural commodities. Since the tit-for-tat tariff disputes last year, exports to China have significantly decreased -- straining American farmers whose supply chains into the second largest economy were destroyed overnight.
The trade war, along with depressed commodity prices, is "speeding things up" for farmers to exit the industry, says H. Andrew Pyron, chief executive of Big Iron Auctions in St. Edward, Nebraska.
The collapse of multi-generational family farms has sent bankruptcies in the Midwest to ten-year highs.
"Bankruptcies in three regions covering major farm states last year rose to the highest level in at least 10 years. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, had double the bankruptcies in 2018 compared with 2008. In the Eighth Circuit, which includes states from North Dakota to Arkansas, bankruptcies swelled 96%. The 10th Circuit, which covers Kansas and other states, last year had 59% more bankruptcies than a decade earlier," reported WSJ.
Steffes Group, a top auction firm in the upper Midwest, has seen auction activity rise 40% in 2019.
"Up until now, there wasn't a lot of motivation to exit farming," said auctioneer Scott Steffes. "Now, what I'm hearing from folks is, 'It's no longer fun to farm.'"
Reuters noted that most farmers after they call it quits -- don't have 401Ks or other traditional retirement accounts. Now those farmers are worried about losing it all with no financial cushion, a disaster in the making.
"We're getting calls every day from farmers looking to sell off their equipment, but keep the land," said Luke Sullivan of Sullivan Auctioneers, headquartered in Hamilton, Illinois.
And even bankers in the Midwest who lend funds to farms warn that more bankruptcies are immient as more producers "are running out of options."
"We are seeing producers who are running out of options," said Tim Koch, senior vice president at Omaha, Neb.-based Farm Credit Services of America, which lends to farmers in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
An agricultural recession is around the corner. The most recent farm crisis occurred during the 1980s, and before that, a farm crisis was observed leading up to the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Could the rhythms of history be unfolding before our own very eyes today?
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I recently got an email from Ralf, also known as Findus. He is the manager of Sokoplaza together with Werner Ettinger.
Without knowing anything, what is happening on this site, he wanted to release all the remaining non-commercial levels, still remaining on Sokoplaza, to Let's logic site.
So I'm asking you two, Razorflame and Bjorn, do you want me to ask them, to make those levels also available on this site and thus a part of Sokoban for Windows? Since I'm assuming, you would want that (judging from the numerous uploads of levels in the previous month).
There are 4 giant packs to consider:
1. New packs (not yet published anywhere)
2. Collected Remodel packs (which I've published revisioned as the Arranged sets and the Mass Remodel)
3. Packs in conjunction with 2., which make the previous revision (reduction) into a whole (Sasquatch Remodels by York Shen, York Shen collection, All remodels by Zhenjing, Small and medium remodels by Gyjgw)
PS: York Shen, Zhenjing and Gyjgw are also members of Sokoplaza, so we would have their consent.
4. Packs published on Lets logic directly from Sokoplaza (that are not in the upper 3)


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Mechanical forces control cell fate during brain formation
News from DCEXS-UPF
A new study coordinated by the Research Group in Developmental Biology at UPF shows that during the embryonic development of the brain, the cells that are between adjacent segments detect the mechanical forces generated during morphogenesis to regulate the balance between progenitor stem cells and differentiated neurons.
In vertebrates, the central nervous system is formed from an embryonic structure divided into three vesicles of the brain and the spinal cord. The rearmost brain vesicle will give rise to important adult derivatives such as the cerebellum and is where the cranial nerves that innervate the face derive from. During embryonic development, the hindbrain is subdivided into seven segments, called rhombomeres where neuronal progenitors are generated that will give rise to both motor and sensory neurons.
During segmentation of the hindbrain, a specific population of cells is located at the interface between successive rhombomeres. These boundary cells act as a barrier so that neighbouring cell populations do not mix, send instructions to progenitor cells of the adjacent rhombomere, and act as a source of progenitors and neurons. Although mechanical signals have been seen to be increasingly involved in directing cellular behaviour, how this happened in vivo had not yet been demonstrated.
Now, the group led by Cristina Pujades at the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS) at UPF has investigated how these boundary cells are able to "sense" the mechanical stimuli and transduce them into specific biological behaviours during zebrafish hindbrain segmentation.
A Voltes, CF. Hevia, C Engel, C Dingare, S Calzolari, J Terriente, C Norden, V Lecaudey, C Pujades. Yap/Taz-TEAD activity links mechanical cues to progenitor cell behavior during zebrafish hindbrain segmentation. Development, July 2019. doi: 10.1242/dev.176735.
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If you're old enough (or are a "Nick at Night" fan), do you remember an episode of Mork & Mindy where, at Christmas time, Mindy was showing Mork her Gucci angel and then had to explain what angels were? And then Mork took the Gucci angel in his hands, lifted it up and launched it, saying, "Fly, little angel, be free!" Crash, tinkle, tinkle.
That's one of my favorite comedy lines ever, and Mork & Mindy was where I first met Robin Williams. Throughout his career, it was the greatest fun trying to figure out what was actually in the script and what he simply ad-libbed. We recognized most of the references in Mrs. Doubtfire, but are still trying to figure out some of the ones from Aladdin's genie. And his portrayal of the genie is what, in my mind, began shifting kids cartoons into something that could be thoroughly enjoyed by adults at the same time.
With the help of IMDB, here are some fond memories:
Daniel: [Posing as a caller for the housekeeper ad] I am job.
Miranda: Do you speak English?
Daniel: I am job.
Miranda: I'm sorry, the position has been filled. [Hangs up] [Answers phone again] Hello?
Daniel: [This time with a southern drawl] … Aaaaaargh! Laila, get back into your cell! Don't make me get the hose! Hello?
Aladdin: You're a prisoner?
Genie: It's all part and parcel, the whole genie gig.
[grows to a gigantic size] Phenomenal cosmic powers!
[shrinks down inside the lamp] Itty bitty living space!
But some of Robin Williams' roles had a lot of thought-provoking dialogue, both for creativity and for living life. From Dead Poet's Society:
John Keating: Why do I stand up here? Anybody?
Dalton: To feel taller!
John Keating: No! [Dings a bell with his foot] Thank you for playing Mr. Dalton. I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.
And while the humor is what first fills my mind when I think of Robin Williams, this quote is the advice to live by:
John Keating: They're not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? – – Carpe – – hear it? – – Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.
Goodbye, Mr. Williams, and be at peace. We'll miss you.
(And before I forget, dear reader, do you have a favorite Robin Williams movie moment? Please share!)


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Carbon Nation is a film on the solutions to the problem of climate change. The documentary shows the advantages of tackling climate change, including a healthy and safe environment, an improved economy and enhanced state and energy defense. The film is meant for those who have over the years lost interest in matters concerning global warming and its effects on our world. The movie highlights that climate change is an issue to be deeply concerned about, but at the same time people have the necessary tools to change the situation. It has been noted by scientists and environmentalists all over the world that the problem of climate change is causing natural disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis. If not addressed immediately and solved, the problem of global warming could catalyze more problems that could render life almost impossible. Going green is now supported by celebrities for example Al Gore, and this is creating more awareness. Films such as Carbon Nation are also helping in alleviating the effects of climate change.
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Carbon Nation opens up with what can be done about climate change. It does not dwell on its causes or its existence. The main topic that has been highlighted in the movie is the fact that it is time that we as humans look for alternative renewable energy sources and stop depleting fossil fuels. Alternatives proposed are such as wind energy or solar panels, all of which are renewable.
The movie is especially informative on what we can do to lessen climate change. It provides hope that there is still a lot that can be done to save our environment. It is not enough to say that there is climate change and show audiences images of melting mountain tops or melting glaciers. It is also important to show that the public can also do something to help; and this is the reason why this film is interesting and educative. The most important message from the movie is that enough damage has been done by carbon emissions such that stopping these emissions would not reverse the situation. This means it is time for every individual to take action and use clean energy.
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To: The Ixtlan Mailing List
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:10:05 +0000
The Seattle workshop was held in The Student Activities Center in Central Seattle Community College. It began at 9:00am sharp when Kylie and Reni entered the room. They appeared lighter than ever before, stronger, harder, much more relaxed and from the heart. Their sense of humor and kindness was immediately evident. The entire day was very relaxed and loose yet focused. They were extremely friendly and nurturing to any student who asked a question or raised a point. Kylie gave a 22-minute talk about Tensegrity while Reni sat on the floor with the audience. She started out asking questions about how many people had never been to a workshop or done any Tensegrity before. It seemed to be nearly a third to half of the room. It was a small group of maybe 200.
The room was a basketball-oriented gymnasium on the second floor of the building. The scent of chlorine and a higher humidity was immediately evident as you entered the building as there was a swimming pool on the ground floor. The Gymnasium has a two-story high ceiling with grayish blue streaming banners all around the four sides of the large room. They had big yellow squares on the ends of every third banner that said in black letters: SEATTLE CENTRAL. The gym had large, modern-looking windows on three sides that let in a lot of natural light. All the windows were etched with large Ancient Mexico type images. The north side had no windows. It was a very light and open space. The stage was set up in the center of the room.
Kylie's lecture was very concise and to the point. After giving the general information about who Carlos Castaneda is and about what Tensegrity is she described the original four lines of magical passes as they were given to Carlos, Carol, Florinda and Taisha. She said that the passes were tailor-made for the individual energetic configurations of each of the four disciples of don Juan. She said that each of the four energetic lines of passes affected each individual disciple specifically in the energetic centers where they needed it. Each line of magical passes were custom-tailored for each of their body styles and energetic configurations, as well as their energetic strengths and weaknesses. Kylie described the original passes as four energetic lines of force that were handed down to Carlos, Carol, Florinda and Taisha by the sorcerers of don Juan's lineage.
She went on to talk about the secrecy that had always surrounded the passes and how they were taught to each of the four disciples of don Juan. She mentioned that the subject of the magical passes had never been talked about in any of the books and that they were so secret that Carlos himself had not even realized that the passes had been taught to him. She told the story of how don Juan told Carlos about the passes. The story is the one where don Juan tells Carlos that he is way too chubby and that he should really take the magical passes seriously and practice them. And Carlos says, "What magical passes, don Juan?" Kylie went on to describe how the Passes had only been referred to in the books as don Juan cracking his joints. She said that Carlos, being so very thorough, would always try to imitate his movements but could never get his joints to actually crack. She made a few gestures as to how don Juan would look as he were doing this. Her movements were very forceful and direct as if she were going to crack her joints. Something in the way she moved was jolting, magical. There was a sense of flair and power in her two-second demonstration of don Juan's movements.
Kylie then said that Carol Tiggs' return was what made it possible for them to come into the picture. She said Carol's return was an unprecedented event that opened up doors of energetic possibility, doors had never been opened before in the entire history of don Juan's lineage of sorcerers. The return of Carol Tiggs made it possible for them to come, to be present into the Nagual's world or group. She said that they (Kylie, Reni and Nyie) did not truly understand what this meant for a long time and that they took it all rather lightly, she said that for a long time they did not comprehend the true gravity of the event. Kylie described how Carol had physically disappeared and was gone for ten years and that to this day Carol is still trying to unravel the mystery of where she actually was. Kylie emphasized that this was a real event that actually took place.
She continued by saying that the possibility of such an event taking place was not part of the taxonomy of our world of everyday life, that we had no parallel for it in our highly taxonomized inventory of possibilities. That ever since we were born we were told, in very definite terms, we were given the elaborate taxonomy of what the world is and we were brought up to disregard all else, all other possibilities. She described how absolutely all of our available energy is employed in upholding that inherited, highly taxonomized view of the world and that we have no energy left, no other energy is available to us with which we could consider other possibilities. She said this view of life is final and that it goes uncontested for our entire lives. She further stated that because of this we live in a dead world, a world closed-off from the flow of infinite possibility. Because of this we are unable to perceive energy directly as it flows in the universe or to witness it's ceaseless flux. Our endless categorizing and taxonomizing closes us into itself and renders us incapable of considering the possibility that someone like Carol Tiggs could go somewhere else for ten years and then return. She said again that Carol really was physically gone and that she was not in this world for those years. Driving the point deeper still.
At this point Kylie returned to the idea of seers and how they are able to perceive the universe as millions of conglomerate fields of energy. She digressed further, to the idea of how the original four lines of magical passes appeared to the seers as "these four massive lines of energy." She said that each line contained perhaps hundreds of intricate movements designed to redeploy and redistribute the energy encrusted on the outside shell of the luminous egg and return it to the vital centers. She said, "if you could imagine each one of our categories and taxonomies as being connected to us by a little line of energy." She, ever so daintily, made gestures of drawing an abundance of tiny, little lines in front of her. She said that, "you would be able to see how all these categories, these schemes of taxonomizing the world, actually build a prison around us, around our perception. And it is this prison that holds us in within it to the death. . . and it is a death that is unnecessary. It doesn't have to happen. But we are incapable of perceiving any other possibility, incapable of becoming aware that there is way out, because we don't have the energy available to consider the possibility. All our available energy is already being employed in maintaining our categorizing and taxonomizing prisons."
She continued talking about how the energy that we have at birth is enclosed and cannot escape or be taken from us or given away to someone else. It is simply being redistributed within the luminous sphere. It is either dissipating and being encrusted on the outer portions of our luminous cocoon, where it is not available to us or it is being redeployed to our vital centers where it is available to us.
She said that as we grow older, we succumb to the globally held agreement that all of our energy must become encrusted on the outer shell of our luminous egg. Once it is no longer in our vital centers, we are dead, gone. She said that since all of our available energy is being employed in the upholding of all our elaborate categorizing and taxonomizing schemes, in maintaining our "Taxonomizing Prisons," it easily becomes encrusted as we agree to grow old. We then become weaker, fall prey to disease and the luminous egg becomes brittle, cracks and we die.
She briefly mentioned how we are affected by the agreements that have been made without our being aware. "I wasn't there when these agreements were made. Who says that we have to grow old and allow our energy become encrusted, to lose our vitality. Who said this? I wasn't there. They said? Who the hell is they? Why do we have to honor agreements that we had nothing to do with?"
"Tensegrity frees the encrusted energy on the periphery of the luminous sphere," she went on, "and redeploys that energy to the vital centers where we then have access to it. "Once we begin to redistribute the encrusted energy and free it, to redeploy it to the vital centers, it becomes available to us so that we are then capable of perceiving previously unconsidered possibilities." We are able to consider the possibility that we ARE capable of extricating ourselves from our prisons of taxonomy and endless categorization. We find that we are capable of it by way of inner-silence.
Tensegrity allows us brief moments of inner-silence and as we persist in practicing the magical passes we accumulate enough of these moments to tip the scales. The doors of possibility open up. The possibility that Carol Tiggs left the world of everyday life and returned ten years later is capable of being taken seriously. We have the available energy with which to deal with it, to consider the possibility. Right now most of our energy is encrusted on the outside of our luminous spheres where it is not available to us. Tensegrity is the act that gives us back our energy! If you do the Tensegrity movements, you will return the energy to your vital centers and it will become available energy.
"So let's do it!" Kylie smiled, " Let's get moving!"
We were shown three passes in the morning that I had never seen before and then went on to cover all the passes from each of the three videos, in order. At the end of the day we were shown another three passes that were quite familiar, the last of which was The Female and Male Winged Warrior. I never take notes so I can't be of much help to anyone trying to remember exactly what was what in regards to specific passes. Everything is to the best of my recollection and I apologize in advance for any errors on my part.
During the lunch break I fell asleep on the floor of the gym. I woke up when Kylie and Reni entered the room. As a result of that Reni's lecture on The Mood of the Warrior is stored at a much deeper position and I am unable to recover it completely at this time. I will touch on it only briefly.
After lunch Reni took the stage for about ten minutes. She introduced herself as Renata Murez and said that they always state their names for magical purposes. She used a little notecard to speak from and seemed a little less at ease speaking then did Kylie. She covered the area of the mood of the warrior, talking about how to do Tensegrity, the mood required to do Tensegrity correctly. She mentioned that when she first came she carried a huge chip on her shoulder that she wouldn't allow any one to see it, especially herself.
About 3:40pm we took a break and Kylie and Reni remained on the stage talking to workshop participants. I didn't feel inclined to join them but eventualyy I went over and listened to Reni talking with a group of perhaps 30 people and they were talking about a new book by Carlos Castaneda that has already been delivered to HarperCollins. She said that it is basically the Purple Book from The Long Beach Workshop but that it will have photographs and a lot of other stuff that wasn't in the purple book. She didn't know when HarperCollings was set to release it.
Also during the break, I wandered over to where Kylie was also talking with a group of maybe 30 or 40 people. She answered some questions about the recapitulation. She said that it is definitely necessary to write the list out on paper and to adhere to it chronologically until you have done a complete recapitulation of your life as much as twice through. She said that we need to have that rigidity at first. She continued to field comments on it and then she said something that rang in my ears all the way home. It stuck a chord in me with something Dan Lawton had mentioned during the lunch break. He mentioned something along the line of: Carlos said that it has become evident that many of us are here for the wrong reasons. And that some people in particular had left because they were here for the wrong reasons.
Kylie stated during the break that we shouldn't do the recapitulation or any of this because expect to get anything out of it. "We are always asking ourselves before we do anything, "What's in it for me?" she said, "We have to learn to act impeccably, simply for the hell of it. Simply because we like the way it feels to be imbued with available energy. We shouldn't do it because want to be great warriors or for any other reason like that. Because all of that is foolish. We should, for once in our lives, just do something solely for the hell of it. We should do it as an abstract gesture. We should act impeccably as our gesture to It."
Tomorrow is promised to no one.
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:10:05 +0000
Hi. I'm Juan Jose Yera, and I just recently came back from the workshop in Seattle. I was thoroughly reenergized. I had recently came back from a long sea cruise and something happened to me there. When I got back all I was doing was the long passes and some sprinkling of others. However this seminar has hopefully rekindled my desire to be free and start my recapitulation in earnest. When Kyle arrived she was her normal self, the accomplished stalker and formidable warrior that she is. She said that she was going to teach us some passes that The Nagual had given her, just for us. I was hooked. You know, our butts just puckered up and we thought "OOOOH he sent that just for MEEE!! He probably knows I'm here". Played right up to our self importance. Kyle played it like a pro. I thank her for her great performance that day and for having her thumb on the pulse of the group. Somehow she seemed to know exactly how we felt. She stopped when I felt I could go no more. We did all three videos and we learned some new passes. The Egg and Primate something can't remember exactly and I don't know if the Release passes have been taught elsewhere. I'll describe the best ones I liked.
The egg: Two large, in succession back strokes. Then a slam down with both palms sort of facing in at the level of the stomach. Then 3 circles, palms down and open like if you were rubbing the top of a big, big egg, from front to back . Then palms & fingers spread facing each other, arms held as wide as your hips, at hip level three quick flicks up and down. Next with the hands in same position three large circles as if rubbing the sides of a big egg in front of you starting at your waist level down to the bottom of your thighs. Then you bend down and do three circles as if tracing the bottom of the egg just as at the top of the egg, palms facing up. While still bent over spread both arms wide and come in fast in a motion as if to pick up the egg. Quickly stand up holding the egg in both hands. Then take the egg your holding and smash it against your chest. Then rub it in and say MMMMMMM as you rub. This sounds too humorous for life. But it is a heck of a lot of fun. (Wouldn't it be funny If they were pulling our leg, and these passes are just a bunch of ridiculous movements.) But even if they are, I sure am having fun doing them!
The next, like I said I can't remember what the name is right now but the movements were simian in nature . It starts out by bending over and hanging your arms and hands down in front of you. Then it continues with alternating as if you were a monkey standing up as you raised your hands your hands continue about a count of six to the middle of your body then the simian gestures turn into a climbing like movement again as far as you can reach about a count of six. when all the way up you grab an imaginary bar or pipe and bring it down on your head in a breaking motion and then shower yourself with that energy touching your head face, neck and continue to your chest and down to your sides.
Reni spoke about three main points. 1. moods of the warriors. And living the mood. Warriors actions don't come from the same place. Not what's in it for me 2. Driving force is the knowledge that we are on our way to die. All is lost we have nothing to do but gain. 3. Universe is not linear and can not be understood with straight line logic. We have a finite amount of energy and simply when you use it up you die. We use energy foolishly so Tensegrity redeploys that energy that is encrusted on the inside of our luminous egg. Parable: Energy in this instance is similar to a man in the desert looking for water although he has a big jug of water tied to his back he can't drink because he does not have the tools necessary to get to the water. Tensegrity is the tool to get to that water (energy) that we need. (In the language of the 90's Recycle that energy: mine)
Another thing addressed was Carol Tiggs. She said (Kyle) that it is a fact that she was gone for 10 years and is back. She was gone from this world shoes and all. I seem to be running into different people at these seminars the same ones many times. All very interestingly different beings. Many that have stopped doing what they have always done & seem to have left the world and dedicated themselves to Tensegrity and the warriors way. One thing that I learned from someone concerned the Blue Scout. For the longest time I seemed to be fixated on the scout. And I believed that she was a person that had gotten trapped there (world of the inorganic beings)as a result of dreaming. The questions that came to mind were: But were did she come from before, how did she learn to go to that world. I'm sure some of the same questions we all have. But now I realize that is not the case, she is actually another form of being , I suppose she has now fixed her assemblage point at the habitual place for Human beings. This realization was rather overwhelming at the time and awesome in its implications. Is there anyone out there that can agree with this or have any comments about this subject? I mean if everyone else knew this, silly me I didn't remember. If I have left something out, well I probably have forgotten that too, and hope that it is all stored in a position of my assemblage point. If there is any thing that I can tell you about the passes is this, in the words of the Nagual "just do them"
Juan Jose Yera. email@example.com
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Norwich parents frustrated over cancellation of bus route
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Parents living in a housing estate on the outskirts of Norwich have expressed frustration over the proposed cancellation of services on a bus route.
In November, Konectbus, a bus operator based in Dereham, announced it would be withdrawing services on its route 5, which currently runs between Postwick Park and Ride to Queen's Hills via Broadland Business Park, Norwich train station, Dereham Road and Longwater Retail Park. The company has said the planned cancellation, due to come into effect on Wednesday, January 2, is because of "unsustainable losses".
Lyndsey Flaxman Dennington lives in Queen's Hills. Her two sons, 11 and 13 years-old, attend Orniston Valley Academy and get there on the bus.
The travel costs £7 per week - but a similar service with the city's other bus company, First Bus, would cost £12.50 weekly.
Ms Flaxman Dennington and her husband are planning to drive the boys to school instead. "It has taken away a bit of their independence," she said.
Pupils living three miles from their school are entitled to free travel. However, only some of Queen's Hills is located outside the three-mile radius. After the proposed cancellation is implemented, Ms Flaxman Dennington's sons will no longer be able to travel to school with their friends, who live on the same estate but are entitled to free travel.
"It is really frustrating," Ms Flaxman Dennignton said, "There will be more cars on the road."
When the council granted planning permission for Queen's Hills, part of the plan was a public transport initiative, introduced to encourage the use of public transport rather than cars, and was one of the reasons why only one exit was approved by the inspector after objections and appeals were lodged calling for a second exit.
Instead of approving a second exit, a compromise solution was reached - the bus lane.
However, a Norfolk County Councillor, the Liberal Democrat Tim East, has said that the "whole concept is now under threat with the prospect of isolating Queen's Hills even further than it is at present from the wider Costessey community, Norwich and the highway network".
The estate has suffered multiple problems, including unfinished roads, since the developer behind it went into administration in 2009.
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Do you have trouble making ends meet? Do you think that the redemption of credits can be the solution to get you out of this situation? The redemption of credits being framed by the French legislation, it is possible that your file of renegotiation is rejected. What to face a rejection? Are there other solutions or remedies? We answer your questions within this post!
Understand the refusal of the body
Before falling into anger and total depression, you must understand the reasons for rejecting your file. This understanding will allow you to reconstruct a new and stronger demand. In fact, you can get closer to the body that made the refusal to determine the causes.
Re-apply by asking the right questions
Ask yourself the right questions and do the right calculations! To help you better understand, we've put together a short list.
- What is my over -indebtedness rate? The ratio is the ratio of resources to household debt. If the rate is higher than 40%, there is a good chance your application will be rejected. By reducing your expenses ( lower food and clothing shopping, lower insurance contributions… ), borrowing from a family member, you can narrowly pass.
- Can I mortgage a property? The mortgage is a payment insurance for the organization. A solution not to be neglected to solidify a file of request for redemption of credits.
- Can I offer a guarantor to the lender? A person hired on a permanent contract can vouch for you. This guarantee is a real asset for the financial institution.
- Am I stuck in the Francia bank? Some organizations do not accept people who are stuck in the Francia bank while others offer the possibility to households stuck to get by when they are filed with an over-indebtedness rate of less than 40%.
- Read the policy of the financial institution. Not all financial institutions apply the same policy. You must read the terms of acceptance before applying. Some organizations are interested in contentious cases, it's the perfect time to trust them.
- Talk to your financial advisor who holds your checking account. If you have been a loyal customer for years, you can also negotiate with your banker. Sometimes it's the only organization that trusts you.
The solution of the extreme
You have to contact several credit organizations. A refusal does not mean that other organizations will reject your records. The weapon of courage is your main ally. In cases of extreme urgency, it will be necessary to file an over -indebtedness file with the Francia bank.


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Just before her dirt-biking accident, which landed Chrissy in the hospital for major surgery on her knee, she was 12 pounds away from hitting her weight loss goal. Her determination was unwavering, and today Chrissy is back in the gym on a restricted exercise program. Oh yeah, and she has already surpassed her goal by three pounds.
"My goal was to weigh 130 pounds," Chrissy said. "Last time I checked I was 127!"
So how did she do it?
Well, it is a pretty simple formula actually. Chrissy knew that her movement was going to be very limited for the first few months, which meant she was going to burn fewer calories. So, Chrissy reduced the amount of food she ate, and the total amount of calories.
Okay, so the formula may be simple…executing it though is not so easy. That takes some tenacity.
Luckily, tenacity is something Chrissy has in large supply. She is not the type of person who is comfortable sitting around and waiting for things to happen; she wanted to be on her feet as soon as possible. So every time her doctor lifted a restriction, Chrissy jumped at the opportunity to be more active—Okay, so there was no jumping yet, but you get the point.
First there was physical therapy and moving around with the use of crutches. Then she was able to walk for exercise and use an elliptical cardio machine at a moderate pace.
"I couldn't really do any lower body exercises, but I did make use of the elliptical I have at home," Chrissy said. "It is really hard to have the motivation though after a long day at work; I am usually pretty tired by then."
Let's not forget that a large part of why she is tired is because her body is still healing. Recovering from an injury of this magnitude is a long and exhausting process in-and-of-itself, and Chrissy still has many more months to endure before she is fully healed.
She still walks with a quite noticeable limp, and though it may get better, there is a good chance she will have a limp in her step for the rest of her life.
"Knowing that my leg will never be the same again, and knowing I will have arthritis in it for the rest of my life is frustrating," Chrissy said. "It is sometimes difficult for me to accept. Overall I feel good though, and I can't complain too much because my knee has come a LONG way since the surgery!"
Even though her progress has been overwhelmingly positive, there is a good chance she will need another surgery, and Chrissy still has more work to do if she is going to continue to improve.
"I saw my doctor the other day and it was a good visit," Chrissy said. "He did x-rays and the bones looked great according to him. He checked my ligaments and he said that they are really loose, so he wants me to build my muscles in my right leg to try and avoid surgery. If I don't work out, I will have to get surgery. Thank goodness for my gym membership! "
Chrissy is bound and determined. She was even able to surpass her weight loss goal in spite of a devastating setback. Now, her best chance to avoid another surgery is to strengthen her knee, and so Chrissy's story continues…
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We will be doing our Valentine's Sweetheart Photo Shoot with your pets!
Professional Pet Photographer, Maren Sater will be back to take some Sweetheart pics of your pups or kitty.
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Saturday, February 9th
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The city of Canberra has much to offer. From the beautiful flora and fauna to amazing historical sights. Check out the overview below before taking off to Canberra!
- Temperature: The temperature lies between 84˚F-64˚F during the summer months and between 34˚F-54˚F during the winter months.
- Currency: The Australian Dollar (AUD).
- Language: The official language is English.
- Required travel documents: The rules and regulations of travel documents and visa applications change frequently. There can also be different requirements. On the website of the visa service the required and current information is listed.
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Clues to Finding Your Purpose
Finding purpose….where to start looking ??
Finding our true purpose can be a life mission. And an ever evolving one. This piece explores just one way that you can start digging for clues.
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Hi, I'm Chantal Roelofs. I work with motivated people who have experienced a lot of life (parents, career changing individuals) – to create feelings of fulfilment, ease and joy in their career, life or business. I support them to follow their new sense of self, their values and priorities and their family dynamic to achieve on-purpose change, and a new satisfied feeling in their lives.
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Colors plays an important role in graphic designing and whether its designing on clothes or on any other Poster, the contrast between black and white plays a major role in making the designs attractive. Experts believe that in any design if there is partnership between black and white, it becomes an ideal match of the opposites.
Black and white- contrast at their best
Any graphic designer creates an artwork with their creativity that will be appealing to the audience. In such case its black and white that is being used by designers for ages and they are indeed appealing.
The main reason may be it's the purity of white that gets coupled with the mysterious black for creating a final image that give proper balance to the eyes. This balance can create a powerful emotional response for those who are viewing it.
The impact of black and white on any graphic design is indeed great and that is why most of the time while designing any Cloth graphics these two colors are used. In print design the impact of these two colors has become a popular choice over time among those who are creating these designs for cloths or even for posters.
Designing graphics with black and white
Those designers who prefers to use this two tone of colors for their graphic designs wants to make sure that they have taken care of the composition and balancing. Composition is the key details for making such artwork with black and white appealing as there will be no popping colors that will attract the vision; rather it's the illustrations, typeface used and the graphics that will be responsible for making the artwork click.
While designing any poster with black and white it is not necessary that they two colors must be distributed in half and half. They can be used in any ratio that will bring out the message or make the artwork look classy. Every poster is designed with the aim of conveying some message, be it normal one or political. Hence, depending upon the message and the graphic design the ratio of both the colors in the composition is to be decided.
Different elements of the design namely the text, pattern , texture and others plays an important role in making a black and white artwork click and one they do they really have great impact on the audience. It's not only keeping the shape and size equal the other elements also need proper spacing.
Create brand awareness best with two extremes
For many graphic designer designing and creating any brand awareness with these two colors is really challenging. They highlight different designs based on these two extreme colors that create a different impact on the audience. The brand will be able to create sharp and clean collateral for highlighting their messages in a strong way.
Apart from creating magic on the poster or the cloth there is another advantage of suing these two colors in designing. Getting the print copy becomes cheaper than using different colors for printing.
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Adler Book Club
Cost: Free with admission.
Adler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2403
You'll meet reluctant intergalactic war heroes and grieving widows, explore strange worlds and learn about the science that informs the fiction. Adler astronomers Mark Hammergren, Mark Subba Rao and Maria Weber will talk with local Chicago authors Sue Burke (Semiosis), Michael Moreci (Black Star Renegades), and Lori Rader-Day (Under a Dark Sky) about their new novels and the inspiration they drew from the stars. Pick up one (or three) of these books and join the discussion.
Event Cost: Free with admission (Dec. 1 is an Illinois Free Day at Adler).
Event Times: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.


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Series: Vampire Diaries, book #1
Published: June 26th 2007 by HarperTeen
Details: Paperback, 200 pages
My Rating: 2/5
My Summary:
About popular girl Elena who falls in love with vampire Stefan. Problem is, Stefan's evil vampire brother has decided he wants Elena as well. This underdeveloped story, with contrived dialogues and shallow characters is clearly aimed for young teens only. I could barely get through the book.
My Full Review:
I recently decided to give the Vampire Diaries a go, which is why I'm now sitting with The Awakening in my hand. With doubts creeping in: What the heck was I thinking?
Anyone who has been following blogs and reviews knows that this series hasn't exactly received what you'd call high praise. Why then torture myself through another crappy novel? As if Evernight wasn't enough suffering for one month.
But I suppose it's for the same reason as when I want to see a supposedly crappy but very much talked about movie. I get this strange urge to see it just so that I can form my own opinion. (I remember watching The Da Vinci Code for this very reason.)
And let's face it. Vampire diaries is a talked about series, most likely due to its resemblance to Twilight (note that it was published before Meyer's work) and to the succesful tv series which is airing at the moment.
Enough said, with these whopping high expectations, I've plunged into the world of Elena, Stefan and Damon (of course picturing them all as the actors in the tv series – hard not to!).
We enter the story as the beautiful and popular girl Elena returns to school after a summer in France to discover that a new student has enrolled. And not just any student but an outwordly-looking handsome young boy who seems to have no interest whatsoever in Elena.
Frustrating to say the least. Well, at least for Elena who is used to get anything she wants, especially when it comes to boys.
After a couple of weeks of "suffering" the ignorance of Stefan, as the boy is called, she is molested by another boy at a cemetery. Who comes to her rescue? Yes, you guessed it right. Stefan.
Despite a few eye-rolling moments here and there, I was sort of enjoying it though, as I found myself turning pages hoping to see some chemistry when Elena and Stefan finally got to know each other.
Well, turns out I should not have been bothered.
On that first night, when Stefan rescues her from the cemetery, they kiss. After that, Elena's first words to Stefan (and I repeat first words), are I love you.
I mean, come on!
It's explained that Elena and Stefan need no words to communicate to each other, because they just feel what the other one feels. Really? They have barely exchanged greeting phrases and they already know each other that well?
To me, that just signals a lazy author who can't care enough to create some dialogues between our main characters.
When they eventually do talk (a couple of pages later), it's generally something dramatic such as I love you, I'll protect you, I'll always be there for you, or something along the same lines. What happened to normal conversations?
Once I established that this contrived soap-opera relationship was to be the main theme of the book, it was hard not to just drop it on the spot. But there are only 200 pages of the book, and I figured that if I'd got this far, I might as well continue.
At least there was Damon, who seems infinitely much more interesting than Stefan could ever be. Stefan and Damon are brothers and are mortal enemies ever since something happened way back then when they grew up. Damon is supposedly evil, but I have a feeling he may experience some development, which means he could become an interesting figure. That's about the only good thing I can say about this series.
Elena on the other hand was a self-centered brat. Her friends were only there to support her, without any motivations or feelings of their own. There's that one-dimensional evil bitch at school who is out to destroy Elena. Yawn. Nothing out of the ordinary.
In short, it all felt very underdeveloped. As if the story could have come to life, had more thought and investment been put into the characters. As it was now, I could not connect to anyone, and I certainly couldn't connect to the romance of Elena and Stefan.
So yep folks, this was just about as bad as I thought. Despite its similarities to Twilight, it's nowhere near the same league.
Do yourself a favor and skip this one.


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I have an agrement with my wife to list one time only at this price no low balls I may come down to help with gas money but thats about it . I think the car is just about all 58 it is titled as 1957 and the vin tag matches the title but only the back end of the 57 and 58 where the same the rest appears to be 58. I think it is best used for advertising because everybody loves to look at this car and thanks again to all that sent info. FROM THE WEB The Ford Courier Sedan Delivery was built between 1952 and 1960 as a solution for those who needed cargo space but didn't want or didn't need a truck. Ford developed the the Sedan Delivery on the 1956 sedan platform – which itself was an updated version of the iconic 1955 Ford.
Ford built just 6,178 Couriers in 1957 and many (if not most) saw a hard life as a delivery vehicle for stores across the USA, they were used by everyone from florists and bakers, to builders and plumbers. Very few survived more than 20 or so years due to their hard lives and lack of perceived value – and they're now a rare sight on the road.
typically installed Mileage Maker 6-cylinder engine – which although economical (for the era) tended to leave a lot to be desired from a performance perspective.
From 1957 onwards Ford used a new tailgate design for the Sedan Delivery that involved the whole thing lifting up and sitting in a raised position with a brace on the left hand side. The flat bed in the back made the model popular with young men in the years after its working life was past – for surf trips and the seduction of young women (much to the chagrin of their fathers). it appears to me that sometime in the 1980s it was made in to a daily driver has a 351 Windsor engine that previous owner says was rebuilt don't know how long ago or how many miles but it runs strong and it's pretty clean. I have only driven it in my driveway but it does go forward and reverse Frame is very solid and straight needs brakes and tires and would probably be ready to drive and fix as you go. this car will need quite a bit of bodywork the floor plans were repaired with sheet metal and rivets I think the rocker panels were replaced with rivets driver side has rusted out again. clear Indiana titleThe vin numbers on the car do match the title and indicate it is a 1957 all of the glass is there and no cracks a few bubbles in the wing windows


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Ice Cream 5k & 10k Series Race 1
Organiser's Description
This race is set in the beautiful Bolton countryside at Walker Fold, in Smithills, and will be run on each Wednesday evening in June. All routes are fully marked and supported with ice cream run route signs, and unlimited ice cream at the finish! The trail has a mixture of stone, mud and water along the way, and is undulating/hilly. Also Kids' 1 Mile Mini Milk Race.
Start Time
Award for Top 3 Male/Female
Prize for Winning 1 Mile M/F
4 different lolly medals to collect for 5k
4 different ice cream flavour medals to collect for 10k
4 different mini milk medal flavours to collect
Free parking
A treat from the ice cream van at the finish
Enter all 4 races and get 1 race free!
Walker Fold Car Park, Smithills, Bolton, Lancashire BL1 7PT
By car: The venue is is just three miles from Bolton town centre. Follow the brown signs for Smithills Country Park via the A666, or from the M61, junction 5. To get to Walker Fold car park, continue onto Smithills Dean Road travelling North, turn left onto Colliers Row Road. Continue into the dip following the road as it turns South and the car park is on your right (BL1 7PT).
By train: Bolton Interchange combines Bolton railway station and Bolton bus station. There are frequent trains to Manchester Victoria, Manchester Piccadilly, Clitheroe via Blackburn, Wigan North Western, and Preston. Services operating to Victoria and Piccadilly operate through and terminate at other regional stations, such as Manchester Airport and Stalybridge.
Free parking (arrive early as parking is limited)
The Walker Fold Car Park (BL1 7PT)
Registration opens at 5.30pm
Collect your number and chip at registration
Start times:
Mini Milk - 18:30pm
5k - 19:00pm
10k - 19:00pm
Final instructions emailed out before the event!
5k runners complete 1 lap of the Ice Cream 10k route
1 mile is an out and back route
Time Limit: 1 Hour 30 Mins
Prize giving on the stage once last runner finishes.
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