Monthly Archives: August 2011

August 14-20

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The time is coming when the truly worthy will be acknowledged and honored for their truth and strength.  At the same time, those who have manipulated and told lies will be shown for what they are.

Overall Color for the Week:    Red Violet

This is a week in which it is well to listen to your own intuition.  The things that will be bantered about as fact or real will show themselves to be partially true at best.  This is not because, in every case, people are trying to get the upper hand, rather it is due to the fact that the energy is so confused and things are so unpredictable that what once was a sure bet no longer can be seen as such.  This can lead to some interesting and unsettling events in relationships, and you may find that it is better to step back and listen, reserving opinion or judgment for later.  It is a very good idea to get as much background on things as possible before doing so, even before taking on some new task or opportunity. There may be stuff behind the scenes that is not being discussed or even is not anticipated.  Take time this week with your self and others to be patient and understanding.  Compassion is growing within the world as a whole.  Many are moving out of their old patterns and activities, realizing that their true fulfillment will be found in other areas.  There is a shift going on at this time, and the energy of this week mirror this.  As with all shifts and changes, emotions will be at the forefront.  This is not a time to stifle them, rather let them run their course.  Take a moment and see where they are coming from.  You will also be finding that with the continuing thinning of the veils, your sense can be registering more things, things that you might not have noticed before.  This is intriguing.  And take some time for joy.  Go within, recognized the potential of your true knowing and the beauty of your heart.

On the larger scene, things will be happening in pairs this week.  When you hear of or read of something occurring, look and listen for there will be second instance either of the same type of thing or something completely the opposite.  So if the Stock Market has an incredible rise one day, the next will come an equally incredible fall.  Look for events in the weather following one after the other, the same with volcanoes, earthquakes, and floods.  The lesson is one of how things hinge upon one another. Another theme of this week is surprise. Things are going to take odd and unusual turns in many areas, politics, wars, sports, etc.   Anomalies will begin to pop up, and they will be so frequent, that they cannot be glossed over by the media.  This week will feature also many slips of the tongue.  Listen to what people are saying.  There will be blatant examples of how promises made are not being fulfilled.  This theme will affect religious groups and institutions, even spiritual communities.  Much disappointment and sorrow are on the horizon.  It is time to be strong in WHO you are.  And GROUND. The energies of the planet will assist.

Sunday, August 14:    Daffodil Yellow

This is a good day to let new things into your life.  It is also a time for you to take a look at all that is going on and clear out the old clutter.  Things need to be gotten rid of so that new things can come in.  This applies also to worn out ideas, thoughts, lifestyles, preconceptions, opinions, etc.  You have moved beyond these, but you still keep them around as a reminder.  A reminder of what? You are becoming the person that you always wanted to be and holding onto stuff that does not allow you to recognize and achieve your true potential is neither healthy nor worthwhile.  Take time today to see things in a new light, and in that radiance, you may discover much about what it is that you have been doing.

Crystal Energy:   Clear Quartz—-The energy of this so abundant crystal brings one into the potentiality of the Earth and all that it can do.  It is a friend in need who will never let you down.  It is well to listen to the counsel of this stone, a good companion at all times.

Monday, August 15:    Pale Apricot

Emotions and feelings will be taking center stage today.  Old stuff can rise to the surface and bring about a feeling of longing, even of confusion.  This is a day for taking things as they come, one by one.  Do not try to rush through anything.  Look at what is in front of you.  Think about what is said.  Feel what is going through you at all times.  This is a day on which you will begin to know more what connection means, and that connection exists on all levels, not just in relation to people close to you.  There is a mystery behind it all, and you are at the center of your own mystery. Every event, every intuition, every heart felt instance brings you closer to the truth of the mystery that is WHO you are. Today there are clues, and if you can understand some of them, you will find great joy by the end of the day.

Crystal Energy:    Rose Barite—-Desert Rose.  The energy of this concretion opens you to the potentials within what seems so small. There is beauty everywhere, and you are being reminded of this.  Resonates with the Third Eye.

Tuesday, August 16:    Orange Red

A lot of things are coming out in all areas and some of the things that you are discovering today can unsettle you in ways that you were unaware of.  People can mean well, but in other contexts and behind the scenes, they can act differently and even spread tales that were thought to be confidential.  Be forgiving today in all areas, and you will find that this has been a rewarding day.  If, however, you allow yourself to react without thinking, things might be said and actions done that you will come to regret.  It is okay to be angry.  It is just prudent to allow the anger to settle, to be analyzed, to be felt through, before taking precipitate action.  There is much to lose in those kinds of situations.  Everyone makes mistakes.

Crystal Energy:    Lavender Idiocrase/Vesuvianite—-The energy of this mineral has the power to connect you to the Universal Consciousness. It is cautioned that you must be strong in WHO you are to receive the intensity of the messages that will come through.  Use it with a grounding mineral, such as hematite. Resonates with the Crown and higher chakras.

Wednesday, August 17:    Lime Green

Today is a good day for a rest.  Take it easy and be the observer. There have been ups and downs in the past few days, and now it is time to see things for what they really are.  It is time to think about what it is that you are truly wanting in your life.  And to think about how the things, people, places, etc. that you are spending time with, thinking about, obsessing over, fit into that pattern.  Change is part of the hexagram at this time, and it is important to be open to that change.  Are you?  Take time today.  Look around,  Dream a bit.  Then do some creative activity to get in touch with the true essence of WHO you are  You might just discover some interesting things.

Crystal energy:    Rhodonite—-The energy of this mineral both soothes and balances, bringing ease to the heart.  It assists you in being strong against outside influences.  Vibrates to the Root Chakra.

Thursday, August 18:    Bright Green

This is a good day to spend some time with friends, to catch up on old stories, and to make some plans.  The energies also favor entrepreneurial activities, so if you are planning some sore of new job venture or creative activity, go for it.  There is support for you in unexpected areas.  Do not discredit people, places, and things that you thought had not importance.  What is and what can be are close together if you will just make a few shifts of perception. There is much to be learned.  And some fun.

Crystal Energy:    Turtleback Stone—-This mineral assists in cleansing while adding strength to situations in which one needs to make decisions and make it through.  Resonates with the Heart and the Root Chakras.

Friday, August 19:    Deep Purple

There are some surprises in the works.  You might just be hearing things said that you did not think could ever happen.  It is a time for listening, learning, and shifting.  Friends have messages for you, some of comfort, some that will make you wonder what this friendship is all about.  That is all part of the energy of the day. There is no shoreline in sight, so enjoy the voyage.  If you spy an horizon, know that it can hold new wonders, but there are choices to make before you put into shore.  Things that have taken a very, very long time to realize are becoming the new theme.  There is no longer time to put them off.

Crystal Energy:    Quartz Geode—-The energy of this mineral connects one with the totality and the mystery within.  Resonates with the Crown and Upper chakras.

Saturday, August 20:    Pale Gold

This can be everything a Saturday is meant to be.  But it is important that you know what that means.  There are surprises, and things are not always what they seem.  Look for a communication from someone who has been out of touch for a while.  This is not a time for judgment.  Just to listen.  The words of others who trip back into our lives for just a short time are there to remind us. to make us think, to help up let go.  This is a good time for setting things up anew.  Get rid of the old stuff.  Green paper with numbers on it is not all it is cranked up to be.  You have the power, and you have the determination.  Put them together and you cannot be stopped.

Crystal Energy:    Datolite—-The energy of this stone assists in getting rid of old layers, habits, illusions, patterns, etc.It also helps you in adjusting to new energies.  Resonates with all chakras.

Vancouver Earthquake

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Greater Vancouver area gets a wake-up call for earthquake preparedness

Last update: August 13, 2011 at 1:43 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

Earthquake overview : In the late evening of August 11, a weak earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 was sending a emotional vibration through parts of British Colombia. The earthquake was too weak to create any damage or injuries, but the sensation of feeling an earthquake, tells the people to be ready if a major one would arrive. (Data and Felt Reports at the lower half of this page)

Where the earthquake comes from
Although the distance from thesubduction fault in front of the coastto the epicenter is at least 450 km and although 90% of the earthquakes are occurring below the sea bottom in the immediate subduction fault area, the map below shows also some major earthquakes at several hundred km to the east of the fault line. The map at right shows the risk levels for the greater Vancouver area. Today’s earthquake occurred in the yellow lower risk zone ! The more you go to the west the higher the risk for a future serious earthquake at a major magnitude.

to read more, go to:http://earthquake-report.com/2011/08/13/greater-vancouver-area-gets-a-wake-up-call-for-earthquake-preparedness/

Tropical System Approaching

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Tropical system heading westward toward the Leeward Islands this next week

Published on August 13, 2011 6:40 am PT
– By Kevin Martin – Senior Meteorologist
– Article Editor and Approved – Warren Miller


Click for tracking map for article

(TheWeatherSpace.com) — A wide tropical wave, or Invest 93, is moving across the Central Atlantic will head westward toward the Leeward Islands by the middle of next week.

As of now the system looks favorable for additional development over the next several days and it should be a slow developing system at that.

The system is riding pretty far South which would naturally put it South of Puerto Rico but since it is so far away my forecast “cone of uncertainty” will remain wide, covering Puerto Rico.

The ridge will migrate westward with the system which is leading me to believe this system will actually keep moving due west toward the Leeward/Windward Islands.

Should this forecast be correct we may have a threat into the Gulf Of Mexico within a week and all eyes should remain on this system.

The system is not a threat at the time to the United States being how far away it is and we have plenty of time to forecast the track. Now it is not to say that down the line it will not be a dangerous storm because it very well could be.

to read more, go to:    http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-08_13_2011_leeward.html

The Meaning and Power of HOPE

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How The Impossible Becomes Ordinary

Hope requires care and feeding. Rebecca Solnit on how she keeps it alive.

Recently, Nelson Mandela turned 93, and his nation celebrated noisily, even attempting to break the world record for the most people simultaneously singing “Happy Birthday.” This was the man who, on trial by the South African government in 1964, stood a good chance of being sentenced to be hanged by the neck until dead. Given life in prison instead, he was supposed to be silenced. Story over.

You know the rest, though it wasn’t inevitable that he’d be released and become the president of a post-apartheid South Africa. Admittedly, it’s a country with myriad flaws and still suffers from economic apartheid, but who wouldn’t agree that it’s changed? Activism changed it; more activism could change it further.

Think of hope as something that requires care and feeding. You feed it by finding news sources that give you information about alternative movements and new possibilities.

Meanwhile, Rupert Murdoch, who’d amassed a vast media empire, banked billions of dollars, and been listed by Forbes as the world’s 13th most powerful person, must have thought he had it made these past few decades. Now, his empire is crumbling and his crimes and corrosive influence (which were never exactly secret) are being examined by everyone. You never know what’ll happen next.

About 1,600 years ago, Boethius put it this way in The Consolations of Philosophy, written while he, like Mandela, was in prison for treason: “As thus she turns her wheel of chance with haughty hand, and presses on, fortune now tramples fiercely on a fearsome king, and now deceives no less a conquered man by raising from the ground his humbled face.”

Still, that wheel didn’t just turn. It took some good journalism—thank you, reporters of the Guardian!—to bring Murdoch to his knees. Just as it took some dedicated activism to break Mandela out of prison and overcome the apartheid era.

Everything changes. Sometimes you have to change it yourself.

Unpredictability is grounds for hope, though please don’t mistake hope for optimism. Optimism and pessimism are siblings in their certainty. They believe they know what will happen next, with one slight difference: optimists expect everything to turn out nicely without any effort being expended toward that goal. Pessimists assume that we’re doomed and there’s nothing to do about it except try to infect everyone else with despair while there’s still time.

Hope, on the other hand, is based on uncertainty, on the much more realistic premise that we don’t know what will happen next. The next thing up might be as terrible as a giant tsunami smashing 100 miles of coastal communities or as marvelous as a new species of butterfly being discovered (as happened recently in Northern Ireland). When it comes to the worst we face, nature itself has resilience, surprises, and unpredictabilities. But the real territory for hope isn’t nature; it’s the possibilities we possess for acting, changing, mattering—including when it comes to nature.

to read more, go to:  http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/how-the-impossible-becomes-ordinary

Art, Activism, and Community

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How Art Can Turn the World Inside Out

In Paris, Palestine, Peru, and beyond—guerrilla artist JR asks the people of the world share their faces to transform urban landscapes into stories.

JR's TED Talk Still photo by JR

Infamous “photograffeur” JR won the TED prize and a wish to change the world. What does he want to do? Turn the world Inside Out!

JR’s projects seek to challenge social preconceptions and bring communities together through radical acts of art. The Inside Out Project asks people around the world to use their personal identities to share millions of untold stories.

“I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we’ll turn the world…INSIDE OUT.” -JR, TED Prize

Learn More: www.insideoutproject.net

 

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$8 Eggs — Worth It

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The Deal With $8 Eggs

—By Tom Philpott

| Tue Aug. 9, 2011 5:54 PM PDT

Over on the Atlantic site, the food politics writer Jane Black has a thoughtful post on farmers market sticker shock in brownstone Brooklyn.

Confronted at her neigborhood market by the spectacle of $8/dozen eggs—which had sold out, no less—Black frets that “that the ‘good-food-costs-more’ argument is being taken to an extreme that puts at risk the goal of a mass food-reform movement, which is to make good food available to the greatest number of people possible.”

Black goes on to do a bit of analysis on the $8/dozen farmer’s production model and reckons that he probably isn’t just sticking it to Brooklyn yuppies: “It turns out that’s what it costs him to produce his eggs,” because he uses a labor-intensive pasture-based system and feeds his birds organic corn, which is much more expensive than conventional.

So we have a genuine quandary here: A farmer who’s just scraping by while doing the right thing by his land and his birds, charging a price that makes the whole concept of alternative food systems seem hopelessly elitist.

Meanwhile, at my local Walmart in Boone, North Carolina, a dozen eggs will set you back just $1.18. Those 10-cent eggs, of course, are produced in vast, fetid factories, sucking in huge amounts of environmentally ruinous corn and concentrating much more manure than can properly be absorbed into surrounding farmland.

What’s the answer to the dilemma described by Black? Can we eat affordably without destroying the ecological means of production?

to read more, go to:    http://motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2011/08/affordable-food-doesnt-have-to-kill-planet

It’s A Plane?

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Superfast Plane Crashes In Pacific Ocean

A test flight of the ‘world’s fastest plane’ has ended in disaster after the vehicle crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

 

Falcon HTV-2 - The World's fastest plane designed by the US militaryAn artist’s impression of the hypersonic aircraft. Pic: DARPA

 

The US military’s Falcon HTV-2 – which travels 22 times faster than a commercial airliner – was launched amid promises of flights from London to Sydney in less than an hour.

Attached to the back of a rocket, the plane blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, before detaching at the edge of space.

But after around nine minutes, the craft stopped sending signals and is believed to have plunged into the ocean.

Engineers had hoped to guide the plane on a hypersonic flight, and that it would reach speeds of around 13,000mph upon its return to Earth.

Travelling at about 20 times the speed of sound and withstanding temperatures of 2,000C, the plane was designed as part of a research project.

to read more, go to:    http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16048040

Mama Whale now in River More than 50 Days

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Hospitality not lacking as whale’s Klamath River stay reaches 50 days

By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com

If the large female gray whalethat has now resided in Northern California’s Klamath River for 50 days ever decides to leave, who knows what memories she’ll take.

Because of the peculiar cast of supporters she has attracted, they could include the rhythmic beat of native drums, courtesy of the Yurok Tribe; the reading of prayer, or harmonious tunes strummed on a ukulele by a man on a stand-up paddleboard.

The whale and her calf made headlines after they were first seen inside the river on June 23, having taken a right turn into the waterway instead of continuing north from Mexico’s nursing grounds to Arctic home waters. The whale is presently 3-4 miles upriver, just below the California-Oregon border, beneath the Highway 101 bridge.

Marine mammal experts, working with the Yurok Tribe, tried several methods — mostly after the calf swam out of the river two weeks ago — to persuade the mother to leave. These included banging on pipes, spraying water cannon and broadcasting the sounds of killer whales.

TJ’s Worker: A Week in the Life

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Food Informants: A Week In The Life Of A Trader Joe’s Employee

First Posted: 8/11/11 08:55 AM ET Updated: 8/11/11 02:12 PM ET

Trader Joes Food Informant

Food Informants is a week-in-the-life series profiling fascinating people in the food world. We hope it will give you a first-hand look at the many different corners of the food industry. Know someone who would make a great Food Informant? Tell us why.

“Jane,” 24, has been working for Trader Joe’s since 2007, though in 2009 she left for over a year to go work for Whole Foods. She did not like it there and returned to TJ’s. At Trader Joe’s, every employee does a range of tasks, but Jane’s speciality is dairy. Below is her explanation of the pros and cons of the job:

I like working for Trader Joe’s because they pay me well and offer great benefits. They also respect me as an employee and make me feel like I’m useful and needed and not just another part-time employee that can be replaced (which has been the case at other retail jobs I’ve had). Trader Joe’s is really good at hiring great people and I’m lucky to have so many wonderful co-workers. I don’t like working at Trader Joe’s because the work can be strenuous on my back and wrists. Being on a register for several hours at a time is tiring and somewhat soul crushing due to ignorant people who feel the need to be condescending to me because I work at a grocery store. I also feel that the company is becoming more and more corporate as it grows and it is beginning to have an impact on the enjoyability of being a part-time “crew member.” I also work in a very busy store which causes the managers to stress out a lot and I don’t enjoy being surrounded by it.

Read on to learn about Jane’s week (she doesn’t work Tues/Wed/Thurs) and all the tasks she does at Trader Joe’s.

to read more, go to:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/food-informants-trader-joes_n_917654.html#s325677&title=Nate_Appleman_Chip