Scion, New Zealand's CRI for forestry and wood products,has a new top-of-the line lidar scanner - the Riegl MiniVUX-1 UAV Snoopy V-series manufactured by LidarUSA.
The new piece of equipment has higher resolution and accuracy than Scion's current scanner, and has an increased range. Being able to capture data at greater than 60 m above ground (and up to 120 m) means line of sight UAV flying is much easier, and the UAV is safely clear of tree tops.
A two-day session with a trainer from LidarUSA was also attended by representatives from the University of Canterbury, Interpine Innovation, and Pilbrow Surveying Ltd. Robin Hartley, Scion's UAV Operations Manager reported that it was very impressive to see a system that could capture good lidar data 120 metres above ground.
"Our first impressions are that the new system is far superior to our current Lidar system, and it is significantly easier to integrate and operate, and to generate usable data," says Robin.
The new scanner will be a powerful addition to Scion's Forest Informatics team's tool kit for its work on monitoring tree growth, health and inventory, and in the phenotyping research programme. Contact Robin if you have any questions: robin.hartley@scionresearch.com.


When designing Soulbound we sought to make a rules system that would be easy to understand, fun to play, and reflective of the game's themes. Soulbound is played using exclusively six-sided dice. When taking an action players will roll a number of dice equal to a corresponding stat, such as Perception. Each roll of a 5 or 6 is considered a success, and more successes means a better chance of completing the task at hand.
Rolling actions in combat works the same, but characters are only allowed so many opportunities. Each unit in a battle starts the round with 3 Action Tokens, or AT. These tokens must be used to Move, Attack, Block, and so forth. By doing this players are forced to balance risk and reward. If they wish to spend all three AT wildly slashing away at a beast they may do so, but they will be caught entirely off guard when the creature swipes its massive paws.
Soulbound takes place in a gritty and unforgiving world, and the rules should reflect this. Values will be rounded down, enemies will pose a real threat, and players will die often if they travel unprepared. Characters can not hope to win many encounters by attacking head on. Instead our travelers must use arcane powers, hunting supplies, and special technologies to have a fighting chance.


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National Book Foundation > Books > Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man
Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man
Sourcebooks | Knopf
David Herbert Donald
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY >
1964 Nonfiction Finalists >
A World Destroyed: The Atomic Bomb and the Grand Alliance >
Charles Ives and His America >
In this brilliant biography—a Pulitzer Prize—winning national bestseller—David Herbert Donald, Harvard professor emeritus, traces Sumner's life as the nation careens toward civil war. In a period when senators often exercised more influence than presidents, Senator Charles Sumner was one of the most powerful forces in the American government and remains one of the most controversial figures in American history. His uncompromising moral standards made him a lightning rod in an era fraught with conflict.
Sumner's fight to end slavery made him a hero in the North and stirred outrage in the South. In what has been called the first blow of the Civil War, he was physically attacked by a colleague on the Senate floor. Unwavering and arrogant, Sumner refused to abandon the moral high ground, even if doing so meant the onslaught of the nation's most destructive war. He used his office and influence to transform the United States during the most contentious and violent period in the nation's history.
Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War presents a remarkably different view of our bloodiest war through an insightful reevaluation of the man who stood at its center.

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title: Filters in PowerShell
date: 2017-04-18 11:21
tags: powershell
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PowerShell, like we saw in one of our earlier posts, is very flexible. It's a lot like natural language—the language we speak on a day-to-day basis. In natural language, we use pronouns. Pronouns are nothing but a common reference, such as, 'Ryan stood in the queue at the counter. *He* checked *his* wallet to ensure *he* had enough money for a balcony ticket.' If we think of it, a pronoun is nothing but reference to the *current subject*—Ryan, in this case.

PowerShell has a similar concept: I like to call them *placeholders*. They are virtual containers that hold the *current object*. They can also be thought of as "pronoun variables", if you will.

Hold on, the topic says this is about filters. Why am I talking pronouns and placeholders, right? Just indulge me, please.

So we have this auditor from the [previous post]({{ page.previous.url }}), who's sitting right next to us and asking us a lot of questions. She also asks us to list out all the file names in a certain "Employee Details" folder. We're able to do that; we list out the file names and their modified date. But when she opens the CSV, she realises that it has some 20,000 rows, the modified date starting somewhere in 1997! All that she's concerned about, though, are those files that were last edited in or after 2015, and she's not ready to filter the content using Excel. That's all right for us, because luckily, we can get PowerShell to filter the content! Let's go about doing it. So we were at:

{% highlight powershell %}
Get-ChildItem -Path 'D:\Employee Details' | Select-Object Name, LastWriteTime
{% endhighlight %}

From the [post about objects]({{ site.url }}/object-matters-powershell), we also learnt to select just the `Year` component of the `LastWriteTime` attribute, like so:

{% highlight powershell %}
(Get-ChildItem).LastWriteTime.Year
{% endhighlight %}

Let's combine these cmdlets to get us a list of files that were modified in or after 2015. But let's first understand how to create filters. Let's think about it in natural language. How do we filter content in plain English?

'List out the names of the places where there's no rainfall at all.'

"Where", "which", "who", etc. are all filters in English. Since PowerShell deals only with objects, it uses only `Where-Object`, such as, 'List out all the files *where* the "modified date" object is greater than or equal to 2015.'

Add the concept of piping cmdlets and of placeholders, and you have a nice filter ready.

{% highlight powershell %}
Get-ChildItem -Path 'D:\Employee Details' | Select-Object Name, LastWriteTime | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime.Year -ge 2015}
{% endhighlight %}

In plain English, it would sound something like, 'Get the child objects of the path, select the name and the last-modified of only those objects whose modified year is greater than or equal to 2015.'

Notice how we used `$_.LastWriteTime.Year` in place of `(Get-ChildItem -Path 'D:\Employee Details').LastWriteTime.Year`. `$_` simply replaced `(Get-ChildItem -Path 'D:\Employee Details')[$i]`. Something like, `(TheCurrentObject).LastWriteTime.Year`. Also, note that we must not use the entire cmdlet in place of the placeholder while filtering. Ever. Because the output could be of multiple rows, while logically, we filter content one-by-one.

Let's add another pipe (because, well, we can), and export the content to a more friendly CSV:

{% highlight powershell %}
Get-ChildItem -Path 'D:\Employee Details' `
  | Select-Object Name, LastWriteTime `
  | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime.Year -ge 2015} `
  | Export-Csv -Path 'C:\Users\AwesomeAdmin\Documents\EmployeeDetails.csv' -NoTypeInformation
# Notice the backtick character at the end of the first three lines; it's used to break a single line of command into multiple lines
{% endhighlight %}

OK, now, what's `-NoTypeInformation`?

If you'd run the `Export-Csv` cmdlet in the last post, you would've noticed some content in the first row of the first column that was not really relevant to the situation. It was the object type information PowerShell added to the CSV. `-NoTypeInformation` tells PowerShell that we're not interested in knowing the object type.

That's it for today. Go ahead and try it out. If you find any issues, feel free to [tweet to me](https://twitter.com/{{ site.twitter }})! Just make sure you mention the link so I know what you're talking about.

See you soon!

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The Bhakti Sangam Festival in Ukraine concluded as it began; with endess kirtan, Krsna katha and prasadam.The hearts of the Vaisnavas were completed satisfied.
Chanting Hare Krishna in the association of other devotees is the process for self realization in this age of Kali. At the Bhakti Sangam festival in Ukraine we experienced the full effect of the process while chanting and dancing with 4,000 devotees for many hours each day!
On September 12, Bada Haridas, myself and 6 other devotees will journey to Mongolia for a two week preaching tour of the country. ISKCON is officially registered in Mongolia with a small center in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. We will travel extensively to other cities like Karakorum, Erdenet and Sainshand in the Gobi desert, where we will have public programs. We will introduce harinam samkirtan – kirtan in the streets – for the 1st time in all these places. A great adventure in service to the Lord.
"Nityananda Prabhu is more merciful than Mahaprabhu. Unless you get the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu you cannot get the mercy of Mahaprabhu, and unless you get the mercy of Mahaprabhu you cannot approach Radha-Krishna. This is our process.
Janmastami In The Land Of Mohammed.
Ufa is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The beautiful city, with many old rustic houses, has a population of just over one million people, 90% of whom are Sunni Muslims. Somehow, by the special grace of Lord Caitanya, ISKCON has a temple not far from the center of the city. Because it is an Islamic republic there are some restrictions on our preaching. For example, on Janmastami day we were given permission to chant in a square where there were very few people. But in general the citizens are very friendly and appreciative of our activities.
Today 6,000 devotees arrived at the Black Sea for the Russian Yatra festival. It seemed like an ocean of Vaisnavas were present at the opening ceremony this evening!
here. Today myself and Bada Haridas are departing for Mongolia. It is difficult to leave this historic event and the association of so many loving devotees!
Wearing traditional Mongolian coats at the request of local authorities, we spent our first day in the capital of Ulaanbaatar exploring the country's ancient customs. In the evening we held a blissful program at our local ISKCON temple for devotees and guests alike. Our initial impression of Mongolia was thus filled with the resonating sound of Buddhist mantras and the sweet singing of Krsna's holy names. Tomorrow we head for the ancient city of Kharakhorum where we'll perform harinam samkirtan for the first time ever. A great adventure in service to the Lord!
After a day in Ulaanbaatar we took to the road to spread the message of Lord Caitanya for the first time in Kharkhorin, the ancient capital of Mongolia. The 9 hour drive, often on dirt roads, took us through some of the most beautiful countryside we had ever seen. We witnessed first hand the nomadic lifestyle so common to the people of Mongolia. The evening program in Kharkhorin proved once again that chanting Hare Krsna is the universal process for self realization in this age of Kali.
During our trip to Kharkhorin, the old capital of Mongolia, we visited the ancient Buddhist monastery of Erdene Zuu. After discussing spiritual matters with the monks there for sometime, they asked us to have kirtan. I believe it was one of the best kirtans Bada Haridas prabhu ever led. Before leaving we gave the head monk a copy of Bhagavad Gita. It was altogether an historic occasion. That evening we had wonderful program for 100 citizens of Kharkhorin in a local hall. After the lecture everyone chanted and danced in great happiness during the kirtan.
Yesterday was an historic day in the Mongolian yatra. We performed harinam samkirtan for the first time in the country since 1992. In the early morning, when the Gobi desert sun was still tolerable, we took to the streets of Sainshand, a town of 23,000 people, with mrdungas, kartalas and the sweet chanting of Krsna's holy names.The people loved it and chanted and danced alongside us. In the afternoon we held the first Krsna conscious hall program in the town. Finally, in the cool air of the desert evening, we held a Hare Krsna concert in the town square. We pray that such pioneer preaching will satisfy Srila Prabhupada, who desired that the holy names be broadcast in every town and village of the world, in accordance with the will of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
In 1996 several foreign devotees who were visiting Mongolia held kirtan in the streets of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. They were immediately arrested and deported. For almost 20 years now there has been no public chanting of the holy names of Krsna here. Our renewed status as a religious organization, however, now allows us to sing freely everywhere with prior permission. So for the first time in two decades we took to the streets of Sainshand in the Gobi desert and chanted and danced along with the local people. It was yet another milestone in the history of Lord Caitanya's samkirtan movement. Later in the evening we held a program in the town hall. All glories to Sri Krsna samkirtan!
Two days ago we ventured 500 kilometers from the capital of Mongolia to Erdenet. The 9-hour drive on rough roads took us through some of the most breath taking scenery in the country. We are visiting all these towns and villages for the first time. Previously our movement didn't have permission to do harinam and public programs. Now that we do, we find people spontaneously chant Hare Krsna and dance with little or no encouragement. For those who can tolerate austerity, Mongolia is a great adventure on behalf of the Lord.
On this auspicious day of Radhastami I long to be in Vraja, celebrating the Queen of Vrindavan's appearance with all the beloved Vrajavasis. Instead, I find myself on the remote steppes of Mongolia, sharing the message of Lord Caitanya with the people of this isolated country. Despite the many austerities involved in traveling and preaching here, I have decided to extend my stay for yet another month. I pray Srimati Radharani will glance this way and noticing my humble efforts one day grant me eternal residence in Her transcendental abode, far from the cold and windy plains of this distant land.
Mongolia's vast steppe is home to one of the world's last surviving nomadic cultures. Situated between China and Russia, the Mongolian steppe remains mostly intact, and its nomadic way of life has been largely unchanged for generations. Some herding customs alive today pre-date the era of Genghis Khan. Slowly, however, the steppe's landscape is changing, as more and more of its nomadic population move to urban areas in search of education, employment, and modern conveniences. On our 8-hour drive to Erdenet for our first public program in the city, we passed many nomadic people herding their cows, horses and sheep. The program that evening was especially sweet as we enjoyed watching so many people enjoy chanting Hare Krsna for the first time.
Much of the Mongolian population lives below the poverty line and many families struggle just to get by. It is common, especially in the capital Ulaanbaatar, to see children who have been abandoned. They are typically a product of social upheaval caused by alcoholism, rapid urbanization and poverty. Little is known of the history of most of the 80 children in the orphanage we visited in Erdenet. Many were abandoned at birth in hospitals, or left simply on the side of the road. Because of such backgrounds they were especially appreciative of our visit. After I told them animated stories from Krsna Book they all chanted and danced in great happiness with the devotees. They especially loved prasadam at the end of our visit. The mercy of Lord Caitanya is now spreading everywhere in this distant land of Mongolia. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Two days ago we did a public program in a hall in Ulaanbaatar and then an initiation in a traditional "yurta" in a forest outside the city. Krsna consciousness is slowly taking root in Mongolia.
After the success of our recent interview on Mongolia's main television channel, Mongolian National Broadcaster, another prominent television station, Soyon Gegeeruulegch TV, contacted me today with a proposal to tape five half-hour sessions, on any spiritual subjects matters I would like to discuss. The discourses will be shown each evening at 8:30 PM for a period of 5 days next week on national television. Another chance to share Krsna consciousness with the nation. What more could a devotee of Lord Caitanya and a disciple of Srila Prabhupada desire?
As the first snows of early winter arrived here in Mongolia, we had a successful public program in the capital Ulaanbaatar. Afterwards we held an initiation in a traditional yurta in a forest outside the city. Now we are making plans to visit the more remote areas of the country, where the holy names of Krsna have never been sung and people have not heard the sublime teachings of the Bhagavad Gita.
We took a break from our traveling around Mongolia and spent 5 days in the capital Ulaanbaatar having programs in our small center in the city. We also used the time to rest and stockpile supplies for our next journey which begins tomorrow – a 3,500 kilometer journey in 3 jeeps to the most remote areas of the country to do harinama and programs in numerous towns and villages.
Following the success of our recent interview on national television here in Mongolia, another prominent channel, Soyongegeeeruulegch.tv, contacted us and proposed to record 5 separate, 45 minute shows with me. The next day I was in their studios for a marathon recording, changing my chaddar each session for some diversity. I spoke on a variety of Krsna conscious subjects, a few of which appear in this short video. When all was done, I asked the director of the station how many people would see the recordings. She replied, "We will broadcast one each day next week both in the morning and evening. So I suppose around 2 million people will hear from you." Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
We thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new.We thought about you yesterday,and days before that too.
We think of you in silence,and often speak your name.All we have are memories,and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake,with which we'll never part.God has you in His keeping,we have you in our hearts.
It broke our hearts to lose you.But you didn`t go alone.For a part of us went with you…the day God called you Home.
We're on the road again, taking the holy names of Krsna to as many towns and villages as we can during our 3,500 kilometer journey through the remote areas of Mongolia. There's a special satisfaction pioneering Krsna consciousness in a place where people have never seen devotees before, or heard of Lord Caitanya. Yesterday in Darhan people immediately crowded around us as we began harinama, eager to hear our message and buy books. Some of them followed us back to a hall where we had a two hour program. Step by step we are conquering the hearts of the people of this beautiful country.


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Chemical Communications (London)
The remarkable basicity of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene
R. W. Alder, P. S. Bowman, W. R. S. Steele and D. R. Winterman
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https://doi.org/10.1039/C19680000723
Chem. Commun. (London), 1968, 723-724
R. W. Alder, P. S. Bowman, W. R. S. Steele and D. R. Winterman, Chem. Commun. (London), 1968, 723 DOI: 10.1039/C19680000723
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Belgium Chocolate, Orange Blossom water from Greece, Fresh lemon or Rosewater.
Cake Pops are fabulous for weddings displayed on a gorgeous acrylic stand to show them off.
cakepops. Display stands up to 32 Inches Tall - VERY IMPRESSIVE !!!


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The Frost - Rock and Roll Music (1969 us, detroit rough rock 'n' roll)
The band was at the peak of its popularity in Michigan during 1969, and Frost served as an opening act for many major artists playing in Detroit including Blind Faith, John Mayall, and Three Dog Night. Unfortunately, when they played outside of Michigan they found that they were getting virtually no promotion from Vanguard, and that the label was not doing a very good job of getting their album into record stores.
The realization that they had made a mistake in signing with Vanguard may have contributed to Frost's rather schizophrenic 2nd album, "Rock and Roll Music". Following in the footsteps of the MC5, whose "Kick Out The Jams" live album had reached # 30 on Billboard's Pop Album Chart earlier in 1969, Frost also recorded a set at the Grande Ballroom for a live album. The resulting LP, however, hedged its bet by combining some of the live performances with some new studio cuts.
The result neither captured the excitement of a Frost concert, nor did it showcase the high quality Frost songs that were the strength of their first album as well as their live show. The great title cut, "Rock And Roll Music", did become the Frost's only Billboard charting single, however, peaking at # 105 in December of 1969. In recent years, Vanguard has released the entire original Grande Ballroom set on a CD with the misleading title of "The Best Of The Frost".
By the start of the new decade, some of the best Detroit-area bands including the MC5, the Rationals, SRC, and the Amboy Dukes had failed to live up to their promise as recording acts. Somewhat surprisingly, the Michigan bands that made it biggest in 1970's were a pair of latecomers to the scene, Grand Funk Railroad and Alice Cooper.
1. Rock and Roll Music - 2:46
2. Sweet Lady Love - 3:00
3. Linda - 3:03
4. Black Train - 2:40
5. Help Me Baby - 6:41
6. Donny's Blues - 7:47
7. We Got to Get Out of This Place - 12:08
*Dick Wagner - Lead. Guitar, Vocals
*Donny Hartman - Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
*Gordy Garris - Bass, Vocals
*Bobby Rigg - Drums, Vocals
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Must know me. It turns out most of you check my blog after 9pm. You must've figured out that I blog later at night, after the kids are in bed, when we're watching TV. But I might surprise you, so just keep checkin'.
So today was Trysten's last soccer game. Zach had to work, Kara (my sister) had to work. So I coached, by myself, with Dailah in a backpack and Tariku holding my hand. That will never be done again but it did remind me of why moms should probably get the Nobel Peace Prize every single time. Are we seriously not the most amazing species in the world? Cure for cancer? How about coached a soccer game AND mommed the poo out of two other kids.
We received our paperwork to finalize Tariku's adoption. Surreal. When leaving the restaurant last night, it hit me that it feels like he's been in our family forever. Hard to believe that I couldn't just head over to the shelves and, in a moment of pure nostalgia, look at the baby pictures of my Tariku. Fresh from the womb, all icky sticky gross but cute as a button. Incredible.
In other news, tomorrow we are finalizing the details of next month's project. Are you beyond excited to hear about it? You should be…if I have anything to do with it, there will be dancing involved. And that, my friends, should get you so excited you can't stand it.
🙂 I love it Tessi.My hubby was proctoring PSAT's and I coached Chandler's game with Tt on my back in a pack and Jack on the sides with me.I HEAR you!!!I was wondering if I would get home and find a trophy for mom of the year. Nope. I made lunch, cuddled a few into naps, and did some laundry. :)GREAT JOB mommy!


Virgil used devices such as similes and foreshadowing to give clarity to the poem. These devices allow the reader to have a greater comprehension of the character of Aeneas, and the people he comes into contact with. The devices give weight to the unwavering presence of Aeneas, as he deals with hindrances to the overall theme of achieving his destiny.
Aeneas fought between his desire and the gods' will in his exchanges with Dido. Normally, Aeneas would have felt compassion for Dido from her words, but the gods interfered with their multiple meetings. Virgil used a simile to give more clarity in this excerpt. Dido and her sister's pleadings for instance were compared to how "... the north winds from the Alps / this way and that contend among themselves / to tear away an oaktree hale with age." This shows the fierce conviction the sisters showed towards Aeneas time and again. To show his steadfastness, Virgil compared Aeneas to a vigorous oak tree, which is renowned for its courage and strength. The word "cry" in regards to the wind and tree on line nineteen could refer previously to the tears the sisters shed on his behalf to stay, since the figurative tree takes on the human qualities of the sisters. However, in the comparison of how "... the buffeted trunk / showers high foliage to earth", Aeneas does not shed a tear. Instead, he stands resolute in his chosen path in front of Dido.
William Shakespeare: "Macbeth" - Why is Macbeth is a classic example of a Shakespearean tragic hero?


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MoneyGram mobile wallets are now available in Ghana after the collaboration between MoneyGram and Zeepay.
The new service will enable remittances directly to 11 million mobile wallets in Ghana from more than 200 countries around the world.
MoneyGram chief revenue officer Grant Lines said: "This is an important milestone for MoneyGram in Ghana as we're now offering real-time, seamless service to our customers and giving them more choices about how to receive their funds – at a physical location, directly to a bank account or a mobile wallet.
Anybody can send funds through MoneyGram online or via its locations across 200 countries and territories to mobile wallets in a few minutes.
The beneficiary can access the remitted funds any time and it can be used to purchase items or services online.
Additionally, they can encash their money from more than 2,000 banking partners' locations across the country or transfer it to their bank account.
Zeepay managing director Andrew Taki Appiah said: "Together with MoneyGram, we are building the future digital payments ecosystem in Ghana.
Last year, Ghana received around $2.2bn in remittances, according to World Bank data.
Last month, MoneyGram and GCash entered into a partnership to launch a money transfer service in the Philippines.


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MLA: "Spider's Web; Henry James: The Turn of the Screw." WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. April 26, 2019. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_B223E1CBFC3F44DA9E846EA12CFF16EB>.


During the final hours of 2016, we are still integrating the powerful Ascension upgrades that were activated by the Solstice Stargate gamma waves from the galactic sun. Many experienced multiple physical symptoms these past weeks as the body adjusts to the increasing Light frequency.
This spurred massive clearings of lower-vibe energies from the human energy field and also from the collective. Now is the perfect time to address unresolved issues, conflicts, karma and emotional trauma in your life. Being a '9' year enhances all action to tie up loose ends and bring all into the divine light for transmutation.
If you're feeling it, nurture your human self through the shifts. Take advantage of earth-bound Capricorn to ground and anchor the new energies into your being. If you feel airy or disassociated, you may need to ground more than once a day. There were moments this past week when it felt like I was walking on air…a sign I need to get grounded quickly.
Clearly something unusual is happening on planet earth! As the galactic photonic waves permeate the planetary field, Gaia is ascending into the 5th dimensional realm of consciousness.
A Happy NOW Year to all as we experience the final Gateway of 2016 this weekend, which is open through the first week of January. All Lightworkers are encouraged to connect with this palpable, powerful influx of Divine Light available. Gatekeepers and Gridworkers, please revisit last week's article for recommendations. Lightworkers, there is increased activity with the higher realms right now, stay focused and take care of the body.
As the timelines continue to morph and respond to the collective consciousness, there are some beautiful gifts being offered to HUmanity. The heart center is changing again, taking on even stronger magnetics due to the Solar influx and activation of Gaia's new grid systems, which are more solar in nature. Activated heart centers work in harmony with the crystalline grid, the etheric bands of light around Gaia which started to activate with the third wave back in September, Solaris (our SUN), and the Great Central SUN. This assists our personal and collective evolution to the Solar Cosmic Christ. Our higher consciousness is shifting to the Creator State – a natural state of the HUman genome – and we align with creating highest possible outcomes for the Ascension. This is something which everyone on the Ascension Path must own as their unique right.
"Agent 98"....nice! Lorna Bevan confirms astrologically what many have been sensing increasingly strongly since December unfolded. We'll "Get Smart" in 2017.
There is hope in the darkness for all things will be made new.
Presciently, the theme of my 2016 5D Forecast – "A Change in Frequency" written in December 2015 – proved beyond true and now we are shapeshifting into 2017 "A 1 Year of Genesis: dimensional flux." To borrow a timely Star Wars idiom, in 2017 we can expect a major disturbance in the force as we are now in a radically different astrology straddling the seismic fissure between the 2007-16 Uranus/Pluto Demolition Squares and the 2016-23 Uranus/Eris/Pluto/Haumea eyes wide open awakening.
A separation of worlds and time-lines – Wizards and Muggles?
And if those frames and concepts sound weird or far-out to you now, by the end of 2017 you'll have experienced them in your own life. The magic moments come when you glimpse universal principles through personal experience.
Metatron: Time has been recalibrated. As you are well aware, it has gone from a linear to a more circular use. It is needed because time is an element in the creative process but not in the way that you are used to using it. The circular motion of it may be hard to get your rational mind around.
Let me say this: Time, as it is being reconfigured, will allow for opportunities to create multiple results in the creative process. Because of the change in the magnetics, this also plays into the element of time reconfiguring or restructuring. Without the change of the magnetics and the magnetic fields that are held around the earth, this change in time could not occur. There are magnetic fields around the exterior of earth in many layers. There are also magnetic components within the earth's structure. The magnetics are key energetic components in the way time is used, in the way it is perceived. The changing and the shifting of the magnetic fields and the increase in those magnetics (It is like a tension that is being created in the fields around and within the earth) will eliminate the linear. This is because the linear can not be perceived in the energetic magnetic field that is creating the tension that will allow timing to be used for specific applications.
There will be an understanding that time is unlimited, whereas now you operate in a very limited state in regards to time: There are 24 hours in a day, you have certain times that you do certain things. It will be completely restructured and will vary according to what is being created. That allotment of time will have no limit or restrictions, but all will be able to operate within the flow if time. You know how we talked about energy being more fluid, that there was a fluidity to the energy? You can't really say " a fluidity in time" but the way it is structured is not limited and is utilized according to applications in the creative process, depending upon what is desired. You may not understand exactly what I am saying now because you don't have a lot of reference points to base this on.
Jim: There seems to be a suspension of time, to be able to stay in a singular point almost indefinitely, and a stretching of time or shrinking of time, a rolling the time, a stopping the time. There's a mechanism to do that, would that be right?
Now as the Divine Self, the one you met on the mountainside, you claim things, and what you claim you empower. The Christed Self who understands what is in truth, and sees all things with the eyes of light, can only call to her those things she is in alignment to. How would she call something that she would perceive in darkness to her? Only in the light, and that is by blessing what you see.
Now some of you believe if you bless something, you condone it. "Look at that terrible thing, I cannot bless that terrible thing."
To understand what a blessing is is very important, and a blessing is the placement of God upon the thing you see. If you can imagine this, that there is a dark being slithering on the floor, you can run from the dark being, or you can bless the dark being. By blessing the dark being, you bring light to it, you bring the action of the Divine to bear on this very thing, and it transforms, in its own way, to meet the choice of being blessed.
To anoint something in God, to perceive it in its worth regardless of what it presents, will shift you to the awareness of the Divine in all things. When you curse something, you cast it out. What you put outside of the light, you attach to.
The teaching you are getting is to clarify your relations to all you see before you, all and each one, yes.
I am aware that the links have been different but generally speaking, the messages will eventually be consolidated at Psychic Sasquatch.
For now, you can read Chapter 9 here, and Chapter 10 here.
Another beneficial session from Matt Kahn, with a dose of humour to help us along.
I Am The Light, The Light I Am....what a wonderful reminder to ourselves as this year draws to a close; this reminder is also what will guide us through the New Year.
The decathlon, the labyrinth, the obstacle course will go on forever and ever "until you stop and declare that you are the Light of all, and you declare that NOW"
You must use your words to declare the Truth so that the Truth has permission to wake up in you.
I am personally very appreciative of this interview. Several current issues have been brought up and addressed, helping to dispel the sometimes-wild stories that have been circulating. Thank you to Cobra and the Prepare For Change Team!
Please read / listen to the interview here.
Cobra cannot confirm and doesn't agree with claims that Humanity is not ready for Full Disclosure; "Actually humanity is more equipped to handle full disclosure than partial disclosure because partial disclosure brings paradoxes into the mind and creates mental stress whereas full disclosure bring clarity. Factions that do not support full disclosure are not of the light."
"Soft disclosure is an attempt of the light forces to bring us as much disclosure as possible in those very unfavorable conditions. Partial disclosure is an attempt of the dark forces to twist and spin disclosure in a way that will present them as something they are not"
Trump's actions will speak louder than his words, "just watch and learn"
Cobra unable to comment on rumours about Putin (death, clones), "sensitive nature"
Some YT channels posting Cobra interviews have strange sounds and discordant frequencies; Cobra advises to only go to links on his site for his interviews, PFC interviews are approved by Cobra.
Spirit ...God...has a gift for you. Feel 'the gift of the presence' as you are made ready to receive a new wave of energy coming to Earth in 2017.
The Gift of the Presence ... Judy's Holiday Message from Spirit is below.
Daily practice of the Magenta Pyramid Meditation will assist in helping us get through the massive changes with more ease, as such meditations will facilitate in raising our vibrations.
This was part of Lisa's newsletter which I just posted.
Your body is constantly in upgrade mode, constantly in purification mode, constantly in cleansing cellular everything move and evolving into something the little/limited human mind cannot comprehend.
The activation and formation of these crystals defies all things logical. This is not a logical process. This is a Galactic, Godlike, Cosmic and Multi-Dimensional process of EVOLUTION BACK into who and what you truly are... not one thing, but all things merging as one, inside your physical body vessel that continually adapts itself, recalibrates itself, restructures itself according to YOUR HIGHER LIGHT ENCODEMENTS, complex (to the human but simple to us) mathematic/geometric codes and sequences, held in your own energy field of super consciousness. This field floats around your entire body and when your heart/mind and all of you is totally open, activates to move into/embed in your physical body for you. This is a long process that has been occurring your entire physical existence here. Human aspects "think" it's just beginning. This alone is separation that exists within.
Cosmic/planetary/Universal frequencies activate in every moment, yet not outside of you, within. Your perception is "it's out there". This too is human separation. It is "out there" and inside of you simultaneously, for your body exists within this whole field. Your human identifies with your body. Your soul is the whole field. Your ability to merge the physical body and the UNIFIED FIELD OF SUPER CONSCIOUSNESS within your structure and hold all of this information, gifts/abilities and attributes for your NEW EARTH HUMAN EXISTENCE is a continual process for you to be fully multi-dimensional here.
Your Avatar abilities are determined by your DEVELOPED CRYSTALS that take form inside of you. This occurs as you and your body work together and you become ENERGY AGAIN. Pure Conscious Energy walking in physical form that adapts to your consciousness as you intentionally and continually integrate and embed these codes within you.
This embedding is a huge process, as all of the density in your physical body systems (glands/organs/communication) and structures (bones/teeth/spine) must de-densify and the physical matter in your physical body continually take new form. Your human likes to control the process, which inner-fears, instead of assisting, honoring and supporting it to create ease and "faster" evolution here. As your body clears the density of all things separation/unconscious, your bones will start to contract and expand, your cells, your spine, your brain, your skin, your flesh... as your energy constantly expands and contracts to "do" this process for you. Unconscious humans try to fit what is happening into old belief boxes of doubt or diagnosis, instead of truly opening up to see. This alone creates great suffering that need not be as uncomfortable as humans make it. Intentional participation eases all and is key.
Your crystals are developing, which give you infinite capabilities here. The more developed they are, the easier everything is. Along the way, you will "oscillate" between becoming a receiver, a transmitter, a simultaneous transmitter/receiver, beyond POWERFUL from within. Yet in order to gain this POWER, you must be continually be taken "offline" to tune. Your physical body is continually working harder than your human aspect can understand.
Lisa's message appears here in full, but please visit her site for more articles, as well as activations.
Depending on wherever you are, however you are and your own internal belief system, you may or may not be celebrating this time, or just in-JOYing this time, or working to clear old programs out, resolving all back into love within again. Wherever you are, I send you love, deep sacred love for you to re-connect with inside of you, whenever and however you desire to.
Some are gathering with friends and families, others are alone. I remember each one, the joy and energy of others, the challenges of being around others, the loneliness before I connected again inside of me and the profound deep purity and Sacredness of alone (me/we) time once I did.
This is a time of re-connecting inside, more and more and more. The pure peace that comes, the joy, the bliss and the magic is FELT inside when we relax and surround ourselves with simplicity. If you find yourself challenged, then do something to get you out of your head. Don't put yourself in situations where you don't really in-joy to be. Be choosy and realize that every moment is an opportUNITY and a GIFT if you are truly present with yourself and see the blessings of what you do have.
These higher vibrations provide an opportUNITY to re-connect with the purity, brilliance and magnificence that you are. Remind yourself often, allow yourself all of the time, open your heart fully to transcend the old stories and programs that your head may play... as you get to choose what you tell yourself, what you listen to, what you believe. Focus on being happy from within, letting go of anything outside of you that you need for this and utilize the gifts that inspire this within you, ignite this within you by making this a priority for you.
There are always many energetic cellular cleansings continually occurring, as we continually go through a huge re-calibration process with our physical bodies as we all anchor more of Heaven on Earth here. This occurs as we let go of the old, as we open up to the unknown/new, as we embrace the beauty that we already are, so more of this can come through.
So, today, and all days.... I send you love. Pure Divine Essence Love. A love that is simplistic and needs nothing at all other than to just BE.... BE felt, BE received, BE allowed. Honor you, love and appreciate you. It's the most important thing that you will ever do. For you and all of us as ONE again.
Wishing you much magic to accompany you at all times. So very much awaits us all.... be ready. Open up fully.... It is always time for more awesomeness in all of our lives.
If you went through yesterday zoned out and struggling to stay present, this could be the reason.....Click the image to enlarge.
Thank you to Sue Mitchel Runow for posting this.
Chapters 6 and 7 have been published, and you can read them at the links below. I will copy the complete entries here later for reference.
Thank you to Michael Harrell of Wisdom From Our Elders for posting this.
** Text: You have Allies from beyond this world.
What was interesting to me about this video is that Comet Honda is aligning with the Sun, Mercury, Pluto, Venus, Mars and Neptune....which means more Cosmic magic coming our way!
I had intended to write this up after the Solstice, but just couldn't get round to it. Each time I set aside some time to do this, I would find that there were messages and articles from others that I wanted to post instead.
As is always the case, there was a reason for that. Yesterday, Denise Le Fay wrote something that connected some critical points together, forming a very nice Big Picture. That was when I felt the time was right to get to my own writing. However, that didn't happen yet again because too many family obligations cropped up, this being the "festive" season and all that.
This morning, while in meditation, I saw several visions ~ they are relevant to what I had wanted to write about, so that was what needed to happen first before I could finally sit down to get this done.
As I had mentioned briefly previously, I was prepared for some challenges during the Solstice. Turns out that I had nothing to be concerned about, because the day felt like a flowing, soothing Galactic breeze. I felt a joyous calm and inner peace ~ I had described it as "heavenly" and "magical". It felt to me that I had tasted a teensy morsel of Life in the higher consciousness, something that is currently beginning to present as the lower energies dissipate.
When it came time for the Solstice meditation organised by Prepare For Change, I was all set and ready to go, after immensely and gratefully enjoying the day of high frequency bliss.
After giving up trying to join online (the site crashed), I went with the video instead. I can't speak for everyone, but the meditation was incredible! It was easy to get into, and it flowed beautifully like the day. Then, without warning, I went off the meditation and instead saw Phoenixes rising majestically from all over the globe, upward into the sky.
This was really unexpected, but I stayed with the vision.
The Phoenixes were in full glory, looking magnificent in their elegance. They were beautiful beyond belief and looked utterly Divine. Then I noticed their chest ~ there were big plates that were shaped like elongated hexagons. This "armour" gleamed as bright as the sun, and looked like they were made of gold with rainbow hues. I could feel the immense strength and power of the armour, which only served to add to the splendour of an already awe-inspiring sight. The armour itself felt utterly Divine as well. I use the word "armour" because that's what it felt like to me, but let me state now that this "armour" is very much part of the Phoenix ~ it was like its feathers.
The energies became potent, powerful and very profound. I soon had tears rolling down my face; even writing this now, I feel so moved. I'm sorry to say that I wasn't with the meditation much after that, because the vision was so compelling. The energy of Source was so evident in what I saw and felt.
Denise did a great job in stitching up several crucial components to paint us a bigger picture of what's happening. I know I haven't yet explained my vision....I'm coming to that now, using Denise's article.
When I read it yesterday, I wanted to jump up in excitement. I couldn't do that because I was working through my lunch in a very public area (very busy day) but I can assure you I did a little mental dance!
In her article, Denise talked about the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine, and also referred to Aluna Joy's work which involved the Rainbow Serpent and Plumed Serpent leylines, representing the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine, respectively.
In my vision, I described the Phoenixes and their armour. After the meditation, I got that each Phoenix represents the unified Divine Feminine (Phoenix) and Masculine (armoured feather) energies. The glorious Beings were symbolic of what the overall energies of the Planet and Humanity are becoming, as well as signifying what each of us are becoming in our own Ascension process.
I really wanted to start writing my own update yesterday, especially after reading Denise's article, but just couldn't get to it. It was a very long day for me, and I was exhausted by the time I could finally get to bed at 2:30am.
This morning, while in meditation, I was presented with a series of scenarios one after another in quick succession. It made no sense to me but I let it run until it completed. Then it made perfect sense!
All the scenarios that I saw had a very 3D feel about them. I got that they represented hu-manity, using Gaia Portal's term. There was something very positive and Light-filled about all the scenes, with an underlying current of expectancy.
In general, what I saw were doors closing on old realities, with new doors leading to higher vibrational existences. There were also several scenes where "officials" were present to guide people to and through the new doors. I also saw "tickets" made from what felt like precious elements/metals (neither gold nor silver) being handed out, and people were encouraged to take one each. Towards the end of this busy visual series, I saw children stepping into crystal shoes that were glowing with Light in many hues.
The series depict the general population going through an accelerated mass awakening into higher consciousness. They will be greatly assisted by others (presumably those already awakened or our Star Family, including the Agarthans), and will receive much encouragement and guidance to accept and go through their own Ascension (the "tickets").
And the children....this one felt so wonderful! They will be coming "online" in a big way, stepping into their own Crystal/Christ Consciousness. Theirs would be as easy as slipping on their shoes, and then their Light will begin to shine bright.
The Masters' message appears after Meg's personal message.
Greetings to Each of you! As promised, this is my year end online messages for 2016. We have seen so much in our world this year. I talked with you previously about things balancing and how even though things don't always look like we thought we are creating, ultimately the balance of what we have placed in the common consciousness is forcing a new balance. This just takes time.
In all of this we must be strong and stand our ground. Walk our talk. Maintain our Faith as it is Faith that carries us every single moment when we are in truth. Walking our truth is contagious, sparking tiny rememberings in everyone we touch that can ultimately become something beautiful for them. Think of it as planting seeds. We are aspects of creation correcting a serious imbalance. When we walk our lives in complete truth the seeds we plant grow because creation listens. Each and every one of us is an important factor in this.
As time has passed since I last wrote, I have continued to see veils disappearing in the multidimensional worlds and our etheric anatomies continuing to change. We are releasing past life hurts, injuries, and negative experiences and emotions like crazy. We must remember to let go of our resistance if these releases are to complete. Often I see deep clouding in the Causal level of my clients where subconscious or conscious resistance to embodying the truth and being free of encumbrances brought on by beliefs, conditioning when we were young, life experiences, pretty much anything can create resistance. When we carry that against our truer nature our fields get clogged up with past energies that cannot release because our fields are too tense. Tension in our fields causes serious backups of energy flow which also means how well we do or do not hear our greater nature and communication from creation that guides and directs our clear path.
Having a clear path to walk in our lives is vital to what we want to create, what we desire, what we dream of and frankly how we live and what obstacles do or do not come our way. What we fear comes or we become challenged in unpredictable ways when our fields are too tense to let our desires into Creations' perfect wishing well so to speak. Much of the time we do not even recognize our resistance until it hits us over the etheric head and life doesn't look like we wanted.
I have been asked so many times I can't count, "How do I get to that place, that place where you live, to recognize my own perfection and hear my guides and guidance?" Well here is the secret which really isn't one at all. What causes us to become defended is our belief that we are anything less than perfect. Those beliefs cause us to become defended. When we are defended our field tenses and then our infinite communication abilities become hindered and we feel stuck, disappointed, worse. The truth is that when we look honestly and deeply and find the beliefs, emotions, whatever it is that we fear and try to protect ourselves about and then own them we can truly become free of them. Once more thing gets us there ~ Gratitude. Every experience we have had either teaches us or we don't let it. In either case, it is not necessary to roll around in past pain. All we need to do is face it then give it gratitude for bringing us to now whatever this now is like in our lives and know without a doubt that once we are free from those old things we can create anything. It happened to me.
In ancient times, solstices used to be celebrated by festivals that lasted for several days. The winter solstice marks the longest night of the year, and after that the days start to be longer again gradually. This can be seen as a symbolic return of the sun, and this is the real origin of the holidays celebrated on 24th and 25th of December. This was symbolically celebrated in various cultures in ancient times as the birthdays of sun gods, for example the Egyptian god Ra or Indo-Persian god Mithra. This symbolism of the return of the sun resonates even more nowadays during the Central Sun alignment of the december solstice.
I was prepared for challenges during the Solstice, but as Lisa says, it was a heavenly (pun so intended) time. Peaceful, joyful....just magical!
Embracing absolutely everything with the fullness that we are, letting go of old mental constructs and everything that represented unconsciousness leaves SPACE for all of our highest consciousness realities to materialize for us here.
Forerunners, WayShowers "suffered" the brunt of it all first. Part of it was to open all of these gateways and keep them open, anchor the light, transcend the human everything and SHOW OTHERS HOW THIS IS DONE, so that others can do this easier than we did. No more succumbing to the old ways anymore and intentionally collapsing (and often obliterating) the old AS POWER THROUGH THE PURITY OF DIVINE ESSENCE LOVE. WE ARE the PROOF. We provide the tools to experience this sooooo much easier than when we were unconscious and didn't have the capability to fully understand. WE provide the opportUNITY for each to choose easier too, so that all can awaken to the knowledge, gifts and pure abundance that exists inside of them... in order to bring it into this physical, open up to share, open up to make a difference, focus every ounce of energy on what is truly important here. But we had to actually go through it, experience it and share as we did.
Very nice message to end the year.
Within these final days of an epic Iife cycle, I pray you are well.
These months have been ones of sacred review, looking into every nook and cranny to see what might still be lurking from the false matrix requiring eviction, bringing final parts of mySelf that were lost to myself home, unwinding from a last minute unexpected twist of drama belonging to another time. And then, a profound lovingly relentless eight-day deep clearing and immersion into the Christ Consciousness…so clearly present now on this earth.
This is possibly the most important post I have ever written in the history of thousands of years of contact, travel and operation within the Unacknowledged Special Access Programs carried out by secret societies, the universal containment crews, the rescue initiation crews, the containment protocol systems, the revitalization and restoration programs, and so on and so forth.
We are not alone, we never have been, and within this exists both a problem and a solution.
In the simulation, when the simulation begins, one does not interact within the parts of the simulation between other layers of awareness or "time-scale".
This is impossible and what happens is a time-gradient curve where one consciousness overlaps the other and we get a relative distortion pattern based on the resulting frequencies mesh.
So parts of the simulation, observers, agents, actors, observers, must maintain self-relative, self-referenced local time observation without interacting or intermingling time-relative matrix platforms with each other observer or the consciousness interference pattern generates an exponential gradient shift curve which results in the distortion of one pattern or the other.
This is akin to a group of agents entering into a simulation and as they enter they are the same frequency rate of acceleration or observation of consciousness and if they interact as the simulation or consciousness acceleration period begins and each is on a different consciousness acceleration curve pattern then when the simulation experience "plateaus" and reaches the point where they are then conjoined and aware of each other on the same level there will be an extrapolation or magnification of the slight variation in time-rate of acceleration and this will literally result or be expressed as a gradient curve degree of shift in progression and resulting being meaning literally the various degrees or layers in consciousness exhibit the same variety or variation in structure and platform as do each of the species of beings in the physical universe. Meaning literally, the different consciousness gradient levels convert into entirely different lifeforms and while some are interacting outside their limits some are overlapped and become other beings, AKA other forms of existence while others are either maintained through focused self-awareness or some kind of technologically maintained retainment protocol.
These technologies are developed to automatically manually retain the consciousness level of the individual being so that the shift that occurs is either relatively inhibited and the original being can remain or so that the whole process can be monitored and the relative original can be restored or so that there is the ability to convert or revert between them.
This is the so called shifting.
The Maastricht Treaty was signed on February 7, 1992, by the leaders of 12 member nations, and it reflected the serious intentions of all countries to create a common economic and monetary union. Also known as the Treaty on European Union.
Omg I LOVE 💛 LOVE 💜 LOVE this article!! Lisa Rising Berry recognises the signature of the "Unknown" energies that our Planet welcomed in recently. These energies come from beyond even our own Central Sun....from what I understand, they originate from the Great Central Sun of the cluster of 22 Galaxies, of which the Milky Way is but one.
I was so excited when a friend of mine showed me a video online by dutchsinse. I will provide the full video at the end. The name caught me right away. "Large energy hitting Earth from unknown source." When I watched, the hair stood up on my arms. I saw a sine wave move across the screen. And then he slowed the video down and pointed to the sine wave. It is clearly moving around the whole planet. Then I saw a second one, and he also said there is a second sine wave on top of the first one, also moving around the whole planet. OMG!!!!!!! I will add the links to my last 2 articles at the end.
This is not a unknown source as he says. I have been writing about this energy for years, as it has evolved. It is Azoth, and now, it is forming the Earth's Mu Cord. Which I have written about in my last two articles. Each of the sine waves is ½ of the DNA strand of the Mu Cord. He called them electricity, and he is correct. They are Birkland currents, which I explained 2 articles ago. But the Birkland current is the energy of Azoth.
Unless someone is messing with the video, we are seeing the arrival of the Mu Cord. It has not connected yet. If it had our hypothalamus would be reprogrammed, and our memories would be different. Again, I explained this in the last article. The electricity of this Mu Cord/Birkland Current is Azoth energy. Which has not been on this planet in the amount it is for a long time. This is why it is called an Unknown Source, no one talks about it. But if you have followed my work for the past 2 years, I have explain the source of this energy and how it grew.
In just a few hours our planet moves into the Solstice alignment with the Galactic Photon Wave on Wednesday, December 21st at 2:44 am PST. This is an intense cosmic event as the sun also enters Capricorn for a month-long stay, initiating a seasonal change. For those living in the northern hemisphere, the December Solstice is the shortest, darkest day of the year.
During Gaia's Solstice alignment with the galactic vortex and Mercury trine the north node, we are entering a potent phase that activates the path of personal destiny and enlightenment. You may experience revealing dreams, visions, meditations and soul calling. In the final days of 2016, the '9' energies assist with tying up loose ends, clearing away the dross. As the cycle winds down, you have the opportunity to complete and release old time-loops of limitation.
While Mercury Retro conjuncts Pluto in Capricorn (patriarchy, corporations, institutions) we'll see more revelations of hidden information, what needs to change, and top-level abuse occurring among the ruling cabal in the establishment. Mercury retro acts like a big spotlight flushing out hidden shadow elements. This includes the artificial polarity being streamed into the collective to create separation. Don't buy into it!
The powerful galactic solar waves are dissolving negative polarity and the system of Duality.
Interesting summary with a spiritual angle, although the claim that it's the "Exact" Plan is rather absolute. For those who have heard sources such as Zorra or Sheldan Nidle talking about terra-forming, the information here won't be new. Also, Cobra has outlined much of what this article explains regarding the financial situation as well as the "management" of the dark ones. Discernment, as always.
Here It Comes.....The Build-Up Before the Finale?


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Concerts: 11 hot gigs to see this week
Kirstin E. Endemann, Ottawa Citizen
Matthew Good plays the NAC.
Before Christmas utterly takes over, there are some delightful bands to see in town this week.
Alt-rock icon Matthew Good is in town touring with his seventh solo album, Chaotic Neutral, and is giving away prizes — thinks like D&D starter sets, copies of Baldur's gate and merchandise from tourmate Scott Helman, in each stop. (For those who do not know why this geeky theme, Chaotic Good is an alignment in Dungeons & Dragons. We hear the library and Fandom II are offering beginner D&D sessions, if anyone is interested.)
To win, visit matthewgood.org at 10 a.m. the day of the show, where a Google maps cordinate will be posted. Go there, take a selfie of yourself at that location, and post it to Twitter (tag @mattgood) or Instagram (tag @matthewgoodgram) with #chaoticneutraltour. We are aware it is shameless oscial-media number-grab, but the novelty of the prizes needed mentioning. Nov. 26, 8 p.m., National Arts Centre. Tickets: $20. nac-cna.ca / spectrasonic.com
Also tonight, working-class troubadour Bahamas — aka Alfie Jurvanen from Barrie, not the sunny clime — is back in Ottawa where he often sells out venues like the Bronson Centre, where he performs again, still on the strength of his spare yet orchestrally-lush, headphone album from 2014. Nov. 26, with The Weather Station, 8 p.m., 211 Bronson Ave. Tickets: $32.50. spectrasonic.com
Metal, party grind metal, black metal, tech and Canadian death metal are all on the menu tonight — someday we will learn the difference — as local grindcore/death metal group Killitorous headlines a show with Montreal's Erimha, Windsor's The Apex and A Scar for Wicked, Nov. 26, metal, 9 p.m., House of Targ, 1077 Bank St. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at the door. www.houseoftarg.com
There's a three-day, folk event starting Friday just off River Road, in what may be a MMA studio, as a fundraising event for the non-profit Ottawa Community Music Venue as they try to found a new music and community venue. There are only 100 tickets being sold for each night, with Friday's lineup including Jack Pine, Harea Band and The Split, and children's activities during the day all weekend. Nov. 27-29, 7 p.m., 21 Selkirk St. Tickets: $20. www.folkrum.com
The Tenors, will amaze us all with how handsome they are, how their vocal and emotive ranges can handle pop to classical, and how well they wear suits on their Under One Sky tour, which warranted a PBS concert special that aired in the U.S. this past summer. Nov. 27, 8 p.m., National Arts Centre, Southam Hall, 53 Elgin St. Tickets: $60-$230. nac-cna.ca
Wracking our brains how to describe BA Johnston, we are left with this: He is the one-man, "singing" heir to the Kids in the Hall, who sports awesome sweaters and sings about forgetting trash day, uses IKEA hot dogs as an analogy and delves into other universal mundanities of (Canadian) existence ("Drinkin' on My Mom's Dime," "No Frills,"). The show is irreverent, oddly earnest and, we're told, very popular. You like Remi Royale? See this dude. Nov. 27, with Terrible Liars, The Lonely Parade, 10 p.m., House of Targ. Tickets: $5 before 10 p.m., $8 after 10 p.m. www.houseoftarg.com
Here are two very different "dance" bands for Saturday:
Tortured Soul takes the EDM out from behind the DJ booth to shake it with the crowd all over the dance floor as producer, songwriter, dance team and party patrol. The Brooklyn-based trio creates groove-pop electronica inspired by Prince and Chic but with modern flair, 10 p.m., Mercury Lounge. (We're calling it neo-disco and advocating sequins.) Nov. 28, 10 p.m., Mercury Lounge. Tickets: $15 early bird, $18 in advance, more at the door. mercurylounge.com
My musical preference is already rather evident and Vancouver's Gang Signs has been a popular find, with their first label-release, Geist, full of dark, new wave music they are labelling as #dance — albeit gentle dance, somewhere between the smooth tones of The XX and edge of She Wants Revenge, with trip-hop, call-and-answer. (Their press release describes their music as "noir wave," though this terms usually refers to a certain African aesthetic have yet to find on the LP; let me know where I am wrong.) Interestingly, the majority of the lyrics on the forthcoming Geist began as adaptations of 1980s horror movie plots — but morphed into telling "dance floor romances."
If you were wondering about the name, no, they did not start as a hip hop nor rap act; the've always been a new wave band and just picked the name because "we like it," said drummer Adam Fink, who added gang signs lost all their meaning when boy bands are flashing them. Nov. 28, 8 p.m., Tickets: $10 in advance. zaphods.ca
A must-see show this week comes from Montreal's Safia Nolin, who writes and sings baroque-pop for millennials about la vie quotidienne, in French. Her debut album, released in September, is a delight with spare songs that are at once familiar and yet surprising; Think Feist-light without all the Feistness. Nov. 28, 7:30 p.m., NAC Fourth Stage. Tickets: from $20. nac-cna.ca
On the same day, local singer-songwriter Jill Zmud will be covering other people's songs for the first time in concert, and recording them, as requested by fans who donated to her last recording effort. She has been posting to social media about learning Bruce Springsteen and Tina Turner, so the show should be fun. Nov. 28, 6 to 8 p.m., The Record Centre, 1099 Wellington St.
Indie-rock duo The Town Heroes are at The Rainbow, making the "most noise two Cape Bretoners can make," known for comedic, energetic performances of award-winning music influenced by their favourite 90's rockers — but with surprisingly sweet vocals so they can also pull out some touching, East Coast-worthy ballads. Nov. 30, 9 p.m., The Rainbow, 76 Murray St. therainbow.ca
Photos: Gigs to see this week
The Tenors bring suave sounds to the NAC this week.
NQ Arbuckle play the Black Sheep Inn Nov. 27. Heather Pollock /Ottawa Folk Festival
Safia Nolin is a must-see at the NAC this week.
The Town Heroes play The Rainbow.
ERIMHA pay with Ottawa band Killitorous for a metal night. /supplied
The Peptides play a "dancing-fool" party at House of Targ on Easter weekend. /supplied
Tortured Soul are going to shake up the dance floor at the Mercury Lounge.
Ottawa's Jill Zmud is playing cover songs requested by her fans at The Record Centre. Justin Tang /Ottawa Citizen
Gang Signs have nothing to do with gangs, nor even hip-hop nor rap, but are playing Glow Fair.
Bodhaktan play Celtic, Irish to Bretonnais traditional folk with a little folk and rock thrown in.
Jack Pine, aka Gareth Auden-Hole,plays the Festival Folk's opening night. David Wilson /supplied
Windsor metal band The Apex join Erimha and Killitorous at House of Targ. /supplied
The Ennis Sisters are having an East Coast Christmas — in Ottawa. /supplied
Murray Kinsley and the Wicked Grin celebrate a CD release event this week.
Erin Saoirse Adair plays the Folkrum three-day event.
Harea Band play the three-day Folkrum event's first night.
Kristine St. Pierre plays on the second night of the Folkrum event. Liz St-jean /handout
Matthew Good plays the NAC. /supplied
The Mayhemingways are at Irene's.
The Rob Frayne Dreamband3 plays the NAC Fourth Stage on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. handout photo
GOOD2GO play irene's Pub. MICHELLE VALBERG /supplied
Soul band The Split play WestFest.
Molly Johnson is at the Shenkman Centre on Dec. 3 Andrew MacNaughtan /supplied
The Bros. Landreth play Ottawa Dec. 3. /supplied
Great Lake Swimmers play Ottawa Dec. 3.
Baobab Youth dancers and Drum group are performing and teaching this week. Ben Holland /supplied
Safia Nolin is giving a must-see concert at the NAC this week. /supplied
Art exhibits: 11 new shows this week — just in time for the holidays
What to do this weekend and beyond
Are you a promoter, musician or venue? Send in your event information to kendemann@ottawacitizen.com, by 8 a.m. Monday, two weeks before the event. Photos and audio files are welcome.
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Thursday, Nov. 26
Bahamas, The Weather Station, 8 p.m., Bronson Centre Theatre, 211 Bronson Ave. Tickets: $32.50. spectrasonic.com
Killitorous, Erimha, The Apex, Here Comes Bigfoot, metal, 9 p.m., House of Targ, 1077 Bank St. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at the door. www.houseoftarg.com
Fuse!: Baobab Youth Performers, Carleton University West African Rhythm Ensemble, Roots and Jazz Ensemble, with Nani Agbeli, 7:30 p.m., Kailash Mitell Theatre, Carleton Univerity. Tickets: $20, $10 students/seniors. baobabtree.org
Irene's All Stars Blues showcase with Drew Nelson, 9 p.m., Irene's Pub, 885 Bank St. Tickets: No cover. irenespub.ca
Kaboom Open Mic & Jam with Fabien, 9 p.m., Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank St. atomicrooster.ca
Matthew Good, with Scott Helman, indie rock, 8 p.m., National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin St. Tickets: $20. nac-cna.ca / spectrasonic.com
Open Mic (acoustic, 4 p.m., free), Owen Brown & The Roots Movement (reggae, 9 p.m., $7), The Rainbow, 76 Murray St. therainbow.ca
University of Ottawa Wind Ensemble, program includes Alford, Bach, Whitacre, Widor, Hanson, Persichetti and Tull, 8 p.m., Huguette Labelle Hall, Room 112, Tabaret Hall, 550 Cumberland St. Tickets: Voluntary contribution at the door. www.music.uottawa.ca
Friday, Nov. 27
BA Johnston, Terrible Liars, The Lonely Parade, alt-punk, 10 p.m., House of Targ, 1077 Bank St. Tickets: $5 before 10 p.m., $8 after 10 p.m. www.houseoftarg.com
Bernard Adamus, 7 p.m., Le Petit Chicago, 50 Prom. du Portage, Gatineau.
Charlie Major, with Tyler Kealey, acoustic country/pop, 7:30 p.m., The Marshes, 320 Terry Fox Dr. Tickets: SOLD OUT www.tylerkealey.com/events
DJ Skratch Bastid, 45s of soul/funk/reggae, 10 p.m., Mercury Lounge, 56 ByWard Market Sq. Tickets:
DJ Sweetdrop, Fusion Fridays, Aléa, Casino du Lac-Leamy, 1 Casino Blvd., Gatineau. Tickets: $10. clubalea.ca
Folkrum Showcase: Jack Pine (7 p.m.), Harea Band (8 p.m.), The Split (9 p.m.), party/rock/soul, 21 Selkirk St. Tickets: $20. www.folkrum.com
The Frank James Band, classic rock covers, 4 p.m., The Rainbow, 76 Murray St. therainbow.ca
In Heat, rock/album release, 9 p.m., Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York St. Tickets: $7. zaphods.ca
Mallory (from Nightshades), Baked Goods, Bive Hills, punk/surf, 8 p.m., Pressed, 750 Gladstone Ave.
Manitoba Hal, 9 p.m., The Branch, 15 Clothier St. E., Kemptville. Tickets: $10. thebranchrestaurant.ca
The Mayhemingways, Cousin John, country/folk, 9 p.m., Irene's Pub, 885 Bank St. Tickets: $10. irenespub.ca
The Micronite Filters, Amalgamation, The Dead Bees, southern rock/blues, 10 p.m., The Dominion Tavern, 33 York St. Tickets: $8 at the door. spectrasonic.com
NQ Arbuckle, 8:30 p.m., The Black Sheep Inn, 753 Riverside Dr., Wakefield. Tickets: $15 in advance. www.theblacksheepinn.com
The Peptides — unplugged, 9 p.m., LIVE on Elgin, 220 Elgin St. Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door. www.liveonelgin.com
The Stairwell Carollers, 7:30 p.m., St. Thomas Anglican Church, 1619 Stittsville Main St., Stittsville. Ticket info: 613-836-5741 or stthoms@magma.ca. www.stairwellcarollers.com
The Tenors, pop/classical, 8 p.m., National Arts Centre, Southam Hall, 53 Elgin St. Tickets: $60-$230. nac-cna.ca
Annual Xmas Bash for the Ottawa Food Bank: Good2Go, The Bushpilots, The Ya-Ya's, Road Haus, a celebration of Jay Mantha, 9 p.m., The Rainbow, 76 Murray St. facebook.com
Brothers Chaffey (4 to 8 p.m.), Sugar and Fats (10 p.m.), Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank St. atomicrooster.ca
Bruce Enloe and the Burning Sensations, 8 p.m,. Kaffé 1870, 715 Riversidr Dr., Wakefield. kaffe1870.com
Cash for Nash: hosted by Slo' Tom, Hilotrons (12:15 a.m.), Andrew V (11:45 p.m.)_, Garaga (11:15 p.m.), Banditas (10:45 p.m.), Camp Radio (10:15 p.m.), fundraiser for Johnny Nash, 9 p.m., Dominion Tavern, 33 York St. Tickets: Donations at the door or www.gofundme.com/d4aex74k.
Christmas in the Village, The Greely Players' annual musical, variety Christmas celebration, including silent auction and refreshments, 2 and 7 p.m., Parkway Road Pentecostal Church, 2775 Parkway Rd., Greely. Admission: $10, free for children 10 years and under, at 613-821-1756 or 613-821-2306.
DJ Mike Robia, Dynamik Saturdays, Aléa, Casino du Lac-Leamy, 1 Casino Blvd., Gatineau. Tickets: $10. clubalea.ca
Deck the Halls: Joseph Cull and Jill Hardy's 2nd Annual Christmas Concert with The Ottawa Police Chorus, 7 p.m., followed by a cocktail reception, MacKay United Church, 255 MacKay St. Tickets: $15, free for children. Info: info@nectarcentre.com
Eddy and the Stingrays, 9 p.m., The Branch, 15 Clothier St. E., Kemptville. Tickets: $20. thebranchrestaurant.ca
Folkrum Showcase: Children's performances (5 to 7 p.m., free), Kristine St. Pierre & Wen (7 p.m.), Al Wood & the Woodsmen (8 p.m.), Big Balade (9 p.m.), folk/blues/pop/groove, 21 Selkirk St. Tickets: $20. www.folkrum.com
Jill Zmud, cover songs requests and recording session, 6 to 8 p.m., The Record Centre, 1099 Wellington St.
Gang Signs, 8 p.m., Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York St. Tickets: $10 for a limited time. zaphods.ca
The Mere Humans, The Barrel Heads, Josephine Leone, The Costanzas, rock/soul/punk, 7 p.m., Avant-Garde Bar, 135 1/2 Besserer St. Tickets: $5 or PWYC.
Mudpuppies, Shaz, Amanda Lowe, 8 p.m., Flapjack's, 354A Preston St. Tickets: $5 in advance, $8 at the door.
Open Mic (full band, 4 p.m., free), The Bush Pilot's Last Waltz (benefit for the Food Bank, 9 p,.m., $15), The Rainbow, 76 Murray St. therainbow.ca
Safia Nolin, folk-pop/French, 7:30 p.m., NAC Fourth Stage, 53 Elgin St. Tickets: from $20. nac-cna.ca
A Swinging Shepherd Concert with Gabriel's Men's Chorus and Harp Triangle, includes silent auction and goodies, 3 p.m., Britannia United Church, 985 Pinecrest Rd. Tickets: Free-will donation gladly accepted.
Tortured Soul, with DJs Trevor walker, visuals by Matt Cameron, 10 p.m., Mercury Lounge, 56 ByWard Market Sq. Tickets: $15 early bird, $18in advance, more at the door. mercurylounge.com
A Traditional Choral Christmas II with the North Grenville Concert Choir, 7:30 p.m., St. Daniel's Church, 10606 Maple St., South Mountain. Ticket info: 613-258-9978 or www.ngcc.net.
Valley Vic and the Christmas Temptations, new musical comedy from Stone Fence Theatre, Killaloe Public School. Info and tickets:1-866-310-1004; stonefence.ca.
Wicked Grin, roots/blues, CD release party, 9 p.m., Irene's Pub, 885 Bank St. Tickets: $10. irenespub.ca
Advent Carol Service, 7 p.m., St. Matthew's Anglican Church in the Glebe, 130 Glebe Ave. Tickets: Free-will offerings accepted. Info: 613-234-4024. www.stmatthewsottawa.ca.
Angels and Demons: University of Ottawa professors and guests, including Yuval Herz, Yosuka Kawasaki, Carissa Klopoushak, Jessica Linnebach, Jethro Marks, Rennie Regehr, Roland Gjernes, Paul Marleyn, classical, including Mozart and Mendelssohn, 2 p.m., Huguette Labelle Hall, Room 112, Tabaret Hall, 550 Cumberland St. Tickets: $16.95, $5.65 for students in advance; $20 and $10 for students at the door. www.music.uottawa.ca
Barrhaven Community Band Holiday Concert with Chorale Castenchel Choir, 3 p.m., Ottawa Torah Centre, 111 Lamplighters Dr. Tickets: $10, free for children aged 5 years and under, available at the door. Info: Lisa at 613-823-2061; www.barrhavenband.com.
Carol Goodman, Joni Mitchell covers and originals, 4:20 p.m., The Black Sheep Inn, 753 Riverside Dr., Wakefield. Tickets: $10 in advance. www.theblacksheepinn.com
A Down East Christmas with The Ennis Sisters, folk songs with a Newfoundland twist, 8 p.m., Our Lady of the Visitation, 5338 Bank St. Tickets: $25 at 613-822-1777 or www.olvis.ca
Erin Saoirse Adair
Eru-Era, funk/jazz, 9 p.m., Irene's Pub, 885 Bank St. Tickets: No cover. irenespub.ca
Folkrum Showcase: Ryoko Itabashi (noon), Circle dance and music (2:45 p.m.), Capital Strings Collective (3:45 p.m.), Suzuki kids (4:15 p.m.), Acacia Lyra and Erin Saoirse Adair (5 to 7 p.m., free), John Geggie and Roddy Ellias (7 p.m.), René Lavoie and Miguel de Armas (8 p.m.), Alex Moxon, The Four Heavies (9 p.m.), jazz/world/classical, 21 Selkirk St. Tickets: $20. www.folkrum.com
Gianna Lauren, Jonathan Pearce, 8 p.m., Raw Sugar Café, 692 Somerset St. W. Tickets: $8.
Gloria! Seasonal works for choir and brass by the University of Ottawa Choir, 3 p.m., St. Joseph's Church (Wilbrod & Cumberland). Tickets: $20 in advance (tix@uottawachoir.ca); $25 at the door; 10$ students. Info: www.uottawachoir.ca
Monkey Rock Kid's Concert, children's concert and fundraiser for Syrian refugee resettlement, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Pressed, 750 Gladstone Ave. Tickets: $15 a the door, free for children aged 5 years and under. INfo: rebeccadavids@gmail.com.
A New Christmas Angel with The Carleton Place Town Singers, a holiday story performed between a selection of Christmas music, 7 p.m., St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 39 Bridge St., Carleton Place. Tickets: $10, available at the door or at cptownsingers@gmail.com.
Open Blues Jam with River City Junction (4 p.m., $3), Voltang, Goat, Holy Chistopher, Slumlord (9 p.m., $7), The Rainbow, 76 Murray St. therainbow.ca
Public Drum and Dance Workshops with Nani Agbell and Baobab Drum Dance Community, 1:30 p.m.,
A Traditional Choral Christmas II with the North Grenville Concert Choir, 7:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Church, 2372 Church, North Gower. Ticket info: 613-258-9978
Ringing in Christmas: five handbell and chimes choirs from Rideau Park, including Touch of Brass, Grace Notes, La Bell Ensemble, Note-Able Sound, and Ringing Praise, 7 p.m., Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Dr. Tickets: Free, but free-will offerinsg accepted. Info: 613-733-3156 ext. 229; www.rideaupark.ca.
Shepherds' Christmas' concert: Ottawa Brahms Choir, 35th anniversary season celebration, 3 p.m., St. Thomas the Apostle Church, at 2345 Alta Vista Dr. Tickets: $19 in advance at Compact Music and Leading Note; $20 at the door, $10 students. free for children 12 and under. Info: 613-749-2391 or 819-568-8169, or www.ottawabrahmschoir.ca.
Zydeco Loco (6 to 9 p.m.), Al Wood (10 p.m.), Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank St. atomicrooster.ca
Open Mic Monday (full band, 8 p.m.), The Town Heroes (9 p.m.), The Rainbow, 76 Murray St. therainbow.ca
The Telgrams, country/swing, 8 p.m., Irene's Pub, 885 Bank St. Tickets: No cover. irenespub.ca
Showcase Mondays: The Burning Tide, Dream, Social Butterfly, Kevin Mac, 9 p.m., Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York St. Tickets: No cover. zaphods.ca
Tuesday, Dec. 1
Bodh'aktan, celtic punk/polka/traditional/rock, 8 p.m., Salle Odyssée, 844 boul. de la Gappe, Gatineau. Tickets: $25-$29. www.salleodyssee.ca
Concession 23, bluegrass/CD release, 7:30 p.m., NAC Fourth Stage, 53 Elgin St. Tickets: $15. nac-cna.ca
Gloucester Community Concert Band, musical memories of the season, 7:30 p.m., Beatrice Desloges Catholic High School, 1999 Provence Ave., Orléans. Tickets: $5, children under two years free. Door prize available for those making dry-food donations. www.gloucesterband.ca
Twin Flames: Jaaji and Chelsey June, folk/indigenous/album release show, noon, Cabaret La Basoche, Culture Centre of Vieux Aylmer, 120 Rue Principal. Tickets: Free at 819-243-8000. gatineau.ca/vivezlexperience
Cameron Highlanders Pipes and Drums, bagpipes, drums and more at this crowd-pleasing free concert, 7:30 p.m., St. Giles Church, 729 Bank St. Tickets: Free, but donations of non-perishable food or money for the Centretown Emergency Food Centre are welcome. Info: 613-235-2551; office@stgilesottawa.org
A Musical offering for Christmas from the University of Ottawa Choral Ensemble, Calixa Lavallée Choir, and other ensembles of the School of Music, traditional carols and other holiday music with opportunities to sing along, noon, Huguette Labelle Hall, Tabaret Hall, 550 Cumberland St. Tickets: Free admissions, voluntary contributions to the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa Food Bank are welcome. Info: 613-562-5733; www.music.uottawa.ca.
Rob Frayne Dream Combo, jazz octet, 7:30 p.m., NAC Fourth Stage, 53 Elgin St. Tickets: $25. nac-cna.ca
Slim Jesus, A-Dub, Ceerhouse, Kleffy Le Wave, Phantom Caine, rap/16+, 8 p.m., Ritual, 137 Besserer St. Tickets: $15 in advance.
Thursday, Dec. 3
80's dance party with Remi Royale, eclectic songs and videos with audience participation and sing-a-longs, 10 p.m., House of Targ, 1077 Bank St. Tickets: $2 at the door. www.houseoftarg.com
The Bros. Landreth, with Ballroom Thieves, roots-rock, 7:30 p.m., NAC Fourth Stage, 53 Elgin St. Tickets: from $25. nac-cna.ca
Great Lake Swimmers, Art Bergmann, 8 p.m., Bronson Centre Theatre, 211 Bronson Ave. Tickets: $25. spectrasonic.com
Heartwood House Benefit Evening with the Ottawa Police Chorus, seasonal celebration including silent auction, gifts for families and friends, festive foods, 7:30 p.m., Heartwood House, 404 McArthur Ave. Tickets:$20; $10 for children, free for children under age five. All proceeds support Heartwood House and their 20 member charities. www.heartwoodhouse.ca.
Irene's All Stars Blues showcase with Eric Walker, 9 p.m., Irene's Pub, 885 Bank St. Tickets: No cover. irenespub.ca
Jazz Double Bill: Nepean All-City Jazz Band (NACJB) and Ottawa Junior Jazz Band (OJJB), 7:30 p.m., Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School, 149 Berrigan Dr., Nepean. Tickets: $15, $10/ seniors/students, at the door. www.ojjb.ca / www.nacjb.com.
Molly Johnson, jazz, 8 p.m., Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd. Tickets: $20-$48, +$10 for optional meet-and-greet with the singer before the show, including cocktail and canapés. shenkmanarts.ca
Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas: screening with live performance of the soundtrack with Jerry Granelli of the Vince Guaraldi Trio, 7 p.m., Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper St. Tickets: $41.50, $19.50/children 12 and under. Info: 613-241-2633; ottawajazzfestival.com
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Zappa, Zap!Chess or Zappa Mexico, is a UCI chess engine written by Anthony Cozzie, a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The program emphasizes sound search and a good use of multiple processors. Earlier versions of Zappa are free (though not open-source software) and the current version (Zappa Mexico) is available at Shredder Computer Chess.
Zappa scored an upset victory at the World Computer Chess Championship in August, 2005, in Reykjavík, Iceland where it won with a score of 10½ out of 11, and beat both Junior and Shredder, programs that had won the championship many times. In the speed chess portion of the tournament Zappa placed second, after Shredder. Zappa's other tournament successes include winning CCT7 on the Internet Chess Club (ICC) and defeating Grandmaster Jaan Ehlvest 3-1.
In Mexico in September 2007 Zappa won a match against Rybka by a score of 5½ - 4½. Many commentators had predicted a slew of draws based on the strength of the engines, but the differences in style provided an interesting match with several decisive games and many fighting draws. For some time, Zappa was considered one of the two strongest commercially available chess programs; see engine rating lists like CCRL for current rankings. Some speculate that Zappa's more efficient SMP parallel search could make it stronger on enough processors.
In March 2008 Anthony Cozzie announced that "the Zappa project is 100% finished", which includes both tournaments and future releases.
In June 2010, Zach Wegner announced that he had acquired the rights to maintain and improve the Zappa engine. The improved engine competed in the 2010 WCCC under the name Rondo, achieving second place behind Rybka before the latter's disqualification.
Immediately after the successful WCCC 2005, there were plans to commercialize Zappa, but the first attempts with Vincent Diepeveen failed. In April 2006, a commercial version dubbed Zap!Chess running under the Fritz GUI was released by ChessBase.
The version of Zappa that won the Zappa-Rybka match, Zappa Mexico, is sold by Shredder Computer Chess, is compatible with Windows and Linux computers with up to 512 CPU cores and supports multipv analysis and Nalimov tablebases.
Here Zappa played Re1, threatening Qxa5 Rxa5 Rxe8#; the game continued 43... Qf6 (if Rxe1 then Qg7#) 44. Rxe5 Qxe5 45. Ba2+ Kh8 46. Rd8 1–0.
Zappa vs Crafty, WCCC 2005, 1-0 Despite Zappa being a relative newcomer, it managed to win the tournament and in general caused a bit of a stir in the computer chess community.
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Q: Master Detail in iPad Storyboard I am facing a problem in master detail i know that masterDetail need to be the Initial ViewController in the storyboard and i wanted to make a MENU when button is pressed i load the MasterDetail...
what i have Tried till now :
I put the MENU ViewController in storyBoard called for example MENU.storyboard
the MasterDetail viewController in another StoryBoard called MainStory.storyboard
then from the build phases i choose the main entry for storyBoard is MENU
Finally in MENU Class (ex MenuClass.m) add action for button when pressed
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"MainStory" bundle:nil];
MyNewViewController *myVC = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"myViewCont"];

and then add this view.
The Problem is : when i do this steps in iphone StoryBoard it works perfectly.
BUT when i do same simple steps in iPad StoryBoard the code crash (before even Displayin the MENU storyBoard)...
 and when i Comment the code in
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions     ->appDelegate

the Menu StoryBoard appear but when button is pressed to load MasterDetail I got a crash
ofcourse because I commented the MasterDetail initialization Code in the appDelegate.

A: I think it would be easier to use only 1 storyboard and set your menu ViewController as the rootViewController of the app. And then link the menu ViewController to the NavigationController leading to the Master Detail views with a modal segue.

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I was hopping these fresh, spring type cards, would bring on a change in the weather here. Enough cold windy, rainy weather, bring on the sunny, bright and warm days.
Penny Black Die 51-008 bashful.
Grosgrain rayon ribbon from Michaels.
Also My Favorite Things dies were used.
Downloaded digital image (Power Poppy?).
Tim Holtz distress inks were used, phrase from Papertrey Ink.
Thank you for your time today, Have a great week!
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Vada! Wonderful choices...wonderful coloring!
These are absolutely gorgeous, if they don't bring on spring nothing will!!


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IT vendors form collective for hospital transformation
An Ontario hospital Wednesday announced a seven-year, $100 million initiative to better link patients and their records with health care professionals through an alliance with eight leading technology companies.
Called Transforming Health Care into Integrated Networks of Knowledge, or THINK,
Trillium Health Centre announced its partnership with IBM Canada Ltd., AGFA, Cognos Inc., Courtyard Group, Eclipsys, EMC Corp., IMS Maxims and Sybase Inc. The final eight were selected from over 40 suppliers that replied to an open bid process put out by Trillium three years ago — around the same time Wayne Mills started as Trillium's vice-president and chief information officer.
"In 2002 we stated we needed partners and that no one supplier could do this," said Mills. "The alliance was created for the purpose of what we can do to transform the patient experience."
The announcement follows a recent report by the Health Council of Canada which calls for all hospitals to broaden their use of IT to make patients immediately available to health professionals by 2010. Trillium expects to meet the report's proposals two years before the deadline.
"Our hospitals are important but they're not at the centre of the health-care model," Trillium president and CEO Ken White said in a press conference held at the hospital's Queensway site in Etobicoke, Ont. "Our new model enables us to turn the hospital inside out and put the patient at the centre.
"Our goal is to design and implement systems that put information in the right hands, in the right way and at the right time."
This includes, for example, the integration of multiple health-care records, from lab tests to pharmacology, into a single electronic patient record and anytime-anywhere availability of patient records to patients, doctors and nurses via electronic devices such as PDAs and tablet PCs, White added.
Other benefits include reduced wait times for diagnoses and treatment, the ability for patients to schedule procedures online and less time spent on paperwork and more time with patients for health-care workers.
These examples follow recommendations set out by the Ontario Ministry of Health, which has directed hospitals to invest in transition strategies to become more efficient.
Speaking on behalf of provincial health and long-term care minister George Smitherman, who was originally scheduled to attend the event, local MPP for Etobicoke-Lakeshore Laurel Broten said the health-care system needs more initiatives like this one in Ontario.
"Minister Smitherman said everybody should have the information they require to make decisions about their health," said Broten, who is also parliamentary assistant to the Premier. "Trillium is a microcosm for what we're trying to do across Ontario."
Led by Trillium, which has a second site in Mississauga, Ont., THINK is funded in part by reallocating internal resources, reprioritizing its capital investments and reinvesting savings from operational efficiencies in clinical and non-clinical areas. This includes annual investments in acquiring or replacing hardware and systems. Overall, Trillium spends close to five per cent of its overall operating budget on IT, said White.
Under the terms of the agreement, all parties are working together to develop integrated systems in data management, distribution, storage and security for Trillium. As the lead organization in the partnership, IBM Canada will provide industry consulting expertise and project management to ensure all sub-contractor products and services are delivered and implemented.
IBM Canada said the initiative changes how the community thinks of hospitals.
"(THINK) requires all levels of collaboration, integration and cooperation," said Rik Ganderton, partner and national leader, health-care industry at IBM Canada, which will also provide Websphere Portal software to integrate heterogeneous systems and point of access to systems for health care professionals. "This is a big step forward for the transformation of health care in Ontario."
As part of the first phase of the implementation, expected to take about two years, Trillium is standardizing its corporate performance management (CPM) cycle on Cognos products. This provides the hospital with dashboards to gather information on patient wait times, for example, said Dennis Murphy, country area vice-president.
Said Murphy of the alliance: "We at Cognos are very used to partnership. We've been doing this from the get-go. It's what we do everyday."
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As long as all URLs listed in the Sitemap are at the same location as the Sitemap or in a sub directory (in the above example http://example.com/stores/ or perhaps http://example.com/stores/catalog) it's fine for multiple Sitemaps to live in the same directory (as many as you want!). The important thing is that Sitemaps not contain URLs from parent directories or completely different directories -- if that happens, we can't be sure that the submitter controls the URL's directory, so we can't trust the metadata.
Then simply add the index file to your account, and you'll be able to see any errors for each of the child Sitemaps.
Since Sitemap index files can't contain other index files, you would need to submit each Sitemap index file to your account separately.
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