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Matthew Judon absolutely roasted Mac Jones after QB threw just three passes
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With difficult weather conditions in play for Monday night's victory over the Buffalo Bills, the New England Patriots only passed the football three times. They took to the ground and tallied 222 yards on the evening.
Quarterback Mac Jones had a relatively easy night, completing two passes for 12 yards. Jones lightened workload prompted some good-natured ribbing from his teammates. Linebacker Matthew Judon played his part in the victory as well, recording three tackles and a sack. In a game where defense ruled the night, he was able to make his presence felt.
He also was able to make his presence felt at his postgame press conference. Following the victory, he took some lighthearted jabs at Jones.
"Hats off to the offense… besides Mac. He really didn't do nothing" 😏 pic.twitter.com/PYF1N29dVs
— NBC Sports Boston's Patriots Coverage (@NBCSPatriots) December 7, 2021
"Just hats off to the offense — really everybody, probably besides Mac," a smiling Judon told reporters. "He didn't really do nothing besides hand the ball off."
With the Patriots running the football 46 times, Jones was certainly not a focal point of the gameplan on Monday. Jones and the Patriots will have a chance to rest before facing the Indianapolis Colts on December 18.
4 wild stats from the Patriots' unique victory over the Bills


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Der Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI, übersetzt "Partei der institutionalisierten Revolution" oder "institutionalisierte Revolutionspartei") ist eine sozialdemokratische politische Partei in Mexiko. Der PRI ist Vollmitglied der Sozialistischen Internationale.

Die Partei wurde 1929 unter dem Namen Partido Nacional Revolucionario (PNR) gegründet, hieß ab 1938 Partido de la Revolución Mexicana (PRM) und trägt seit 1946 den Namen Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).

Geschichte

Dominierende Rolle
Von 1929 bis 2000 war der PRI die dominierende Partei des Landes; die Partei trug deutliche Züge einer Einheitspartei, weswegen sie häufig auch als "offizielle Partei" bezeichnet wurde. Ihre Vormachtstellung war bis in die 1980er Jahre so deutlich, dass von vornherein feststand, dass der PRI jede Wahl gewinnen würde. Der PRI stellte seit seiner Gründung bis zur Wahl 2000 sämtliche Staatspräsidenten, bis 1989 sämtliche Gouverneure, fast alle Senatoren und die überwältigende Mehrheit der Abgeordneten in den Parlamenten auf nationaler, einzelstaatlicher und kommunaler Ebene. Bis 1997 verfügte der PRI über die absolute Mehrheit im Abgeordnetenhaus.

Bis in die 1970er Jahre waren außer dem PRI nur drei Oppositionsparteien für die Teilnahme an Wahlen zugelassen. Zwei davon waren eine linke und eine rechte Abspaltung des PRI, die jedoch weiterhin enge Kontakte zum PRI hatten und mitunter gemeinsame Kandidaten aufstellten. Nur der Ende der 1930er Jahre gegründete konservativ-katholische Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) war eine echte Oppositionspartei. Erst bei der Präsidentschaftswahl 2000 gelang es dem PAN schließlich, den PRI in der Regierung abzulösen; sein Kandidat Vicente Fox Quesada ging als Sieger aus den Wahlen hervor und wurde bis 2006 Staatspräsident Mexikos. Nach zwei verlorenen Wahlen zog bei der Präsidentschaftswahl in Mexiko 2012 mit Enrique Peña Nieto erneut ein Kandidat des PRI in das Präsidentenamt ein. Bei den Bundeswahlen in Mexiko 2018 indes erzielte der PRI-Kandidat nur noch 16,4 Prozent der Stimmen, der linke Oppositionskandidat Andrés Manuel López Obrador erzielt 53,2 Prozent der Stimmen.

Präsidentschaftswahl 1988
Bei der Präsidentenwahl 1988 kam es erstmals seit Beginn der PRI-Herrschaft zu einer wirklichen Wettbewerbssituation, die den Wahlsieg des PRI infrage stellte. Aus Unzufriedenheit über die neoliberale Politik des PRI-Kandidaten Carlos Salinas de Gortari hatte sich die Corriente Democrática vom PRI abgespalten und war zusammen mit anderen linken Oppositionskräften als Frente Democrático Nacional (später Partido de la Revolución Democrática) zur Wahl angetreten und hatte Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas als Präsidentschaftskandidaten aufgestellt.
Am Wahlabend sah es anfangs nach einem Sieg von Cárdenas aus, jedoch fielen in der Nacht die erstmals eingesetzten Computer aus. Am folgenden Tag wurde PRI-Kandidat Salinas der mexikanischen Öffentlichkeit als Gewinner der Wahl präsentiert.

Parteiströmungen
Der PRI bezeichnet sich als sozialdemokratisch und zählt zur Mitte oder linken Mitte innerhalb des politischen Spektrums. Das politische System Mexikos war lange Zeit de facto ein Einparteiensystem. Innerhalb des PRI gab es jedoch eine Vielfalt an unterschiedlichen Gruppen und Organisationen, die für unterschiedliche und teils einander entgegengesetzte Politiken standen und jeweils hofften, an der nächsten Regierung beteiligt zu sein und mit Posten ausgestattet zu werden.

Sektoren
Der PRI wird oft mit einem dreibeinigen Stuhl verglichen und besteht aus drei Sektoren, über die ein Großteil der Bevölkerung an die Partei gebunden ist: Der Arbeitersektor besteht aus dem Gewerkschaftsbund Confederación de Trabajadores de México (CTM). Der Bauernsektor umfasst den Großteil der auf dem Land Beschäftigten. Im sector popular versammeln sich jene, die sich keinem der beiden anderen Sektoren zuordnen lassen. Im Jahre 1940 wurde der Sektor Militär abgeschafft.

Solange der PRI regierte, war die Mitgliedschaft in einem dieser Verbände in vielen Fällen eine Voraussetzung, um am sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Leben teilnehmen zu können. Durch diese korporatistischen Strukturen gelang es, weite Teile der Bevölkerung zu kontrollieren.

Wahlmanipulation
Die Durchführung großangelegter und organisierter Wahlfälschung war für den PRI zumeist nicht notwendig, um den Schein demokratischer Legitimation ihrer bis Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts nahezu unumschränkten politischen Vormachtstellung in Staat und Gesellschaft zu garantieren. Aufgrund des in Mexiko weit verbreiteten inoffiziellen Patronagesystems setzte der gesellschaftliche Aufstieg oder die Einberufung in wichtige Positionen im Staat oft die Mitgliedschaft im PRI voraus. Dieses Netzwerk aus einflussreichen Parteimitgliedern sorgte regelmäßig für groß angelegte Manipulationen vor und während der Wahlen in fast allen Teilen Mexikos. So wurden vor allem unter der armen Landbevölkerung Lebensmittel und Baumaterialien von deutlich als solche erkennbaren PRI-Funktionären verteilt, die auch oft den Transport von Wählern in die Wahllokale übernahmen. Diese Wahllokale wurden oft von PRI-Mitgliedern überwacht, was eine geheime Abstimmung unmöglich machte. Verschwundene Wahlurnen, mehrmaliges Abstimmen und sogar die Stimmabgabe bereits Verstorbener gehörten zur Praxis, die jahrzehntelang in Mexiko die Wiederwahl einflussreicher PRI-Bürgermeister, Gouverneure und Präsidenten sicherte.

Wahlergebnisse bei Präsidentschaftswahlen

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 Offizielle Website (spanisch)

Einzelnachweise

Partei (Mexiko)
Sozialdemokratische Partei
Gegründet 1929
Organisation (Mexiko-Stadt)
Cuauhtémoc (Delegación)

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I spent this sunny Sunday making some new cyanotypes, some of which I plan to hand-tone with tannic acid from black tea. Keep in mind, this is a chemical process, not digital or Photoshop toning.
The process starts with watercolor paper sensitized with the cyanotype solution, a large negative that's the actual size of the final contact print, and some sunlight. This is one of the oldest (and easiest) processes in the history photography, and results in a beautiful shade of blue instead of blacks in the shadow areas.
This is a close-up photo of a cyanotype I made a few weeks ago.
While cyanotypes are striking and beautiful, not everyone likes blue prints. And it's true, a blue landscape is a little odd. So, there are ways to chemically change the color of the blue. I'm toning with black tea, but anything with tannins should work — red wine, green tea, and coffee are all possibilities that will give unique results.
This is an 8 x 10 inch negative of a beautiful tree I photographed in San Antonio. It's inside a glassine paper sleeve for storage.
Because cyanotypes are a type of contact print, you need a negative that's the same size as your final print size. Large negatives can come from large format cameras, or they can be made digitally in Photoshop from a digital photograph, and printed onto transparency film with a high-quality inkjet printer. A third option is the one I'm currently using, which is to output digital files onto photographic film with an LVT machine.
This photograph shows the negative over a half sheet of cyanotype paper, inside my glass frame in the bright sunshine.
Choose a good quality watercolor paper, especially if you intend to bleach and tone the print, because the repeated soaking and the washing soda are all very tough on papers. Cheap watercolor paper will not hold up well.
Sensitize the paper with the solution, following the directions on the package. Spread the sensitizer in a thin, even coat over the paper. It doesn't need to be heavily applied, but be sure the surface is fully covered, especially if your paper is textured.
For best results, prepare your papers on the day you intend to make the prints. Freshly sensitized paper seems to work better than papers that have been allowed to age. Let the surface dry fully, and then get busy!
I made a series of prints from different negatives for various lengths of time, as the sun passed over head. I tracked the lengths of exposure and time of day on each print. Many photographers who regularly make alternative prints use a well-controlled electric UV light source, but for me, it's the changing sunshine.
List of exposure times and time of day for each. The shorter exposure times were too light, and possibly too early in the day.
Here, we see a variety of exposure times in assorted prints. It takes about a day for the full richness of the blue to emerge. Even the lightest exposures here, will be darker in 24 hours. A quick rinse in a hydrogen peroxide bath will bring full color darkness instantly.
Here is a comparison of the cyanotype on top and a tannin toned cyanotype below. As you can see, the paper stained pretty badly too, but I still like the effect.
Cyanotypes won't achieve full color richness until they have dried for about 24 hours. Or, you can get immediate results by dipping the print in a bath of water mixed with a small amount of hydrogen peroxide. This will bring the print to immediate color richness. Rinse with fresh water and move on to the bleaching phase.
Once the cyanotypes have fully developed, they can be soaked in a bath of water mixed with fully dissolved laundry washing soda which bleaches away most or all of the blue, leaving the paper almost pure white. This must be washing soda, not washing powder. Here is the kind I used, made by Arm and Hammer.
The bleached print can then be rinsed in water, and transferred to soak in a bath of strong tea, coffee, even red wine — anything with tannins. The tannic acid in the tea bath replaces the original cyanotype iron salts and stains the paper, giving it an aged look, and returning the bleached image in the color of the tannins.
The final print is rinsed in fresh water to get as much of the tea out of the paper as possible, then dried, flattened, and ready to frame.
Glass frame to sandwich the negative to the cyanotype paper (can be two sheets of glass clamped together). Be careful not to cut yourself.
Mix chemistry and sensitize the watercolor paper (pre-sensitized cyanotype paper is affordable and widely available). This can be done in semi-dim conditions or under indirect room light as long as it's not UV light or bright daylight. I recommend high-quality watercolor paper like Arches, because it holds up well to repeated washes.
To remove the blue, wet the print in water, then quickly soak in a bleach bath made from water and laundry washing soda (not laundry detergent washing powder). This happens very quickly. Buy Arm and Hammer Washing Soda here.
Here are the materials I use to make cyanotypes. These are Amazon links — if you can't see them, try pausing your ad blocker.
This formula is super-affordable and goes a very long way.
Be sure to rinse this with water and clear out any loose bristles in advance. Let it dry before first use.
This is not laundry detergent. Be sure to get washing soda. I used this brand but use whatever brand you choose. This bath will bleach the cyanotype blue, and prepare it for toning in the tea or other tannin-based bath.
Below are some of the cyanotypes and toned cyanotypes I've created.


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The Cocos buff-banded rail, Gallirallus philippensis andrewsi, is an endangered subspecies of the buff-banded rail endemic to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian Offshore Territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean.  The local Cocos Malay name of the bird is ayam hutan ("chicken of the forest").

Distribution and habitat

This bird is now effectively limited to the 1.2 km² North Keeling Island. It is still occasionally reported from the 26 islands comprising the Southern Atoll of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, where it was once common, but recent surveys have failed to find it. It is apparently extinct throughout the Southern Atoll apart from occasional vagrant birds dispersing from North Keeling, which have been unable to establish viable populations.

On North Keeling the rails occupy all the limited ground habitats, including the shore of the lagoon and the understorey vegetation of Pisonia forest and coconut palms.
Population size is estimated as 850–1000 individuals, with a population density of 7–8 individuals/ha.

Diet
The rails are omnivorous, foraging over the ground throughout the island and the intertidal fringe of the central lagoon for crustaceans, molluscs, insects, worms, seeds, fruits, eggs and carrion, as well as scavenging the refuse of the seabird breeding colonies.

Conservation
The probable causes of extinction on the islands of the Southern Atoll are habitat clearance and predation by introduced mammals, including feral cats, black rats and humans, as well as competition with junglefowl.  Threats to the only remaining breeding population on North Keeling are the introduced yellow crazy ant, the possibility of accidental introduction of terrestrial predators, and the impact of cyclones and tsunamis.  North Keeling is entirely contained within the Pulu Keeling National Park, but the island is so small that reintroduction of the rail to one or more of the southern islands, after habitat preparation, is envisaged as a precautionary measure.  The Cocos buff-banded rail is classified as endangered under Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

As the only bird taxon endemic to the Territory, the Cocos buff-banded rail has featured frequently on postage stamps issued by the Australian Government for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

References

Cocos buff-banded rail
Fauna of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Endangered fauna of Australia
Cocos buff-banded rail


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Combine cheesecake mix with cream cheese; fold in Cool Whip. Spread into pie shell. Top with peaches and any other desired toppings. Let chill.
Combine cheesecake and cream cheese; fold in Cool Whip. Frost bottom of an 8x8-inch pan with mixture then add a layer of chocolate graham crackers. Continue to layer for a total of 4-5 layers. Refrigerate 5-6 hours before serving.
Blend cheesecake mix with cream cheese; fold in Cool Whip. Add mixture to an icing bag and pipe into strawberries. Top each strawberry with a graham cracker.
Beat softened cream cheese, pumpkin and cheesecake mix. Fold in cool whip. Place one gingersnap cookie in the bottom of each muffin cup. Top with pumpkin cheesecake mixture and Garnish with nuts or fresh whipped cream before serving.


When looking at how Coursecheck works, there are three perspectives to understand: The Public, the Learner and the Training Provider.
From the Public's perspective, how might potential customers find your courses on Coursecheck and read the reviews about them? From the Learner perspective, what's it like to provide feedback? And as a training provider, what's involved in managing Coursecheck on a day-to-day basis? How do you collect the feedback; and what sort of reports and analysis are available?
This section looks at each of these areas in more detail. You can also watch the video to see Coursecheck in action.
Unless they have a particular training provider in mind, most people looking for a training course, tend to start with Google. Google likes reviews, especially if they're recent. So if your courses are getting regular feedback on Coursecheck, then they will do well in searches. And because they're reviews, Google displays Google stars in the search results. Not only does this make the entry stand out, but according to Google, people who click on search results with stars are three times more likely to go on to purchase.
You'll also want to integrate your ratings and reviews on to your own website. This is done using the Coursecheck widget, which displays in real-time, how many reviews you have, and what your average rating is. It's easy to implement and updates in real-time as new reviews are added.
Unlike some other reviews websites, it's not possible to go to Coursecheck.com and post a review. The only way a Learner can submit feedback on Coursecheck is by invitation from you, the course provider. This involves providing the Learner with a link to Coursecheck that's specific to the event that they attended.
As the training provider, you can choose what questions you want to ask and Coursecheck is integrated with social media so it's easy for Learners to share their feedback on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
As a training provider, you have access to a secure area where you can set up your course portfolio, configure your feedback form and use the interactive reporting capabilities to understand your performance.
You can also respond to Learner comments by adding comments of your own. Your responses are displayed alongside those of your Learners, which is great way to show people that you're listening.


With Mother's Day on May 13th. We thought we would highlight some great handmade personal ideas we found browsing the internet.
These are adorable for a tea lover, Tea bag sachets.
These DIY face planters are sweet and would bring a smile to any mothers face.
I love this idea a Mothers Day Cube made with pictures of your family.
Every Mother would lover a bouquet, but here is one you can share all summer long.
Mothers Day mini album, this would be such a great addition to her coffee table to share with friends.
52 things I love about you card stack, I have seen this before and thought it was very sweet.
Garden markers, I love these flyswatter ones that you can make.


Jostock, Henry Age 89, at restApril 2, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Jacquelyn (nee Bucholz); children, Matthew Jostock, Andrew Jostock, Valerie Jostock, and Eric (Donna) Jostock; step-children, Albert Heldermon, Robert (Dana) Heldermon, Sally (Dan) Arneson, and Stephen (Lisa) Gundersen; and his step-granddaughter, Brooke Heldermon. He was predeceased by his wives, Cecelia and Katherine. Henry was an attorney in the city of Chicago for over 60 years. Donations in Henry's name may be made to Holy Name Cathedral's Thursday-Friday Supper Program, 730 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. VisitationSunday, April 7, 2019, from 12:00 Noon until 5:00 p.m. Funeral MassMonday, April 8, 2019, 10:30 a.m.at Holy Name Cathedral. For information,www.lakeviewfuneralhome.com or(773) 472-6300.
"May God's peace be with you all as you mourn the loss of..."


Vacation Bible School (VBS) is a summer program that welcomes kids from kindergarten to 6th grade from all over the community, regardless of religious background or beliefs, to learn more about Christ.
Vacation Bible School usually goes Monday through Friday for about 3 hours. Kids are dropped off at the beginning, and look forward to a day of singing, snacks, crafts, games, and creative lessons about what God has done and how He works in our lives. The week is capped off by a picnic where kids can bring the whole family for some great food, games, and prizes.
There are no costs or fees for participation. We only ask that on the first day, parents or guardians fill out contact forms, relevant medical information, and give a list of people who will be approved to pick up their kids at the end of each day.
Our VBS for 2017 has finished. It was themed "A Mighty Fortress", where kids learned about how God protected His people Israel and helped them overcome those who threatened them, and how God does the same, though in different ways, for His Christians today.


This adorable black & white monkey baby rattle makes an ideal first toy. Black & white toys are ideal for newborn babies who cannot see colour for the first 6 months of their life. This sensory toy is handmade, fair trade and machine washable.


The neuroscience of religion, also known as neurotheology and as spiritual neuroscience, attempts to explain religious experience and behaviour in neuroscientific terms. It is the study of correlations of neural phenomena with subjective experiences of spirituality and hypotheses to explain these phenomena. This contrasts with the psychology of religion which studies mental, rather than neural, states.
Proponents of the neuroscience of religion say there is a neurological and evolutionary basis for subjective experiences traditionally categorized as spiritual or religious. The field has formed the basis of several popular science books, but has received criticism from psychologists.
The use of the term neurotheology in published scientific work is currently uncommon. A search on the citation indexing service provided by Institute for Scientific Information returns five articles. Three of these are published in the journal Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, while two are published in American Behavioral Scientist. Work on the neural basis of spirituality has, however, occurred sporadically throughout the 20th century.
In an attempt to focus and clarify what was a growing interest in this field, in 1994 educator and businessman Laurence O. McKinney published the first book on the subject, titled "Neurotheology: Virtual Religion in the 21st Century", written for a popular audience but also promoted in the theological journal Zygon. According to McKinney, neurotheology sources the basis of religious inquiry in relatively recent developmental neurophysiology. According to McKinney's theory, pre-frontal development, in humans, creates an illusion of chronological time as a fundamental part of normal adult cognition past the age of three. The inability of the adult brain to retrieve earlier images experienced by an infantile brain creates questions such as "where did I come from" and "where does it all go", which McKinney suggests led to the creation of various religious explanations. The experience of death as a peaceful regression into timelessness as the brain dies won praise from readers as varied as author Arthur C. Clarke, eminent theologian Harvey Cox, and the Dalai Lama and sparked a new interest in the field.
What Andrew B. Newberg and others "discovered is that intensely focused spiritual contemplation triggers an alteration in the activity of the brain that leads one to perceive transcendent religious experiences as solid, tangible reality. In other words, the sensation that Buddhists call oneness with the universe." The orientation area requires sensory input to do its calculus. "If you block sensory inputs to this region, as you do during the intense concentration of meditation, you prevent the brain from forming the distinction between self and not-self," says Newberg. With no information from the senses arriving, the left orientation area cannot find any boundary between the self and the world. As a result, the brain seems to have no choice but "to perceive the self as endless and intimately interwoven with everyone and everything." "The right orientation area, equally bereft of sensory data, defaults to a feeling of infinite space. The meditators feel that they have touched infinity."
The radical Catholic theologian Eugen Drewermann developed a two-volume critique of traditional conceptions of God and the soul and a reinterpretation of religion (Modern Neurology and the Question of God) based on current neuroscientific research.
Various theories regarding the evolutionary origin of religion and the evolutionary psychology of religion have been proposed.
In 1969, British biologist Alister Hardy founded a Religious Experience Research Centre at Oxford after retiring from his post as Linacre Professor of Zoology. Citing William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), he set out to collect first-hand accounts of numinous experiences. He was awarded the Templeton Prize before his death in 1985. His successor David Hay suggested in God's Biologist: A life of Alister Hardy (2011) that the RERC later dispersed as investigators turned to newer techniques of scientific investigation.
During the 1980s Michael Persinger stimulated the temporal lobes of human subjects with a weak magnetic field using an apparatus that popularly became known as the "God helmet" and reported that many of his subjects claimed to experience a "sensed presence" during stimulation. This work has been criticised, though some researchers  have published a replication of one God Helmet experiment.
Granqvist et al. claimed that Persinger's work was not "double-blind." Participants were often graduate students who knew what sort of results to expect, and there was the risk that the experimenters' expectations would be transmitted to subjects by unconscious cues. The participants were frequently given an idea of the purpose of the study by being asked to fill in questionnaires designed to test their suggestibility to paranormal experiences before the trials were conducted. Granqvist et al. failed to replicate Persinger's experiments double-blinded, and concluded that the presence or absence of the magnetic field had no relationship with any religious or spiritual experience reported by the participants, but was predicted entirely by their suggestibility and personality traits. Following the publication of this study, Persinger et al. dispute this. One published attempt to create a "haunted room" using environmental "complex" electromagnetic fields based on Persinger's theoretical and experimental work did not produce the sensation of a "sensed presence" and found that reports of unusual experiences were uncorrelated with the presence or absence of these fields. As in the study by Granqvist et al., reports of unusual experiences were instead predicted by the personality characteristics and suggestibility of participants. One experiment with a commercial version of the God helmet found no difference in response to graphic images whether the device was on or off.
The first researcher to note and catalog the abnormal experiences associated with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) was neurologist Norman Geschwind, who noted a set of religious behavioral traits associated with TLE seizures. These include hypergraphia, hyperreligiosity, reduced sexual interest, fainting spells, and pedantism, often collectively ascribed to a condition known as Geschwind syndrome.
Research by Mario Beauregard at the University of Montreal, using fMRI on Carmelite nuns, has purported to show that religious and spiritual experiences include several brain regions and not a single 'God spot'. As Beauregard has said, "There is no God spot in the brain. Spiritual experiences are complex, like intense experiences with other human beings." The neuroimaging was conducted when the nuns were asked to recall past mystical states, not while actually undergoing them; "subjects were asked to remember and relive (eyes closed) the most intense mystical experience ever felt in their lives as a member of the Carmelite Order." A 2011 study by researchers at the Duke University Medical Center found hippocampal atrophy is associated with older adults who report life-changing religious experiences, as well as those who are "born-again Protestants, Catholics, and those with no religious affiliation".
A 2016 study using fMRI found "a recognizable feeling central to ... (Mormon)... devotional practice was reproducibly associated with activation in nucleus accumbens, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and frontal attentional regions. Nucleus accumbens activation preceded peak spiritual feelings by 1–3 s and was replicated in four separate tasks. ... The association of abstract ideas and brain reward circuitry may interact with frontal attentional and emotive salience processing, suggesting a mechanism whereby doctrinal concepts may come to be intrinsically rewarding and motivate behavior in religious individuals."
Some scientists working in the field hypothesize that the basis of spiritual experience arises in neurological physiology. Speculative suggestions have been made that an increase of N,N-dimethyltryptamine levels in the pineal gland contribute to spiritual experiences. Scientific studies confirming this have yet to be published. It has also been suggested that stimulation of the temporal lobe by psychoactive ingredients of 'Magic Mushrooms' mimics religious experiences. This hypothesis has found laboratory validation with respect to psilocybin.
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It's put up or shut up time for Apple
Daily Ticker• April 22, 2014
Apple (AAPL) reports earnings Wednesday after the market close. Wall Street is not expecting particularly impressive results. The focus of most Apple investors appears to be on the new products Apple is expected to roll out in the second half of this year.
And those products are indeed critical for the company and its stock price.
Related: Apple is too big to keep a lid on the rumor mill anymore — Here's the latest
A few years ago, Apple was one of the greatest growth stories in the stock market. For more than a decade, the company astounded Wall Street with one smashing quarter after another. Eventually, Apple's lead in smartphones and tablets seemed insurmountable, and Apple's stock price soared above $700 per share.
But then the premium smartphone market hit maturity, and smaller, cheaper tablets began to gobble up more and more market share.
And now Apple is no longer a growth company.
In fact, based on Wall Street's estimates for this quarter, it's a shrinking company. Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, one of the leading analysts in the sector, expects every major Apple product line to shrink year over year. And he thinks revenue will be flat.
Why has Apple stopped growing?
Because the markets for smartphones and tablets are becoming increasingly commoditized and dominated by cheaper alternatives. Apple still has a massive, loyal, and passionate user base, but most of the products sold to these users are just upgrades. The "green field" opportunity, especially at the high end of the market, is gone.
What's more, the new products that Apple is reportedly working on -- an iWatch and a television set -- are far from a slam dunk. As Steve Jobs once observed, the TV business is a highly competitive low-margin industry, and Apple appears to have had trouble even bringing a product to market. The success of connected watches, meanwhile, has been muted. So it may be hard for Apple to pull another rabbit out of a hat with a blockbuster new product.
Related: Apple's talks with Comcast reveal that Apple is no closer to "cracking" TV
Apple is likely to see a strong upgrade cycle later this year when it rolls out the iPhone 6. But after that, things could get rough. The trends that have stopped Apple's growth in its tracks are continuing. And it's not clear that the company is about to release any game-changing new products that will fix this.
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I want to get back into the routine - I feel like I'm constantly saying this - of uploading weekly videos and I had been filming a holiday lookbook which I really wanted to share with you! I haven't filmed a lookbook in so long, I really wish I had more time to.
Shorts have definitely been my go-to this summer, it prevents any sweaty thighs rubbing together (TMI) and it can be super easy to dress up or dress down which I love! I'm also sporting a playsuit in this lookbook which has fast become one of my favourite ways to wear shorts and I've managed to find a few that fit me - it's super hard for me being quite tall to find playsuits that fit properly. Let me know which of these looks is your favourite and if you enjoyed this video then please give it a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe too: peexo vlogs.
I'm back in London now so won't be wearing any of these outfits but hopefully it's some inspo for any of you lucky ladies jetting away on holiday soon!
What has been your go-to summer outfit?
Lovinggg these looks! Especially the second one, you look amaaazing!
The second one is so so summery!


We played a super-awesome game of predator/prey today at our new camp property, Camp Wondervu! It was fantastic; cabin groups were different animals who needed to find different amounts of food, water, and shelter. Campers had the chance to explore all around the camp property while looking for their food, shelter, and water tokens. Ask your camper about the game! We put on plenty of sunscreen, and drank lots of water, because we were really high up. After our all-camp game, we ate lunch and created kites and marble paper. It was really fun to fly our kites when the wind started blowing! In the afternoon, we ate some yummy gorp for snack, and sang some quieter afternoon songs to finish off our day. Then, we packed up the bus and headed home! Tomorrow is our final day of this camp session–we'll be back in Eldorado Canyon, and it should be an awesome final day!
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Norah Jones Enlists Jeff Tweedy for New Song "Wintertime"
By Exclaim! Staff
Further branching out, Norah Jones has teamed up with Wilco hero Jeff Tweedy for her new single "Wintertime."
As you'll hear, it's a decidedly laid-back number, complete with a helping of twangy guitar leads via Tweedy. Also contributing to the song is his son Spencer Tweedy, who takes care of the drums.
You can hear "Wintertime" for yourself below.
"Wintertime" is the latest stand-alone single from Jones, who has recently released the songs "My Heart Is Full," "It Was You" and "A Song with No Name," which also featured Jeff Tweedy. However, Jones has yet to reveal when her follow-up to 2016's Day Breaks may arrive.
In addition to the new song, it was also recently revealed that Jones will appear on Mercury Rev's new album The Delta Sweete Revisited, due out on February 8 via Partisan/Bella Union.
Jeff Tweedy, meanwhile, just released his new memoir Let's Go (So We Can Get Back).
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Five Common Backhand Errors and What To Do About it
Is your backhand your weakest shot?
Jeff and I have been spending some time providing some free coaching and tips at a popular badminton stadium in the Western suburbs of Melbourne, Altona North Badminton Center.
We found that many of the players that wanted coaching or tips were after ways to improve their backhand. While watching how these players hit their backhands, we found some common errors and misconceptions about this shot as well as general principles that could help all of them improve.
Five Common Errors & Misconceptions
The wrong objective
Several players that asked for tips said that they had difficulty playing their overhead backhand when the shuttle is in the rear court. What we found a lot of the time was that these players backhand's weren't as bad as they thought but it was the intention behind the shot that needed change. It appeared that most of these players were actually able to consistently hit a backhand but what they were really asking was, "how do I finish the point or play a very powerful shot when I'm put in that position?".
It goes without saying that the backhand is most player's weakest shot, mine included. While we'd all love to be the next Taufik Hidayat, it's just not the case for most of us (see the video below to see the King of Backhand, Taufik Hidayat in action).
The intention that I have when I play a backhand overhead is dependent on where the opponent is on court but 9/10 times it's not to win the point. The next time you play your backhand, have a think about what the goal is for your shot. Is it to win the point or to keep you in the point without playing to your disadvantage?
Sometimes hitting it in a downward direction is enough :)
Stepping and hitting out of time
Another common error that we identified is related to timing and footwork. To time a backhand properly, it is important to take that final step as close to the same time as you hit the shuttle. What we found with some of the players we were helping was that their timing between when they stepped and hit were significantly different.
So how should it be done? The team at Badminton Famly have done a great job at showing you. (If you prefer to read, see below the video)
From the centre of the court facing forwards, backhand footwork typically involve a twist to face the corner you are heading in, a step (or a few) followed by a lunge; you should aim to hit the shuttle at the same time as the lunge. While it seems to occur in a step-wise fashion, it's important to recognise that you want to do this as smoothly as possible.
The next time you play a backhand, have a think about what happens with the timing of your lunge and when you make contact with the shuttle.
Forcing your backhand
When some of these players showed us how they hit their backhand, regardless of what shot we asked them to play, the shot action was forced and sudden. This affected their shot consistency and more importantly, their shot quality.
The following video of Kento Momota (one of our favourite players at Volant Wear) provides a very good view of how he plays his backhand and a much easier way to explain how it should be played. Pay close attention to how his shot is never forceful yet still very effective when played.
Failing to get there on time
I wont spend much time on this particular point because the footwork itself was covered in point no.2. For some of the players we were coaching, we found that their ability to play a backhand was great when they could get there on time but unfortunately, a lot of them just couldn't quite make it there. This meant that they were so far out of position that it didn't matter how they played the shot, their probability of success was really low.
Imagine trying to play a good shot but you're struggling just to balance. Some of the players we were working with were trying to do this repeatedly until it was actually pointed out. So the next time you play your backhand and the result isn't as good as you want it to be, ask these questions:
- Was I too slow?
- Was I balanced?
- Could I have played a forehand instead?
If your answer is yes to any of the questions, the key lies in improving your footwork! Unfortunately, there isn't a quick fix for footwork although making sure you're using the correct footwork is very important (see the video under point no.2 for more)
Please see below for some incredible footwork by Lee Chong Wei
Not taking the shot early when you can
The last thing that I saw when I watched these players hit a backhand was that sometimes they wanted to move back, when moving forward would have been a lot easier!
What I mean by this is that you don't have to wait for the shuttle to get to a position where you need to play an overhead backhand. If you're prepared, you can move forward and take the shuttle early without having to generate a big swing; you can guide the shuttle over the net in a gentle downward direction or play a drive instead.
So the next time you see a shuttle heading towards your backhand side, have a think about whether you have to move backwards to hit it or if you can take it earlier by moving forwards.
Do you have any other problems you're facing with your backhand? or do you have other solutions and tips that you'd like to share with everyone?
Main image source: Volant Wear
Body image source 1: Tenor/Giphy
Body image source 2: Altona North badminton Center
Video sources: Youtube


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THE VILLAINESS — Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
July 8, 2017 July 9, 2017 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas	0 Comments	asian films, cannes film festival, Jung Byung-gil, south korea, The Villainess
The reputation of South Korean genre film has been growing exponentially as a force to be reckoned with. The Cannes Film Festival has proven a fertile space for the release of the best the country has on offer to Western markets, and following the success of Yeon-Sang-ho's extraordinary zombie film Train to Busan in 2016, Cannes' Midnight Screenings this year featured Jung Byung-gil's high-octane female-centred action movie The Villainess. Starring Kim Ok-bin (most immediately recognisable from her performance in Park Chan-wook's 2009 film Thirst), The Villainess by some accounts received a four-minute standing ovation when it screened at Cannes, fuelled no doubt as much by admiration for the film itself as it was a sheer biological necessity to release the film's near-palpable, contagious energy. Continue reading…
The movie begins with the simple yet effective formal gimmick of being shot wholly from the first-person perspective of its as-yet unseen protagonist. If it wasn't for the film's gender-specific title and the slight feminine grunts heard as she slashes, kicks and pummels her way through a veritable army of clearly highly trained male thugs, there is little that would otherwise indicate that the one-sided massacre unfolding before us is the result of woman assassin. When her identity is finally revealed (significantly in a mirror: this is a film all about the instability of identity), she is notably far from sexualised: this is no stiletto-heeled, cat-suited vamp, but a physically skilled woman out to get the business done.
The villainess of the title is Sook-hee, a woman who witnessed an unseen killer murder her father when she was a child, and who dedicates her life to avenging his death. Captured by police after the film's impressive opening bloodbath, she is forced into the service of an unnamed government agency who train promising women killers in their war against gang-related crime. Raising her daughter under the cold auspices of the training facility in which she is forced to live, Sook-hee is finally released to a life as an undercover agent, and waits for assignments. During this period, she finds a new love and confronts an old one, the truth surrounding both of these men forcing her to come to terms with just how great her propensity for violence is.
Critical considerations of The Villainess have tended to agree almost uniformly that the film's strength is the breath-taking spectacle of its highly-choreographed action sequences that virtually explode off the screen. Less praise has been expended on the film's inescapably convoluted plot, and while at moments the storyline admittedly verges on overstuffed melodrama, it is surprising how many English-language critics at least have casually overlooked the significance of Sook-hee's status as a Chinese immigrant forced to work for the Korean government. While the film does not spend too much time constructing an explicit ideological position on this element, that Sook-hee's Chinese heritage is repeatedly mentioned (she is even given plastic surgery when enlisted by the Korean government so she looks different) seems central in a film so much at its heart about the search for agency and identity in a world governed by male and – in the case of her deliberately gender-neutral woman supervisor Chief Kwon (played by Kim Seo-hyung) – masculine power and violence.
Politics aside, The Villainess is an action film that simultaneously echoes the spirit of 90s Asian action movies, the cinema of Park Chan-wook and even Euro crime-thriller classics like La Femme Nikita (Luc Besson, 1990), and yet feels profoundly contemporary in its unrelenting energy and aesthetic polish. With a lesser actor in the lead role, Sook-hee might fall into pastiche and parody, but Kim Ok-bin brings an earnestness and strength both psychological and physical to her performance, rendering what might otherwise be dismissed as cliché into something engrossing and captivating. It is she as much as Jung Byung-gil's direction that makes The Villainess a spirited, dynamic and thoroughly enjoyable interrogation of female agency, identity and power through the often-untapped potential of action cinema's defining codes and conventions.
INTERNATIONAL RELEASE/PREMIERE DATES:
France:	21 May 2017 (Cannes Film Festival)
South Korea: 8 June 2017
Taiwan:	16 June 2017
Hong Kong: 22 June 2017
Australia: 29 June 2017
Canada:	13 July 2017 (Fantasia Festival)
Singapore: 13 July 2017
USA: 16 July 2017 (New York Asian Film Festival)
South Korea: 17 July 2017 (BiFan – Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival)
UK: 27 August 2017 (Frightfest)
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is a multi award-winning film critic from Melbourne, Australia. She was an editor at Senses of Cinema from 2015 to 2018, and is a Rotten Tomatoes approved critic for ABC Radio in Australia, She has written for Film International, Diabolique Magazine, Vulture, Overland, The Big Issue and her own website, The Blue Lenses. She has written eight books on cult, horror and exploitation cinema and co-edited collections on Elaine May, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, Peter Strickland, and Alice in Wonderland in film. She frequently contributes commentaries, liner notes and video essays to home entertainment releases from companies such as Arrow Video, Kino Lorber, Eureka Entertainment, Second Sight and Severin Films. She is a Research Fellow at RMIT University and an Adjunct Professor at Deakin University, and a member of the advisory board of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies (LA, NYC, London).


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year, a column of varied gossip and anecdote, signed 'G. A. S.' and entitled 'Echoes of the Week,' to the 'Illustrated London News.' His connection with that newspaper continued till 1886, when he transferred his weekly 'Echoes' to the 'Sunday Times' and a syndicate of provincial newspapers. They ceased in 1894. Some of these paragraphs he collected in the volumes 'Living London, or Echoes Reechoed' (1883), and 'Echoes of the Year 1883' (1884). A skit by himself, entitled 'Egos of the Week' appeared in 'Punch' (Spielmann, History of Punch, pp. 387–8). A more ambitious work, 'William Hogarth, Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher: Essays on the Man, the Work, and the Time,' ran through nine numbers of the 'Cornhill Magazine' in the second year of its existence (March to November 1860). Thackeray, who was editor, showed as much appreciation of Sala's talents as Dickens, and seconded his candidature at the Reform Club, to which he was elected on 13 March 1862. Revised and amplified, Sala's papers on Hogarth reappeared in volume form in 1866. But his most conspicuous achievement in connection with periodical literature was his establishment of 'Temple Bar.' Designed to rival the 'Cornhill,' it was financed and published by John Maxwell, at the suggestion of Sala, who was appointed editor with Edmund Yates as sub-editor. The first number was issued in December 1860. In the second number Sala began a serial story, 'The Seven Sons of Mammon' (3 vols. 1862), and there subsequently appeared in the pages of the magazine another novel by him, the best that he produced, 'The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous' (3 vols. 1863). He resigned the editorship in 1866, when Messrs. Bentley took over the magazine. In 1869 he wrote 'Wat Tyler, M.P.: an operatic extravaganza,' which was performed at the Gaiety Theatre and was printed.
But Sala was about to concentrate his energies in fewer channels. In 1857 he was invited by Joseph Moses Levy [q. v.], the proprietor, to contribute to the 'Daily Telegraph.' He was soon writing two articles a day, Saturdays excepted; and for nearly a quarter of a century, whenever he was in England, his output suffered no diminution. The facility with which he drew upon his varied stores of half-digested knowledge, the self-confidence with which he approached every manner of topic, the egotism and the bombastic circumlocutions which rapid production encouraged in him, hit the taste of a large section of the public. The proprietor of the paper treated him generously; and for the twenty years between 1863 and 1883 Sala reckoned that his income as a journalist averaged 2,000l. a year. But his prosperity was not unalloyed. Careless of money matters, he gave too liberal a scope to his tastes as a gourmet and as a collector of books and china, and was rarely free from pecuniary embarrassments. At the same time the tawdry style of writing with which he impregnated the 'Daily Telegraph' excited ridicule, which tormented him. The 'Saturday Review' for many years denounced it as turgid and inflated. In 1867 James Hain Friswell repeated this condemnation, amid some personalities, in a work called 'Men of Letters honestly criticised.' Sala brought an action for libel, and recovered 500l. damages. Subsequently Matthew Arnold, with good-humoured satire, exhibited the pretentiousness of Sala's articles in 'Friendship's Garland' (1871).


Stephen M. O'Brien, III, grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended high school at J. M. Atherton High School, graduating in 1965. He attended the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia and graduated with a B.A. in 1969. He then served two years in the U.S. Army on active duty, completing a tour in the Republic of Vietnam in 1971. He remained in the active reserves in the Army until 1975.
Mr. O'Brien attended the University of Kentucky College of Law, graduating with the degree of Juris Doctor in 1974. He began his practice of law with the firm of McDonald, Alfred & Rosell, where he was an associate from 1974 until 1976. He then joined the firm of Landrum, Patterson & Dickey (now Landrum & Shouse) where he practiced as a trial attorney. He also served as managing partner of the firm for many years. He left Landrum & Shouse in 1993 and began a solo practice in Lexington, representing only those clients who had been injured in some fashion by negligence. His practice included medical negligence, nursing home negligence and products liability.
From 2000 to 2004, he was a partner in the firm of Savage, Garmer, Elliot & O'Brien. From 2004 to 2009, he was a partner in the firm of Garmer & O'Brien. From 2009 to 2017, Mr. O'Brien was the sole partner and owner of the firm of Stephen M. O'Brien, III, PLLC. Since January, 2017, Mr. O'Brien is the senior member of the firm of O'Brien Batten & Kirtley, PLLC.
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Rectitude: New Moon in Libra
Posted by abliq in Jupiter, Moon Phases
Apogee, Beltane, Equatorial Conjunction, Halloween, Jupiter Rising, Libra New Moon, Peasant Moon, Southern Hemisphere Astrology, Waltzing Matilda
Today's New Moon occurs in sidereal Libra, which carries the Sign of the second month of northern Spring, Taurus, and once again, visibility blurs its relationship with the seasons of the two hemispheres. The Sun occupies the Sign a month earlier than the Constellation, in northern Autumn and southern Spring, but the Constellation is prominent in the night sky through northern Spring and southern Autumn. It transits at dawn in March, solar midnight in May, and nightfall in August.
The traditional view of Libra, with autumnal associations of refinement and compromise (when the Sun is nowadays actually in Virgo), is of the scales of justice, a symbol which resonates with its Southern season and surroundings. Below it is the Spring star Arcturus and the Ploughman—impossible to see as such—or the Chinese 'Great Horn', which unmistakably resembles a corporate tie. Above Libra, over the zenith at the back of your head when you face north, is the array of the Centaur and the Wolf skewered on his spear.
Because of its proximity to the symbol of justice, this array has always represented for me the quintessential colonial Australian conflict between indigenous people and settlers, and settlers and colonial powers. Tranquility is guaranteed by the police if you're a squatter and some swagman or band of blackfellas kills your sheep, but how secure are you in your moral rectitude? Who is interfering with whose livelihood? Is it a sheep, or a kangaroo? Is Ned Kelly a national hero or a murderer and thief? Whatever our decisions, we Australians transfer their shortcomings onto the 'suits' in the big smoke (Bootes).
My life has been witness to both an evolution of ideas of what is good, and an erosion by cultural relativity of absolute meaning. My ancestors stole the children: 'good Christians' they were who put the interests of indigenous children—whom they regarded as tainted in indigenous communities by white blood—before the need of their mothers, because they saw only dysfunction and destitution in indigenous communities. Of course, we can acknowledge the cause of that dysfunction in our simply being here, see the missionaries as henchmen to capitalist exploiters, and believe that a guilty conscience was a poor foundation for ethical action, but my ancestors did not only think they were doing the right thing by the "stolen generation", they were at that time also sacrificing their husbands and sons in world wars believed—naively, as it can seem in retrospect—to be defending the good against evil. There's nothing secure about rectitude.
Saiph is sublimated. It's Halloween! Imagine this: at the 'stroke' of solar midnight in a dark churchyard in the Barossa region of South Australia, directly below its graves, the Moon aligns with the Sun. Notwithstanding that, because of daylight saving, this is the only midnight on Halloween, the return of the souls of these dead and the opening of the doors to the spirit world occur in the other tonight of the 31st. And yet something is happening here. Let's just say that the spirits are having a dress rehearsal. "And his ghost may be heard…."
To be honest, I was drawn to the Lutherans because of the German connection with the swagman [linked above], but here's another spooky connection. What unseen power guided my search to Our Lady of Navigators? What is it about two places—two churches—which are precisely opposite each other on the globe? What other questions am I being asked to answer? Where do we go when we die? What underworld does the Sun enter after dark? Does it die? What will happen to me if I'm awake at midnight? Am I alone?
Can you see a sign in the form of a halo of light from the south side of the igreja? Peasant superstition? An uncanny similarity asserts itself with the phenomenon known as the Brocken Spectre, a magnified shadow of an observer projected into mountain mist on the very same mountain, in the Northern [see?] German Harz Mountains, where witches meet on Beltane Eve to hold revels with the Devil. The Lutherans came from Germany, and it is Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere—or near enough—on the First of November! Phew! Fortunately, I can give you these salutary lines about limerence, addressing this apparition, to calm you down:
And art thou nothing? Such thou art, as when
The woodman winding westward up the glen
At wintry dawn, where o'er the sheep-track's maze
The viewless snow-mist weaves a glist'ning haze,
Sees full before him, gliding without tread,
An image with a glory round its head;
The enamoured rustic worships its fair hues,
Nor knows he makes the shadow he pursues!
From "Constancy to an Ideal Object", by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Coincidences? A demonstration that everything is connected? That everything happens for a reason? Or are the 'suits' right, and the world simply turns? On we go…
Today sees another portentous omen. Is the appearance of mighty Jupiter in the dawn sky a sign of the welcome return of the Prodigal, or is it to confirm our optimism towards the chance of a bountiful harvest untroubled by further calamities like the floods we have endured during the Spring? Is it the long-awaited sign that the 'suits' will stop Aleppo, the incarceration of Aboriginal youth and the global annihilation of wildlife?
And on the eve of the new month, the Moon reaches its apogee, which some foolish people believe has an influence on which things we are ashamed of and keep buried within us, instead hating their manifestation in other people, unaware that discriminating rectitude like this merely enables and perpetuates infantile, unconscious self-hatred.
So Happy Safar! The month when fighting is forbidden is finally over, and we can get stuck into it. 'Safar' means 'empty', as in empty homes, when sanctions are lifted against trading and feuding. However, it must be pointed out that this coming month, regarded by some pre-Islamic Arabs as unlucky, is like all months, neither good nor bad in itself. Let there be an end to all such superstitions. No month, and no position of the stars, Sun, Moon or planets exerts any influence independent of the will of God. Does God wear a suit?
If you have ever been anaesthetized, it is not difficult to imagine Limbo. As deeply personal as your last experience might be, there might yet be something you wish to say, some further comment on an umpiring decision, perhaps. You may get many opportunities to dress-rehearse but it may be a considerable time before you are heard. I would add that we have this in common: my sincere wish in what I have written above is not to offend anyone—even if you're wrong.
Gates of Duality
Posted by abliq in Astral Gates
Astral Gates, Southern Hemisphere Astrology
Obviously, the project of Southern Hemisphere Astrology is to encourage resistance to objectivity, to create conditions for immunity from just another formal system which seduces the unwary into static, objective, received notions of identity and relationship. Astrology grew organically from observation, and still roots astronomy, at the source of its measurements, in the seasons. All I persevere to persuade those with the instinct to connect below with above is to observe, and recognize that the arcane traditions of Northern Hemisphere astrology are upside down in southern latitudes.
Observe that that the crescent of the waxing Moon is illuminated on the left, that it creeps clockwise as its phases displace it in time, that a negative sign means above, and that if you look to the south and bend over backwards far enough you can see from the Northern Hemisphere. Observe how much further the Moon moves nightly at perigee. Observe whether it is above or below a star such as Regulus or Zubenelgenubi on the ecliptic, and by the Moon's progress know these and other prominent stars of the zodiac. Above all, observe the constellations the Moon and planets are in when astrology tells you which sign they are in, and calibrate that association so that all astrological meaning becomes at least ambiguous.
When you know where the seasons are in the sky, and when you know what seasons they are, then you're ready and able to stand upright in the universe, in company with the people of the Pacific and the indigenous people of Australia, Africa and South America. You're ready for the Gates.
The progress of the Moon through the gates, like its progress through the phases in psychological astrology, is only a game, in this case a geographical game, but it helps to envisage the invisible, and to give a deeper perspective of conditions as they unfold, a global 'feel'. Bridging north and south, a Gate reminds us that everyone is walking upside down. Duality is not the root of suffering. Duality is the root of humanity. Hence:
and (because of space limitations to convey so much geographical information):
Every New Moon is a new set of conditions; every Full Moon the denouement of a story that unfolds from the attempt to give subjective meaning to those conditions, as dream orientates the events of a day, and Geworfenheit discovers itself, through and despite the pseudo-science of ethnography, as it unpacks the concept of 'culture'. The absolutely essential ingredient in these conditions and narratives is the Sun.
And the harmonics of Moon orbit and Earth rotation are augmented by the harmonics of Earth orbit and rotation in such demonstrations as this, which will appear on Facebook as "Falling Towards Rectitude", foreshadowing the next set of initial conditions.
Mother Courage revealed, thanks to what is visible in the sky at solar midnight when the Sun is before a Gate.
To be saved is to drown.
Prodigal Full Moon in Pisces
Identity, Interest, Pisces Full Moon, Prodigal Moon, Sheratan Gate, Time, Uranus
And so the Moon completes another round, and my thoughts are decidedly autumnal! Now is the meaning of a life nearing its end obliterated by the clamour and prodigal blaze of manifest implication–the hunchback Richard, misquoted in the media, as likely said.
The 'Baby-Boomers' will leave their over-priced houses to children grown old outbid and waiting, but do allow them a last brief moment to consider their life's meaning. They're a bit anxious about it, bless their secular hearts. A hundred definitions of cool have come and gone, a hundred -isms, a thousand icons, a thousand must-reads, and now in the legacy, what still smoulders?
A curious coincidence, this Full Moon conjunction with Uranus. Like many stargazers, I have anticipated this month's opposition of the seventh planet as a rare opportunity to see it with the naked eye. Not this week. The Moon has seen to that. So what can I 'see' behind the Moon's oppressive charm?
Once again it is Theodore Tasmanian at transit in the Breamlea afternoon, but in the Atacama Desert, Justfriendistan, it is Achernar at Midheaven, the star of hubris, end of the river and like Uranus, invisible to the ancients (for whom the river ended at Acamar). Hubris and charm definitely resonate, but what dimension does 'contrite interest' add? We should all know that the Prodigal eventually returns (Luke 15: 11-32). Will the Baby-Boomers return? What does Uranus say?
"Meaning is determined in time, and beyond my realm, but I can say this: there is no system which can be analyzed to elemental constituents; there is no cause which is not a prisoner of such analysis; and every moment is a progenitor of that prison. Most of the misunderstandings which divide and separate people, the antipathy of science to religion, for example, resolve themselves in recognition of the ground of interest, the potentials of care, noise and change.
Care is the root of loving-kindness and responsibility, and the irony of independence, but really it is simply what happens to the world when you pat a dog. It is not culturally determined or directed. It is simply being there, like the flutter of Amazon butterfly wings. Noise is the root of language, science and music: in it lies the meaning of something flapping in the wind, or the phase of rhythms of distant traffic and a blowfly in the baby's room. It is redundancy's midwife and the high priest of silence. Change is the root of time, calendars and clocks, but it is born to the motion of a crawling child, dies in the intellect, in structure and determinism, and is constantly refreshed in memory, the mirror and the dream.
You will find your meaning not by parsing the sentence of your time, but by remembering the great tides of interest in which you have swum. Swim on! Death will annihilate your unifying vision, but be joyous in your interest! Love, sing and dream right up until your own death, and leave the meaning of life to its misunderstanding."
In common with Quetzalcoatl, the Morning Star (Venus) who created the humanity we think we know from wounds he inflicted on his earlobes, calves, tongue, and penis, Uranus, the sky god from before time, saw something momentous created from his severed genitals: Aphrodite, otherwise the Roman love goddess Venus, in an ironic twist of comparative mythology.
So something existed before love, something in every moment, before narrative and the search for meaning tied all the moments together and gave them causes, or tried to, and that is interest. What do we deserve? What have we enjoyed? What dictates an imperative to change gender? What does a computerized machine have that a process-worker does not? What does the train-wreck of our time leave behind? What will we take with us? Interest.
The Moon, on the other hand, is barely begun on a new circuit of the Zodiac, which begins by convention in southern hemisphere autumn. Perhaps it is never the wrong time to start again. This is of course a human perspective. No matter how empty of independent reality we recognize things to be, we still order them in systems and structures of the intellect. The global economy is a unity of alienations. The Breamlea Zodiac measures from Sagittarius as well as the equinox in Pisces. The Moon is full when it is directly in line with the Sun and the Earth, and where it transits at solar midnight.
But what does it mean, a Full Moon? How does polarity work under the hood? What would a global astrology come to consist of when naive expectations that the perspective of North America and Europe would assert its superiority over local superstition had been dashed by a combination of rigid barbarian submission to a set of rules for existing upside down and disbelief that prediction was possible at all? An energetic, impatient Sun in October? Twelve seasons in one day, shared on rotation around the globe like the solar terminator? Will the Robot one day volunteer no-fly zones over the ground tracks of Gate-Posts? Or to preserve narrative insanity just terminate me?
"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it." Omar Khayyám
"What rubbish!" the Skygod echoes at this Gate. And here we have the Moon's new motivation to keep going around in circles: my prodigal interest in the duality of every perspective, and the potential I live and breathe for a comparative astrology of time. A preview:
Each of these stars forms one part of a gate with another, six steps along on the chart, which is exactly, within 24s of right ascension, opposite it in the sky. Arbitrary definitions notwithstanding, what mindfulness of a unity with who and what is directly beneath our feet can we bring to waking-consciousness? Out of interest?
Sadr Gate
Posted by abliq in Astral Gates, Stargazing
Avior, Prodigal Moon, Sadr Gate
Here is the Black Swan in natural habitat:
An astronomical gate is a celestial exclamation mark: [Cygnus atratus in declamatory flyby of bipedal peabrains.]


Palm Sunday Service – "The Courage to Confront Challenge".
The power of Easter is in looking at the stories metaphysically – when we ask, "What does this mean to me, today?" Jesus' understanding of the kingdom of God within us and around us gave him the courage to enter Jerusalem as the long-awaited Messiah.
Can that same understanding give us courage when we are faced with challenge today?
10.30 am, BarJai, Clayfield, and we invite you to bring a table-ready plate to share as we enjoy a cuppa and chat afterwards.
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