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Part One – The Keystone Pipeline System
"As the State Department made clear last month, the rushed and arbitrary deadline insisted on by Congressional Republicans prevented a full assessment of the pipeline's impact, especially the health and safety of the American people, as well as our environment. As a result, the Secretary of State has recommended that the application be denied. And after reviewing the State Department's report, I agree". – US President Barack Obama, White House Official Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline
"It's hard for me to imagine that the eventual decision would be not to build that [Keystone XL Pipeline Project]," ………….The economic case is so overwhelming. The number of jobs that would be created on both sides of the border is simply enormous. The need for the energy in the United States is enormous."
"[The controversy about the project is] all the more reason why Canada should look at trade diversification and particularly diversification of energy exports." – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as reported in the Globe and Mail.
"I would prefer…we process the bitumen from the oilsands in Alberta and that would create a lot of jobs and job activity."
"That would be a better thing to do than merely send the raw bitumen down the pipeline and they refine it in Texas that means thousands of new jobs in Texas." – Former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed as reported in the Tyee.
The US State Department has found the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, as proposed by TransCanada, to be not in the national interest of the US. Thus, the proponent's application for permit to construct the pipeline has been rejected. The application was filed in 2008 with the proponent company seeking to build a 3,000 km pipeline that will transport, at its peak capacity, 830, 000 barrels per day of crude oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Cushing, OK market hub and onwards to more westward points in Texas.
Included in the proponent's plan is the construction of a pipeline connection (spur) that will allow oil from Montana's and North Dakota's Bakken formation to also be transported via the Keystone XL Pipeline Project.
This is the first in a series of articles I will post on the subject. The series itself will focus on three main items:
The Keystone XL Pipeline Project as viewed in the context of the larger Keystone Pipeline System;
Defining "national interest" and other so-called "interests" emanating from the now shelved but definitely "undead" Keystone XL Pipeline Project; and
The methodology by which these "interests" are determined in a free and democratic society such as what we have in North America, specifically the US and Canada.
Keystone XL Pipeline Project and the Keystone Pipeline System
In the light of recent news that TransCanada is pushing ahead with the construction of the "southern leg" of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project I received a number of questions from among my circle of friends and acquaintances seeking a clarification. How is this action possible when the application for the project itself had been earlier disapproved or rejected with President Obama's declaration of its being "not in the national interest" of the US?
One basic point to establish is that the proposed (and disapproved) Keystone XL Pipeline Project is (or would be) a part of the larger Keystone Pipeline System.
The approved and pending (or proposed) components of the Keystone Pipeline System are given in the following table largely taken from Wikipedia:
A graphic representation of the pipeline system is depicted in Figure 1, a map of the Keystone Pipeline System.
Figure 1 – Keystone Pipeline System
From the preceding table and figure, as well as from recent news items posted in the internet and print media , we may do a recap as follows:
Of the four components of the Keystone Pipeline System two had been approved, constructed and have been commissioned: Keystone Phase 1 (Hardisty Alberta through Baker Montana to Wood River and Patoka, Illinois); and Keystone Phase 2 (Steele City, Nebraska to Cushing, Oklahoma).
The two other components form part of the disapproved Keystone XL Pipeline Project (a.k.a Gulf Coast Expansion Project) – Keystone Phase 3 (Cushing, OK to Port Arthur and Houston, TX) and Keystone Phase 4 (Hardisty, AB through Baker, MT to Steele City, NE).
Of the four components of the Keystone Pipeline System two portions require (or had required) US presidential approval (via the exercise of a function delegated by the President to the US State Department) because these pipelines cross the US-Canadian border: Keystone Phase 1 (approved, constructed and commissioned) and Keystone Phase 4 (disapproved and subject to reapplication).
The project proponent has chosen to go ahead with Keystone Phase 3 (the "southern leg" of the disapproved Keystone XL Pipeline project). This particular component does not involve crossing US-Canadian border and, therefore, does not require Presidential/US State Department approval. TransCanada refers to this option as "decoupling" the component from the larger Keystone XL Pipeline Project.
Approval of US-only components of the Keystone Pipeline System (namely, Keystone Phase 2 and Keystone Phase 3) rests on the duly authorized departments of the States concerned (Nebraska and Oklahoma, Phase 2; Oklahoma and Texas, Phase 3).
It is worth noting: Keystone Phase 1 (crossing US-Canadian border) was found by the US President/State Department to be in the US's national interest while Keystone XL Pipeline Project as a whole (a key portion crossing US-Canadian border) was adjudged to be NOT in its national interest .
TransCanada recently announced its plan to reapply for approval of Keystone XL Pipeline Project which, after decoupling Phase 3, will really pertain to Phase 4.


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When I was doing my research on the Midwest, I was astonished to discover that not one college or university in the Midwest even taught a class on the Midwest. The University of Michigan teaches the history and economics of Michigan, and the University of Illinois has its experts on the state of Illinois. But not one school taught or studied the Midwest itself, this region where we all work and make our lives. Try googling on Southern Studies sometime and see what you find. There are whole departments and schools down there devoted to Dixie. But the Midwest as an academic subject is all but forgotten.
I'm glad to report that that's not entirely true anymore, due to the work and vision of the man we've come to honor today. Mauri Ditzler introduced the Midwest Matters initiative while he was at Monmouth and, in the process, put to shame much bigger schools across the region. It's a distinguished program, with courses on politics and government in the Midwest, the history of the Midwest, the economics and culture of the Midwest, a study of our region through its literature. Past courses have dealt with the infrastructure of the Midwest, specifically the role that railroads played in creating this region. Some of these courses use the Midwest as a laboratory. One class right now is dealing with immigration, by studying towns and cities across the Midwest that have large immigrant populations, to see how they're coping or not coping.
Naturally I hope Albion will emulate this experience. But it all begs the question: Why is the Midwest important? Why is it a proper subject of study? What can you get from studying the Midwest that you can't get from studying, say, Michigan? And what is the Midwest anyway? And what does this have to do with Albion, as a college and as a town? How can a liberal arts college in this post-industrial twenty-first century be a leader in reviving this region?
I would argue that we can't understand Albion these days, or this part of Michigan, unless we understand the broader Midwest—its history, its economics, its political push and pull, its demographics—which is to say its people, its culture, its literature and theatre, and, especially, its ideas and beliefs.
As you'll notice, they don't teach any of these things in medical schools or law schools. All this is basically people and their communities and civilizations, where they came from and where they're going. All this is the proper curriculum of a liberal arts school. Albion teaches all this now, but I wonder if it frames this teaching in the context of the Midwest, of our special civilization right here in the heart of America.
The Midwest itself is a little hard to define, harder than, say, Dixie or New England. Does it include the Great Plains or the Upper Peninsula or the southern parts of Indiana or Illinois, which seem more Southern than Midwestern? I'd argue that the real Midwest extends from western Pennsylvania through eastern Iowa, from upstate New York through Michigan to Minnesota. It is defined geographically by the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin. Its people came first in the great wave of immigration from northern Europe and New England, giving us our focus on education and hard work and community, enriched later by the Great Migration from the South and the more recent Hispanic immigration. Mostly, the Midwest hangs together economically. It's the industrial and agricultural center of the nation. It does two big things for a living, which are heavy industry and intensive agriculture—and globalization has thrown both of them right up in the air.
All this is true of Detroit and Battle Creek and Albion, just as it's true of Chicago and Monmouth, of Cleveland and Dayton, of Gary and South Bend. The Midwest rose together as a region in the Industrial Revolution and the century that followed. It declined together through the Rust Bowl days and the great challenges of globalization. It will rise again economically only as a region—a region that knows we're all in this together—and is willing to combine and leverage all its strengths, including the intellectual firepower of its great colleges and universities.
Albion most definitely shares this dynamic past and the struggles of the present. It has been one of the cars on the rollercoaster ride that defines the economic history of the Midwest in the twentieth century. But we're in a new century now and, in many ways, in a new economy, a global economy. The challenge now is to take what we know and what we've learned, to let the past go and then build on that past, to build a future within which Albion—the town and the college—its citizens and its students, can join the rest of this region in the great task of reinvention.
We hear a lot today about advanced manufacturing, about STEM training and narrow expertise and specialties. Where does this leave the liberal arts? I'd say it leaves them at the head of the parade. We aren't going to understand where we've been and where we're going unless we get out of the labs and trading rooms and consider our civilization as a whole. It's useful to know how to code, but it's better to know how to think, and that's what Albion and the liberal arts are all about.
As Alexander Pope wrote, "The proper study of mankind is man." He went on to describe this mankind as
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise, and rudely great,
With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the stoic's pride.
That sounds a lot like where we are right now, not just in that "middle state" but wise enough to know that the history of the Midwest is not yet over and ambitious enough not to accept things as they are.
This then is the role of the liberal arts and of the colleges that make the liberal arts their mission. This mission is to tell us where we are and how we got here. The economy is part of this, and if your graduates don't understand the economy, they don't understand anything. But there's more to this than GDP statistics or unemployment rates. We're talking about our civilization here, our place in the world, about the lives that that economy pays for.
It's a fact that almost every place you can think of is there for some economic reason. Every town and city, every Detroit and Albion, was born because it served an economic purpose—as a farm town or mining town, as a port or factory town. If the reason was a valid one, then people came to work and stayed to build first a community and then a civilization, not just houses and workplaces but schools and parks and theatres and even colleges and universities. The economy supported all this, but the real point was the civilization itself.
But in economics, nothing lasts forever. The port silts up or the mine plays out or the factory closes and its jobs go somewhere else. When that happens, it's more than just an economic downturn. It's a civilizational challenge. Places where this happens can become backwaters, no longer able to support their civilizations, not disappearing exactly, but not the sort of place where you'd go to find a job or raise your family or make your life.
Or they can reinvent themselves, as towns and cities have done throughout history. They can find new ways to earn their living. With roots sunk deep into their native soil, they can build something new on the platform of the old. I know this can be done because I see it happening in old industrial areas, in the States and abroad, where people are determined to revive and rebuild.
But it takes leadership—and that leadership can and should come from the liberal arts. Not only the historians to tell us where we come from and how we got here. And not just the economists to explain this strange and rather scary new global economy to us.
We need international scholars, and we need to send our students around the world, because we're involved with that world today in ways more complicated and crucial than ever before. We have to reach beyond Albion and southern Michigan to strike alliances with other regions, American and otherwise, which are asking the same questions and facing the same problems.
The social impact of a changing economy is terrific and often traumatic for the people caught in this transformation. Might I suggest that there's a rich field of study, right here at home, for sociologists who can turn their own neighborhoods into laboratories.
This turbulence, of course, goes to the heart of a community, to its culture and its soul. We need to know how to think about this and for that we turn to our artists, to our writers, in particular. Over the past century, Southern writers defined the trauma of that region for the people who lived within it. It seems to me that the proper study of our writers and poets, our artists and dramatists, is the very human drama being played out right here right now.
Armed with this knowledge, Albion the College is perfectly placed to reach out to Albion the Town, to work together with the town and its leaders to build the future. This takes tact and diplomacy, and it may be slow going. The stresses between town and gown are real in almost every college town. In some of these towns, the colleges have almost built a moat around the campus, pretending that they are independent centers of academia, not really Midwestern, not really part of the communities that surround them. Not surprisingly, this arrogance is returned by the town—and nothing gets done.
I hope your students can be encouraged to be part of this community, to volunteer and intern there, to get to know the town and to establish personal ties that, with luck, will keep them here after graduation.
But I also hope that Albion will reach out to the other first-rate colleges and universities in this region, including community colleges, to combine your intellectual strengths, to leverage your local ties, to make common cause with other colleges and towns in Michigan and with the other schools in the Great Lakes Colleges Association. It's going to be a big job, this reinvention of our Midwestern civilization, and we need all the help we can get.
I know that Dr. Ditzler gets this because I've seen what he did in Monmouth. It's because I admire so much what he did there that I'm here today, to celebrate with you his arrival in Albion. He is a distinguished scholar, but more, he is a visionary leader. I know he is optimistic about Albion, both the school and the town, and from what I've seen and heard here, he has reason to be optimistic—as do we all.
Perhaps I can close with a few more lines from Alexander Pope to define this vision, this optimism. Nearly three hundred years ago, here's what he wrote:
Heaven forming each on other to depend,
A master, or a servant, or a friend,
Bids each on other for assistance call,
Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Wants, frailties, passions, closer still ally
The common interest, or endear the tie.
"The common interest," he said. Not the narrow specialized interest, the parochial expertise that lives in academic silos, but the common interest on which sits "the strength of all." This is the power of learning and of the liberal arts, of a school like Albion, as it begins a new era in the history of this community and of all its people.
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Bens EP
The Bens
Spontaneity is the mother of all invention. Or
at least in the case of The Bens, a project masterminded
by Ben Lee, Ben Kweller and Ben Folds. After years
of casually tossing around the idea of a collaboration,
the three singer-songwriters finally actualized
their potential in one fell swoop, recording an
eponymous four-song EP in only four days.
On paper, this supergroup appears to be nothing
more than a gimmick—a tool for relaunching
each musician's somewhat low-profile career.
However, one listen to this debut effort gives
every indication that the three indie bedfellows
are completely legit. In fact, the album showcases
a willingness to experiment, as members collectively
embark on territories that went untrod throughout
their respective careers. All four songs are distinctively
separate tastes of the many possible directions
that the three Bens could take. "Just Pretend" echoes
Crosby, Stills and Nash with sweet three-part harmonies,
while "Xfire" is straight new wave,
complete with cheesy, space-age keyboards and modified
vocals. "Stop!" and "Bruised" showcase
more typically pop-driven notes and choruses.
for all their marked differences, every track is
clearly crafted by hopeless romantics — sappiness
enhanced by brothers in arms. They claim, "Love
just leaves you bruised," then proceed into
sing-song, pounding the piano with glee, sweeping
away the pain.
The Bens EP recognizes the need to move forward,
quickly. The best is yet to come.—JG
Talkie Walkie
In my unpublished review for Air's last album,
2001's 10,000 Hz Legend, I wrote the following:
"Air's Moon Safari came out of nowhere,
or more specifically, France, a few years back, lulling
the world with its syrupy fresh pop stylings. They
touted themselves as 'the French band,' yet
featured a woman singing in sultry unmistakable English."
The next year, the band provided an affecting soundtrack
for Sofia Coppola's "The Virgin Suicides," leaving
some of us with an all too vivid memento of an
eager Kirsten Dunst and reaffirming the notion
that three days without air can kill you.
But now for their much-belated sophomore effort,
Talkie Walkie, the members of the French band are
already touting themselves as legends. "Never
mind that 10 mHz lies well outside the frequency
range of human hearing. The fact is, although 10,000
Hz Legend is still musically intact, it is far
from legendary, and is no sure step in that direction
for Air…
"…Perhaps the French band would be better
off singing in its own native tongue. Or if you,
the listener, can find and kill that part of your
brain that knows English and respects decent lyrics,
you may find 10,000 Hz Legend well worth the cost
of trepanation."
What, you ask, has changed in the past three
years? Well, my friends, I am happy to report
that the new album from Air does not totally…um,
blow. Hmm. On the contrary, actually, it's quite
the breath of fresh…hmm, I guess I walked
right into that one. Get it? Walked? Like Talkie
Walkie? Wow, I'm going to be a great dad.
But seriously, if you, like me, were left severely
wanting after 10,000 Hz Legend put crappy baby
vocals all over your sweet, sweet Air soundscapes,
then you, like me, will surely find reason to rejoice,
hands all up in the air and swinging, in this new
Talkie Walkie is, simply put, a much more focused
album than Legend (and possibly even Moon Safari!),
not to mention darker and more subdued, which,
quite frankly, is a welcome and comfortable place
for the French band to rest for awhile. There
may not be anything on here as ITT Tech-ilicious as "La
Femme d'Argent," but if you're really hard
up for something like that, maybe you ought to
give this next review a read. Seriously. I wrote
it just for you. And it's starting right…—BS
Less than Melodic
Less than Melodic
…NOW!!! Seattle resident
Alex Mabe's resume reads like…um, well, it's a lot better than
mine. Check it: a nationally celebrated alto and
tenor saxophonist with three consecutive Outstanding
Musician Awards at the Essentially Ellington Competition
in New York City. He's also toured the United
States, China and Europe with the award-winning
Roosevelt Jazz Band and created and published several
jazz and orchestral scores of his own music. Oh
yeah, and he's only like 20 years old.
And yet Mabe decided to focus his energy for a
full-length debut release on an edgy, ambient
acid-jazz sound that doesn't even feature his primary
instrument. I know what you're thinking—just
who does this guy think he is, Bo Jackson? Perhaps.
But let me tell you this: Bo don't know Mabe.
Aside from the aforementioned likeness to Air—most
evident on the excellent opening track "Dave" and
on "The Idea"—Less Than Melodic's
sound has me fighting not to name drop two of my
other favorite ambient artists: Plaid and Amon
This sound works most effectively on the darker,
more pensive tracks. "Pan Pressure" pits
signature Plaid bass hits against one of the most
gorgeous discordant keyboard swellings I've
heard in some time. And both "Lowball" and "Who
Killed the Mood?" manage to sound simultaneously
effortless and intricate.
Granted, at 50 minutes, the album runs a
little long, and your enjoyment of a few
of the tracks ("Get On," "In the Lobby")
will depend largely on your tolerance for the vocoder
and kitschy Eddie Murphy movie background music.
But don't let that deter you. For an album as varied
as this one is, it's surprising how many
tracks succeed, and in how many different ways
they manage to do so.
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How to help your kid find their balance in life
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On Saturday at Palatka Golf Club, Halvorsen shot three-under 67 to back up an opening-round 65. The same two rounds, shot in reverse order, were posted by Halvorsen during his win in 2014.
Greyson Porter, a high-school golfer from Clearwater, Fla. is in second place after shooting 66 on Saturday. He's two back of Halvorsen and two ahead of a trio of players in third place at four-under 136, including Corey Carlson, Timothy Colanta, and Edward Richardson.
Richardson, a 46-year-old from England, captured the 2014 St. Augustine Amateur.
Fifteen total players are under par through two rounds, and 25 are within 10 shots of the lead.
Tournament History
Started 12 years after the well-known Azalea Invitational at the Country Club of Charleston as a two-man team tourney, the Florida Azalea field has over the years boasted players who have gone on to greatness at the next level. Tommy Aaron, who teamed with Dan Sykes for the 1960 Florida Azalea team title, went on to win the 1973 Masters. Bob Murphy, winner of back-to- back Florida Azalea titles while playing for the University of Florida golf team in 1965-66, was an 11-time winner on the PGA Tour and is currently a golf analyst for NBC.
More recently, there is the 1997 champ Ryuji Imada of Japan. Leading the list of those not winning the Florida Azalea is Arron Oberholser. The winner of the 2006 AT&T Pebble Beach, Oberholser was runner-up to Palatka's Sean Pacetti in the 1998 event.
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What to do to lose faith which in turn reduce Fats
The availability of excessive fats in the body can lead to the increase in body weight which has its effects on your body. Overweight can be so demoralizing to the people affected until some end up loosing their self esteem. Therefore, while trying to bring back their body sizes to normal, they will be forced to spend a lot of time and money. You should first appreciate yourself with the condition you have, sit down and plan on how to get yourself out without depressing yourself.
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The history of pop music is littered with nearly men, those figures who parted company with a band just moments before they hit the big time. But Pete Best is undoubtedly the most high-profile. That's because, until Ringo Starr came along, the gifted drummer was bandmates with John, Paul and George in The Beatles.
Yes, from 1960 until 1962, Best was a valuable member of the Fab Four. But sadly for the Liverpool native, he was deemed surplus to requirements shortly after the group's debut session in the legendary Abbey Road Studios. So why exactly did The Beatles give him the push?


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Okay, chair #2 is finished and resting comfortably at home. The finish was a little more complicated than I'd planned, but turned out just about right. First, a coat of grey stain, which was too close a match for the fabric, so I sanded a lot of it off. Next, a coat of aqua stain, which was too fussy looking, so I sanded most of that off and covered it with a sparing coat of the grey, again. Final coat, wipe-on poly. Overall, it looks good, is a surprisingly comfortable seat and I learned a lot. I'm glad I chose to do two very different kinds of chair (this one, 'Shop Class,' and 'La Piña') and am already thinking about trying one of them again in the spring; I still have plenty to learn and plenty to express and the second try should go a lot quicker.
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La Pina!
It's done! Huzzah!
Imperfect, but beautiful–and it sits nice! I've learned a lot during the process of designing and building this and I'm already planning another special chair for next semester using what I've learned…
I'm pleased with the finish I devised for the 'leaves' of the chair: I made a very dilute yellowy-green solution of milk paint, sparingly applied one layer and then applied one layer of wipe-on poly, which darkened it slightly. The seat and legs are finished with Watco Danish finish, which I use a lot because you can still feel the wood after it's applied. The seat back is cypress and the seat and legs are hickory.
history isn't over yet!
October, 2018, USA
This is my current work space, at least some of it. I do a lot of work at the kitchen table, the sketching, the carving, the laying out, etc, but the inking and printing I do on these mobile carts. The inking cart is a rolling delight I designed and built in my woodworking course and my little press is currently resting on a metal tool cart I got a few years ago and have since dedicated to printmaking. The shelving on the right is half storage and half art supplies; I often use the top shelves for drying prints. I can roll the carts into the kitchen when I start getting sloppy and when I'm done, I can roll them back into a corner of our small living room (which is actually devoted to storage and studio space). The setup is imperfect, but it works.
==>I really enjoy looking at other peoples' workspace–I happened across the site Hyperallergic and their occasional entry "A View From the Easel." It's helpful to see how other people find ways to be be successful in seemingly less-than-ideal spaces.
Artist Trading Cards of summer '18!
These are my ATCs for the next event. Five layers of ink on most of them. ATCs are super-cool and I'm hoping to do more soon!
summer post cards
I've got another layer of color to add and some trimming to do and then, postcards. And, a change of palette! These cards have used up the last of my old ink remnants and I'm looking forward to some blues and bright greens!
welcome home!
This cutting board was an assignment this summer term in my woodworking course at a local crafts school. (Our assignment was to make an 'edge grain' cutting board and, thinking about how cherry wood darkens with exposure to light, I devised this homey little design.) I am closing down my other website in the next week and will be widening the focus of Hapless Press to include more of my woodworking and posts about my other interests; in the next several weeks, look for new pages about public art and cultural events. School will start up again in about a month and I will be posting about my ongoing efforts to learn furniture-making. Aloha, and have a good summer!
poppy t!
Here's my response to the lovely poppies crowding my tomato plant–a t-shirt! I did a quick stencil screen print and hope it's dry enough to wear to my woodworking class tomorrow. (The shirt is from the thrift and I made the stencil from some old cut-price Contact paper. Worked okay.)
given a choice…
Where I am here and now is pretty nice, but: I'd love to be slopping it up in a bunch of ink (or pulp!) in a cooperative art space with a bunch of like-minded associates in the service of art for all! This above is a picture of Taller Leñateros in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas México (2009), a wonderful print and paper-making cooperative workshop.
ride on!
This picture was taken at Taller Leñateros in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas México in 2009 (I think). (their website: http://www.tallerlenateros.com/) This funky contraption is used to break down pulp to make paper. This image tells a story of ingenuity and invention in the service of printmaking/papermaking. It also hints at the kind of community and ethos Taller Leñateros enjoys and promotes; resourcefulness, creativity, humor and cooperation. If you're ever in the wonderful city of San Cristóbal, visit!


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Hey! Guess What? The Spring 2013 Trunk Show at Knit New Haven is just around the corner! I'm super excited to share all the spring knits starting on Saturday. From sweaters big and small, to jewelry and elegant accessories, I'm happy to say, I think everyone will find something to love. My trusty mannequin has been helping me decide how to display things, and I'm tidying up patterns, tags and ravelry entries like mad. Here's a little peak at the "looks" I'm putting together for Saturday:
If you aren't a local, that's ok! I'll be taking pictures, blogging and sharing as much as I can here in digital land for the next two weeks too!


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Comedy Central Records has announced that the sarcastic, no-holds-barred comedian Mike Lawrence will debut his digital album Sadamantium on Tuesday, May 28. The release comes three days before his premiere episode on Comedy Central's The Half Hour on Friday, May 31, at 11:30 p.m. CST.
Recorded live at the Nerdist Showroom at Meltdown Comics—NerdMelt—in Hollywood, California, Lawrence's comedy album showcases his unique voice and uncensored delivery. In this album he covers everything from his nerd troubles to his luck with the ladies and everything in between.
The New York City based comedian has made memorable appearances on Conan, Marc Maron's WTF Podcast and our very own Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival.
If you enjoy raw humor with a sarcastic wit and a hint of self deprecation then Mike Lawrence's comedy is right for you. Watch Lawrence's promo video for Sadamantium below.


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The Childbirth Experience
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Join us on May 26-27, 2018 for the 2nd Annual St. Armands Seafood & Music Festival. Come to St. Armands Circle Park to enjoy delectable seafood dishes prepared by local Sarasota restaurants using indigenous and sustainable seafood resources from Florida's coastal water. Be entertained by top local and regional musical performances in such genre as R&B, jazz, classical, calypso, reggae and more. Explore the Marketplace section where you will find the creativity of arts and crafts and a selection of fine products. The event is graciously co-sponsored by the Humane Society of Sarasota County. While at the event, the Humane Society will have their "Big Mac" mobile adoption center onsite. Please take a few moments to stop by and say aloha to the dedicated staff and meet their extended family of friends awaiting adoption. Find a new companion and lend support to a wonderful and compassionate organization.Return to full list >>


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Introduction: LED Poi
For the LED contest, I wanted to put lights on something that moves. Poi are something I've been tempted to try for a while, and seemed like a good application for LEDs.
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Step 1: Materials
These poi are constructed from a pair of hollow rubber balls on ropes. I've inserted 5 LEDs in each ball, powered by 12V batteries. The ball is covered with a balloon.
Things you'll need:
- 2 hollow balls - mine are around 3 inches in diameter
- 10 (or more) LEDs and some spares
- electrical wire
- 2 12V batteries (it's possible you'll need more power if you use more LEDs)
- rope
- 2 balloons - I used 12 inch balloons
- electrical tape
- four large washers (to add some weight to the balls)
- velcro and conductive thread (I used these to make a switch)
- glue
You'll also need a soldering iron, wire strippers, a drill, a utility knife, a needle, and pointed scissors.
Step 2: Test Your Circuit
First, decide how many LEDs you are going to use. It is helpful to use a breadboard or similar to test the LEDs with your intended power source.
I ended up deciding to wire the LEDs in series and not use a resistor, but your circuit may be different if you use more or fewer LEDs than I did.
My poi use standard 5mm green LEDs. (I was originally intending to use super bright LEDs, but I broke one and didn't have a spare.)
The 12V batteries are conveniently small enough to fit inside the balls, and 1 battery provides enough power for the 5 LEDs.
Step 3: Drill the Holes
You'll need one hole to attach the rope, and one hole for each LED.
Decide how you want to arrange the LEDs, and mark all the holes on the ball. Keep in mind that you're going to be cutting the ball in half to wire up the circuit. All the LEDs should be in one half, and the rope should attach to the other half
Then drill the holes using a bit that is very slightly smaller than the diameter of the LED. I did this on a drill press, but any type of drill should work as long as you're careful. A roll of electrical tape works well as a stand for the ball.
Next drill two smaller holes to run electrical wire through. One wire will come from each end of the circuit, so the holes should be near (but not too close to) the larger holes for the LEDs at the start and end of the series. Have a look at the third picture which shows how things are going to look from the inside of the ball.
Step 4: Start the Assembly
First, cut the ball in half. You can do this with a utility knife, and it doesn't matter if the cut is jagged. (It might make it easier to fit the pieces together later.) Make sure you don't cut too close to the holes, though, and remember that the hole for the rope should be in one half and the holes for the LEDs in the other half.
Now you can attach the rope. Tie a knot in one end of the rope, and put a little glue on it so it doesn't come untied. Thread a couple of large washers or similar items onto the rope to give the poi some weight. Then, thread the end of the rope through the rope hole and pull the washers up so they fit inside the half of the ball.
Step 5: Solder the LEDs
Push the LEDs into the holes from the inside of the ball. Keep track of which lead is which (the long one is the positive lead, and the short one is the negative lead). You're going to wire them up in series, meaning that the positive lead from one LED gets wired to the negative lead from the next LED.
My LEDs were close enough together that I just folded the leads down and soldered them together. If yours are further apart, you may need to use a short piece of electrical wire to connect them.
Cut two more pieces of electrical wire and strip the ends. Tape one wire to each end of a 12V battery. Squeeze the ends of the batteries to make sure the wire is making a good connection with the battery.
At this point, you can touch the positive lead from the battery to the un-soldered positive LED lead, and the negative lead from the battery to the un-soldered negative LED lead, and the LEDs should light up. If not, check your circuit for bad connections. (A multi-meter is useful here.)
Assuming your circuit works, you can finish the circuit. Cut another piece of electrical wire and strip the ends. Thread it through the small hole at the negative end of the circuit. Solder the inside end to the negative LED lead.
Then thread the negative battery lead through the other small hold. Solder the positive battery lead to the positive LED lead.
Use some electrical tape to hold the battery in place. At this point, touching the two wires together will light the LEDs.
Step 6: Assemble the Poi and Make the Switch
Fit the two halves ofthe ball together and use some tape to hold them in place. Run the two wire leads up the ball to the rope, and tape them down.
Cut the neck off a balloon and discard it. Stretch the balloon out, and insert the ball. The rope and the wires should come through the opening of the balloon. Using pointed scissors, trim the opening of the balloon so it lies flat against the ball. Then cut tiny holes for each LED. Be careful here - it's easy to make the holes too big. Cut a very tiny hole at the top of the LED and then pull it down so it stretches around the LED.
To make the switch, cut a small piece of velcro (both the loop and hook sides). Using conductive thread, sew back and forth across the loop side of the velcro. Form one of the wire leads into a loop, and stitch the conductive thread through the loop several times to make a good connection. Glue the loop side of the velcro down over the loop of wire. If you position it partially under the balloon, the balloon will help to hold it in place while the glue dries.
To close the switch, put the second wire on top of the conductive thread, then stick the hook side of the velcro on top of it to hold it in place. When the switch is off, you can stuff the wire and the hook side of the velcro under the edge of the balloon so you don't lose them.
Once the glue has set, you can trim the balloon if you need to expose more of the velcro.
Step 7: Tying Up Loose Ends
Now you just need to tie a loop in the rope to use as a handle, and you're ready to learn to spin your poi!
Unless, that is, you only made one. In that case, go back to the beginning and make the second one. =)
Thanks to my dad for help working out the power requirements of the LEDs, and for the use of the drill press.
And thanks to Instructables user Kabapu for the excellent long-exposure photographs.
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"to test the batteries with your intended power source" ?? O.o do you mean test the LEDs with the intended battery power source?
You're right. I fixed it. Thanks!
Nice Post, im actually looking for some content contributors, to posts tutorials and other articles on my website, i cover subjects such as poi, fire spinning, twirling , circus skills, flow lights and loads of other stuff that makes you jump in the night.
for any avid contributors i will be sharing the advertising income depending on what they have submitted, if any of you guys fancy it hit me up on my site, if your not but you still like poi and fire spinning etc head over and check it out an join the forums :) much love http://www.aboveandbelow.org
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Cool! I love these. Has anyone combined these with various blinking circuits yet?
This is great, I want to make a dynamo powered version for my girlfriend as x-mas gift, does anyone have an idea how to do that?
Sorry, but I haven't really learned to use them yet, so you are far better off looking at videos of people who are good at it =)
I might be able to do a video of the switch, though.
can you please add a video of you using them!? :D that would be cool. and showing how you turn them on and off. i'm sure other ppl would love it too! :)


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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
garlic scape pesto!! Yum, can't wait!
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Monday, May 30, 2011
fragrant clematis
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
getting wwoof ready
Yesterday we got the outdoor shower at the garden house working and I'm really happy about it. Hot water for the shower and the garden kitchen sink too! It has taken what seems like forever but we're slowly inching our way towards being a wwoof host. So much fun! If you don't know what wwoof is and you're curious, go to the wwoof canada website for lots of good info.
I hope to create a special spot for someone to live, work and learn. Someone who'd like to experience quiet, peaceful days living in the forest by the sea while contributing a few hours of good hard work gardening and learning about growing food and flowers.
Here's Chris showing me a part of his soldered pipe creation. Ready to hook it up in the shower!
This is the back of the shower building where there's a little closet-like cabinet that houses the tankless water heater. The water heater uses propane to heat the water on demand. Originally, we were going to keep the propane tanks inside the cupboard on the floor but we found out that wasn't to code (fire hazard) so we had to dig a trench at least 10 feet long and find a new place for the propane tanks...beside one of the posts of the garden house, which happily just happened to be ten feet away. Eventually, we'll build something to cover that all up....it'll probably incorporate a little deck or platform for our outdoor bathtub....
Around the corner from the water heater cabinet is the entrance.....the shower area is built right under a cedar tree by Pat Hennebery of Cobworks. He used Mayne Island milled wood and Mayne Island sandstone rock.....
A little further and there's the mirror and sink....
A little further and tadaaa! We tried it out and it works beautifully!! I still have a few things to do...clean it up a bit more after the winter, add some hooks and towel racks and a screen for the entrance and I think I'd like to plant some ferns in the planter....but it's almost all finished and I'm so pleased......it's going to be a very sweet place to take a shower in the summertime.
So in the meantime, I won't fuss too much over the mess in this area of the garden. Look at all those dandelions going to seed!! Out of control. The forest wastes no time trying to reclaim it's land...there are little fir and cedar trees sprouting up all over the place! I'm just going to have to wait 'til I have some help.....
And eeek! Another example of how I need a willing worker to work with! So next step: finishing the kitchen and the sleeping loft. The kitchen is almost ready, just need to tile a small counter area. And the sleeping loft is almost wwoof ready too! Photos soon :-)
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
arugula microgreens
I took some of these micro arugula greens to the stores on Mayne Island today.
It has been almost two weeks since I've delivered shoots and microgreens to my customers because of a nasty little greenhouse catastrophe. One day a little over two weeks ago when I was away from my greenhouse for a couple hours, the sun came out bright and strong after quite a chilly time and in just over an hour, it overheated all my little plants.
....actually, luckily not all of them but especially these tender and sensitive little cool season pea shoots....they sauteed in their trays!....very disappointing :-( oh well, I'm over that now, getting back on track.
Micro arugula has become one of my true favorites to grow and to eat. They are so simply deeelicious on a sandwich with tomato and feta....mmmmm, yum.
A few first tries at growing them in trays in my greenhouse this past winter got me convinced that it was an idea to follow and I knew I'd want to be doing this for a while. I was convinced enough to buy a ten pound bag of certified organic arugula seed. Even for a person like me who's growing lots of these trays, that's still an awful lot of arugula seed! yikes!
A few folks have asked me about how I grow these so here's a little bit about what I do. These days, I try to get 5-6 trays of arugula planted at least once a week and sometimes 2 times a week. I plant them on Sea Soil potting mix.
I don't cover the tiny seed with heavy soil...instead, I cover it with a paper towel and wet it thoroughly to keep the seed moist while it's germinating and setting roots into the soil.
After a couple days, my curiosity has me pulling back the wet paper towel to see what's going on under there!
They grow quite quickly....this is about 4 days after planting. Look at all those fuzzy little root hairs!
At about 5-7 days after planting, depending on weather conditions, it's time to take the paper towels off the growing green trays...they're now ready to grow on without moist cover.
Happy little plants, standing at attention.
I like to try for a few true leaves in my micro arugula and have learned that the higher the ph of the soil, the harder that is to achieve and moisture seems to effect it too....so I'm still experimenting....
Cut. Weighed. Bagged. Just a few weeks ago, I realized I needed to label the bags now that I'm beginning to do so many different little microgreens...was beginning to worry that folks would pick up some sunflower shoots thinking they were peashoots or some arugula, thinking it was radish!
A couple boxes, earlier today, waiting to be delivered to Happy Tides and to the Farm Gate Store.
On the shelf at Farm Gate.
An amazingly beautiful lettuce from Deacon Vale Farm's greenhouse I saw on the shelf at Farm Gate today. I wish I was a better photographer....it was so gorgeous in real life!
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Monday, May 23, 2011
sunny days
When did this little maple tree get all it's leaves?!! There's so much happening in the garden these days that I don't notice it all when it's happening. A couple days ago, I walked by this spot and was struck by how lovely this potted tree looked in the dappled light against the cob wall, so I had to stop and snap a photo. Such beautiful new red leaves....
Last week Mother Nature gave us a gift of blue skies for three sunny warm days in a row! Spring. I finally saw the first dragonflies of the season and butterflies too. The latest apple trees were just opening up into blossom and they were buzzing with pollinators. What a lovely sound at this time of year.
This little guy is making sure we will have apples this year. Phew! Thank goodness!
oh. oh. The spring sun and warmth also encourages the the tent caterpillars to appear on the apple trees. Gotta get this one cut off soon while they're still small, especially since this is one of our favorite Spartan trees. These apples are so crispy and delicious right off the tree in October. Folks have been saying this is the big year for the caterpillars here on Mayne Island (they have seven year cycles) so I better check my trees carefully. They can strip a tree of all it's green growth in a flash.
The lilac is blooming now too. The breezy air so full of the beautiful scent of lilac and the sound of buzzing bees is a divine in-the-moment experience.
Just like how when the forsythia blooms in the early spring, it's telling us to sow our cool season veggies and plant potatoes, when the lilac blooms now in late spring, it's a message that the climate's right to do some other things in the garden...like plant out tomatoes, warm season veggies and tender annual flowers.
The scientific word for watching for seasonal plant, insect and animal life cycle events and being aware of how we're all related and influenced by climate is "phenology". It has become a big part of my garden work experience. The natural world indicators are endless. It seems that if I keep looking for them, I keep finding them. It's a joy to live and work in a way that allows for such interconnectedness with the cycles of the natural world around me. Poetic, mystical and practical all at the same time.
mmmmm.....wish you could smell the beautiful fragrance.....better get outside and plant my tomatoes!
I can't go without making some bouquets of lilac in the springtime. I made a few of these aromatic little bundles for the first Saturday Farmer's Market of the season this weekend and they all walked away to bring spring fragrance to other island homes for the long weekend. What fun! I added a little bundle of lemon balm too...it grows like a weed here and is especially nice for flower bouquets in the springtime.
I didn't get to take photos at the market on Saturday....I was preoccupied with chatting and selling lots of plants. This weekend was especially lively because it was our island's May Day celebration too. If you're interested, there's a link to some beautiful and colourful photos that capture the spirit of the day's festivities at MayneNews.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
plants for sale!!
I really have been very patient about the weather...hardly complaining at all but today I've lost my resolve to not complain about the weather anymore. After a torrential downpour all night long, a foggy mist that looks more like end-of-October (or even January) has lasted all day long. I don't really mind the rain right now. It's good for us here where we get long summer droughts...what's upsetting me is the lack of sunshiny breaks and warmer temps in between the showers. What's going on? My plants and I are all freezing to death and we think drying off in some sunny spring time weather for at least two days in a row would be nice....
These little black tuscan kales don't mind the weather so much...cool is ok with them. They'll be for sale at the first Mayne Island Farmer's Market of the season next weekend. I've tried something a little different to me this year with the seedlings that I start for sale. Little trays with 6-10 plants in them for $3. each. They're less work for me and offer up more plants to the customer for less dollars. They just don't look as big and beautiful as the singles I've been doing in the past...but with a little care from the gardener who takes them home they'll flourish!
This is what it looked like this morning when I looked out into the forest. Misty with soaking rain falling....geeez!
These little trays of sensation cosmos will also be available at the Farmer's Market next weekend. It's just warming up enough to start hardening them off for the great outdoors....
Cardoons don't mind the cool weather too much. These new little plants are looking good.
The basil is shivering. It sure can't venture outside the greenhouse yet. These trays are packed full of little plants. They're $3./tray and if you take a tray home with you, you'll need to prick each plant out (chopsticks work well) and transplant it into a larger container (yogurt containers with holes in the bottom are useful) so they can grow on inside for a while. Hopefully by June it will be warm enough to plant them outside!!
Visions of summertime pesto dance in our heads.
Purple basil is wonderful to have in the garden, not only for the colour and flavour in the kitchen but for the lovely flowers and foliage in flower bouquets too.
Tumbler tomato plants! Still too cold to put these little guys outside. I've been starting and offering up these plants to Mayne Islanders for about 5 years now and everyone seems to love them! I've started just over 200 this year and am getting calls everyday from folks asking me to set some aside for them. They really are amazing little producers. If you want to be sure to get some this year, give me a call and get on the list or come early on market day next Saturday.
They're a bit smaller at this year's May long weekend...everything's a bit later in my garden this time and I didn't want to have to heat the greenhouse too much to get my tomatoes as big as I could....goin' with the flow and I hope folks who're used to these being big and beautiful with flowers and green fruit won't be too disappointed....they will catch up and be just as awesome as in past years when it warms up....
I posted about them last summer....for more info on Tumblers go here: Tumblers, Part 1 and here: Tumblers, Part 2
Some nice little dills ready to go out into their garden beds....
The parsley's looking great. It doesn't mind the cool temps. I'll have Italian Flat Leaf and Curly Moss at the market.
This peppermint is looking beautiful. It also appreciates the long cool drinks of rain it has been enjoying lately. The spearmint is looking lovely too.
I'll be bringing some trays planted with 1/2 peashoots, 1/2 sunflower shoots for home harvests. They'll be planted so they'll mature over the following week and be good for salads at dinner time...just place the tray on a countertop or table and cut the shoots with scissors and serve! Delicious, nutritious and oh so fresh!
A little bit of colour on a very gray day. Looks like spring really is happening here and there along the way. An arrangement I got to make yesterday for a Mayne Islander...tulips, azalea, viburnum, hops vine, grasses...I sure do love pink and orange together. And the viburnum smells amazing!
We're all hoping for some dry and sunshine next Saturday for a fun first Farmer's Market Day of the season and for Mayne Island's May Day celebrations too. Maybe I'll see you there : )
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
appreciating lettuce
It's time to clean up the hoophouse beds for this summer's tomato crop and because I didn't grow any winter/early spring greens in the hoophouse this year, I ignored the beds (too busy with pea shoot and sunflower shoot greens production in the glass greenhouse).....'til now. Sadly, the hoophouse beds have been growing weeds. And some volunteer lettuce plants from last years sowing too! One of the simple joys of gardening: volunteer food plants that take care of themselves completely! So of course, before tilling, I pulled the lovely lettuce plants and took them to the kitchen. They look beautiful stuck in a wide mouth mason and since they still have their roots, they stay very fresh there too.
After I was finally finished admiring it's beauty and appreciating the gift of no-work homegrown lettuce, we ate it all up in a big salad for dinner, mixed with pea and sun shoot greens, of course!
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Happy April, Gemini!
Gemini: Your Month Ahead
For you, Gemini, this month offers exciting opportunities to enjoy time with friends, make new connections, join a club or business group, volunteer, and explore your inner world through spirituality.
April will usher in formidable forces with high potential for innovation and bold initiatives. It also presents its share of challenging energies, however, thanks to some key planetary alignments and shifts.
Although we have the energies of a new season and the new spiritual year favoring a fresh start, this month will require us to wait on launching anything so we can revisit the past first.
Read on to see how you can leverage April's astrology to improve yourself and your life. As you do, you will expand your ability to help others.
April Astrology – Headline News
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As April begins, we have three planets in Aries:
- The warm and powerful Sun, who always shines his light freely and generously to bring joy and optimism to our world
- Mercury, who governs thinking, communication, and commerce and brings playfulness and curiosity wherever he goes
- Uranus, who governs inspiration, technology, and electricity and brings sudden change, freedom, and a quirky quality to our lives
We also will have a fourth factor in Aries, the asteroid called Chiron, who is associated with where we feel wounded and how we heal and then help others based on our experiences. Chiron has moved through Pisces since February 8, 2011, and leaves that sign for Aries on April 17. Chiron remains there for seven years, giving all of us plenty of time to reckon with Aries and adjust how we use its power so we're applying that force constructively.
Aries is a fire sign symbolized by the Ram, a competitive, hard charging creature who leads with his horns, rushing head first into life and ever ready to do battle. Aries drives us forward, pushing us to focus on ourselves, our energy, and our goals. This high power sign allows us to overcome inertia so we can get moving, start anything we desire (and start over at any time), and rush out in front of others in order to lead. It also inspires us to serve as spiritual warriors who inspire by setting a noble example, using leadership for constructive purposes, and channeling resources toward worthwhile goals.
Find out more about Aries in my article, Aries Time: Face Who You Really Are. Also, you can tune in to this sign's bold, take charge energies with The Aries Meditation, an uplifting, guided meditation.
For you, Gemini, planets in Aries always activate your eleventh house of friends and other associates, charitable activities, clubs, and networking. All the Aries planets will energize your current relationships, increase desires to meet new people, help you initiate applications to join any group of your choice, and spark plans to volunteer.
Your Health And Spirituality
On April 19, the Sun leaves Aries for Taurus, which will start the month of the Bull. You'll feel the energies shift away from the fiery, take charge power of Aries to the earthy, steady world of Taurus. This annual change brings needed calm after Aries and its high octane rush.
For you, Gemini, planets in Taurus can stabilize your health because they put earthy practicality into your twelfth house of wellbeing, especially psychological health. This area also governs your spiritual life and projects you work on by yourself, privately. As soon as the Sun enters Taurus, you may feel a need to slow down, make time for prayer and meditation, and reflect on how well you balance time in public with your need for solitude.
Mercury Retrograde Ends
Last month, our solar system's smallest planet, Mercury, went retrograde, which it generally does three times annually for about three weeks at a time. As April begins, Mercury, also your ruler, remains retrograde.
The retrograde will end on April 15.
Until then, avoid starting anything new, and don't sign contracts because you won't have all the facts. Remain flexible and slow down even though the Aries powers this month (including Mercury in Aries) are pushing you to get going.
Instead, turn the Aries forces inward by working on your spirituality and meditating. Reflect on how the retrograde has affected you and your life and how well you've managed any surprises or challenges it has brought. Or direct the retrograde energies outward to anything "re": review, redo, rethink, recycle, reverse, restore, repair, reconnect, and so on.
Learn more about Mercury retrograde, get all the dates for this year (and coming years), and get helpful recommendations for handling this period in my article, Mercury Retrograde Dates, Advice.
Volatile Energies – Proceed With Caution
The Sun entered Aries last month on March 20 and remains there until April 19.
Aries brings the power needed to birth the new. Imagine the force required for a seed to sprout or a chick to break out of its shell. Or the effort needed for a new business to take hold or a new fitness regimen to become a habit.
Aries and its fiery ruler, Mars, drive us to move quickly and make things happen. They can help us compete and accomplish what seems impossible.
Yet their powers can be explosive and dangerous, as when a child too young to understand fire plays with matches or gets too close to a hot stove. As a result, as beneficial as Aries time can be, it also is associated with violent incidents throughout history.
Find out more about this pattern related to Aries time in my article, Aries And A History Of Violence.
In addition, several planets currently sit in Capricorn (including Aries's fiery ruler, Mars). That means they are challenging all the planets now in Aries and raising the stakes. These alignments can create great good if we use them wisely to turn a corner on major problems.
The movement of Chiron, the healing asteroid, into Aries on April 17 can help us overcome the negative expressions of Aries. Chiron will move through this sign for seven years, helping us come to terms with impulsiveness, violence, inappropriate risks, and all other misuses of Aries energy.
Throughout this month, stay aware of this potential so you can avoid serious mistakes and help others do the same. Also, remember your ability to serve as a force for peace and a nurturing presence. The new and full Moons this month will bring particularly high energies, making them good times to focus on spirituality and the highest good and best outcome for all.
A New Era Coming In May – How To Get Ready
Seven years ago, Uranus left Pisces for Aries on March 11, 2011.
Uranus is the Great Awakener, the liberator, the planet that forces us to evolve by bringing sudden change as well as lightning flashes of inspiration. It helps us tap our genius so we can direct it toward helping others.
Its time in Aries has brought great challenges, especially from 2012 through 2015. In those years, Uranus made seven difficult alignments with Pluto in Capricorn. All of us felt powerful forces urging us to overcome obstacles, turn a corner on longstanding problems, and reinvent ourselves and our lives. We also saw these pressures on the world stage, manifesting many changes.
For you, Gemini, Uranus in Aries likely has brought shakeups in your friendships, club and association memberships, networking and charitable activities, and idealism about helping the world become a better place. The connections with Pluto in Capricorn affected your joint finances as well, such as bonuses or commissions, insurance, child support or alimony, mortgages, venture capital, or inheritance and other gifts.
Think back over the past seven years. How has your life changed? What have you overcome? And how have you freed yourself and struck out in bold and visionary directions?
Also, consider how much the world has changed since 2011.
This month, reflect on all that's happened for you, your friends and family, all humanity, and our planet. Honor how much you've learned, achieved, and grown.
Accept any mistakes and missteps and make peace with who you've become so you're ready to move on to a new stage because the Uranus in Aries era will end next month, on May 15. That's the day Uranus heads into earthy Taurus and brings changes to all things associated with the Bull.
Next month's horoscope will give you more details on this momentous shift. For now, get ready by looking back on the last seven years so you can gain valuable perspective and get ideas on how you want to shape the coming seven years.
Plan Your Month: Important Dates In April
This month brings several key dates to watch as you plan your month. Mark your calendar and take action (or rest) as recommended on the dates listed here so your efforts can bring progress in all areas of your life.
April 1: A stressful full Moon on March 31 may continue to reverberate, so continue spiritual efforts based on whatever came up for you. Also, retrograde Mercury, your ruler, joins with the Sun in your eleventh house of friendship. Look back at the friends from each stage of your life and how each helped or influenced you. If appropriate, consider contacting past pals to reconnect or reminisce.
April 2: Mars and Saturn come together in your eighth house of shared money. You may hear about an inheritance or earn a commission or bonus. This combination of power and prudence also can help you resolve something related to alimony, child support, insurance, or a mortgage.
April 7: Venus in your twelfth house of health and spirituality connects well with Saturn in your joint finance house. A bonus or insurance payment may help you pay for therapy or other health treatments, or you may enjoy greater stability in your spiritual life by embracing daily meditation or a structured approach to learning about life's mysteries.
April 10: The Sun in your group activities and clubs house challenges Pluto in your shared money area. If you want to apply for membership in an exclusive club, wait to broach the subject with your partner, who may be sensitive about finances. Instead, concentrate on diving deeply into your spiritual life with time alone to start a new meditation program, as Mars in your mystical area connects harmoniously with Venus in your privacy house.
April 12: Venus in your house of health and spirituality links lovingly with Neptune in your career house. Bring compassion to your leadership and tap your intuition to guide business strategy and career moves.
April 12 – 15: The Moon enters its balsamic phase, the "dark of the Moon" time before the new Moon. Slow down and review the past month since the new Moon that arrived on March 17. Meditate, rest, and reflect on what you want to do in the coming month. Find out more about this mysterious monthly time in my Balsamic Moon Phase article. Also, this period is excellent for spiritual work, meditation, and prayer. See my article on How To Relieve Stress – Meditate At The Right Time for details.
April 14: A helpful connection between Jupiter in your job house and Pluto in your joint money area may bring favor from VIPs regarding a bonus, commission, or venture capital. Mars, also in your shared finances house, makes the same connection to Neptune in your career house, driving you to find funding to start your dream business or project or realize a visionary arts initiative.
April 15: A big day. The new Moon in Aries (and the two weeks following, until the next full Moon) normally would supply your best time all year for making new friends or business connections or joining a new charitable project. Yet your ruler, Mercury, ends its retrograde this day, an often stormy time that can come with surprise technical or communication issues needing resolution. Uranus sitting very close to this new Moon suggests other unforeseen developments, and four planets in Aries spar with three heavy hitters in your joint money area. So expect the unexpected, see what comes to a head, and wait at least two days to start anything new. See my article, Mercury Retrograde Dates, Advice, for additional guidance.
April 16: Venus in your privacy and health area will face off with Jupiter across the sky in your job and daily life management house. Hidden health concerns may come to light, or bosses or human resources staff may require details about a delicate situation you prefer to keep under wraps. Wait to respond to requests for information so you can collect your thoughts as you gather data. Focus on your ultimate goal and consider seeking help from an expert or health professional if needed.
April 17: Venus connects harmoniously with Pluto in your shared finances house, potentially earning financial favor from VIPs or a bonus or commission related to a project started behind the scenes.
April 18: The Sun in Aries moves to an exact alignment with Uranus in the same sign, putting a spotlight on charitable activities. A sudden opportunity to serve on a nonprofit board or lead a major fundraising campaign could materialize. Or a friend or business associate may introduce you to potential new clients at a volunteer organization.
April 19: The Sun enters Taurus. Pause and see if you can feel the shift from fiery, action oriented Aries to earthy, comfortable Taurus.
April 23: Mars in your joint money house links helpfully with Jupiter in your job house. You may see progress in negotiations related to commissions, bonuses, or insurance benefits, or your expertise at work could help you impress venture capitalists.
April 24: Venus moves into Gemini in your first house of the body and personality. Your image can take on a charming aura that wins you admirers, and a new spirit of elegance may inspire you to shop for the latest looks or update your hairstyle.
April 26: Mars meets Pluto in your shared financial house, bringing new power to your ability to resolve child support or alimony concerns or transform how you and your partner handle money. Exercise care with this energy, directing it constructively to maintain good relationships while taking major steps to reach important goals.
April 29: The Sun nods fondly to Saturn in your money house, solidifying financial gains with help from VIPs behind the scenes. Also, a full Moon in Scorpio lights your sixth house of work and fitness. Something related to your job, health, or daily life management may peak around this time, and you may realize you need to make changes. Seek to balance work with your personal needs so your life feels well rounded and supports excellent health. This day (and the day before and day after) favor spiritual work: plan time for meditation and prayer. See my article on How To Relieve Stress – Meditate At The Right Time for details.
As your April horoscope shows, this month offers plenty of opportunity if you can manage its tricky timing.
Bookmark this page and come back throughout the month to stay on top of April's shifting energies and unfolding potential. Keep your eyes on the prize, and by month's end you can have real accomplishments to show for your efforts.
Happy April!
Happy April, Gemini! I wish you a wonderful month!


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Easter Hoppenings in York Region
What's Hoppening York Region?
This Easter long weekend, spoil your little bunnies by checking out some of York Region's fantastic line-up of Easter egg hunts and visits with the famous Easter Bunny. With so many options of fun things to do across the Region, the only thing you need to worry about is which festivities you'll go to first. Don't sweat hiding the chocolates this year mom and dad, we've got you covered.
Visit Richmond Green Park for Eggapalooza Festival from Friday, April 19 – 21 and take part in a full long weekend of programming for the whole family, including a giant egg hunt, inflatables, a mini bonnet parade, food trucks, live entertainment, and even free photos with the Easter Bunny! What's really cool, this year the festival will feature an egg hunt for visually impaired children, a first of its kind in Canada. To purchase tickets ($14 per person), visit Eggapalooza.ca
On Saturday, the hunt is on. With four different events featured on the Experience York Region events calendar, your little ones will have no trouble at all filling up their baskets with delicious Easter treats. Early bird gets the worm at Aurora's Easter Egg Hunt happening at the Aurora Seniors' Centre from 9:30am-1:00pm. Activities include face painting, crafts, games, and an egg hunt. Admission ($6 for children 12 and under) is only sold in advance at SARC, AFLC and Town Hall. For more information visit Aurora.ca/easteregghunt.
Hop over to East Gwillimbury for the free Easter Bunny Hike at Vivian Creek Trail, from 10:00am – noon (pre-register by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com) or make your way to the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum to check out Easter Hop-penings from 1:00pm-2:30pm. Get in on the egg hunt and decorate some Easter cookies, recommended for children 3 to 10. Cost is $10 for children and $5 for adults (pre-register by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com). Last but not least, stop by Elman W. Campbell Museum in Newmarket from 1:30pm-3:00pm to experience Eggceptional Easter Fun, with egg decorating, crafts, and of course, selfies with the Easter Bunny! This event is recommended for children 4 to 10, with admission at $3 per child (pre-register by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com).
Remember to pre-register to all these fun-filled opportunities to watch your little bunnies play, socialize and pick up some sweet treats (and memories) this Easter long weekend!


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Deploy OneAgent on Heroku
The following guidelines explain how to enable Dynatrace monitoring for your Heroku applications by adding a Dynatrace Heroku buildpack to your application's Heroku configuration. Note: The Dynatrace Heroku buildpack enables you to monitor all supported languages on Linux systems
What you need
- Dynatrace environment credentials
- Heroku CLI
Also, be sure to review the list of supported applications and versions.
These guidelines explain how to integrate Dynatrace OneAgent into your Heroku dynos and begin monitoring your Heroku applications.
Generate a PaaS token
The first step is to get your environment ID and generate a PaaS token for your Dynatrace environment.
Environment ID
Login with your Dynatrace account.
Select Deploy Dynatrace from the navigation menu.
Click the Set up PaaS integration button. Your environment ID appears in the Environment ID text box.
Click Copy to copy the ID to the clipboard. You can do this at any time by revisiting this page.
API Token
The API token is used in combination with your environment ID to download OneAgent. Go to Deploy Dynatrace > Set up PaaS integration to access the InstallerDownload token. For security reasons, it's recommended that you create a discrete token for each environment.
To generate a new token
Click the Generate new token button.
Type in a meaningful name for your token. A meaningful token name might be the name of the platform you want to monitor (for example,
cloud-foundry, or
openshift). To view and manage your existing tokens, go to Settings -> Integration -> Platform as a Service.
Click Generate to create the token. The newly created token will appear in the list below.
Click Copy to copy the generated token to the clipboard. You can do this at any time by revisiting this page and clicking Show token next to the relevant PaaS token.
Get the Heroku CLI
To configure Heroku applications to use the Dynatrace Heroku buildpack, you can either use the Heroku CLI or you can configure your applications using the Heroku dashboard.
Add the Dynatrace Heroku buildpack
To integrate Dynatrace OneAgent into your existing application, you need to add the Dynatrace Heroku buildpack to your application's buildpacks and set your Dynatrace environment ID and PaaS token using the commands below.
# Add the Dynatrace buildpack
heroku buildpacks:add https://github.com/Dynatrace/heroku-buildpack-dynatrace.git#<version>
# Set required credentials to your Dynatrace environment
heroku config:set DT_TENANT=<environmentID>
heroku config:set DT_API_TOKEN=<token>
# Deploy to Heroku
git push heroku master
Once you push these changes, the buildpack installs Dynatrace OneAgent to automatically monitor your application.
Additional configuration
The Dynatrace Heroku buildpack supports the following configurations:
|Environment variable
|Your Dynatrace environment ID
|The PaaS token for integrating your Dynatrace environment with Heroku
|(Optional) Replace with your Dynatrace server URL, including the environment ID. For example,
|(Optional) A direct download URL for Dynatrace OneAgent. If this environment variable is set, the buildpack will download OneAgent from this location
|(Optional) Set to
all if you want to accept all self-signed SSL certificates
|(Optional) The tags you want to add to the monitored applications
|(Optional) If set to
1, application deployment won't fail on OneAgent installer download errors
The Heroku buildpack for Dynatrace OneAgent requires no changes to your application source code:
You no longer need to install a dependency on
@dynatrace/oneagent in the project directory of your Node.js application.
Also, you're no longer required to add the following statement as the first statement of your Node.js application:
try {
} catch(err) {
Because of these advantages, the Heroku buildpack for Dynatrace OneAgent supersedes the Dynatrace NPM module for PaaS and requires OneAgent v1.141 or higher.
If you're eager to start using the Heroku buildpack for Dynatrace OneAgent instead of the Dynatrace NPM module for PaaS, we've got you covered. All you have to do is remove the dependency on
@dynatrace/oneagent in your package.json file:
$ npm uninstall --save @dynatrace/oneagent
Further, you can also remove the
require statement mentioned above from your Heroku application.
Note: You can use a different Dynatrace environment for Heroku applications that are enriched with OneAgent.
For OneAgent version 1.139+, if you have an existing Heroku application where you have already added the OneAgent code modules for a specific Dynatrace environment, you can have the OneAgent report to another Dynatrace environment.
To do this you need to make a call to the REST endpoint of your second Dynatrace environment. Don't forget to adapt the respective placeholders
<environmentID> and
$ curl "https://<environmentID>.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/deployment/installer/agent/connectioninfo?Api-Token=<token>"
In return, you get a JSON object that covers the required information that needs to be passed as an environment variable to the application container. Make sure you set the environment variables of your Heroku application as described below:
DT_TENANT: equals
DT_TENANTTOKEN: equals
DT_CONNECTION_POINT: semi-colon separated list of


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A Field Of Daisies
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A Love affair takes two women on a journey into a painful past a stormy present and an uncertain future. Danielle and Mona are exact opposites. Danielle is a corporate executive, beautiful and successful yet troubled by a painful past and a lost love. Mona is a young free spirited University student who falls in love with the alluring Latin executive. Just when they thought they were both comfortable in the relationship things take a dramatic turn. The strong, silent, wildly passionate Mona, faces a broken heart and a fight for her life. Meanwhile, Danielle, has to put her past to rest and choose between her first love Sadie and her passionate lover Mona before its too late. The passion will draw you in, the romance will excite you, the journey will leave you breathless.
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I don't know if you like Bill Maher and his show or not, but for me, I despise the guy for his being a statist zionist gatekeeper (I from time to time watch his show in order to have more information in trying to predict THEIR next moves) but respect him for his exercising of his right to freespeech (whatever his agendas maybe, is irrelevant) in many aspects that very few dare to express.
Laughing or disgusting are irrelevant here. The point is I know for a fact that If this act of joking is performed in many other countries in respect to their "leaders", it will not only send him to face a firing squad or at least being thrown into a dungeon without the key, but his family, friends etc also will never live a day in peace again for the rest of their lives. My former shithole Vietnam is a case in point!
Freedom of speech! Yeah, I know one may say this is the old "cliche." You are tired with this! Right? Unfortunately or fortunately everyone not only invoke this "cliche" as sword and shield when needed, but right now literally fight each other about this!
To me, Freedom of speech is not only the right to speak out one's mind about everything one feels needing to speak, but also the duty, an obligation to speak about what others do not want to hear, to speak out what the Power want to hide and suppress.
In this 21C, with the existence of internet, which is a virtual venue for everyone to express, to discuss, to converse his/her own view about everything. Unlike the physical venue, be it a corner of a street or a public hall, those who do not want to attend, or to hear still some how be annoyed by the echo or some "noise" of the unwelcome speech. With internet, one has the right and the power to click or not to click the unwelcome blogs, unwelcome clips, or whatever one does not like at all.
Sensitivity? Free speech is not the beauty contest, or commercial advertising, which is there to please the audience to be a "winner", a successful one.
We, our human societies, have progressed, transformed in many stages to get to this current stage, not because of the harmonious, conformed, obedient, uniformed majority, but thanks to a very minority of people who dared to think and act differently, dared to challenge the taboos of their time, to upset the majority and brought all the taboos out in daylight and normalize them. and ultimately dared to break the laws of the day to bring about changes that most of us cherish and are enjoying today.
What would the world have been today had all the people of all time always respected, conformed with all the "values" "traditions" and "laws" and others "sensitive feelings"?