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In shocking news, a survey conducted in the US found that the less money you earn, the less likely you are to have a savings account and in turn a saving money strategy.
We mere mortals here in Australia are truly shocked. Thank you America for this in-depth and comprehensive study into the obvious. Captain America? More like Captain Obvious.
Ok snarky little comments aside, this piece of information opens up a very interesting point and really made me think about how the general public must view saving money.
If you wish to skip ahead, you can see actionable tips on how to save money in the table of contents below. Otherwise, read on down the page to understand how you can start to save money when you don't have any money.
Table of contents:
- Start saving money today: it doesn't get easier
- Begin to automate your savings
- Sell your excess stuff to generate money
- Use your tax refund to boost savings
- Cancel a few daily expenses
- Open an auto rounding savings account
- Start using coupons
- Reduce your social life and save
- Buy cheaper items at supermarkets
- Learn about needs VS wants
- Start saving actual coins and notes
- Get money back from the world around you
- Start a herb garden
- Get free haircuts
- Start a business
- Participate in market research for $$
People think you can't save money unless you already have left over cash
It seems to indicate that the general consensus about saving is that in order to do so, you must already have a sizeable amount of money coming in and left over cash after each pay day. It's almost saying that saving money is simply for the wealthy, as leftover money in a monthly budget isn't a common occurrence amongst those in tighter situations.
For example; it appears people believe that only after all of your expenses are paid and you have left over cash sitting in an account, do you then actually start to save money.
While I understand why some may agree with this, it really is a mindset that is negative and further propagating a lack of discipline about what saving money really stands for.
It misses the point of what saving is all about
The whole point of saving money is to find ways to save more. It's not called 'earning money' as it doesn't rely 100% on your income and what is left over (though income does help of course).
Instead, it relies on your ability to be smart with money; cut costs, get better deals and pocket the savings you make into your separate online savings account.
Another example: You have two people who are 35 years old. They both own the exact same car and have the exact same driving history; in fact, they are completely the same (on paper) in every aspect of their life. The only difference is their salary – one earns $45,000 per year, the other $150,000 per year.
The wealthier individual signs up for car insurance through a well-known car insurer because it was the first company that came to mind. His yearly premium is $450 a year for full comprehensive.
The second individual on the lower income opts instead to hunt down the cheapest price for car insurance. She spends 30 minutes getting quotes online to hunt down which is best for her. In doing so, she manages to find insurance for $230 per annum, a saving of $220 every single year.
Moral of the story?
While the wealthier person earns more money – they are not making smart financial choices. They are actually $220 a year worse off when it comes to car insurance. Now imagine how many scenarios this example could roll out to; home insurance, pay TV, mobile plans, weekly grocery shops, types of credit cards – the list goes on and on.
So how can you save money when you don't have any?
E.g. How can I save money when I'm broke?
Today we investigate how to save in tight times. It is said that when interest rates are low, the world grows due to spending and debt, as opposed to saving.
Here at Savings Guide we see lower interest rates as an ideal opportunity to get ahead on debt, really chip away at it and find ways to save money so you can increase your repayments, not get into more debt.
Here are some actionable examples and ways to start saving money when you're living pretty close to the bone each pay cheque.
Start saving today, tomorrow will not be easier
It's the simplest way to get a savings system happening. Start immediately. Even if you save a mere $5 into a high interest savings account – it's better than constantly making excuses and delaying your start.
Let me tell you right now that no matter who you are or how much you earn, there will never be a point in your life where saving money is easy. Even if you are Bill Gates you will end up with 'Bill Gates sized' money issues.
Don't set up to starve yourself next week to make up for not saving today – instead just start small and work your way upwards. Much like getting fit, a 'journey starts but with one step' – while a few dollars saved may seem like a drop in the ocean, it will start a savings routine that will be hugely beneficial longer term.
Automate your savings strategy
'Out of sight, out of mind' is one of my favourite sayings. This rings true when trying to save money – why not try automating your savings so that you never really notice the money missing?
You can do this two ways: organise a direct debit with your high interest account or ask your employer to deposit a percentage of your pay to a different account.
It's easier if you don't have to be the one responsible for moving the money. However, some of us (me included) find ourselves tempted to withdraw our savings. If you find yourself in this position, it might be wise to consider the benefits of term deposits to avoid digging into your savings.
Sell your excess stuff
Got no money? Broke? Get rid of the stuff you bought when you weren't broke. Odds are you have a whole swag of items around your house that were purchased when the going was good.
Think about things you own that you rarely used. For me it's technology items; I have an iPad, Notebook, old mobiles, digital cameras and more – all of which just sit in boxes at home. Why not sell these items online and release the cash from these items so it can earn you interest?
It is always surprising to see how true the saying is; 'one man's junk is another mans treasure' – case in point when I sold an old Rugby League ball that was signed by the Canberra Raiders of 1990. I put it on eBay expecting perhaps $50 to $100 for it. It went for $1,200.
Always save your tax refund
Around the end of June, I start to get desperate for my tax return. It is often spent prior to me even confirming I might get one. I tell myself I can pay off my credit card, pay a phone bill, fund a trip to Melbourne and more – spent before I even get a whiff of the actual money.
This year, my tax return will be relied upon for nothing more than to bolster my savings. Why not focus on a year long plan to not require the tax money that may be coming. Budget better for bills, find ways to save – just never rely on a tax return to buy anything.
This will leave you free to save your refund and use it on something you really need further down the track. All you need to do is promise yourself to save your tax refund every single year.
Cancel a few daily expenses and save
I'm not suggesting the cup of coffee, necessarily (though this is an easy way to save nearly $1000 every year for a cup a day drinker).
Instead look at what you are spending money on, and try and cut one daily expense out and save the money instead.
If you are feeling pretty skint, there may not be much to cut though I have never met someone who doesn't have 5-10 purchases they make regularly that couldn't be improved upon or completely cancelled.
Don't sacrifice your one tiny luxury and submit yourself to a life of total misery. Instead, track your spending and look for unnecessary financial burdens.
Examples of things you could cancel (or simply reduce) include;
- Cancelling Foxtel
- Reducing your mobile plan
- Stop paying ATM fees
- Get a bank account that is fee free
- Try and reduce your food intake (if you overeat like me)
- Start to investigate cheaper commuting options to work
- Opting for a small broadband plan
- Stop buying entertainment items (movies, junk food, video games, etc)
For those with mortgages or other debts, opt to pay a few dollars more (or as much as you can) to help you save money when you don't have any.
Some may struggle to set aside cash for a high interest account, though increasing your minimum repayment by $5 or even $100 per repayment is a great way to force your savings and save money on interest.
Remember, an extra $5 now will save you many times that in interest. So technically you are repaying debt faster and saving money when you don't have any by reducing your interest payable.
Get an auto rounding account to save money
There are some innovative new products out there that the big banks are starting to release. For instance, a transaction account that rounds up every purchase you make and saves the remaining money into a savings account automatically. A purchase for say $15.60 could be rounded up to $16 or perhaps even $20 – automatically saving you either $0.40 cents or $4.40.
This is the ultimate savings tool as it's money you would never notice, especially for people trying to save when they don't have much money. Once again it's the small steps mentality as that is the key to saving when you are broke.
Currently these accounts are available through St.George, Bank Of Melbourne and Bank SA – see further details below:
- St.George Sense Account
- Bank Of Melbourne Sense Account
- Bank SA Sense Account
Start using coupons more
Coupons are increasingly becoming available for just about every business, service and website. If you are struggling to save money, hunt down deals and vouchers for purchases you regularly make. The savings you achieve from using a coupon or voucher can then be added to your savings.
If you are wanting to buy from an online store, do a Google search for the name of the store followed by 'coupon' or 'voucher' or 'discount'. Odds are you will find some coupon codes that achieve a discount or special offer on the purchase.
Sites worth looking at for grabbing coupon related bargains include: OzBargain.com.au and RetailMeNot.com (Australia).
Needing some coupon inspiration? Start with the back of your weekly grocery receipt. There will be petrol savings per litre + other local deals that may just help you. All of these little things add up, for instance; the petrol dockets you get on these receipts – they save you a few cents per litre. This normally means only $2-$3 per tank of petrol, though do that ALL year and you are looking at a few hundred dollars easy.
Reduce your social life
Got no money and feeling broke? Stop living like you do have money and aren't broke.
The first thing that has to go is your expensive social life. If you have no money and want to save money – not going out will put a few hundred bucks a year back in your pocket (or for some, a few hundred a week!).
Opt instead to do activities that are fun, healthy and cost no money. Going for walks with the family to get fit, playing sport at a local oval, board games, re-watching movies you purchased and the list goes on.
Always buy the least expensive item at the supermarket
I won't lament on about buying home brand or supermarket brands to save money. Instead, make it a game when you shop to always buy the cheapest item. In your head you probably think the cheapest version isn't going to be as good – so I recently put this to the test.
I called it the 'cheaper challenge'.
I purchased the cheapest pasta and the cheapest bolognese sauce from my local supermarket. The irony? The pasta was no different (how can it be?) and the sauce was actually healthier. The taste was great and I save $5 off every spag bowl I make ongoing.
Needing quick wins to save money? Try these ideas for inspiration on the 'cheaper challenge' – nappies, tissues, toilet paper, cleaning products, pasta, milk and bread, canned foods and toiletries – this will give you a really good rounding of products that can save you money by opting for the cheaper option.
Learn the difference between needs and wants
A really quick one; though if you are trying to save when you don't have money – you really quickly need to understand the difference between needs and wants so that you don't feel miserable about not buying as much stuff anymore.
Start saving cold hard cash
Save your coins. A quick and small step you can make towards building a cash stash. I won't harp on about it, though you can read some tips on saving cash here.
Take your money back from the world around you
Ever realised how all of your money gets sucked up by bills, services and products? Everything is fighting for your hard earned money. Why not try and reclaim your money by saying no to things?
Is your rent too high? Find a cheaper place. Mortgage too much? Maybe your house is too expensive. Grocery bill too high? Perhaps you need to eat less or strategise what's going wrong? Car repayments killing you? You've bought a car you can't afford.
While the rising cost of living is partly to blame for just about everything that costs us money, there is still a lot of things we can do to really save money if we wanted.
Herb gardens can save you $10 a week
While some may laugh, I recently got really made when I realised that every week, I was spending around $10 on herbs like dill, mint, basil and more. These tiny little bunches of herbs that we love to cook with were around $2-3 a bunch.
I went to Bunnings and purchased some seeds, a pot and some soil. 6 weeks on I have so many herbs I can barely use them in a week. That's a saving of $520 a year and I can reap the benefits of these herbs FOREVER.
Free haircuts
A great way to save money when you have none is to not spend. Do a little search for places to get free haircuts near you. Often there are hairdressers in training that want crash test dummies to work on.
While this may sound risky, it's not too bad for the males of the family.
Look at starting a business to earn more money
While I mentioned above that saving money isn't completely dependant on how much you earn, sometimes it's the only solution to your problem.
Once you rule out living above your means and other ways to save money – the obvious next step is to go about obtaining more money.
Why not consider starting a business? Or perhaps looking for passive income opportunities in your local area? Mow lawns, do ironing, walk dogs – do whatever comes easiest to you in order to get some cash.
Attend market research nights to make money
Not really a tip to save money, though you should look up market research providers near you – they offer you money to go and discuss products or try new things.
I once got paid $200 to discuss a new Windows Operating system in some market research for 2 hours. Another time I tried Green Tomato Sauce on some snags for $50 – not a bad life is it?
Final thoughts
It's not an easy thing to start saving money when there are so many demands on your income, and especially if it was never that huge to begin with. Rest easy, however, that any saving, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction.
Tell us how you save when you have none
Share your tips to save when you find yourself a little skint, broke or light in a given month below.
Alex (A.J.) Wilson is the founder and head personal finance writer of Savings Guide (a registered Australian company with ASIC).
Alex has 12+ years of experience commenting on personal finance in Australia with major media publications including Sydney Morning Herald, News.com.au, The Daily Telegraph, The New Daily, Your Mortgage and more.
Alex is regularly featured on Channel 9, Channel 7 and ABC Radio as a leading consumer advocate.
Holding a degree from the University of Sydney (UTS) in Communications and Information Management, Alex is based in Sydney Australia and works full time while simultaneously running Savings Guide to help Australian's make smarter personal finance choices.
Follow Alex on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or LinkedIn. You can also contact Alex by email.


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Ballade vir 'n Enkeling
Based upon the book written by South African author Leon van Nierop, and the 1980s TV series it spawned, this drama focuses on the mysterious disappearance of celebrated writer Jacques Rynhard (Armand Aucamp), and the investigative hunt for him launched by journalist Carina Human (DonnaLee Roberts). Christia Visser, Rolanda Marais and Jacques Bessenger co-star.
2hrs 19mins long
M Violence
Donnalee Roberts
Christia Visser
Armand Aucamp

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I'm going to be sorting through a large mass of html files and replacing links to an ftp site with local links. I am using vim and I am trying to figure out a pattern to use with
%s/find/replace/g that will match a string such as
and replace it with
essentially replacing everything except the file name itself. There will be multiple ftp directories in a single html file so the pattern should be able to match any type of ftp link. All of these ftp files will be going into the same local directory. Although most of the files are pdfs some are ptts and other random files.
Are Vim's patterns able to match something like this, and if so what would that pattern look like?
@akira did a great job with the regex supplied in his answer. I went out on my own to find a way to put this into a reusable function and this is what I came up with:
(inside your vimrc) define a function that allows you to pass a string to replace the matched string
function SwitchFtp(local)
execute ':%s,href="ftp://.*/\(.\+\)",href="'.a:local.'\1",g'
(optional) assign this function to a command so that you don't have to use
command -nargs=1 SwitchFtp call SwitchFtp(<f-args>)
This would then be called with something like
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William "Bill" Maher is the host of the very popular talk show Real Time with Bill Maher. In addition, he's also a comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and a media critic. He was also the former host of the TV program called Political Incorrect. Moreover, he is part of the board of PETA and Project Reason.
Maher was the son of a new editor and radio announcer, William Aloysius Maher, Jr. and Julie Maher, a nurse. He was born in New York City but grew up in River Vale, New Jersey. There, he went to Pascack Hills High School in Montvale before enrolling at Cornell University where he would earn a degree in English and history.
Maher dated the former Playboy Cyber Girl Coco Johnsen who filed a case against him after their breakup. Afterwards, he formed a relationship with Karrine Steffans, an author and a former hip hop model and from 2009 to 2011, Maher dated the neuroscientist and co-host of Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Cara Santa Maria.
Maher's first jobs were as a stand-up comedian and actor. In 1979, he hosted the New York City comedy club, Catch a Rising Star. He also made some brief appearances on the Johnny Carson's and David Letterman Show, Murder She Wrote, Max Headroom, and Charlie Hoover. Moreover, he had roles in some films like Ratboy, Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death, and Pizza Man.
Maher's hosting stint started with Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher which was aired by Comedy Central and later on by ABC. The main focus of the show were various topics that were tackled by four guests that came from different sectors. The show earned a number of awards like the Emmy Award for Outstanding Technical Direction, the CableACE Awards for Best Talk Show Series, and a Genesis Award for Best Television Talk Show. Maher himself was nominated by various awarding bodies.
In 2003, Maher began hosting and producing Real Time with Bill Maher. The format of the show was very alike to his previous one. Like Politically Incorrect, Real Time with Bill Maher had also been nominated for various awards like the Primetime Emmy's and the Writer's Guild awards.
Aside from being the host of his own shows, Maher made guest appearances on shows aired by different networks like The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Hardball with Chris Matthews, The Rachel Maddow Show, and Countdown with Keith Olbermann.


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Drugs are bad and addictive, right? Well yes, but some are more addictive than others. And while we all know that alcohol is technically a drug - despite the fact it's completely legal in most countries worldwide - we tend to ignore just how unhealthy and addictive this can be, too.
New data from a group of researchers specialising in addiction – including experts from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, chemists, forensic scientists and pharmacologists – shows that, actually, alcohol is up there with some of the most hard-hitting drugs when it comes to its addictive qualities.
Here are the top five substances researchers found to be most addictive in terms of both physical and psychological dependency, based on a rating out of 3 (3 being most addictive, 0 being not at all addictive):
5. Alcohol
Psychological dependency: 1.9/3
Physical dependency: 1.6/3
4. Barbiturates
Psychological dependency: 2.2/3
Physical dependency: 1.8/3
3. Tobacco (nicotine)
Psychological dependency: 2.6/3
Physical dependency: 1.3/3
2. Cocaine
Psychological dependency: 2.8/3
Physical dependency: 1.3/3
1. Heroin
Psychological dependency: 3/3
Physical dependency: 3/3
Maybe now's the time to cut down on the smack, hey?
From: Cosmo UK


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Is the sweet, sweet mix of alternative/prog-rock giants Coheed & Cambria and post-hardcore legends Glassjaw touring together this spring, for some questionable reason, not enough for you to take in? Well, if you plan on attending the tour sometime between February and April, maybe you should stop by opener Silver Snakes' table for a bag of their very own signature "Saboteur" coffee blend.
"Saboteur" being in reference to the band's new album of the same name (which was released earlier this month via Evil Ink Records), the band decided to partner up with Populace Coffee Co. to design their own collaborative blend of coffee in promotion and celebration of it. As described by the band, the coffee hails from the cooperative Los Naranjos in the Huila region of Columbia and the El Quiche region of Guatemala and, when blended together, they help to combine the subtle, distinct flavors of caramel, toffee, dark chocolate and cherry in one beverage.
The brew will be sold at the band's merch table on their tour with Coheed & Cambria, though in limited amounts, so buy fast and savor the flavor!
Silver Snakes Tour Dates (w/ Coheed & Cambria, glassjaw, I the Mighty)
2/22 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
2/25 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
2/26 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
2/27 – St. Paul, MN – Myth Live Event Center
2/29 – Columbus, OH – The LC Indoor Pavilion
3/1 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE (Indoor)
3/2 – Washington, DC – Echostage
3/4 – New York, NY – Theater at Madison Square Garden
3/5 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
3/7 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
3/8 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
3/10 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore
3/11 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
3/12 – St. Petersberg, FL – Jannus Live
3/14 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
3/15 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
3/17 – Houston, TX – Revention Music Center
3/19 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
3/21 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
3/22 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
3/23 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
3/25 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
3/26 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
3/27 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium


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Thursday, March 3, 2011
My Whistle Ran Out a Couple Hours Ago
8 comments:
- Gran - Knot-y Embroidery Lady said...
Do you need me to do a Starbuck's run for you tomorrow - well today ...
- March 3, 2011 at 1:13 AM
- kimland said...
ohhh, I hate to tell you but you missed a great survior (at least I thought it was a good one and should get "interesting!" Don't want to be the "spoiler" here. Find someone who taped it if you can!
- March 3, 2011 at 3:48 AM
- Melissa said...
You definitely missed a great episode! If you didn't DVR it, check cbs.com and see if they have it up for viewing. It was a good one! Good luck getting through this, the week is almost over!
- March 3, 2011 at 4:45 AM
- Betty Lou said...
Sometimes work (job) just gets in the way of your fun! Hang in there, next week will be better.
- March 3, 2011 at 5:57 AM
- Happy Cottage Quilter said...
Hang in there girl!
- March 3, 2011 at 7:11 AM
- debbie said...
I miss you when you don't post, but am willing to wait for your next witty story :o) Breathe deep...until you pass out and they'll let you go home! Ha
- March 3, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- Quilting_Chris said...
Kim, Hey Kim, wake up. You can go home and go to bed now. Get some rest, it's almost Friday.
- March 3, 2011 at 7:52 PM
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Everyone knows the contour, shape, and size of their own teeth. They notice them everyday. They see them in the mirror. They brush them. They pick food out of them and even massage particularly sore areas of their mouths. Just like any other part of your body, you are intimately familiar with your own teeth.
With that said, how many people actually know the names and roles of each tooth in their mouth? That's an entirely different number of people, I'm sure.
We're here to highlight the different types of teeth and what their different names and functions are. (Also, can you guess how many teeth are in the human mouth without counting your own?)
These are primarily used to bite into food. They're particularly good at cleaving things in two and pulling a bite of food off that's harder to remove. They're the teeth that do the "biting", when you think of a bite.
These are your top front 4 and bottom front 4 teeth. If you want to get technical, the inner two are called central incisors and the two to the sides of those are the lateral incisors.
These teeth are the sharpest in your mouth (even though incisors are pretty dang sharp, too). These are particularly sharp in order to pierce and tear meat. The incisors help to "chop" meat off when tearing, sure, but the canines do a much better job at holding onto meat tight and ripping it.
There are two on the top and two on the bottom in the front "corners" of your mouth. These are hard to miss.
Often grouped with the rest of your molars, premolars are the first two teeth after your canines on each side of your mouth (a total of 8). They're a bit flat with some ridges and mostly function the same as your molars.
Molars are pretty well known. They come after the premolars and are much stronger than them. Molars also help your tongue to corral and swallow food. They're primarily used for chewing and grinding foods in the back of your mouth, especially vegetables and other leafy foods.
Along with molars are the third molar, or wisdom teeth. Around 18 to 20 years of age, some people develop these. They're often removed because of pain, overcrowding, and they're hard to clean. In case of any complication, its always recommended consulting your olYMpia dentist.
(And to answer the question earlier, it's 32 total teeth in the human mouth!)


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First time moving costs (Lima)
My family and I, wife and 2 boys, are moving to Arequipa in 8 months and are looking for some guidelines on how much to save for first time start up costs. I know that you can spend a ton or very little but just looking for some help on how much we will need once we get down there for starting our lives there. Thanks and questions are welcome.


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More often than not, most of us feel the need to create more living spaces due to the change in lifestyle or an increase in family members. When such situations come up, we often face the confusion of whether to move to a house that can fulfill our desires or expand our current living spaces. If you are one of those willing to extend your living space but aren't sure of that decision, read through below and learn some of the benefits that come along with a house extension in London.
- Cost effective
One of the major advantages of extending your apartment is that you are likely to save more than when you opt to move to a bigger house. In most cases when you sum up the overall costs of moving to a bigger house, that is the cost of hiring movers and the costs of buying the house that suits your family better, these costs are always more as compared to those of buying more material to extend your house. So, if you would like to save more and still live in a house that accommodates your family and property better, the best option to take is to extend your current property.
- Design control
The best part of a house extension in London is that you already have the control of the current space and that you already are aware of its design and shape. On the other hand, when buying a new home, you are likely to come across a house that doesn't make you happy based on its design. Making changes to such property may sound more complicated. However, by extending the house that you already planned from the beginning is easier. If you need to alter the design of your current house, it is straightforward as you know where to get the various supplies needed to match the current design.
- Value addition
Another benefit that accrues with extending your house is that it raises the value of your property. With a house that contains bigger and more rooms the higher the price of the house when you plan to sell it. So, by extending your apartment not only do you create more space for your loved ones but you also create an investment that will bear fruits when you plan to sell your property.
- Contract control
With a house extensions in London, you can be sure to have more peace of mind than when buying a new one. In most cases, finding the house of your dreams can make you pass through a lot of distress. You have to engage as many parties as you can, so as to have a variety of houses to choose from to enable you to get that house that pleases you. However, with a plan to extend your building, you do not have to pass through all this stress as you can use your contractor to help in the building. Besides, you do not have to engage a lot of parties some of which you can't even trust.
- Local amenities
Extending your house has a lot of benefits on your social life, considering that some of us get attracted to our current places as a result of easier access to local amenities. By extending you existing building, you do not have to deal with the stress of finding new schools, hospitals, shops, or other facilities close to your area. Moreover, you are not at a risk of adapting to the new lifestyle, neighbors, or friends.
- Maintain the historical value of your home
Most of us do not support the idea of selling a house that was there long before with our ancestors. Besides, having lived in a house for long can make moving difficult due to the bond created with such a house. If you reside in such a house but feel the need to generate more space, a house extension works best. By extending such a house, you can maintain its historical value as you can live in it longer without having to move into a new house.
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Gwyneth Paltrow rocked out on stage with Cee Lo Green in his performance of Forget You. While Cee Lo channeled the Fraggles/Muppets Gwyneth kept it classy in a black jumpsuit but she was a team player and wore some neon pink feathered earrings. Her makeup was done by Chanel Beauté and here's the word on how to get the look straight from Chanel …
CHANEL Celebrity Makeup Artist Angela Levin worked with Gwyneth Paltrow at The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Show on Sunday, February 13th. Please see Angela's tips below on how to get Gwyneth's chic, sexy rock and roll redcarpet look.
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I made these mauve butterflies and dragonflies for a friend's daughters bridal shower! They gave me a color sample, and I matched it the best I could.
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I also tried something different, and used some gold edible dust! Which I think highlighted the mauve perfectly!
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Toy Soldiers: Cold War DLC - Evil Empire & Napalm ReviewTake back the toy box once again, with Toy Soldiers: Cold War's two new DLC Packs.
With the release of two new downloadable packs for Toy Soldiers: Cold War anyone that's played this game should be excited. Both of these mini expansions for this tower defencs game bring back all the great game play you loved in the first place and gives you new maps, new weapons and new vehicles to play in. Depending on what kind of experience you're looking for each of the packs have their own benefits and are sold separately for 400 Microsoft Points ($5) on XBLA.
Evil Empire turns the tables as you take over the Soviets and lead your comrades against the American army. A few fun changes have been made to the commando barrage (who is now Ivan and yells things in what we can assume is Russian) and while the turrets are a slightly different design all the same familiar options and upgrades are there for you to use. The new barrage this pack adds is Orbital Laser. Thanks to the Soviet space station you are now equipped with, what is essentially, an instant kill ray that takes out everything it touches and sends your enemies flying through the air on fire. Another awesome addition to this game is a new survival mode level. Trauma takes defending the toy box beyond just your enemies; your weapons now work against you. Things get way more complicated with the friendly fire aspect thrown in. The mini-game, Pop-A-Pig, is whack-a-mole with a turret gun. It sounds cool and is for a few minutes but like most shooting games it's really just the same old speed and accuracy test. Sadly, the "new" Super Tank boss isn't really new at all. While the waves may be a little bit different it's really the same boss you faced in the main version of the game. It can take a while to kill but there wasn't anything too extraordinary about it.


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Editor's Note
I've interviewed many of my favorite (and least favorite!) musicians over the years, and I can attest that sometimes the best profile subjects turn out to be not the most famous ones, but the ones that should have been more famous—that history somehow let get away. The cult figures and the trailblazers who never got the appreciation they deserved. That's probably why, despite the fact that talking to Lou Reed and Patti Smith were bigger moments for me personally, my favorite musician profile I've ever done will probably always be the one I wrote about San Jose's Legendary Stardust Cowboy a decade ago. His history had never really been told—but deserved to be.
It's the same reason that I think Christina Waters' cover story this week on Terry Riley is so important. He may not be as famous as Philip Glass (who we've also interviewed in GT) or Brian Eno, but his compositions in the 1960s were just as groundbreaking. It's nice to see his work celebrated by New Music Works at their Feb. 2 concert—really, would you expect any less from Santa Cruz County's new music maniacs?—and it's a great opportunity to give his story the attention it deserves.
Letters to the Editor
Got Milkweed?
We must take issue with the advice given by Priyanka Runwal of UCSC regarding planting milkweed to help the Monarch butterflies (GT, 1/2). According to a Santa Cruz Sentinel article published on September 27, there were more than 10 million Monarch butterflies wintering in California in 1980. That number "plummeted to about 147,000 in the fall of 2017—fewer than used to flock to Natural Bridges State Beach alone in the 1980s." Only 9,000 butterflies were counted at Natural Bridges last year. This year, there were 1,000. The same article attributes this precipitous drop in the western Monarch population to loss of milkweed due to settlement, agriculture and climate change.
This is not the first time I have heard a UCSC entomologist advise us not to plant non-native species of milkweed due to the possibility of disrupting the insects' migration patterns. This advice, if taken, will ensure the destruction of the species. When the western Monarch is extinct, shall we be comforted by the fact that we did nothing that might disturb their migration patterns?
For several years now, my wife and I have planted whatever species of milkweed we could obtain from local nurseries and online seed vendors to attract the butterflies and capture Monarch caterpillars for our hatchery. The hatchery consists of a small glass cage with a door and a jar full of milkweed cuttings. When ready, the caterpillars climb to the top of the cage and form chrysalis. After about 10 days, they hatch into adults. Over the last three seasons, we have hatched and released over 700 Monarchs.
Most of this breeding activity occurs in the summer. The plants go to seed in the fall, when we collect the seeds and cut back the plants. We have not observed parasites passed from the plants, but it is important to protect the hatchery from flies. Ladybugs released by well-meaning gardeners have also been problem, as they eat the Monarch larvae. When we have seen any sign of disease (which, in our experience, almost always affects the chrysalis), we sterilize the hatchery, destroy the milkweed cuttings, and start anew. We never use any pesticides. A monarch caterpillar has about a 3 percent chance of becoming an adult butterfly in the wild. In our hatchery, the result is well over 90 percent.
Raising Monarchs is very easy to do and a delight to watch. Children are captivated by the experience and readily become active participants in caterpillar collection. With regular attention, we are hatching 250 butterflies per year, and our backyard paradise is visited daily by butterflies, bees and dozens of species of birds, depending on weather and the season.
David and Janell Emberson
Santa Cruz
A Sardonic Proposal
Hear, hear, James S., for your compassionate solution re: the couple who've come to Santa Cruz for a fresh start (GT, 1/9). Are they kidding? Come to our lovely town where Mother Nature regularly smiles down upon us truly deserving citizens? Where most folks are generally open and inviting? What've they been smoking? They need to head to an urban jungle somewhere, where they'll be made to feel like the losers they are, and be able to face the hard reality of a truly solipsistic existence … like James has so masterfully accomplished! Problem solved!
Russ Lake
Santa Cruz
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Thank you, Good Times, for publishing information about Monarch butterflies and caterpillars from Priyanka Runwall of UCSC and from Santa Cruz couple David and Janell Emberson. There is currently a dilemma and a controversy illustrated by the the different approaches of Runwall and the Embersons.
Runwall advised against disrupting the butterflies' migration pattern by raising them here, whereas the Embersons pointed out that Monarchs' numbers are rapidly plummeting, and they believe their activities raising them inside their home is beneficial. The couple check the chrysalids and caterpillars for signs of fly and wasp parasites. That is good as far as it goes, and the Embersons' practice of cutting back their milkweed in the winter months is also standard recommended procedure to avoid possible interruption of the migration cycle.
But besides infection with fly and wasp parasites, there is another disease called OE (Ophryocystis elektroscirrha) which affects many Monarchs raised in Santa Cruz. OE can be present in a newly emerged apparently healthy Monarch, and this parasite is visible only under a microscope from a specimen taken from the adult Monarch butterfly. Checking for this parasite after the butterfly emerges from chrysalis is the only way for those who raise Monarchs to insure that they do not release butterflies to spread the disease in the wild.
Those who do raise Monarchs in their homes or gardens here in Santa Cruz should know that because most milkweed we have here is the non-native tropical kind, it does not shed its leaves in winter, making it more likely to harbor the OE parasite and to infect the butterflies. You can bring home-raised Monarch caterpillars or butterflies to Natural Bridges State Beach Visitor Center, where the naturalists will test them for OE. The phone # is 831-423-4609; address 2531 West Cliff.


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Healing should mean "getting you well", and on the 13th floor of your being: it is.
But humanity lives on the 14th and the 15th floor... the Tree of Knowledge, and there healing means something entirely different. It means that someone who is a "healer" does woowoo and then whatever was bothering you goes away.
Not going to happen. But people are seeking healing, want to be healers, so I am changing the words... and of course a ton of people who this way can keep on dreaming.
I changed my site's heading from healing to "getting you well" and the quality of the people changed DRAMATICALLY! Who would have thought? I was guided to change... but I surely didn't expect that I was going to rid myself of the wannabe's and the secondhanders.
The words sound similar, but the meaning, the emotional meaning in today's "culture" is vastly different.
The only thing that can heal your body is your body itself.
It needs you to do a whole lot of things so it can do its work...
- 1. Provide it with the nutrients it needs
- 2. Remove all the food looking things it doesn't recognize as foods
- 3. Provide its cells with water that is compatible with life... coherent, energized water
- 4. Breathe, consciously
- 5. Rest, consciously
- 6. Move a little, consciously
- 7. Remove as much of the toxic influence of the culture as you can: cell phone, TV, social media, newspaper, doctors, etc.
- 8. You need to want to get well more than you want to be right (about anything) aka you need to have some humility
- 9. You need to enroll your spouse or significant other... or it will never happen
I have written a ton of articles about all these. But I haven't addressed the last three points enough.
Why cannot you get well if you still immerse yourself in the toxic waters of the 14th and the 15th floor?
---The Tree of Knowledge culture wasn't created by accident. It was created consciously, some seven thousand years ago. I have known it for a long time. The blood line is unbroken, direct descendants of those people are still around living outside of the culture, but praying on you.
I am not a conspiracy theorist, and you can calm down now... I am going to talk about the culture and not those people.
The culture of the Tree of Knowledge is to take you away as far as they can, from feeling your feelings.
The first job is to confuse you about what is a feeling and what is an emotion.
And emotion is a marker feeling: strictly created by words, spoken or thought.
They are the emotional payload of words. Payload as in bombs are the payload of a bomber airplane. They have a job: and they do it well.
In every language.
When someone says: tell me what you feel... you are not going to tell them: I feel the clothes on my skin, I feel my nose itching, or I feel hunger.
No, you are going to say: I feel that you don't care, or I feel that I love you. These are not feelings, these are emotions.
Once you are confused enough, once you can't tell your ass from a hole in the ground, you are trapped on the Tree of Knowledge, and you are only an appendage of "society" and "culture".
Because you lost your guidance system. You lost your contact with reality. You lost your contact with your body. You lost your body's cues telling me what is good for you.
So being still immersed in the "culture" of the Tree of Knowledge will pull you out of your efforts to get well as fast as anything you can imagine. First you'll suddenly doubt that what I am saying is going to work. You'll wonder if I am a fraud, a sorcerer. If I am even on your side... You will. Trust me... lol, not funny.
And then you'll sabotage the process. You'll do one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake... And you'll blame it on me... probably only in your head.
If you started to get well... you'll hate me for that. Because no one is smarter than you... 🙁
Oh, read the Feelings book, and the Words book... it is invaluable in distinguishing for you what is the role of feelings and the role of words...
And this is when wanting to get well needs to be more important than being right.
Because finding out that someone knows something that you don't. That you have been stupid, made stupid, duped all your life isn't good news for the ego.
The ego wants you to continue thinking that you are the smartest, that what you think is true is true... and if that means you are sick, and crippled before your time... the ego says: So be it.
The ego is the in-your-body representative of evil. Kabbalah calls it the Opponent. Christianity calls it "Satan"...
If we considered raising your vibration a wrestling match, Ego would be the only thing you ever need to wrestle...
But ego has a lot of tools up its sleeve. It is a shape-shifter, a joker, a crafty little devil.
In all the "Batman" stories, the inner world of a human projected into a story, the joker is the ego.
Resistance is futile... or at least is very difficult. But possible. And every little win is a win.
In our case, if you manage to enter a negotiation relationship with ego, ego will let you do the things you need to do.
I had to make deals with ego, continuously, as I was doing my own growth, my own getting well process... In fact, i am not done... you are never done.
Your body, your health, your well-being needs attention, needs processes, systems, that are easy, obvious, and well-thought out. Oh, and consistency. And ongoing enrollment of ego and other hirees of the Dark Side: your friends and family... onto the next point...
Civilization, culture, The Dark Side, uses your friends, your family, and especially your significant other to keep you in line.
If you are willing to observe, marriages, or "relationships" are not a voluntary partnership between two consenting adults: no. They are a weird I possess you/you possess me affairs, where the deal is: you are not allowed to be a person any more.
Love would mean wanting the best for the other, wanting what is best for them.
That is not the culture. The culture is: wanting what keeps them the same, wanting what keeps you in possession.
So someone who is thus attached: will not be able to get well unless the significant other agrees and supports the idea, the process, the how of it.
Of all the "attached" clients I have, the successful ones spent time and energy to "enroll" their significant other to support them.
The ones that thought they could do it without the other: all failed. ALL.
Consciously or unconsciously the "other" will fail you.
This is often true about offspring: they will prepare something mouthwatering but something that kills you. Disconnect your audio. Or start talking to you about things you could do to get well, or take, or such.
The "culture" works on you first and foremost through the people who say they love you. But they love you like they love peas or chocolate or sex. They don't love YOU... because they do not want what is good for you.
Oh, and YOU are the same way with them... unless your vibration is above 500... and I don't have any clients who do. There are only 20 people in the world whose vibration is above 500. They probably don't need me...
If you want to get well, you need more than just knowledge about "healthy" foods and "healthy" supplements.
You need a lot of inner knowledge of how the world works.
You need to know what it's going to take, and do that work, or you'll fail.
For me, the hardest thing was that I could not do what was "right" without actually knowing why it was right. So it took me a long time to puzzle it out, and while I was puzzling, I refused to do the "right thing" that my body was telling me to do.
But slowly I turned around, and today I make only tiny mistakes, and only when I am exposed to the "culture" and am put out of balance, out of my Self... like it happened this week.
As you know, most gurus, most teachers don't practice what they teach. And to some degree it is true about me: I practice what I have learned to practice... and not more.
In the grocery shopping van I tried to calm down one of the guys... but instead of calming down, he barked at me... Like dogs do, when you want to pet them... I got scared. And getting scared, I was too busy trying to avoid the guy in the store... and didn't catch ego's soothing voice: just take one truffle...
By the time I finished my shopping and went to the cafeteria to wait for the van, I was gone... I had coffee with cream.
Today I have a fever blister... The better you are the more obvious are the signs of having made a dietary mistake. The cause and the effect.
So, what's the conclusion? You have to be vigilant, you have to be willing to enroll family, friends, yourself, and ego in this adventure of getting well.
You'll have to promise people that YOU won't change, and you'll not leave them in the dust.
Remember: they consider you a possession, so their only concern is you getting out from under their yoke.
You won't change culture. But you can be as free in it as you want.
- Before you even start... find out where you are at... get your Starting Point Measurements. If you have... you can get to step 2, you have the link to buy
- Buy the Water Energizer... do the enrollment, the systemizing, the process, make it a habit. Produce the result.THEN
- Get your health session with me, to get your nutritional requirements met, and your food list set up. and do all the steps you did with the Water energizer, again, for the eating part: enrollment, systemizing, making it a process, make it a habit. Produce the result. Get well and stay well.
This is only hard if you make it so. ...and if you didn't do the enrollment part.
If you don't get well, your issue is in the mindset area.
You are probably, most likely, trying to prove me wrong. Or maybe your spouse is not enrolled...
You want to make me wrong more than you want to be well.
Quick feedback...
I've worn baggy dresses over woollen leggings for months. Today had the urge to wear jeans...oh surprise.. they went on easy, no tightness. I can even puff up my inhale and still... loose waistband.... haven't been starving either?? So thank you.. this is a very nice 'side effect' to the menu.


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The first Saturday in September has been set aside to consider the ecological importance of vultures that are otherwise mostly dismissed with a shudder. With some species under severe threat of extinction, the International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) aims to educate a reluctant public on the critical role of this creature to the well-being of the environment. The IVAD has grown from being run by the Birds of Prey Programme in South Africa and the Hawk Conservancy Trust in England to an international event. With vultures traditionally being perceived as representing death and decay, conservationists are hopeful that the day will help create awareness and change public attitudes. To mark the celebration for the year 2016, GWS adopted the theme "Stop killing vultures" with a number of campaign activities outlined for the 3rd and 4th of September, 2016 in Accra.
The campaign was aimed at:
Activities to mark the day were interview sessions with "The Enquirer" and The Ghanaian Times" newspapers, PowerPoint presentation and colouring competition with 250 Sunday school children at the "Prince Emmanuel SDA Church, Ring Road" and "St. John's the Evangelist Catholic Church, Adenta. In the future, we hope to cover a greater number of audiences.
Our work is firmly rooted in partnerships, and relies on science that inspires positive conservation actions in collaboration with communities, civil society groups, businesses, universities and the government.
Ghana Wildlife Society.
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Danny Barcelona...
At the age of 18 and in his final year in high school, Barcelona was already playing music with trombonist, singer, and bandleader Trummy Young. Barcelona was a self-taught percussionist. Young and Barcelona met in the mid-1940s. Danny Barcelona was introduced to Louis Armstrong by Young in 1956 and became Armstrong's drummer for 15 years.


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Family attributes and role modelling contribute significantly to the development of a child's eating behaviour (Benton, 2004). However, the task of putting dinner on the table when living with children can be an event based on a complex matrix of differing factors. With the incidence of obesity and Type II Diabetes rising amongst the young Read More
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Allergic response to CMP (cow's milk proteins) in infants has been acknowledged among paediatricians for centuries. It is considered to be the first oral allergy experience in infants in the Western World. Whilst CMP will provoke an immune response in all infants, there are only a small number of cases that develop CMA (cow's milk Read More
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Well, I feel I should be writing "welcome to you" whoever you are that is reading these words that I type. Yet the truth is….it is YOU that should be welcoming me. You see, this is so very new to me. Not the writing (I can handle that), but the posting, the being creative, being Read More


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The major arcana cards are indicative of large moves, powerful forces at work that may seem greater than our own – fate, destiny, etc. They may serve as a catalyst for bringing about events that require energies more massive than the individual feels capable of handling alone. The querist is advised to look closely at core issues in the psyche and to explore the workings of one's own interactions with the universe.
A dreamer, perhaps a "holy Fool" or someone setting out on a spiritual quest. This is a great card for artists, indicating the materialization of creative thought forms. There is excitement, something new; an adventure beginning. It may not be so good for non-creative types, where it's likely to manifest as foolishness and lack of discipline. The desire to accomplish a great goal or begin a new project or journey; enthusiasm uncluttered by details. Frenzy, intoxication, unrestrained excess.
Reversed: Recklessness, indiscretion, thoughtless action. Missing crucial cues while brazenly plunging ahead. The choice is likely to be faulty. Negligence, carelessness of promises.
Someone who can "make things happen." Will, mastery, organizational skills, creative talents. The ability to pull in the power from a greater source and focus it through desire into manifestation. A card of skill, self-confidence, willpower and psychic talent. A good time for performing magickal deeds, directing psychic forces. Initiative, creativity & originality, dexterity, craft (which may include trickery, deception, sleight of hand). Transmutation. May indicate medical knowledge and abilities (not necessarily traditional).
Reversed: Indecision, weak will, ineptitude. The use of power for destructive ends. Could indicate mental imbalance.
Oracular knowledge and insight. Hidden influences at work. Clarity; knowing what is good for you and what isn't. Good judgment and common sense. Knowledge gained through intuition, dreams. Serenity (possibly to the point of seeming aloof, reserved or emotionally cold). Secrets and mystery. Could also represent a woman who interests the querist.
Reversed: Conceit, sensual enjoyment. Accepting surface answers, not digging too deeply for the necessary information. Physical passion, conceit, superficial knowledge, lack of patience.
Material wealth, marriage; fertility for would-be parents, for farmers or for people in the creative arts. If its position is not in the best placement in regard to other cards, it sometimes indicates luxury or dissipation. Fruitfulness in ideas and action. Love relationships, "feminine" influences, generosity, sunny outlook. Abundance and plenty; having enough to share.
Reversed: Infertility, loss of material possessions, inaction, frittering away of resources. Possibility of destruction by conflict and inability to meet basic needs. Poverty may disrupt home. Psychological problems may cause instability. Barrenness. May indicate some of the more "negative feminine influences" (vacillation, overspending, nagging and whining).
Leadership, mental activity, domination. War-making power, authority, paternity. Status attained through merit as well as age. The fruits of toil, the results of action. Controlled and directed sexual drive. Power in general, and the stability to wield it. Preoccupation with where power comes from, how to get it, how to use it. "Masculine" influences. Could indicate going back to school, getting degrees or certification, public life, running for office, etc.
Reversed: Loss of control. Serious injury in battle. Emotional immaturity and bondage to parents. Possibility of being defrauded of one's inheritance. Relying on the benevolence and compassion of others. May also indicate "negative masculine influences" (stubbornness, immaturity, confrontation, etc.) Possible abuse of power. Condescension.
A mentor figure. Good advice; someone to whom the querist may turn for help. Could also indicate alliance or marriage but not generally in an egalitarian sense; a definite imbalance of power. Preference for the outer forms of religion, the ritual, the creed, the ceremony. May also indicate an emphasis on the importance of social approval and adherence to formalities; the need to conform to society.
Reversed: Openness to new ideas, unconventionality. The card of the inventor as well as the free spirit. Disregard for established rules; the outlaw. Take care that you do not become superstitious. Weakness, lack of conviction, unwillingness to face facts. Overprotection.
Choice, temptation, attraction. The struggle between sacred and profane love. Harmony of the inner and outer aspects of life. Love relationship of equals. A new love affair. Attraction (with definite sexual elements to it), romance, infatuation. Harmony. Obstacles and trials overcome. Freedom of emotion.
Reversed: Quarrels, infidelity, danger of a broken marriage. Need to stabilize the emotions. Possibility of a wrong choice. Foolish designs; being oblivious to or disregarding possible consequences.
Triumph, success, control over the forces of nature – thus, triumph over ill health as well as money difficulties or enemies of any sort, including one's own lower animal passions. The capacity for discipline and self-control. This is a card of those who achieve greatness. Mental and physical prowess should lead to fulfillment. Vengeance. War. Going into battle with the promise of victory. It may also indicate travel in comfort, an easy journey.
Reversed: Decadent desires, restlessness and the need for change and novelty in one's passions. Possibility of ill health. An unethical victory. Quarrel, dispute, turmoil; may indicate litigation. Conflicting influences; indecision or rushing to a decision. May mean escape or flight from reality.
Force of character, spiritual power overcoming material power, love triumphing over hate, the higher nature over carnal desires. Mind over matter. Courage, energy, action. Controlling situations with mind-strength. Conviction, fortitude and determination. May indicate attainment despite considerable peril.
Reversed: Domination of the material. Discord. Lack of moral force. Fear of the unknown in ourselves. Abuse of power. Weakness. Having your own strength turned against you.
Silent counsel, prudence, discretion, circumspection. Receiving wisdom from above; instruction from an expert in your field. A meeting with one who will guide the seeker on the path to material or spiritual ends. A journey may be necessary in order to seek answers or gain knowledge. Spiritual guidance from within, manifesting in attractions and repulsions. Withdrawal and introspection. May indicate a time for the querist to be cautious, postpone movement or activity. Heavy dreams; pay close attention to these.
Reversed: Refusal to listen to wisdom. Immaturity, foolish vices. Rejection of maturity; the tendency to be a perpetual Peter Pan. Can also mean irrational caution. Fear; paranoia. Withholding emotion. May indicate concealment or disguise due to fear of discovery.
Success, unexpected turn of luck, change of fortune for the better, new conditions. Creative evolution within the laws of chance. Predestined good events; a karmic turn for the better – just stay out of your own way and let it happen. A new and lucky direction of one's life. Can also mean the end to a problem or resolving a question or dilemma. May indicate a more general approaching change, the nature of which may be indicated by nearby cards. The moves here are large and could include major life changes (goal changes, devotion changes, etc.).
Reversed: Failure of an enterprise, setbacks. New conditions require courage. You will reap as you have sown. Increase, abundance; perhaps too much of a good thing. The changes here seem inevitable.
Justice will be done. Balance is required. Lawsuits in the works at this time will be won, or at least resolved fairly. The balanced personality demands elimination of all excess baggage, wrong ideas, useless forms of education. A mixture of the right ingredients is welcomed–as in science, chemistry, and cooking. May betoken the desire for education with a well-balanced mind as its objective. Fairness and equity, just rewards. Reasonableness, balance and harmony. May indicate good intentions, well-meaning actions. You may become involved with general legal matters or court dealings – taxes, licensure, etc.
Reversed: Injustice, inequality, legal complications. You are reminded to use mercy and understanding when judging others, and to avoid excessive tendency to severity. May indicate bias or bigotry. Advice you receive at this time may be serving someone else's interests. The frustrations of dealing with bureaucracy.
In spiritual matters, wisdom, prophetic power. A pause in one's life; suspended decisions. Self-surrender leads to the transformation of the personality. Material temptation is conquered. This is a transition card, preceding a change. There is a "click" experience: a sudden realization. The mind undergoes a major turnaround when the last piece of the puzzle falls into place. Intuition, divination, prophecy. Clarification of an issue. Becoming aware of the true nature of one's circumstances and the consequences of one's actions. Can also indicate surrender, abandonment, renunciation; letting go of outmoded ideas that are no longer useful.
Reversed: Arrogance, preoccupation with the ego, resistance to spiritual influences. Absorption in physical matters. Wasted effort. False prophecy. Selfishness. Maintaining the status quo; "people-pleasing."
Transformation, a radical change, destruction followed by renewal. This is usually a sudden, unexpected change. The change may be in consciousness or perspective, heralding new ideas and opportunities which arise as a result of letting go of that which is no longer necessary. Death of an old way, possibly death of a relationship. Possibly a blessing in disguise. Look at the surrounding cards to see what area of the querist's life may be concerned in this change.
Reversed: Disaster, political upheaval, revolution, anarchy. Death of a political figure. Temporary stagnation. Tendency toward inertia. Lethargy. Resistance to change; refusal to evolve.
Moderation; management of resources. Economy and frugality. Adaptation, modification, tempering; coordination and planning, self-control. Patience and adjustment. Working in harmony with others; good administrative management. Successful combinations will be achieved. May indicate compromise and accommodation, consolidation. What has been imagined will come to pass.
Reversed: Competing interests, unfortunate combinations. Quarreling, corruption, separation. Possibility of shipwreck or some other disaster. May also indicate things connected with churches, religions. Moralizing. Control issues.
Being chained by one's own choices. Subordination and subservience (may include oppressive places of work, long and uninteresting study, etc.–anything which takes your energies away without replenishing you). Emotional dependency upon another person. Being subject to unhealthy outside influences or advice. Discontent, depression. Illness. Bondage to the material; sensation divorced from understanding. Wrong use of force. Violence. Might indicate an ill-tempered or mean-spirited person; someone being deliberately adversarial.
Reversed: The beginning of spiritual understanding. Removing the chains of bondage to the material. The overcoming of pride and self-interest. May indicate a voluntary bondage. Can also indicate weakness, pettiness, lack of principles, someone easily led astray. Being blind to something. Timidity, failure to break through and make one's own decisions.
Upheaval; all hell breaking loose. Changing of the cast; loss or abandonment of past relationships, new players coming in. Change, conflict, catastrophe. Overthrow of existing ways of life, old notions upset. Disruption will bring enlightenment in its wake. Breakdown of old beliefs and breakthrough into new areas. Can also indicate calamity, misery and adversity, ruin for some (may or may not be the querist). Selfish ambitions will come to nothing. Bankruptcy.
Reversed: The gain of freedom at great cost. False accusations, false imprisonment, conviction by association. Tyranny, oppression. A lesser degree of disruption and upheaval. Possibly a failed coup, or an uprising quelled.
Insight, inspiration, hope. Unselfish aid. Good health. The gifts of the Spirit. Great love will be given and received. Bright prospects. Can also indicate someone who might be easily influenced (may or may not be the querist).
Reversed: Pessimism, doubt, stubbornness, lack of perception. Chance of physical or mental illness. Arrogance. Impotence. Lack of inspiration, dullness.
Intuition and imagination. Unfolding of latent psychic powers. A slow and gradual change, probably voluntary; the time frame indicated is most likely to be about one month. The possibility of error is great at this time; exercise caution. You are working in the dark; be aware that you may not be able to see all the details at this time. Unforeseen perils. This card can also indicate the presence of hidden or unknown enemies, danger, conspiracy. Deception. This can also be a card indicating an auspicious time to undertake any activities which you need to do covertly.
Reversed: Imagination will be reined in by practical considerations. Storms will be weathered, peace gained at a cost. No risk should be taken. Wait out any situations where you must assess detailed information to make a decision; important factors which are likely to come to your attention later are apt to be missed or obscured under the present circumstances. Instability. Lesser degrees of deception and error. Ulterior motives and insincerity.
Material happiness, success, attainment. A good marriage. Happy reunions. Achievements in the arts, science and agriculture. Studies completed; liberation. Accomplishment. This is also a card of new friendships and indicates affection, sincerity, warmth, devotion, trust.
Reversed: The same in a lesser sense. May indicate a fortunate alliance or a marriage of convenience. Contentment, though not as full as it could be. A new situation may seem too good to be true, or too good to last. Future plans clouded, trouble in marriage, a broken engagement, possible loss of a job or home.
A life well-lived, a work well-done. Judgments in one's favor. Awakening, renewal. A change of personal consciousness, which is now on the verge of blending with the universal. Knowledge brings power but also responsibility. Rebirth, readjustment, rejuvenation. Development of denied, dead parts of the personality; rekindling of forgotten goals, interests. Resurfacing of dreams and memories; pay attention to these. Can also indicate a decision, result or outcome, or a reminder of the necessity of making one's own decisions and doing so in a timely manner.
Reversed: Weakness, disillusion. Fear of death; failure to find happiness. Existential angst. Separation, divorce. Possible loss of worldly goods. Estrangement. Deliberation, weakness, vacillation. Circumstances, repercussions and reactions arising from indecision. May also indicate apologies and forgiveness.
Completion, reward, certain success, triumph in all undertakings. Definitely a card of travel, possibly change of residence, arrival at a state of "cosmic consciousness." The path of liberation.
Reversed: Success yet to be won; fear of change or travel, too great an attachment to one's place of residence or job. Lack of vision. Stagnation, impermanence. Inertia. Rigidity.
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We'll kick things off today with Deadline's list of actresses reading for key parts in Sony Pictures' Total Recall remake, starring Colin Farrell. Kate Bosworth and Eva Mendes are said to be reading for the part of Lori, the femme fatale played by Sharon Stone in the original. Diane Kruger was also on Sony's list, but she has apparently opted out of the reading. Mendes, along with Paula Patton, is also reading for the role of Melina, previously played by Rachel Ticotin. Jessica Biel and and Eva Green are also in contention for Melina, who helps the protagonist get to the bottom of the futuristic scandal on Mars. No word yet on who might take on the film's most important female role: the woman with three breasts.
Deadline also reports that the script for the live action adaptation of the graphic novel Akira has been sent to a short list of actors. The story follows the leader of a biker gang who saves his friend from a medical experiment. Producers have Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield and James McAvoy in mind for the role of Tetsuo, while Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix are being eyed for the role of Kaneda. I never thought I'd see the day when Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix were being considered for the same role and apparently others are concerned for other reasons over at RaceBending.com as they're upset only white actors are only being considered for a pair of Asian characters. Albert Hughes (Book of Eli, From Hell) is attached to direct, with an August start date on the horizon.
According to THR, Universal has picked up the script for the romantic comedy Unreasonable Doubt, written by Marc Klein (Serendipity, A Good Year), with Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, The Sorcerer's Apprentice) in line to direct. The story centers on two jurors who fall in love during a court case. I know it's easy to dismiss that is just another formulaic rom-com, but it could be a nice change-up from the swashbuckers Turteltaub has been confined to of late. He also has a good track record in the genre, helming the solid While You Were Sleeping in 1995.
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(AP) Virginia's health secretary testified Thursday that he was deeply skeptical of the medical claims made by former Star Scientific Inc. CEO Jonnie Williams about his tobacco-based dietary supplement, but that he met with Williams anyway because then-Gov. Bob McDonnell asked him to.
Dr. Bill Hazel said he wasn't sure at first why Williams wanted to meet with him, but McDonnell "did say Mr. Williams was a good friend of his wife." Eventually, Williams sought state-sponsored studies of his product, Anatabloc, through Virginia's public universities.
But Hazel was immediately skeptical of Williams and Anatabloc, derisively referring to Williams as the "Tic-Tac man" because his product resembled the popular mint.
"They were unbelievable to me," said Hazel, a physician, about Williams' claims about Anatabloc as a sort of wonder drug. "Something that was too good to be true, I probably would have heard of it before."
Hazel indicated he had as little regard for Williams as he did for his product, which the health secretary at one point called "Anatabuse." He said he once asked not to be seated next to Williams at a reception because "frankly, I thought it would be a very long evening."
Hazel said he recalled talking about Anatabloc with the governor in only one conversation, in which he was asked to meet again with Williams.
Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are charged with accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and secret loans from Williams in exchange for promoting his products. Williams testified under immunity that he spent lavishly on the McDonnells only because he wanted their help.
Before Hazel took the stand, the woman who ran the governor's mansion under Bob McDonnell testified Thursday that the governor doted on his wife and kissed her on the cheek frequently. Sarah Scarbrough said the pair "seemed like a very happy, in-love couple" and that she had told others that McDonnell "worshiped the ground Maureen walked on."
Her testimony undercuts a claim by the defense that the marriage had deteriorated to the point that the couple rarely communicated, much less engaged in a criminal conspiracy.
Under cross-examination from the former governor's attorney, though, Scarbrough acknowledged telling investigators that the marriage seemed to lack healthy communications and describing Maureen McDonnell as "sneaky" and frequently yelling at staff.
She also acknowledged telling investigators that the former governor appeared to be in denial about Maureen McDonnell's "mental capacity," but she did not elaborate.
Scarbrough's testimony came a day after another former Maureen McDonnell staffer, Mary-Shea Sutherland, acknowledged describing Mrs. McDonnell as a "nutbag" who excitedly accepted the gifts that Williams lavished on her. Scarbrough called those gifts and the relationship between Maureen McDonnell and Williams inappropriate.
Scarbrough also testified about an August 2011 reception held at the governor's mansion to launch Anatabloc. Scarbrough said Maureen McDonnell was the impetus behind the reception and that it was unusual to use the state-funded mansion to launch a product for a private company.
Under cross-examination, though, Scarbrough acknowledged that several receptions were held at the mansion over the years that specifically catered to private firms, including a dinner reception with Volkswagen, which has its U.S. headquarters in Virginia, the New York Stock Exchange and Forbes magazine.
Scarbrough also testified that Maureen McDonnell insisted on adding multiple guests connected to Williams' company to a reception of health care leaders at the governor's mansion in February 2012, and that Williams was given the opportunity to speak there. Hazel refused to use his department's budget to pay for the guests added by the first lady, he and Scarbrough both testified.
"I was not excited to see these outsiders, who were not considered leaders, involved," Hazel said.
Scarbrough testified that when law enforcement eventually interviewed Maureen McDonnell in February 2013 pertaining to the corruption investigation, she emerged from the long interview at the mansion angry and saying "that they were interrogating her and it wasn't fair and they were trying to set her up."
The jury also heard from Tucker Martin, who was Bob McDonnell's communications director. He said he was relying on information from his boss when he told the press there was "no recreational use" of Williams' Ferrari by McDonnell, who drove the sports car back to Richmond from a free vacation at the businessman's Smith Mountain Lake house.
Albert Walden, who was a member of McDonnell's security detail, testified a few minutes earlier that he and another officer were leaving lunch at a clubhouse when they saw McDonnell and his wife cruising up in the Ferrari with the top down.
Martin also testified about an email in which he expressed concern about a Star Scientific news release announcing the Anatabloc launch. The governor's office had been asked to sign off on the release.
"I'm not saying it was an evil event or anything. It just didn't come through the normal channels," Martin said. He said he flagged the release for the governor's attorneys, asking, "Are we sure we can do something like this?" and never gave it another thought.
— MATTHEW BARAKAT, LARRY O'DELL, Associated Press